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The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the Commonwealth Games being the modern-day equivalent. Held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from February 5-12 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary (150 years since the foundation of British settlement in Australia). Venues included the Sydney Cricket Ground (the main stadium), the Sydney Sports Ground, North Sydney Pool and Henson Park. An estimated 40,000 people attended the opening ceremony. A competitors' residential village was established within the grounds of the Sydney Showground. This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ...
The Commonwealth of Nations as of 2008. ...
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Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) (, ) is a cricket stadium in Sydney. ...
Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of The Commonwealth. ...
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is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) (, ) is a cricket stadium in Sydney. ...
Sydney Sports Ground was a basic rugby league ground in Sydney, Australia. ...
Henson Park is a rugby league stadium in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia. ...
The star of the games was the Australian athlete Decima Norman, who won five gold medals in track and field. Margaret Dovey, the future wife of the former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam, finished sixth in the 200 yards breaststroke. Margaret Elaine Whitlam, AO, (19 November 1919-) (nee Margaret Dovey) is a prominent Australian personality and the wife of former Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam. ...
Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (, pronounced Goff), is an Australian former politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. ...
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Medals by event
Athletics | Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | 100 Yards | Women | Decima Norman (AUS) | 11.1 | Joyce Walker (AUS) | 11.3e | Jeanette Dolson (CAN) | 11.4e | | 220 Yards | Women | Decima Norman (AUS) | 24.7 | Jean Coleman (AUS) | 25.1e | Eileen Wearne (AUS) | 25.3e | | 80 Metres Hurdles | Women | Barbara Burke (SAF) | 11.7w | Isabel Grant (AUS) | 11.7ew | Rona Tong (NZL) | 11.8ew | | High Jump | Women | Dorothy Odam (ENG) | 1.6 | Dora Gardner (ENG) | 1.57 | Elizabeth Forbes (NZL) | 1.57 | | Long Jump | Women | Decima Norman (AUS) | 5.8 | Ethel Raby (ENG) | 5.65 | Thelma Peake (AUS) | 5.55 | | Javelin | Women | Robina Higgins (CAN) | 38.28 | Antonia Robertson (SAF) | 36.98 | Gladys Lunn (ENG) | 36.41 | | 110 x 220 x 110 Yards Relay | Women | Australia (AUS) | 49.1 | Canada (CAN) | 49.9e | England (ENG) | 51.3e | | 220 x 110 x 220 x 110 Yards Relay | Women | Australia (AUS) | 00:01:15 | England (ENG) | 1:17.2e | Canada (CAN) | 1:19.0e | | 100 Yards | Men | Cyril Holmes (ENG) | 9.7 | John Mumford (AUS) | 9.8e | Ted Best (AUS) | 9.9e | | 220 Yards | Men | Cyril Holmes (ENG) | 21.2 | John Mumford (AUS) | 21.3e | Ted Best (AUS) | 21.4e | | 440 Yards | Men | Bill Roberts (ENG) | 47.9 | Bill Fritz (CAN) | 47.9e | Denis Shore (SAF) | 48.1e | | 880 Yards | Men | Vernon "Pat" Boot (NZL) | 00:01:51 | Frank Handley (ENG) | 1:54.0e | Bill Dale (CAN) | 1:54.2e | | 1 Mile | Men | Jim Alford (WAL) | 00:04:12 | Gerald Backhouse (AUS) | 4:12.3e | Vernon "Pat" Boot (NZL) | 4:12.6e | | 3 Miles | Men | Cecil Matthews (NZL) | 00:14:00 | Peter Ward (ENG) | 00:14:06 | Bob Rankine (CAN) | 14:24.0e | | 6 Miles | Men | Cecil Matthews (NZL) | 00:30:14 | Bob Rankine (CAN) | +180yd | Wally Hayward (SAF) | +250yd | | Marathon | Men | Johannes Coleman (SAF) | 02:30:50 | Bert Norris (ENG) | 02:37:57 | Jackie Gibson (SAF) | 02:38:20 | | 120 Yards Hurdles | Men | Tom Lavery (SAF) | 14.0w | Larry O'Connor (CAN) | 14.2ew | Sid Stenner (AUS) | 14.4ew | | 440 Yards Hurdles | Men | John Loaring (CAN) | 52.9 | John Park (AUS) | 54.6e | Alan McDougall (AUS) | 55.2e | | High Jump | Men | Edwin Thacker (SAF) | 1.96 | Robert Heffernan (AUS) | 1.88 | Dudleigh Shetliffe (AUS) | 1.88 | | Pole Vault | Men | Andries du Plessis (SAF) | 4.11 | Les Fletcher (AUS) | 3.97 | Stuart Frid (CAN) | 3.88 | | Long Jump | Men | Harold Brown (CAN) | 7.43 | Jim Panton (CAN) | 7.25 | Basil Dickinson (AUS) | 7.15 | | Triple Jump | Men | Jack Metcalfe (AUS) | 15.49 | Lloyd Miller (AUS) | 15.41 | Basil Dickinson (AUS) | 15.28 | | Shot | Men | Louis Fouché (SAF) | 14.47 | Eric Coy (CAN) | 13.96 | Francis Drew (AUS) | 13.8 | | Discus | Men | Eric Coy (CAN) | 44.75 | David Young (SCO) | 43.04 | George Sutherland (CAN) | 41.47 | | Hammer | Men | George Sutherland (CAN) | 48.71 | Keith Pardon (AUS) | 45.11 | James Leckie (NZL) | 44.21 | | Javelin | Men | Jim Courtwright (CAN) | 62.8 | Stanley Lay (NZL) | 62.21 | Jack Metcalfe (AUS) | 55.5 | | 4 x 110 Yards Relay | Men | Canada (CAN) | 41.6 | England (ENG) | 41.8e | Australia (AUS) | 41.9e | | 4 x 440 Yards Relay | Men | Canada (CAN) | 00:03:17 | England (ENG) | 3:19.5e | New Zealand (NZL) | 3:22.5e | Eileen Wearne (January 30, 1912 - 6 July 2007) was an Australian athlete who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and a medallist in the 1938 British Empire Games. ...
Robina Higgins-Haight (28 April 1915-31 December 1990) was one of Canadas best female athletes in the 1930s. ...
Bowls | Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | Singles | Men | Horace Harvey (SAF) | | Frank Livingstone (NZL) | | Jack Low (AUS) | | | Pairs | Men | Walter Denison & Lance Macey (NZL) | | Percy Hutton & Howard Mildren (AUS) | | D.A. Adamson & J.R. Appleford (SAF) | | | Fours | Men | New Zealand (NZL) | | South Africa (SAF) | | Australia (AUS) | |
Boxing | Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | Flyweight | Men | Johannes Joubert (SAF) | | Joseph Gagnon (CAN) | | Hugh Cameron (SCO) | | | Bantamweight | Men | William Butler (ENG) | | Hendrik Knoesen (SAF) | | Jack Dillon (AUS) | | | Featherweight | Men | Ansdale Henricus (CEY) | | James Watson (SCO) | | Kenneth Moran (NZL) | | | Lightweight | Men | Harry Groves (ENG) | | Harry Hurst (CAN) | | William Fulton (RHO) | | | Welterweight | Men | Bill Smith (AUS) | | Darcy Heeney (NZL) | | Andrew Tsirindonis (RHO) | | | Middleweight | Men | Denis Reardon (WAL) | | Maurice Dennis (ENG) | | Rex Carey (CAN) | | | Light Heavyweight | Men | Nicholaas Wolmarans (SAF) | | Cecil Overell (AUS) | | Joseph Wilby (ENG) | | | Heavyweight | Men | Thomas Osborne (CAN) | | Claude Sterley (SAF) | | Les Harley (AUS) | |
Cycling
Track | Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | Time Trial | Men | Bob Porter (AUS) | 00:01:15 | Tasman Johnson (AUS) | 00:01:16 | Ernie Mills (ENG) | 00:01:16 | | Sprint | Men | Edgar "Dunc" Gray (AUS) | | Bob Porter (AUS) | | George Giles (NZL) | | | 10 Miles Scratch | Men | William Maxfield (ENG) | 00:24:44 | Ray Hicks (ENG) | | Syd Rose (SAF) | |
Road | Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | Road Race | Men | Hendrik Binneman (SAF) | 02:53:30 | John Brown (NZL) | 02:53:30 | Ray Jones (ENG) | 02:53:30 |
Rowing | Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | Single Sculls | Men | Herb Turner (AUS) | 00:08:24 | Peter Jackson (ENG) | +5 lgths | Robert Smith (NZL) | +4 lgths | | Double Sculls | Men | Cecil Pierce & William Bradley (AUS) | 00:07:24 | John Offer & Richard Offer (ENG) | | AKG Jackson & Robert Benedict Smith (NZL) | | | Coxed Fours | Men | Gordon Freeth, Don Fraser, Stewart Elder, Jack Fisher & Harry Kerr (AUS) | 00:07:17 | Oliver Clayton, Albert Hope, Ken Boswell, John Rigby & George Burns (NZL) | +1.25 lgths | James Temple, Max Winkler, Donald Davis, John MacDonald & Kenneth Jaggard (CAN) | +0.75 lgths | | Eights | Men | England (ENG) | 00:06:29 | Australia (AUS) | +0.75 lgths | New Zealand (NZL) | +2 lgths | Sir Gordon Freeth KBE (26 May 1911 – 27 September 1994) was an Australian politician. ...
Swimming | Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | 110 Yards Freestyle | Men | Bob Pirie (CAN) | 59.6 | Terry Collard (SAF) | 00:01:01 | Bill Fleming (AUS) | 00:01:01 | | 440 Yards Freestyle | Men | Bob Pirie (CAN) | 00:04:55 | Bobby Leivers (ENG) | 00:04:55 | Robin Biddulph (AUS) | 00:04:56 | | 1650 Yards Freestyle | Men | Bobby Leivers (ENG) | 00:19:46 | Bob Pirie (CAN) | 00:19:59 | Norman Wainwright (ENG) | 00:20:17 | | 110 Yards Backstroke | Men | Percy Oliver (AUS) | 00:01:08 | Gordon Kerr (CAN) | 00:01:09 | Micky Taylor (ENG) | 00:01:09 | | 220 Yards Breaststroke | Men | John Davies (ENG) | 00:02:52 | Walter Spence (BGU) | 00:03:00 | Jimmy Prentice (CAN) | 00:03:02 | | 4 x 220 Yards Freestyle Relay | Men | England (ENG) | 00:09:19 | Canada (CAN) | 00:09:20 | Australia (AUS) | 00:09:33 | | 3 x 110 Yards Medley Relay | Men | England (ENG) | 00:03:28 | Canada (CAN) | 00:03:30 | Australia (AUS) | 00:03:32 |
Diving | Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | 3 Metres Springboard Diving | Men | Ron Masters (AUS) | 126.36 | Doug Tomalin (ENG) | 124.78 | George Athans (CAN) | 117.9 | | 10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving | Men | Doug Tomalin (ENG) | 108.74 | Ron Masters (AUS) | 102.87 | George Athans (CAN) | 98.93 |
Swimming | Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | 110 Yards Freestyle | Women | Evelyn de Lacy (AUS) | 00:01:10 | Dorothy Green (AUS) | 00:01:11 | Dorothy Lyon (CAN) | 00:01:12 | | 440 Yards Freestyle | Women | Dorothy Green (AUS) | 00:05:40 | Margaret Jeffrey (ENG) | 00:05:40 | Mona Leydon (NZL) | 00:05:42 | | 110 Yards Backstroke | Women | Pat Norton (AUS) | 00:01:20 | Jeanne Greenland (WAL) | 00:01:22 | Margot Hamilton (SCO) | 00:01:23 | | 220 Yards Breaststroke | Women | Doris Storey (ENG) | 00:03:06 | Carla Gerke (SAF) | 00:03:12 | Joan Langdon (CAN) | 00:03:22 | | 4 x 110 Yards Freestyle Relay | Women | Canada (CAN) | 00:04:48 | Australia (AUS) | 00:04:50 | England (ENG) | 00:04:50 | | 3 x 110 Yards Medley Relay | Women | England (ENG) | 00:03:58 | South Africa (SAF) | 00:04:07 | Australia (AUS) | 00:04:10 |
Diving | Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | 3 Metres Springboard Diving | Women | Irene Donnett (AUS) | 91.18 | Lynda Adams (CAN) | 88.27 | Marie Sharkey (CAN) | 81.66 | | 10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving | Women | Lurline Hook (AUS) | 36.47 | Lynda Adams (CAN) | 36.39 | Irene Donnett (AUS) | 34.57 |
Wrestling | Event | | Gold | Silver | Bronze | | Bantamweight | Men | Ted Purcell (AUS) | | Vernon Blake (CAN) | | Raymond Cazaux (ENG) | | | Featherweight | Men | Roy Purchase (AUS) | | Larry Clarke (CAN) | | Joseph Genet (NZL) | | | Lightweight | Men | Dick Garrard (AUS) | | Vernon Thomas (NZL) | | Alfred Harding (SAF) | | | Welterweight | Men | Thomas Trevaskis (AUS) | | Felix Standen (SAF) | | Jeremiah Podjursky (NZL) | | | Middleweight | Men | Terry Evans (CAN) | | Peter Sheasby (SAF) | | Leslie Jeffers (ENG) | | | Light Heavyweight | Men | Eddie Scarf (AUS) | | Sidney Greenspan (SAF) | | Thomas Ward (SCO) | | | Heavyweight | Men | Jack Knight (AUS) | | James Dryden (NZL) | | John Whelan (CAN) | |
External links - Commonwealth Games Official Site
- 1938 British Empire Games at the official Guernsey site
- 1938 British Empire Games - Australian Commonwealth Games official website
Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation Locations of the games, and participating countries Commonwealth Games Federation seal, adopted in 2001 The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. ...
The 1930 British Empire Games was the first of what later became known as the Commonwealth Games was held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ...
Countries which participated The 1934 British Empire Games was the second of what are now called the Commonwealth Games. ...
The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth as it is called now New Zealand. ...
Countries which participated The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ...
The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Cardiff, Wales. ...
Countries which participated The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia from November 22 to December 1. ...
The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica. ...
The 1970 British Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh Scotland. ...
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The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada // Medals by country Countries which won medals Medals by event Athletics Bowls Boxing Cycling Track Road Gymnastics Artistic Shooting Pistol Rifle Shotgun Swimming Diving Swimming Diving Weightlifting Wrestling Badminton External link 1978 Commonwealth Games - Commonwealth Games official website Categories: | | ...
Matilda the Kangaroo mascot for the 1982 Commonwealth Games (shown here during her circuit of the track at the stadium during the Games Opening Ceremony, and with a silhouette of Matilda and several joey kangaroos on a large screen, during Rolf Harris segment) Matilda turns her head and winks at...
The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland. ...
The 1990 Commonwealth Games were held in Auckland, New Zealand from January 24-February 3, 1990. ...
Countries that competed The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held August 18-28, 1994 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. ...
The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 11 to September 21 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for 20th Century. ...
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from July 25 to August 4, 2002. ...
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Australia between March 15 and March 26, 2006. ...
The 2010 Commonwealth Games are going to be held in Delhi, India. ...
The 20th Commonwealth Games in 2014 will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. ...
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