Wrestling at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Wrestling at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenueKerrisdale Arena
LocationEast Boulevard, Kerrisdale, Vancouver, Canada
Dates30 July – 7 August 1954

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.[1][2]

South Africa topped the wrestling medal table with six gold medals.[3][4]

Kerrisdale Arena in 1950
Wrestling at the Kerrisdale Arena during the Games.
Attribution:Province newspaper

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Africa6006
2 England1124
3 Australia1113
4 Canada*0404
5 Pakistan0213
6 Northern Rhodesia0022
7 New Zealand0011
Totals (7 entries)88723

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight  Louis Baise (SAF)  Fred Flannery (AUS)  Din Mohammad (PAK)
Bantamweight  Geoff Jameson (AUS)  Muhammad Amin (PAK)  Ian Epton (NRH)
Featherweight  Abraham Geldenhuys (SAF)  Herbie Hall (ENG)  John Armitt (NZL)
Lightweight  Godfrey Pienaar (SAF)  Ruby Leobovitch (CAN)  Dick Garrard (AUS)
Welterweight  Nick Loubser (SAF)  Abdul Rashid (PAK)  Ray Myland (ENG)
Middleweight  Hermanus van Zyl (SAF)  Jim Christie (CAN)  Harry Kendall (ENG)
Light Heavyweight  Jacob Theron (SAF)  Bob Steckle (CAN)  Dan van Staden (NRH)
Heavyweight  Ken Richmond (ENG)  Keith Maltman (CAN)

Results

Wrestling at the Kerrisdale Arena during the Games.
Attribution:Province newspaper

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.[5][6][7]

Flyweight 52kg

Winner Loser Score
England Allan Leyland Canada David Clutchy unanimous
South Africa Louis Baise Australia Fred Flannery split
Pakistan Din Mohammad 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
Australia Geoff Jameson Canada Adrian Poliquin pinned 4.55
Northern Rhodesia Ian Epton New Zealand Ken Ruby pinned 4.26
Pakistan Muhammad Amin 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
South Africa Abraham Geldenhuys England Herbie Hall unanimous
New Zealand John Armitt Canada Armand Bernard split
Hall Bernard split, elimiated
Geldenhuys Armitt unanimous
Hall Armitt unanimous

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

Lightweight 68kg

Winner Loser Score
South Africa Godfrey Pienaar Canada Ruby Leobovitch unanimous
Australia Dick Garrard Scotland George McKenzie 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
South Africa Nick Loubser Canada Henry Hudson unanimous
Pakistan Abdul Rashid Scotland John Allison fall 6.47
Australia Bruce Arthur England Ray Myland 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
South Africa Hermanus van Zyl Canada Jim Christie unanimous
Australia Malcolm Cowdrey Scotland George Farquhar unanimous
Christie England Harry Kendall 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
South Africa Jacob Theron Northern Rhodesia Dan van Staden pinned 2.30
Canada Bob Steckle 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
England Ken Richmond Canada Keith Maltman unanimous

Final positions: 1. Richmond 2. Maltman

References

  1. ^ "Tuesday at the BEG". Vancouver Sun. 2 August 1954. p. 12. Retrieved 26 September 2025 – via Google Newspapers.
  2. ^ "The Mega-event that Set a Pace for Vancouver". The Tyee. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Medal Standings Vancouver 1954". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Wrestling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Wrestling". Daily Express. 2 August 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 26 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Cyril is ruled, out then reinstated". Manchester Evening News. 3 August 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 26 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Wrestling". Daily News (London). 4 August 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 26 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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