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The men's 120 yards hurdles event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 24 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Keith Gardner  Jamaica	Jacobus Swart  South Africa	Ghulam Raziq  Pakistan

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

Wind:
Heat 3: +11.4 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Keith Gardner	Jamaica	14.4	Q
2	1	Peter Stanger	Canada	14.9	Q
3	1	Bob Birrell	England	15.0	Q
4	1	Desmond Price	Northern Ireland	15.2
	1	Bob Shaw	Wales	DNS
1	2	Ghulam Raziq	Pakistan	14.4	Q
2	2	Jacobus Swart	South Africa	14.5	Q
3	2	Thomas Obi	Nigeria	14.7	Q
4	2	Vic Matthews	England	14.9
5	2	Momo Lansana	Sierra Leone	15.3
1	3	Peter Hildreth	England	14.5	Q
2	3	Beresford Primrose	Australia	14.5	Q
3	3	John Duncan	Nigeria	14.8	Q
4	3	L. Hazlewood	British Guiana	15.5
	3	I. Benjamin	Sierra Leone	DNS
1	4	Jacobus Malan	South Africa	14.5	Q
2	4	Saka Oloku	Nigeria	14.5	Q
3	4	John Taitt	British Guiana	14.5	Q
4	4	Deryck Taylor	Jamaica	14.9
5	4	Robin Brunyee	England	15.1

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Wind:
Heat 1: ? m/s, Heat 2: +6.3 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Keith Gardner	Jamaica	14.3	Q
2	1	Peter Hildreth	England	14.5	Q
3	1	Ghulam Raziq	Pakistan	14.5	Q
4	1	John Duncan	Nigeria	14.6
	1	Saka Oloku	Nigeria	DNF
	1	Jacobus Malan	South Africa	DNF
1	2	Jacobus Swart	South Africa	14.2	Q
2	2	Peter Stanger	Canada	14.5	Q
3	2	Beresford Primrose	Australia	14.5	Q
4	2	John Taitt	British Guiana	14.5
5	2	Thomas Obi	Nigeria	14.7
6	2	Bob Birrell	England	14.8

Final

Wind: +3.5 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Keith Gardner	Jamaica	14.20w
	1	Jacobus Swart	South Africa	14.30w
	2	Ghulam Raziq	Pakistan	14.32w
4	5	Peter Stanger	Canada	14.3w
5	3	Peter Hildreth	England	14.4w
6	6	Beresford Primrose	Australia	14.97w

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
2. ^ "Heats, Semifinals & Final results". The Manchester Guardian. 25 July 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

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