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.
Medallists The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.
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Medal Name Sport Event Athletics Men's 100 yards Athletics Men's 220 yards Athletics Men's 440 yards Athletics Men's 120 yards Hurdles David Johnson John Treloar William de Gruchy Athletics Men's 4 × 110 yards relay George Gedge James Humphreys Ross Price Athletics Men's 4 × 440 yards relay Athletics Men's High Jump Athletics Men's Triple Jump Athletics Men's Discus Throw Athletics Women's 100 yards Athletics Women's 220 yards Athletics Women's 80 metres Hurdles Shirley Strickland Verna Johnston Athletics Women's 110–220–110 yards relay Marjorie Jackson Shirley Strickland Verna Johnston Athletics Women's 220–110–220–110 yards relay Athletics Women's Javelin Throw Cycling Men's Time Trial Cycling Men's Sprint 1000m Cycling Men's 10 mile Scratch Cycling Men's Road Road Race Ivan Lund Charles Stanmore Fencing Men's Épée Team Rowing Men's Single Sculls Murray Riley Rowing Men's Double Sculls Jack Webster Rowing Men's Coxless Pair , Bruce Goswell, Edward Pain, Eric Longley, James Barnes, Peter Holmes a Court Phil Cayzer, Bob Tinning, Ross Selman Rowing Men's Eights Swimming Men's 440 yards Freestyle Swimming Men's 220 yards Breaststroke Swimming Women's 110 yards Freestyle Swimming Women's 110 yards Backstroke Denise Norton Judy-Joy Davies Marjorie McQuade Swimming Women's 4×110 yd freestyle relay Marjorie McQuade Nancy Lyons Swimming 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'NeillWater polo Men's Team Wrestling Men's Flyweight Wrestling Men's Lightweight Wrestling Men's Heavyweight Athletics Men's 100 yards Athletics Men's 220 yards Athletics Men's 120 yards Hurdles Athletics Men's Triple Jump Athletics Men's Hammer Throw Athletics Women's 100 yards Athletics Women's 220 yards Athletics Women's Long Jump Boxing Men's Lightweight Boxing Men's Welterweight Boxing Men's Heavyweight Cycling Men's Time Trial Cycling Men's Sprint 1000m Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit 4000m Diving Women's 3m Springboard Diving Women's 10m Platform Fencing Men's Foil Lawn bowls Men's Singles James Cobley John Cobley Len Knight Lawn bowls Men's Fours Erwin Elder Cecil Winkworth Kenneth Gee Kevin Fox Rowing Men's Coxed Four Swimming Men's 110 yards Freestyle Garrick Agnew Frank O'Neill James Beard Swimming Men's 4×110 yd freestyle relay Swimming Women's 220 yards Breaststroke Weightlifting Men's Heavyweight Wrestling Men's Bantamweight Wrestling Men's Welterweight Wrestling Men's Middleweight Athletics Men's 440 yards Hurdles Athletics Men's Triple Jump Athletics Men's Hammer Throw Athletics Men's Pole Vault Athletics Women's 100 yards Boxing Men's Light Heavyweight Cycling Men's 10 mile Scratch Cycling Men's Road Road Race Diving Men's 10m Platform Diving Women's 10m Platform Fencing Men's Épée Leslie Chillug Edwin Dean Jock Gibson Fencing Men's Sabre Team Fencing Women's Foil Swimming Men's 220 yards Breaststroke Swimming Women's 440 yards Freestyle Weightlifting Men's Bantamweight Weightlifting Men's Lightweight Weightlifting Men's Middleweight Wrestling Men's Middleweight
| width="22%" style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top" | Medals by sportSport Athletics158528Swimming63211Cycling4329Rowing 4105Wrestling3317Fencing1135Water polo1001Boxing0314Diving0224Lawn bowls0202Weightlifting0134Total34271980
Team management 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
See also Australia at the 1948 Summer Olympics Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics
References
External links Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database