Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
220 yd hurdles (invitation)	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men
110–220–110 yd relay		women
220–110–220–110 yd relay		women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
2 miles walk (invitation)	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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The men's 120 yards hurdles event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 12 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.^[1][2][3][4]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tom Lavery  South Africa	Larry O'Connor  Canada	Sid Stenner  Australia

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Tom Lavery	South Africa	14.4	Q, GR
2	1	Sid Stenner	Australia	14.5e	Q, 0.5 yard behind
3	1	Phillip Sharpley	New Zealand	??.?	Q, 8 yards behind
4	1	Fred Popplewell	Australia	??.?
1	2	Larry O'Connor	Canada	14.6	Q
2	2	Sid Kiel	South Africa	??.?	Q, 1 yard behind
3	2	Don McLardy	Australia	15.0e	Q, 2 yards behind
4	2	George Wilson	Australia	15.2e

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tom Lavery	South Africa	14.0 (w)	GR
	Larry O'Connor	Canada	14.2e (w)	1 yard behind
	Sid Stenner	Australia	14.4e (w)	1.5 yards behind
4	Don McLardy	Australia	14.6e (w)
5	Sid Kiel	South Africa	14.7e (w)
6	Phillip Sharpley	New Zealand	15.0e (w)