Wrestling at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Wrestling at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the fifth appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games.

The sport featured contests in eight weight classes and the events were held in the Kerrisdale Arena.

South Africa topped the wrestling medal table with six gold medals.

Medal table

Medallists Flyweight 52kg Bantamweight 57kg Featherweight 62kg Lightweight 68kg Welterweight 74kg Middleweight 82kg Light heavyweight 90kg Heavyweight 100kg

Results

A match lasted 15 minutes with either a unanimous or split decision deciding the bout. The match would finish earlier if a wrestler was pinned or was subject to a fall.

Flyweight 52kg Winner Loser Score unanimous split Leyland unanimous Flannery Clutchy split, eliminated Baise Mohammad fall 9.43 Flannery Leyland fall 9.20 Flannery Mohammad fall 8.42

Final positions: 1. Baise 2. Flannery 3. Mohammad 4. Leyland 5. Clutchy

Bantamweight 57kg Winner Loser Score pinned 4.55 pinned 4.26 Ruby split, eliminated Poliquin Epton unanimous Jameson Epton fall 5.07 Amin Poliquin unanimous Jameson Amin unanimous

Final positions: 1. Jameson 2. Amin 3. Epton 4. Poliquin 5. Ruby

Featherweight 62kg Winner Loser Score unanimous split Hall Bernard split, eliminated Geldenhuys Armitt unanimous Hall Armitt unanimous

Final positions: 1. Geldenhuys 2. Hall 3. Armitt 4. Bernard

Lightweight 68kg Winner Loser Score unanimous unanimous Pienaar McKenzie unanimous, eliminated Leobovitch Garrard unanimous Pienaar Garrad split

Final positions: 1. Pienaar 2. Leobovitch 3. Garrad 4. McKenzie

Welterweight 74kg Winner Loser Score unanimous fall 6.47 unanimous Loubser Arthur unanimous Rashid Hudson unanimous, eliminated Rashid Arthur fall 8.20, eliminated Myland Allison fall 9.20, eliminated Loubser Rashid fall 8.15 Loubser Myland unanimous

Final positions: 1. Loubser 2. Rashid 3. Myland 4. Arthur 5. Hudson 6. Allison

Middleweight 82kg Winner Loser Score unanimous unanimous Christie unanimous van Zyl Cowdrey unanimous Christie Cowdrey unanimous, eliminated van Zyl Kendall unanimous

Final positions: 1. van Zyl 2. Christie 3. Kendall 4. Cowdrey 5. Farquhar

Light heavyweight 90kg only three competitors Winner Loser Score pinned 2.30 van Staden pinned 1.35 Theron Steckle unanimous

Final positions: 1. Theron 2. Steckle 3. van Staden

Heavyweight 100kg only two competitors Winner Loser Score unanimous

Final positions: 1. Richmond 2. Maltman

References