British Empire Games 1934 / Athletics
At the British Empire Games in London in 1934 , a total of 30 athletics competitions were held between August 4th and 7th, 21 for men and nine for women. The venue was the White City Stadium .
Men
100 yard run
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arthur Sweeney | CLOSELY | 10.0 |
2 | Marthinus Theunissen | SAF | 10.0 |
3 | Ian Young | SCO | 10.1 |
4th | George Saunders | CLOSELY | |
5 | Robin Murdoch | SCO | |
6th | Howard Yates | OUT |
Final: August 4th
220 yards run
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arthur Sweeney | CLOSELY | 21.9 |
2 | Marthinus Theunissen | SAF | 22.0 |
3 | Walter Rangeley | CLOSELY | 22.1 |
4th | Robin Murdoch | SCO | |
5 | Ian Young | SCO | |
6th | Frank Nicks | CAN |
Final: August 7th
440 yards run
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Godfrey Rampling | CLOSELY | 48.0 |
2 | Bill Roberts | CLOSELY | 48.5 |
3 | Crew Stoneley | CLOSELY | 48.6 |
4th | William Fritz | CAN | |
5 | John Addison | CAN | |
6th | Alan Hunter | SCO |
Final: August 7th
880 yards run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Phil Edwards | BGU | 1: 54.2 |
2 | Willie Botha | SAF | 1: 55.5 |
3 | Hamish Stothard | SCO | 1: 55.6 |
4th | John Powell | CLOSELY | |
5 | Jerry Sampson | CAN | |
6th | Jack Cooper | CLOSELY |
Final: August 6th
Mile run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Lovelock | NZL | 4: 12.8 |
2 | Sydney Wooderson | CLOSELY | 4: 13.4 |
3 | Jerry Cornes | CLOSELY | 4: 13.6 |
4th | Aubrey Reeve | CLOSELY | |
5 | Bobby Graham | SCO | |
6th | Les Wade | CAN | |
7th | Ken Harris | WHALE | |
8th | Horace Craske | CLOSELY |
Final: August 7th
Three mile run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Wally Beavers | CLOSELY | 14: 32.6 |
2 | Cyril Allen | CLOSELY | 14: 37.8 |
3 | Alec Burns | CLOSELY | 14: 45.4 |
4th | Scotty Rankine | CAN | |
5 | Jack Parker | NIR | |
6th | Harold Thompson | SAF | |
7th | Jackie Laidlaw | SCO | |
8th | Lloyd Longman | CAN |
4th of August
Six mile run
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arthur Penny | CLOSELY | 31: 00.6 |
2 | Scotty Rankine | CAN | 31: 02.4 |
3 | Arthur Furze | CLOSELY | 31: 03.6 |
4th | Jack Holden | CLOSELY | |
5 | Jack Potts | CLOSELY | |
6th | Roy Oliver | CAN | |
7th | Lloyd Longman | CAN | |
Mannie Dookie | TRI | DNF |
6th of August
marathon
space | athlete | country | Time (h) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Harold Webster | CAN | 2:40:36 |
2 | Donald Robertson | SCO | 2:45:08 |
3 | Dunky Wright | SCO | 2:56:20 |
4th | Harry Wood | CLOSELY | 2:58:41 |
5 | Percy Wyer | CAN | 3:00:40 |
6th | Wilf Short | WHALE | 3:02:56 |
7th | Reg Nicholls | CLOSELY | 3:05:23 |
August 7th
120 yard hurdles
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Don Finlay | CLOSELY | 15.2 |
2 | Jim Worrall | CAN | 15.5 |
3 | Ashleigh Pilbrow | CLOSELY | 15.7 |
4th | Kind of Ravensdale | CAN | |
5 | John Gabriel | CLOSELY | |
Johannes Viljoen | SAF | DNF |
Final: August 6th
440 yard hurdles
space | athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Alan Hunter | SCO | 55.2 |
2 | Charles Reilly | OUT | 55.8 |
3 | Ralph Brown | CLOSELY | 56.0 |
4th | Jim Worrall | CAN | |
5 | John Stone | CLOSELY | |
6th | Ashleigh Pilbrow | CLOSELY |
4th of August
Two mile obstacle course
space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Stanley Scarsbrook | CLOSELY | 10: 23.4 |
2 | Tom Evenson | CLOSELY | 10: 25.8 |
3 | George Bailey | CLOSELY | |
4th | Pat Campbell | CLOSELY | |
5 | Earl Moore | CAN | |
6th | Walter Gunn | SCO |
August 7th
4-by-110-yard relay
4 by 440 yards relay
space | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | England |
Denis Rathbone Geoffrey Blake Crew Stoneley Godfrey Rampling |
3: 16.8 |
2 | Canada |
William Fritz John Addison Art Scott Ray Lewis |
3: 17.4 |
3 | Scotland |
Ronnie Wallace Ronald Wylde Hamish Stothard Alan Hunter |
high jump
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Edwin Thacker | SAF | 1.90 |
2 | Joe Haley | CAN | 1.90 |
3 | John Michie | SCO | 1.90 |
4th | Jack Metcalfe | OUT | 1.88 |
5 | Arthur Gray | CLOSELY | 1.85 |
6th | Stanley West | CLOSELY | 1.83 |
William Land | CLOSELY | 1.83 | |
Joseph MacKenzie | JAM | 1.83 |
6th of August
Pole vault
space | athlete | country | Height (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Syl Apps | CAN | 3.88 |
2 | Alf Gilbert | CAN | 3.81 |
3 | Fred Woodhouse | OUT | 3.66 |
4th | Andries du Plessis | SAF | 3.66 |
5 | Frank Phillipson | CLOSELY | 3.66 |
6th | Patrick Ogilvie | SCO | 3.50 |
6th of August
Long jump
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sam Richardson | CAN | 7.17 |
2 | Johann Luckhoff | SAF | 7.10 |
3 | Jack Metcalfe | OUT | 6.93 |
4th | Sandy Duncan | CLOSELY | 6.91 |
5 | Ray Cooper | CAN | 6.83 |
6th | Leslie Butler | CLOSELY | 6.79 |
August 7th
Triple jump
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Metcalfe | OUT | 15.63 |
2 | Sam Richardson | CAN | 14.65 |
3 | Harold Brainsby | NZL | 14.62 |
4th | Edward Boyce | NIR | 13.80 |
5 | Jack Higginson Jr. | CLOSELY | 13.73 |
6th | Bertie Shillington | NIR | 13.69 |
4th of August
Shot put
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Harry Hart | SAF | 14.67 |
2 | Robert Howland | CLOSELY | 13.53 |
3 | Kenneth Pridie | CLOSELY | 13.43 |
4th | George Walla | CAN | 13.23 |
5 | Harry Reeves | CLOSELY | 12.76 |
6th | Anthony Watson | CLOSELY | 12.18 |
7th | Arthur Lewis | WHALE | 11.70 |
8th | George Sutherland | CAN |
6th of August
Discus throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Harry Hart | SAF | 41.53 |
2 | Douglas Bell | CLOSELY | 40.44 |
3 | Bernard Prendergast | JAM | 40.23 |
4th | George Walla | CAN | 39.39 |
5 | William Land | CLOSELY | 39.34 |
6th | Kenneth Pridie | CLOSELY | 37.78 |
7th | George Sutherland | CAN |
4th of August
Hammer throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Malcolm Nokes | CLOSELY | 48.25 |
2 | George Sutherland | CAN | 46.24 |
3 | William Mackenzie | SCO | 42.49 |
4th | Robert Waters | CAN | 39.88 |
5 | Douglas Bell | CLOSELY | 38.78 |
6th | Norman Drake | CLOSELY | 35.79 |
August 7th
Javelin throw
space | athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Dixon | CAN | 60.02 |
2 | Harry Hart | SAF | 58.27 |
3 | Johann Luckhoff | SAF | 56.49 |
4th | Stanley Wilson | CLOSELY | 54.74 |
5 | Joseph Heath | CLOSELY | 53.41 |
6th | George Walla | CAN | 52.16 |
August 7th
Women
100 yard run
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Eileen Hiscock | CLOSELY | 11.3 |
2 | Hilda Strike | CAN | 11.5 |
3 | Lillian Chalmers | CLOSELY | 11.6 |
4th | Elsie Maguire | CLOSELY | 11.6 |
5 | Ethel Johnson | CLOSELY | 11.7 |
6th | Audrey Dearnley | CAN |
Final: August 6th
220 yards run
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Eileen Hiscock | CLOSELY | 25.0 |
2 | Aileen Meagher | CAN | 25.4 |
3 | Nellie Halstead | CLOSELY | 25.6 |
4th | Lillian Palmer | CAN | |
5 | Hilda Cameron | CAN | |
6th | Ethel Johnson | CLOSELY |
Final: August 7th
880 yards run
space | Athlete | country | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gladys Lunn | CLOSELY | 2: 19.4 |
2 | Ida Jones | CLOSELY | 2: 21.0 |
3 | Dorothy Butterfield | CLOSELY | 2: 21.4 |
4th | Constance Furneaux | CLOSELY | |
5 | Doris Morgan | SAF | |
6th | Violet Smith | CAN | |
7th | Mildred Storrar | SCO |
6th of August
80 meter hurdles
space | Athlete | country | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marjorie Clark | SAF | 11.8 |
2 | Elizabeth Taylor | CAN | 11.9 |
3 | Elsie Green | CLOSELY | 12.3 |
4th | Roxanne Atkins | CAN | |
5 | Alda Wilson | CAN | |
6th | Phyllis Goad | CLOSELY |
Final: August 7th
440 yards relay (220 + 110 + 110)
space | country | Athletes | Time (s) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | England |
Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Elsie Maguire |
49.4 |
2 | Canada |
Aileen Meagher Audrey Dearnley Hilda Strike |
50.2 |
3 | Southern Rhodesia |
Dorothy Ballantyne Cynthia Keay Mollie Bragg |
52.0 |
4th | South African Union |
Doris Morgan Barbara Burke Marjorie Clark |
|
Scotland |
Sheena Dobbie Cathie Jackson Barbara Barnetson |
DNF |
660 yards relay (220 + 220 + 110 + 110)
space | country | Athletes | Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Canada |
Lillian Palmer Betty White Aileen Meagher Audrey Dearnley |
1: 14.4 |
2 | England |
Eileen Hiscock Ivy Walker Nellie Halstead Ethel Johnson |
|
3 | Scotland |
Sheena Dobbie Cathie Jackson Margaret Mackenzie Joan Cunningham |
high jump
space | Athlete | country | (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Marjorie Clark | SAF | 1.60 |
2 | Eva Dawes | CAN | 1.57 |
3 | Margaret Bell | CAN | 1.52 |
4th | Mary Milne | CLOSELY | 1.52 |
5 | Isabella Miller | CAN | 1.47 |
6th | Marjorie Okell | CLOSELY | 1.44 |
7th | Hilda Thorogood | CLOSELY | |
8th | Elsie Harris | CLOSELY |
4th of August
Long jump
space | Athlete | country | (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Phyllis Bartholomew | CLOSELY | 5.47 |
2 | Evelyn Goshawk | CAN | 5.41 |
3 | Violet Webb | CLOSELY | 5.23 |
4th | Mary Frizzell | CAN | 5.21 |
5 | Doris Razzell | CLOSELY | 5.18 |
6th | Margaret Fitzpatrick | CAN | 4.94 |
7th | Mollie Bragge | RHO | |
8th | Beatrice Proctor | RHO |
August 7th
Javelin throw
space | Athlete | country | Width (m) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gladys Lunn | CLOSELY | 32.19 |
2 | Edith Halstead | CLOSELY | 30.94 |
3 | Margaret Cox | CLOSELY | 30.08 |
4th | Louise Fawcett | CLOSELY | 29.28 |
Marjorie Clark | SAF | DNS |
4th of August
Edith Halstead was later identified as Edwin "Eddie" Halstead, brother of Nellie Halstead.
Web links
- Results on the Commonwealth Games Federation website
- II Commonwealth Game, London 1934 on trackfield.brinkster.net
- II Commonwealth Games on TOPS in athletics