Aquatics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Aquatics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games made its sixth appearance at the Commonwealth Games, with both Swimming at the Commonwealth Games and Diving at the Commonwealth Games being included again.

There were four diving events and 15 swimming events contested.

The Empire Pool had been specifically built for the Games and opened on 18 April 1958. It cost £650,000 to build and had space for 1772 spectators.

Australia topped the medal table with seven gold medals.

Medal table

Medal winners Diving 3m springboard (m)10m platform (m)3m Springboard (w)10m platform (w)

Swimming Men's events 110 yd freestyle440 yd freestyle1650 yd freestyle110 yd backstroke220 yd breaststroke220 yd butterfly4×220 yd freestyle relayGary ChapmanBrian WilkinsonJohn KonradsJohn DevittAthole StillIan BlackJames LeiperBob SreenanKenneth WilliamsPeter BellCam GroutBill Slater 4×110 yd medley relayGary ChapmanJohn MoncktonJohn DevittTerry GathercoleGeorge ParkKenneth WilliamsPeter BellBob WheatonChristopher WalkdenGraham SykesGraham SymondsNeil McKechnie

Women's events 110 yd freestyle440 yd freestyle110 yd backstroke220 yd breaststroke110 yd butterfly4×110 yd freestyle relayAlva ColquhounDawn FraserLorraine CrappSandra MorganGladys PriestleyMargaret IwasakiSusan SangsterSara Barber Beryl NoakesDiana WilkinsonJudy GrinhamAnne Marshall 4×110 yd medley relayJudy GrinhamAnita LonsbroughChristine GosdenDiana WilkinsonAlva ColquhounBarbara EvansBeverley BainbridgeGergaynia BeckettGladys PriestleyIrene ServiceMargaret IwasakiSara Barber

Finals (men)

3m springboard PosAthletePts1 Keith Collin 126.782 Bill Patrick 124.623 Peter Tarsey 118.814 Peter Squires 114.06 5 Tut Marwick 106.066 Len Hodge 104.87 7 Bill Law 96.31 8 Brian Davidson 90.79 9 Alan Roberts 76.62

10m Platform PosAthletePts1 Peter Heatly 147.792 Brian Phelps 144.493 Ray Cann 138.54 Peter Tarsey 124.945 Brian Davidson 113.536 Bill Law 98.187 Syd Lingard 71.76

110y freestyle PosAthleteTime1 John Devitt 56.62 Gary Chapman 56.63 Geoff Shipton 57.04 Cam Grout 58.55 Aubrey Bürer 58.76 Neil McKechnie 59.2

440y freestyle PosAthleteTime1 John Konrads 4:25.92 Ian Black 4:28.53 Gary Winram 4:32.44 Murray McLachlan 4:37.65 Gary Chapman 4:42.56 Aubrey Bürer 4:45.6

1650y freestyle PosAthleteTime1 John Konrads 17:45.42 Gary Winram 18:17.23 Murray McLachlan 18:19.24 Bill Slater 18:51.45 Bob Sreenan 18:55.8

110y backstroke PosAthleteTime1 John Monckton 1:01.72 John Hayres 1:03.53 Bob Wheaton 1:06.54 Haydn Rigby 1:07.9 5 Graham Sykes 1:07.9 6 John Brockway 1:08.4

220y breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Terry Gathercole 2:41.62 Peter Rocchi 2:44.93 Chris Walkden 2:47.34 Richard Hemingway 2:50.15 John Beavan 2:50.96 Hugh Jenkins 2:55.3

220y butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Ian Black 2:22.62 Graham Symonds 2:25.53 Brian Wilkinson 2:31.04 Cam Grout 2:34.95 Richard Campion 2:37.46 Meyer Feldberg 2:38.7

4x220y freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Chapman, Wilkinson, Konrads, Devitt 8:33.42 Still, Black, Leiper, Sreenan8:54.23 Williams, Bell, Grout, Slater 9:01.84 Barnes, Clarke, McKechnie, Symonds 9:05.55 Edwards, Flook, Morgan, Glasenbury 9:46.4

4x110y medley relay PosAthleteTime1 Chapman, Monckton, Devitt, Gathercole 4:14.2 (WR)2 Park, Williams, Bell, Wheaton 4:26.33 Walkden, Sykes, Symonds, McKechnie 4:26.44 Bürer, Rocchi, Feldberg, McLachlan 4:35.05 Still, Hill, Black, Percy-Robb 4:36.26 Brockway, Beavan, Evans, Newman 4:52.9

Finals (women)

3m springboard PosAthletePts1 Charmain Welsh 118.82 Irene MacDonald 117.03 Liz Ferris 113.34 Ann Long 108.55 Sandra Morgenrood 88.786 Valerie Marrian 84.74

10m Platform PosAthletePts1 Charmain Welsh 77.232 Ann Long 73.693 Molly Wieland 65.824 Irene MacDonald 65.15 5 Sandra Morgenrood

110y freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Dawn Fraser 1:01.42 Lorraine Crapp 1:03.83 Alva Colquhoun 1:04.04 Diana Wilkinson 1:05.85 Natalie Myburgh 1:07.16 Margaret Iwasaki 1:07.5

440y freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Ilsa Konrads 4:49.42 Dawn Fraser 5:00.83 Lorraine Crapp :06.74 Elspeth Ferguson 5:15.25 Nan Rae 5:16.36 Diana Wilkinson 5:21.3

110y backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Judy Grinham 1:11.92 Margaret Edwards 1:12.63 Philippa Gould 1:13.74 Sara Barber 1:15.45 Anne Margaret Nelson 1:15.56 Gergaynia Beckett 1:16.3

220y breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Anita Lonsbrough 2:53.52 Jackie Dyson 2:58.23 Christine Gosden 2:58.44 Irene Service 3:01.35 Barbara Evans 3:01.96 Alison Turnbull 3:08.7

110y butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Beverley Bainbridge 1:13.52 Tessa Staveley 1:14.43 Margaret Iwasaki 1:15.94 Christine Gosden 1:16.4 5 Jean Oldroyd 1:16.86 Sheila Watt 1:17.1

4×110y freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Colquhoun, Fraser, Crapp, Morgan 4:17.42 Priestley, Iwasaki, Sangster, Barber 4:30.03 Noakes, Wilkinson, Grinham, Marshall 4:31.54 Hogg, Wetton, Roberts, Myburgh 4:37.3 5 Gunn, Girvan, Harris, Hogben 4:44.16 Francis, Hooper, Howells, Townsend 5:02.4

4×110y medley relay PosAthleteTime1 Grinham, Lonsbrough, Gosden, Wilkinson 4:54.02 Colquhoun, Evans, Bainbridge, Beckett 4:55.13 Priestley, Service, Iwasaki, Barber 5:01.64 Gould, Staveley, Sawyers, Hunter 5:06.45 Wetton, Rocchi, Roberts, Myburgh 5:11.66 Francis, Hooper, Howells, Davies, Dixon 5:24.3

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