1934 British Empire Games

II British Empire Games
	File:London Commonwealth Games 1934.jpg
Host city	London, England
Nations	17
Athletes	500
Events	68
Opening	4 August 1934
Closing	11 August 1934
Opened by	George V
Athlete's Oath	Robert Howland
Main venue	White City Stadium
	← I III →

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 in which they participated, although an all-Ireland team competed at the 1930 Games). 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

File:Empire games 1934 countries map.PNG

Countries that participated

(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	File:Flag of England.svg England*	29	20	24	73
2	File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg Canada	17	25	9	51
3	File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	8	4	2	14
4	File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa	7	10	5	22
5	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	5	4	17	26
6	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	1	0	2	3
7	File:Flag of British Guiana (1919–1955).svg British Guiana	1	0	0	1
8	File:Flag of Wales 2.svg Wales	0	3	3	6
9	File:Ulster banner.svg Northern Ireland	0	1	2	3
10	File:Flag of Jamaica (1906-1957).svg Jamaica	0	1	1	2
11	File:Flag of Southern Rhodesia.svg Southern Rhodesia	0	0	2	2
12	File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg India	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		68	68	68	204

Medals by event

Athletics

Boxing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	File:Flag of England.svg Pat Palmer (ENG)	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Maxie Berger (CAN)	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Jackie Pottinger (WAL)
Bantamweight	File:Flag of England.svg Eddie Ryan (ENG)	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Albert Barnes (WAL)	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Thomas Wells (SCO)
Featherweight	South Africa Charles Catterall (SAF)	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg J. D. Jones (WAL)	Southern Rhodesia William Fulton (RHO)
Lightweight	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leonard Cook (AUS)	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Frank Taylor (WAL)	File:Flag of England.svg Harry Moy (ENG)
Welterweight	File:Flag of England.svg Dave McCleave (ENG)	South Africa Dick Barton (SAF)	File:Ulster Banner.svg William Duncan (NIR)
Middleweight	File:Flag of England.svg Alf Shawyer (ENG)	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Leonard Wadsworth (CAN)	File:Ulster Banner.svg Jimmy Magill (NIR)
Light heavyweight	File:Flag of England.svg George Brennan (ENG)	File:Flag of Scotland.svg George Holton (SCO)	South Africa Robey Leibbrandt (SAF)
Heavyweight	File:Flag of England.svg Pat Floyd (ENG)	South Africa Jan van Rensburg (SAF)	File:Flag of Scotland.svg David Douglas-Hamilton (SCO)

Cycling

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Time Trial	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dunc Gray (AUS)	1:16.4	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Bob McLeod (CAN)	1:18.0	South Africa Ted Clayton (SAF)	1:18.4
Sprint 1000 yd	File:Flag of England.svg Ernest Higgins (ENG)		File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Horace Pethybridge (AUS)		South Africa Ted Clayton (SAF)
10 mile Scratch	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Bob McLeod (CAN)	24:26.2	South Africa Ted Clayton (SAF)		File:Flag of England.svg William Harvell (ENG)

Diving

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	File:Flag of England.svg John Brisco Ray (ENG)	117.12	File:Flag of England.svg Doug Tomalin (ENG)	110.50	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Harry Class (CAN)	106.57
10 m platform	File:Flag of England.svg Tommy Mather (ENG)	83.83	File:Flag of England.svg Doug Tomalin (ENG)	83.63	File:Flag of England.svg Louis Marchant (ENG)	70.64

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 m springboard	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Judith Moss (CAN)	62.27	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lesley Thompson (AUS)	60.49	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Doris Ogilvie (CAN)	57.00
10 m platform	File:Flag of England.svg Dot Macready (ENG)	30.74	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lesley Thompson (AUS)	27.64	File:Flag of England.svg Cecily Cousens (ENG)	27.36

Lawn bowls

All events were for men only.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Singles (details)	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Sprot (SCO)	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg William McDonald (CAN)	South Africa Charles Abbott (SAF)
Pairs (details)	File:Flag of England.svg Tommy Hills and George Wright (ENG)	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg William Hutchinson and Alfred Langford (CAN)	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Thomas Davies and Stan Weaver (WAL)
Rinks (details)	File:Flag of England.svg England Fred Biggin Ernie Gudgeon Percy Tomlinson Robert Slater	File:Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland Percy Watson Charlie Clawson George Watson Cecil Curran	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland William Lowe Charles Tait James Morrison James Brown

Swimming

Men's

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yd freestyle	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg George Burleigh (CAN)	55.0	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg George Larson (CAN)	55.6	File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Noel Crump (NZL)	56.2
440 yd freestyle	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Noel Ryan (AUS)	5:03.0	File:Flag of England.svg Norman Wainwright (ENG)	5:07.8	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Bob Pirie (CAN)	5:14.8
1500 yd freestyle	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Noel Ryan (AUS)	18:25.4	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Bob Pirie (CAN)	18:28.4	File:Flag of England.svg Norman Wainwright (ENG)	18:33.2
100 yd backstroke	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Francis (SCO)	01:05.2	File:Flag of England.svg John Besford (ENG)	1:05.6	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Ben Gazell (CAN)	1:06.6
200 yd breaststroke	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Norman Hamilton (SCO)	2:41.4	File:Flag of Jamaica (1906–1957).svg William McCarty (JAM)	2:42.4	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Bill Puddy (CAN)	2:42.8
4×200 yd freestyle relay	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada George Larson George Burleigh Robert Hooper Bob Pirie	8:40.6	File:Flag of England.svg England Mostyn Ffrench-Williams Norman Wainwright Reginald Sutton Bob Leivers	8:52.8	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland George Anderson Henry Cunningham Merilees Chassels William Burns	9:23.4
3×110 yd medley relay	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada Ben Gazell George Burleigh Albert Puddy	3:11.2	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Merilees Chassels Norman Hamilton Willie Francis	3:15.2	File:Flag of England.svg England Arthur Summers John Besford Mostyn Ffrench-Williams	3:16.0

Women's

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yd freestyle	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Phyllis Dewar (CAN)	1:03.0	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Irene Pirie (CAN)	1:03.6	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Jean McDowell (SCO)	1:05.8
440 yd freestyle	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Phyllis Dewar (CAN)	5:45.6	South Africa Jenny Maakal (SAF)	5:53.0	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Irene Pirie (CAN)	5:54.4
100 yd backstroke	File:Flag of England.svg Phyllis Harding (ENG)	1:13.8	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Margot Hamilton (SCO)	1:15.0	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Valerie Davies (WAL)	1:18.2
200 yd breaststroke	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clare Dennis (AUS)	2:50.2	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Phyllis Haslam (CAN)	2:55.4	File:Flag of England.svg Margery Hinton (ENG)	2:58.6
4×110 yd freestyle relay	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada Phyllis Dewar Florence Humble Margaret Hutton Irene Pirie	4:21.8	File:Flag of South Africa (1928–1982).svg South Africa Jenny Maakal Enid Hayward Kathleen Russell Molly Ryde	4:34.0	File:Flag of England.svg England Edna Hughes Beatrice Wolstenholme Olive Bartle Margery Hinton	4:34.4
3×110 yd medley relay	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Canada Margaret Hutton Phyllis Haslam Phyllis Dewar	3:42.0	File:Flag of England.svg England Phyllis Harding Vera Kingston Edna Hughes	3:43.0	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Jean McDowell Margot Hamilton Margaret McCullum	3:50.0

Wrestling

All events were for men only.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bantamweight	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Edward Melrose (SCO)	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Ted McKinley (CAN)	File:Flag of England.svg Joseph Reid (ENG)
Featherweight	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Robert McNab (CAN)	File:Flag of England.svg Joe Nelson (ENG)	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Murdoch White (SCO)
Lightweight	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dick Garrard (AUS)	File:Flag of England.svg G. E. North (ENG)	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Howard Thomas (CAN)^[3]
Welterweight	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Joe Schleimer (CAN)	File:Flag of England.svg William Fox (ENG)	File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg Rashid Anwar (IND)
Middleweight	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Terry Evans (CAN)	File:Flag of England.svg Stanley Bissell (ENG)	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Robert Harcus (SCO)
Light heavyweight	South Africa Mick Cubbin (SAF)	File:Flag of England.svg Bernard Rowe (ENG)	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Alex Watt (CAN)
Heavyweight	File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Knight (AUS)	File:Canadian Red Ensign (1921–1957).svg Pat Meehan (CAN)	File:Flag of Scotland.svg Archie Dudgeon (SCO)

References

↑ "London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
↑ "BODY- LINE BARRED – On the greens at Paddington and Temple take place the less strenuous contest of Empire Games". Pathé News. 9 August 1934. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
↑ "Wrestling". The Times. 10 August 1934. p. 6 – via Times Digital Archives.

External links

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

Preceded by Hamilton	*British Empire Games* London II British Empire Games	Succeeded by Sydney

[1] "London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2019.

[2] "BODY- LINE BARRED – On the greens at Paddington and Temple take place the less strenuous contest of Empire Games". Pathé News. 9 August 1934. Retrieved 23 May 2013.

[3] "Wrestling". The Times. 10 August 1934. p. 6 – via Times Digital Archives.

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1934 British Empire Games

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Participating teams

Medals by country

Medals by event

Athletics

Boxing

Cycling

Track

Diving

Men's events

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Lawn bowls

Swimming

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Wrestling

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