1938 British Empire Games

Countries which participated

The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the Commonwealth Games being the modern-day equivalent. The Games were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

1 Participating teams
2 Medals by country
3 Medals by event
4 External links
5 Categories

Participating teams

Australia	Bermuda	British Guiana	Canada
Ceylon	England	Fiji	India
New Zealand	Northern Ireland	Southern Rhodesia	Scotland
South Africa	Trinidad and Tobago	Wales

Medals by country

Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	24	19	22	65
2	England	15	14	10	39
3	Canada	13	16	15	44
4	South Africa	10	10	6	26
5	New Zealand	5	7	12	24
6	Wales	2	1	0	3
7	Ceylon	1	0	0	1
8	Scotland	0	2	3	5
9	British Guiana	0	1	0	1
10	Rhodesia	0	0	2	2
11	Bermuda	0	0	0	0
	Fiji	0	0	0	0
	India	0	0	0	0
	Northern Ireland	0	0	0	0
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	0	0
	Medal Totals	70	70	70	210

Medals by event

Athletics

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 Yards	Women	Decima Norman (AUS)	11.1	Joyce Walker (AUS)	11.3e	Jeanette Dolson (CAN)	11.4e
220 Yards	Women	Decima Norman (AUS)	24.7	Jean Coleman (AUS)	25.1e	Eileen Wearne (AUS)	25.3e
80 Metres Hurdles	Women	Barbara Burke (SAF)	11.7w	Isabel Grant (AUS)	11.7ew	Rona Tong (NZL)	11.8ew
High Jump	Women	Dorothy Odam (ENG)	1.6	Dora Gardner (ENG)	1.57	Elizabeth Forbes (NZL)	1.57
Long Jump	Women	Decima Norman (AUS)	5.8	Ethel Raby (ENG)	5.65	Thelma Peake (AUS)	5.55
Javelin	Women	Robina Higgins (CAN)	38.28	Antonia Robertson (SAF)	36.98	Gladys Lunn (ENG)	36.41
110 x 220 x 110 Yards Relay	Women	Australia (AUS)	49.1	Canada (CAN)	49.9e	England (ENG)	51.3e
220 x 110 x 220 x 110 Yards Relay	Women	Australia (AUS)	00:01:15	England (ENG)	1:17.2e	Canada (CAN)	1:19.0e
100 Yards	Men	Cyril Holmes (ENG)	9.7	John Mumford (AUS)	9.8e	Ted Best (AUS)	9.9e
220 Yards	Men	Cyril Holmes (ENG)	21.2	John Mumford (AUS)	21.3e	Ted Best (AUS)	21.4e
440 Yards	Men	Bill Roberts (ENG)	47.9	Bill Fritz (CAN)	47.9e	Denis Shore (SAF)	48.1e
880 Yards	Men	Vernon "Pat" Boot (NZL)	00:01:51	Frank Handley (ENG)	1:54.0e	Bill Dale (CAN)	1:54.2e
1 Mile	Men	Jim Alford (WAL)	00:04:12	Gerald Backhouse (AUS)	4:12.3e	Vernon "Pat" Boot (NZL)	4:12.6e
3 Miles	Men	Cecil Matthews (NZL)	00:14:00	Peter Ward (ENG)	00:14:06	Bob Rankine (CAN)	14:24.0e
6 Miles	Men	Cecil Matthews (NZL)	00:30:14	Bob Rankine (CAN)	+180yd	Wally Hayward (SAF)	+250yd
Marathon	Men	Johannes Coleman (SAF)	02:30:50	Bert Norris (ENG)	02:37:57	Jackie Gibson (SAF)	02:38:20
120 Yards Hurdles	Men	Tom Lavery (SAF)	14.0w	Larry O'Connor (CAN)	14.2ew	Sid Stenner (AUS)	14.4ew
440 Yards Hurdles	Men	John Loaring (CAN)	52.9	John Park (AUS)	54.6e	Alan McDougall (AUS)	55.2e
High Jump	Men	Edwin Thacker (SAF)	1.96	Robert Heffernan (AUS)	1.88	Dudleigh Shetliffe (AUS)	1.88
Pole Vault	Men	Andries du Plessis (SAF)	4.11	Les Fletcher (AUS)	3.97	Stuart Frid (CAN)	3.88
Long Jump	Men	Harold Brown (CAN)	7.43	Jim Panton (CAN)	7.25	Basil Dickinson (AUS)	7.15
Triple Jump	Men	Jack Metcalfe (AUS)	15.49	Lloyd Miller (AUS)	15.41	Basil Dickinson (AUS)	15.28
Shot	Men	Louis Fouché (SAF)	14.47	Eric Coy (CAN)	13.96	Francis Drew (AUS)	13.8
Discus	Men	Eric Coy (CAN)	44.75	David Young (SCO)	43.04	George Sutherland (CAN)	41.47
Hammer	Men	George Sutherland (CAN)	48.71	Keith Pardon (AUS)	45.11	James Leckie (NZL)	44.21
Javelin	Men	Jim Courtwright (CAN)	62.8	Stanley Lay (NZL)	62.21	Jack Metcalfe (AUS)	55.5
4 x 110 Yards Relay	Men	Canada (CAN)	41.6	England (ENG)	41.8e	Australia (AUS)	41.9e
4 x 440 Yards Relay	Men	Canada (CAN)	00:03:17	England (ENG)	3:19.5e	New Zealand (NZL)	3:22.5e

Bowls

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Singles	Men	Horace Harvey (SAF)	Frank Livingstone (NZL)	Jack Low (AUS)
Pairs	Men	Walter Denison & Lance Macey (NZL)	Percy Hutton & Howard Mildren (AUS)	D.A. Adamson & J.R. Appleford (SAF)
Fours	Men	New Zealand (NZL)	South Africa (SAF)	Australia (AUS)

Boxing

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Men	Johannes Joubert (SAF)	Joseph Gagnon (CAN)	Hugh Cameron (SCO)
Bantamweight	Men	William Butler (ENG)	Hendrik Knoesen (SAF)	Jack Dillon (AUS)
Featherweight	Men	Ansdale Henricus (CEY)	James Watson (SCO)	Kenneth Moran (NZL)
Lightweight	Men	Harry Groves (ENG)	Harry Hurst (CAN)	William Fulton (RHO)
Welterweight	Men	Bill Smith (AUS)	Darcy Heeney (NZL)	Andrew Tsirindonis (RHO)
Middleweight	Men	Denis Reardon (WAL)	Maurice Dennis (ENG)	Rex Carey (CAN)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Nicholaas Wolmarans (SAF)	Cecil Overell (AUS)	Joseph Wilby (ENG)
Heavyweight	Men	Thomas Osborne (CAN)	Claude Sterley (SAF)	Les Harley (AUS)

Cycling

Track

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Time Trial	Men	Bob Porter (AUS)	00:01:15	Tasman Johnson (AUS)	00:01:16	Ernie Mills (ENG)	00:01:16
Sprint	Men	Edgar "Dunc" Gray (AUS)		Bob Porter (AUS)		George Giles (NZL)
10 Miles Scratch	Men	William Maxfield (ENG)	00:24:44	Ray Hicks (ENG)		Syd Rose (SAF)

Road

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Road Race	Men	Hendrik Binneman (SAF)	02:53:30	John Brown (NZL)	02:53:30	Ray Jones (ENG)	02:53:30

Rowing

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Single Sculls	Men	Herb Turner (AUS)	00:08:24	Peter Jackson (ENG)	+5 lgths	Robert Smith (NZL)	+4 lgths
Coxed Fours	Men	Gordon Fretyh, Don Fraser, Stewart Elder, Jack Fisher & Harry Kerr (AUS)	00:07:17	Oliver Clayton, Albert Hope, Ken Boswell, John Rigby & George Burns (NZL)	+1.25 lgths	James Temple, Max Winkler, Donald Davis, John MacDonald & Kenneth Jaggard (CAN)	+0.75 lgths
Eights	Men	England (ENG)	00:06:29	Australia (AUS)	+0.75 lgths	New Zealand (NZL)	+2 lgths

Swimming

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
110 Yards Freestyle	Men	Bob Pirie (CAN)	59.6	Terry Collard (SAF)	00:01:01	Bill Fleming (AUS)	00:01:01
440 Yards Freestyle	Men	Bob Pirie (CAN)	00:04:55	Bobby Leivers (ENG)	00:04:55	Robin Biddulph (AUS)	00:04:56
1650 Yards Freestyle	Men	Bobby Leivers (ENG)	00:19:46	Bob Pirie (CAN)	00:19:59	Norman Wainwright (ENG)	00:20:17
110 Yards Backstroke	Men	Percy Oliver (AUS)	00:01:08	Gordon Kerr (CAN)	00:01:09	Micky Taylor (ENG)	00:01:09
220 Yards Breaststroke	Men	John Davies (ENG)	00:02:52	Walter Spence (BGU)	00:03:00	Jimmy Prentice (CAN)	00:03:02
4 x 220 Yards Freestyle Relay	Men	England (ENG)	00:09:19	Canada (CAN)	00:09:20	Australia (AUS)	00:09:33
3 x 110 Yards Medley Relay	Men	England (ENG)	00:03:28	Canada (CAN)	00:03:30	Australia (AUS)	00:03:32

Diving

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Men	Ron Masters (AUS)	126.36	Doug Tomalin (ENG)	124.78	George Athans (CAN)	117.9
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Men	Doug Tomalin (ENG)	108.74	Ron Masters (AUS)	102.87	George Athans (CAN)	98.93

Swimming

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
110 Yards Freestyle	Women	Evelyn de Lacy (AUS)	00:01:10	Dorothy Green (AUS)	00:01:11	Dorothy Lyon (CAN)	00:01:12
440 Yards Freestyle	Women	Dorothy Green (AUS)	00:05:40	Margaret Jeffrey (ENG)	00:05:40	Mona Leydon (NZL)	00:05:42
110 Yards Backstroke	Women	Pat Norton (AUS)	00:01:20	Jeanne Greenland (WAL)	00:01:22	Margot Hamilton (SCO)	00:01:23
220 Yards Breaststroke	Women	Doris Storey (ENG)	00:03:06	Carla Gerke (SAF)	00:03:12	Joan Langdon (CAN)	00:03:22
4 x 110 Yards Freestyle Relay	Women	Canada (CAN)	00:04:48	Australia (AUS)	00:04:50	England (ENG)	00:04:50
3 x 110 Yards Medley Relay	Women	England (ENG)	00:03:58	South Africa (SAF)	00:04:07	Australia (AUS)	00:04:10

Diving

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Women	Irene Donnett (AUS)	91.18	Lynda Adams (CAN)	88.27	Marie Sharkey (CAN)	81.66
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Women	Lurline Hook (AUS)	36.47	Lynda Adams (CAN)	36.39	Irene Donnett (AUS)	34.57

Wrestling

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight	Men	Ted Purcell (AUS)	Vernon Blake (CAN)	Raymond Cazaux (ENG)
Featherweight	Men	Roy Purchase (AUS)	Larry Clarke (CAN)	Joseph Genet (NZL)
Lightweight	Men	Dick Garrard (AUS)	Vernon Thomas (NZL)	Alfred Harding (SAF)
Welterweight	Men	Thomas Trevaskis (AUS)	Felix Standen (SAF)	Jeremiah Podjursky (NZL)
Middleweight	Men	Terry Evans (CAN)	Peter Sheasby (SAF)	Leslie Jeffers (ENG)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Eddie Scarf (AUS)	Sidney Greenspan (SAF)	Thomas Ward (SCO)
Heavyweight	Men	Jack Knight (AUS)	James Dryden (NZL)	John Whelan (CAN)

External links

Commonwealth Games Official Site
1938 British Empire Games at the official Guernsey site
1938 British Empire Games - Australian Commonwealth Games official website

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1938 British Empire Games

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Participating teams

Medals by country

Medals by event

Athletics

Bowls

Boxing

Cycling

Track

Road

Rowing

Swimming

Diving

Swimming

Diving

Wrestling

External links

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