1934 British Empire Games

II British Empire Games

Host city	London, England
Nations participating	17
Athletes participating	500
Events	68
Opening ceremony	4 August
Closing ceremony	11 August
Officially opened by	George V
Athlete's Oath	Robert Howland
Main venue	White City Stadium
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The 1934 British Empire Games were the second edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, held in England, from 4–11 August 1934. The host city was London, with the main venue at Wembley Park, although the track cycling events were in Manchester. Seventeen national teams took part, including the Irish Free State (the only Games that they participated, although at the 1930 Games, an all Ireland team competed).

The 1934 Games had been originally awarded to Johannesburg, South Africa, but the change of venue to London was made due to concerns regarding the treatment of black and Asian athletes by South African officials and fans.^[1]

Six sports were featured in the Games: athletics in White City Stadium; boxing, wrestling, and aquatics (swimming and diving) in the Empire Pool and Arena, Wembley; cycling in Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester; and lawn bowls at Paddington and Temple.^[2] Events for women athletes included a debut in athletics; the previous games had women's events only in swimming and diving.

Participating teams[]

(Teams participating for the first time in bold).

*The affiliation of Irish athletes at these games is unclear, see Ireland at the British Empire Games § 1934 games

Medals by country[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England*	29	20	24	73
2		17	25	9	51
3	Australia	8	4	2	14
4		7	10	5	22
5		5	4	17	26
6	New Zealand	1	0	2	3
7		1	0	0	1
8	Wales	0	3	3	6
9		0	1	2	3
10		0	1	1	2
11		0	0	2	2
12	India	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		68	68	68	204

Medals by event[]

Athletics[]

Boxing[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Pat Palmer (ENG)	Maxie Berger (CAN)	Jackie Pottinger (WAL)
Bantamweight	Eddie Ryan (ENG)	Albert Barnes (WAL)	(SCO)
Featherweight	Charles Catterall (SAF)	(WAL)	William Fulton (RHO)
Lightweight	Leonard Cook (AUS)	(WAL)	Harry Moy (ENG)
Welterweight	Dave McCleave (ENG)	Dick Barton (SAF)	(NIR)
Middleweight	Alf Shawyer (ENG)	(CAN)	Jimmy Magill (NIR)
Light heavyweight	George Brennan (ENG)	(SCO)	Robey Leibbrandt (SAF)
Heavyweight	Pat Floyd (ENG)	(SAF)	David Douglas-Hamilton (SCO)

Cycling[]

Track[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Time Trial	Dunc Gray (AUS)	1:16.4	Bob McLeod (CAN)	1:18.0	Ted Clayton (SAF)	1:18.4
Sprint 1000 yd	Ernest Higgins (ENG)		(AUS)		Ted Clayton (SAF)
10 mile Scratch	Bob McLeod (CAN)	24:26.2	Ted Clayton (SAF)		William Harvell (ENG)

Diving[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	John Brisco Ray (ENG)	117.12	Doug Tomalin (ENG)	110.50	(CAN)	106.57
10 m platform	Tommy Mather (ENG)	83.83	Doug Tomalin (ENG)	83.63	Louis Marchant (ENG)	70.64

Women's events[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	(CAN)	62.27	(AUS)	60.49	Doris Ogilvie (CAN)	57.00
10 m platform	Dot Macready (ENG)	30.74	(AUS)	27.64	Cecily Cousens (ENG)	27.36

Lawn bowls[]

All events were for men only.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Singles (details)	Robert Sprot (SCO)	William McDonald (CAN)	Charles Abbott (SAF)
Pairs (details)	Tommy Hills and George Wright (ENG)	William Hutchinson and Alfred Langford (CAN)	Thomas Davies and Stan Weaver (WAL)
Rinks (details)	England Fred Biggin Ernie Gudgeon Percy Tomlinson Robert Slater	Northern Ireland Percy Watson Charlie Clawson George Watson Cecil Curran	Scotland William Lowe Charles Tait James Morrison James Brown

Swimming[]

Men's[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yd freestyle	George Burleigh (CAN)	55.0	George Larson (CAN)	55.6	Noel Crump (NZL)	56.2
440 yd freestyle	Noel Ryan (AUS)	5:03.0	Norman Wainwright (ENG)	5:07.8	Bob Pirie (CAN)	5:14.8
1500 yd freestyle	Noel Ryan (AUS)	18:25.4	Bob Pirie (CAN)	18:28.4	Norman Wainwright (ENG)	18:33.2
100 yd backstroke	Willie Francis (SCO)	01:05.2	John Besford (ENG)	1:05.6	(CAN)	1:06.6
200 yd breaststroke	(SCO)	2:41.4	(JAM)	2:42.4	Bill Puddy (CAN)	2:42.8
4×200 yd freestyle relay	Canada George Larson George Burleigh Robert Hooper Bob Pirie	8:40.6	England Mostyn Ffrench-Williams Norman Wainwright Reginald Sutton Bob Leivers	8:52.8	Scotland Henry Cunningham	9:23.4
3×110 yd medley relay	Canada George Burleigh Albert Puddy	3:11.2	Scotland Willie Francis	3:15.2	England Arthur Summers John Besford Mostyn Ffrench-Williams	3:16.0

Women's[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yd freestyle	Phyllis Dewar (CAN)	1:03.0	Irene Pirie (CAN)	1:03.6	Jean McDowell (SCO)	1:05.8
440 yd freestyle	Phyllis Dewar (CAN)	5:45.6	Jenny Maakal (SAF)	5:53.0	Irene Pirie (CAN)	5:54.4
100 yd backstroke	Phyllis Harding (ENG)	1:13.8	(SCO)	1:15.0	Valerie Davies (WAL)	1:18.2
200 yd breaststroke	Clare Dennis (AUS)	2:50.2	Phyllis Haslam (CAN)	2:55.4	Margery Hinton (ENG)	2:58.6
4×110 yd freestyle relay	Canada Phyllis Dewar Irene Pirie	4:21.8	South Africa Jenny Maakal Kathleen Russell	4:34.0	England Edna Hughes Beatrice Wolstenholme Olive Bartle Margery Hinton	4:34.4
3×110 yd medley relay	Canada Phyllis Haslam Phyllis Dewar	3:42.0	England Phyllis Harding Vera Kingston Edna Hughes	3:43.0	Scotland Jean McDowell	3:50.0

Wrestling[]

All events were for men only.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight	(SCO)	(CAN)	Joseph Reid (ENG)
Featherweight	(CAN)	Joe Nelson (ENG)	(SCO)
Lightweight	Dick Garrard (AUS)	(ENG)	Howard Thomas (CAN)[3]
Welterweight	Joe Schleimer (CAN)	William Fox (ENG)	Rashid Anwar (IND)
Middleweight	Terry Evans (CAN)	Stanley Bissell (ENG)	(SCO)
Light heavyweight	(SAF)	Bernard Rowe (ENG)	(CAN)
Heavyweight	(AUS)	(CAN)	(SCO)

References[]

External links[]

• "London 1934". Thecgf.com. Commonwealth Games Federation.
• "Results and Medalists—1934 British Empire Games". Thecgf.com. Commonwealth Games Federation
• British Pathe: British Empire Games (1934)

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