Athletics at the 1934 British Empire Games explained

Athletics at the 2nd British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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Colour:	F5D0A9
Host City:	London, England
Dates:	4–7 August 1934
Stadium:	White City Stadium
Nations Participating:	15
Athletes Participating:	223
Events:	30
Level:	Senior
Previous:	1930 Hamilton
Next:	1938 Sydney
Games:	1934 British Empire Games

At the 1934 British Empire Games, the athletics events were held at the White City Stadium in London, England in August 1934. A total of 30 athletics events were contested at the Games, 21 by men and 9 by women.

Medal summary

Men

		10.0		10.1e		10.1e
		21.9		22.0e		22.1e
		48.0		48.5e		48.6e
		1:54.2		1:55.5e		1:55.6e
		4:12.8		4:13.4e		4:16.6e
		14:32.6		14:37.8		14:45.4
		31:00.6		31:02.4e		31:03.6e
		2:40:36		2:45:08		2:56:20
		10:23.4		10:25.8e		+100 yd
		15.2		15.5e		15.7e
		55.2		55.8e		56.0e
	Everard Davis George Saunders Walter Rangeley Arthur Sweeney	42.2	Canada Birchall Pearson Frank Nicks Allan Poole Bill Christie	42.5e	Archie Turner David Brownlee Robin Murdoch Ian Young	43.0e
	Denis Rathbone Geoffrey Blake Crew Stoneley Godfrey Rampling	3:16.8	Canada William Fritz John Addison Art Scott Ray Lewis	3:17.2e	Ronnie Wallace Ronald Wylde Hamish Stothard Alan Hunter	+120 yd
		1.90		1.90		1.90
		3.88		3.81		3.66
		7.17		7.10		6.93
		15.63		14.65		14.62
		14.67		13.53		13.43
		41.53		40.44		40.23
		48.25		46.24		42.49
		60.02		58.27		56.49

Women

		11.3		11.5e		11.6e
		25.0		25.4e		25.6e
		2:19.4		2:21.0e		2:21.4e
		11.8		11.9e		12.2e
	Nellie Halstead Eileen Hiscock Elsie Maguire	49.4	Canada Aileen Meagher Audrey Dearnley Hilda Strike	50.2e	Dorothy Ballantyne Mollie Bragg Cynthia Keay	52.0e
	Canada Lillian Palmer Betty White Aileen Meagher Audrey Dearnley	1:14.4	Eileen Hiscock Ivy Walker Nellie Halstead Ethel Johnson	+1.5 yds (1:14.6 e)	Margaret Mackenzie Cathie Jackson Sheena Dobbie Joan Cunningham	+40 yds (1:19.1 e)
		1.60		1.57		1.52
		5.47		5.42		5.23
		32.19		30.94		30.08

(*) Edith Halstead was later sexually reassigned and took the name Edwin "Eddie" Halstead, brother of Nellie Halstead.^{[1] [2]}

Participating nations

• (7)
• Bermuda (6)
• (1)
• Canada (47)
• (89)
• India (5)
• Jamaica (3)
• (3)
• (3)
• (6)
• (25)
• South Africa (11)
• (6)
• Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• (10)

References

Results

• Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-02.
• Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-09-02.

External links

• Athletics video highlights of 1934 Empire Games from British Pathé

Notes and References

1. [Athletics Weekly]
2. Web site: Nellie Halstead Biography. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042627/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/nellie-halstead-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Sports Reference.