Aquatics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Aquatics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games made its seventh 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 a large increase in swimming events with 23 events contested (up from 15 in 1958).

The Beatty Park Aquatic Centre had been specifically built for the Games.

Australia topped the medal table with 17 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 freestyle 440 yd freestyle 1650 yd freestyle 110 yd backstroke 220 yd backstroke 110 yd breaststroke 220 yd breaststroke 110 yd butterfly 220 yd butterfly 440 yd individual medley 4×110 yd freestyle relay David DicksonMurray RosePeter DoakPeter Phelps Aldy MeinhardtSandy GilchristJack KelsoDick Pound Rodney ClaydenJohn Martin-DyePeter KendrewStanley Clarke4×220 yd freestyle relay Allan WoodTony StrahanMurray RoseBob Windle Aldy MeinhardtSandy GilchristJack KelsoDick Pound John Martin-DyePeter KendrewRichard CampionStanley Clarke4×110 yd medley relay David DicksonIan O'BrienJulian CarrollKevin Berry Graham SykesNeil NicholsonPeter KendrewTerry Glenville Aldy MeinhardtJack KelsoDick PoundSteve Rabinovitch

Women's events 110 yd freestyle 440 yd freestyle 110 yd backstroke 220 yd backstroke 110 yd breaststroke 220 yd breaststroke 110 yd butterfly 440 yd individual medley 4×110 yd freestyle relay Dawn FraserLyn BellRobyn ThornRuth Everuss Madeleine SevignyMary StewartPatty ThompsonSara Barber Diana WilkinsonLiz LongLinda AmosSandra Keen 4×110 yd medley relay Dawn FraserLinda McGillMarguerite RuygrokPamela Sergeant Anita LonsbroughDiana WilkinsonLinda LudgroveMary-Anne Cotterill Alison J. GlendenningMary StewartPatty ThompsonSara Barber

Finals (men) 3m springboard PosAthletePts1 Brian Phelps 154.142 Thomas Dinsley 147.223 Ernie Meissner 145.034 Graham Deuble 144.005 Dennis Young 137.686 John Pakarinen 133.617 Keith Collin 131.798 John Andrew Everding 130.58

10m Platform PosAthletePts1 Brian Phelps 168.352 Graham Deuble 151.003 Tony Kitcher 150.814 William Wood 143.005 Gordon Thomas Creed 142.766 Thomas Dinsley 140.927 Ernie Meissner 128.258 John Andrew Everding 127.329 Brian Davidson 123.93

110y freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Dick Pound 55.8 2 Bob McGregor 56.1 3 David Dickson 56.14 Peter Doak 57.35 Sandy Gilchrist 57.76 Peter Kendrew 58.7 7 Aldy Meinhardt 59.3 8 Peter Phelps 59.7

440y freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Murray Rose 4:20.02 Allan Wood 4:22.53 Bob Windle 4:23.14 Sandy Gilchrist 4:32.75 John Martin-Dye 4:36.0 6 Tan Thuan Heng 4:40.67 W. Wilson 4:41.0 8 Richard Campion 4:51.3

1650y freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Murray Rose 17:18.1 mins2 Bob Windle 17:44.53 Allan Wood 17:55.64 Sandy Gilchrist 18:04.65 Tan Thuan Heng 18:25.36 Richard Campion 19:06.87 Robert Loh 20:34.4

110y backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Graham Sykes 1.04.5 mins2 Julian Carroll 1:05.43 Wayne Vincent 1:06.2 4 Roddy Jones 1:06.4 5 Alan Robertson 1:07.36 Rodney Clayden 1:07.37 Andrew Harrower 1:09.9

220y backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Julian Carroll 2:20.92 Tony Fingleton 2:21.03 Alan Robertson 2:23.04 Wayne Vincent 2:24.45 Graham Sykes 2:25.5 6 Rodney Clayden 2:27.8 7 Roddy Jones 2:28.6 8 Andrew Harrower 2:32.7

110y breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Ian O'Brien 1:11.4 2 William Burton 1:13.9 3 Steve Rabinovitch 1:14.14 Neil Nicholson 1:15.3 5 James Frederick Campbell 1:16.86 Christopher Wilkinson 1:18.57 Bernie Parkin 1:18.78 Cleve Cowie 1:19.0

220y breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Ian O'Brien 2:38.22 William Burton 2:42.13 Neil Nicholson 2:42.64 Christopher Wilkinson 2:44.15 James Frederick Campbell 2:45.0 6 Steve Rabinovitch 2:48.07 Bernie Parkin 2:50.98 John Beaven 2:51.7

110y butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Kevin Berry 0:59.5 mins2 Neville Hayes 1:02.33 Aldy Meinhardt 1:02.64 Brett Hill 1:03.3 5 Brian Jenkins 1:03.56 David Gerrard 1:03.57 Terry Glenville 1:03.58 Ian Blyth 1:05.8

220y butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Kevin Berry 2:10.8 mins2 Neville Hayes 2:16.3 3 Brett Hill 2:18.74 Brian Jenkins 2:21.05 David Gerrard 2:21.76 Terry Glenville 2:27.17 Ian Blyth 2:32.0

440y indiv medley PosAthleteTime1 Alex Alexander 5:15.3 2 John Oravainen 5:16.3 3 Jack Kelso 5:16.5 4 William Andrew Ebsary 5:17.05 Allan H. Seagar 5:19.76 Richard Campion 5:29.27 Brian Jenkins 5:30.08 Andrew Harrower 5:42.1

4x110y freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Dickson, Rose, Doak, Phelps 3:43.92 Meinhardt, Gilchrist, Kelso, Pound 3:48.33 Clayden, Martin-Dye, Kendrew, Clarke 3:51.3

4x220y freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Wood, Strahan, Rose, Windle 8:13.42 Meinhardt, Gilchrist, Kelso, Pound 8:42.43 Martin-Dye, Kendrew, Campion,Clarke 8:46.0

4x110y medley relay PosAthleteTime1 Dickson, O'Brien,Carroll, Berry 4:12.42 Sykes, Nicholson, Kendrew, Glenville 4:19.93 Meinhardt, Kelso, Pound, Rabinovitch 4:19.94 McGregor, Harrower, Cowie, Blyth 4:32.9

Finals (women) 3m springboard PosAthletePts1 Susan Knight 134.72 2 Liz Ferris 132.743 Lorraine McArthur 125.134 L. M. Grant-Stuart 124.05 5 Margaret Austen 116.496 Lynette Oatley 111.82

10m Platform PosAthletePts1 Susan Knight 101.152 Margaret Austen 98.833 Patricia Plowman 91.794 Diana Norma Robinson 91.50 5 Joy Newman 91.26

110y freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Dawn Fraser 59.5 mins2 Robyn Thorn 1:03.83 Mary Stewart] 1:04.44 Lyn Bell 1:04.45 Diana Wilkinson 1:04.66 Patty Thompson 1:05.17 Linda Amos 1:05.18 Marilyn Sidelsky 1:06.1

440y freestyle PosAthleteTime1 Dawn Fraser 4:51.42 Ilsa Konrads 4:55.0 3 Liz Long 5:00.4 4 Patty Thompson 5:04.55 Anita Lonsbrough 5:06.8 6 Lesley C. Moore 5:09.37 Cheryl Janette Kensett 5:10.6 8 Shirley A. Nicholson 5:17.6

110y backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Linda Ludgrove 1:11.1 2 Pamela Fay Sergeant 1:11.5 3 Sylvia Lewis 1:12.2 4 Jill Ann Bolton 1:12.4 5 Sue Costin 1:12.46 Sara Barber 1:13.1 7 Margaret Macrae 1:14.9 8 Louise Campbell 1:14.9

220y backstroke PosAthleteTime1 Linda Ludgrove 2:35.2 2 Sylvia Lewis 2:36.73 Pamela Fay Sergeant 2:37.54 Jill Ann Bolton 2:38.15 Sue Costin 2:38.6 6 Sara Barber 2:40.4 7 Margaret Macrae 2:41.38 Louise Campbell 2:45.5

110y breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Anita Lonsbrough 1:21.32 Vivien Haddon 1:21.33 Dorinda Fraser 1:21.74 Jackie Enfield 1:23.95 Claire Cook 1:24.96 Ann Baxter 1:24.97 Marguerite Ruygrok 1:25.08 Alison J. Glendenning 1:25.1

220y breaststroke PosAthleteTime1 Anita Lonsbrough 2:51.72 Jackie Enfield 2:54.73 Vivien Haddon 2:56.34 Claire Cook 2:57.65 Marguerite Ruygrok 2:58.8 6 Dorinda Fraser 2:59.2 7 Janet Hogan 3:03.18 Alison J. Glendenning 3:03.5

110y butterfly PosAthleteTime1 Mary Stewart 1:10.12 Mary-Anne Cotterill 1:11.2 3 Linda McGill 1:11.6 4 Glenda Phillips 1:12.75 Judy Gegan 1:12.7 6 Marion Elizabeth Foye 1:13.3 7 Sheila Watt 1:14.8

440y indiv medley PosAthleteTime1 Anita Lonsbrough 5:38.62 Linda McGill 5:46.13 Jennifer Anne Corish 5:53.04 Helen F. Rogers 5:58.35 Jane Cortis 6:00.2 6 Jocelyn Hooper 6:18.7

4×110y freestyle relay PosAthleteTime1 Fraser, Bell, Thorn, Everuss 4:11.02 Sevigny, Stewart, Thompson, Barber 4:21.13 Wilkinson, Long, Amos, Keen 4:21.34 Cartwright, Butler, Sutcliffe, Sidelsky 4:30.9 5 Rogers, Moore, Macrae, Nicholson 4:34.6

4×110y medley relay PosAthleteTime1 Fraser, MCGill, Ruygrok, Sergeant 4:45.92 Lonsbrough, Wilkinson, Ludgrove, Cotterill 4:47.93 Glendenning, Stewart, Thompson, Barber 4:48.14 Rogers, Moore, Macrae, Haddon 4:57.25 Butler, Sutcliffe, Wood, Sidelsky 5:13.0

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