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Wrestling at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Wrestling at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the fifth appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games.

The sport featured contests in eight weight classes and the events were held in the Kerrisdale Arena.

South Africa topped the wrestling medal table with six gold medals.

Medal table

Medallists

Results

A match lasted 15 minutes with either a unanimous or split decision deciding the bout. The match would finish earlier if a wrestler was pinned or was subject to a fall.

Flyweight 52kg

Final positions: 1. Baise 2. Flannery 3. Mohammad 4. Leyland 5. Clutchy

Bantamweight 57kg

Final positions: 1. Jameson 2. Amin 3. Epton 4. Poliquin 5. Ruby

Featherweight 62kg

Final positions: 1. Geldenhuys 2. Hall 3. Armitt 4. Bernard

Lightweight 68kg

Final positions: 1. Pienaar 2. Leobovitch 3. Garrad 4. McKenzie

Welterweight 74kg

Final positions: 1. Loubser 2. Rashid 3. Myland 4. Arthur 5. Hudson 6. Allison

Middleweight 82kg

Final positions: 1. van Zyl 2. Christie 3. Kendall 4. Cowdrey 5. Farquhar

Light heavyweight 90kg

  • only three competitors

Final positions: 1. Theron 2. Steckle 3. van Staden

Heavyweight 100kg

  • only two competitors

Final positions: 1. Richmond 2. Maltman

References