England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games explained
England competed at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 30 July to 7 August 1954.[1]
England finished at the top of the medal table.
Medal table
The athletes that competed are listed below.[2]
Athletes
See main article: Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
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Suzanne Allday | 19 | Discus, Hammer, Javelin, Shot put | 1 x silver |
Peter Allday | 27 | Hammer | None |
Don Anthony | 25 | Hammer | None |
Roger Bannister | 25 | 1 mile | 1 x gold |
Ken Box | 23 | 100y, 220y, relay, Long jump | none |
Ian Boyd | 21 | 880y, 1 mile | 1 x bronze |
Chris Brasher | 25 | 1 mile | none |
Shirley Burgess | 20 | 100y, 220y, relay | 1 x silver |
Christopher Chataway | 23 | 3 miles | 1 x gold |
| 23 | High jump, Long jump, Shot put | none |
Stan Cox | 36 | 6 miles, Marathon | none |
| 25 | 80mh, Long jump | 2 x bronze |
Alan Dick | 24 | 440y, relay | 1 x gold |
Peter Driver | 22 | 3 miles, 6 miles | 1 x gold |
Geoff Elliott | 23 | Pole vault, Shot put | 1 x gold |
| 21 | 100y, 220y, relay | none |
| 26 | 440y, relay | 1 x gold |
| 28 | 3 miles | 1 x silver |
Shirley Hampton | 18 | 100y, 220y, relay | 1 x silver, 1 x bronze |
Brian Hewson | 21 | 880y | 1 x silver |
| 25 | 440y, relay | 1 x gold |
Chris Higham | 23 | 120yh | 1 x silver |
| 20 | 220y, Long jump | none |
| 21 | 880y, relay | 2 x gold |
| 21 | 440y, 440yh | 1 x silver |
| 24 | 880y, 1 mile | none |
Alan Lillington | 21 | 100y, 220y, relay | none |
| 26 | 120yh | none |
Anne Pashley | 19 | 100y, relay | 1 silver |
| 35 | 6 miles, Marathon | 1 x bronze |
Mark Pharaoh | 23 | Discus, Shot put | 1 x bronze |
Frank Sando | 23 | 3 miles, 6 miles | 1 silver, 1 x bronze |
John Savidge | 29 | Shot put, Discus, | 1 x gold |
Pam Seaborne | 18 | 80mh | none |
Brian Shenton | 27 | 100y, 220y, relay | 1 x silver |
| Javelin | none |
| 34 | High jump, Javelin, Long jump | 1 x silver |
Ken Wilmshurst | 23 | 440yh, Long jump, Triple jump | 2 x gold |
| 21 | 100y, 220y, relay | 1 x silver |
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Bowls
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Edwin Bateman | 73 | pairs | none |
| 60 | fours | none |
| 62 | fours | none |
| 54 | singles, fours | none |
| 61 | fours | none |
| 70 | pairs | none |
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Boxing
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Dave Charnley | 19 | featherweight | 1 x bronze |
Nicholas Gargano | 19 | welterweight | 1 x gold |
| 20 | heavyweight | 1 x gold |
Bruce Wells | 21 | welterweight | 1 x bronze |
| 19 | Lightweight | none |
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Cycling
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Peter Brotherton | 23 | Pursuit, 1,000m | 1 x silver |
| 21 | Time trial, Scratch, 1,000m | 1 silver, 1 x bronze |
Tony Hoar | 22 | Road | none |
Cyril Peacock | 25 | Sprint, Time trial | 1 x gold |
Bernard Pusey | 23 | Pursuit, Road | 1 x bronze |
Norman Sheil | 21 | Pursuit, Road, Scratch | 1 x silver |
| 27 | Road, Scratch | 1 x gold |
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Diving
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Ann Long | 17 | 3m & 10m Platform | 1 x gold, 1 x bronze |
| 26 | 3m Springboard | none |
Eunice Millar | 26 | 10m Platform | 1 x silver |
Peter Tarsey | 17 | 10m Platform | none |
| | 3m Springboard, 10m Platform | 1 x silver |
Charmain Welsh | 16 | 3m Springboard | none |
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Fencing
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Michael Amberg | 28 | Sabre, Sabre team | | 1 x gold, 1 x silver |
William Beatley | 20 | Sabre, Sabre team | 1 x silver |
Ralph Cooperman | 26 | Foil, Foil Team, Sabre, Sabre team | | 1 x gold, 2 x silver |
Charles de Beaumont | 51 | Épée, Épée team | 1 x gold |
Mary Glen-Haig | 36 | Foil | 1 x gold |
Allan Jay | 24 | Épée, Épée team, Foil, Foil Team | 2 x gold, 1 x bronze |
René Paul | 33 | Épée, Épée team, Foil, Foil Team | 3 x gold, 1 x silver |
Gillian Sheen | 25 | Foil | 1 x silver |
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Rowing
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Tom Christie | 27 | Coxless pairs | 1 x silver |
Nicholas Clack | 23 | Coxless pairs | 1 x silver |
Alastair Davidson | | Coxed fours, eights | 1 x silver, 1 x bronze |
Joe Eldeen | 31 | Eights | 1 x silver |
David Glynne-Jones | 25 | Coxed fours, eights | 1 x silver, 1 x bronze |
Maurice Legg | | Coxed fours, eights | 1 x silver, 1 x bronze |
| 26 | Coxed fours, eights | 1 x silver, 1 x bronze |
| 25 | Coxed fours, eights | 1 x silver, 1 x bronze |
| | Eights | 1 x silver |
| 19 | Single sculls | 1 x silver |
M.G.C. Savage | | Eights | 1 x silver |
| 25 | Eights | 1 x silver |
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Swimming
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Donald Bland | 23 | 440y & 1650y freestyle, freestyle relay | none |
Jean Botham | 19 | 110y freestyle, freestyle & medley relays | 1 x bronze |
Fearne Ewart | 17 | 110y freestyle, freestyle relay | 1 x bronze |
Margaret Grundy | 16 | 220y breastroke, medley relay | 1 x bronze |
| 19 | 110y & 440y freestyle, freestyle relay | none |
Alan Hime | 24 | 220y breaststroke | 1 x bronze |
Peter Jervis | 22 | 220y breaststroke, medley relay | 1 x silver |
Vivienne Meyrick | 17 | 110y backstroke | none |
| 17 | 100y freestyle, freestyle relay | 1 x bronze |
Maureen Pitchfork | 19 | 110y backstroke, medley relay | none |
Haydn Rigby | 17 | 110y backstroke, medley & freestyle relay | none |
| 31 | 110y fresstyle, medley & freestyle relays | none |
Pat Symons | 19 | 110y backstroke | 1 x silver |
Daphne Wilkinson | 22 | 440y freestyle, freestyle relay | 1 x bronze | |
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Notes and References
- Web site: 1954 Vancouver. Commonwealth Games Federation. 2019-04-15. 2022-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20220922092553/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3033. dead.
- Web site: English athletes. Commonwealth Games Federation.