Athletics at the 1930 British Empire Games – Men's 880 yards

Athletics at the 1930 British Empire Games
Track events
100 yd	men
220 yd	men
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
2 miles steeplechase	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men
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The men's 880 yards event at the 1930 British Empire Games was held on 17 and 21 August at the Civic Stadium in Hamilton, Canada.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tommy Hampson  England	Reg Thomas  England	Alex Wilson Canada

Heats

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Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.^[2][3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	John Chandler	South Africa	1:56.8	Q
2	1	Reg Thomas	England	?:??.?	Q
3	1	Michael Gutteridge	England	?:??.?	Q
4	1	Percy Pickard	Canada	?:??.?	Q
5	1	Herbert Bascombe	Australia	?:??.?
6	1	Brant Little	Canada	?:??.?
?	1	Russell MacDougall	Australia	?:??.?
?	1?	W. Dickson	Ireland	?:??.?
1	2	Tommy Hampson	England	1:55.6	Q
2	2	Alex Wilson	Canada	?:??.?	Q
3	2	Phil Edwards	British Guiana	?:??.?	Q
4	2	Stuart Townend	England	?:??.?	Q
?	2	William Whyte	Australia	?:??.?
?	2	W. Johnson	Canada	?:??.?
?	2	M. O'Malley	Ireland	?:??.?
?	2	Thomas Riddell	Scotland	?:??.?
?	2	George Golding	Australia	DNF

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Tommy Hampson	England	1:52.4
	Reg Thomas	England	1:55.5e	+20 yd
	Alex Wilson	Canada	1:55.6e
4	John Chandler	South Africa	?:??.?
5	Phil Edwards	British Guiana	?:??.?
6	Stuart Townend	England	?:??.?
7	Michael Gutteridge	England	?:??.?
8	Percy Pickard	Canada	?:??.?