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Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the Commonwealth Games

The men's long jump event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 22 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Paul Foreman
 Jamaica
Deryck Taylor
 Jamaica
Muhammad Ramzan Ali
 Pakistan

Results

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Qualification

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Qualifying distance: 23 ft (7.01 m)

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
? Ian Tomlinson  Australia 23 ft 7+34 in (7.21 m) Q[2]
17 Gabuh Piging  North Borneo 22 ft 11+12 in (7.00 m)
18 Jim McCann  Australia 22 ft 9+14 in (6.94 m)
19 Maurice Rich  Australia 22 ft 9 in (6.93 m)
20 Gordon Hamilton  Northern Ireland 22 ft 7+12 in (6.90 m)
21 Thomas Cairns  Northern Ireland 22 ft 0+12 in (6.72 m)
22 Francis Tommy Sierra Leone 21 ft 11+34 in (6.70 m)
23 Ray Gazard  Wales 21 ft 8+12 in (6.62 m)
24 Dennis Cakebread  England 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
25 Hector Hogan  Australia 21 ft 5 in (6.53 m)
26 Learie Scipio  Trinidad and Tobago 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m)
27 J. Agbo  Ghana 21 ft 2 in (6.45 m)
28 Joseph Lee Gut-Hing  Sarawak 21 ft 0+34 in (6.42 m)
29 Pattiyage Victor  Ceylon 20 ft 7 in (6.27 m)
30 Godrey Roberts  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19 ft 5+12 in (5.93 m)
Alex Grant  Scotland NM
Mohinder Singh  India DNS
T. E. Patel  Mauritius DNS
Lloyd Anderson  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines DNS
Joe Goddard  Trinidad and Tobago DNS

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paul Foreman  Jamaica 24 ft 6+14 in (7.47 m)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Deryck Taylor  Jamaica 24 ft 6+14 in (7.47 m)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Muhammad Ramzan Ali  Pakistan 24 ft 0+12 in (7.33 m)
4 Ian Tomlinson  Australia 23 ft 11+12 in (7.30 m)
5 Roy Cruttenden  England 23 ft 10+12 in (7.28 m)
6 Roy Williams  New Zealand 23 ft 10 in (7.26 m)
7 Jack Smyth  Canada 23 ft 5+34 in (7.16 m)
8 Dave Norris  New Zealand 23 ft 5+12 in (7.15 m)
9 Keith Parker  England 23 ft 3+14 in (7.09 m)
10 Victor Odofin  Nigeria 23 ft 2+34 in (7.08 m)
11 Ken Wilmshurst  England 23 ft 2+12 in (7.07 m)
12 Ram Mehar  India 23 ft 1 in (7.04 m)
13 Lawrence Ogwang  Uganda 22 ft 10+34 in (6.98 m)
14 Karim Olowu  Nigeria 22 ft 10+12 in (6.97 m)
15 Desmond Luke Sierra Leone 22 ft 10+14 in (6.97 m)
16 John Woolley  Wales 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m)

References

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  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. ^ Australian results
  3. ^ "Potgieter wins hurdles event with world's record". The Manchester Guardian. 23 July 1958. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2020.