Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's 880 yards

Men's 880 yards at the Commonwealth Games

The men's 880 yards event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 5 and 7 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia. ^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Pat Boot   New Zealand	Frank Handley   England	Bill Dale Canada

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final. ^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Theo Allen	New Zealand	1:54.5	Q
2	1	Gerald Backhouse	Australia	1:55.1e	Q, 5 yards behind
3	1	Frank Handley	England	?:??.?	Q, 11 yards behind
4	1	Nicolaas Wessels	South Africa	?:??.?	Q
5	1	Bernard Eeles	England	?:??.?
6	1	Max Fleming	Australia	?:??.?
7	1	Abbot Conway	Canada	?:??.?
8	1	Alexander Haire	Northern Ireland	?:??.?
	1	Max Lenover	Canada	DNF
1	2	Pat Boot	New Zealand	1:52.3	Q, GR
2	2	Brian MacCabe	England	1:53.1e	Q, 4 yards behind
3	2	Jim Alford	Wales	1:53.7e	Q, 2 yards behind
4	2	Bill Dale	Canada	?:??.?	Q
5	2	Robert Graham	Scotland	?:??.?
6	2	Leslie Goff	Australia	?:??.?
7	2	Noel Stanford	Trinidad and Tobago	?:??.?
8	2	Roy Chappel	Australia	?:??.?
	2	Denis Shore	South Africa	DNS

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Pat Boot	New Zealand	1:51.2	GR
	Frank Handley	England	1:54.0e	20 yards behind
	Bill Dale	Canada	1:54.2e	1 foot behind
4	Jim Alford	Wales	?:??.?
5	Theo Allen	New Zealand	?:??.?
6	Brian MacCabe	England	?:??.?
7	Gerald Backhouse	Australia	?:??.?
8	Nicolaas Wessels	South Africa	?:??.?

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. "Empire Games: A day of records; fine victory for C.B. Holmes". The Manchester Guardian. 6 February 1938. p. 26. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
3. "The results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 February 1938. p. 19. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
4. "Placings and times". The Manchester Guardian. 8 February 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
5. "Results at the Empire Games". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 1938. p. 16. Retrieved 2 April 2021.