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Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
220 yd hurdles (invitation)	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men
110–220–110 yd relay		women
220–110–220–110 yd relay		women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
2 miles walk (invitation)	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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The men's 3 miles event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 5 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cecil Matthews	New Zealand	13:59.6	GR
	Peter Ward	England	14:05.4	30 yards behind
	Scotty Rankine	Canada	14:24.0e	220 yards behind
4	Wally Hayward	South Africa	14:24.4
5	Stan Nicholls	Australia	14:30.0
6	Lawrence Weatherill	England	??:??.?
7	Alan Geddes	New Zealand	??:??.?
8	Keith Faulkner	Australia	??:??.?
	Walter Weightman	Australia	DNF
	Fred Colman	Australia	DNF
	Milton Wallace	Canada	DNF
	Arthur Clarke	Canada	DNS
	Lloyd Longman	Canada	DNS
	Robert Graham	Scotland	DNS

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. "Empire Games: A day of records; fine victory for C.B. Holmes". The Manchester Guardian. 6 February 1938. p. 26. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
3. "The results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 February 1938. p. 19. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

• Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
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