Rowing at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Rowing at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Canning River
Location	Applecross, Perth, Western Australia
Dates	22 November – 1 December 1962
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Rowing at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the sixth appearance of Rowing at the Commonwealth Games.

Competition featured six events being held on the Canning River in Perth, Western Australia. The course was 2,000 metres with the finish line being located near the Raffles Hotel and Canning Bridge in Applecross. ^{[1] [2]}

England topped the rowing medal table with three gold medals. ^[3]

The finish line was near the Canning Bridge and Raffles Hotel

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	3	1	2	6
2	New Zealand	2	3	0	5
3	Australia	1	1	3	5
4	Wales	0	1	0	1
5	Canada	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		6	6	6	18

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Single sculls	New Zealand	England	Australia
Double Sculls	England	New Zealand	Australia
Coxless pair	England	New Zealand	Australia
Coxless four	England	Wales	Canada
Coxed four	New Zealand	Australia	England
Eights	Australia	New Zealand	England

Single sculls

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Final

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	James Hill	7:39.7
2	Bill Barry	7:44.9
3	Ian Tutty	7:44.9

Double sculls

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Heat 1 Pos Team Time 1 Peter Watkinson & Murray Watkinson 10.20.7 2 David Edwards & John Edwards 10.36.8

Heat 2 Pos Team Time 1 George Justicz & Nicholas Birkmyre 8.06.9 2 Barclay Wade & Graeme Squires 8.14.6

Repechage

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Australia	7:36.7
2	Wales	8:03.1

Final

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	England	6.52.4
2	New Zealand	6.54.3
3	Australia	7.01.4

Coxless pair

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Heat 1 Pos Team Time 1 Rodger Ninham & William Hatfield 8.57.0 2 Graham Lawrence & Murray Lawrence 9.20.1

Heat 2 Pos Team Time 1 Stewart Farquharson & David Lee Nicholson 8.40.6 2 Bob Stubbs & Marty Gifford 9.03.8

Repechage

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	New Zealand	7:43.2
2	Canada	7:49.8

Final

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	England	7.03.7
2	New Zealand	7.08.5
3	Australia	7:10.3

Coxless four

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Heat 1

Pos	Team	Time
1	Eldon Worobieff, Thomas Gray, Thomas Stokes, Ray McIntosh	7.19.9
2	Colin Cordes, Geoffrey Benge, Louis Lobel, Rodney Hutchinson	7.35.3

Heat 2

Pos	Team	Time
1	David Edwards, Jeremy Luke, Richard Luke, John Edwards	7.28.7
2	Peter Raper, Maurice Grace, Simon Newcomb, David Boykett	7.29.2
3	Christopher Davidge, Michael Clay, John Beveridge, John Tilbury	8.10.4

Repechage

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	England	6:41.3
2	Australia	6:41.5
3	New Zealand	7:05.0

Final

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	England	6.31.1
2	Wales	6.32.5
3	Canada	6.34.9

Coxed four

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Final

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Winston Stephens, Keith Heselwood, Hugh Smedley, George Paterson, Doug Pulman (cox)	6:48.2
2	David Ramage, Derek Norwood, David Caithness, David John, Phillip Sarah (cox)	6:48.8
3	John Russell, Richard Knight, John Vigurs, Colin Porter, Michael Howard-Johnston (cox)	7:04.9

Eights

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Heat 1

Pos	Team	Time
1	Colin Porter, Christopher Davidge, John Beveridge, John Russell, John Vigurs, John Tilbury, Richard Knight, Michael Clay, Michael Howard-Johnston (cox)	7:23.1
2	Charles Lehman, Dushan Stankovich, Graeme McCall, Ian Douglas, Martin Tomanovits, Paul Guest, Terry Davies, Walter Howell, David Palfreyman (cox)	7:24.8

Heat 2

Pos	Team	Time
1	Alistair Dryden, Alan Grey, Christian Larsen, Colin Cordes, Darien Boswell, Alan Webster, Louis Lobel, Leslie Arthur, Robert Page (cox)	7:07.5
2	Daryl Sturdy, Donald Dewar, Marty Gifford, Max Wieczorek, Mark Lemieux, Peter Hewlett, Richard Bordewick, Rodney Browne, W.T. William, Ashley Lucky (cox)	7:09.5

Repechage

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Australia	6:03.7
2	Canada	6:06.3

Final

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Australia	5:53.4
2	New Zealand	5:53.6
3	England	6:09.4

References

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2. "Medal Standings Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
3. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Rowing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
4. "Rowing Single Scull - Men Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
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6. "Rowing Double Scull - Men Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
7. "Rowing" . Bristol Evening Post. 24 November 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 7 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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9. "Rowing" . Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 27 November 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 7 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Rowing Coxless Four - Men Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
11. "Rowing" . Bristol Evening Post. 24 November 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 7 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
12. "Rowing Coxed Four - Men Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
13. "Rowing" . Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 27 November 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 7 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
14. "Rowing Eight - Men Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
15. "Rowing" . Bristol Evening Post. 24 November 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 7 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.