The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in

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, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958. 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

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. The Cardiff Games introduced the

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, which has been conducted as a prelude to every British Empire and Commonwealth Games ever since.

Venues

The British Empire and 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

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and

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events, and Maindy Stadium was used for

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. 178,000 tickets were eventually sold during the Games. Rowing took place on

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in Llanberis. File:Cardiff Arms Park and Millennium Stadium.jpg, Cardiff Arms Park File:Llyn Padarn - geograph.org.uk - 394265.jpg,

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

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s. 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

Medals by event

Athletics

Bowls

Boxing

Boxing Events were at Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff.

Cycling

Track

The track cycling events were held at the Maindy Stadium in Cardiff.

Road

Fencing

Rowing

The rowing events were held on

in Llanberis.

Swimming

Swimming events were held at the Wales Empire Pool in Cardiff.

Men's events

Women's events

Diving

Diving events were held at the Wales Empire Pool in Cardiff.

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links