{"id":1039999997,"date":"2025-02-18T06:59:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T06:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.athleticsweekly.com\/?post_type=meeting&#038;p=1039999997"},"modified":"2025-04-29T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T15:25:08","slug":"1934-london-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"meeting","link":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/meeting\/1934-london-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"1934 London Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<b>1934 British Empire Games<\/b>\u00a0were the second edition of what is now known as the\u00a0Commonwealth Games, held in England, from 4\u201311 August 1934. The host city was\u00a0London, with the main venue at\u00a0Wembley Park, although the track cycling events were in\u00a0Manchester. Seventeen national teams took part, including the\u00a0Irish Free State\u00a0(the only Games in which they participated, although an\u00a0all-Ireland\u00a0team competed at the\u00a01930 Games).<\/p>\n<p>The 1934 Games had been originally awarded to\u00a0Johannesburg, South Africa, but the change of venue to London was made due to concerns regarding the treatment of black and Asian athletes by South African officials and fans<\/p>\n<p>Six sports were featured in the Games: athletics in\u00a0White City Stadium; boxing, wrestling, and aquatics (swimming and diving) in the\u00a0Empire Pool and Arena, Wembley; cycling in\u00a0Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester; and\u00a0lawn bowls\u00a0at\u00a0Paddington\u00a0and\u00a0Temple. <sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>Events for women athletes included a debut in\u00a0athletics; the previous games had women's events only in swimming and diving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1040001248,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","inline_featured_image":false,"wds_primary_meeting-type":0},"meeting-type":[36938],"class_list":["post-1039999997","meeting","type-meeting","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","meeting-type-commonwealth-games"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/meeting\/1934-london-commonwealth-games\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"1934 London Commonwealth Games","url":"http:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/meeting\/1934-london-commonwealth-games\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/meeting\/1934-london-commonwealth-games\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/483715_1513344340-image1400x_-250x250.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/483715_1513344340-image1400x_.jpg"},"articleSection":"Uncategorized","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jason Henderson"}],"creator":["Jason Henderson"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Athletics Weekly","logo":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AW-logo_with-website.png"},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2025-02-18T06:59:24Z","datePublished":"2025-02-18T06:59:24Z","dateModified":"2025-04-29T15:25:08Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"1934 London Commonwealth Games\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/athleticsweekly.com\\\/meeting\\\/1934-london-commonwealth-games\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/athleticsweekly.com\\\/meeting\\\/1934-london-commonwealth-games\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/athleticsweekly.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/483715_1513344340-image1400x_-250x250.jpg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/athleticsweekly.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/483715_1513344340-image1400x_.jpg\"},\"articleSection\":\"Uncategorized\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Jason Henderson\"}],\"creator\":[\"Jason Henderson\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Athletics Weekly\",\"logo\":\"https:\\\/\\\/athleticsweekly.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/AW-logo_with-website.png\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2025-02-18T06:59:24Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-18T06:59:24Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-29T15:25:08Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/athleticsweekly.com\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meeting\/1039999997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meeting"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/meeting"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1040001248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039999997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"meeting-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/athleticsweekly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/meeting-type?post=1039999997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}