British Empire Games 1938 / Athletics

At the British Empire Games in Sydney in 1938 , a total of 28 competitions were held in athletics between February 5 and 12, 20 of which were for men and eight for women. The venue was the Sydney Cricket Ground .

Men

100 yard run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Cyril Holmes	CLOSELY	09.7
2	John Mumford	OUT	09.8
3	Ted Best	OUT	09.9
4th	Tom Lavery	SAF	09.9
5	Ted Hampson	OUT	10.0
6th	Howard Yates	OUT	10.1

Final: February 5th

220 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Cyril Holmes	CLOSELY	21.2
2	John Mumford	OUT	21.3
3	Ted Best	OUT	21.4
4th	Larry O'Connor	CAN	21.6
5	Howard Yates	OUT	21.7
6th	Bill Roberts	CLOSELY	21.7

Final: February 10th

440 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Bill Roberts	CLOSELY	47.9
2	William Fritz	CAN	47.9
3	Denis Shore	SAF	48.1
4th	John Mumford	OUT
5	John Loaring	CAN
6th	Harold Tyrie	NZL

Final: February 12th

880 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Pat boat	NZL	1: 51.2
2	Frank Handley	CLOSELY	1: 54.0
3	Bill Dale	CAN	1: 54.2
4th	Jim Alford	WHALE
5	Theo Allen	NZL
6th	Brian MacCabe	CLOSELY
7th	Gerald Backhouse	OUT
8th	Niklaas Wessels	SAF

Final: February 7th

Mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jim Alford	WHALE	4: 11.6
2	Gerald Backhouse	OUT	4: 12.3
3	Pat boat	NZL	4: 12.6
4th	Kind of Clarke	CAN	4: 14.4
5	Bernard Eeles	CLOSELY	4: 15.2
6th	Bill Pullar	NZL
	Bobby Graham	SCO	DNF
	Theo Allen	NZL	DNF

Final: February 12th

Three mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Cecil Matthews	NZL	13: 59.6
2	Peter Ward	CLOSELY	14: 05.6
3	Scotty Rankine	CAN	14: 24.0
4th	Wally Hayward	SAF	14: 24.4
5	Stan Nicholls	OUT	14: 30.0
6th	Laurie Weatherill	CLOSELY
7th	Alan Geddes	NZL
8th	Keith Faulkner	OUT

February 5th

Six mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Cecil Matthews	NZL	30: 14.5
2	Scotty Rankine	CAN
3	Wally Hayward	SAF
4th	Alan Geddes	NZL
5	Laurie Weatherill	CLOSELY
6th	Jackie Gibson	SAF
7th	Milt Wallace	CAN
8th	Fred Bassed	OUT

February 10th

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	John Coleman	SAF	2:30:50
2	Bert Norris	CLOSELY	2:37:57
3	Jackie Gibson	SAF	2:38:20
4th	Donald Robertson	SCO	2:42:40
5	James Bartlett	CAN	2:50:41
6th	Lloyd Longman	CAN	2:54:54
7th	Walter Young	CAN	2:59:05
8th	Dick Crossley	OUT	3:12:50

February 7th

120 yard hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tom Lavery	SAF	14.0
2	Larry O'Connor	CAN	14.2
3	Sid Stenner	OUT	14.4
4th	Don McLardy	OUT	14.6
5	Sid Kiel	SAF	14.7
6th	Frank Sharpley	NZL	15.0

Final: February 12th

440 yard hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	John Loaring	CAN	52.9
2	John Park	OUT	54.6
3	Alan McDougall	OUT	55.2
4th	Alf Watson	OUT
5	Arnold Anderson	NZL
6th	Paul Magee	OUT

February 5th

4-by-110-yard relay

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Canada	Jack Brown Pat Haley John Loaring Larry O'Connor	41.6
2	England	Kenneth Richardson Sandy Duncan Lawrence Wallace Cyril Holmes	41.8
3	Australia	Ted Best Alf Watson Ted Hampson Howard Yates	41.9

4 by 440 yards relay

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Canada	Lee Orr Bill Dale William Fritz John Loaring	3: 16.9
2	England	Frank Handley Henry Pack Brian MacCabe Bill Roberts	3: 19.2
3	New Zealand	Alan Sayers Arnold Anderson Graham Quinn Harold Tyrie	3: 22.0
4th	Australia	Hugh Johnson Athol Jones John Park Vernon Wallace

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Edwin Thacker	SAF	1.96
2	Robert Heffernan	OUT	1.88
3	Dudleigh Shetliffe	OUT	1.88
4th	Peter Tancred	OUT	1.86
5	John Newman	CLOSELY	1.86
6th	Joe Haley	CAN	1.86
7th	Jack Metcalfe	OUT	1.82
8th	Henry Perera	CEY	1.82

February 5th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Andries du Plessis	SAF	4.11
2	Les Fletcher	OUT	3.97
3	Stuart Frid	CAN	3.88
4th	Richard Webster	CLOSELY	3.88
5	Ted Winter	OUT	3.88
6th	Ian Barrett	RHO	3.77
7th	Fred Woodhouse	OUT	3.77
8th	Bill Cartwright	OUT	3.50

February 12th

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Harold Brown	CAN	7.43
2	Jim Panton	CAN	7.25
3	Basil Dickinson	OUT	7.15
4th	Harry Gould	OUT	7.12
5	Jack Metcalfe	OUT	7.08
6th	Walter Tambimuttu	CEY	6.95
7th	Ray Graf	OUT	6.86
8th	Harry Lister	CLOSELY	6.84

February 10th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jack Metcalfe	OUT	15.49
2	Lloyd Miller	OUT	15.41
3	Basil Dickinson	OUT	15.28
4th	Ray Graf	OUT	14.62
5	Harold Brown	CAN	14.08
6th	Bertie Shillington	NIR	13.94
7th	Jim Panton	CAN	13.37
8th	Wallace Brown	CAN	12.23

February 12th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Louis Fouché	SAF	14.48
2	Eric Coy	CAN	13.96
3	Francis Drew	OUT	13.80
4th	William Plummer	OUT	13.55
5	Harry Wilson	OUT	13.19
6th	William MacKenzie	OUT	12.84
7th	Jim Courtright	CAN	12.10
8th	George Sutherland	CAN	11.99

February 12th

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Eric Coy	CAN	44.75
2	David Young	SCO	43.04
3	George Sutherland	CAN	41.47
4th	Harry Wilson	OUT	40.59
5	Keith Pardon	OUT	39.73
6th	William MacKenzie	OUT	39.30
7th	Adrian Button	OUT	38.32
8th	John Morgan	NZL	36.57

February 7th

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	George Sutherland	CAN	48.71
2	Keith Pardon	OUT	45.11
3	James Leckie	NZL	44.33
4th	Patrick McNamara	OUT	42.60
5	Myer Rosenblum	OUT	41.39
6th	Les Graham	OUT	40.06
	Eric Coy	CAN	DNS

February 10th

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jim Courtright	CAN	62.81
2	Stanley Lay	NZL	62.21
3	Jack Metcalfe	OUT	55.50
4th	Harold Brown	CAN	53.30
5	James Barlow	OUT	51.53
6th	David Goode	OUT	50.31
7th	Bert Sheiles	OUT	49.95
8th	John Clarke	NIR	49.65

February 5th

Women

100 yard run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Decima Norman	OUT	11.1
2	Joyce Walker	OUT	11.3
3	Mildred Dolson	CAN	11.4
4th	Barbara Burke	SAF	11.5
5	Joan Woodland	OUT	11.5
6th	Barbara Howard	CAN	11.6

Final: February 5th

220 yards run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Decima Norman	OUT	24.7
2	Jean Coleman	OUT	25.1
3	Eileen Wearne	OUT	25.3
4th	Aileen Meagher	CAN	25.5
5	Barbara Burke	SAF
6th	Irene Talbot	OUT

Final: February 12th

80 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Barbara Burke	SAF	11.7
2	Isabel Grant	OUT	11.7
3	Rona Tong	NZL	11.8
4th	Clarice Kennedy	OUT
5	Thelma Peake	OUT
	Kathleen Tiffen	CLOSELY	DNS

Final: February 12th

440 yards relay (220 + 110 + 110)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Australia	Jean Coleman Eileen Wearne Decima Norman	49.1
2	Canada	Aileen Meagher Mildred Dolson Barbara Howard	49.9
3	England	Kathleen Stokes Dorothy Saunders Winifred Jeffrey	51.3
4th	New Zealand	Doreen Lumley Doris Strachan Rona Tong

660 yards relay (220 + 220 + 110 + 110)

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Australia	Jean Coleman Decima Norman Thelma Peake Joan Woodland	1: 15.2
2	England	Winifred Jeffrey Dorothy Saunders Kathleen Stokes Ethel Raby	1: 17.2
3	Canada	Mildred Dolson Barbara Howard Aileen Meagher Violet Montgomery	1: 19.0

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Dorothy Odam	CLOSELY	1.60
2	Dora Gardner	CLOSELY	1.58
3	Elizabeth Forbes	NZL	1.58
4th	Margaret Bell	CAN	1.58
5	Doris Carter	OUT	1.55
6th	Elsie Poore	OUT	1.42
7th	Isabella Miller	CAN	1.37

February 12th

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Decima Norman	OUT	5.80
2	Ethel Raby	CLOSELY	5.66
3	Thelma Peake	OUT	5.55
4th	Evelyn Goshawk	CAN	5.38
5	Mary Holloway	CLOSELY	5.22
6th	Doris Strachan	NZL	5.20
7th	Dora Gardner	CLOSELY	5.14
8th	Thelma Norris	CAN	5.12

February 7th

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Robina Higgins	CAN	38.28
2	Antonia Robertson	SAF	36.98
3	Gladys Lunn	CLOSELY	36.41
4th	Mary Mitchell	NZL	35.98
5	Elsie Jones	OUT	30.98
6th	Lena Mitchell	OUT	30.55
7th	Clarice Kennedy	OUT	29.66

February 10th

Web links

• Results on the Commonwealth Games Federation website
• III Commonwealth Game, Sydney 1938 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• III Commonwealth Games on TOPS in athletics