Search: in
1938 British Empire Games
1938 British Empire Games Encyclopedia
  Tutorials     Encyclopedia     Dictionary     Directory  
1938_British_Empire_Games Email this to a friend      1938_British_Empire_Games

1938 British Empire Games

The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the Commonwealth Games being the modern-day equivalent. Held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from February 5-12 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary (150 years since the foundation of British settlement in Australia). Venues included the Sydney Cricket Ground (the main stadium), the Sydney Sports Ground, North Sydney Pool and Henson Park. An estimated 40,000 people attended the opening ceremony. A competitors' residential village was established within the grounds of the Sydney Showground.

The star of the games was the Australian athlete Decima Norman, who won five gold medals in track and field. Margaret Dovey, the future wife of the former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam, finished sixth in the 200 yards breaststroke.

Contents

Participating teams

Countries which participated
Countries which participated

Medals by country

1 25 19 22 66
2 15 15 10 40
3 13 16 15 44
4 10 10 6 26
5 5 7 13 25
6 2 1 0 3
7 1 0 0 1
8 0 2 3 5
9 0 1 0 1
10 0 0 2 2
Total 71 71 71 213

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 M. Courtright (CAN) 62.8 Stan 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
Double Sculls Men Cecil Pierce & William Bradley (AUS) 00:07:24 John Offer & Richard Offer (ENG) AKG Jackson & Robert Benedict Smith (NZL)
Coxed Fours Men Gordon Freeth, 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

de:British Empire Games 1938 es:Juegos de la Mancomunidad de 1938 fr:Jeux de l'Empire britannique de 1938 nl:British Empire Games 1938 ja:1938???????????? pt:Jogos do Império Britânico de 1938




Source: Wikipedia | The above article is available under the GNU FDL. | Edit this article



Related Links in 1938 British Empire Games

Search for 1938 British Empire Games in Tutorials
Search for 1938 British Empire Games in Encyclopedia
Search for 1938 British Empire Games in Dictionary
Search for 1938 British Empire Games in Open Directory
Search for 1938 British Empire Games in Store
Search for 1938 British Empire Games in PriceGig



Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

Advertisement

Advertisement



1938 British Empire Games
1938_British_Empire_Games top 1938_British_Empire_Games
Home - Add TutorGig to Your Site - Disclaimer

©2008-2009 TutorGig.com. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Statement