Cycling at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's road race

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Cycling Road – Men's road race
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Cycling pictogram.svg
Venue Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia
Dates1962
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Wes Mason  Flag of England.svg  England
Silver medal icon.svg   Anthony Walsh  Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg   Laurie Byers  Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
←  1958
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The men's road race at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, was part of the cycling programme, which took place in 1962. [1]

The road race consisted of 40 laps of a 3-mile circuit of Kings Park, Western Australia, although Pathé News states 117 miles. [2] [3]

Wes Mason won the gold medal. [4] [5]

Results

RankRiderTime
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of England.svg  Wes Mason  (ENG)5:20:26.2
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  Anthony Walsh  (NZL)5:20:27.0
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  Laurie Byers  (NZL)5:20:27.2
4Flag of Australia.svg  Frank Brazier  (AUS)5:20:27.7
5Ulster banner.svg  Jack Johnston  (NIR)
6Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Ron Killey  (IOM)
7Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  M. Gagne  (CAN)
8Flag of Australia.svg  Thomas Delaney  (AUS)
9Flag of New Zealand.svg  Dick Johnstone  (NZL)
10Flag of England.svg  Keith Butler  (ENG)
11Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  J. Peter Callow  (IOM)
12Flag of Wales 2.svg  Tony Hutchings  (WAL)
13Flag of Scotland.svg  Ian Thomson  (SCO)
14Flag of Wales 2.svg  Mel Davies  (WAL)
15Flag of Malaya.svg  Abdullah Abu  (MAL)
16Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  J. Caron  (CAN)
17Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.svg  D. I. Thornton  (FRN)
18Flag of Malaya.svg  N. A. Rosli  (MAL)
19Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  J. G. Ferguson  (CAN)
-Flag of Australia.svg  Ian Edwards  (AUS)
-Flag of Australia.svg  Malcolm Powell  (AUS)
-Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  W. T. Wild  (CAN)
-Flag of England.svg  Ken Nuttall  (ENG)
-Flag of England.svg  Bob Addy  (ENG)
-Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  John E. Killip  (IOM)
-Flag of Jersey (pre 1981).svg  Don Ecobichon  (JER)
-Flag of Jersey (pre 1981).svg  Douglas Lidster  (JER)
-Flag of New Zealand.svg  Richie Thomson  (NZL)
-Flag of Scotland.svg  Alfie Fairweather  (SCO)
-Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Roger Gibbon  (TRI)
-Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  R. Cassidy  (TRI)
-Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.svg  A. T. Young  (FRN)
-Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.svg  B. W. Loxton  (FRN)
-Flag of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.svg  D. R. Hunter  (FRN)
-Flag of Malaya.svg  Shararuddin Jaffar  (MAL)
-Flag of Malaya.svg  A. Michael  (MAL)

References

  1. ↑ "Results for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". TheCGF.com. Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Mel Davies will race down-under" . Port Talbot Guardian. 26 October 1962. p. 19. Retrieved 29 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Johnston's gallant ride earns him fifth place" . Belfast Telegraph. 1 December 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 31 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Cycling Road Road Race - Men Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Cycling" . Evening News (London). 1 December 1962. p. 2. Retrieved 31 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.


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