Athletics at the 1934 British Empire Games

Athletics at the 2nd British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The host stadium which also hosted events for the 1908 London Olympics.
Dates	4–7 August 1934
Host city	London, England
Venue	White City Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	30
Participation	223 athletes from 15 nations
← 1930 Hamilton 1938 Sydney → 1934 British Empire Games

At the 1934 British Empire Games, the athletics events were held at the White City Stadium in London, England in August 1934. A total of 30 athletics events were contested at the Games, 21 by men and 9 by women.

Medal summary

Men

Future NHL legend Syl Apps won the pole vault.

Medallists in men's athletics by event, including times, heights and distances

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards details	Arthur Sweeney  (ENG)	10.0	Marthinus Theunissen  (SAF)	10.1e	Ian Young  (SCO)	10.1e
220 yards details	Arthur Sweeney  (ENG)	21.9	Marthinus Theunissen  (SAF)	22.0e	Walter Rangeley  (ENG)	22.1e
440 yards details	Godfrey Rampling  (ENG)	48.0	Bill Roberts  (ENG)	48.5e	Crew Stoneley  (ENG)	48.6e
880 yards details	Phil Edwards  (BGU)	1:54.2	Willie Botha  (SAF)	1:55.5e	Hamish Stothard  (SCO)	1:55.6e
1 mile details	Jack Lovelock  (NZL)	4:12.8	Sydney Wooderson  (ENG)	4:13.4e	Jerry Cornes  (ENG)	4:16.6e
3 miles details	Wally Beavers  (ENG)	14:32.6	Cyril Allen  (ENG)	14:37.8	Alec Burns  (ENG)	14:45.4
6 miles details	Arthur Penny  (ENG)	31:00.6	Scotty Rankine  (CAN)	31:02.4e	Arthur Furze  (ENG)	31:03.6e
Marathon details	Harold Webster  (CAN)	2:40:36	Donald Robertson  (SCO)	2:45:08	Dunky Wright  (SCO)	2:56:20
2 miles steeplechase details	Stanley Scarsbrook  (ENG)	10:23.4	Tom Evenson  (ENG)	10:25.8e	George Bailey  (ENG)	+100 yd
120 yards hurdles details	Donald Finlay  (ENG)	15.2	James Worrall  (CAN)	15.5e	Ashleigh Pilbrow  (ENG)	15.7e
440 yards hurdles details	Alan Hunter  (SCO)	55.2	Charles Reilly  (AUS)	55.8e	Ralph Brown  (ENG)	56.0e
4 × 110 yards relay details	England Everard Davis George Saunders Walter Rangeley Arthur Sweeney	42.2	Canada Birchall Pearson Frank Nicks Allan Poole Bill Christie	42.5e	Scotland Archie Turner David Brownlee Robin Murdoch Ian Young	43.0e
4 × 440 yards relay details	England Denis Rathbone Geoffrey Blake Crew Stoneley Godfrey Rampling	3:16.8	Canada William Fritz John Addison Art Scott Ray Lewis	3:17.2e	Scotland Richard Wallace Ronald Wylde Hamish Stothard Alan Hunter	+120 yd
High jump details	Edwin Thacker  (SAF)	1.90	Joe Haley  (CAN)	1.90	John Michie  (SCO)	1.90
Pole vault details	Syl Apps  (CAN)	3.88	Alf Gilbert  (CAN)	3.81	Fred Woodhouse  (AUS)	3.66
Long jump details	Sam Richardson  (CAN)	7.17	Johann Luckhoff  (SAF)	7.10	Jack Metcalfe  (AUS)	6.93
Triple jump details	Jack Metcalfe  (AUS)	15.63	Sam Richardson  (CAN)	14.65	Harold Brainsby  (NZL)	14.62
Shot put details	Harry Hart  (SAF)	14.67	Robert Howland  (ENG)	13.53	Kenneth Pridie  (ENG)	13.43
Discus throw details	Harry Hart  (SAF)	41.53	Douglas Bell  (ENG)	40.44	Bernard Prendergast  (JAM)	40.23
Hammer throw details	Malcolm Nokes  (ENG)	48.25	George Sutherland  (CAN)	46.24	William Mackenzie  (SCO)	42.49
Javelin throw details	Bob Dixon  (CAN)	60.02	Harry Hart  (SAF)	58.27	Johann Luckhoff  (SAF)	56.49

Women

Medallists in women's athletics by event, including times, heights and distances

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards details	Eileen Hiscock  (ENG)	11.3	Hilda Strike  (CAN)	11.5e	Leonard Chalmers  (ENG)	11.6e
220 yards details	Eileen Hiscock  (ENG)	25.0	Aileen Meagher  (CAN)	25.4e	Nellie Halstead  (ENG)	25.6e
880 yards details	Gladys Lunn  (ENG)	2:19.4	Ida Jones  (ENG)	2:21.0e	Dorothy Butterfield  (ENG)	2:21.4e
80 metres hurdles details	Marjorie Clark  (SAF)	11.8	Betty Taylor  (CAN)	11.9e	Elsie Green  (ENG)	12.2e
110–220–110 yards relay details	England Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Elsie Maguire	49.4	Canada Aileen Meagher Audrey Dearnley Hilda Strike	50.2e	Southern Rhodesia Dorothy Ballantyne Mollie Bragg Cynthia Keay	52.0e
220–110–220–110 yards relay details	Canada Lillian Palmer Betty White Aileen Meagher Audrey Dearnley	1:14.4	England Eileen Hiscock Ivy Walker Nellie Halstead Ethel Johnson	+1.5 yds (1:14.6 e)	Scotland Margaret Mackenzie Cathie Jackson Sheena Dobbie Joan Cunningham	+40 yds (1:19.1 e)
High jump details	Marjorie Clark  (SAF)	1.60	Eva Dawes  (CAN)	1.57	Margaret Bell  (CAN)	1.52
Long jump details	Phyllis Bartholomew  (ENG)	5.47	Evelyn Goshawk  (CAN)	5.42	Violet Webb  (ENG)	5.23
Javelin throw details	Gladys Lunn  (ENG)	32.19	Edith Halstead (*) (ENG)	30.94	Margaret Cox  (ENG)	30.08

(*) Edith Halstead was later sexually reassigned and took the name Edwin "Eddie" Halstead, brother of Nellie Halstead. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal table

  *   Host nation (England)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England  (ENG)*	16	9	15	40
2	Canada  (CAN)	5	14	1	20
3	South Africa  (SAF)	5	5	1	11
4	Scotland  (SCO)	1	1	8	10
5	Australia  (AUS)	1	1	2	4
6	New Zealand  (NZL)	1	0	1	2
7	Guiana  (BGU)	1	0	0	1
8	Jamaica  (JAM)	0	0	1	1
	Southern Rhodesia  (SRH)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		30	30	30	90

Participating nations

•   Australia (7)
• Bermuda (6)
• British Guiana (1)
• Canada (47)
•   England (89)
• India (5)
• Jamaica (3)
• Newfoundland (3)
•   New Zealand (3)
•   Northern Ireland (6)
•   Scotland (25)
• South Africa (11)
• Southern Rhodesia (6)
• Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Wales (10)

References

1. Athletics Weekly: Commonwealth Games: Women’s javelin. July 23, 2014
2. "Nellie Halstead Biography". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

Results

• Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-02.
• Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-02.

External links

• Athletics video highlights of 1934 Empire Games from British Pathé