III Brittish Empire Games 1938 Sydeny, New South Wales, Australia

III Brittish Empire Games 1938 Sydeny, New South Wales, Australia

Medals		Gd	Sv	Br	All
1.	AUS Australia	25	19	19	66
2.	ENG England	15	15	10	40
3.	Can Canada	13	16	15	44
4.	SAF South Africa	10	10	6	26
5.	NZL New Zealand	5	7	13	25
6.	WAL Wales	2	1		3
7.	CEY Ceylon	1			1
8.	SCO Scotland		2	3	5
9.	BGU British Guiana		1		1
10.	SRH Southern Rhodesia			2	2
Total 10 nations		71	71	71	213

Host city: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Nations participating: 15

Athletes participating: 464

Events: 71

Opening Ceremony: 5 February

Closing Ceremony: 12 February

Officially opened by: John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst

Main venue: Sydney Cricket Ground

Boxing

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Flyweight	Johnny Joubert	SAF	Joe Gagnon	CAN	Hugh Cameron	SCO
Bantamweight	William Butler	ENG	Hendrik Knoesen	SAF	Jack Dillon	AUS
Featherweight	Barney Henricus	CEY	James Watson	SCO	Kenneth Moran	NZL
Lightweight	Harry Groves	ENG	Harry Hurst	CAN	William Fulton	RHO
Welterweight	Bill Smith	AUS	Arthur Heeney	NZL	Andrew Tsirindonis	RHO
Middleweight	Denis Reardon	WAL	Maurice Dennis	ENG	Rex Carey	CAN
Light heavyweight	Nick Wolmarans	SAF	Cecil Overell	AUS	Joseph Wilby	ENG
Heavyweight	Thomas Osborne	CAN	Claude Sterley	SAF	Leslie Harley	AUS

Cycling Track

Event	Gold			Silver			Bronze
Time Trial	Bob Porter	AUS	1:15.2	Tasman Johnson	AUS	1:15.7	Ernest Mills	ENG	1:15.9
Sprint 1000 yd	Dunc Gray	AUS		Bob Porter	AUS		George Giles	NZL
10-mile Scratch	William Maxfield	ENG	24:44.0	Ray Hicks	ENG	Syd Rose	SAF

Cycling Road

Event	Gold			Silver			Bronze
Road Race	Hennie Binneman	SAF	2'53:29.6	John Brown	NZL	2'53:29.6	Ray Jones	ENG	2'53:29.6

Diving

Event	Gold			Silver			Bronze
Men 3m springboard	Ron Masters	AUS	126.36	Doug Tomalin	ENG	124.78	George Athans	CAN	117.90
Men 10m platform	Doug Tomalin	ENG	108.74	Ron Masters	AUS	102.87	George Athans	CAN	98.93
Women 3m springboard	Irene Donnett	AUS	91.18	Lynda Adams	CAN	88.27	Marie Sharkey	CAN	81.66
Women 10m platform	Lurline Hook	AUS	36.47	Lynda Adams	CAN	36.39	Irene Donnett	AUS	34.57

Lawn bowls

Rowing

The double sculls competition was an invitation event and originally no medals were awarded nevertheless these medals were counted nowadays. The bronze medal is listed as won by New Zealand.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Single sculls	Herb Turner	AUS	8:24	Peter Jackson	ENG		Robert Smith	NZL	&
Double sculls	Cecil Pearceand William Bradley	AUS	7:29.4	Jack Offerand Dick Offer	ENG	Gus Jacksonand Robert Smith	NZL
Coxed four	Australia Don Fraser Gordon Freeth Harry Kerr Jack Fisher Stewart Elder	7:16.8	New Zealand Albert Hope George Burns John RigbyKen BoswellJim Clayton	+1.25 lgths	Canada Donald Davis James Temple James MacDonald Kenneth Jaggard Max Winkler	+0.75 lgths
Eights	England Basil Beazley Desmond Kingsford John Sturrock John Burrough John Turnbull Peter Jackson Rhodes Hambridge J. Tim Turner William Reeve (cox)	6:29	Australia Joe Gould Alfred Gregory Ted Bromley Frank le Souef Gordon Yewers Richard Paramor W.G. Thomas Bill Dixon Doug Bowden	+0.75 lgths	New Zealand Gus Jackson Cyril Stiles Rangi Thompson Howard Benge John Charters Les Pithie Oswald Denison James Gould William Stodart	+2 lgths

Swimming

Event	Gold			Silver			Bronze
Men 110yd Freestyle	Bob Pirie	CAN	59.6	Terry Collard	SAF	60.8	William Fleming	AUS	61.0
Men 440yd Freestyle	Bob Pirie	CAN	4:54.6	Bob Leivers	ENG	4:55.4	Robin Biddulph	AUS	4:55.5
Men 1650yd Freestyle	Bob Leivers	ENG	19:46.4	Bob Pirie	CAN	19:59.2	Norman Wainwright	ENG	20:17.4
Men 110yd Backstroke	Percy Oliver	AUS	01:07.9	Gordon Kerr	CAN	1:09.0	Micky Taylor	ENG	1:09.3
Men 220yd Breaststroke	John Davies	ENG	2:51.9	Bri	Walter Spence	BGU	3:00.5	Jimmy Prentice	CAN	3:00.8
Men 4×220yd Freestyle Relay	England Frederick Dove Mostyn Ffrench-Williams Norman Wainwright Bob Leivers	9:19.0	Canada George Burleigh Gordon Devlin Robert Hooper Bob Pirie	9:20.2	Australia Robert Wilshire Noel Ryan Robin Biddulph William Fleming	9:32.9	AUS
Men 3×110yd Medley Relay	England Frederick Dove John Davies Micky Taylor	3:28.2	CanadaGordon KerrJimmy PrenticeBob Pirie	3:30.5	Australia Ernest Hobbs Percy Oliver William Fleming	AUS	3:31.8
Women 110yd Freestyle	Evelyn de Lacy	AUS	1:10.1	Dorothy Green	AUS	1:11.1	Dorothy Lyon	CAN	1:12.1
Women 440yd Freestyle	Dorothy Green	AUS	5:39.7	Margaret Jeffery	ENG	5:40.2	Mona Leydon	NZL	5:42.0
Women 110yd Backstroke	Pat Norton	AUS	1:19.5	Jeanne Greenland	WAL	1:22.5	Margot Hamilton	SCO	1:23.2
Women 220yd Breaststroke	Doris Storey	ENG	3:06.3	Carla Gerke	SAF	3:12.1	Joan Langdon	CAN	3:22.2
Women 4×110yd Freestyle Relay	Canada Noel Oxenbury Dorothy Lyon Mary Baggaley Phyllis Dewar	CAN	4:48.3	Australia Dorothy Green Evelyn de Lacy Margaret Rawson Pat Norton	AUS	4:49.0	England Edna Hughes Joyce Harrowby Margery Hinton Zilpha Grant	ENG	4:50.1
Women 3×110yd Medley Relay	England Doris Storey Lorna Frampton Margery Hinton	ENG	3:57.7	South Africa Carla Gerke Hazel Holmes Molly Ryde	SAF	4:07.5	Australia Evelyn de Lacy Pat Norton Valerie George	AUS	4:10.0

Wrestling

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight	Ted Purcell	AUS	Vernon Blake	CAN	Ray Cazaux	ENG
Featherweight	Roy Purchase	AUS	Larry Clarke	CAN	Joe Genet	NZL
Lightweight	Dick Garrard	AUS	Vernon Thomas	NZL	Alfred Harding	SAF
Welterweight	Tom Trevaskis	AUS	Felix Stander	SAF	Jeremiah Podjursky	NZL
Middleweight	Terry Evans	CAN	Peter Sheasby	SAF	Leslie Jeffers	ENG
Light heavyweight	Eddie Scarf	AUS	Sidney Greenspan	SAF	Thomas Ward	SCO
Heavyweight	Jack Knight	AUS	Jim Dryden	NZL	John Whelan	CAN

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