| II British Empire Games | |
| Size: | 170 |
| Host City: | London, England |
| Nations: | 17 |
| Athletes: | 500 |
| Events: | 68 |
| Opening: | 4 August 1934 |
| Closing: | 11 August 1934 |
| Opened By: | George V |
| Athlete Oath: | Robert Howland |
| Stadium: | White City Stadium |
| Previous: | I |
The 1934 British Empire Games were the second edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, held in England, from 4–11 August 1934. The host city was London, with the main venue at Wembley Park, although the track cycling events were in Manchester. Seventeen national teams took part, including the Irish Free State (the only Games in which they participated, although an all-Ireland team competed at the 1930 Games).
The 1934 Games had been originally awarded to Johannesburg, South Africa, but the change of venue to London was made due to concerns regarding the treatment of black and Asian athletes by South African officials and fans.[1]
Six sports were featured in the Games: athletics in White City Stadium; boxing, wrestling, and aquatics (swimming and diving) in the Empire Pool and Arena, Wembley; cycling in Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester; and lawn bowls at Paddington and Temple.[2] Events for women athletes included a debut in athletics; the previous games had women's events only in swimming and diving.
(Teams participating for the first time in bold).
*The affiliation of Irish athletes at these games is unclear, see Ireland at the British Empire Games § 1934 games
See main article: Athletics at the 1934 British Empire Games.
| Flyweight | ||||
| Bantamweight | ||||
| Featherweight | Charles Catterall (SAF) | William Fulton (RHO) | ||
| Lightweight | ||||
| Welterweight | Dick Barton (SAF) | |||
| Middleweight | ||||
| Light heavyweight | Robey Leibbrandt (SAF) | |||
| Heavyweight | Jan van Rensburg (SAF) |
| Time Trial | 1:16.4 | 1:18.0 | Ted Clayton (SAF) | 1:18.4 | |||
| Sprint 1000 yd | Ted Clayton (SAF) | ||||||
| 10 mile Scratch | 24:26.2 | Ted Clayton (SAF) |
| 3 m springboard | 117.12 | 110.50 | 106.57 | ||||
| 10 m platform | 83.83 | 83.63 | 70.64 |
| 3 m springboard | 62.27 | 60.49 | 57.00 | ||||
| 10 m platform | 30.74 | 27.64 | 27.36 |
See main article: Lawn bowls at the 1934 British Empire Games. All events were for men only.
| 100 yd freestyle | 55.0 | 55.6 | 56.2 | ||||
| 440 yd freestyle | 5:03.0 | 5:07.8 | 5:14.8 | ||||
| 1500 yd freestyle | 18:25.4 | 18:28.4 | 18:33.2 | ||||
| 100 yd backstroke | 01:05.2 | 1:05.6 | 1:06.6 | ||||
| 200 yd breaststroke | 2:41.4 | 2:42.4 | 2:42.8 | ||||
| nowrap | 4×200 yd freestyle relay |  CanadaGeorge Larson George Burleigh Robert Hooper Bob Pirie | 8:40.6 | Mostyn Ffrench-Williams Norman Wainwright Reginald Sutton Bob Leivers | 8:52.8 | George Anderson Henry Cunningham Merilees Chassels William Burns | 9:23.4 |
| 3×110 yd medley relay | Canada Ben Gazell George Burleigh Albert Puddy | 3:11.2 | Merilees Chassels Norman Hamilton Willie Francis | 3:15.2 | Arthur Summers John Besford Mostyn Ffrench-Williams | 3:16.0 |
| 100 yd freestyle | 1:03.0 | 1:03.6 | 1:05.8 | ||||
| 440 yd freestyle | 5:45.6 | Jenny Maakal (SAF) | 5:53.0 | 5:54.4 | |||
| 100 yd backstroke | 1:13.8 | 1:15.0 | 1:18.2 | ||||
| 200 yd breaststroke | 2:50.2 | 2:55.4 | 2:58.6 | ||||
| nowrap | 4×110 yd freestyle relay | Canada Phyllis Dewar Florence Humble Margaret Hutton Irene Pirie | 4:21.8 |  South AfricaJenny Maakal Enid Hayward Kathleen Russell Molly Ryde | 4:34.0 | Edna Hughes Beatrice Wolstenholme Olive Bartle Margery Hinton | 4:34.4 |
| 3×110 yd medley relay | Canada Margaret Hutton Phyllis Haslam Phyllis Dewar | 3:42.0 | Phyllis Harding Vera Kingston Edna Hughes | 3:43.0 | Jean McDowell Margot Hamilton Margaret McCullum | 3:50.0 |
All events were for men only.
| Bantamweight | ||||
| Featherweight | ||||
| Lightweight | [3] | |||
| Welterweight | ||||
| Middleweight | ||||
| Light heavyweight | Mick Cubbin (SAF) | |||
| Heavyweight |
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