England came away with the most medals in the athletics competition, winning nine gold medals and twenty-five medals overall. The hosts, Canada, were the next most successful and won 19 medals all together, six of which were gold. South Africa were the other nation to take away a large athletics medal haul, having three golds and ten medals in total. Eight nations featured on the medal tally at the first British Empire Games.
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At the 1930 British Empire Games 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 Athletics at the 1st British Empire and Commonwealth GamesThe now modernised Civic Stadium in HamiltonDates16 23 August 1930Host cityHamilton CanadaVenueCivic StadiumLevelSeniorEvents21Participation134 athletes from 10 nations1934 London 1930 British Empire GamesEngland came away with the most medals in the athletics competition winning nine gold medals and twenty five medals overall The hosts Canada were the next most successful and won 19 medals all together six of which were gold South Africa were the other nation to take away a large athletics medal haul having three golds and ten medals in total Eight nations featured on the medal tally at the first British Empire Games South African Harry Hart was highly successful in the throwing events and he came away from the games as the champion in the shot put and discus throw as well as being the javelin throw bronze medallist David Burghley took a hurdles double for England winning both the 110 yard and 440 yard races Reg Thomas won the mile run and was the 880 yards silver medallist John Fitzpatrick of Canada won a medal of each colour in the sprinting events winning his gold with the Canadian 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 Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Medal table 3 Participating nations 4 ReferencesMedal summary Edit Percy Williams men s 100 yards champion Event Gold Silver Bronze100 yardsdetails Percy Williams Canada 9 9 Ernie Page England 10 2e John Fitzpatrick Canada 10 2e220 yardsdetails Stanley Engelhart England 21 8 John Fitzpatrick Canada Willie Walters South Africa440 yardsdetails Alex Wilson Canada 48 8 Willie Walters South Africa 48 9e George Golding Australia880 yardsdetails Tommy Hampson England 1 52 4 Reg Thomas England 1 55 5e Alex Wilson Canada 1 55 6e1 miledetails Reg Thomas England 4 14 0 William Whyte Australia 4 17 0e Jerry Cornes England3 milesdetails Stan Tomlin England 14 27 4 Alex Hillhouse Australia 14 27 6e Jack Winfield England 14 29 0e6 milesdetails Billy Savidan New Zealand 30 49 6 Ernie Harper England 31 01 6e Tom Evenson EnglandMarathondetails Dunky Wright Scotland 2 43 43 Sam Ferris England 2 47 13e Johnny Miles Canada 2 48 23e120 yards hurdlesdetails David Burghley England 14 6 Howard Davies South Africa 14 7e Fred Gaby England440 yards hurdlesdetails David Burghley England 54 4 Roger Leigh Wood England 55 9e Douglas Neame England2 miles steeplechasedetails George Bailey England 9 52 0 Alex Hillhouse Australia 75 yd Vernon Morgan England4 110 yards relaydetails Canada CAN Leigh MillerJim BrownRalph AdamsJohn Fitzpatrick 42 2 England ENG John HeapJames CohenJohn HanlonStanley Engelhart 42 7e South Africa SAF Werner GerhardtHoward DaviesWilfred LeggWillie Walters4 440 yards relaydetails England ENG Roger Leigh WoodStuart TownendDavid BurghleyKenneth Brangwin 3 19 4 Canada CAN Art ScottStanley GloverJimmy BallAlex Wilson 3 19 8e South Africa SAF John ChandlerWilfred LeggWerner GerhardtWillie WaltersHigh jumpdetails Johannes Viljoen South Africa 6 3 1 905 m Colin Gordon British Guiana 6 2 1 88 m William Stargratt Canada 6 1 1 855 m Pole vaultdetails Victor Pickard Canada 12 3 3 73 m Howard Ford England 12 3 3 73 m Robert Stoddard Canada 12 0 3 655 m Long jumpdetails Len Hutton Canada 23 71 2 7 20 m Reg Revans England 22 6 6 86 m Johannes Viljoen South Africa 22 6 6 86 m Triple jumpdetails Gordon Smallacombe Canada 48 5 14 755 m Reg Revans England 46 103 4 14 29 m Len Hutton Canada 45 71 4 13 90 m Shot putdetails Harry Hart South Africa 47 10 14 58 m Robert Howland England 44 2 13 46 m Charles Hermann Canada 42 7 12 98 m Discus throwdetails Harry Hart South Africa 135 11 41 425 m Charles Hermann Canada 135 3 41 22 m Abe Zvonkin Canada 135 1 41 17 m Hammer Throwdetails Malcolm Nokes England 154 7 47 12 m Bill Britton Ireland 153 10 46 89 m John Cameron Canada 145 10 44 45 m Javelin throwdetails Stan Lay New Zealand 207 11 2 63 13 m Doral Pilling Canada 183 6 55 93 m Harry Hart South Africa 174 7 53 21 m Medal table Edit Host nation Canada RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 England ENG 9106252 Canada CAN 649193 South Africa SAF 325104 New Zealand NZL 20025 Scotland SCO 10016 Australia AUS 03147 British Guiana BGU 0101 Ireland0101Totals 8 entries 21212163Participating nations Edit Australia 5 Bermuda 1 British Guiana 2 Canada 53 England 45 Ireland 5 New Zealand 4 Newfoundland 4 Scotland 8 South Africa 7 References EditCommonwealth Games Medalists Men GBR Athletics Retrieved on 2010 07 21 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 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