1950 British Empire Games

The 1950 British Empire Games were the fourth staging of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand, between 4 and 11 February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the third edition of the games. A documentary film of the games was made by the New Zealand National Film Unit.<ref name="MAR">Template:Cite web</ref> 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. The fourth games were originally awarded to Montreal, Canada and were to be held in 1942 but were cancelled due to World War II.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Participating teams

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Countries that participated

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Games venue

The main stadium was at Eden Park. Other venues were the Auckland Town Hall (boxing and wrestling), the Drill Hall (fencing), Western Springs (cycling and the closing ceremony) Lake Karapiro (rowing), and the Newmarket Olympic Pool (swimming). Accommodation was at the Ardmore Teachers' Training College, Template:Convert away at South Auckland. Total attendance was 246,694; higher than the following three Games, 1954 (159,636), 1958 (178,621) and 1962 (224,987).<ref>Dheensaw page 35-41</ref>

Medals by country

At the 1950 British Empire Games all the teams won at least one medal. Template:Medals table

Medals by event

Boxing

Boxing medallists by weight division

Flyweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagicon K. Edwin (CEY)	Template:Flagicon Marcus Temple (SAF)
Bantamweight	Template:Flagicon Johnny van Rensburg (SAF)	Template:Flagicon Albert Perera (CEY)	Template:Flagathlete
Featherweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagicon Andy Verceuil (RHO)	Template:Flagathlete
Lightweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Welterweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagicon Alex Obeysekere (CEY)
Middleweight	Template:Flagicon Theunis van Schalkwyk (SAF)	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Light heavyweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete
Heavyweight	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Flagathlete	none awarded

Cycling

Track

Track cycling medallists by event, with times

Time Trial	Template:Flagathlete	1:13.4	Template:Flagathlete	1:13.5	Template:Flagathlete	1:13.6
Sprint 1000 m	Template:Flagathlete	2–0	Template:Flagathlete	0–2	Template:Flagathlete	2–1
4000 m Ind. Pursuit	Template:Flagathlete	5:16.3	Template:Flagathlete	5:27.0	Template:Flagathlete	5:26.7
10-mile Scratch	Template:Flagathlete	23:23.4	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete

Road

Road race cycling medallists with times

Road race

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3'13:06.4

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3'13:06.5

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3'13:06.6

Diving

Men's events

Medallists in men's diving by event, with points score

3 m springboard	Template:Flagathlete	169.21	Template:Flagathlete	168.80	Template:Flagathlete	168.17
10 m platform	Template:Flagathlete	156.07	Template:Flagathlete	145.36	Template:Flagathlete	129.40

Women's events

Medallists in women's diving by event, with points score

3 m springboard	Template:Flagathlete	126.58	Template:Flagathlete	124.59	Template:Flagathlete	115.38
10 m platform	Template:Flagathlete	70.89	Template:Flagathlete	65.64	Template:Flagathlete	59.93

Fencing

Men's events

Medallists in men's fencing by discipline, including team events

Foil	Template:Flagathlete	7 wins	Template:Flagathlete	6 wins	Template:Flagathlete	4 wins
Foil team	Template:Flag Arthur Pilbrow Robert Anderson René Paul	20 wins	Template:Flag Austen Gittos Gordon Dearing Murray Gittos Malcolm Millar	13 wins	Template:Flag Georges Pouliot Robert Desjarlais Edward Brooke	12 win
Épée	Template:Flagathlete	7 wins	Template:Flagathlete	6 wins	Template:Flagathlete	5 wins
Épée team	Template:Flag Allan Jay Ivan Lund Charles Stanmore	3 wins	Template:Flag René Paul Charles de Beaumont Robert Anderson	2 wins	Template:Flag Georges Pouliot Robert Desjarlais Edward Brooke	1 win
Sabre	Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete		Template:Flagathlete
Sabre team	Template:Flag Charles de Beaumont Arthur Pilbrow Robert Anderson	4 wins	Template:Flag Georges Pouliot Robert Desjarlais Edward Brooke	2 wins	Template:Flag Norman Booth Leslie Chillug Edwin Dean Jock Gibson	1 win

Women's events

Medalists in women's fencing

Foil

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7 wins

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6 wins

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5 wins

Rowing

All events were for men only. The events were held at Lake Karapiro, Template:Convert south of Auckland. Three special trains took 1500 people to Cambridge on 7 February 1950.Template:Sfn

Medallists in men's rowing by event, with times

Single sculls	Template:Flagathlete	7:46.8	Template:Flagathlete	7:54.0	Template:Flagicon Ian Stephen (SAF)	8:04.0
Double sculls	Template:Flagathlete	7:22	Template:Flagathlete	7:32	Template:Flagathlete	7:39
Coxless pair	Template:Flagathlete	7:58	Template:Flagathlete	8:10	none awarded
Coxed four	Template:Flag Ted Johnson John O'Brien Bill James Bill Carroll Colin Johnstone	7:17.2	Template:Flag Leslie Montgomery Erwin Elder Cecil Winkworth Kenneth Gee Kevin Fox	7:24.0	none awarded
Eights	Template:Flag Alan Brown Bruce Goswell Edward Pain Eric Longley James Barnes Peter Holmes a Court Phil Cayzer Bob Tinning Ross Selman	6:27	Template:Flag Bruce Culpan Donald Adam Don Rowlands Edwin Smith Grahame Jarratt Kerry Ashby Murray Ashby Thomas Engel William Tinnock	6:27.5	Template:Flag Tony Butcher Hank Rushmere Michael Lapage Patrick Bradley Peter de Giles Peter Kirkpatrick Dickie Burnell William Windham Jack Dearlove	6:40

Swimming

Men's events

Medallists in men's swimming by event, with times

110 yd freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	1:00.4	Template:Flagathlete	1:00.6	Template:Flagathlete	1:01.8
440 yd freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	4:49.4	Template:Flagicon Graham Johnston (SAF)	4:51.3	Template:Flagathlete	5:02.5
1650 yd freestyle	Template:Flagicon Graham Johnston (SAF)	19:55.7	Template:Flagathlete	20:08.3	Template:Flagathlete	20:10.1
110 yd backstroke	Template:Flagicon Jackie Wiid (SAF)	1:07.7	Template:Flagathlete	1:08.0	Template:Flagathlete	1:10.8
220 yd breaststroke	Template:Flagathlete	2:54.1	Template:Flagathlete	2:54.2	Template:Flagathlete	2:56.0
4×220 yd freestyle relay	Template:Flag Buddy Lucas Lyall Barry Michael Amos Noel Chambers	9:27.7	Template:Flag Barrie Kellaway Garrick Agnew Frank O'Neill James Beard	9:34.5	Template:Flag Donald Bland Jack Hale Pat Kendall Ray Legg	9:36.8
3×110 yd medley relay	Template:Flag Jack Hale Pat Kendall Roy Romain	3:26.6	Template:Flag Allen Gilchrist Lucien Beaumont Peter Salmon	3:29.4	Template:Flag John Shanahan Lyall Barry Peter Mathieson	3:30.1

Women's events

Medallists in women's swimming by event, with times

110 yd freestyle	Template:Flagathlete	1:09.0	Template:Flagathlete	1:09.6	Template:Flagicon Joan Harrison (SAF)	1:10.7
440 yd freestyle	Template:Flagicon Joan Harrison (SAF)	5:26.4	Template:Flagathlete	5:33.7	Template:Flagathlete	5:33.8
110 yd backstroke	Template:Flagathlete	1:18.6	Template:Flagathlete	1:19.1	Template:Flagathlete	1:20.5
220 yd breaststroke	Template:Flagathlete	3:01.7	Template:Flagathlete	3:03.6	Template:Flagathlete	3:10.3
4×110 yd freestyle relay	Template:Flag Denise Spencer Denise Norton Judy-Joy Davies Marjorie McQuade	4:44.9	Template:Flag Joan Hastings Kristin Jacobi Norma Bridson Winifred Griffin	4:48.7	Template:Flag Grace Wood Helen Yate Lillian Preece Margaret Wellington	4:56.0
3×110 yd medley relay	Template:Flag Judy-Joy Davies Marjorie McQuade Nancy Lyons	3:53.8	Template:Flag Elizabeth Church Helen Yate Margaret Wellington	3:56.6	Template:Flag Elizabeth Turner Elenor Gordon Margaret Girvan	3:58.9

Water polo

Water polo was contested by men's teams only, with New Zealand and Australia the only two teams entered. The matches were played at the Olympic Pool in Newmarket.

Medallists in men's water polo

Tournament

Template:Flag John Amadee Peter Bennett Bruce Bourke John Bourke Herman Doerner Owen Doerner Ronald Faulds Colin French Kevin Hallett Malcolm Hastie Percy Johnston James McKay Francis Murphy Frank O'Neill

3 wins

Template:Flag Charles Brown Jim Cameron Terry Harris Bob Hatchwell Barrie Hutchinson Tom Logan Edward Raven Jim Walsh Neil Williams Wally Williams

0 wins

none awarded

Weightlifting

All events were for men only.

Medallists in men's weightlifting by event, with weights

Bantamweight	Template:Flagicon Tho Fook Hung (MAL)	655 lb	Template:Flagathlete	615 lb	Template:Flagathlete	600 lb
Featherweight	Template:Flagicon Koh Eng Tong (MAL)	685 lb	Template:Flagathlete	670 lb	Template:Flagicon Barrie Engelbrecht (SAF)	640 lb
Lightweight	Template:Flagathlete	760 lb	Template:Flagicon Thong Saw Pak (MAL)	735 lb	Template:Flagathlete	730 lb
Middleweight	Template:Flagathlete	795 lb	Template:Flagathlete	740 lb	Template:Flagathlete	720 lb
Light Heavyweight	Template:Flagathlete	815 lb	Template:Flagicon Issy Bloomberg (SAF)	815 lb	Template:Flagicon Tan Kim Bee (MAL)	765 lb
Heavyweight	Template:Flagathlete	900 lb	Template:Flagathlete	830 lb	none awarded

Wrestling

All events were for men only.

Medallists in men's wrestling by event, with win–loss record

Flyweight	Template:Flagathlete	1 win	Template:Flagathlete	1 loss	none awarded
Bantamweight	Template:Flagathlete	1 win	Template:Flagathlete	1 loss	none awarded
Featherweight	Template:Flagathlete	3 wins	Template:Flagathlete	2 w – 1 l	Template:Flagathlete	1 w – 2 l
Lightweight	Template:Flagathlete	3 wins	Template:Flagathlete	2 wins	Template:Flagathlete	1 win
Welterweight	Template:Flagathlete	3 wins	Template:Flagathlete	3 w – 1 l	Template:Flagicon Martin Jooste (SAF)	1 win
Middleweight	Template:Flagathlete	3 wins	Template:Flagathlete	3 w – 1 l	Template:Flagicon Callie Reitz (SAF)	2 w – 2 l
Light heavyweight	Template:Flagicon Pat Morton (SAF)	2 wins	Template:Flagathlete	1 win	Template:Flagathlete
Heavyweight	Template:Flagathlete	3 wins	Template:Flagathlete	2 wins	Template:Flagathlete	1 win

Further reading

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External links

• "Auckland 1950" commonwealthsport.com. Commonwealth Sport.
• "Results and Medalists—1950 British Empire Games" Template:Webarchive. Thecgf.com. Commonwealth Games Federation.