Wrestling at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Wrestling at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Royal King's Park Tennis Club
Location	Kings Park, Western Australia, Australia
Dates	22 November to 1 December 1962
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Wrestling at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the seventh appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Perth, Australia, and featured contests in eight weight classes. ^[1]

The wrestling events were held in the Royal King's Park Tennis Club, outdoor, under floodlights, ^{[2] [3]} after the original plans to use the Drill Hall venue were rejected. ^[4]

Pakistan dominated the wrestling medal table by virtue of winning seven of the eight gold medals on offer. ^[5]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Pakistan	7	1	0	8
2	England	1	1	3	5
3	Australia	0	3	1	4
	Canada	0	3	1	4
5	New Zealand	0	0	2	2
6	Scotland	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		8	8	8	24

Medallists

Medallists in men's wrestling by event

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Muhammad Niaz Din  (PAK)	Peter Michienzi  (CAN)	Warren Nisbet  (NZL)
Bantamweight	Siraj-ud-Din  (PAK)	Walter Pilling  (ENG)	Jim Turnbull  (SCO)
Featherweight	Ala-ud-Din  (PAK)	Matti Jutila  (CAN)	Bert Aspen  (ENG)
Lightweight	Muhammad Akhtar  (PAK)	Sid Marsh  (AUS)	Kurt Boese  (CAN)
Welterweight	Muhammad Bashir  (PAK)	Phil Oberlander  (CAN)	Len Allen  (ENG)
Middleweight	Muhammad Faiz  (PAK)	Michael Benarik  (AUS)	Fred Thomas  (NZL)
Light Heavyweight	Tony Buck  (ENG)	Muhammad Saeed  (PAK)	Jim Armstrong  (AUS)
Heavyweight	Muhammad Niaz  (PAK)	Ray Mitchell  (AUS)	Denis McNamara  (ENG)

Results

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Flyweight 52kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Muhammad Niaz Din	Peter Michienzi	points
Trevor James Dwyer	Warren Nisbet	points
Peter Michienzi	Warren Nisbet	points
Muhammad Niaz Din	Trevor James Dwyer	points
Peter Michienzi	Trevor James Dwyer	disq overweight

Final positions: 1. Niaz Din 2. Michienzi 3. Nisbet 4. Dwyer

Bantamweight 57kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Walter Pilling	Alex Fernando	fall 1st round
Siraj-ud-Din	Arthur William Tooby	points
Jim Turnbull	H. Plykkanen	points
H. Plykkanen	Arthur William Tooby	points
Siraj-ud-Din	Walter Pilling	points
Jim Turnbull	Alex Fernando	points
Siraj-ud-Din	H. Plykkanen	points
Walter Pilling	Jim Turnbull	points
Siraj-ud-Din	Jim Turnbull	points

Final positions: 1. ud-Din 2. Pilling 3. Turnbull 4. Plykkanen 5. Tooby, Fernando

Featherweight 62kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Bert Aspen	John David Cobain Little	points
Ala-ud-Din	Ifor B. Roberts	points
Matti Jutila	John David Cobain Little	fall 6min 14 sec
Bert Aspen	Ifor B. Roberts
Ala-ud-Din	Matti Jutila	fall 9min 54sec
Ala-ud-Din	Bert Aspen	points
Matti Jutila	Bert Aspen	points ret hurt

Final positions: 1. ud-Din 2. Jutila 3. Aspen 4. Little 5. Roberts

Lightweight 68kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Sid Marsh	Kurt Boese	points
Muhammad Akhtar	Peter Amey	points
Sid Marsh	Peter Amey	points
Muhammad Akhtar	Kurt Boese	points
Muhammad Akhtar	Sid Marsh	fall 7min 06sec
Kurt Boese	Peter Amey	bronze medal play off [9]

Final positions: 1. Akhtar 2. Marsh 3. Boese 4. Amey

Welterweight 74kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Phil Oberlander	Len Allen	decision fall
George Farquhar	John Raftopoulas	Draw
Muhammad Bashir	Barrie E. Courtney	fall 1st round
Len Allen	George Farquhar	points
Phil Oberlander	Barrie E. Courtney	w/o
Muhammad Bashir	John Raftopoulas	fall 3min 04sec
Muhammad Bashir	Len Allen	points
Phil Oberlander	George Farquhar	fall 44sec
Muhammad Bashir	Phil Oberlander	points

Final positions: 1. Bashir 2. Oberlander 3. Allen 4. Raftopoulas, Farquhar 5. Courtney

Middleweight 82kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Michael Benarik	Fred Thomas	points
Muhammad Faiz	Alastair McNeill
Michael Benarik	Len Pidduck	points
Fred Thomas	Alastair McNeill	fall 3min 04sec
Fred Thomas	Len Pidduck	points
Muhammad Faiz	Michael Benarik	points
Muhammad Faiz	Fred Thomas	points

Final positions: 1. Faiz 2. Benarik 3. Thomas 4. McNeill, Pidduck

Light heavyweight 90kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Tony Buck	Muhammad Saeed
Tony Buck	Jim Armstrong	points
Muhammad Saeed	Jim Armstrong	w/o

Final positions: 1. Buck 2. Saeed 3. Armstrong

Heavyweight 100kg

Winner	Loser	Score
Ray Mitchell	Denis McNamara	points
Muhammad Niaz	Ray Mitchell	points
Muhammad Niaz	Denis McNamara	fall 3min

Final positions: 1. Niaz 2. Mitchell 3. McNamara

References

1. "Medal Standings Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
2. "1962 Commonwealth and Paraplegic Games". Museum of Perth. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
3. "Wrestling. Kings Park, 27-29 November 1962. Official programme". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
4. "Snags" . Manchester Evening News. 28 July 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 11 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Wrestling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
6. "Late results from Perth" . Manchester Evening News. 28 November 1962. p. 14. Retrieved 28 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Wrestling" . Birmingham Daily Post. 28 November 1962. p. 24. Retrieved 28 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Wrestling" . Birmingham Daily Post. 29 November 1962. p. 27. Retrieved 28 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Niaz earns first for Pakistan" . Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). 29 November 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 28 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.