The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth edition of what is now called theCommonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand between the 4th and 11th of February 1950, after a 12 year gap from the 3rd edition of the games. The main venue was Eden Park, although the closing ceremonies were held at Western Springs Stadium, see New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games.
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[edit]Participating teams
Teams participating for the first time in bold.
Australia
Canada
Ceylon
England
Fiji
Malaya
New Zealand
Nigeria
Southern Rhodesia
Scotland
South Africa
Wales
[edit]Medals by country
At the 1950 British Empire Games all the teams won at least one medal.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 34 | 27 | 19 | 80 | |
2 | 19 | 16 | 13 | 48 | |
3 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 54 | |
4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 31 | |
5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | |
6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 88 | 89 | 80 | 257 |
[edit]Medals by event
[edit]Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games
[edit]Boxing
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Flyweight | |||
Bantamweight | |||
Featherweight | |||
Lightweight | |||
Welterweight | |||
Middleweight | |||
Light heavyweight | |||
Heavyweight | none awarded |
[edit]Cycling
[edit]Track
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time Trial | 1:13.4 | 1:13.5 | 1:13.6 | |||
Sprint 1000 m | 2 - 0 | 0 - 2 | 2 - 1 | |||
4000 m Ind. Pursuit | 5:16.3 | 5:27.0 | 5:26.7 | |||
10 mile Scratch | 23:23.4 |
[edit]Road
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Road race | 3'13:06.4 | 3'13:06.5 | 3'13:06.6 |
[edit]Diving
[edit]Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 m springboard | 169.21 | 168.80 | 168.17 | |||
10 m platform | 156.07 | 145.36 | 129.40 |
[edit]Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 m springboard | 126.58 | 124.59 | 115.38 | |||
10 m platform | 70.89 | 65.64 | 59.93 |
[edit]Fencing
[edit]Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Foil | 7 wins | 6 wins | 4 wins | |||
Foil team | Arthur Pilbrow Robert Anderson René Paul | 20 wins | Austin Gittos Gordon Dearing Murray Gittos Malcolm Millar | 13 wins | George Pouliot Robert Desjarlais Edward Brooke | 12 win |
Épée | 7 wins | 6 wins | 5 wins | |||
Épée team | Allan Jay Ivan Lund Charles Stanmore | 3 wins | René Paul Charles de Beaumont Robert Anderson | 2 wins | George Pouliot Robert Desjarlais Edward Brooke | 1 win |
Sabre | ||||||
Sabre team | Charles de Beaumont Arthur Pilbrow Robert Anderson | 4 wins | George Pouliot Robert Desjarlais Edward Brooke | 2 wins | Norman Booth Leslie Chillug Edwin Dean Jock Gibson | 1 win |
[edit]Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Foil | 7 wins | 6 wins | 5 wins |
[edit]Lawn Bowls
All events were for men only.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Singles | 101 points | 93 points | 90 points | |||
Pairs | and Robert Henry (NZL) | 93 points | and H. J. van Zyl (SAF) | 50 points | and James Poulton (FIJ) | 41 points |
Fours | Alfred Blumberg H. Currer Harry Atkinson Norman Walker | 4 wins | Charles Cordaiy James Cobley John Cobley Len Knight | 2 wins | Fred Russell John Englebretson Noel Jolly Pete Skoglund | 1 win |
[edit]Rowing
All events were for men only.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Single sculls | 7:46.8 | 7:54.0 | 8:04.0 | |||
Double sculls | and Murray Riley (AUS) | 7:22 | and Des Simonson (NZL) | 7:32 | and Jack Brown (ENG) | 7:39 |
Coxless pairs | and Jack Webster (AUS) | 7:58 | and Humphrey Gould (NZL) | 8:10 | none awarded | |
Coxed fours | Ted Johnson John O'Brien Bill James Bill Carroll Colin Johnstone | 7:17.2 | Leslie Montgomery Erwin Elder Cecil Winkworth Kenneth Gee Kevin Fox | 7:24.0 | none awarded | |
Eights | Alan Brown Bruce Goswell Edward Pain Eric Longley James Barnes Peter Holmes Phil Cayzer Bob Tinning Ross Selman | 6:27 | Bruce Culpan Donald Adam Don Rowlands Edwin Smith Graham Jarratt Kerry Ashby Murray Ashby Thomas Engel William Tinnock | 6:27.5 | Tony Butcher Hank Rushmere Michael Lapage Patrick Bradley Peter de Giles Peter Kirkpatrick Dickie Burnell Bill Windham Jack Dearlove | 6:40 |
[edit]Swimming
[edit]Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
110 yd freestyle | 1:00.4 | 1:00.6 | 1:01.8 | |||
440 yd freestyle | 4:54.6 | 60.8 | 4:55.5 | |||
1650 yd freestyle | 19:55.7 | 20:08.3 | 20:10.1 | |||
110 yd backstroke | 1:07.7 | 1:08.0 | 1:10.8 | |||
220 yd breaststroke | 2:54.1 | 2:54.2 | 2:56.0 | |||
4×220 yd freestyle relay | Buddy Lucas Lyall Barry Michael Amos Colin Chambers | 9:27.7 | Barrie Kellaway Garrick Agnew Frank O'Neill James Beard | 9:34.5 | Donald Bland Jack Hale Pat Kendall Ray Legg | 9:36.8 |
3×110 yd medley relay | Jack Hale Pat Kendall Roy Romain | 3:26.6 | Allan Gilchrist Lucien Beaumont Peter Salmon | 3:29.4 | John Shanahan Lyall Barry Peter Mathieson | 3:30.1 |
[edit]Women's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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110 yd freestyle | 1:09.0 | 1:09.6 | 1:10.7 | |||
440 yd freestyle | 5:26.4 | 5:33.7 | 5:33.8 | |||
110 yd backstroke | 1:18.6 | 1:19.1 | 1:20.5 | |||
220 yd breaststroke | 3:01.7 | 3:03.6 | 3:10.3 | |||
4×110 yd freestyle relay | Denise Spencer Denise Norton Judy-Joy Davies Marjorie McQuade | 4:44.9 | Joan Hastings Kristin Jacobi Norma Bridson Winifred Griffin | 4:48.7 | Grace Wood Helen Yate Lillian Preece Margaret Wellington | 4:56.0 |
3×110 yd medley relay | Judy-Joy Davies Marjorie McQuade Nancy Lyons | 3:53.8 | Elizbeth Church Helen Yate Margaret Wellington | 3:56.6 | Elizabeth Turner Elenor Gordon Margaret Girvan | 3:58.9 |
[edit]Weightlifting
All events were for men only.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bantamweight | 655 lb | 615 lb | 600 lb | |||
Featherweight | 685 lb | 670 lb | 640 lb | |||
Lightweight | 760 lb | 735 lb | 730 lb | |||
Middleweight | 795 lb | 740 lb | 720 lb | |||
Light Heavyweight | 815 lb | 815 lb | 765 lb | |||
Heavyweight | 900 lb | 830 lb | none awarded |
[edit]Wrestling
All events were for men only.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flyweight | 1 win | 1 loss | none awarded | |||
Bantamweight | 1 win | 1 loss | none awarded | |||
Featherweight | 3 wins | 2 w - 1 l | 1 w - 2 l | |||
Lightweight | 3 wins | 2 wins | 1 win | |||
Welterweight | 3 wins | 3 w - 1 l | 1 win | |||
Middleweight | 3 wins | 3 w - 1 l | 2 w - 2 l | |||
Light heavyweight | 2 wins | 1 win | ||||
Heavyweight | 3 wins | 2 wins | 1 win |