Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games
At the 1950 British Empire Games, the athletics events were held at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand in February 1950. A total of 28 athletics events were contested at the Games, 20 by men and 8 by women. A total of seventeen Games records were set or improved over the competition.
Eden Park hosted the athletics competition and the games opening ceremony
A number of events can be viewed in series of 13 1950 Empire Games archive reels which have been placed by Archives New Zealand on YouTube.[1]
Medal summary
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 yards | .svg.png){kind=small} | 9.7 GR= | | 9.8 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 9.9 |
| 220 yards | | 21.5 | | 21.8 |  | 21.8 |
| 440 yards | | 47.9 GR= |  | 48.0 | | 48.8 |
| 880 yards | | 1:53.1 | | 1:53.4 | | 1:53.4 |
| 1 mile | | 4:11.0 GR | | 4:11.8 | | 4:13.2 |
| 3 miles | | 14:23.6 | | 14:27.8 | | 14:28.1 |
| 6 miles | | 30:29.6 |  | 30:31.9 | | 30:31.9 |
| Marathon | | 2'32:57 GR | .svg.png){kind=small} | 2'37:03 | | 2'39:27 |
| 120 yards hurdles | | 14.3 GR | | 14.4 | | 14.6 |
| 440 yards hurdles | .svg.png){kind=small} | 52.5 GR | | 52.7 | | 53.1 |
| High jump | | 1.98 m GR | .svg.png){kind=small} | 1.95 m | None awarded | |
| Pole vault | | 3.97 m | | 3.97 m | | 3.88 m |
| Long jump | | 7.31 m | | 7.20 m | | 7.08 m |
| Triple jump | | 15.61 m | | 15.28 m | | 14.67 m |
| Shot put | .svg.png){kind=small} | 14.64 m | | 13.92 m | | 13.68 m |
| Discus throw | | 47.72 m GR | | 44.00 m | | 43.48 m |
| Hammer throw | | 49.94 m GR | | 47.83 m | | 45.62 m |
| Javelin throw | | 57.11 m | | 56.02 m | | 55.60 m |
| 4×110 yards relay | Scotchy Gordon David Johnson John Treloar Bill de Gruchy | 42.2 | Brian Shenton Jack Archer Leslie Lewis Nick Stacey | 42.5 | Arthur Eustace Clem Parker Kevin Beardsley Peter Henderson | 42.6 |
| 4×440 yards relay | Edwin Carr George Gedge James Humphreys Ross Price | 3:17.8 | Derek Pugh John Parlett Leslie Lewis Terry Higgins | 3:19.3 | David Batten Derek Steward John Holland Jack Sutherland | 3:20.0 |
Women
Medal table
Shirley Strickland (statue above) won a hurdles gold medal, two relay golds and two sprint silvers for Australia.
* Host nation (New Zealand)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 15 | 8 | 5 | 28 |
| 2 | | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 |
| 4 | | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 | | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (9 nations) | 28 | 29 | 27 | 84 | |
References
- Results
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-31.
- Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-31.
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