Athletics at the 1930 British Empire Games
Athletics at the 1st British Empire and Commonwealth Games | |
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Dates | 16–23 August 1930 |
Host city | Hamilton, Canada |
Venue | Civic Stadium |
Level | Senior |
Events | 21 |
Participation | 134 athletes from 10 nations |
At the athletics events were held at the Civic Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The programme featured 21 men's events, with all measurements being done in imperial units.
British Empire Games
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South African
4×100 metres relay team. Englishman Reg Revans won silver medals in the horizontal jumps, while Canadian Len Hutton won long jump gold, but only a bronze in the triple jump. Johannes Viljoen of South Africa showed his versatility by winning the high jump
and reaching the podium in the long jump as well.
Medal summary
Medal table
* Host nation (Canada)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | England (ENG) | 9 | 10 | 6 | 25 |
2 | Canada (CAN)* | 6 | 4 | 9 | 19 |
3 | South Africa (SAF) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
4 | New Zealand (NZL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Scotland (SCO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
7 | British Guiana (BGU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals (8 entries) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 63 |
Participating nations
- Australia (5)
- Bermuda (1)
- British Guiana (2)
- Canada (53)
- England (45)
- Ireland (5)
- New Zealand (4)
- Newfoundland (4)
- Scotland (8)
- South Africa (7)
References
- Commonwealth Games Medalists (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.