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Aquatics at the 1934 British Empire Games

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At the 1934 British Empire Games in London, England, there were two aquatics disciplines – swimming and diving. There were four diving events contested and eleven swimming events.[1][2][3]

LocationLondon, England
Dates4 – 11 August 1934
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Aquatics at the 1934 British Empire Games
VenueWembley Empire Pool
LocationLondon, England
Dates4 – 11 August 1934
 1930
1938 
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Wembley Empire Pool

The events were held at the Wembley Empire Pool, which was built specifically for the games on the instruction of Arthur Elvin.[4][5][6]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (England)

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Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)84618
2 England (ENG)*46616
3 Australia (AUS)3205
4 Scotland (SCO)2237
5 South Africa (SAF)0202
6 Jamaica (JAM)0101
7 New Zealand (NZL)0011
 Wales (WAL)0011
Totals (8 entries)17171751
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Medal summary

Diving

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard  John Brisco Ray (ENG)117.12  Doug Tomalin (ENG)110.50  Harry Class (CAN)106.57
10 m platform  Tommy Mather (ENG)83.83  Doug Tomalin (ENG)83.63  Louis Marchant (ENG)70.64
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Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard  Judith Moss (CAN)62.27  Lesley Thompson (AUS)60.49  Doris Ogilvie (CAN)57.00
10 m platform  Dot Macready (ENG)30.74  Lesley Thompson (AUS)27.64  Cecily Cousens (ENG)27.36
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Swimming

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yd freestyle  George Burleigh (CAN)55.0  George Larson (CAN)55.6  Noel Crump (NZL)56.2
440 yd freestyle  Noel Ryan (AUS)5:03.0  Norman Wainwright (ENG)5:07.8  Bob Pirie (CAN)5:14.8
1500 yd freestyle  Noel Ryan (AUS)18:25.4  Bob Pirie (CAN)18:28.4  Norman Wainwright (ENG)18:33.2
100 yd backstroke  Willie Francis (SCO)01:05.2  John Besford (ENG)1:05.6  Ben Gazell (CAN)1:06.6
200 yd breaststroke  Norman Hamilton (SCO)2:41.4  William McCarty (JAM)2:42.4  Bill Puddy (CAN)2:42.8
4×200 yd freestyle relay Canada
George Larson
George Burleigh
Robert Hooper
Bob Pirie
8:40.6 England
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams
Norman Wainwright
Reginald Sutton
Bob Leivers
8:52.8 Scotland
George Anderson
Harry Cunningham
Merrlees Chassels
Willie Burns
9:23.4
3×110 yd medley relay Canada
Ben Gazell
George Burleigh
Albert Puddy
3:11.2 Scotland
Merrlees Chassels
Norman Hamilton
Willie Francis
3:15.2 England
Arthur Summers
John Besford
Mostyn Ffrench-Williams
3:16.0
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Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yd freestyle  Phyllis Dewar (CAN)1:03.0  Irene Pirie (CAN)1:03.6  Jean McDowell (SCO)1:05.8
440 yd freestyle  Phyllis Dewar (CAN)5:45.6 South Africa Jenny Maakal (SAF)5:53.0  Irene Pirie (CAN)5:54.4
100 yd backstroke  Phyllis Harding (ENG)1:13.8  Margot Hamilton (SCO)1:15.0 Wales Valerie Davies (WAL)1:18.2
200 yd breaststroke  Clare Dennis (AUS)2:50.2  Phyllis Haslam (CAN)2:55.4  Margery Hinton (ENG)2:58.6
4×100 yd freestyle relay Canada
Phyllis Dewar
Florence Humble
Margaret Hutton
Irene Pirie
4:21.8 South Africa
Jenny Maakal
Enid Hayward
Kathleen Russell
Molly Ryde
4:34.0 England
Edna Hughes
Beatrice Wolstenholme
Olive Bartle
Margery Hinton
4:34.4
3×110 yd medley relay Canada
Margaret Hutton
Phyllis Haslam
Phyllis Dewar
3:42.0 England
Phyllis Harding
Vera Kingston
Edna Hughes
3:43.0 Scotland
Jean McDowell
Margot Hamilton
Madge McCallum
3:50.0
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Finals

Men (swimming)

100 yd freestyle

440 yd freestyle

1500 yd freestyle

100 yd backstroke

200 yd breaststroke

4×200 yd freestyle relay

3×110 yd medley relay

Women (swimming)

100 yd freestyle

440 yd freestyle

100 yd backstroke

200 yd breaststroke

4×100 yd freestyle relay

3×110 yd medley relay

Men (diving)

3 m springboard

10 m platform

Women (diving)

3 m springboard

10 m platform

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