Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 110 yards relay

Men's 4 × 110 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	1 December 1962 (1962-12-01)
Teams	9
Winning time	40.6 GR
Medalists
Peter Radford Len Carter Alf Meakin David Jones   England   Michael Ahey Bonner Mends Bukari Bashiru Michael Okantey   Ghana   David England Ron Jones Berwyn Jones Nick Whitehead   Wales

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd		men		women
220 yd		men		women
440 yd		men
880 yd		men		women
1 mile		men
3 miles		men
6 miles		men
80 m hurdles				women
120 yd hurdles		men
440 yd hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×110 yd relay		men		women
4×440 yd relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women

The men's 4 × 110 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 1 December 1962.

Nine nations competed in two heats in the first round, with the top three from each heat qualifying for the final.

The event was won English team of Peter Radford, Len Carter, Alf Meakin and David Jones. They finished ahead of Ghanaian team of Michael Ahey, Bonner Mends, Bukari Bashiru and Michael Okantey and the Welsh quartet of David England, Ron Jones, Berwyn Jones and Nick Whitehead who won bronze. The winning time of 40.6 seconds was posted by both England and Ghana, with both team setting a new games record. The time also equalled the British record.^[1]

During the first change between Bob Lay and Dennis Tipping, the baton was dropped and Australians failed to recover, crossing the line in last place. The Sarawak team, who had originally finished 5th in 43.9 seconds were later disqualified.^[2]

Records

World record	The University of Texas (Wally Wilson, Eddie Southern, Hollis Gainey, Ralph Alspaugh)	39.6	Modesto, California, United States	30 May 1959
Games record	England (ENG) (Peter Radford, Roy Sandstrom, David Segal, Adrian Breacker)	40.7	Cardiff, Wales	27 July 1958	[3]
Commonwealth record		'

Round 1

Heat 1

^[1]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Australia	Bob Lay, Dennis Tipping, Gary Holdsworth, Michael Cleary	41.2	Q
2	Wales	David England, Ron Jones, Berwyn Jones, Nick Whitehead	41.4	Q
3	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	Roy Collins, Jeffery Smith, Danie Burger, Johan du Preez	42.6	Q
4	Mauritius	Paul Couve, Jean Daruty, Guy Edmond, Jacques Dalais	43.2
5	Papua and New Guinea	Leana Gari, Misiloarim Labert, Bruce Richter, Allen Crawley	43.6

Heat 2

^[1]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	England	Peter Radford, Len Carter, Alf Meakin, David Jones	41.0	Q
2	Ghana	Michael Ahey, Bonner Mends, Bukari Bashiru, Michael Okantey	41.3	Q
3	Sarawak	William Lee, Kuda Ditta, Joseph Lee Gut-Hing, William Chai Ah-Lim	43.8	Q
4	Aden	Ali Abdi Matar, Alistair Cook, Christopher Salole, Michael Shaw	43.8

Final

^[4]

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
01 !	England	Peter Radford, Len Carter, Alf Meakin, David Jones	40.6	GR, =BR
02 !	Ghana	Michael Ahey, Bonner Mends, Bukari Bashiru, Michael Okantey	40.6	GR
03 !	Wales	David England, Ron Jones, Berwyn Jones, Nick Whitehead	40.8
4	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	Roy Collins, Jeffery Smith, Danie Burger, Johan du Preez	42.7
5	Australia	Bob Lay, Dennis Tipping, Gary Holdsworth, Michael Cleary	44.7
6	Sarawak	William Lee, Kuda Ditta, Joseph Lee Gut-Hing, William Chai Ah-Lim	59.9	DSQ

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