Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's 220 yards

The men's 220 yards event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 7 and 10 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.^[1]

Men's 220 yards at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cyril Holmes  England	John Mumford  Australia	Ted Best  Australia

Results

Heats

Held on 7 February

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.^[2][3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	John Mumford	Australia	21.6	Q, GR
2	1	Denis Shore	South Africa	??.?	Q, 2 yards behind
3	1	John Cumberbatch	Trinidad and Tobago	??.?	Q, 1.5 yards behind
4	1	Ken Richardson	England	??.?
5	1	John Harrison	Canada	??.?
1	2	Cyril Holmes	England	22.0	Q
2	2	Ted Hampson	Australia	22.1e	Q, 1 yard behind
3	2	Jack Brown	Canada	??.?	Q, 2.5 yards behind
4	2	Cecil LeSeur	Southern Rhodesia	22.5e
1	3	Ted Best	Australia	21.6	Q, =GR
2	3	Larry O'Connor	Canada	??.?	Q, 1 yard behind
3	3	Graham Quinn	New Zealand	??.?	Q, 4 yards behind
4	3	Lawrence Wallace	England	??.?
1	4	Bill Roberts	England	21.5	Q, GR
2	4	Howard Yates	Australia	22.1e	Q, 5 yards behind
3	4	Duncan White	British Ceylon	??.?	Q, 4 yards behind
4	4	Sigurd Nielson	Canada	??.?
5	4	Alan Sayers	New Zealand	??.?

Semifinals

Held on 7 February

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.^[2][3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Larry O'Connor	Canada	21.5	Q, GR
2	1	Bill Roberts	England	??.?	Q, 0.5 yard behind
3	1	John Mumford	Australia	21.6e	Q, 1 foot behind
4	1	Ted Hampson	Australia	21.6e
5	1	Graham Quinn	New Zealand	??.?
	1	Duncan White	British Ceylon	DNF
1	2	Cyril Holmes	England	21.3	Q
2	2	Ted Best	Australia	21.4e	Q, 1 foot behind
3	2	Howard Yates	Australia	21.4e	Q, inches behind
4	2	Jack Brown	Canada	21.5e
5	2	Denis Shore	South Africa	??.?
6	2	John Cumberbatch	Trinidad and Tobago	??.?

Final

Held on 10 February^[4][5][6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cyril Holmes	England	21.2	GR
	John Mumford	Australia	21.3e	1 yard behind
	Ted Best	Australia	21.4e	0.5 yard behind
4	Larry O'Connor	Canada	21.6e
5	Howard Yates	Australia	21.7e
6	Bill Roberts	England	21.7e

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. "Placings and times". The Manchester Guardian. 8 February 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
3. "Results at the Empire Games". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 1938. p. 16. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
4. "Athletics and cycling results". The Manchester Guardian. 11 February 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
5. "Games results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 February 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
6. "Results of events at Empire Games". The Gazette. 10 February 1938. p. 15. Retrieved 2 April 2021.