1950 British Empire Games#Swimming

{{Infobox games

| name = IV British Empire Games

| logo = File:1950 New Zealand.jpg

| size = 170

| host_city = Auckland, New Zealand

| caption =

| nations = 12

| athletes = 590

| events = 87

| opening = 4 February 1950

| closing = 11 February 1950

| opened_by = Bernard Freyberg

| athlete_oath = Stan Lay

| Queens_Baton =

| stadium = Eden Park

| previous = III

| next = V

}}

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.{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Helen |last2=Edwards |first2=Sam |title=New Zealand film, 1912-1996 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/23627951 |website=Trove |publisher=Auckland ; Melbourne ; Oxford :Oxford University Press |access-date=13 January 2023 |date=1997}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/games/auckland-1950|title=Auckland 1950|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|language=en|access-date=28 December 2019|archive-date=7 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407182635/https://thecgf.com/games/auckland-1950|url-status=dead}}

Participating teams

Image:Empire games 1950 countries map.PNG

{{flaglink|Australia|at the 1950 British Empire Games}}
{{flaglink|Canada|at the 1950 British Empire Games|variant=1921}}
{{flaglink|Ceylon|at the 1950 British Empire Games|variant=1948}}
{{flaglink|England|at the 1950 British Empire Games}}
{{flaglink|Fiji|at the 1950 British Empire Games|variant=colonial}}
23px Malaya—first appearance
{{flaglink|New Zealand|at the 1950 British Empire Games}} (host)
{{flaglink|Nigeria|at the 1950 British Empire Games|variant=colonial }}—first appearance
{{flaglink|Scotland|at the 1950 British Empire Games}}
{{flaglink|South_Africa|at the 1950 British Empire Games|variant=1928}}
{{flaglink|Southern Rhodesia|at the 1950 British Empire Games}}
{{flaglink|Wales |at the 1950 British Empire Games|variant=1807}}

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, {{convert|23|mi|km|abbr=off}} 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).Dheensaw page 35-41

Medals by country

At the 1950 British Empire Games all the teams won at least one medal.

{{Medals table

| caption = Medals won by nation, ranked by number of golds—sortable

| host = NZL

| flag_template =

| event =

| team =

| gold_AUS = 34 | silver_AUS = 27 | bronze_AUS = 19

| gold_ENG = 19 | silver_ENG = 16 | bronze_ENG = 13

| gold_NZL = 10 | silver_NZL = 22 | bronze_NZL = 21 | host_NZL = yes

| gold_CAN = 8 | silver_CAN = 9 | bronze_CAN = 13 | name_CAN = {{flagteam|CAN|1921}}

| gold_SAF = 8 | silver_SAF = 4 | bronze_SAF = 8 | name_SAF = {{flagteam|SAF|1928}}

| gold_SCO = 5 | silver_SCO = 3 | bronze_SCO = 2

| gold_MAL = 2 | silver_MAL = 1 | bronze_MAL = 1 | name_MAL = 23px Malaya (MAL)

| gold_FIJ = 1 | silver_FIJ = 2 | bronze_FIJ = 2 | name_FIJ = {{flagteam|FIJ|colonial}}

| gold_CEY = 1 | silver_CEY = 2 | bronze_CEY = 1 | name_CEY = {{flagteam|CEY|1948}}

| gold_NGR = 0 | silver_NGR = 1 | bronze_NGR = 0 | name_NGR = {{flagteam|NGR|colonial}}

| gold_WAL = 0 | silver_WAL = 1 | bronze_WAL = 0 | name_WAL = {{flagteam|WAL|1807}}

| gold_SRH = 0 | silver_SRH = 1 | bronze_SRH = 0

}}

Medals by event

=Athletics=

=Boxing=

|+ Boxing medallists by weight division

Flyweight

|{{flagathlete|Hugh Riley|SCO}}

|{{flagicon|Ceylon|1948}} K. Edwin (CEY)

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Marcus Temple (SAF)

Bantamweight

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Johnny van Rensburg (SAF)

|{{flagicon|Ceylon|1948}} Albert Perera (CEY)

|{{flagathlete|Len Walters|CAN|1921}}

Featherweight

|{{flagathlete|Henry Gilliland|SCO}}

|{{flagicon|Southern Rhodesia}} Andy Verceuil (RHO)

|{{flagathlete|Peter Brander|ENG}}

Lightweight

|{{flagathlete|Ronny Latham|ENG}}

|{{flagathlete|Billy Barber|AUS}}

|{{flagathlete|Jim Barnden|NZL}}

Welterweight

|{{flagathlete|Terry Ratcliffe|ENG}}

|{{flagathlete|Bill Seewitz|AUS}}

|{{flagicon|Ceylon|1948}} Alex Obeysekere (CEY)

Middleweight

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Theunis van Schalkwyk (SAF)

|{{flagathlete|James Beal|NZL}}

|{{flagathlete|Bill Pinkus|CAN|1921}}

Light heavyweight

|{{flagathlete|Don Scott|ENG}}

|{{flagathlete|Chris Rollinson|NZL}}

|{{flagathlete|Jack Taylor|AUS}}

Heavyweight

|{{flagathlete|Frank Creagh|NZL}}

|{{flagathlete|Sid Cousins|AUS}}

|none awarded

=Cycling=

==Track==

|+ Track cycling medallists by event, with times

Time Trial

|{{flagathlete|Russell Mockridge|AUS}}

1:13.4

|{{flagathlete|Sid Patterson|AUS}}

1:13.5

|{{flagathlete|Tommy Godwin|ENG}}

1:13.6

Sprint 1000 m

|{{flagathlete|Russell Mockridge|AUS}}

2–0

|{{flagathlete|Sid Patterson|AUS}}

0–2

|{{flagathlete|Graham Avery|NZL}}

2–1

4000 m Ind. Pursuit

|{{flagathlete|Cyril Cartwright|ENG}}

5:16.3

|{{flagathlete|Russell Mockridge|AUS}}

5:27.0

|{{flagathlete|Les Lock|NZL}}

5:26.7

10-mile Scratch

|{{flagathlete|Bill Heseltine|AUS}}

23:23.4

|{{flagathlete|Les Lock|NZL}}

|{{flagathlete|Ken Caves|AUS}}

==Road==

|+ Road race cycling medallists with times

Road race

|{{flagathlete|Hector Sutherland|AUS}}

3'13:06.4

|{{flagathlete|Nick Carter|NZL}}

3'13:06.5

|{{flagathlete|Jack Fowler|AUS}}

3'13:06.6

=Diving=

==Men's events==

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

3 m springboard

|{{flagathlete|George Athans|CAN|1921}}

169.21

|{{flagathlete|Peter Heatly|SCO}}

168.80

|{{flagathlete|Jack Stewart|NZL}}

168.17

10 m platform

|{{flagathlete|Peter Heatly|SCO}}

156.07

|{{flagathlete|George Athans|CAN|1921}}

145.36

|{{flagathlete|Frank Murphy|AUS}}

129.40

==Women's events==

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

3 m springboard

|{{flagathlete|Edna Child|ENG}}

126.58

|{{flagathlete|Noeline MacLean|AUS}}

124.59

|{{flagathlete|Lynda Hunt|CAN|1921}}

115.38

10 m platform

|{{flagathlete|Edna Child|ENG}}

70.89

|{{flagathlete|Gwen Fawcett|AUS}}

65.64

|{{flagathlete|Noeline MacLean|AUS}}

59.93

=Fencing=

==Men's events==

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

Foil

|{{flagathlete|René Paul|ENG}}

7 wins

|{{flagathlete|John Fethers|AUS}}

6 wins

|{{flagathlete|Georges Pouliot|CAN|1921}}

4 wins

Foil team

|valign=top|{{flag|England}}
Arthur Pilbrow
Robert Anderson
René Paul

20 wins

|{{flag|New Zealand}}
Austen Gittos
Gordon Dearing
Murray Gittos
Malcolm Millar

13 wins

|valign=top|{{flag|Canada|1921}}
Georges Pouliot
Robert Desjarlais
Edward Brooke

12 win

Épée

|{{flagathlete|Charles de Beaumont|ENG}}

7 wins

|{{flagathlete|Robert Anderson|ENG}}

6 wins

|{{flagathlete|Ivan Lund|AUS}}

5 wins

Épée team

|{{flag|Australia}}
Allan Jay
Ivan Lund
Charles Stanmore

3 wins

|{{flag|England}}
René Paul
Charles de Beaumont
Robert Anderson

2 wins

|{{flag|Canada|1921}}
Georges Pouliot
Robert Desjarlais
Edward Brooke

1 win

Sabre

|{{flagathlete|Arthur Pilbrow|ENG}}

|{{flagathlete|Robert Anderson|ENG}}

|{{flagathlete|Georges Pouliot|CAN|1921}}

Sabre team

|valign=top|{{flag|England}}
Charles de Beaumont
Arthur Pilbrow
Robert Anderson

4 wins

|valign=top|{{flag|Canada|1921}}
Georges Pouliot
Robert Desjarlais
Edward Brooke

2 wins

|{{flag|Australia}}
Norman Booth
Leslie Chillug
Edwin Dean
Jock Gibson

1 win

==Women's events==

|+ Medalists in women's fencing

Foil

|{{flagathlete|Mary Glen-Haig|ENG}}

7 wins

|{{flagathlete|Patricia Woodroffe|NZL}}

6 wins

|{{flagathlete|Catherine Pym|AUS}}

5 wins

=Lawn bowls=

=Rowing=

All events were for men only. The events were held at Lake Karapiro, {{convert|160|km}} south of Auckland. Three special trains took 1500 people to Cambridge on 7 February 1950.{{sfn|Churchman|Hurst|2001|p=106}}

|+ Medallists in men's rowing by event, with times

Single sculls

|{{flagathlete|Mervyn Wood|AUS}}

7:46.8

|{{flagathlete|Tony Rowe|ENG}}

7:54.0

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Ian Stephen (SAF)

8:04.0

Double sculls

|{{flagathlete|Mervyn Wood
and Murray Riley|AUS}}