Australia competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958. It was Australia's sixth appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930.
Australia won medals in eight of the ten sports that it entered.
Medallists The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.
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Medal Name Sport Event Athletics Men's 880 yards Athletics Men's 1 mile Athletics Men's 6 miles Athletics Men's Marathon Athletics Men's triple jump Athletics Women's 100 yards Athletics Women's 220 yards Athletics Women's 80 metres hurdles Athletics Women's high jump Athletics Women's javelin throw Boxing Men's Featherweight Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight Cycling Men's Sprint Cycling Men's 10 Miles Scratch Rowing Men's Single Scull Swimming Men's 110 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 440 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 1650 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 110 yards Backstroke Swimming Men's 220 yards Breaststroke Brian Wilkinson John Konrads John Devitt Swimming Men's 4 × 220 yards Freestyle Relay John Monckton John Devitt Terry Gathercole Swimming Men's 4 × 110 yards Medley Relay Swimming Women's 110 yards Freestyle Swimming Women's 440 yards Freestyle Swimming Women's 110 yards Butterfly Dawn Fraser Lorraine Crapp Sandra Morgan Swimming Women's 4 × 110 yards Freestyle Relay Weightlifting Men's Middle Heavyweight Athletics Men's 1 mile Athletics Men's 3 miles Athletics Men's 440 yards hurdles Athletics Men's high jump Athletics Women's 220 yards Kay Johnson Wendy Hayes Marlene Willard Athletics Women's 4 × 110 yards relay Boxing Men's Bantamweight Cycling Men's Time Trial Cycling Men's Road Race Fencing Men's Foil Michael Sichel Ivan Lund Fencing Men's Foil Team Ivan Lund Michael Sichel Fencing Men's Sabre Team Fencing Women's Foil Stuart Mackenzie Rowing Men's Double Scull , Mick Allan, Kenneth Railton, Kevin Evans, Lionel Robberds Neville Clinton, Ralfe Currall, Peter Waddington, Victor Schweikert Rowing Men's Eight Swimming Men's 110 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 1650 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 110 yards Backstroke Swimming Women's 110 yards Freestyle Swimming Women's 440 yards Freestyle Barbara Evans Anne Nelson Gergaynia Beckett Swimming Women's 4 × 110 yards Medley Relay Wrestling Men's Bantamweight Athletics Men's 1 mile Hector Hogan Terry Gale Kevan Gosper Athletics Men's 4 × 110 yards relay Athletics Men's shot put Athletics Women's 80 metres hurdles Athletics Women's high jump Athletics Women's long jump Ivan Lund John Simpson Fencing Men's Épée Team Kevyn Webb Rowing Men's Coxless Pair Ralfe Currall Kevin Evans Lionel Robberds Roland Waddington Rowing Men's Coxed Four Swimming Men's 110 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 440 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 220 yards Butterfly Swimming Women's 110 yards Freestyle Swimming Women's 440 yards Freestyle Weightlifting Men's Middle Heavyweight Weightlifting Men's Heavyweight Wrestling Men's Heavyweight
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Officials Chief of Mission / Honorary Treasurer: Jim Eve Honorary General Manager: Bill Young Attache: Max Phillips Section Officials: Athletics Manager – Charles Gardner; Lawn Bowls Manager – Neil Benjamin; Boxing Manager – John Castle; Cycling Manager – Ronald O'Donnell; Fencing Manager – Vivian Chalwin; Rowing Manager – Eric Holford, Rowing Coach – Eric Longley; Swimming Manager – Allan Blue, Swimming Chaperon – Frances May; Wrestling Manager – Dick Garrard
See also Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics Australia at the 1960 Summer Olympics
References
External links Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database