1930 British Empire Games

The 1930 British Empire Games was the first of what later became known as the Commonwealth Games was held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Events included Athletics, Boxing, Lawn Bowls, Rowing, Swimming, and Wrestling. The opening ceremonies and may events were held at the Civic Stadium (now Ivor Wynne Stadium) in east Hamilton.

Nations

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Medals by country

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
England 25 23 13 61
Canada 20 15 19 54
South Africa 6 4 7 17
New Zealand 3 4 2 9
Australia 3 4 1 8
Scotland 50 78 82 210
Wales 0 2 1 3
British Guiana 0 1 1 2
Northern Ireland 0 1 0 1
Newfoundland 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 0 0 0 0

Medals by event

Athletics

Event>
|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"|Gold |!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"|Silver |!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"|Bronze
00 Yards Men Percy Williams (CAN) 9.9 Ernest Page (ENG) 10.2e Johnny Fitzpatrick (CAN)
20 Yards Men Stanley Engelhart (ENG) 21.8 Johnny Fitzpatrick (CAN) ||William Walters (SAF)||
40 Yards Men Alex Wilson (CAN) 48.8 William Walters (SAF) 48.9e George Golding (AUS)
80 Yards Men Tommy Hampson (ENG) 00:01:52 Reg Thomas (ENG) 1:55.5e Alex Wilson (CAN) 1:55.6e
Mile Men Reg Thomas (ENG) 00:04:14 William Whyte (AUS) 4:17.0e Jerry Cornes (ENG)
Miles Men Stan Tomlin (ENG) 00:14:27 Alex Hillhouse (AUS) 14:27.6e Jack Winfield (ENG) 14:28e
Miles Men John "Billy" Savidan (NZL) 00:30:50 Ernie Harper (ENG) 31:01.6e Tom Evenson (ENG)
arathon Men Dunky Wright (SCO) 02:43:43 Sam Ferris (ENG) +880yd Johnny Miles (CAN) +300yd
000 Metres Steeplechase Men George Bailey (ENG) 00:09:52 Alex Hillhouse (AUS) ||Vernon Morgan (ENG)||
20 Yards Hurdles Men Lord Burghley (ENG) 14.6 Howard Davies (SAF) 14.7e Fred Gaby (ENG)
40 Yards Hurdles Men Lord Burghley (ENG) 54.4 Roger Leigh-Wood (ENG) 55.9e Douglas Neame (ENG)
igh Jump Men Johannes Viljoen (SAF) 1.9 Colin Gordon (BGU) 1.88 William Stargratt (CAN) 1.85
ole Vault Men Vic Pickard (CAN) 3.73 Howard Ford (ENG) 3.73 Robert Stoddard (CAN)
ong Jump Men Len Hutton (CAN) 7.2 Reginald Revans (ENG) 6.96 Johannes Viljoen (SAF) 6.86
riple Jump Men Gordon Smallacombe (CAN) 14.76 Reginald Revans (ENG) 14.29 Len Hutton (CAN) 13.9
hot Men Harry Hart (SAF) 14.58 Robert "Bonzo" Howland (ENG) 13.46 Charlie Herman (CAN) 12.98
iscus Men Harry Hart (SAF) 41.43 Charlie Herman (CAN) 41.22 Abe Zvonkin (CAN) 41.17
ammer Men Malcolm Nokes (ENG) 47.13 Bill Britton (NIR) 46.89 John Cameron (CAN) 44.45
avelin Men Stanley Lay (NZL) 63.13 Doral Pilling (CAN) 55.93 Harry Hart (SAF) 53.21
x 110 Yards Relay Men Canada (CAN) 42.2 England (ENG) 42.7e South Africa (SAF)
x 440 Yards Relay Men England (ENG) 00:03:19 Canada (CAN) 3:19.8e South Africa (SAF)

Bowls

Event>
|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"|Gold |!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"|Silver |!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"|Bronze
ingles Men Robert Colquhoun (ENG) ||J.G. Thomas (SAF)||||William Fielding (NZL)||
airs Men Tommy Hills & George Wright (ENG) ||William Fielding & Peter McWhannell (NZL)||||W.H. Moore & Arthur Reid (CAN)||
ours Men England (ENG) ||Canada (CAN)||||Scotland (SCO)||

Boxing

Event>
|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"|Gold |!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"|Silver |!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"|Bronze
lyweight Men Jacob Smith (SAF) ||Thomas Pardoe (ENG)||||Ross Galloway (CAN)||
antamweight Men Harry Mizler (ENG) ||Tommy Holt (SCO)||||John Keller (CAN)||
eatherweight Men F.R. Meacham (ENG) ||Lawrence Stevens (SAF)||||Alex Lyon (SCO)||
ightweight Men James Rolland (SCO) ||Cosmos Canzano (CAN)||||Albert Love (ENG)||
elterweight Men Leonard Hall (SAF) ||Howard Williams (CAN)||||F. Brooman (ENG)||
iddleweight Men Frederick Mallin (ENG) ||Dudley Gallagher (AUS)||||E Pearce (SAF)||
ight Heavyweight Men Joe Goyder (ENG) ||Joey Basson (ENG)||||A Pitcher (CAN)||
eavyweight Men Victor Stuart (ENG) ||William Skimming (CAN)||||||

Rowing

Event>
|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"|Gold |!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"|Silver |!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"|Bronze
ingle Sculls Men Henry "Bobby" Pearce (AUS) 00:08:04 Jack Beresford (ENG) ||Fred Bradley (ENG)||
ouble Sculls Men Elswood Bole & Bob Richards (CAN) 00:07:48 ||||||
oxless Fours Men F.M.L Fitzwilliams, A.J. Halby, Arthur Edwards & Humphrey Boardman (ENG) 00:07:05 J. Gayner, J. Fleming, O.G. Bellew & H.J. Pelham (CAN) +2 lgths Barry Johnson, Vic Olsson, Alex Ross & Charley Saunders (NZL)
oxed Fours Men Mick Brough, John MacDonald, Ben Waters, Bert Sandos & Arthur Eastwood (NZL) 00:08:02 B.L. Gales, R.S. Evans, J.A. Butler, H.R. McCuaig & A. Miles (CAN) +2 lgths J.I. Matthews, F.O. Gomes, B.P. Bagley, E.M. Gonsalves & J. Jardine (BGU)
ights Men England (ENG) 00:06:37 New Zealand (NZL) +0.75 lgths Canada (CAN) +4 lgths

Swimming

Event>
|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"|Gold |!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"|Silver |!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"|Bronze
00 Yards Freestyle Men Munroe Bourne (CAN) 56 Norman Brooks (ENG) 56.1 Bert Gibson (CAN)
00 Yards Freestyle Men Noel Ryan (AUS) 00:04:40 Gordon Bridson (NZL) 00:04:46 George Burleigh (CAN)
500 Yards Freestyle Men Noel Ryan (AUS) 00:18:55 Gordon Bridson (NZL) 00:19:41 George Burleigh (CAN)
00 Yards Backstroke Men James "Bill" Trippett (ENG) 00:01:05 Willie Francis (SCO) 00:01:06 John Besford (ENG) 00:01:07
00 Yards Breaststroke Men Jack Aubin (CAN) 00:02:38 Stanley Bell (ENG) 00:02:40 Reggie Flint (ENG) 00:02:45
x 200 Yards Freestyle Relay Men Canada (CAN) 00:08:42 England (ENG) 00:08:43 ||

Diving

Event>
|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"|Gold |!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"|Silver |!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"|Bronze
Metres Springboard Diving Men Alfred Phillips (CAN) 147 Cyril Kennett (CAN) 138 Arthur Stott (CAN) 127
0 Metres Highboard Platform Diving Men Alfred Phillips (CAN) 90.6 Samuel Walker (CAN) 83.3 Terry Scott (ENG) 82.3

Swimming

Event>
|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"|Gold |!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"|Silver |!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"|Bronze
00 Yards Freestyle Women Joyce Cooper (ENG) 00:01:07 Ellen King (SCO) 00:01:07 Valerie Davies (WAL)
00 Yards Freestyle Women Joyce Cooper (ENG) 00:05:25 Valerie Davies (WAL) 00:05:28 Sarah Stewart (SCO)
00 Yards Backstroke Women Joyce Cooper (ENG) 00:01:15 Valerie Davies (WAL) 00:01:17 Phyllis Harding (ENG) 00:01:18
00 Yards Breaststroke Women Celia Wolstenholme (ENG) 00:02:55 Margery Hinton (ENG) 00:03:04 Ellen King (SCO)
x 100 Yards Freestyle Relay Women England (ENG) 00:04:33 Canada (CAN) 00:04:33 Scotland (SCO) 00:04:37

Diving

Event>
|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"|Gold |!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"|Silver |!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"|Bronze
Metres Springboard Diving Women Oonagh Whitsett (SAF) 90.1 Doris Ogilvie (CAN) 89.7 Mollie Bailey (CAN) 88.7
0 Metres Highboard Platform Diving Women Pearl Stoneham (CAN) 39.3 Helen McCormack (CAN) 38.3 ||

Wrestling

Event>
|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"|Gold |!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"|Silver |!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"|Bronze
antamweight Men James Trifunov (CAN) ||Joseph Reid (ENG)||||||
eatherweight Men Cliff Chilcott (CAN) ||||||||
ightweight Men Howard Thomas (CAN) ||Harold Angus (ENG)||||||
elterweight Men Reg Priestley (CAN) ||Harry Johnson (ENG)||||||
iddleweight Men Mike Chepwick (CAN) ||Stanley Bissell (ENG)||||Max Thiel (SAF)||
ight Heavyweight Men Bill McIntyre (CAN) ||Edgar Bacon (ENG)||||||
eavyweight Men Earl McCready (CAN) ||Alex Sanguine (ENG)||||||

 

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