British Empire Games 1930 / Athletics

At the British Empire Games in Hamilton in 1930 , a total of 21 competitions were held in athletics between August 16 and 23, all of which were reserved for men. Women's competitions were not added to the program until four years later. The venue was the Civic Stadium .

Results

100 yard run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Percy Williams	CAN	09.9
2	Ernest Page	CLOSELY	10.2
3	John Fitzpatrick	CAN	10.2
4th	Wilfred Legg	SAF
5	Werner Gerhardt	SAF
6th	Stanley Engelhart	CLOSELY

Final: August 23

220 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Stanley Engelhart	CLOSELY	21.8
2	John Fitzpatrick	CAN
3	William Walters	SAF
4th	Roy Hamilton	SCO
5	James Ball	CAN
6th	Werner Gerhardt	SAF

Final: August 16

440 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Alex Wilson	CAN	48.8
2	William Walters	SAF	48.9
3	George Golding	OUT
4th	Kenneth Brangwin	CLOSELY
5	James Ball	CAN
6th	Herb Bascombe	OUT

Final: August 23

880 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Tommy Hampson	CLOSELY	1: 52.4
2	Reg Thomas	CLOSELY	1: 54.8
3	Alex Wilson	CAN	1: 54.9
4th	John Chandler	SAF
5	Phil Edwards	BGU
6th	Stuart Townend	CLOSELY
7th	Mike Gutteridge	CLOSELY
8th	Percy Pickard	CAN

Final: August 21

Mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Reg Thomas	CLOSELY	4: 14.0
2	William Whyte	OUT	4: 17.0
3	Jerry Cornes	CLOSELY
4th	Jack Walters	CAN
5	Phil Edwards	BGU
6th	Robert Sutherland	SCO
7th	Russell MacDougall	OUT
8th	Stuart Townend	CLOSELY

August 23

Three mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Stan Tomlin	CLOSELY	14: 27.4
2	Alex Hillhouse	OUT	14: 27.6
3	Jack Winfield	CLOSELY	14: 29.0
4th	Robert Sutherland	SCO	14: 29.4
5	Tom Evenson	CLOSELY	14: 29.6
6th	Brian Oddie	CLOSELY	14: 29.8

August 21

Six mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	John Savidan	NZL	30: 49.6
2	Ernie Harper	CLOSELY	31: 01.6
3	Tom Evenson	CLOSELY
4th	Jimmy Wood	SCO
5	Robert Sutherland	SCO
6th	William Reynolds	CAN
7th	Jack Winfield	CLOSELY
8th	Wilf McCluskey	CAN

August 16

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Dunky Wright	SCO	2:43:43
2	Sam Ferris	CLOSELY	2:47:13
3	Johnny Miles	CAN	2:48:23
4th	Percy Wyer	CAN
5	Herbert Bignall	CLOSELY
6th	Silas McLellan	CAN
7th	Norman Dack	CAN
8th	Ronald O'Toole	NWF

August 21

120 yard hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Lord Burghley	CLOSELY	14.6
2	Howard Davies	SAF	14.7
3	Fred Gaby	CLOSELY
4th	Johannes Viljoen	SAF
5	Roland Harper	CLOSELY
6th	Harry Hart	SAF

Final: August 23

440 yard hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Lord Burghley	CLOSELY	54.4
2	Roger Leigh-Wood	CLOSELY	55.9
3	Douglas Neame	CLOSELY
4th	Wilfrid Tatham	CLOSELY
5	Walter Connolly	CAN
6th	John Hickey	CAN

Final: August 16

Obstacle course (eight laps)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	George Bailey	CLOSELY	9: 52.0
2	Alex Hillhouse	OUT
3	Vernon Morgan	CLOSELY
4th	Kind Wilkins	CAN
5	William Reid	CAN
6th	Pete Suttie	CAN

August 23

4-by-110-yard relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Canada	James Brown Leigh Miller Ralph Adams John Fitzpatrick	42.2
2	England	John Hanlon James Cohen John Heap Stanley Engelhart	42.7
3	South African Union	Howard Davies Werner Gerhardt Wilfred Legg William Walters

4 by 440 yards relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	England	Roger Leigh-Wood Stuart Townend Lord Burghley Kenneth Brangwin	3: 19.4
2	Canada	Art Scott Stanley Glover James Ball Alex Wilson	3: 19.8
3	South African Union	Wilfred Legg Werner Gerhardt John Chandler William Walters

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Johannes Viljoen	SAF	1.90
2	Colin Gordon	BGU	1.88
3	Clarence Stargratt	CAN	1.85
4th	Duncan McNaughton	CAN
5	Edward Bradbrooke	CLOSELY
6th	Geoffrey Turner	CLOSELY

August 21

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Victor Pickard	CAN	3.73
2	Howard Ford	CLOSELY	3.73
3	Robert Stoddard	CAN	3.66
4th	Alf Gilbert	CAN
5	Laurence Bond	CLOSELY
6th	Bernard Babington-Smith	CLOSELY
7th	Fred Foley	CLOSELY

August 23

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Len Hutton	CAN	7.20
2	Reginald Revans	CLOSELY	6.86
3	Johannes Viljoen	SAF	6.86
4th	Chester Smith	CAN	6.79
5	Gordon Smallacombe	CAN	6.61
6th	James Cohen	CLOSELY
7th	Fred Foley	CLOSELY

August 23

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gordon Smallacombe	CAN	14.76
2	Reginald Revans	CLOSELY	14.29
3	Len Hutton	CAN	13.90
4th	George Sutherland	CAN	13.75
5	Gregory Power	NWF	13.44
6th	Ossie Johnson	NZL	13.16

August 16

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Harry Hart	SAF	14.58
2	Robert Howland	CLOSELY	13.46
3	Charles Hermann	CAN	12.98
4th	Abe Zvonkin	CAN	12.63
5	Howard Ford	CLOSELY	12.44
6th	Kenneth Pridie	CLOSELY	12.40

August 21

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Harry Hart	SAF	41.43
2	Charles Hermann	CAN	41.22
3	Abe Zvonkin	CAN	41.17
4th	Kenneth Pridie	CLOSELY	39.22
5	Malcolm Nokes	CLOSELY
6th	Howard Ford	CLOSELY

August 23

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Malcolm Nokes	CLOSELY	47.13
2	Bill Britton	IRISHMAN	46.89
3	John Cameron	CAN	44.45
4th	Sandy Smith	SCO	44.31
5	Alex Murray	SCO	42.70
6th	Archie McDiarmid	CAN	42.44

August 21

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Stanley Lay	NZL	63.13
2	Doral pilling	CAN	55.93
3	Harry Hart	SAF	53.21
4th	Eric Turner	CLOSELY
5	Leslie Snow	CLOSELY
6th	Archie Stewart	CAN	44.85

August 23

Web links

• Results on the Commonwealth Games Federation website
• I Commonwealth Game, Hamilton 1930 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• I Commonwealth Games on TOPS in athletics