Host city Cardiff, Wales Athletes participating 1122 Opening ceremony 18 July | Nations participating 35 Events 94 Closing ceremony 26 July | |
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The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Cardiff, Wales from 18–26 July 1958.
Contents
Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games and 23 countries and dependencies won medals, including, for the first time, Singapore, Ghana, Kenya and the Isle of Man.
The Cardiff Games introduced the Queen's Baton Relay, which has been conducted as a prelude to every British Empire and Commonwealth Games ever since.
Venues
The Commonwealth Games, including the opening and closing ceremonies, were held at the Cardiff Arms Park in the centre Cardiff. A new Wales Empire Pool was constructed for the event. The Sophia Gardens Pavilion was used for the boxing and wrestling events, and Maindy Stadium was used for cycling. 178,000 tickets were eventually sold during the Games.
Participating teams
36 countries and territories were represented (and 1,100 athletes), being the largest number to date, with a significant number of teams competing for the first time at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
At Cardiff Arms Park, an anti-apartheid crowd protested at the all-white South African team; games organisers responded that non-white South Africans were ineligible as their associations were not affiliated to the international federations. South Africa left the Commonwealth in 1961 and next appeared at the Games in 1994.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).
Medals by country
Host nation (Wales)
Boxing
Boxing Events were at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
Track
The track cycling events were held at the Maindy Stadium in Cardiff.
Rowing
The rowing events were held on Llyn Padarn in Llanberis.
Swimming
Swimming events were held at the Wales Empire Pool in Cardiff.
Diving
Diving events were held at the Wales Empire Pool in Cardiff.