1938 British Empire Games

Host City	Sydney
Country	AUS
Held	5 – 12 February 1938
Competitors	132
Countries	8

Events

• Athletics
• Diving
• Swimming

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Australia	AUS	13	14	18	45
2	Canada	CAN	11	12	12	35
3	England	ENG	11	11	5	27
4	South Africa	RSA	6	4	3	13
5	New Zealand	NZL	3	1	6	10
6	Wales	WAL	1	1	0	2
7	Scotland	SCO	0	1	1	2
8	Guyana	GUY	0	1	0	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
100 y, Men	Cyril Holmes	ENG	John Mumford	AUS	Ted Best	AUS
220 y, Men	Cyril Holmes	ENG	John Mumford	AUS	Ted Best	AUS
440 y, Men	Bill Roberts	ENG	Bill Fritz	CAN	Dennis Shore	RSA
880 y, Men	Pat Boot	NZL	Frank Handley	ENG	Bill Dale	CAN
1 mile, Men	Jim Alford	WAL	Gerald Backhouse	AUS	Pat Boot	NZL
3 miles, Men	Cecil Matthews	NZL	Peter Ward	ENG	Scotty Rankine	CAN
6 miles, Men	Cecil Matthews	NZL	Scotty Rankine	CAN	Wally Hayward	RSA
Marathon, Men	Johannes Coleman	RSA	Bert Norris	ENG	Jackie Gibson	RSA
120 y Hurdles, Men	Tom Lavery	RSA	Larry O'Connor	CAN	Sid Stenner	AUS
440 y Hurdles, Men	Johnny Loaring	CAN	John Park	AUS	Alan McDougall	AUS
4 x 110 y Relay, Men	Canada	CAN	England	ENG	Australia	AUS
4 x 440 y Relay, Men	Canada	CAN	England	ENG	New Zealand	NZL
High Jump, Men	Edwin Thacker	RSA	Robert Heffernan	AUS	Douglas Shetliffe	AUS
Pole Vault, Men	Andries du Plessis	RSA	Les Fletcher	AUS	Stuart Frid	CAN
Long Jump, Men	Hal Brown	CAN	Jim Panton	CAN	Basil Dickinson	AUS
Triple Jump, Men	Jack Metcalfe	AUS	Lloyd Miller	AUS	Basil Dickinson	AUS
Shot Put, Men	Louis Alec Fouché	RSA	Eric Coy	CAN	Francis Drew	AUS
Discus Throw, Men	Eric Coy	CAN	David Young	SCO	George Sutherland	CAN
Hammer Throw, Men	George Sutherland	CAN	Keith Pardon	AUS	Jim Leckie	NZL
Javelin Throw, Men	Jim Courtright	CAN	Stan Lay	NZL	Jack Metcalfe	AUS
100 y, Women	Clara Norman	AUS	Joyce Walker	AUS	Jeanette Dolson	CAN
220 y, Women	Clara Norman	AUS	Jean Coleman	AUS	Eileen Wearne	AUS
80 m Hurdles, Women	Barbara Burke	RSA	Isabel Grant	AUS	Rona Iris Tong	NZL
Medley Relay, Women	Australia	AUS	Canada	CAN	England	ENG
Medley Relay, Women	Australia	AUS	England	ENG	Canada	CAN
High Jump, Women	Dorothy Odam-Tyler	ENG	Dora Gardner	ENG	Betty Forbes-Taylor	NZL
Long Jump, Women	Clara Norman	AUS	Ethel Raby	ENG	Thelma Peake	AUS
Javelin Throw, Women	Robina Higgins-Haight	CAN	Antonia Robertson	RSA	Sally Lunn	ENG
3 m Springboard, Men	Ron Masters	AUS	Doug Tomalin	ENG	George Athans	CAN
10 m Platform, Men	Doug Tomalin	ENG	Ron Masters	AUS	George Athans	CAN
3 m Springboard, Women	Irene Donnett	AUS	Lynda Adams	CAN	Marie Sharkey	CAN
10 m Platform, Women	Lurline Hook	AUS	Lynda Adams	CAN	Irene Donnett	AUS
110 y Freestyle, Men	Bob Pirie	CAN	Terry Collard	RSA	William Fleming	AUS
440 y Freestyle, Men	Bob Pirie	CAN	Bobby Leivers	ENG	Robin Biddulph	AUS
1,650 y Freestyle, Men	Bobby Leivers	ENG	Bob Pirie	CAN	Norman Wainwright	ENG
4 x 220 y Freestyle Relay, Men	England	ENG	Canada	CAN	Australia	AUS
110 y Backstroke, Men	Percy Oliver	AUS	Gordon Kerr	CAN	Micky Taylor	ENG
220 y Breaststroke, Men	Goldup Davies	ENG	Walter Spence	GUY	Jimmy Prentice	CAN
3 x 110 y Medley Relay, Men	England	ENG	Canada	CAN	Australia	AUS
110 y Freestyle, Women	Evelyn de Lacy	AUS	Dorothy Green	AUS	Dorothy Lyon	CAN
440 y Freestyle, Women	Dorothy Green	AUS	Margaret Jeffery	ENG	Monica Leydon-Smith	NZL
4 x 110 y Freestyle Relay, Women	Canada	CAN	Australia	AUS	England	ENG
110 y Backstroke, Women	Pat Norton	AUS	Jeanne Greenland	WAL	Margot Hamilton	SCO
220 y Breaststroke, Women	Doris Storey	ENG	Carla Gerke	RSA	Joan Langdon	CAN
3 x 110 y Medley Relay, Women	England	ENG	South Africa	RSA	Australia	AUS