British Empire Games 1950

British Empire Games 1950
venue	Auckland , New Zealand
participating countries	12
Participating athletes	590
Competitions	88 in 9 sports
Opening ceremony	4th February 1950
Closing ceremony	February 11, 1950

The 1950 British Empire Games were the fourth edition of the event now known as the Commonwealth Games . Its establishment was not in competition with the Olympic Games . They took place from February 4th to 11th, 1950 in the New Zealand city of Auckland . After the Olympic Games in London in 1948 , this was the second major international event that demonstrated the vitality of the Empire.

88 competitions were held in the fields of bowls , boxing , fencing , weightlifting , athletics , cycling , wrestling , rowing and swimming (including diving ). 590 athletes from twelve countries took part. The main competition site was Eden Park .

participating countries

Participating countries (purple: first participation)

Australia Australia
Ceylon Ceylon
England England
Fiji Fiji
Canada 1921 Canada
Malaya Federation Federation of Malaya

New Zealand New Zealand
Nigeria 1914 Nigeria
Scotland Scotland
South Africa 1928 South African Union
Rhodesia South 1923 Southern Rhodesia
Wales 1807 Wales

Results

(The links lead to detailed results pages)

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Australia Australia	34	27	19th	80
2	England England	19th	16	13	48
3	New Zealand New Zealand	10	22nd	22nd	54
4th	Canada 1921 Canada	8th	9	13	30th
5	South Africa 1928 South African Union	8th	4th	8th	20th
6th	Scotland Scotland	5	3	2	10
7th	Malaya Federation Federation of Malaya	2	1	1	4th
8th	Fiji Fiji	1	2	2	5
9	Ceylon Ceylon	1	2	-	3
10	Nigeria 1914 Nigeria	-	1	-	1
	Rhodesia South 1923 Southern Rhodesia	-	1	-	1
	Wales 1807 Wales	-	1	-	1

Web links

Commonwealth Games Federation

Individual evidence

↑ Arnd Krüger (1986): Was John Astley Cooper the inventor of the modern Olympic Games? In: LOUIS BURGENER u. a. (Ed.): Sport und Kultur , Vol. 6. Bern: Lang, 72 - 81. Katharine Moore (1989): 'The warmth of comradeship': the first British empire games and imperial solidarity, in: The International Journal of the History of Sport 6: 2, 242-251. Katharine Moore (1991): A neglected imperialist: the promotion of the British empire in the writing of John Astley Cooper, in: The International Journal of the History of Sport 8: 2, 256 -269.
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[1] Arnd Krüger (1986): Was John Astley Cooper the inventor of the modern Olympic Games? In: LOUIS BURGENER u. a. (Ed.): Sport und Kultur , Vol. 6. Bern: Lang, 72 - 81. Katharine Moore (1989): 'The warmth of comradeship': the first British empire games and imperial solidarity, in: The International Journal of the History of Sport 6: 2, 242-251. Katharine Moore (1991): A neglected imperialist: the promotion of the British empire in the writing of John Astley Cooper, in: The International Journal of the History of Sport 8: 2, 256 -269.

[2] Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. up January 8, 20176 @1@ 2