1930 British Empire Games

The 1930 British Empire Games were the first of what later become known as the Commonwealth Games, and were held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from August 16-23 1930.

The events included Athletics, Boxing, Lawn Bowls, Rowing, Swimming, and Wrestling. The opening ceremonies and many events were held at the Civic Stadium (now Ivor Wynne Stadium) in east Hamilton.

Participating Teams

There were 11 teams participating in these first British Empire Games:

Australia Bermuda British Guiana

Canada England Ireland

Newfoundland New Zealand Scotland

South Africa Wales

Medals by country

1		25	23	13	61
2		20	15	19	54
3		6	4	7	17
4		3	4	2	9
5		3	4	1	8
6		2	3	5	10
7		0	2	1	3
8		0	1	1	2
9	Ireland	0	1	0	1
Total		59	57	49	165

Medals by event

Athletics

All events were for men only.

880yd

300yd

100 yards	9.9	10.2e
220 yards	21.8
440 yards	48.8	48.9e
880 yards	1:52	1:55.5e	1:55.6e
1 mile	04:14	4:17.0e
3 miles	14:27	14:27.6e	14:28e
6 miles	30:50	31:01.6e
Marathon	2:43:43
3000 metres steeplechase	9:52
120 yards hurdles	14.6	14.7e
440 yards hurdles	54.4	55.9e
High jump	1.90	Colin Gordon	1.88	1.85
Pole vault	3.73	3.73
Long jump	7.20	6.96	6.86
Triple jump	14.76	14.29	13.90
Shot put	14.58	13.46	12.98
Discus throw	41.43	41.22	41.17
Hammer throw	47.13	Bill Britton (IRL)	46.89	44.45
Javelin throw	63.13	55.93	53.21
4×110 yards relay	42.2	42.7e
4×440 yards relay	3:19	3:19.8e

Bowls

All events were for men only.

Singles
Pairs
Fours

Boxing

All events were for men only.

Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight

Rowing

All events were for men only.

0.75 lgths

4 lgths

Single sculls	8:04
Double sculls	7:48
Coxless fours	F.M.L Fitzwilliams A.J. Halby Arthur Edwards Humphrey Boardman	7:05	J. Gayner J. Fleming O.G. Bellew H.J. Pelham	+2 lgths	Barry Johnson Vic Olsson Alex Ross Charley Saunders
Coxed fours	Mick Brough John MacDonald Ben Waters Bert Sandos Arthur Eastwood	8:02	B.L. Gales R.S. Evans J.A. Butler H.R. McCuaig A. Miles	+2 lgths	J.I. Matthews F.O. Gomes B.P. Bagley E.M. Gonsalves J. Jardine
Eights	6:37

In the double sculls event, only Canada was represented, so the organisers simply invited a couple of crews from the United States to provide some opposition.

Swimming

Men's events

100 yd freestyle	56.0	56.1
440 yd freestyle	5:03.4
1500 yd freestyle	18:55.4	19:41
100 yd backstroke	1:05.4	1:06	1:07
220 yd breaststroke	2:35.4	2:40	2:45
4×200 yd freestyle relay	Bert Gibson Munro Bourne George Burleigh Jimmy Thompson	8:42.4	Freddie Milton Norman Brooks Watts Whiteside	8:43

Women's events

100 yd freestyle	1:03.0	1:07
440 yd freestyle	5:25	5:28
100 yd backstroke	1:15	1:17	1:18
220 yd breaststroke	3:06.3
4×100 yd freestyle relay	Joyce Cooper Doreen Cooper Olive Joynes Phyllis Harding	4:32.8	Elizabeth Edwards Irene Pirie-Milton Marjorie Linton Peggy Bailey	4:33.0	Cissie Stewart Ellen King Jean McDowall Jessie McVey	4:37.0

Diving

Men's events

3 m springboard	147	138	127
10 m platform	90.6	83.3	82.3

Women's events

3 m springboard	90.1	89.7	88.7
10 m platform	39.3	38.3

Wrestling

All events were for men only.

Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight

References

External links

• Commonwealth Games Official Site
• 1930 British Empire Games at the official Guernsey site
• 1930 British Empire Games - Australian Commonwealth Games official website