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New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{infobox country at games

| CGA = NZL

| CGAname = New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association

| games = British Empire Games

| year = 1934

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{url|www.olympic.org.nz }}

| location = London, England

| competitors = 12

| sports =

| flagbearer = Opening: Jack Lovelock
Closing:

| rank = 6

| gold = 1

| silver = 0

| bronze = 2

| officials = 1

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| seealso =

}}

New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games was represented by a small team of 12 competitors and one official. Team selection for the Games in London, England, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Jack Lovelock.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the previous (and first) British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

{{Gold medal}}{{sortname|Jack|Lovelock}}AthleticsMen's 1 mile
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Harold|Brainsby}}AthleticsMen's triple jump
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Noel|Crump}}SwimmingMen's 100 yards freestyle

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%"
style="background:#efefef;"

!colspan=7|Medals by sport

Sport

| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 |Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#dce5e5 |Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#ffdab9 |Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Total

style="text-align:left;"| Athletics

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|2

style="text-align:left;"| Swimming

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Total

! style="background:gold;" |1

! style="background:silver;" |0

! style="background:#c96;" |2

!3

{{Clear}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%"
style="background:#efefef;"

!colspan=7|Medals by gender

Gender

| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 |Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#dce5e5 |Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#ffdab9 |Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Total

style="text-align:left;"| Male

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 2

|3

style="text-align:left;"| Female

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0

|0

style="text-align:left;"| Total

! style="background:gold;" |1

! style="background:silver;" |0

! style="background:#c96;" |2

!3

Competitors

File:NZ team for 1934 British Empire Games.jpg, Harold Brainsby, Len Smith, Lord Bledisloe (governor-general), Noel Crump, Wiremu Whareaitu, Frank Grose, H. McCormick (president), and A. T. Davies (vice-president of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association).]]

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

align=left|Athletics

| 3

03
align=left|Cycling

| 1

{{n/a}}1
align=left|Lawn bowls

| 5

{{n/a}}5
align=left|Swimming

| 3

03
Total || 12 || 0 || 12

Athletics

=Track=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Result

!Rank{{efn-lr|Ranks given are within the heat}}

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Geoff Broadway

|align=left |Men's 440 yards

|

4

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

|align=left |Men's 880 yards

|

4

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Jack Lovelock

|align=left |Men's 1 mile

|

3 Q

| 4:12.8

{{Gold01}}
align=center

|align=left |Men's 3 miles

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| colspan=2 | did not start

{{notelist-lr}}

=Field=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2 |Harold Brainsby

|align=left |Men's long jump

| {{convert|21|ft|6+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on|disp=br()}}

7
align=center

|align=left |Men's triple jump

| {{convert|47|ft|11+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on|disp=br()}}

{{Bronze03}}

Cycling

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2 |Frank Grose

|align=left|Men's 1 km time trial

| 1:20.4

| 4

align=center

|align=left|Men's 10 miles scratch race

|

| 4

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Heats

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal ride-off}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Time

!Opposition
Time

!Opposition
Time

!Rank

style="text-align:left;"|Frank Grose

|style="text-align:left;" rowspan=3|Men's 1000 yards sprint

|{{flagCGFathlete|McKenzie|SRH|1934}}
W 1:48.6

|{{flagCGFathlete|Pethybridge|AUS|1934}}
L 2:08

|{{flagCGFathlete|Clayton|SAF|1934}}
L 2:41

|4

Lawn bowls

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;text-align:center"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=9|Round robin

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

style="text-align:left;"| Len Keys

|style="text-align:left;"| Men's singles

|{{flagCGFathlete|Baker
|SRH|1934}}
L 8–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Hyde-Lay
|HKG|1934}}
L 9–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Macdonald
|CAN|1934}}
L 1–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Rusk
|NIR|1934}}
L 4–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Walker
|AUS|1934}}
L 6–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Holloway
|WAL|1934}}
L 11–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|McKinley
|ENG|1934}}
L 8–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Sprot
|SCO|1934}}
L 15–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Abbott
|SAF|1934}}
L 13–21

|10

style="text-align:left;"| Harold Grocott
Billy Dillicar
George Pollard
George Carter (skip)

|style="text-align:left;"| Men's fours

|{{flagCGF|HKG|1934}}
W 18–16

|{{flagCGF|CAN|1934}}
L 14–19

|{{flagCGF|AUS|1934}}
W 24–12

|{{flagCGF|WAL|1934}}
W 31–17

|{{flagCGF|ENG|1934}}
L 16–28

|{{flagCGF|SCO|1934}}
L 13–29

|{{flagCGF|NIR|1934}}
L

|{{flagCGF|SAF|1934}}
L 15–30

|{{flagCGF|SRH|1934}}
W 20–16

|5

Swimming

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Result

!Rank{{efn-lr|Ranks given are within the heat}}

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left |Noel Crump

|align=left |Men's 100 yards freestyle

| 56.4

2 Q

| 56.2

{{Bronze03}}
align=center

|align=left |Len Smith

|align=left |Men's 200 yards breaststroke

| 2:48.2

3

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Wiremu Whareaitu

|align=left |Men's 100 yards freestyle

| colspan=2 | did not start

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

align=center

|align=left |Men's 100 yards backstroke

|

4

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

|align=left |Noel Crump
Len Smith
Wiremu Whareaitu

|align=left |Men's 3 x 100 yards medley relay

| 3:20.8

1 Q

|

5

{{notelist-lr}}

Officials

See also

External links

  • [http://www.commonwealthgames.org.nz/GamesProfile.aspx?Print=&function=2&GamesID=51 NZOC website on the 1934 games]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723215731/http://www.commonwealthgames.com/ Commonwealth Games Federation website]
  • [http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/A/AthleticstrackAndField/OlympiadsAndEmpireGames/en Athletes in the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand has a paragraph on these Games]

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1934

British Empire Games

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