Talk:1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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Proposed merge[edit]

See Talk:All-time medal tally of Commonwealth Games for discussion on this and other related merges. Kevin 05:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Venue?[edit]

What was the main venue for the openning and closing ceremonies and the athletics events? Kevlar67 23:46, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Records and other stuff[edit]

Were any records broken at the event?

Games Records set at the 1958 British Empire & Commonwealth Games

Event Athlete / Team Result

Athletics

220 Yard - Women Marlene Judith Mathews-Willard (AUS) 23.6 sec
440 Yard Hurdles - Men Gerhardus Cornelius Potgieter (RSA) 49.7 sec
80m Hurdles - Women Norma Claire Thrower (AUS) 10.7 sec

Rowing

Single Scull - Men Stuart Alexander MacKenzie (AUS) 7:20.1 mins

I found those on the commonwealth games site. EdwardLane (talk) 21:31, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Was it the (now demolished) Empire pool in cardiff that was the host for the swimming events? Yes ok it was "Cardiff Empire Games 1958". EdwardLane (talk) 17:27, 5 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

taken me a little while to get back to looking at this but anyway this article certainly suggests that to be the case. EdwardLane (talk) 21:37, 8 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]