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1938 British Empire Games

The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the Commonwealth Games being the modern-day equivalent. Held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from February 5 12, 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary (150 years since the foundation of British settlement in Australia). Venues included the Sydney Cricket Ground (the main stadium), the Sydney Sports Ground, North Sydney Pool and Henson Park. An estimated 40,000 people attended the opening ceremony. A competitors' residential village was established within the grounds of the Sydney Showground.

The star of the games was the Australian athlete Decima Norman, who won five gold medals in track and field. Margaret Dovey, the future wife of the former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam, finished sixth in the 200 yards breaststroke.

Due to the onset of World War II, the games were not held again until 1950.

Contents


Participating teams

Countries which participated
Countries which participated

Medals by country

1 25 19 22 66
2 15 15 10 40
3 13 16 15 44
4 10 10 6 26
5 5 7 13 25
6 2 1 0 3
7 1 0 0 1
8 0 2 3 5
9 0 1 0 1
10 0 0 2 2
Total 71 71 71 213

Medals by event

Athletics

Boxing

Flyweight Johnny Joubert (SAF)
Bantamweight Hendrik Knoesen (SAF)
Featherweight Barney Henricus (CEY)
Lightweight William Fulton (RHO)
Welterweight Andrew Tsirindonis (RHO)
Middleweight
Light heavyweight Nick Wolmarans (SAF)
Heavyweight Claude Sterley (SAF)

Cycling

Track

Time Trial 1:15.2 1:15.7 1:15.9
Sprint 1000 yd
10 mile Scratch 24:44.0 Syd Rose (SAF)

Road

Time Trial Hennie Binneman (SAF) 2'53:29.6 s.t. s.t.

Diving

Men's events

3 m springboard 126.36 124.78 117.90
10 m platform 108.74 102.87 98.93

Women's events

3 m springboard 91.18 88.27 81.66
10 m platform 36.47 36.39 34.57

Lawn Bowls

All events were for men only.

Rowing

All events were for men only. The double sculls competition was an invitation event and originally no medals were awarded nevertheless these medals were counted nowadays. The bronze medal is listed as won by New Zealand.

Swimming

Men's events

110 yd freestyle 59.6 Terry Collard (SAF) 60.8 61.0
440 yd freestyle 4:54.6 4:55.4 4:55.5
1650 yd freestyle 19:46.4 19:59.2 20:17.4
110 yd backstroke 01:07.9 1:09.0 1:09.3
220 yd breaststroke 2:51.9 Walter Spence (BGU) 3:00.5 3:00.8
4 220 yd
freestyle relay

Frederick Dove
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams
Norman Wainwright
Bob Leivers
9:19.0
George Burleigh
Gordon Devlin
Robert Hooper
Bob Pirie
9:20.2
Robert Wilshire
Noel Ryan
Robin Biddulph
William Fleming
9:32.9
3 110 yd
medley relay

Frederick Dove
John Davies
Micky Taylor
3:28.2
Gordon Kerr
Jimmy Prentice
Bob Pirie
3:30.5
Ernest Hobbs
Percy Oliver
William Fleming
3:31.8

Women's events

110 yd freestyle 1:10.1 1:11.1 1:12.1
440 yd freestyle 5:39.7 5:40.2 5:42.0
110 yd backstroke 1:19.5 1:22.5 1:23.2
220 yd breaststroke 3:06.3 Carla Gerke (SAF) 3:12.1 3:22.2
4 110 yd
freestyle relay

Noel Oxenbury
Dorothy Lyon
Mary Baggaley
Phyllis Dewar
4:48.3
Dorothy Green
Evelyn de Lacy
Margaret Rawson
Pat Norton
4:49.0
Edna Hughes
Joyce Harrowby
Margery Hinton
Zilpha Grant
4:50.1
3 110 yd
medley relay

Doris Storey
Lorna Frampton
Margery Hinton
3:57.7
Carla Gerke
Hazel Holmes
Molly Ryde
4:07.5
Evelyn de Lacy
Pat Norton
Valerie George
4:10.0

Wrestling

All events were for men only.

Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight Alfred Harding (SAF)
Welterweight Felix Stander (SAF)
Middleweight Peter Sheasby (SAF)
Light heavyweight Sidney Greenspan (SAF)
Heavyweight

External links

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