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England at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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| CGA = ENG

| CGAname = Commonwealth Games England

| games = British Empire and Commonwealth Games

| year = 1954

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| location = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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| rank = 1

| gold = 23

| silver = 24

| bronze = 20

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England competed at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from 30 July to 7 August 1954.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3033|title=1954 Vancouver|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=2019-04-15|archive-date=2022-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922092553/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3033|url-status=dead}}

England finished at the top of the medal table.

Medal table

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| gold_ENG = 23 | silver_ENG = 24 | bronze_ENG = 20

| gold_AUS = 20 | silver_AUS = 11 | bronze_AUS = 17

| gold_SAF = 16 | silver_SAF = 6 | bronze_SAF = 13 | name_SAF = {{flagcountry|SAF|1928}}

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The athletes that competed are listed below.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3033/19/all|title=English athletes|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}

Athletes

{{main|Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}

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!width=250 | Medal/s

Suzanne Allday19Discus, Hammer, Javelin, Shot put1 x silver
Peter Allday27HammerNone
Don Anthony25HammerNone
Roger Bannister251 mile1 x gold
Ken Box23100y, 220y, relay, Long jumpnone
Ian Boyd21880y, 1 mile1 x bronze
Chris Brasher251 milenone
Shirley Burgess20100y, 220y, relay1 x silver
Christopher Chataway233 miles1 x gold
Derek Cox23High jump, Long jump, Shot putnone
Stan Cox366 miles, Marathonnone
Jean Desforges2580mh, Long jump2 x bronze
Alan Dick24440y, relay1 x gold
Peter Driver223 miles, 6 miles1 x gold
Geoff Elliott23Pole vault, Shot put1 x gold
George Ellis21100y, 220y, relaynone
Peter Fryer26440y, relay1 x gold
Fred Green283 miles1 x silver
Shirley Hampton18100y, 220y, relay1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Brian Hewson21880y1 x silver
Peter Higgins25440y, relay1 x gold
Chris Higham23120yh1 x silver
Ann Johnson20220y, Long jumpnone
Derek Johnson21880y, relay2 x gold
Harry Kane21440y, 440yh1 x silver
David Law24880y, 1 milenone
Alan Lillington21100y, 220y, relaynone
Jack Parker26120yhnone
Anne Pashley19100y, relay1 silver
Jim Peters356 miles, Marathon1 x bronze
Mark Pharaoh23Discus, Shot put1 x bronze
Frank Sando233 miles, 6 miles1 silver, 1 x bronze
John Savidge29Shot put, Discus,1 x gold
Pam Seaborne1880mhnone
Brian Shenton27100y, 220y, relay1 x silver
Dennis Edwin TuckerJavelinnone
Dorothy Tyler34High jump, Javelin, Long jump1 x silver
Ken Wilmshurst23440yh, Long jump, Triple jump2 x gold
Heather Young21100y, 220y, relay1 x silver

Bowls

{{main|Lawn bowls at the 1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games}}

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!width=50|Age

!width=350| Event/s

!width=250 | Medal/s

Edwin Bateman73pairsnone
James Carr60foursnone
John Coles62foursnone
Stanley Lee54singles, foursnone
William Parker61foursnone
Tom Stewart70pairsnone

Boxing

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!width=50|Age

!width=350| Event/s

!width=250 | Medal/s

Dave Charnley19featherweight1 x bronze
Nicholas Gargano19welterweight1 x gold
Brian Harper20heavyweight1 x gold
Bruce Wells21welterweight1 x bronze
George Whelan19Lightweightnone

Cycling

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!width=50|Age

!width=350| Event/s

!width=250 | Medal/s

Peter Brotherton23Pursuit, 1,000m1 x silver
Keith Harrison21Time trial, Scratch, 1,000m1 silver, 1 x bronze
Tony Hoar22Roadnone
Cyril Peacock25Sprint, Time trial1 x gold
Bernard Pusey23Pursuit, Road1 x bronze
Norman Sheil21Pursuit, Road, Scratch1 x silver
Eric Thompson27Road, Scratch1 x gold

Diving

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!width=50|Age

!width=350| Event/s

!width=250 | Medal/s

Ann Long173m & 10m Platform1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Frank Mercer263m Springboardnone
Eunice Millar2610m Platform1 x silver
Peter Tarsey1710m Platformnone
Tony Turner3m Springboard, 10m Platform1 x silver
Charmain Welsh163m Springboardnone

Fencing

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!width=50|Age

!width=350| Event/s

!width=250 | Medal/s

Michael Amberg28Sabre, Sabre team|1 x gold, 1 x silver
William Beatley20Sabre, Sabre team1 x silver
Ralph Cooperman26Foil, Foil Team, Sabre, Sabre team|1 x gold, 2 x silver
Charles de Beaumont51Épée, Épée team1 x gold
Mary Glen-Haig36Foil1 x gold
Allan Jay24Épée, Épée team, Foil, Foil Team2 x gold, 1 x bronze
René Paul33Épée, Épée team, Foil, Foil Team3 x gold, 1 x silver
Gillian Sheen25Foil1 x silver

Rowing

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!width=50|Age

!width=350| Event/s

!width=250 | Medal/s

Tom Christie27Coxless pairs1 x silver
Nicholas Clack23Coxless pairs1 x silver
Alastair DavidsonCoxed fours, eights1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Joe Eldeen31Eights1 x silver
David Glynne-Jones25Coxed fours, eights1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Maurice LeggCoxed fours, eights1 x silver, 1 x bronze
John Macmillan26Coxed fours, eights1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Geoffrey Page25Coxed fours, eights1 x silver, 1 x bronze
John PopeEights1 x silver
Sidney Rand19Single sculls1 x silver
M.G.C. SavageEights1 x silver
Alan Watson25Eights1 x silver

Swimming

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!width=50|Age

!width=350| Event/s

!width=250 | Medal/s

Donald Bland23440y & 1650y freestyle, freestyle relaynone
Jean Botham19110y freestyle, freestyle & medley relays1 x bronze
Fearne Ewart17110y freestyle, freestyle relay1 x bronze
Margaret Grundy16220y breastroke, medley relay1 x bronze
Peter Head19110y & 440y freestyle, freestyle relaynone
Alan Hime24220y breaststroke1 x bronze
Peter Jervis22220y breaststroke, medley relay1 x silver
Vivienne Meyrick17110y backstrokenone
Valerie Nares-Pillow17100y freestyle, freestyle relay1 x bronze
Maureen Pitchfork19110y backstroke, medley relaynone
Haydn Rigby17110y backstroke, medley & freestyle relaynone
Ronald Roberts31110y fresstyle, medley & freestyle relaysnone
Pat Symons19110y backstroke1 x silver
Daphne Wilkinson22440y freestyle, freestyle relay1 x bronze

Weightlifting

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!width=50|Age

!width=350| Event/s

!width=250 | Medal/s

Joseph Barnett33Heavyweight1 x bronze
Frank Cope26Bantamweight1 x silver
Jim Halliday36Middleweight1 x gold
Sydney Harrington27Light-heavyweightnone
Maurice Megennis24Bantamweight1 x gold

Wrestling

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!width=50|Age

!width=350| Event/s

!width=250 | Medal/s

Herbie Hall27Featherweight1 x silver
Harry KendallMiddleweight1 x bronze
Allan LeylandFlyweightnone
Ray Myland27Welterweight1 x bronze
Kenneth Richmond28Heavyweight1 x gold

References

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{{country at games navbox|England|Commonwealth Games|1930}}

{{Commonwealth Games medallists}}

1954

Category:Nations at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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