Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's 220 yards
# Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's 220 yards

The men's 220 yards event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 7 and 10 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Cyril Holmes England | John Mumford Australia | Ted Best Australia |

## Results

### Heats

Held on 7 February

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | John Mumford | Australia | 21.6 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | Denis Shore | South Africa | ??.? | Q, 2 yards behind |
| 3 | 1 | John Cumberbatch | Trinidad and Tobago | ??.? | Q, 1.5 yards behind |
| 4 | 1 | Ken Richardson | England | ??.? | |
| 5 | 1 | John Harrison | Canada | ??.? | |
| 1 | 2 | Cyril Holmes | England | 22.0 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ted Hampson | Australia | 22.1e | Q, 1 yard behind |
| 3 | 2 | Jack Brown | Canada | ??.? | Q, 2.5 yards behind |
| 4 | 2 | Cecil LeSeur | Southern Rhodesia | 22.5e | |
| 1 | 3 | Ted Best | Australia | 21.6 | Q, =GR |
| 2 | 3 | Larry O'Connor | Canada | ??.? | Q, 1 yard behind |
| 3 | 3 | Graham Quinn | New Zealand | ??.? | Q, 4 yards behind |
| 4 | 3 | Lawrence Wallace | England | ??.? | |
| 1 | 4 | Bill Roberts | England | 21.5 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 4 | Howard Yates | Australia | 22.1e | Q, 5 yards behind |
| 3 | 4 | Duncan White | British Ceylon | ??.? | Q, 4 yards behind |
| 4 | 4 | Sigurd Nielson | Canada | ??.? | |
| 5 | 4 | Alan Sayers | New Zealand | ??.? | |

### Semifinals

Held on 7 February

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Larry O'Connor | Canada | 21.5 | Q, GR |
| 2 | 1 | Bill Roberts | England | ??.? | Q, 0.5 yard behind |
| 3 | 1 | John Mumford | Australia | 21.6e | Q, 1 foot behind |
| 4 | 1 | Ted Hampson | Australia | 21.6e | |
| 5 | 1 | Graham Quinn | New Zealand | ??.? | |
| | 1 | Duncan White | British Ceylon | DNF | |
| 1 | 2 | Cyril Holmes | England | 21.3 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Ted Best | Australia | 21.4e | Q, 1 foot behind |
| 3 | 2 | Howard Yates | Australia | 21.4e | Q, inches behind |
| 4 | 2 | Jack Brown | Canada | 21.5e | |
| 5 | 2 | Denis Shore | South Africa | ??.? | |
| 6 | 2 | John Cumberbatch | Trinidad and Tobago | ??.? | |

### Final

Held on 10 February

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Cyril Holmes | England | 21.2 | GR |
| | John Mumford | Australia | 21.3e | 1 yard behind |
| | Ted Best | Australia | 21.4e | 0.5 yard behind |
| 4 | Larry O'Connor | Canada | 21.6e | |
| 5 | Howard Yates | Australia | 21.7e | |
| 6 | Bill Roberts | England | 21.7e | |
