At the 1938 British Empire Games, the athletics events were held at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia in February 1938. A total of 28 athletics events were contested at the Games, 20 by men and 8 by women.
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| 100 yards | Cyril Holmes (ENG) | 9.7 | John Mumford (AUS) | 9.8e | Ted Best (AUS) | 9.9e |
| 220 yards | Cyril Holmes (ENG) | 21.2 | John Mumford (AUS) | 21.3e | Ted Best (AUS) | 21.4e |
| 440 yards | Bill Roberts (ENG) | 47.9 | William Fritz (CAN) | 47.9e | Denis Shore (SAF) | 48.1e |
| 880 yards | Pat Boot (NZL) | 1:51.2 | Frank Handley (ENG) | 1:54.0e | Bill Dale (CAN) | 1:54.2e |
| 1 mile | James Alford (WAL) | 4:11.6 | Gerald Backhouse (AUS) | 4:12.2e | Pat Boot (NZL) | 4:12.6e |
| 3 miles | Cecil Matthews (NZL) | 13.59.6 | Peter Ward (ENG) | 14:05.4 | Scotty Rankine (CAN) | 14:24.0e |
| 6 miles | Cecil Matthews (NZL) | 30:14.5 | Scotty Rankine (CAN) | +180 yd | Wally Hayward (SAF) | +250 yd |
| Marathon | Johannes Coleman (SAF) | 2:30:15 | Bert Norris (ENG) | 2:37:57 | Jackie Gibson (SAF) | 2:38:20 |
| 120 yards hurdles | Tom Lavery (SAF) | 14.0w | Larry O'Connor (CAN) | 14.2ew | Sid Stenner (AUS) | 14.4ew |
| 440 yards hurdles | John Loaring (CAN) | 52.9 | John Park (AUS) | 54.6e | Alan McDougall (AUS) | 55.2e |
| High jump | Edwin Thacker (SAF) | 1.96 | Robert Heffernan (AUS) | 1.88 | Doug Shetliffe (AUS) | 1.88 |
| Pole vault | Andries du Plessis (SAF) | 4.11 | Les Fletcher (AUS) | 3.97 | Stuart Frid (CAN) | 3.88 |
| Long jump | Harold Brown (CAN) | 7.43 | Jim Panton (CAN) | 7.25 | Basil Dickinson (AUS) | 7.15 |
| Triple jump | Jack Metcalfe (AUS) | 15.49 | Lloyd Miller (AUS) | 15.41 | Basil Dickinson (AUS) | 15.28 |
| Shot put | Louis Fouché (SAF) | 14.47 | Eric Coy (CAN) | 13.96 | Francis Drew (AUS) | 13.8 |
| Discus throw | Eric Coy (CAN) | 44.75 | David Young (SCO) | 43.04 | George Sutherland (CAN) | 41.47 |
| Hammer throw | George Sutherland (CAN) | 48.71 | Keith Pardon (AUS) | 45.11 | James Leckie (NZL) | 44.21 |
| Javelin throw | Jim M. Courtright (CAN) | 62.8 | Stan Lay (NZL) | 62.21 | Jack Metcalfe (AUS) | 55.5 |
| 4×110 yards relay | Canada Jack Brown John Loaring Larry O'Connor Pat Haley |
41.6 | England Cyril Holmes Ken Richardson Sandy Duncan Lawrence Wallace |
41.8e | Australia Alf Watson Teddy Hampson Ted Best Howard Yates |
41.9e |
| 4×440 yards relay | Canada John Loaring Lee Orr Bill Dale William Fritz |
3:16.9 | England Brian MacCabe Frank Handley Henry Pack Bill Roberts |
3:19.2 | New Zealand Alan Sayers Arnold Anderson Graham Quinn Harold Tyrie |
3:22.0 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 2 | Australia | 6 | 11 | 12 | 29 |
| 3 | South Africa | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | England | 4 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Wales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Scotland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 | |
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