England at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
CGF code	ENG
CGA	Commonwealth Games England
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in Perth, Western Australia
Flag bearers	Opening: Closing:
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 29 Silver 22 Bronze 27 Total 78
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances
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England competed at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962.^[1][2]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Dorothy Hyman	Athletics	Women's 100 yards	26 November
Gold	Brian Kilby	Athletics	Men's marathon	29 November
Gold	Martyn Lucking	Athletics	Men's shot put	29 November
Gold	Dorothy Hyman	Athletics	Women's 220 yards	29 November
Gold	Sue Platt	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	29 November
Gold	Len Carter David Jones Alf Meakin Peter Radford	Athletics	Men's 4 × 110 yards relay	1 December
Gold	Howard Payne	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	1 December
Silver	Maurice Herriott	Athletics	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase	24 November
Silver	Colin Smith	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	24 November
Silver	David Jones	Athletics	Men's 220 yards	29 November
Silver	Robbie Brightwell	Athletics	Men's 440 yards	29 November
Silver	Rosemary Morgan	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	29 November
Silver	Robbie Brightwell Barry Jackson Adrian Metcalfe Bob Setti	Athletics	Men's 4 × 440 yards relay	1 December
Silver	Betty Moore	Athletics	Women's 80 metres hurdles	1 December
Silver	Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman Betty Moore Ann Packer	Athletics	Women's 4 × 110 yards relay	1 December
Bronze	Suzanne Allday	Athletics	Women's shot put	24 November
Bronze	John Sheldrick	Athletics	Men's discus throw	26 November
Bronze	Laurie Taitt	Athletics	Men's 120 yards hurdles	29 November
Bronze	Fred Alsop	Athletics	Men's triple jump	29 November
Bronze	Joy Jordan	Athletics	Women's 880 yards	1 December

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Len Carter	100 yd	10.0	3 Q	10.2	5	Did not advance
David Jones		9.6	1 Q	9.9	3	Did not advance
Alf Meakin		9.7	3 Q	9.9	3	Did not advance
Peter Radford		9.7	2 Q	9.8	2 Q	9.8	5	Did not advance
Len Carter	220 yd	22.3	4 Q	22.5	4	Did not advance
David Jones		21.4	1 Q	21.7	1 Q	21.4	2 Q	21.5
Alf Meakin		22.0	5	Did not advance
Peter Radford		21.5	2 Q	21.9	3 Q	21.6	5	Did not advance
Robbie Brightwell	440 yd	47.5	1 Q	—		47.4	1 Q	46.8
Barry Jackson		47.5	2 Q	—		DNF		Did not advance
Adrian Metcalfe		48.3	3	—		Did not advance
Nick Overhead		48.4	3	—		Did not advance
Mike Fleet	880 yd	1:51.5	2 Q	—		1:51.2	3	1:50.0	5
Sid Purkis		1:50.9	2 Q	—		1:54.1	6	Did not advance
Bob Setti		1:52.2	3	—		Did not advance
Stan Taylor		1:52.4	3	—		Did not advance
Brian Hall	1 mile	4:18.9	8	—				Did not advance
Alan Simpson		4:03.0	4	—				Did not advance
Stan Taylor		4:08.7	3 Q	—				4:12.7	7
Bruce Tulloh		4:02.5	3 Q	—				4:22.1	9
John Anderson	3 miles	—						13:44.0	9
Derek Ibbotson		—						13:44.0	8
Eddie Strong		—						13:41.4	6
Bruce Tulloh		—						13:37.8	4
Mel Batty	6 miles	—						28:44.6	6
Michael Bullivant		—						29:46.0	9
Roy Fowler		—						29:44.0	8
Martin Hyman		—						28:42.2	5
Bob Birrell	120 yd hurdles	14.3	1 Q	—				15.2	6
Laurie Taitt		14.3	1 Q	—				14.7
Chris Surety	440 yd hurdles	53.8	3 Q	—				53.3	6
Mel Batty	3000 m steeplechase	—						DNS
David Chapman		—						9:05.6	5
Brian Hall		—						DNF
Maurice Herriott		—						8:45.0
Len Carter David Jones Alf Meakin Peter Radford	4×110 yd relay	41.0	1 Q	—				40.6	GR, =BR
Robbie Brightwell Barry Jackson Adrian Metcalfe Bob Setti	4×440 yd relay	3:13.1	1 Q	—				3:11.2
Mel Batty	Marathon	—						2:25:51	5
Martin Hyman		—						2:32:07	9
Brian Kilby		—						2:21:17.0	GR
Peter Wilkinson		—						2:30:51	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
John Howell	High jump	DNS
Gordon Miller		6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	4
Laurie Taitt		DNS
Rex Porter	Pole vault	13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)	12
Fred Alsop	Long jump	24 ft 2+1⁄4 in (7.37 m)	9
John Howell		24 ft 2+3⁄4 in (7.39 m)	8
Fred Alsop	Triple jump	52 ft 7 in (16.03 m)	BR
John Howell		47 ft 0 in (14.33 m)	11
Roy Hollingsworth	Shot put	43 ft 7+3⁄4 in (13.30 m)	14
Martyn Lucking		59 ft 4 in (18.08 m)	GR
John McSorley		39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)	16
John Sheldrick		47 ft 1+1⁄4 in (14.36 m)	11
Roy Hollingsworth	Discus throw	157 ft 8+1⁄2 in (48.07 m)	7
Martyn Lucking		137 ft 0+1⁄2 in (41.77 m)	11
Howard Payne		DNS
John Sheldrick		166 ft 3 in (50.67 m)
John McSorley	Hammer throw	DNS
Howard Payne		202 ft 3 in (61.65 m)
John Sheldrick		DNS
Roy Hollingsworth	Javelin throw	DNS
John McSorley		190 ft 2+1⁄2 in (57.98 m)	9
Colin Smith		255 ft 8+1⁄2 in (77.94 m)

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Daphne Arden	100 yd	11.1	3 Q	10.9	3 Q	11.6	5
Dorothy Hyman		11.0	1 Q	10.7	1 Q	11.2
Betty Moore		11.0	1 Q	11.0	3 Q	11.7	6
Ann Packer		11.3	2 Q	11.2	5	Did not advance
Daphne Arden	220 yd	24.8	2 Q	24.7	4	Did not advance
Joy Grieveson		25.2	3 Q	25.1	6	Did not advance
Dorothy Hyman		24.5	1 Q	24.0	2 Q	23.8
Ann Packer		24.8	2 Q	24.5	4	Did not advance
Joy Grieveson	880 yd	—				DNS
Joy Jordan		—				2:05.9
Phyllis Perkins		—				2:09.4	4
Betty Moore	80 m hurdles	10.8	2 Q	—		11.3
Pat Nutting		11.4	2 Q	—		11.5	4
Ann Packer		11.4	3 Q	—		11.9	6
Frances Slaap		12.0	5	—		Did not advance
Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman Betty Moore Ann Packer	4×110 yd relay	—				46.6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Linda Knowles	High jump	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	4
Dorothy Shirley		5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	7
Frances Slaap		5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	5
Pat Nutting	Long jump	18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)	7
Sheila Sherwood		19 ft 3+1⁄4 in (5.87 m)	5
Suzanne Allday	Shot put	44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
Sue Platt		37 ft 10 in (11.53 m)	8
Suzanne Allday	Discus throw	144 ft 3 in (43.97 m)	4
Rosemary Morgan	Javelin throw	162 ft 9+1⁄2 in (49.62 m)
Sue Platt		164 ft 10+1⁄2 in (50.25 m)

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