Athletics at the 1930 British Empire Games
Athletics at the 1st British Empire and Commonwealth Games | |
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The now-modernised Civic Stadium in Hamilton | |
Dates | 16–23 August 1930 |
Host city | Hamilton, Canada |
Venue | Civic Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Events | 21 |
Participation | 134 athletes from 10 nations |
1930 British Empire Games |
At the 1930 British Empire Games, the athletics events were held at the Civic Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The programme featured 21 men's events, with all measurements being done in imperial units.
England came away with the most medals in the athletics competition, winning nine gold medals and twenty-five medals overall. The hosts, Canada, were the next most successful and won 19 medals all together, six of which were gold. South Africa were the other nation to take away a large athletics medal haul, having three golds and ten medals in total. Eight nations featured on the medal tally at the first British Empire Games.
South African Harry Hart was highly successful in the throwing events and he came away from the games as the champion in the shot put and discus throw, as well as being the javelin throw bronze medallist. David Burghley took a hurdles double for England, winning both the 110-yard and 440-yard races. Reg Thomas won the mile run and was the 880 yards silver medallist. John Fitzpatrick of Canada won a medal of each colour in the sprinting events, winning his gold with the Canadian 4×100 metres relay team. Englishman Reg Revans won silver medals in the horizontal jumps, while Canadian Len Hutton won long jump gold, but only a bronze in the triple jump. Johannes Viljoen of South Africa showed his versatility by winning the high jump and reaching the podium in the long jump as well.
There were no events for women at this edition of the games.
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards details | Percy Williams Canada | 9.9 | Ernie Page England | 10.2e | John Fitzpatrick Canada | 10.2e |
220 yards details | Stanley Engelhart England | 21.8 | John Fitzpatrick Canada | Willie Walters South Africa | ||
440 yards details | Alex Wilson Canada | 48.8 | Willie Walters South Africa | 48.9e | George Golding Australia | |
880 yards details | Tommy Hampson England | 1:52.4 | Reg Thomas England | 1:55.5e | Alex Wilson Canada | 1:55.6e |
1 mile details | Reg Thomas England | 4:14.0 | William Whyte Australia | 4:17.0e | Jerry Cornes England | |
3 miles details | Stan Tomlin England | 14:27.4 | Alex Hillhouse Australia | 14:27.6e | Jack Winfield England | 14:29.0e |
6 miles details | Billy Savidan New Zealand | 30:49.6 | Ernie Harper England | 31:01.6e | Tom Evenson England | |
Marathon details | Dunky Wright Scotland | 2:43:43 | Sam Ferris England | 2:47:13e | Johnny Miles Canada | 2:48:23e |
120 yards hurdles details | David Burghley England | 14.6 | Howard Davies South Africa | 14.7e | Fred Gaby England | |
440 yards hurdles details | David Burghley England | 54.4 | Roger Leigh-Wood England | 55.9e | Douglas Neame England | |
2 miles steeplechase details | George Bailey England | 9:52.0 | Alex Hillhouse Australia | +75 yds (10:04.8 e) | Vernon Morgan England | |
4 × 110 yards relay details | Canada (CAN) Leigh Miller Jim Brown Ralph Adams John Fitzpatrick | 42.2 | England (ENG) John Heap James Cohen John Hanlon Stanley Engelhart | 42.7e | South Africa (SAF) Werner Gerhardt Howard Davies Wilfred Legg Willie Walters | |
4 × 440 yards relay details | England (ENG) Roger Leigh-Wood Stuart Townend David Burghley Kenneth Brangwin | 3:19.4 | Canada (CAN) Art Scott Stanley Glover Jimmy Ball Alex Wilson | 3:19.8e | South Africa (SAF) John Chandler Wilfred Legg Werner Gerhardt Willie Walters | |
High jump details | Johannes Viljoen South Africa | 6' 3" (1.905 m) | Colin Gordon British Guiana | 6' 2" (1.88 m) | William Stargratt Canada | 6' 1" (1.855 m) |
Pole vault details | Victor Pickard Canada | 12' 3" (3.73 m) | Howard Ford England | 12' 3" (3.73 m) | Robert Stoddard Canada | 12' 0" (3.655 m) |
Long jump details | Len Hutton Canada | 23' 71⁄2" (7.20 m) | Reg Revans England | 22' 6" (6.86 m) | Johannes Viljoen South Africa | 22' 6" (6.86 m) |
Triple jump details | Gordon Smallacombe Canada | 48' 5" (14.755 m) | Reg Revans England | 46' 103⁄4" (14.29 m) | Len Hutton Canada | 45' 71⁄4" (13.90 m) |
Shot put details | Harry Hart South Africa | 47' 10" (14.58 m) | Robert Howland England | 44' 2" (13.46 m) | Charles Hermann Canada | 42' 7" (12.98 m) |
Discus throw details | Harry Hart South Africa | 135' 11" (41.425 m) | Charles Hermann Canada | 135' 3" (41.22 m) | Abe Zvonkin Canada | 135' 1" (41.17 m) |
Hammer Throw details | Malcolm Nokes England | 154' 7" (47.12 m) | Bill Britton Ireland | 153' 10" (46.89 m) | John Cameron Canada | 145' 10" (44.45 m) |
Javelin throw details | Stan Lay New Zealand | 207' 11⁄2" (63.13 m) | Doral Pilling Canada | 183' 6" (55.93 m) | Harry Hart South Africa | 174' 7" (53.21 m) |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | England (ENG) | 9 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
2 | Canada (CAN)* | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
3 | South Africa (SAF) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
4 | New Zealand (NZL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Scotland (SCO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
7 | British Guiana (BGU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
Participating nations
- Australia (5)
- Bermuda (1)
- British Guiana (2)
- Canada (53)
- England (45)
- Ireland (5)
- New Zealand (4)
- Newfoundland (4)
- Scotland (8)
- South Africa (7)
References
- Commonwealth Games Medalists (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.