New Zealand at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games


New Zealand at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 85 competitors and 11 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Perth, Western Australia, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was runner Murray Halberg. The New Zealand team finished third on the medal table, winning a total of 32 medals, ten of which were gold.
New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables

New Zealand was third in the medal table in 1962, with a total of 32 medals, including 10 gold.
MedalNameSportEvent
AthleticsMen's 3 miles
AthleticsMen's 880 yards
AthleticsMen's 1 mile
AthleticsWomen's discus throw
AthleticsWomen's shot put

Robbie Robson		Lawn bowlsMen's pairs
BoxingMen's welterweight
FencingWomen's individual foil

George Paterson
Douglas Pulman
Hugh Smedley
Winston Stephens		RowingMen's coxed four
RowingMen's single scull
AthleticsWomen's 880 yards
AthleticsMen's 1 mile
AthleticsMen's long jump
AthleticsWomen's 100 yards
BoxingMen's heavyweight
CyclingMen's 10 miles
CyclingMen's road race

Darien Boswell
Colin Cordes
Alistair Dryden
Alan Grey
Christian Larsen
Louis Lobel
Robert Page
Alan Webster		RowingMen's eight

Murray Lawrence		RowingMen's coxless pair

Peter Watkinson		RowingMen's double scull
SwimmingWomen's 100 yards breaststroke
WeightliftingMen's heavyweight

Molly Cowan
Avis McIntosh
Doreen Porter		AthleticsWomen's 4 × 110 yards relay
AthleticsWomen's 80 m hurdles
BoxingMen's lightweight
BoxingMen's featherweight
CyclingMen's road race

Michael Henderson
Brian Pickworth		FencingMen's sabre team
SwimmingWomen's 220 yards breaststroke
SwimmingMen's 220 yards backstroke
WrestlingMen's flyweight
WrestlingMen's middleweight

Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.
SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics17825
Boxing55
Cycling77
Fencing426
Lawn bowls77
Rowing2121
Swimming358
Weightlifting22
Wrestling44
Total701585

Athletics

Track and road


Field

Boxing

Cycling

Road

;Men's road race

Track

;Men's 1000 m sprint
;Men's 1 km time trial
AthleteTimeRank
Graham Wright1:13.6=4

;Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
;Men's 10 miles scratch race
AthleteTimeRank
Arthur Candyunplaced
Warren Johnston
Graham Wrightunplaced

Fencing

Men

Individual

;Épée
;Foil

;Sabre

Team

Women

;Individual foil

Lawn bowls

Rowing


Swimming

Weightlifting

AthleteEventPressSnatchJerkTotalRank
William ScottMiddle heavyweight6
Don OliverHeavyweight

Wrestling

Despite losing both of his bouts, Warren Nisbet was awarded the bronze medal in the flyweight division after Trevor Dwyer of Australia was disqualified for being over weight.