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England At The 1962 British Empire And Commonwealth Games ...
England competed at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletics Medalists Events ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Women ;Track events ;Field events Bowls Boxing Cycling Diving Fencing Rowing Swimming Weightlifting Wrestling See also * Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics * Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics References {{Commonwealth Games medallists 1962 Nations at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games British Empire and Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Games England
Commonwealth Games England (CGE) is the national Commonwealth Games Association for England. The council is responsible for supporting and managing the participation of England at the Commonwealth Games, Team England at the Commonwealth Games'. Predecessor The Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE) was originally responsible for 'Team England' and oversaw each team between the 1930 British Empire Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games and the England teams at the Commonwealth Youth Games. Membership of the Games Council consisted of representatives from 26 different sports on the Commonwealth Games#List of Commonwealth sports, Commonwealth Games' Sports Programme, supported by a small salaried team.CGCE's President was gold medallist Sir Christopher Chataway, the first ever winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award and a teammate of Sir Roger Bannister. Present organisation Following a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1962 British Empire And Commonwealth Games – Men's Javelin Throw
The men's javelin throw at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November 1962. The event was won by Australian Alf Mitchell with a throw of , breaking his personal best by over a foot. Mitchell won by ahead of the defending champion, Englishmen Colin Smith and fellow countryman Nick Birks who won the bronze medal. Mitchell throw also set a new Games record, eclipsing the mark that Smith had set in Cardiff four years earlier. The previous distance of was also bettered by Smith, Birks and Pakistan's Mohamad Nawaz who finished in fourth position. Records Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games - Men's javelin throw Men's javelin throw 1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1962 British Empire And Commonwealth Games – Men's Discus Throw
The men's discus throw at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Monday 26 November 1962. The event was won by Australian Warwick Selvey with a throw of , setting a new Games and Australian record. Selvey won by ahead of Scotsman Mike Lindsay Michael Robert Lindsay (2 November 1938 – 11 December 2019) was a British track and field athlete who competed in the discus throw and shot put disciplines. He represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Oly ... and England's John Sheldrick who won the bronze medal. Records Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games - Men's discus throw Men's discus throw 1962 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1962 British Empire And Commonwealth Games – Women's Shot Put
The women's shot put at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November 1962. The event was won by the defending champion New Zealand's Valerie Young with a throw of , finishing ahead of Jean Roberts of Australia and Suzanne Allday from England who won the bronze medal. Records Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games - Women's shot put Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Women's shot put Shot put at the Commonwealth Games, 1962 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1962 British Empire And Commonwealth Games – Women's 4 × 110 Yards Relay
The women's 4 × 110 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 1 December 1962. The event was won Australian team of Joyce Bennett, Glenys Beasley, Brenda Cox and Betty Cuthbert in a time of 46.6. They narrowly finished ahead of English team of Ann Packer, Dorothy Hyman, Daphne Arden and Betty Moore and the New Zealand quartet of Nola Bond, Molly Cowan, Doreen Porter and Avis McIntosh who won bronze. England was leading by five yards coming in the final baton change, however Moore started her run too early and had to stop almost dead before receiving the baton. This cost England dearly as Cuthbert caught Moore two yards from the finish. Records Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games - Women's 4 x 110 yards relay Women's 4 x 110 yards relay 1962 Comm The command in the Unix family of computer oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Packer
Ann Elizabeth Packer MBE (born 8 March 1942) is an English former sprinter, hurdler and long jumper. She won a gold medal in the 800 metres and a silver in the 400 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Early life In 1959 Packer won the English Schools 100 yards title. Next year she competed internationally in the long jump. She attended Didcot Girls' Grammar School (now Didcot Girls' School). Career In 1962, she reached the finals in the 200 metres at the European Championships and in the 80 metres hurdles at the Commonwealth Games; she was also part of the 4 × 110 yards relay team that won two medals at these competitions. In 1963 she focused on the 400 metres, and already by her fourth 400m race ran a world-level time of 53.6 seconds. When she was selected for the 1964 British Olympic team Packer worked as a physical education teacher at Coombe County Girls' School, New Malden, Surrey. At the Olympics she shared a room with long jump gold medallist Mary Rand. Packer was hop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Hyman
Dorothy Hyman (born 9 May 1941) is a retired English sprinter. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events, winning three medals. She also won individual 100 m gold and 200 m silver at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade and, representing England, completed the 100 yd/220 yd sprint double at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. Winner of the 1963 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, she has a stadium in her home village of Cudworth named in her honour. In 2011, she was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame. Early life Hyman was born on 9 May 1941 in Cudworth, West Riding of Yorkshire, to a family of five. Her father was a coal miner and it was he who first noticed her natural talent for sprinting. She started training from the age of 13, but it took a lot of commitment because the nearest track was 8 miles away. "Each journey involved two buses," she said later. "It was a case of finish work, eat, get the bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1962 British Empire And Commonwealth Games – Women's 80 Metres Hurdles
The women's 80 metres hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Thursday 29 November and Saturday 1 December 1962. 13 runners competed in two heats in the first round, with the top three runners from each heat qualifying for the final. The event was won by Australia's Pam Kilborn ahead of the joint world record holder Betty R. Moore (runner), Betty Moore from England and New Zealander Avis McIntosh who won bronze. Kilborn won the final in a slow time of 10.9 seconds running into a headwind of 7.0 m/s. Records Round 1 Heat 1 Heat 2 Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games - Women's 80 metres hurdles Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Women's 80 metres hurdles Sprint hurdles at the Commonwealth Games, 1962 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betty R
Betty or Bettie is a name, a common diminutive for the names Bethany and Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Beatrice. In the 17th and 18th centuries, it was more often a diminutive of Bethia. Notable people Athletes * Betty Cuthbert (1938–2017), Australian sprinter and Olympic champion * Betty Jameson (1919–2009), American Hall-of-Fame golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA * Betty McKilligan (born 1949), Canadian pairs figure skater * Betty Nuthall (1911–1983), English tennis player * Betty Pariso, American bodybuilder * Betty Stöve (born 1945), Dutch tennis player * Betty Ann Grubb Stuart (born 1950), American tennis player * Betty Uber (1906–1983), English badminton and tennis player Journalists and media personalities * Betty Elizalde (1940–2018), Argentine journalist and broadcaster * Betty Kennedy (1926–2017), Canadian broadcaste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1962 British Empire And Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 440 Yards Relay
The men's 4 × 440 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 1 December 1962. Eights nations competed in two heats in the first round, with the top three from each heat qualifying for the final. The event was won Jamaican team of Malcolm Spence, Laurie Khan, Mel Spence and George Kerr in a time of 3:10.2. They finished a full second ahead of English team of Adrian Metcalfe, Robert Setti, Barry Jackson and Robbie Brightwell and the Ghanaian quartet of Ebenezer Quartey, James Addy, Frederick Owusu and John Asare-Antwi who won bronze. Records Round 1 Heat 1 Heat 2 Final References {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games - Men's 4 x 440 yards relay Men's 4 x 440 yards relay 1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommuni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Setti
Robert 'Bob' Edward Francis Setti (1938–2005), was a male athlete who competed for England. Athletics career He represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 440 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ..., Western Australia. References 1938 births 2005 deaths English male sprinters Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{England-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Metcalfe
Adrian Peter Metcalfe (2 March 1942 – 2 July 2021) was a British athlete and broadcaster. He set a UK record for the 400m in 1961 and won silver relay medals at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, the 1962 European Athletics Championships and the 1964 Summer Olympics. He moved into broadcasting, first as a commentator, then as head of sport at Channel 4 and then at Eurosport. He held roles at the International Olympic Committee and International Association of Athletics Federations and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to sport in 2001. Early life Adrian Peter Metcalfe was born on 2 March 1942 in Bradford to Hylton and Cora Metcalfe and brought up in Leeds, along with his sister Lynne. His father was a manager at Yorkshire Bank and his mother a teacher. He attended The Brunts School after his father became manager of the Midland Bank in Mansfield, and went on to study English at Magdalen College, Oxford, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |