Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 220 yards

The men's 220 yards event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 22 and 24 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tom Robinson Bahamas	Keith Gardner Jamaica	Gordon Day South Africa

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the quarterfinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Keith Gardner	Jamaica	22.0	Q
2	1	William Henderson	Scotland	22.4	Q
3	1	Samuel Chemweno	Kenya	22.5	Q
4	1	G. Esan	Nigeria	22.5	Q
	1	Joe Goddard	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS
	1	S. Bwowe	Uganda	DNS
1	2	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	21.6	Q
2	2	John Jones	Wales	21.9	Q
3	2	Augustus Lawson	Ghana	22.3	Q
4	2	Ronald Chambers	Northern Ireland	22.3	Q
5	2	Ignatius Okello	Uganda	22.4
6	2	Francis Tommy	Sierra Leone	23.6
1	3	Benjamin Nduga	Uganda	21.7	Q
2	3	Mike Agostini	Canada	22.2	Q
3	3	Terrance Gale	Australia	22.4	Q
4	3	Graham Fleck	Scotland	22.5	Q
5	3	Hendrickson Harewood	Trinidad and Tobago	22.9
6	3	Lloyd Anderson	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23.2
1	4	Stan Levenson	Canada	21.6	Q
2	4	David Segal	England	21.9	Q
3	4	Smart Akraka	Nigeria	22.4	Q
4	4	Peter Street	Northern Ireland	23.3	Q
5	4	D. Doherty	Sierra Leone	23.5
	4	Basil Ince	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS
1	5	Maurice Rae	New Zealand	22.1	Q
2	5	Seraphino Antao	Kenya	22.3	Q
3	5	Gerald James	Jamaica	23.0	Q
4	5	Robert Cockburn	Scotland	23.1	Q
5	5	I. Benjamin	Sierra Leone	23.4
	5	John Morgan	Wales	DNS
1	6	Clifton Bertrand	Trinidad and Tobago	22.1	Q
2	6	John Scott-Oldfield	England	22.1	Q
3	6	Abdul Khaliq	Pakistan	22.4	Q
4	6	Patrick Toner	Northern Ireland	22.6	Q
5	6	John Oliver	Wales	22.8
	6	Godrey Roberts	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	DNS
1	7	Gordon Day	South Africa	21.9	Q
2	7	Peter Radford	England	22.1	Q
3	7	Muhammad Sharif Butt	Pakistan	22.8	Q
4	7	John Quartey	Ghana	23.1	Q
5	7	Ivan Mayers	British Guiana	23.3
1	8	Edward Jeffreys	South Africa	21.4	Q
2	8	Erasmus Amukun	Uganda	22.0	Q
3	8	Edwin Solomon	British Guiana	22.5	Q
4	8	Doug Clement	Canada	22.5	Q
5	8	Dursley Stott	Isle of Man	23.9
1	9	Robbie Brightwell	England	22.0	Q
2	9	Stuart Cameron	Canada	22.2	Q
3	9	Joseph Whitehead	Wales	22.9	Q
4	9	Henry Kennedy-Skipton	Hong Kong	24.1	Q
	9	P. R. Hein	Mauritius	DNS

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Na9e	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Keith Gardner	Jamaica	21.5	Q
2	1	Stuart Cameron	Canada	21.5	Q
3	1	Smart Akraka	Nigeria	22.0
4	1	Augustus Lawson	Ghana	22.1
5	1	Edwin Solomon	British Guiana	22.6
6	1	Abdul Khaliq	Pakistan	23.4
1	2	Edward Jeffreys	South Africa	21.2	Q, =GR
2	2	David Segal	England	21.4	Q
3	2	Joseph Whitehead	Wales	22.0
4	2	Ronald Chambers	Northern Ireland	22.4
5	2	Benjamin Nduga	Uganda	22.5
6	2	William Henderson	Scotland	23.0
1	3	Robbie Brightwell	England	21.5	Q
2	3	Mike Agostini	Canada	21.5	Q
3	3	Clifton Bertrand	Trinidad and Tobago	21.7
4	3	Samuel Chemweno	Kenya	22.3
5	3	Muhammad Sharif Butt	Pakistan	22.6
6	3	Peter Street	Northern Ireland	22.8
1	4	Peter Radford	England	21.5	Q
2	4	Maurice Rae	New Zealand	21.7	Q
3	4	Erasmus Amukun	Uganda	22.1
4	4	Terrance Gale	Australia	22.1
5	4	G. Esan	Nigeria	22.4
6	4	Robert Cockburn	Scotland	22.5
1	5	Stan Levenson	Canada	21.5	Q
2	5	John Scott-Oldfield	England	21.5	Q
3	5	John Jones	Wales	22.1
4	5	Seraphino Antao	Kenya	22.2
5	5	John Quartey	Ghana	22.4
	5	Henry Kennedy-Skipton	Hong Kong	DNS
1	6	Gordon Day	South Africa	21.3	Q
2	6	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	21.3	Q
3	6	Graham Fleck	Scotland	22.2
4	6	Gerald James	Jamaica	22.4
5	6	Doug Clement	Canada	22.5
6	6	Patrick Toner	Northern Ireland	22.5

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Gordon Day	South Africa	21.2	Q
2	1	Stan Levenson	Canada	21.2	Q
3	1	Keith Gardner	Jamaica	21.3	Q
4	1	David Segal	England	21.3
5	1	Peter Radford	England	21.5
6	1	Mike Agostini	Canada	21.5
1	2	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	20.9	Q, GR
2	2	Edward Jeffreys	South Africa	20.9	Q
3	2	John Scott-Oldfield	England	21.5	Q
4	2	Robbie Brightwell	England	21.5
5	2	Stuart Cameron	Canada	21.8
6	2	Maurice Rae	New Zealand	21.9

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	6	Tom Robinson	Bahamas	21.08
	1	Keith Gardner	Jamaica	21.11
	5	Gordon Day	South Africa	21.15
4	4	Stan Levenson	Canada	21.5
5	2	John Scott-Oldfield	England	21.8
	3	Edward Jeffreys	South Africa	DNF

References

^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Potgieter wins hurdles event with world's record". The Manchester Guardian. 23 July 1958. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
^ "Final results". The Manchester Guardian. 25 July 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[1] "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[Guardian1-2] "Potgieter wins hurdles event with world's record". The Manchester Guardian. 23 July 1958. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

[Guardian-3] "Final results". The Manchester Guardian. 25 July 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

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