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Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	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
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The men's discus throw event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 22 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Fanie du Plessis	South Africa	183 ft 6+1⁄2 in (55.94 m)
	Les Mills	New Zealand	169 ft 8+1⁄2 in (51.73 m)
	Gerry Carr	England	169 ft 4+1⁄2 in (51.63 m)
4	Mike Lindsay	Scotland	161 ft 0 in (49.07 m)
5	Mesulame Rakuro	Fiji	157 ft 6 in (48.01 m)
6	Stanley Raike	Canada	152 ft 11+1⁄2 in (46.62 m)
7	Hywel Williams	Wales	152 ft 3+1⁄2 in (46.42 m)
8	Peter Isbester	Scotland	151 ft 10+1⁄2 in (46.29 m)
9	Muhammad Ayub	Pakistan	149 ft 1+1⁄2 in (45.45 m)
10	Balkar Singh	India	148 ft 0+1⁄2 in (45.12 m)
11	Eric Cleaver	England	144 ft 3+1⁄2 in (43.98 m)
12	Parduman Singh Brar	India	144 ft 0+1⁄2 in (43.90 m)
13	Malcolm Pemberton	Wales	136 ft 10 in (41.71 m)
14	Andrew Payne	Southern Rhodesia	135 ft 6 in (41.30 m)
15	Benjamin Ovbiagele	Nigeria	134 ft 11+1⁄2 in (41.14 m)
	Louis Ogbogu	Nigeria	DNS

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
2. "Potgieter wins hurdles event with world's record". The Manchester Guardian. 23 July 1958. p. 4. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

• Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• Discus throw at the Commonwealth Games