New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games

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 at the 1934 British Empire Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in London, England
Competitors	12
Flag bearers	Opening: Jack Lovelock Closing:
Officials	1
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
British Empire Games appearances
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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

Medal tables

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Jack Lovelock	Athletics	Men's 1 mile
Bronze	Harold Brainsby	Athletics	Men's triple jump
Bronze	Noel Crump	Swimming	Men's 100 yards freestyle

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	1	0	1	2
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	1	0	2	3

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	0	2	3
Female	0	0	0	0
Total	1	0	2	3

Competitors

Members of the New Zealand team at a farewell function before departing for the 1934 British Empire Games. Left to right: Geoff Broadway, 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.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	0	3
Cycling	1	—	1
Lawn bowls	5	—	5
Swimming	3	0	3
Total	12	0	12

Athletics

Track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Geoff Broadway	Men's 440 yards		4	did not advance
	Men's 880 yards		4	did not advance
Jack Lovelock	Men's 1 mile		3 Q	4:12.8
	Men's 3 miles	—		did not start

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Harold Brainsby	Men's long jump	21 ft 6+1⁄2 in (6.57 m)	7
	Men's triple jump	47 ft 11+1⁄2 in (14.62 m)

Cycling

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Frank Grose	Men's 1 km time trial	1:20.4	4
	Men's 10 miles scratch race		4

Athlete	Event	Heats	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Frank Grose	Men's 1000 yards sprint	McKenzie (SRH) W 1:48.6	Pethybridge (AUS) L 2:08	Clayton (SAF) L 2:41	4

Lawn bowls

Athlete	Event	Round robin									Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Len Keys	Men's singles	Baker  (SRH) L 8–21	Hyde-Lay  (HKG) L 9–21	Macdonald  (CAN) L 1–21	Rusk  (NIR) L 4–21	Walker  (AUS) L 6–21	Holloway  (WAL) L 11–21	McKinley  (ENG) L 8–21	Sprot  (SCO) L 15–21	Abbott  (SAF) L 13–21	10
Harold Grocott Billy Dillicar George Pollard George Carter (skip)	Men's fours	Hong Kong W 18–16	Canada L 14–19	Australia W 24–12	Wales W 31–17	England L 16–28	Scotland L 13–29	Northern Ireland L	South Africa L 15–30	Southern Rhodesia W 20–16	5

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Noel Crump	Men's 100 yards freestyle	56.4	2 Q	56.2
Len Smith	Men's 200 yards breaststroke	2:48.2	3	did not advance
Wiremu Whareaitu	Men's 100 yards freestyle	did not start		—
	Men's 100 yards backstroke		4	did not advance
Noel Crump Len Smith Wiremu Whareaitu	Men's 3 x 100 yards medley relay	3:20.8	1 Q		5

Officials

• Team manager – Arthur Porritt

See also

• New Zealand Olympic Committee
• New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
• New Zealand at the 1932 Summer Olympics
• New Zealand at the 1936 Summer Olympics

External links

• NZOC website on the 1934 games
• Commonwealth Games Federation website
• Athletes in the Encyclopaedia of New Zealand has a paragraph on these Games