New Zealand at the 1934 British Empire Games

Sporting event delegation

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

Medal tables

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.

Athletics

Track

1. Ranks given are within the heat

Field

Cycling

Lawn bowls

Swimming

1. Ranks given are within the heat

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