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Men's 100 yards at the 1934 British Empire Games
Venue	White City Stadium
Date	5 August
Competitors	28 from 13 nations
Winning time	10.0
Medalists
Arthur Sweeney    England   Marthinus Theunissen    South Africa   Ian Young    Scotland
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Athletics at the 1934 British Empire Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men	women
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
2 miles steeplechase	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men
110–220–110 yd relay		women
220–110–220–110 yd relay		women
4 × 440 yd relay	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 100 yards event at the 1934 British Empire Games was held on 5 August at the White City Stadium in London, England.

Results※

Heats※

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the "semifinals."

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Ian Young	Scotland	9.9	Q
2	1	George Saunders	England	??.?	Q +1 yd
3	1	Chester Lawrence	Newfoundland	??.?
4	1	Noel Dempsey	Australia	??.?
5	1	Ian Bell	Northern Ireland	??.?
1	2	Arthur Sweeney	England	10.1	Q
2	2	Frank Nicks	Canada	10.4e	Q, +3 yd
3	2	David Brownlee	Scotland	??.?
4	2	Stan Gascoigne	Bermuda	??.?
	2	R. Lovell	British Guiana	DNS
1	3	Everard Davis	England	10.2	Q
2	3	Allan Poole	Canada	10.2e	Q, +1 ft
3	3	Ronald Vernieux	India	??.?
4	3	G. Hartwell	Southern Rhodesia	??.?
1	4	Walter Rangeley	England	10.1	Q
2	4	Howard Yates	Australia	10.1e	Q, +inches
3	4	Birchall Pearson	Canada	10.1e
4	4	Archie Turner	Scotland	10.2e
5	4	Frank Peniston	Bermuda	??.?
1	5	Marthinus Theunissen	South Africa	10.0	Q
2	5	Cyril Cupid	Wales	10.1e	Q, +1 yd
3	5	Jack Horsfall	Australia	??.?
?	5	Richard Freisenbruch	Bermuda	??.?
?	5	Arthur Jones	Jamaica	??.?
1	6	Robin Murdoch	Scotland	10.0	Q
2	6	Bill Christie	Canada	10.2e	Q, +2 yd
?	6	Buddy Card	Bermuda	??.?
?	6	Cyril Williams	Wales	??.?

Semifinals※

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Arthur Sweeney	England	9.9	Q
2	1	Ian Young	Scotland	??.?	Q, +0.5 yd
3	1	Howard Yates	Australia	10.1e	Q, +1 yd
4	1	Frank Nicks	Canada	??.?
5	1	Cyril Cupid	Wales	??.?
6	1	Everard Davis	England	??.?
1	2	Marthinus Theunissen	South Africa	10.0	Q
2	2	George Saunders	England	10.0e	Q, +inches
3	2	Robin Murdoch	Scotland	??.?	Q, +2 ft
4	2	Allan Poole	Canada	??.?
5	2	Bill Christie	Canada	??.?
6	2	Walter Rangeley	England	??.?

Final※

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Arthur Sweeney	England	10.0
	Marthinus Theunissen	South Africa	10.1e
	Ian Young	Scotland	10.1e
4	George Saunders	England	??.?
5	Robin Murdoch	Scotland	??.?
6	Howard Yates	Australia	??.?

References※