Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sydney_Cricket_Ground_1930s.jpg/220px-Sydney_Cricket_Ground_1930s.jpg)
At the 1938 British Empire Games, the athletics events were held at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia in February 1938. A total of 28 athletics events were contested at the Games, 20 by men and 8 by women.
Medal summary
Men
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 yards | ![]() |
9.7 | ![]() |
9.8e | ![]() |
9.9e |
220 yards | ![]() |
21.2 | ![]() |
21.3e | ![]() |
21.4e |
440 yards | ![]() |
47.9 | ![]() |
47.9e | ![]() |
48.1e |
880 yards | ![]() |
1:51.2 | ![]() |
1:54.0e | ![]() |
1:54.2e |
1 mile | ![]() |
4:11.6 | ![]() |
4:12.2e | ![]() |
4:12.6e |
3 miles | ![]() |
13.59.6 | ![]() |
14:05.4 | ![]() |
14:24.0e |
6 miles | ![]() |
30:14.5 | ![]() |
+180 yd | ![]() |
+250 yd |
Marathon | ![]() |
2:30:15 | ![]() |
2:37:57 | ![]() |
2:38:20 |
120 yards hurdles | ![]() |
14.0w | ![]() |
14.2ew | ![]() |
14.4ew |
440 yards hurdles | ![]() |
52.9 | ![]() |
54.6e | ![]() |
55.2e |
High jump | ![]() |
1.96 | ![]() |
1.88 | ![]() |
1.88 |
Pole vault | ![]() |
4.11 | ![]() |
3.97 | ![]() |
3.88 |
Long jump | ![]() |
7.43 | ![]() |
7.25 | ![]() |
7.15 |
Triple jump | ![]() |
15.49 | ![]() |
15.41 | ![]() |
15.28 |
Shot put | ![]() |
14.47 | ![]() |
13.96 | ![]() |
13.8 |
Discus throw | ![]() |
44.75 | ![]() |
43.04 | ![]() |
41.47 |
Hammer throw | ![]() |
48.71 | ![]() |
45.11 | ![]() |
44.21 |
Javelin throw | ![]() |
62.8 | ![]() |
62.21 | ![]() |
55.5 |
4×110 yards relay | ![]() Jack Brown John Loaring Larry O'Connor Pat Haley |
41.6 | ![]() Cyril Holmes Ken Richardson Sandy Duncan Lawrence Wallace |
41.8e | ![]() Alf Watson Ted Hampson Ted Best Howard Yates |
41.9e |
4×440 yards relay | ![]() John Loaring Lee Orr Bill Dale William Fritz |
3:16.9 | ![]() Brian MacCabe Frank Handley Henry Pack Bill Roberts |
3:19.2 | ![]() Alan Sayers Arnold Anderson Graham Quinn Harold Tyrie |
3:22.0 |
Women
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 yards | ![]() |
11.1 | ![]() |
11.3e | ![]() |
11.4e |
220 yards | ![]() |
24.7 | ![]() |
25.1e | ![]() |
25.3e |
80 metre hurdles | ![]() |
11.7w | ![]() |
11.7ew | ![]() |
11.8ew |
High jump | ![]() |
1.60 | ![]() |
1.57 | ![]() |
1.57 |
Long jump | ![]() |
5.80 | ![]() |
5.65 | ![]() |
5.55 |
Javelin throw | ![]() |
38.28 | ![]() |
36.98 | ![]() |
36.41 |
110-220-110 yards relay |
![]() Eileen Wearne Decima Norman Jean Coleman |
49.1 | ![]() Barbara Howard Aileen Meagher Jeanette Dolson |
49.9e | ![]() Dorothy Saunders Kathleen Stokes Winifred Jeffrey |
51.3e |
220-110-220-110 yards relay |
![]() Decima Norman Jean Coleman Joan Woodland Thelma Peake |
1:15.2 | ![]() Dorothy Saunders Ethel Raby Kathleen Stokes Winifred Jeffrey |
1:17.2e | ![]() Barbara Howard Aileen Meagher Jeanette Dolson Violet Montgomery |
1:19.0e |
Medal table
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Decima_Norman.jpg/220px-Decima_Norman.jpg)
* Host nation (Australia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
3 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
5 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals (7 entries) | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 |
References
- ^ Fact sheet 188 – Empire Games, Sydney, 1938. National Archives of Australia. Retrieved on 2010-09-02.
- Results
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-02.
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-02.
External links
- 1938 Games Commentary and video of men's 100 yards from British Pathé