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Medal record
Men's Athletics
Competitor for England
British Empire Games
Gold	1934 London	100 yards
Gold	1934 London	220 yards
Gold	1934 London	4×110 yards
Competitor for Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze	1938 Paris	4×100 metre

Arthur Wellington Sweeney (20 May 1909 – 27 December 1940) was an English athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and was killed in a flying accident in Takoradi, Gold Coast.

In 1936 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100 metres event and in the first round of the 200 metres competition.

At the 1934 Empire Games he won the gold medal in the 100 yards contest and in the 220 yards event. He was also a member of the English relay team which won the gold medal in the 4×110 yards competition. TMR Fails.

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v t e Commonwealth Champions in Men's 100 m

1930 – 1966: 100 yards 1970 – 2006: 100 metres

1930: Percy Williams (CAN) 1934: Arthur Sweeney (ENG) 1938: Cyril Holmes (ENG) 1950: John Treloar (AUS) 1954: Mike Agostini (TRI) 1958: Keith Gardner (JAM) 1962: Seraphino Antao (KEN) 1966: Harry Jerome (CAN) 1970 – 1978: Don Quarrie (JAM) 1982: Allan Wells (SCO) 1986: Ben Johnson (CAN) 1990 – 1994: Linford Christie (ENG) 1998: Ato Boldon (TRI) 2002: Kim Collins (SKN) 2006: Asafa Powell (JAM) 2010: Lerone Clarke (JAM)

v t e Commonwealth Champions in Men's 200 m

1930 – 1966: 220 yards 1970 – present: 200 metres

1930: Stanley Engelhart (ENG) 1934: Arthur Sweeney (ENG) 1938: Cyril Holmes (ENG) 1950: John Treloar (AUS) 1954: Don Jowett (NZL) 1958: Tom Robinson (BAH) 1962: Seraphino Antao (KEN) 1966: Stanley Allotey (GHA) 1970 – 1974: Don Quarrie (JAM) 1978: Allan Wells (SCO) 1982: Mike McFarlane (ENG) and Allan Wells (SCO) 1986: Atlee Mahorn (CAN) 1990: Marcus Adam (ENG) 1994: Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 1998: Julian Golding (ENG) 2002: Frankie Fredericks (NAM) 2006: Omar Brown (JAM) 2010: Leon Baptiste (ENG)

v t e Commonwealth Champions in Men's 4x100 metres

1930 – 1966: 4×110 yards 1966 – present: 4×100 metres

1930: Canada (Jim Brown, Fitzpatrick, Miller, Adams) 1934: England (Sweeney, Davis, Saunders, Rangeley) 1938: Canada (Jack Brown, Loaring, O'Connor, Haley) 1950: Australia (Gordon, Johnson, Treloar, de Gruchy) 1954: Canada (Stonehouse, Springbett, Nelson, McFarlane) 1958: England (Breaker, Segal, Sandstrom, Radford) 1962: England (Meakin, Jones, Carter, Radford) 1966: Ghana (Mends, E. Addy, J. Addy, Allotey) 1970: Jamaica (Lawson, Quarrie, Stewart, Miller) 1974: Australia (Ratcliffe, Haskell, Lewis, D'Arcy) 1978: Scotland (Wells, McMaster, Jenkins, Sharp) 1982: Nigeria (Ikpoto, Adeyanju, Adegbeingbe, Oyeledun) 1986: Canada (McKoy, Mahorn, Williams, Johnson) 1990: England (Jarrett, Regis, Christie, Adam, Callender) 1994: Canada (Surin, Chambers, Bailey, Gilbert) 1998: England (Chambers, Devonish, Golding, Campbell, Gardener) 2002: England (Gardener, Devonish, Condon, Campbell) 2006: Jamaica (Frater, Waugh, Williams, Powell, Smith) 2010: England (Scott, Baptiste, Devonish, Lewis-Francis)

Persondata
Name	Sweeney, Arthur
Alternative names
Short description	British athlete
Date of birth	20 May 1909
Place of birth
Date of death	27 December 1940
Place of death

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