# Australia at the 1934 British Empire Games

Australia at the 1934 British Empire Games was abbreviated AUS. This was their second of 2 Commonwealth Games meets.

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Jack Metcalfe | Athletics | Men's Hop, Step, Jump |
| Gold | Leonard Cook | Boxing | Lightweight |
| Gold | Dunc Gray | Cycling | Men's Time Trial |
| Gold | Noel Ryan | Swimming | Men's 440 yd Freestyle |
| Gold | Noel Ryan | Swimming | 1,500 yd Freestyle |
| Gold | Clare Dennis | Swimming | Women's 200 yd Breaststroke |
| Gold | Dick Garrard | Wrestling | Men's Lightweight |
| Gold | John Knight | Wrestling | Men's Heavyweight |
| Silver | Charles Reilly | Athletics | Men's 440 yards Hurdles |
| Silver | Horace Pethybridge | Cycling | Men's 1,000 yards Sprint |
| Silver | Lesley Thompson | Diving | Women's Springboard |
| Silver | Lesley Thompson | Diving | Women's Platform |
| Bronze | Fred Woodhouse | Athletics | Men's Pole Vault |
| Bronze | Jack Metcalfe | Athletics | Men's Broad Jump |

## 1934 Australian Team & Results
### Athletics

100 yards
* Howard Spencer Yates – 6th (heat 10.1, semi 10.1)
* Jack C Horsfall – 3rd (heat)
* Noel Dempsey – 4th (heat)
220 yards
* Jack C Horsfall -3rd (heat 6)
* Noel Dempsey – 4th, 22.9 (semi)
* Howard Spencer Yates – 5th, 22.4 (semi)
440 yards
* H Wilton Lander – 3rd (heat)
880 yards
* H Wilton Lander – 4th (heat)
440 yards Hurdles
* Charles P Reilly – Silver, 55.5 sec
Hop, Step, Jump
* John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – Gold, 51 ft 31/2 in (GR)
Broad Jump
* John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – Silver, 22 ft 9 in
High Jump
* John Patrick 'Jack' Metcalfe – 4th, 6 ft 2 in
Pole Vault
* Frederick Irvine Woodhouse – Bronze, 12 ft 3 in
4x110 yards Relay
* Noel Dempsey – 4x100 yards Relay – 4th
* Jack C Horsfall – 4x110 yards Relay – 4th
* H Wilton Lander – 4x110 yards Relay – 4th
* Howard Spencer Yates – 4x110 yards Relay – 4th

### Bowls

* E W Walker – singles – 6th
* T M Rainer – pairs – 9th
* J Banks – pairs – 9th
* C Gale – fours/rinks – 9th
* H Langley – fours/rinks – 9th
* William White – fours/rinks – 9th
* Sir Henry Barwell – fours/rinks – 9th

### Boxing

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)
* Leonard Arthur Cook – Gold

### Cycling

Time Trial
* Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray – Gold, 1:16.4 (GR)
10 miles
* Edgar Laurence 'Dunc' Gray – Did not finish
* Horrace James Pethybridge – Did not finish
1,000 yards Sprint
* Horrace James Pethybridge – Silver

### Swimming

100 yd Freestyle
* Reginald Vaughan Clark
100 yd Backstroke
* Reginald Vaughan Clark
3x110 yd Medley Relay
* Reginald Vaughan Clark – 4th, 3:16.8
* Alan Edward Higginson – 4th, 3:16.8
* Noel Phillip Ryan – 4th, 3:16.8
200 yd Breaststroke, Men
* Alan Edward Higginson – 4th, 2:44.8
200 yd Breaststroke, Women
* Clare Dennis – Gold, 2:50.2 (GR)
440 yd Freestyle
* Noel Phillip Ryan – Gold, 5:03.0 (GR)
1,500 yd Freestyle
* Noel Phillip Ryan – Gold, 18:25.4 (GR)

### Diving

Springboard
* Lesley Julia Thompson – Silver, 60.49 points
Platform
* Lesley Julia Thompson – Silver, 27.64 points

### Wrestling

Lightweight (up to 68 kg)
* Richard Edward 'Dick' Garrard – Gold
Heavyweight (up to 100 kg)
* John Lambert 'Jack' Knight – Gold

## Officials

* Honorary Manager Herbert Krause Maxwell (NSW)
* Hon Chaperone – Millicent Isabel Watson (VIC)