At the 1930 British Empire Games, the rowing competition featured five events for men only. In the double sculls event, only Canada was represented, so the organisers simply invited a couple of crews from the United States to provide some opposition.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Single sculls	Bobby Pearce (AUS)	8:04	Jack Beresford (ENG)		Fred Bradley (ENG)
Double sculls	Elswood Bole and Bob Richards (CAN)	7:48	Only one pair entered		Only one pair entered
Coxless four	England Francis Fitzwilliams Arthur Harby Hugh Edwards Humphrey Boardman	7:05	Canada J. Gayner James Flemming Albert Bellew Henry Pelham	+2 lgths	New Zealand Berry Johnson Vic Olsson Alex Ross Charley Saunders
Coxed four	New Zealand Mick Brough Jack Macdonald Ben Waters Bert Sandos Arthur Eastwood	8:02	Canada B. L. Gales R. S. Evans J. A. Butler Hugh McCuaig A. Miles	+2 lgths	British Guiana Joecelyn Matthews Francis Gomes Pelham Bayley Edward Gonsalves John Jardine
Eights	England Arthur Harby Edgar Howitt Francis Fitzwilliams Humphrey Boardman Hugh Edwards Justin Brown Geoffrey Crawford Roger Close-Brooks Terence O'Brien	6:37	New Zealand Arthur Eastwood Bert Sandos Charley Saunders Ben Waters Mick Brough Rangi Thompson John Gilby Jack Macdonald Vic Olsson	+0.75 lgths	Canada Albert Taylor Don Boal Earl Eastwood Harry Fry Joseph Zabinsky Joseph Bowkes Les MacDonald William Moore William Thoburn	+4 lgths