Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's 220 yards hurdles

Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
220 yd hurdles (invitation)	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men
110–220–110 yd relay		women
220–110–220–110 yd relay		women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
2 miles walk (invitation)	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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The men's 220 yards hurdles event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held as an unofficial invitation event on 7 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
New Zealand	Australia	Australia

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1		New Zealand	24.9	Q
2	1		Australia	??.?	Q, 7 yards behind
3	1		Australia	??.?	Q, 4 yards behind
1	2	Arnold Anderson	New Zealand	25.7	Q
2	2		Australia	??.?	Q, 0.5 yard behind
3	2	E. Newburgh	New Zealand	??.?	Q, 0.5 yard behind
4	2	R. Ralph	Australia	??.?

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
		New Zealand	24.7
		Australia	??.?	2 yards behind
		Australia	??.?	0.5 yard behind
4		Australia	??.?
5	E. Newburgh	New Zealand	??.?
6	Arnold Anderson	New Zealand	??.?

References[]