At the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, there were two aquatics disciplines – swimming and diving. There were four diving events contested and eleven swimming events. The aquatics programme included the only women's events of the games.
These events were held at the Hamilton Municipal Pool (now the Jimmy Thompson Memorial Pool), which was built specifically for these games. At that time, it was the best competition pool in the British Empire.http://sporthamilton.com/content/people/JimmyThompson.pdf
England topped the swimming medal table with six gold medals, although Canada equalled the number of six golds by virtue of winning three of the four diving gold medals.
Medal table
Medal summary
Diving
Men's events 3 m springboard14713812710 m platform90.683.382.3
Women's events 3 m springboard90.189.788.710 m platform39.338.3Only two entrants
Swimming Men's events 100 yd freestyle56.056.1400 yd freestyle4.39.84.45.81500 yd freestyle18:55.419:41100 yd backstroke1:05.41:061:07200 yd breaststroke2.38.42.39.62:454×200 ydfreestyle relayBert GibsonMunroe BourneGeorge BurleighJames Thompson8:42.4Freddie MiltonNorman BrooksArthur WattsJoseph Whiteside8:43Only two teams entered
Women's events 100 yd freestyle1:03.01:07400 yd freestyle5:255:28100 yd backstroke1:151:171:18200 yd breaststroke2:54 [WR]4×100 ydfreestyle relayJoyce CooperDoreen CooperOlive JoynesPhyllis Harding4:32.8Betty EdwardsIrene PirieMarjorie LintonPeggy Bailey4:33.0Cissie StewartEllen KingJean McDowellJessie McVey4:37.0
Finals 100 yd freestyle 1 Munroe Bourne 2 Norman Brooks 3 Bert Gibson 4 Joseph Whiteside 5 Ivan William Cameron
400 yd freestyle 1 Noel Ryan 2 Gordon Bridson 3 George Burleigh 4 Joseph Whiteside 5 Freddie Milton 6 Munroe Bourne 7 Norman Brooks (dnf)
1500 yd freestyle 1 Noel Ryan 2 Gordon Bridson 3 George Burleigh 4 Jack Hatfield 5 James Thompson 6 Cyril Kennett ? Munroe Bourne
100 yd backstroke 1 Bill Trippett 2 Willie Francis 3 John Besford 4 Ivan William Cameron
200 yd breaststroke 1 Jack Aubin 2 Stanley Bell 3 Reginald Flint
4×200 yd freestyle relay 1 Bert Gibson, Munroe Bourne, George Burleigh, James Thompson 2 Freddie Milton, Norman Brooks, Arthur Watts, Joseph Whiteside Only two teams entered
100 yd freestyle 1 Joyce Cooper 2 Ellen King 3 Valerie Davies
400 yd freestyle 1 Joyce Cooper 2 Valerie Davies 3 Cissie Stewart 4 Irene Pirie 5 Jenny Maakal 6 Betty Edwards
100 yd backstroke 1 Joyce Cooper 2 Valerie Davies 3 Phyllis Harding 4 Ellen King 5 ? 6 Cissie Stewart
200 yd breaststroke 1 Cecelia Wolstenholme 2 Margery Hinton 3 Ellen King 4 Molly Bailey 5 ? 6 Gladys Pidgeon
4×100 yd freestyle relay 1 Joyce Cooper, Doreen Cooper, Olive Joynes, Phyllis Harding 2 Betty Edwards, Irene Pirie, Marjorie Linton, Peggy Bailey 3 Cissie Stewart, Ellen King, Jean McDowell, Jessie McVey
3 m springboard 1 Oonagh Whitsett 2 Doris Ogilvie 3 Mollie Bailey 4 Helen McCormack
References
Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and Diving (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21. Commonwealth Games Medallists - Swimming and Diving (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.