Australia at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation
Australia at the
1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
CGF codeAUS
CGAAustralian Commonwealth Games Association
Websitecommonwealthgames.org.au
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Competitors78 in 10 sports
Flag bearersOpening: Dick Garrard[1]
Closing:
Officials13
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
20
Silver
11
Bronze
17
Total
48
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances

Australia competed at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada from 30 July to 7 August 1954. It was Australia's fifth appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930.

Australia won medals in nine of the ten sports that it entered.

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Kevan Gosper Athletics Men's 400 yards
 Gold David Lean Athletics Men's 400 yards hurdles
 Gold James Achurch Athletics Men's javelin
 Gold Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Athletics Women's 100 yards
 Gold Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Athletics Women's 200 yards
 Gold Gwen Wallace
Winsome Cripps
Nancy Fogarty*
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson
Athletics Women's 4 × 110 yards relay
 Gold Dick Ploog Cycling Men's Time Trial
 Gold Lindsay Cocks Cycling Men's 10 Mile Scratch Race
 Gold Barbara McAulay Diving Women's 10m Platform
 Gold Ivan Lund Fencing Men's Épée
 Gold Mervyn Wood
Murray Riley
Rowing Men's Double Sculls
 Gold Lionel Robberds
Dave Anderson
Peter Evatt
Geoff Williamson
Mervyn Wood
Rowing Men's Coxed Four
 Gold Jon Henricks Swimming Men's 110 yards Freestyle
 Gold Gary Chapman Swimming Men's 440 yards Freestyle
 Gold Lorraine Crapp Swimming Women's 110 yards Freestyle
 Gold Lorraine Crapp Swimming Women's 440 yards Freestyle
 Gold David Hawkins
Gary Chapman
Jon Henricks
Rex Aubrey
Swimming Men's 4 × 220 yards Freestyle Relay
 Gold Cyrus Weld
David Hawkins
Jon Henricks
Swimming Men's 3 × 110 yards Medley Relay
 Gold Vern Barberis Weightlifting Men's Lightweight
 Gold Geoff Jameson Wrestling Men's Bantamweight
 Silver John Landy Athletics Men's 1 miles
 Silver Winsome Cripps Athletics Women's 100 yards
 Silver Winsome Cripps Athletics Women's 2200 yards
 Silver Tony Madigan Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight
 Silver Rodney Litzow Boxing Men's Welterweight
 Silver Barbara McAulay Diving Women's 3m Springboard
 Silver Kevin Newell Diving Men's 10m Platform
 Silver John Fethers Fencing Men's Foil
 Silver Ivan Lund
John Fethers
Rod Steel
Fencing Men's Team Foil
 Silver Cyrus Weld Swimming Men's 110 yards Freestyle
 Silver Fred Flannery Wrestling Men's Flyweight
 Bronze Hector Hogan Athletics Men's 100 yards
 Bronze Brian Oliver Athletics Men's triple jump
 Bronze David Lean
Hector Hogan
Brian Oliver
Kevan Gosper
Athletics Men's 4 × 110 yards relay
 Bronze Brian Oliver
Don MacMillan
David Lean
Kevan Gosper
Athletics Men's 4 × 440 yards relay
 Bronze Warner Batchelor Boxing Men's Flyweight
 Bronze Brian Cahill Boxing Men's Lightweight
 Bronze Des Duguid Boxing Men's Lightweight Welter
 Bronze John Fethers Fencing Men's Sabre
 Bronze Ivan Lund
John Fethers
Laurence Harding-Smith
Fencing Men's Team Épée
 Bronze Ivan Lund
John Fethers
Rod Steel
Laurence Harding-Smith
Fencing Men's Team Sabre
 Bronze Dave Anderson
Geoff Williamson
Rowing Men's Coxless Pair
 Bronze Rex Aubrey Swimming Men's 110 yards Freestyle
 Bronze Gary Chapman Swimming Men's 1650 yards Freestyle
 Bronze Cyrus Weld Swimming Men's 110 yards Backstroke
 Bronze Jann Grier
Judith Knight
Lorraine Crapp
Swimming Women's 3 × 110 yards Medleyle Relay
 Bronze Keith Caple Weightlifting Men's Bantamweight
 Bronze Dick Garrard Wrestling Men's Lightweight
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Athletics 6 3 4 13
Swimming 6 1 4 10
Rowing 2 0 1 3
Cycling 2 0 0 2
Fencing 1 2 3 6
Diving 1 2 0 3
Wrestling 1 1 1 3
Weightlifting 1 0 1 3
Boxing 0 2 3 5
Total 20 11 17 48

Team Management

Honorary General Manager and Chief of Mission - Jim Eve
Honorary Assistant General Manager - Edward Kenny
Honorary Manageress - Norah Morison Section Officials: Athletics Manager - Frank Treacy, Athletics Women's Coach - Nell Gould ; Lawn Bowls Manager - Frederick Winn ; Boxing, Weightlifting & Wrestling Manager - Herbert Keenan ; Cycling Manager - Bill Young ; Fencing Coach - Joan Beck ; Rowing Manager - Roy Thursfield ; Swimming Manager - William Holland [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Flag bearers". Australian Web Archive. Archived from the original on 23 November 1998. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ^ 1911-2010 Australia at the Commonwealth Games : Delhi 2010 XIX Commonwealth Games 3-14 October. Melbourne: Australian Commonwealth Games Association. 2010.

External links

    • Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database


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