Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's 440 yards

Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
220 yd hurdles (invitation)	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men
110–220–110 yd relay		women
220–110–220–110 yd relay		women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
2 miles walk (invitation)	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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The men's 440 yards event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 10 and 12 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bill Roberts  England	William Fritz  Canada	Denis Shore  South Africa

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Denis Shore	South Africa	47.9	Q, GR
2	1	John Mumford	Australia	48.3e	Q, 4 yards behind
3	1	Lee Orr	Canada	48.4e	1 yard behind
4	1	Hugh Johnson	Australia	??.?
5	1	Henry Pack	England	??.?
1	2	John Loaring	Canada	49.2	Q
2	2	Harold Tyrie	New Zealand	49.3e	Q, 0.5 yard behind
3	2	Athol Jones	Australia	49.9e	5 yards behind
4	2	Brian MacCabe	England	??.?
5	2	Frank Handley	England	??.?
6	2	John Michie	Canada	??.?
1	3	Bill Roberts	England	48.1	Q
2	3	William Fritz	Canada	??.?	Q, 6 yards behind
3	3	Alan Sayers	New Zealand	50.8e	15 yards behind
4	3	Francis Scott	Australia	??.?
	3	Duncan White	British Ceylon	DNS

^[5][6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bill Roberts	England	47.9	=GR
	William Fritz	Canada	47.9e	Inches behind
	Denis Shore	South Africa	48.1e	1.5 yards behind
4	John Mumford	Australia	??.?
5	John Loaring	Canada	49.2e
6	Harold Tyrie	New Zealand	??.?