Rowing at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Rowing at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenueCanning River
LocationApplecross, Perth, Western Australia
Dates22 November – 1 December 1962

Rowing at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the sixth appearance of Rowing at the Commonwealth Games.

Competition featured six events being held on the Canning River in Perth, Western Australia. The course was 2,000 metres with the finish line being located near the Raffles Hotel and Canning Bridge in Applecross.[1][2]

England topped the rowing medal table with three gold medals.[3]

The finish line was near the Canning Bridge and Raffles Hotel

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England3126
2 New Zealand2305
3 Australia1135
4 Wales0101
5 Canada0011
Totals (5 entries)66618

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls New Zealand England Australia
Double Sculls England New Zealand Australia
Coxless pair England New Zealand Australia
Coxless four England Wales Canada
Coxed four New Zealand Australia England
Eights Australia New Zealand England

Single sculls

[4][5]

Final

Pos Athlete Time
1 New Zealand James Hill 7:39.7
2 England Bill Barry 7:44.9
3 Australia Ian Tutty 7:44.9

Double sculls

[6][7]

Repechage

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Australia 7:36.7
2 Wales Wales 8:03.1

Final

Pos Athlete Time
1 England England 6.52.4
2 New Zealand New Zealand 6.54.3
3 Australia Australia 7.01.4

Coxless pair

[8][9]

Repechage

Pos Athlete Time
1 New Zealand New Zealand 7:43.2
2 Canada Canada 7:49.8

Final

Pos Athlete Time
1 England England 7.03.7
2 New Zealand New Zealand 7.08.5
3 Australia Australia 7:10.3

Coxless four

[10][11]

Heat 1

Pos Team Time
1 Canada Eldon Worobieff, Thomas Gray, Thomas Stokes, Ray McIntosh 7.19.9
2 New Zealand Colin Cordes, Geoffrey Benge, Louis Lobel, Rodney Hutchinson 7.35.3

Heat 2

Pos Team Time
1 Wales David Edwards, Jeremy Luke, Richard Luke, John Edwards 7.28.7
2 Australia Peter Raper, Maurice Grace, Simon Newcomb, David Boykett 7.29.2
3 England Christopher Davidge, Michael Clay, John Beveridge, John Tilbury 8.10.4

Repechage

Pos Athlete Time
1 England England 6:41.3
2 Australia Australia 6:41.5
3 New Zealand New Zealand 7:05.0

Final

Pos Athlete Time
1 England England 6.31.1
2 Wales Wales 6.32.5
3 Canada Canada 6.34.9

Coxed four

[12][13]

Final

Pos Athlete Time
1 New Zealand Winston Stephens, Keith Heselwood, Hugh Smedley, George Paterson, Doug Pulman (cox) 6:48.2
2 Australia David Ramage, Derek Norwood, David Caithness, David John, Phillip Sarah (cox) 6:48.8
3 England John Russell, Richard Knight, John Vigurs, Colin Porter, Michael Howard-Johnston (cox) 7:04.9

Eights

[14][15]

Heat 1

Pos Team Time
1 England Colin Porter, Christopher Davidge, John Beveridge, John Russell, John Vigurs, John Tilbury, Richard Knight, Michael Clay, Michael Howard-Johnston (cox) 7:23.1
2 Australia Charles Lehman, Dushan Stankovich, Graeme McCall, Ian Douglas, Martin Tomanovits, Paul Guest, Terry Davies, Walter Howell, David Palfreyman (cox) 7:24.8

Heat 2

Pos Team Time
1 New Zealand Alistair Dryden, Alan Grey, Christian Larsen, Colin Cordes, Darien Boswell, Alan Webster, Louis Lobel, Leslie Arthur, Robert Page (cox) 7:07.5
2 Canada Daryl Sturdy, Donald Dewar, Marty Gifford, Max Wieczorek, Mark Lemieux, Peter Hewlett, Richard Bordewick, Rodney Browne, W.T. William, Ashley Lucky (cox) 7:09.5

Repechage

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Australia 6:03.7
2 Canada Canada 6:06.3

Final

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Australia 5:53.4
2 New Zealand New Zealand 5:53.6
3 England England 6:09.4

References

  1. ^ "1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games— Perth Australia". Australian Rowing History. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Medal Standings Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Rowing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Rowing Single Scull - Men Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Rowing". Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 27 November 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 7 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Rowing Double Scull - Men Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  7. ^ "Rowing". Bristol Evening Post. 24 November 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 7 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Rowing". Bristol Evening Post. 24 November 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 7 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Rowing". Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 27 November 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 7 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Rowing Coxless Four - Men Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  11. ^ "Rowing". Bristol Evening Post. 24 November 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 7 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ "Rowing Coxed Four - Men Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  13. ^ "Rowing". Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 27 November 1962. p. 10. Retrieved 7 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "Rowing Eight - Men Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
  15. ^ "Rowing". Bristol Evening Post. 24 November 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 7 November 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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