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New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games

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CGF code
  
NZL

Competitors
  
71

Website
  
www.olympic.org.nz

Flag bearer
  
Opening: Closing:

New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games

CGA
  
New Zealand Olympic Committee

Medals Ranked 5thth
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 5 7 13 25

New Zealand (abbreviated NZL) sent a team of 71 competitors and 13 officials to the 1938 British Empire Games, which were held in Sydney, Australia. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony was James Leckie. The team of 71 included 18 athletes, 17 rowers, 8 swimmers and divers, and 7 each of boxers, cyclists and wrestlers.

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New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the first British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario. Selection is the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic Committee.

Medals

New Zealand was fifth in the medal table in 1938.

Gold

Athletics:

01 ! Pat Boot — Men's 880 yards 01 ! Cecil Matthews — Men's 3 Miles 01 ! Cecil Matthews — Men's 6 Miles

Lawn Bowls:

01 ! Bill Bremner, Ernie Jury, Alec Robertson and Bill Whittaker — Men's Fours 01 ! Walter Denison, Lance Macey — Men's Pairs

Silver

Athletics:

02 ! Stan Lay — Men's Javelin Throw

Boxing:

02 ! Arthur Heeney — Men's Welterweight 64–69 kg

Cycling:

02 ! John Brown — Men's Road Race

Lawn Bowls:

02 ! Frank Livingstone — Men's Singles

Rowing:

02 ! Kenneth Boswell, George Burns, Jim Clayton, Albert Hope and John Rigby — Men's Coxed Four

Wrestling:

02 ! James Dryden — Men's 100 kg 02 ! Vernon Thomas — Men's Lightweight

Bronze

Athletics:

03 ! Arnold Anderson, Graham Quinn, Alan Sayers and Harold Tyrie — Men's 4 × 440 yards Relay 03 ! Pat Boot — Men's 1 Mile 03 ! Elizabeth Forbes — Women's High Jump 03 ! James Leckie — Men's Hammer Throw 03 ! Rona Tong — Women's 80 m Hurdles

Boxing:

03 ! Kenneth Moran — Men's Featherweight 54–57 kg

Cycling:

03 ! George Giles — Men's Sprint

Rowing:

03 ! Howard Benge, John Charters, Oswald Denison, James Gould, Gus Jackson, Leslie Pithie, Cyril Stiles, William Stodart and Fred Thompson — Men's Eight 03 ! Gus Jackson and Robert Smith — Men's Double Sculls 03 ! Robert Smith — Men's Single Sculls

Swimming:

03 ! Mona Leydon — Women's 440 yards Freestyle

Wrestling:

03 ! Joseph Genet — Men's 62 kg 03 ! Jeremiah Podjursky — Men's 74 kg

Athletics

See also Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games

  • Theo Allen
  • Arnold Anderson
  • Pat Boot
  • Elizabeth Forbes
  • Alan Geddes
  • Stan Lay
  • James Leckie
  • Doreen Lumley
  • Cecil Matthews
  • Mary Mitchell
  • John Morgan
  • Bill Pullar
  • Graham Quinn
  • Alan Sayers
  • Philip Sharpley
  • Doris Strachan
  • Rona Tong
  • Harold Tyrie

    • Boxing

    See also Boxing at the 1938 British Empire Games

  • Joseph Collins 57 – 60 kg (lightweight) : eliminated
  • Arthur Heeney 64 – 69 kg (welterweight): Silver medal
  • Kenneth Moran 54 – 57 kg (featherweight): Bronze medal
  • John Parker 51 – 54 kg (bantamweight): eliminated
  • Hugh Sheridan 48 – 51 kg (flyweight): eliminated
  • Arthur Sutherland 71 – 75 kg (middleweight): eliminated
  • Ronald Withell + 91 kg (super heavyweight): eliminated

    • Cycling

    See also Cycling at the 1938 British Empire Games

  • John Brown: Road race – Men: Silver medal
  • Frank Grose: Road race – Men: did not finish
  • Ronald Triner: Road race – Men: 7th place
  • George Giles
  • Gordon Patrick
  • Roy Taylor
  • Ron Ulmer

    • Lawn Bowls

    See also Lawn Bowls at the 1938 British Empire Games

  • Men's Four: Gold Medal (Bill Bremner, Ernie Jury, Alec Robertson, Bill Whittaker)
  • Men's Pair: Gold Medal (Walter Denison, Lance Macey)
  • Men's Singles: Silver Medal – Frank Livingstone

    • Rowing

  • Men's Eight: Bronze Medal – Howard Benge, John Charters, Oswald Denison, James Gould, Gus Jackson, Leslie Pithie, Fred Thompson, Cyril Stiles, William Stodart,
  • Men's Coxed Four: Silver Medal – Kenneth Boswell, George Burns, Jim Clayton, Albert Hope, John Rigby.
  • Men's Double Sculls: Bronze Medal – Gus Jackson, Bob Smith
  • Men's Single Sculls: Bronze Medal – Bob Smith
  • Percival Stowers and Cliff Johnson were in the team but their event is not recorded.

    • Swimming and diving

    See also Swimming at the 1938 British Empire Games

  • Noel Crump
  • John (Jack) Davies – 220 yards Breaststroke – Men – 4th in heat, did not advance.
  • Winifred Dunn: 220 yards Breaststroke – Women – 7th place.
  • Peter Hanan: 110 yards Freestyle – Men – Result not recorded.
  • Mona Leydon: 440 yards Freestyle – Women – Bronze Medal (5m 42s)
  • Joyce Macdonald: 110 yards Backstroke – Women – Result not recorded.
  • Len Newell
  • Gwen Rix: Diving : 1m Springboard – Women – 6th place (65.86 points)

    • Wrestling

    See also Wrestling at the 1938 British Empire Games

  • Torsten Anderson – Freestyle 90 kg – Men – 4th place
  • James Dryden – Freestyle 100 kg – Men – Silver medal
  • Joseph Genet – Freestyle 62 kg – Men – Bronze medal
  • Harcourt Godfrey – Freestyle 82 kg – Men – eliminated
  • Leo Nolan – Freestyle 57 kg – Men – eliminated
  • Jeremiah Podjursky – Freestyle 74 kg – Men – Bronze medal
  • Vernon Thomas – Freestyle Lightweight – Men – Silver medal

    • Officials

  • H McCormick: Chef de Mission
  • Dolph Kitto: Deputy Chef de Mission
  • B R McKernan: Athletics coach
  • F Hughes: Boxing sport manager
  • H L Grant: Cycling manager
  • A Whitten: Lawn Bowls manager
  • E Petty: Lawn Bowls assistant manager
  • Herbert Ayers: Rowing coach
  • Allen Hale: Rowing sport manager
  • E C Isaacs: Swimming sport manager
  • A Craig: Wrestling coach
  • J Creeke: Wrestling sport manager
  • E G Sutherland: Chaperone

    • References

    New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games Wikipedia
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