Cycling at the 1938 British Empire Games

Cycling at the 1938 British Empire Games was the second appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The track events took place at Henson Park, Marrickville, an asphalt and bitumen outdoor track, while the road race was centered around Centennial Park.

Australia topped the cycling medal table with two gold medals.

Medal table

Medal winners Time TrialSprint 1000 yd10-mile Scratch Sidney Rose (SAF)Road Race Hennie Binneman (SAF)

Results

1,000m Time Trial

PosAthleteTime1 Bob Porter 1:15.2 mins2 Tasman Johnson 1:15.7 mins3 Ernie Mills 1:15.9 mins4 William Maxfield 1:16.3 mins5 Dunc Gray 1:16.5 mins6 Ron Ulmer 1:16.6 mins8 Ray Hicks 1:16.9 mins9 George Giles 1:17.3 mins10 Morris Robinson 1:17.7 mins11 Islwyn Lampard 1:18.8 mins12 Sidney Rose 1:18.8 mins13 Hennie Binneman 1:20.5 mins14 Janki Das 1:22.8 mins

10 mile scratch race Mills team rode Maxfield and Hicks before pulling out on the last lap. PosAthleteTime1 William Maxfield24:44.02 Ray Hicks 3 Sidney Rose4 Fred Ashby 5 John Molloy 6 Reg Braddick Ernie Mills unplaced Hennie Binnemanunplaced Morris Robinsonunplaced George Gravesunplaced Islwyn Lampard unplaced George Giles unplaced Gordon Patrickunplaced Ron Ulmerunplaced Charlie E. Wright dnf, mechanical Janki Das dnf fell

1,000 yards sprint championship First Round George Giles bt Janki Das Ron Ulmer bt Dunc Gray Tassy Johnson bt Islwyn Lampard William Maxfield bt Sidney Rose Ray Hicks bt Morris Robinson Roy Taylor bt Bob Porter

Repechage Gray bt Robinson Porter bt Lampard

Quarter finals Ulmer bt Hicks Giles bt Johnson Gray bt Taylor Porter bt Maxfield

Semi finals Gray bt Ulmer Porter bt Giles

Third place Giles bt Ulmer

Final Gray bt Porter by a wheel

Road Race PosAthleteTime1 Hennie Binneman 2'53:29.62 John Brown s.t3 Ray Jones s.t4 Ernie Mills 5 Morris Robinson 6 Fred Hines Alick Yuille dnf Harold Clayton dnf George Graves dnf Islwyn Lampard dnf William Maxfield dnf Janki Das dnf Frank Grose dnf Ronald Triner dnf Sidney Rose dnf Reg Braddick dnf

References

See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Cycling at the Commonwealth Games