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.
Medal summary
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Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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100 yards details | Percy Williams![]() | 9.9 | Ernie Page![]() | 10.2e | John Fitzpatrick![]() | 10.2e |
220 yards details | Stanley Engelhart![]() | 21.8 | John Fitzpatrick![]() | Willie Walters![]() | ||
440 yards details | Alex Wilson![]() | 48.8 | Willie Walters![]() | 48.9e | George Golding![]() | |
880 yards details | Tommy Hampson![]() | 1:52.4 | Reg Thomas![]() | 1:55.5e | Alex Wilson![]() | 1:55.6e |
1 mile details | Reg Thomas![]() | 4:14.0 | William Whyte![]() | 4:17.0e | Jerry Cornes![]() | |
3 miles details | Stan Tomlin![]() | 14:27.4 | Alex Hillhouse![]() | 14:27.6e | Jack Winfield![]() | 14:29.0e |
6 miles details | Billy Savidan![]() | 30:49.6 | Ernie Harper![]() | 31:01.6e | Tom Evenson![]() | |
Marathon details | Dunky Wright![]() | 2:43:43 | Sam Ferris![]() | 2:47:13e | Johnny Miles![]() | 2:48:23e |
120 yards hurdles details | David Burghley![]() | 14.6 | Howard Davies![]() | 14.7e | Fred Gaby![]() | |
440 yards hurdles details | David Burghley![]() | 54.4 | Roger Leigh-Wood![]() | 55.9e | Douglas Neame![]() | |
2 miles steeplechase details | George Bailey![]() | 9:52.0 | Alex Hillhouse![]() | +75 yd | Vernon Morgan![]() | |
4 × 110 yards relay details | ![]() Leigh Miller Jim Brown Ralph Adams John Fitzpatrick | 42.2 | ![]() John Heap James Cohen John Hanlon Stanley Engelhart | 42.7e | ![]() Werner Gerhardt Howard Davies Wilfred Legg Willie Walters | |
4 × 440 yards relay details | ![]() Roger Leigh-Wood Stuart Townend David Burghley Kenneth Brangwin | 3:19.4 | ![]() Art Scott Stanley Glover Jimmy Ball Alex Wilson | 3:19.8e | ![]() John Chandler Wilfred Legg Werner Gerhardt Willie Walters | |
High jump details | Johannes Viljoen![]() | 6' 3" (1.905 m) | Colin Gordon![]() | 6' 2" (1.88 m) | William Stargratt![]() | 6' 1" (1.855 m) |
Pole vault details | Victor Pickard![]() | 12' 3" (3.73 m) | Howard Ford![]() | 12' 3" (3.73 m) | Robert Stoddard![]() | 12' 0" (3.655 m) |
Long jump details | Len Hutton![]() | 23' 71⁄2" (7.20 m) | Reg Revans![]() | 22' 6" (6.86 m) | Johannes Viljoen![]() | 22' 6" (6.86 m) |
Triple jump details | Gordon Smallacombe![]() | 48' 5" (14.755 m) | Reg Revans![]() | 46' 103⁄4" (14.29 m) | Len Hutton![]() | 45' 71⁄4" (13.90 m) |
Shot put details | Harry Hart![]() | 47' 10" (14.58 m) | Robert Howland![]() | 44' 2" (13.46 m) | Charles Hermann![]() | 42' 7" (12.98 m) |
Discus throw details | Harry Hart![]() | 135' 11" (41.425 m) | Charles Hermann![]() | 135' 3" (41.22 m) | Abe Zvonkin![]() | 135' 1" (41.17 m) |
Hammer Throw details | Malcolm Nokes![]() | 154' 7" (47.12 m) | Bill Britton![]() | 153' 10" (46.89 m) | John Cameron![]() | 145' 10" (44.45 m) |
Javelin throw details | Stan Lay![]() | 207' 11⁄2" (63.13 m) | Doral Pilling![]() | 183' 6" (55.93 m) | Harry Hart![]() | 174' 7" (53.21 m) |
Medal table
* Host nation (Canada)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 9 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
2 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 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.