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Athletics at the 1934 British Empire Games
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The men's 1 mile event at the 1934 British Empire Games was held on 6 and 7 August at the White City Stadium in London, England.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jack Lovelock  New Zealand	Sydney Wooderson  England	Jerry Cornes  England

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ken Harris	Wales	4:35.4	Q
2	1	Horace Craske	England	?:??.?	Q
3	1	Jerry Cornes	England	?:??.?	Q
4	1	Robert Graham	Scotland	?:??.?	Q
	1	Wilton Lander	Australia	DNS
	1	Earl Moore	Canada	DNS
	1	Phil Edwards	British Guiana	DNS
1	2	Aubrey Reeve	England	4:24.0	Q
2	2	Sydney Wooderson	England	?:??.?	Q, +5 yd
3	2	Jack Lovelock	New Zealand	?:??.?	Q, +3 yd
4	2	Les Wade	Canada	?:??.?	Q
?	2	John Laidlaw	Scotland	?:??.?
?	2	Harold Thompson	South Africa	?:??.?
?	2	Mannie Dookie	Trinidad and Tobago	?:??.?

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jack Lovelock	New Zealand	4:12.8	GR
	Sydney Wooderson	England	4:13.4e	+5 yd
	Jerry Cornes	England	4:16.6e	+1 yd
4	Aubrey Reeve	England	?:??.?
5	Robert Graham	Scotland	?:??.?
6	Les Wade	Canada	?:??.?
7	Ken Harris	Wales	?:??.?
8	Horace Craske	England	?:??.?

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
2. "Edwards wins remarkable victory in half-mile; Finlay easy first in hurdles". The Manchester Guardian. 8 August 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
3. "Summaries of events at British Empire Games". The Gazette (Montreal). 7 August 1934. p. 12. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
4. "Rampling breaks British record gloriously; great day for Salfrod runners". The Manchester Guardian. 8 August 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
5. "Summaries of events at British Empire Games". The Gazette (Montreal). 8 August 1934. p. 14. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
6. "Final day of athletics". The Age. 9 August 1934. p. 10. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

• Athletics at the 1934 British Empire Games
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