II Brittish Empire Games 1934 London, England

II Brittish Empire Games 1934 London, England

Medals		Gd	Sv	Br	All
1.	England	29	20	24	73
2.	Canada	17	25	9	51
3.	Australia	8	4	2	14
4.	South Africa	7	10	5	22
5.	Scotland	5	4	17	26
6.	New Zealand	1		2	3
7.	British Guiana	1			1
8.	Wales		3	3	6
9.	Northern Ireland		1	2	3
10.	Jamaica		1	1	2
11.	Southern Rhodesia			2	2
12.	India			1	1

Nations participating: 17

Athletes participating: 500

Events: 68

Opening ceremony: 4 August

Closing ceremony: 11 August

Officially opened by: George V

Athlete's Oath: Robert Howland

Main venue: White City Stadium

Boxing

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Flyweight	Pat Palmer	ENG	Maxie Berger	CAN	Jackie Pottinger	WAL
Bantamweight	Eddie Ryan	ENG	Albert Barnes	WAL	Thomas Wells	SCO
Featherweight	Charles Catterall	SAF	J. D. Jones	WAL	William Fulton	RHO
Lightweight	Leonard Cook	AUS	Frank Taylor	WAL	Harry Moy	ENG
Welterweight	Dave McCleave	ENG	Dick Barton	SAF	William Duncan	NIR
Middleweight	Alf Shawyer	ENG	Leonard Wadsworth	CAN	Jimmy Magill	NIR
Light heavyweight	George Brennan	ENG	George Holton	SCO	Robey Leibbrandt	SAF
Heavyweight	Pat Floyd	ENG	Jan van Rensburg	SAF	David Douglas-Hamilton	SCO

Cycling Track

Event	Gold			Silver			Bronze
Time Trial	Dunc Gray	AUS	1:16.4	Bob McLeod	CAN	1:18.0	Ted Clayton	SAF	1:18.4
Sprint 1000yd	Ernest Higgins	ENG		Horace Pethybridge	AUS		Ted Clayton	SAF
10mile Scratch	Bob McLeod	CAN	24:26.2	Ted Clayton	SAF		William Harvell	ENG

Diving

Event	Gold			Silver			Bronze
Men 3m Springboard	John Brisco Ray	ENG	117.12	Doug Tomalin	ENG	110.50	Harry Class	CAN	106.57
Men 10m Platform	Tommy Mather	ENG	83.83	Doug Tomalin	ENG	83.63	Louis Marchant	ENG	70.64
Women 3m Springboard	Judith Moss	CAN	62.27	Lesley Thompson	AUS	60.49	Doris Ogilvie	CAN	57.00
Women 10m Platform	Dot Macready	ENG	30.74	Lesley Thompson	AUS	27.64	Cecily Cousens	ENG	27.36

Lawn Bowls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Singles	Robert Sprot	SCO	William McDonald	CAN	Charles Abbott	SAF
Pairs	Tommy Hills George Wright	ENG	William Hutchinson Alfred Langford	CAN	Thomas Davies Stan Weaver	WAL
Rinks	England Fred Biggin Ernie Gudgeon Percy Tomlinson Robert Slater	ENG	Northern Ireland Percy Watson Charlie Clawson George Watson Cecil Curran	NIR	Scotland William Lowe Charles Tait James Morrison James Brown	SCO

Swimming

Event	Gold			Silver			Bronze
Men 100yd freestyle	George Burleigh	CAN	55.0s	George Larson	CAN	55.6s	Noel Crump	NZL	56.2s
Men 440yd freestyle	Noel Ryan	AUS	5:03.0	Norman Wainwright	ENG	5:07.8	Bob Pirie	CAN	5:14.8
Men 1500yd freestyle	Noel Ryan	AUS	18:25.4	Bob Pirie	CAN	18:28.4	Norman Wainwright	ENG	18:33.2
Men 100yd backstroke	Willie Francis	SCO	01:05.2	John Besford	ENG	1:05.6	Ben Gazell	CAN	1:06.6
Men 200yd breaststroke	Norman Hamilton	SCO	2:41.4	William McCarty	JAM	2:42.4	Bill Puddy	CAN	2:42.8
Men 4×200yd freestyle relay	Canada	CAN	8:40.6	England	ENG	8:52.8	Scotland	SCO	9:23.4
Men 3×110yd medley relay	Canada	CAN	3:11.2	Scotland	SCO	3:15.2	England	ENG	3:16.0
Women 100yd freestyle	Phyllis Dewar	CAN	1:03.0	Irene Pirie	CAN	1:03.6	Jean McDowell	SCO	1:05.8
Women 440yd freestyle	Phyllis Dewar	CAN	5:45.6	Jenny Maakal	SAF	5:53.0	Irene Pirie	CAN	5:54.4
Women 100yd backstroke	Phyllis Harding	ENG	1:13.8	Margot Hamilton	SCO	1:15.0	Valerie Davies	WAL	1:18.2
Women 200yd breaststroke	Clare Dennis	AUS	2:50.2	Phyllis Haslam	CAN	2:55.4	Margery Hinton	ENG	2:58.6
Women 4×110yd freestyle relay	Canada	CAN	4:21.8	South Africa	SAF	4:34.0	England	ENG	4:34.4
Women 3×110yd medley relay	Canada	CAN	3:42.0	England	ENG	3:43.0	Scotland	SCO	3:50.0

Wreestling

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight	Edward Melrose	SCO	Ted McKinley	CAN	Joseph Reid	ENG
Featherweight	Robert McNab	CAN	Joe Nelson	ENG	Murdoch White	SCO
Lightweight	Dick Garrard	AUS	G. E. North	ENG	Howard Thomas	CAN
Welterweight	Joe Schleimer	CAN	William Fox	ENG	Rashid Anwar	IND
Middleweight	Terry Evans	CAN	Stanley Bissell	ENG	Robert Harcus	SCO
Light heavyweight	Mick Cubbin	SAF	Bernard Rowe	ENG	Alex Watt	CAN
Heavyweight	Jack Knight	AUS	Pat Meehan	CAN	Archie Dudgeon	SCO

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