The 1934 British Empire Games were the second edition of what is now known as the

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, held in England, from 4–11 August 1934. The host city was

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, with the main venue at

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, although the track cycling events were in

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. Seventeen national teams took part, including the

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(the only Games in which they participated, although an

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team competed at the 1930 Games). The 1934 Games had been originally awarded to

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, South Africa, but the change of venue to London was made due to concerns regarding the treatment of black and Asian athletes by South African officials and fans. Six sports were featured in the Games: athletics in

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; boxing, wrestling, and aquatics (swimming and diving) in the Empire Pool and Arena, Wembley; cycling in

Fallowfield Stadium Fallowfield Stadium was an athletics stadium and velodrome in Fallowfield, Manchester, England. It opened in May 1892 as the home of Manchester Athletics Club after it was forced to move from its home next to Old Trafford Cricket Ground. Fallowfi ...

, Manchester; and

lawn bowls Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green, which may be flat (for "flat-gre ...

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and

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. Events for women athletes included a debut in

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; the previous games had women's events only in swimming and diving.

Participating teams

(Teams participating for the first time in bold). * * * * * * * *

* * * * * * * * * * * *The affiliation of Irish athletes at these games is unclear, see Ireland at the British Empire Games § 1934 games

Medals by country

Medals by event

Athletics

Boxing

Cycling

Track

Diving

Men's events

Women's events

Lawn bowls

All events were for men only.

Swimming

Men's

Women's

Wrestling

All events were for men only.

References

External links

"London 1934"
''Thecgf.com''. Commonwealth Games Federation.
"Results and Medalists—1934 British Empire Games"
''Thecgf.com''. Commonwealth Games Federation
British Pathe: British Empire Games (1934)
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