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Athletics at the 1st British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the 1st British Empire and Commonwealth Games
	The now-modernised Civic Stadium in Hamilton
Dates	16–23 August 1930
Host city	Hamilton, Canada
Venue	Civic Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	21
Participation	134 athletes from ; 10 nations
	1934 London → ; 1930 British Empire Games

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.

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.

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.

There were no events for women at this edition of the games.

Medal summary

Percy Williams, men's 100 yards champion

Medallists in men's athletics by event, including times, heights and distances
Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards details	Percy Williams Canada	9.9	Ernie Page England	10.2e	John Fitzpatrick Canada	10.2e
220 yards details	Stanley Engelhart England	21.8	John Fitzpatrick Canada		Willie Walters South Africa
440 yards details	Alex Wilson Canada	48.8	Willie Walters South Africa	48.9e	George Golding Australia
880 yards details	Tommy Hampson England	1:52.4	Reg Thomas England	1:55.5e	Alex Wilson Canada	1:55.6e
1 mile details	Reg Thomas England	4:14.0	William Whyte Australia	4:17.0e	Jerry Cornes England
3 miles details	Stan Tomlin England	14:27.4	Alex Hillhouse Australia	14:27.6e	Jack Winfield England	14:29.0e
6 miles details	Billy Savidan New Zealand	30:49.6	Ernie Harper England	31:01.6e	Tom Evenson England
Marathon details	Dunky Wright Scotland	2:43:43	Sam Ferris England	2:47:13e	Johnny Miles Canada	2:48:23e
120 yards hurdles details	David Burghley England	14.6	Howard Davies South Africa	14.7e	Fred Gaby England
440 yards hurdles details	David Burghley England	54.4	Roger Leigh-Wood England	55.9e	Douglas Neame England
2 miles steeplechase details	George Bailey England	9:52.0	Alex Hillhouse Australia	+75 yds (10:04.8 e)	Vernon Morgan England
4 × 110 yards relay details	Canada (CAN) Leigh Miller Jim Brown Ralph Adams John Fitzpatrick	42.2	England (ENG) John Heap James Cohen John Hanlon Stanley Engelhart	42.7e	South Africa (SAF) Werner Gerhardt Howard Davies Wilfred Legg Willie Walters
4 × 440 yards relay details	England (ENG) Roger Leigh-Wood Stuart Townend David Burghley Kenneth Brangwin	3:19.4	Canada (CAN) Art Scott Stanley Glover Jimmy Ball Alex Wilson	3:19.8e	South Africa (SAF) John Chandler Wilfred Legg Werner Gerhardt Willie Walters
High jump details	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 vault details	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 jump details	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 jump details	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 put details	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 throw details	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 Throw details	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 throw details	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

* Host nation (Canada)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
7	Ireland	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 entries)		21	21	21	63