Weightlifting at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Weightlifting at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Memorial Hall
Location	Barry, Wales
Dates	18 to 26 July 1958
←  1954 1962  →

Weightlifting at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the third appearance of Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games. The events took place in the Memorial Hall in Barry, Wales and featured contests in seven weight classes. ^[1]

Singapore topped the weightlifting medal table with two gold medals. ^[2]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Wales)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Singapore	2	0	0	2
2	England	1	1	1	3
	South Africa	1	1	1	3
4	Barbados	1	1	0	2
5	Australia	1	0	2	3
6	Scotland	1	0	0	1
7	Malaysia	0	2	0	2
8	Canada	0	1	2	3
9	British Guiana	0	1	0	1
10	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
11	Dominica	0	0	0	0
	Jamaica	0	0	0	0
	Jersey	0	0	0	0
	New Zealand	0	0	0	0
	Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
	Southern Rhodesia	0	0	0	0
	Wales	0	0	0	0
Totals (17 entries)		7	7	7	21

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight	Reginald Gaffley  (SAF)	Ronald Brownbill  (ENG)	Marcel Gosselin  (CAN)
Featherweight	Tan Ser Cher  (SIN)	Chung Kum Weng  (MAS)	Rodney Wilkes  (TRI)
Lightweight	Tan Howe Liang  (SIN)	Harry Webber  (SAF)	Ben Helfgott  (ENG)
Middleweight	Blair Blenman  (BAR)	Winston McArthur  (BGU)	Adrian Gilbert  (CAN)
Light Heavyweight	Phil Caira  (SCO)	Sylvanus Blackman  (BAR)	Jack Kestell  (SAF)
Middle Heavyweight	Manny Santos  (AUS)	Tan Kim Bee  (MAS)	Leonard Treganowan  (AUS)
Heavyweight	Ken McDonald  (ENG)	Dave Baillie  (CAN)	Arthur Shannos  (AUS)

Results ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Bantamweight 56kg

Pos	Athlete	Weight
1	Reginald Gaffley	660 lb
2	Ronald Brownbill	630 lb
3	Marcel Gosselin	605 lb
4	M. Swain	605 lb
5	Sammy Dalzell	585 lb
6	John Cannon	580 lb
7	Myrddin John	565 lb

Featherweight 60kg

Pos	Athlete	Weight
1	Tan Ser Cher	685 lb
2	Chung Kum Weng	675 lb
3	Rodney Wilkes	670 lb
4	Harold Norville	655 lb
5	Allan Robinson	635 lb
6	M. Smith	605 lb
7	James S. Moir	605 lb
8	John Heywood	600 lb
9	W. Goldsmith	ret

Lightweight 67.5kg

Pos	Athlete	Weight
1	Tan Howe Liang	790 lb
2	Harry Webber	750 lb
3	Ben Helfgott	750 lb
4	Jules Sylvain	735 lb
5	C. M. Goring	725 lb
6	C. Evelyn	715 lb
7	G. A. Nigel da Silva	705 lb
8	Ron Jenkins	690 lb
9	Peter Ridgley	685 lb
10	Donald Bayley	685 lb
11	Billy Orbin	635 lb
12	Cliff Heuze	625 lb
13	Terry Pelan	615 lb

Middleweight 75kg

Pos	Athlete	Weight
1	Blair Blenman	795 lb
2	Winston McArthur	795 lb
3	Adrian Gilbert	785 lb
4	Hennie Van Staden	770 lb
5	Lionel de Freitas	765 lb
6	Laurie Levine	760 lb
7	Daryl Cohen	720 lb
8	Billy Cooke	710 lb
9	Iorrie Evans	700 lb
10	Gordon Newman	700 lb
11	John Wright	675 lb

Light Heavyweight 82.5kg

Pos	Athlete	Weight
1	Phil Caira	875 lb
2	Sylvanus Blackman	850 lb
3	Jack Kestell	850 lb
4	J. Samuel	815 lb
5	Gerry Gratton	815 lb
6	Mike Lipari	805 lb
7	George Manners	800 lb
8	Francis Thomas Hall	785 lb
9	A. Asaro	785 lb
10	Hohepa Komene	770 lb
11	A. Baker	750 lb
12	R. McFarlane	720 lb

Middle Heavyweight 90kg

Pos	Athlete	Weight
1	Manny Santos	890 lb
2	Tan Kim Bee	865 lb
3	Leonard Treganowan	835 lb
4	R Gore	815 lb
5	Alwyn Evans	810 lb
6	Melville Barnett	805 lb
7	Keevil Daly	530 lb
8	Mink De Paiva	520 lb
9	Louis Martin	x

Heavyweight 110kg

Pos	Athlete	Weight
1	Ken McDonald	1005 lb
2	Dave Baillie	985 lb
3	Arthur Shannos	870 lb
4	Louis F. Greeff	860 lb

References

1. "Medal Standings Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
2. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Weightlifting". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
3. "Weight-lifting" . Daily Mirror. 22 July 1958. p. 15. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Weight-lifting" . Western Mail. 23 July 1958. p. 15. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Weight-lifting" . Daily Mirror. 24 July 1958. p. 18. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Phil's Our First Gold Medallist" . Fife Free Press. 26 July 1958. p. 5. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting