Cga: | AUS |
Cganame: | Australian Commonwealth Games Association |
Games: | British Empire Games |
Year: | 1950 |
Location: | Auckland, New Zealand |
Competitors: | 148 |
Sports: | 11 |
Flagbearer: | Opening: Mervyn Wood[1] Closing:[2] |
Rank: | 1 |
Gold: | 34 |
Silver: | 27 |
Bronze: | 19 |
Officials: | 20 |
Australia competed at the 1950 British Empire Games held in Auckland, New Zealand between 4 and 11 February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the third edition of the games. Australia won medals in eleven out of the eleven sports that it entered.
The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Men's 100 yards | |||
Men's 220 yards | |||
Men's 440 yards | |||
Men's 120 yards Hurdles | |||
Men's 4 × 110 yards relay | |||
George Gedge James Humphreys Ross Price | Men's 4 × 440 yards relay | ||
Men's High Jump | |||
Men's Triple Jump | |||
Men's Discus Thow | |||
Women's 100 yards | |||
Women's 220 yards | |||
Women's 80 metres Hurdles | |||
Women's 110–220–110 yards relay | |||
Women's 220–110–220–110 yards relay | |||
Women's Javelin Throw | |||
Men's Time Trial | |||
Men's Sprint 1000m | |||
Men's 10 mile Scratch | |||
Men's Road Road Race | |||
Ivan Lund Charles Stanmore | Men's Épée Team | ||
Men's Single Sculls | |||
Men's Double Sculls | |||
Men's Coxless Pair | |||
, Bruce Goswell, Edward Pain, Eric Longley, James Barnes, Peter Holmes a Court Phil Cayzer, Bob Tinning, Ross Selman | Men's Eights | ||
Men's 440 yards Freestyle | |||
Men's 220 yards Breaststroke | |||
Women's 110 yards Freestyle | |||
Women's 110 yards Backstroke | |||
Women's 4×110 yd freestyle relay | |||
Women's 3×110 yd medley relay | |||
, 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 | Men's Team | ||
Men's Flyweight | |||
Men's Lightweight | |||
Men's Heavyweight | |||
Men's 100 yards | |||
Men's 220 yards | |||
Men's 120 yards Hurdles | |||
Men's Triple Jump | |||
Men's Hammer Thow | |||
Women's 100 yards | |||
Women's 220 yards | |||
Women's Long Jump | |||
Men's Lightweight | |||
Men's Welterweight | |||
Men's Heavyweight | |||
Men's Time Trial | |||
Men's Sprint 1000m | |||
Men's Individual Pursuit 4000m | |||
Women's 3m Springboard | |||
Women's 10m Platform | |||
Men's Foil | |||
Men's Singles | |||
James Cobley John Cobley Len Knight | Men's Fours | ||
Erwin Elder Cecil Winkworth Kenneth Gee Kevin Fox | Men's Coxed Four | ||
Men's 110 yards Freestyle | |||
Garrick Agnew Frank O'Neill James Beard | Men's 4×110 yd freestyle relay | ||
Women's 220 yards Breaststroke | |||
Men's Heavyweight | |||
Men's Bantamweight | |||
Men's Welterweight | |||
Men's Middleweight | |||
Men's 440 yards Hurdles | |||
Men's Triple Jump | |||
Men's Hammer Thow | |||
Men's Pole Vault | |||
Women's 100 yards | |||
Men's Light Heavyweight | |||
Men's 10 mile Scratch | |||
Men's Road Road Race | |||
Men's 10m Platform | |||
Women's 10m Platform | |||
Men's Épée | |||
Men's Sabre Team | |||
Women's Foil | |||
Men's 220 yards Breaststroke | |||
Women's 440 yards Freestyle | |||
Men's Bantamweight | |||
Men's Lightweight | |||
Men's Middleweight | |||
Men's Middleweight | |||
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Medals by sport | ||||||||
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Sport | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | ||||
Athletics | 15 | 8 | 5 | 28 | ||||
Swimming | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||||
Cycling | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | ||||
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||
Wrestling | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||
Fencing | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||
Water polo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Boxing | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
Diving | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4' | ||||
Lawn bowls | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2' | ||||
Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Total | 34 | 27 | 19 | 80 |
Honorary General Manager – Harold Wilkes
Section Officials: Athletics Manager – Leonad Curnow, Athletics Manageress – Lillian Neville ; Boxing & Wrestling Manager – Ralph Jackson ; Cycling Manager – John Meagher ; Lawn Bowls Manager – Albert Newton ; Rowing Manager – Edward Kenny ; Rowing Coxed Four Coach – John Eddie, Rowing Eights Coach – William Godfrey Thomas ; Swimming Manager – Roy Thompson, Swimming Assistant Manager – Joseph Emerson ; Swimming Manageress – Margot Long, Swimming Coaches – Forbes Carlile, William Holland ; Diving Coaches – Allan Mott, Leonard Warner ; Water Polo Manager – Bill Berge Phillips ; Weightlifting Manager [3]