Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games

Eden Park hosted the athletics competition and the games opening ceremony

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.

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  John Treloar (AUS)9.7 GR=  Bill de Gruchy (AUS)9.8  Don Pettie (CAN)9.9
220 yards  John Treloar (AUS)21.5  David Johnson (AUS)21.8  Don Jowett (NZL)21.8
440 yards  Edwin Carr (AUS)47.9 GR=  Leslie Lewis (ENG)48.0  David Batten (NZL)48.8
880 yards  John Parlett (ENG)1:53.1  Jack Hutchins (CAN)1:53.4  Bill Parnell (CAN)1:53.4
1 mile  Bill Parnell (CAN)4:11.0 GR  Len Eyre (ENG)4:11.8  Maurice Marshall (NZL)4:13.2
3 miles  Len Eyre (ENG)14:23.6  Harold Nelson (NZL)14:27.8  Anthony Chivers (ENG)14:28.1
6 miles  Harold Nelson (NZL)30:29.6  Andrew Forbes (SCO)30:31.9  Noel Taylor (NZL)30:31.9
Marathon  Jack Holden (ENG)2'32:57 GR  Syd Luyt (SAF)2'37:03  John Clarke (NZL)2'39:27
120 yards hurdles  Peter Gardner (AUS)14.3 GR  Ray Weinberg (AUS)14.4  Tom Lavery (SAF)14.6
440 yards hurdles Dominion of Ceylon Duncan White (CEY)52.5 GR  John Holland (NZL)52.7  Geoff Goodacre (AUS)53.1
High jump  John Winter (AUS)1.98 m GR  Josiah Majekodunmi (NGR)
 Alan Paterson (SCO)
1.95 m None awarded
Pole vault  Tim Anderson (ENG)3.97 m  Stan Egerton (CAN)3.97 m  Peter Denton (AUS)3.88 m
Long jump  Neville Price (SAF)7.31 m  Bevan Hough (NZL)7.20 m  David Dephoff (NZL)7.08 m
Triple jump  Brian Oliver (AUS)15.61 m  Les McKeand (AUS)15.28 m  Ian Polmear (AUS)14.67 m
Shot put  Mataika Tuicakau (FIJ)14.64 m  Harold Moody (ENG)13.92 m  Leo Roininen (CAN)13.68 m
Discus throw  Ian Reed (AUS)47.72 m GR  Mataika Tuicakau (FIJ)44.00 m  Svein Sigfusson (CAN)43.48 m
Hammer throw  Duncan Clark (SCO)49.94 m GR  Keith Pardon (AUS)47.83 m  Herb Barker (AUS)45.62 m
Javelin throw  Leo Roininen (CAN)57.11 m  Luke Tunabuna (FIJ)56.02 m  Doug Robinson (CAN)55.60 m
4×110 yards relay  Australia
Scotchy Gordon
David Johnson
John Treloar
Bill de Gruchy
42.2  England
Brian Shenton
Jack Archer
Leslie Lewis
Nick Stacey
42.5  New Zealand
Arthur Eustace
Clem Parker
Keith Beardsley
Peter Henderson
42.6
4×440 yards relay  Australia
Edwin Carr
George Gedge
James Humphreys
Ross Price
3:17.8  England
Derek Pugh
Harold Parlett
Leslie Lewis
Terry Higgins
3:19.3  New Zealand
David Batten
Derek Steward
John Holland
Jack Sutherland
3:20.0

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 yards  Marjorie Jackson (AUS)10.8 GR  Shirley Strickland (AUS)11.0  Verna Johnston (AUS)11.1
220 yards  Marjorie Jackson (AUS)24.3 GR  Shirley Strickland (AUS)24.5  Daphne Robb (SAF)24.7
80 metre hurdles  Shirley Strickland (AUS)11.6 GR  June Schoch (NZL)11.6  Janet Shackleton (NZL)11.7
High jump  Dorothy Odam (ENG)1.60 GR=  Bertha Crowther (ENG)1.60 m  Noeline Swinton (NZL)1.55 m
Long jump  Yvette Williams (NZL)5.90 m GR  Judy Canty (AUS)5.78 m  Ruth Dowman (NZL)5.74 m
Javelin throw  Charlotte MacGibbon (AUS)38.84 GR  Yvette Williams (NZL)37.96  Cleone Rivett-Carnac (NZL)34.43
110-220-110
yards relay
 Australia
Marjorie Jackson
Shirley Strickland
Verna Johnston
47.9 GR  New Zealand
Lesley Rowe
Dorothea Parker
Shirley Hardman
48.7  England
Dorothy Hall
Margaret Walker
Sylvia Cheeseman
50.0
220-110-220-110
yards relay
 Australia
Ann Shanley
Marjorie Jackson
Shirley Strickland
Verna Johnston
1:13.4 GR  England
Doris Batter
Dorothy Hall
Margaret Walker
Sylvia Cheeseman
1:17.5  Canada
Elaine Silburn
Eleanor McKenzie
Gerry Bemister
Patricia Jones
Unknown

Medal table

Shirley Strickland (statue above) won a hurdles gold medal, two relay golds and two sprint silvers for Australia.
Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Australia 15 8 5 28
2  England 5 7 2 14
3  New Zealand 2 6 12 20
4  Canada 2 2 6 10
5=  Fiji 1 2 0 3
5=  Scotland 1 2 0 3
7  South Africa 1 1 2 4
8  Ceylon 1 0 0 1
9  Nigeria 0 1 0 1
Total 28 29 27 84

References

Results
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