England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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England at the
1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Flag of England.svg
CGF code ENG
CGA Commonwealth Games England
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
23
Silver
24
Bronze
20
Total
67
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances

England competed at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 30 July to 7 August 1954. [1]

Contents

England finished at the top of the medal table.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of England.svg  England 23242067
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20111748
3Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 1661335
Totals (3 entries)594150150

The athletes that competed are listed below. [2]

Athletes

NameAgeEvent/sMedal/s
Suzanne Allday 19Discus, Hammer, Javelin, Shot put1 x silver
Peter Allday 27HammerNone
Don Anthony 25HammerNone
Roger Bannister 251 mile1 x gold
Ken Box 23100y, 220y, relay, Long jumpnone
Ian Boyd 21880y, 1 mile1 x bronze
Chris Brasher 251 milenone
Shirley Burgess 20100y, 220y, relay1 x silver
Christopher Chataway 233 miles1 x gold
Derek Cox 23High jump, Long jump, Shot putnone
Stan Cox 366 miles, Marathonnone
Jean Desforges 2580mh, Long jump2 x bronze
Alan Dick 24440y, relay1 x gold
Peter Driver 223 miles, 6 miles1 x gold
Geoff Elliott 23Pole vault, Shot put1 x gold
George Ellis 21100y, 220y, relaynone
Peter Fryer 26440y, relay1 x gold
Fred Green 283 miles1 x silver
Shirley Hampton 18100y, 220y, relay1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Brian Hewson 21880y1 x silver
Peter Higgins 25440y, relay1 x gold
Chris Higham 23120yh1 x silver
Ann Johnson 20220y, Long jumpnone
Derek Johnson 21880y, relay2 x gold
Harry Kane 21440y, 440yh1 x silver
David Law 24880y, 1 milenone
Alan Lillington 21100y, 220y, relaynone
Jack Parker 26120yhnone
Anne Pashley 19100y, relay1 silver
Jim Peters 356 miles, Marathon1 x bronze
Mark Pharaoh 23Discus, Shot put1 x bronze
Frank Sando 233 miles, 6 miles1 silver, 1 x bronze
John Savidge 29Shot put, Discus,1 x gold
Pam Seaborne 1880mhnone
Brian Shenton 27100y, 220y, relay1 x silver
Dorothy Tyler 34High jump, Javelin, Long jump1 x silver
Ken Wilmshurst 23440yh, Long jump, Triple jump2 x gold
Heather Young 21100y, 220y, relay1 x silver

Bowls

NameAgeEvent/sMedal/s
Edwin Bateman 73pairsnone
James Carr 60foursnone
John Coles 62foursnone
Stanley Lee 54singles, foursnone
William Parker 61foursnone
Tom Stewart 70pairsnone

Boxing

NameAgeEvent/sMedal/s
Dave Charnley 19featherweight1 x bronze
Nicholas Gargano 19welterweight1 x gold
Brian Harper 20heavyweight1 x gold
Bruce Wells 21welterweight1 x bronze
George Whelan 19Lightweightnone

Cycling

NameAgeEvent/sMedal/s
Peter Brotherton 23Pursuit, 1,000m1 x silver
Keith Harrison 21Time trial, Scratch, 1,000m1 silver, 1 x bronze
Tony Hoar 22Roadnone
Cyril Peacock 25Sprint, Time trial1 x gold
Bernard Pusey 23Pursuit, Road1 x bronze
Norman Sheil 21Pursuit, Road, Scratch1 x silver
Eric Thompson 27Road, Scratch1 x gold

Diving

NameAgeEvent/sMedal/s
Ann Long 173m & 10m Platform1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Frank Mercer 263m Springboardnone
Eunice Millar 2610m Platform1 x silver
Peter Tarsey 1710m Platformnone
Tony Turner 3m Springboard, 10m Platform1 x silver
Charmain Welsh 163m Springboardnone

Fencing

NameAgeEvent/sMedal/s
Michael Amberg 28Sabre, Sabre team1 x gold, 1 x silver
William Beatley 20Sabre, Sabre team1 x silver
Ralph Cooperman 26Foil, Foil Team, Sabre, Sabre team1 x gold, 2 x silver
Charles de Beaumont 51Épée, Épée team1 x gold
Mary Glen-Haig 36Foil1 x gold
Allan Jay 24Épée, Épée team, Foil, Foil Team2 x gold, 1 x bronze
René Paul 33Épée, Épée team, Foil, Foil Team3 x gold, 1 x silver
Gillian Sheen 25Foil1 x silver

Rowing

NameAgeEvent/sMedal/s
Tom Christie 27Coxless pairs1 x silver
Nicholas Clack 23Coxless pairs1 x silver
Alastair Davidson Coxed fours, eights1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Joe Eldeen 31Eights1 x silver
David Glynne-Jones 25Coxed fours, eights1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Maurice Legg Coxed fours, eights1 x silver, 1 x bronze
John Macmillan 26Coxed fours, eights1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Geoffrey Page 25Coxed fours, eights1 x silver, 1 x bronze
John Pope Eights1 x silver
Sidney Rand 19Single sculls1 x silver
M.G.C. Savage Eights1 x silver
Alan Watson 25Eights1 x silver

Swimming

NameAgeEvent/sMedal/s
Donald Bland 23440y & 1650y freestyle, freestyle relaynone
Jean Botham 19110y freestyle, freestyle & medley relays1 x bronze
Fearne Ewart 17110y freestyle, freestyle relay1 x bronze
Margaret Grundy 16220y breastroke, medley relay1 x bronze
Peter Head 19110y & 440y freestyle, freestyle relaynone
Alan Hime 24220y breaststroke1 x bronze
Peter Jervis 22220y breaststroke, medley relay1 x silver
Vivienne Meyrick 17110y backstrokenone
Valerie Nares-Pillow 17100y freestyle, freestyle relay1 x bronze
Maureen Pitchfork 19110y backstroke, medley relaynone
Haydn Rigby 17110y backstroke, medley & freestyle relaynone
Ronald Roberts 31110y fresstyle, medley & freestyle relaysnone
Pat Symons 19110y backstroke1 x silver
Daphne Wilkinson 22440y freestyle, freestyle relay1 x bronze

Weightlifting

NameAgeEvent/sMedal/s
Joseph Barnett 33Heavyweight1 x bronze
Frank Cope 26Bantamweight1 x silver
Jim Halliday 36Middleweight1 x gold
Sydney Harrington 27Light-heavyweightnone
Maurice Megennis 24Bantamweight1 x gold

Wrestling

NameAgeEvent/sMedal/s
Herbie Hall 27Featherweight1 x silver
Harry Kendall Middleweight1 x bronze
Allan Leyland Flyweightnone
Ray Myland 27Welterweight1 x bronze
Kenneth Richmond 28Heavyweight1 x gold

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References

  1. "1954 Vancouver". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  2. "English athletes". Commonwealth Games Federation.