Athletics_at_the_1934_British_Empire_Games
Athletics at the 1934 British Empire Games
International athletics championship event
At the 1934 British Empire Games, the athletics events were held at the White City Stadium in London, England in August 1934. A total of 30 athletics events were contested at the Games, 21 by men and 9 by women.
Quick Facts Dates, Host city ...
| Athletics at the 2nd British Empire and Commonwealth Games | |
|---|---|
The host stadium which also hosted events for the 1908 London Olympics. | |
| Dates | 4–7 August 1934 |
| Host city | London, England |
| Venue | White City Stadium |
| Level | Senior |
| Events | 30 |
| Participation | 223 athletes from 15 nations |
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Men
More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards details |
Arthur Sweeney (ENG) | 10.0 |  Marthinus Theunissen (SAF) | 10.1e |  Ian Young (SCO) | 10.1e |
| 220 yards details |
Arthur Sweeney (ENG) | 21.9 | Marthinus Theunissen (SAF) | 22.0e | Walter Rangeley (ENG) | 22.1e |
| 440 yards details |
Godfrey Rampling (ENG) | 48.0 | Bill Roberts (ENG) | 48.5e | Crew Stoneley (ENG) | 48.6e |
| 880 yards details |
 Phil Edwards (BGU) | 1:54.2 | Willie Botha (SAF) | 1:55.5e | Hamish Stothard (SCO) | 1:55.6e |
| 1 mile details |
 Jack Lovelock (NZL) | 4:12.8 | Sydney Wooderson (ENG) | 4:13.4e | Jerry Cornes (ENG) | 4:16.6e |
| 3 miles details |
Wally Beavers (ENG) | 14:32.6 | Cyril Allen (ENG) | 14:37.8 | Alec Burns (ENG) | 14:45.4 |
| 6 miles details |
Arthur Penny (ENG) | 31:00.6 |  Scotty Rankine (CAN) | 31:02.4e | Arthur Furze (ENG) | 31:03.6e |
| Marathon details |
Harold Webster (CAN) | 2:40:36 | Donald Robertson (SCO) | 2:45:08 | Dunky Wright (SCO) | 2:56:20 |
| 2 miles steeplechase details |
Stanley Scarsbrook (ENG) | 10:23.4 | Tom Evenson (ENG) | 10:25.8e | George Bailey (ENG) | +100 yd |
| 120 yards hurdles details |
Donald Finlay (ENG) | 15.2 | James Worrall (CAN) | 15.5e | Ashleigh Pilbrow (ENG) | 15.7e |
| 440 yards hurdles details |
Alan Hunter (SCO) | 55.2 |  Charles Reilly (AUS) | 55.8e | Ralph Brown (ENG) | 56.0e |
| 4 × 110 yards relay details |
England Everard Davis George Saunders Walter Rangeley Arthur Sweeney | 42.2 | Canada Birchall Pearson Frank Nicks Allan Poole Bill Christie | 42.5e | Scotland Archie Turner David Brownlee Robin Murdoch Ian Young | 43.0e |
| 4 × 440 yards relay details |
England Denis Rathbone Geoffrey Blake Crew Stoneley Godfrey Rampling | 3:16.8 | Canada William Fritz John Addison Art Scott Ray Lewis | 3:17.2e | Scotland Ronnie Wallace Ronald Wylde Hamish Stothard Alan Hunter | +120 yd |
| High jump details |
Edwin Thacker (SAF) | 1.90 | Joe Haley (CAN) | 1.90 | John Michie (SCO) | 1.90 |
| Pole vault details |
Syl Apps (CAN) | 3.88 | Alf Gilbert (CAN) | 3.81 | Fred Woodhouse (AUS) | 3.66 |
| Long jump details |
Sam Richardson (CAN) | 7.17 | Johann Luckhoff (SAF) | 7.10 | Jack Metcalfe (AUS) | 6.93 |
| Triple jump details |
Jack Metcalfe (AUS) | 15.63 | Sam Richardson (CAN) | 14.65 | Harold Brainsby (NZL) | 14.62 |
| Shot put details |
Harry Hart (SAF) | 14.67 | Robert Howland (ENG) | 13.53 | Kenneth Pridie (ENG) | 13.43 |
| Discus throw details |
Harry Hart (SAF) | 41.53 | Douglas Bell (ENG) | 40.44 |  Bernard Prendergast (JAM) | 40.23 |
| Hammer throw details |
Malcolm Nokes (ENG) | 48.25 | George Sutherland (CAN) | 46.24 | William Mackenzie (SCO) | 42.49 |
| Javelin throw details |
Bob Dixon (CAN) | 60.02 | Harry Hart (SAF) | 58.27 | Johann Luckhoff (SAF) | 56.49 |
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Women
More information Event, Gold ...
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards details |
Eileen Hiscock (ENG) | 11.3 | Hilda Strike (CAN) | 11.5e | Leonard Chalmers (ENG) | 11.6e |
| 220 yards details |
Eileen Hiscock (ENG) | 25.0 | Aileen Meagher (CAN) | 25.4e | Nellie Halstead (ENG) | 25.6e |
| 880 yards details |
Gladys Lunn (ENG) | 2:19.4 | Ida Jones (ENG) | 2:21.0e | Dorothy Butterfield (ENG) | 2:21.4e |
| 80 metres hurdles details |
Marjorie Clark (SAF) | 11.8 | Betty Taylor (CAN) | 11.9e | Elsie Green (ENG) | 12.2e |
| 110–220–110 yards relay details |
England Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Elsie Maguire | 49.4 | Canada Aileen Meagher Audrey Dearnley Hilda Strike | 50.2e |  Southern RhodesiaDorothy Ballantyne Mollie Bragg Cynthia Keay | 52.0e |
| 220–110–220–110 yards relay details |
Canada Lillian Palmer Betty White Aileen Meagher Audrey Dearnley | 1:14.4 | England Eileen Hiscock Ivy Walker Nellie Halstead Ethel Johnson | +1.5 yd | Scotland Margaret Mackenzie Cathie Jackson Sheena Dobbie Joan Cunningham | +40 yd |
| High jump details |
Marjorie Clark (SAF) | 1.60 | Eva Dawes (CAN) | 1.57 | Margaret Bell (CAN) | 1.52 |
| Long jump details |
Phyllis Bartholomew (ENG) | 5.47 | Evelyn Goshawk (CAN) | 5.42 | Violet Webb (ENG) | 5.23 |
| Javelin throw details |
Gladys Lunn (ENG) | 32.19 | Edith Halstead (*) (ENG) | 30.94 | Margaret Cox (ENG) | 30.08 |
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(*) Edith Halstead was later sexually reassigned and took the name Edwin "Eddie" Halstead, brother of Nellie Halstead.[1][2]
* Host nation (England)
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England (ENG)* | 16 | 9 | 15 | 40 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 5 | 14 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | South Africa (SAF) | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 4 | Scotland (SCO) | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 5 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | British Guiana (BGU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Southern Rhodesia (SRH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 30 | 30 | 30 | 90 | |
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Australia (7)
Bermuda (6)
British Guiana (1)
Canada (47)
England (89)
India (5)
Jamaica (3)
Newfoundland (3)
New Zealand (3)
Northern Ireland (6)
Scotland (25)
South Africa (11)
Southern Rhodesia (6)
Trinidad and Tobago (1)
Wales (10)
- Athletics Weekly: Commonwealth Games: Women’s javelin. July 23, 2014
- "Nellie Halstead Biography". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Results
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-02.
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-02.
- Athletics video highlights of 1934 Empire Games from British Pathé