Athletics IV British Empire Games 1950 Auckland, New Zealand - 5th February

Athletics IV British Empire Games 1950 Auckland, New Zealand - 5th February - 11th February

Todor 66	index British Empire Games 1950
index Athletics London 1950


Men Long Jump

Competitors: 195

Nations: 12

Venue: Eden Park

Participating

New Zealand (64)

Australia (46)

England (27)

Canada (25)

Scotland (7)

South Africa (7)

Ceylon (6)

Fiji (4)

Nigeria (4)

Malaya (2)

Southern Rhodesia (2)

Wales (1)

Medals		Gd	Sv	Br	All
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		3
5.	Scotland	1	2		3
7.	South Africa	1	1	2	4
8.	Ceylon	1			1
9.	Nigeria		1		1
Totals 9 nations		28	29	27	84

Men Event	Gold			Silver			Bronze
Men 100yd	John Treloar	AUS	9.7s GR=	William De Gruchy	AUS	9.8s	Don Pettie	CAN	9.9s
Men 220yd	John Treloar	AUS	21.5s	David Johnson	AUS	21.8s	Don Jowett	NZL	21.8s
Men 440yd	Edwin Carr	AUS	47.9s GR=	Leslie Lewis	ENG	48.0s	David Batten	NZL	48.8s
Men 880yd	John Parlett	ENG	1:53.1	Jack Hutchins	CAN	1:53.4	Bill Parnell	CAN	1:53.4
Men 1 Mile	Bill Parnell	CAN	4:11.0 GR	Len Eyre	ENG	4:11.8	Maurice Marshall	NZL	4:13.2
Men 3 Miles	Len Eyre	ENG	14:23.6	Harold Nelson	NZL	14:27.8	Anthony Chivers	ENG	14:28.1
Men 6 Miles	Harold Nelson	NZL	30:29.6	Andrew Forbes	SCO	30:31.9	Noel Taylor	NZL	30:31.9
Men Marathon	Jack Holden	ENG	2:32:57 GR	Syd Luyt	SAF	2:37:03	Jack Clarke	NZL	2:39:27
Men 120yd Hurdles	Peter Gardner	AUS	14.3s GR	Ray Weinberg	AUS	14.4s	Tom Lavery	SAF	14.6s
Men 440yd Hurdles	Duncan White	CEY	52.5s GR	John Holland	NZL	52.7s	Geoff Goodacre	AUS	53.1s
Men High Jump	John Winter	AUS	1.98 m GR	Josiah Majekodunmi	NGR	1.96m
Men High Jump	John Winter	AUS	1.98 m GR	Alan Paterson	SCO	1.96m
Men Pole Vault	Tim Anderson	ENG	3.97m	Stan Egerton	CAN	3.97m	Peter Denton	AUS	3.88m
Men Long Jump	Neville Price	SAF	7.32m	Bevin Hough	NZL	7.20m	David Dephoff	NZL	7.09m
Men Triple Jump	Brian Oliver	AUS	15.61m	Les McKeand	AUS	15.28m	Ian Polmear	AUS	14.67m
Men Shot Put	Mataika Tuicakau	FIJ	14.64m	Harold Moody	ENG	13.92m	Leo Roininen	CAN	13.68m
Men Discus Throw	Ian Reed	AUS	47.72m GR	Mataika Tuicakau	FIJ	44.00m	Svein Sigfusson	CAN	43.48m
Men Hammer Throw	Duncan Clark	SCO	49.94m GR	Keith Pardon	AUS	47.83m	Herb Barker	AUS	45.62m
Men Javelin Throw	Leo Roininen	CAN	57.11m	Luke Tunabuna	FIJ	56.02m	Doug Robinson	CAN	55.60m

Women Event	Gold			Silver			Bronze
Women 100yd	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	10.8s GR	Shirley Strickland	AUS	11.0s	Verna Johnston	AUS	11.1s
Women 220yd	Marjorie Jackson	AUS	24.3s GR	Shirley Strickland	AUS	24.5s	Daphne Robb	SAF	24.7s
Women 80m Hurdles	Shirley Strickland	AUS	11.6s	June Schoch	NZL	11.6s	Janet Shackleton	NZL	11.7s
Women High Jump	Dorothy Tyler	ENG	1.60m GR=	Bertha Crowther	ENG	1.60m	Noelene Swinton	NZL	1.55m
Women Long Jump	Yvette Williams	NZL	5.90m GR	Judy Canty	AUS	5.78m	Ruth Dowman	NZL	5.74m
Women Javelin Throw	Charlotte MacGibbon	AUS	38.84m GR	Yvette Williams	NZL	37.96m	Cleone Rivett-Carnac	NZL	34.43m

Men 4×110yd Relay	Australia Scotchy Gordon, David Johnson, John Treloar, William De Gruchy	42.2s	England Brian Shenton, Jack ArcherLeslie Lewis, Nick Stacey	42.5	New Zealand Arthur Eustace, Clem ParkerKevin Beardsley, Peter Henderson	42.6s
Men 4×440yd Relay	Australia Edwin Carr, George Gedge, James Humphreys, Ross Price	3:17.8	England Derek Pugh, John Parlett, Leslie Lewis, Terry Higgins	3:19.3	New Zealand David Batten, Derek StewardJohn Holland, Jack Sutherland	3:20.0
Women 110–220–110yd Relay	Australia Marjorie Jackson, Shirley Strickland, Verna Johnston	47.9s GR	New Zealand Lesley Rowe, Dorothea Parker, Shirley Hardman	48.7s	England Dorothy Manley, Margaret Walker, Sylvia Cheeseman	50.0s
Women 220–110–220–110yd Relay	Australia Ann Shanley, Marjorie JacksonShirley Strickland, Verna Johnston	1:13.4 GR	England Doris Batter, Dorothy Manley, Margaret Walker, Sylvia Cheeseman	1:17.5	Canada Elaine Silburn, Eleanor McKenzie, Gerry Bemister, Patricia Jones