Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Men

Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Section Title: Men
Table Section Text: None

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze

100 yards	Mike Agostini (TRI)	9.6 GR	Don McFarlane (CAN)	9.7	Hector Hogan (AUS)	9.7

220 yards	Don Jowett (NZL)	21.5	Brian Shenton (ENG)	21.5	Ken Jones (WAL)	21.9

440 yards	Kevan Gosper (AUS)	47.2 GR	Don Jowett (NZL)	47.4	Terry Tobacco (CAN)	47.8

880 yards	Derek Johnson (ENG)	1:50.7 GR	Brian Hewson (ENG)	1:51.2	Ian Boyd (ENG)	1:51.9

1 mile	Roger Bannister (ENG)	3:58.8 GR	John Landy (AUS)	3:59.6	Rich Ferguson (CAN)	4:04.6

3 miles	Chris Chataway (ENG)	13:35.2 GR	Fred Green (ENG)	13:37.2	Frank Sando (ENG)	13:37.4

6 miles	Peter Driver (ENG)	29:09.4 GR	Frank Sando (ENG)	29:10.0	Jim Peters (ENG)	29:20.0

Marathon	Joe McGhee (SCO)	2:39:36	Jack Mekler (SAF)	2:40:57	Johannes Barnard (SAF)	2:51:50

120 yards hurdles	Keith Gardner (JAM)	14.2 GR	Chris Higham (ENG)	14.9	Norman Williams (CAN)	14.9

440 yards hurdles	David Lean (AUS)	52.4 GR	Harry Kane (ENG)	53.3	Bob Shaw (WAL)	53.3

High jump	Emmanuel Ifeajuna (NGR)	2.03 m GR	Patrick Etolu (UGA)	1.99 m NR	Nafiu Osagie (NGR)	1.99 m

Pole vault	Geoff Elliott (ENG)	4.26 m GR	Ron Miller (CAN)	4.20 m	Andries Burger (SAF)	4.13 m

Long jump	Ken Wilmshurst (ENG)	7.54 m GR	Karim Olowu (NGR)	7.39 m	Sylvanus Williams (NGR)	7.22 m

Triple jump	Ken Wilmshurst (ENG)	15.28 m	Peter Esiri (NGR)	15.25 m	Brian Oliver (AUS)	15.14 m

Shot put	John Savidge (ENG)	16.77 m GR	John Pavelich (CAN)	14.95 m	Stephanus du Plessis (SAF)	14.93 m

Discus throw	Stephanus du Plessis (SAF)	51.70 m GR	Roy Pella (CAN)	49.53 m	Mark Pharaoh (ENG)	47.84 m

Hammer throw	Muhammad Iqbal (PAK)	55.37 m GR	Jakobus Dreyer (SAF)	54.75 m	Ewan Douglas (SCO)	52.81 m

Javelin throw	James Achurch (AUS)	68.52 m GR	Muhammad Nawaz (PAK)	68.09 m	Jalal Khan (PAK)	67.50 m

4×110 yards relay	Canada (CAN) Don Stonehouse Bruce Springbett Harry Nelson Don McFarlane	41.3 GR	Nigeria (NGR) Abdul Karim Amu Edward Ajado Karim Olowu Muslim Arogundade	41.3	Australia (AUS) Brian Oliver David Lean Hector Hogan Kevan Gosper	41.7

4×440 yards relay	England (ENG) Alan Dick Derek Johnson Peter Higgins Peter Fryer	3:11.2 GR	Canada (CAN) Terry Tobacco Douglas Clement Joe Foreman Laird Sloan	3:11.6	Australia (AUS) Brian Oliver David Lean Don MacMillan Kevan Gosper	3:16.0

Sentence(s)

Bannister had a victory over Landy with 3:58.8 minutes.
Bannister overtook Landy with a time of 3:58.8 minutes.
Bannister had a victory over Landy with a time of 3:58.8.

final_sentence: Bannister had a victory over Landy with 3:58.8 minutes.
final_sentence: Bannister overtook Landy with a time of 3:58.8 minutes.
final_sentence: Bannister had a victory over Landy with a time of 3:58.8.