Weightlifting at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Weightlifting at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenueMemorial Hall
LocationBarry, Wales
Dates18 to 26 July 1958

Weightlifting at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the third appearance of Weightlifting at the Commonwealth Games. The events took place in the Memorial Hall in Barry, Wales and featured contests in seven weight classes.[1]

Singapore topped the weightlifting medal table with two gold medals.[2]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Wales)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Singapore2002
2 England1113
 South Africa1113
4 Barbados1102
5 Australia1023
6 Scotland1001
7 Malaysia0202
8 Canada0123
9 British Guiana0101
10 Trinidad and Tobago0011
11 Dominica0000
Jamaica0000
 Jersey0000
 New Zealand0000
 Northern Ireland0000
Southern Rhodesia0000
 Wales*0000
Totals (17 entries)77721

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight  Reginald Gaffley (SAF)  Ronald Brownbill (ENG)  Marcel Gosselin (CAN)
Featherweight  Tan Ser Cher (SIN)  Chung Kum Weng (MAS)  Rodney Wilkes (TRI)
Lightweight  Tan Howe Liang (SIN)  Harry Webber (SAF)  Ben Helfgott (ENG)
Middleweight  Blair Blenman (BAR)  Winston McArthur (BGU)  Adrian Gilbert (CAN)
Light Heavyweight  Phil Caira (SCO)  Sylvanus Blackman (BAR)  Jack Kestell (SAF)
Middle Heavyweight  Manny Santos (AUS)  Tan Kim Bee (MAS)  Leonard Treganowan (AUS)
Heavyweight  Ken McDonald (ENG)  Dave Baillie (CAN)  Arthur Shannos (AUS)

Results [3][4][5][6]

Bantamweight 56kg

Pos Athlete Weight
1 South Africa Reginald Gaffley 660 lb
2 England Ronald Brownbill 630 lb
3 Canada Marcel Gosselin 605 lb
4 British Guiana M. Swain 605 lb
5 Northern Ireland Sammy Dalzell 585 lb
6 Scotland John Cannon 580 lb
7 Wales Myrddin John 565 lb

Featherweight 60kg

Pos Athlete Weight
1 Singapore Tan Ser Cher 685 lb
2 Malaysia Chung Kum Weng 675 lb
3 Trinidad and Tobago Rodney Wilkes 670 lb
4 Barbados Harold Norville 655 lb
5 England Allan Robinson 635 lb
6 British Guiana M. Smith 605 lb
7 Scotland James S. Moir 605 lb
8 Wales John Heywood 600 lb
9 W. Goldsmith ret

Lightweight 67.5kg

Pos Athlete Weight
1 Singapore Tan Howe Liang 790 lb
2 South Africa Harry Webber 750 lb
3 England Ben Helfgott 750 lb
4 Canada Jules Sylvain 735 lb
5 British Guiana C. M. Goring 725 lb
6 Trinidad and Tobago C. Evelyn 715 lb
7 G. A. Nigel da Silva 705 lb
8 Wales Ron Jenkins 690 lb
9 New Zealand Peter Ridgley 685 lb
10 Australia Donald Bayley 685 lb
11 Scotland Billy Orbin 635 lb
12 Jersey Cliff Heuze 625 lb
13 Northern Ireland Terry Pelan 615 lb

Middleweight 75kg

Pos Athlete Weight
1 Barbados Blair Blenman 795 lb
2 British Guiana Winston McArthur 795 lb
3 Canada Adrian Gilbert 785 lb
4 South Africa Hennie Van Staden 770 lb
5 Trinidad and Tobago Lionel de Freitas 765 lb
6 England Laurie Levine 760 lb
7 Australia Daryl Cohen 720 lb
8 Northern Ireland Billy Cooke 710 lb
9 Wales Yorrie Evans 700 lb
10 Wales Gordon Newman 700 lb
11 Scotland John Wright 675 lb

Light Heavyweight 82.5kg

Pos Athlete Weight
1 Scotland Phil Caira 875 lb
2 Barbados Sylvanus Blackman 850 lb
3 South Africa Jack Kestell 850 lb
4 Trinidad and Tobago J. Samuel 815 lb
5 Canada Gerry Gratton 815 lb
6 Canada Mike Lipari 805 lb
7 England George Manners 800 lb
8 Australia Francis Thomas Hall 785 lb
9 Southern Rhodesia A. Asaro 785 lb
10 New Zealand Hohepa Komene 770 lb
11 British Guiana A. Baker 750 lb
12 Jersey R. McFarlane 720 lb

Middle Heavyweight 90kg

Pos Athlete Weight
1 Australia Manny Santos 890 lb
2 Malaysia Tan Kim Bee 865 lb
3 Australia Leonard Treganowan 835 lb
4 England R Gore 815 lb
5 Wales Alwyn Evans 810 lb
6 Wales Melville Barnett 805 lb
7 Canada Keevil Daly 530 lb
8 South Africa Mink De Paiva 520 lb
9 Louis Martin x

Heavyweight 110kg

Pos Athlete Weight
1 England Ken McDonald 1005 lb
2 Canada Dave Baillie 985 lb
3 Australia Arthur Shannos 870 lb
4 South Africa Louis F. Greeff 860 lb

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Weightlifting". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Weight-lifting". Daily Mirror. 22 July 1958. p. 15. Retrieved 10 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Weight-lifting". Western Mail. 23 July 1958. p. 15. Retrieved 10 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Weight-lifting". Daily Mirror. 24 July 1958. p. 18. Retrieved 10 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Phil's Our First Gold Medallist". Fife Free Press. 26 July 1958. p. 5. Retrieved 10 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.

See also