Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games explained

Athletics at the 3rd British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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Colour:	F5D0A9
Host City:	Sydney, Australia
Dates:	5–12 February 1938
Stadium:	Sydney Cricket Ground
Nations Participating:	11
Athletes Participating:	187
Events:	28
Level:	Senior
Previous:	1934 London
Next:	1950 Auckland
Games:	1938 British Empire Games

At the 1938 British Empire Games, the athletics events were held at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia in February 1938. A total of 28 athletics events were contested at the Games, 20 by men and 8 by women.

Medal summary

('e' denotes an estimated time)

	9.7		9.8e		9.9e
	21.2		21.3e		21.4e
	47.9		47.9e		48.1e
	1:51.2		1:54.0e		1:54.2e
	4:11.6		4:12.2e		4:12.6e
	13:59.6		14:05.4		14:24.0e
	30:14.5		+180 yds (~30:45)		+250 yds (~31:28)
	2:30:15		2:37:57		2:38:20
	14.0w		14.2ew		14.4ew
	52.9		54.6e		55.2e
Canada Jack Brown Pat Haley John Loaring Larry O'Connor	41.6	Ken Richardson Sandy Duncan Lawrence Wallace Cyril Holmes	41.8e	Australia Ted Best Alf Watson Ted Hampson Howard Yates	41.9e
Canada Lee Orr Bill Dale William Fritz John Loaring	3:16.9	Frank Handley Henry Pack Brian MacCabe Bill Roberts	3:19.2	New Zealand Alan Sayers Arnold Anderson Graham Quinn Harold Tyrie	3:22.0
	1.96		1.88		1.88
	4.11		3.97		3.88
	7.43		7.25		7.15
	15.49		15.41		15.28
	14.48		13.95		13.80
	44.76		43.04		41.47
	48.71		45.11		44.21
	62.80		62.21		55.53

		24.7		+2 yds (~24.9)		+0.5 yd
		13:51.4		+250 yds (~14:50)		+20 yds

	11.1		11.3e		11.4e
	24.7		25.1e		25.3e
	11.7w		11.7ew		11.8ew
Australia Jean Coleman Eileen Wearne Decima Norman	49.1	Canada Aileen Meagher Jeanette Dolson Barbara Howard	49.9e	Kathleen Stokes Dorothy Saunders Winifred Jeffrey	51.3e
Australia Decima Norman Joan Woodland Jean Coleman Thelma Peake	1:15.2	Kathleen Stokes Ethel Raby Dorothy Saunders Winifred Jeffrey	1:17.2e	Canada Violet Montgomery Barbara Howard Aileen Meagher Jeanette Dolson	1:19.0e
	1.60		1.57		1.57
	5.80		5.65		5.55
	38.28		36.98		36.41