Wales at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Wales competed at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962.

Wales at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
CGF code	WAL
CGA	Commonwealth Games Council for Wales
Website	teamwales.net
in Perth, Western Australia
Flag bearer	Opening: Closing:
Medals Ranked 13thth	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 6
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	John Merriman	Athletics	Men's 6 miles	24 November
Bronze	David England Berwyn Jones Ron Jones Nick Whitehead	Athletics	Men's 4 × 110 yards relay	1 December

Athletics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lynn Davies	100 yd	9.9	4 Q	10.2	4	Did not advance
Berwyn Jones		9.6	2 Q	9.8	2 Q	9.9	6	Did not advance
Ron Jones		9.8	2 Q	9.8	5	Did not advance
Nick Whitehead		9.9	3 Q	10.1	4	Did not advance
David England	220 yd	22.1	3 Q	22.5	5	Did not advance
Nick Whitehead		22.3	2 Q	22.5	6	Did not advance
Tony Harris	880 yd	1:51.3	2 Q	N/A		1:51.2	2 Q	1:52.3	6
Tony Harris	1 mile	4:09.9	2 Q	N/A				4:11.8	6
John Merriman	3 miles	N/A						DNS
John Merriman	6 miles	N/A						28:40.8
David England Berwyn Jones Ron Jones Nick Whitehead	4×110 yd relay	41.4	2 Q	N/A				40.8
John Merriman	Marathon	N/A						DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Lynn Davies	Long jump	25 ft 4 in (7.72 m)	4 BR
Lynn Davies	Triple jump	NM
Laurie Hall	Shot put	43 ft 2 ^3⁄4 in (13.18 m)	15
Laurie Hall	Hammer throw	178 ft 6 in (54.41 m)	=5

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jackie Barnett	880 yd	N/A				2:14.8	6

See also

• Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics

References