New Zealand at the 1930 British Empire Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Competitors	22
Flag bearers	Opening: Stan Lay Closing:
Officials	3
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 9
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 at the 1930 British Empire Games was represented by a team of 22 competitors and three officials. Team selection for the Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Stan Lay.

These were the first British Empire Games, although in 1911 there was an Empire sports competition at the Festival of Empire in London. New Zealand has competed in every games since.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Stan Lay	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Gold	Bill Savidan	Athletics	Men's 6 miles
Gold	Mick Brough Arthur Eastwood (cox) Jack Macdonald Bert Sandos Ben Waters	Rowing	Men's coxed four
Silver	William Fielding Peter McWhannell	Lawn bowls	Men's pair
Silver	Mick Brough Arthur Eastwood (cox) John Gilby Jack Macdonald Vic Olsson Bert Sandos Charles Saunders Rangi Thompson Ben Waters	Rowing	Men's eight
Silver	Gordon Bridson	Swimming	Men's 1500 yards freestyle
Silver	Gordon Bridson	Swimming	Men's 440 yards freestyle
Bronze	William Fielding	Lawn bowls	Men's singles
Bronze	Berry Johnson Vic Olsson Alexander Ross Charles Saunders	Rowing	Men's coxless four

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	2	0	0	2
Rowing	1	1	1	3
Swimming	0	2	0	2
Lawn bowls	0	1	1	2
Total	3	4	2	9

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	3	4	2	9
Female	0	0	0	0
Total	3	4	2	9

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank[i]	Result	Rank
Allan Elliot	Men's 100 yards	9.7	3	did not advance
	Men's 220 yards		3	did not advance
Bill Savidan	Men's 3 miles	—		did not finish
	Men's 6 miles	—		30:49.6

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Ossie Johnson	Men's triple jump	43 ft 2 in (13.16 m)	6
Stan Lay	Men's javelin throw	207 ft 1+1⁄2 in (63.13 m)

Athlete	Event	Round robin				Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
William Fielding	Men's singles	Reid  (CAN) W 21 – 20	Colquhoun  (ENG) L 19 – 21	Thomas  (SAF) L 15 – 21	—
William Fielding Peter McWhannell	Men's pairs	England L 13 – 20	South Africa W 21 – 13	Canada W 19 – 16	—
William Fielding Peter McWhannell Harold Frost Edward Leach	Men's four	Scotland L 11 – 20	England L 9 – 29	Canada W 27 – 20	South Africa L 18 – 19	5[1]

Athlete	Event	Rank
Arthur Eastwood (cox) Bert Sandos Ben Waters Mick Brough Jack Macdonald	Men's coxed four
Alex Ross Charles Saunders Berry Johnson Vic Olsson	Men's coxless four
Arthur Eastwood (cox) Bert Sandos Charles Saunders Ben Waters Mick Brough Rangi Thompson John Gilby Jack Macdonald Vic Olsson	Men's eight

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Gordon Bridson	Men's 440 yards freestyle	4:45.8
	Men's 1500 yards freestyle	19:41.0
Gladys Pidgeon	Women's 200 yards breaststroke		6

• Team manager – Rex Hobbs
• Chaperone – Jane Pidgeon
• Rowing coach – Harry Ayres

• New Zealand Olympic Committee
• New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
• New Zealand at the 1928 Summer Olympics
• New Zealand at the 1932 Summer Olympics

• Ron Palenski & Terry Maddaford: The Games Auckland: Moa Publications Ltd. ISBN 0-908570-62-7

• NZOC website on the 1930 games
• Commonwealth Games Federation website
• Athletes in the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand has a paragraph on these Games