Australia at the 1930 British Empire Games

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Australia at the
1930 British Empire Games
Flag of Australia.svg
CGF code AUS
CGA Australian Commonwealth Games Association
Website commonwealthgames.org.au
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Competitors7 in 4 sports
Flag bearersOpening: Bobby Pearce
[1] Closing: [2]
Officials2
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
1
Total
8
British Empire Games appearances

Australia at the 1930 British Empire Games was represented by a handful of athletes and abbreviated AUS.

Contents

Australia was one of only eleven countries to be represented at these inaugural Games.

At these first Games, Australia won only eight medals against England's 61. The Australians' return home was delayed because the RMS Tahiti on which they were due to travel sank during the Games. [3]

Medallists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Bobby Pearce Rowing Men's Singles Sculls
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Noel Ryan Swimming Men's 440 yards Freestyle
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Noel Ryan Swimming Men's 1500 yards Freestyle
Silver medal icon.svg Silver William Whyte Athletics Men's 1 Mile Run
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Alex Hillhouse Athletics Men's 2 Mile Steeplechase
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Alex Hillhouse Athletics Men's 3 Mile Run
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Dudley Gallagher Boxing Men's Middleweight Division (75 kg)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze George Golding Athletics Men's 440 Yard Run/Quarter Mile

1930 Australian Team & Results

Athletics

Men's 440 Yard Run/Quarter Mile

Men's 880 Yard Run/Half Mile

Men's 1 Mile Run

Men's 2 Mile Steeplechase

Men's 3 Mile Run

Men's 6 Mile Run

Men's 4 x 110 Yard Relay

Boxing

Men's Middleweight Division (75 kg)

Rowing

Men's Singles Sculls

Swimming

Men's 100 Yards Backstroke

Men's 100 Yards Freestyle

Men's 1500 Yards Freestyle

Men's 440 Yards Freestyle

Officials

See also

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References

  1. "Flag bearers". Australian Web Archive . Archived from the original on 23 November 1998. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 11 February 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "EMPIRE GAMES". Recorder (Port Pirie, SA : 1919 – 1954) . Port Pirie, SA. 20 August 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 22 May 2013 via National Library of Australia.