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

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

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

Results

Qualification

Qualifying distance: 23 ft (7.01 m)

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
?	Ian Tomlinson	Australia	23 ft 7 ^3⁄4 in (7.21 m)	Q[2]
17	Gabuh Piging	North Borneo	22 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in (7.00 m)
18	Jim McCann	Australia	22 ft 9 ^1⁄4 in (6.94 m)
19	Maurice Rich	Australia	22 ft 9 in (6.93 m)
20	Gordon Hamilton	Northern Ireland	22 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in (6.90 m)
21	Thomas Cairns	Northern Ireland	22 ft 0 ^1⁄2 in (6.72 m)
22	Francis Tommy	Sierra Leone	21 ft 11 ^3⁄4 in (6.70 m)
23	Ray Gazard	Wales	21 ft 8 ^1⁄2 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 ^3⁄4 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 ^1⁄2 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

[3]

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

References

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.