New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games was represented by a team of 175 competitors and 24 officials. Selection of the host nation's team for the
Games
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in
Auckland
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, was the responsibility of the
New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was
Harold Nelson. The New Zealand team finished third on the medal table, winning a total of 53 medals, 10 of which were gold.
New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the
British Empire Games
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in 1930 at
Hamilton, Ontario
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Medal tables
New Zealand was third in the medal table in 1950, with a total of 53 medals, including 10 gold.
Competitors
The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.
Athletics
Men
Track and road
Field
Women
Track
Field
Boxing
Cycling
Road
;Men's road race
Track
;Men's 1000 m sprint
;Men's 1 km time trial
;Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
;Men's 10 miles track race
Diving
Fencing
Men
;Individual épée
;Individual foil
;Individual sabre
;Team épée
;Team foil
;Team sabre
Women
;Individual foil
Lawn bowls
Rowing
Swimming
Men
Women
Water polo
;Team roster
Charles Brown,
Jim Cameron,
Terry Harris,
Bob Hatchwell,
Barrie Hutchinson
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At the 1950 British Empire Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's water polo team.
As well as playing water ...
,
Tom Logan (c),
Edward Raven,
Jim Walsh,
Neil Williams,
Wally Williams
;Game 1
;Game 2
;Game 3
;Final standings
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Officials
* Team manager –
Bill Holley
* Athletics
** Manager –
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** Chaperone – Pearl Ellis
** Coach –
Frank Sharpley
** Masseurs – J. Meek, W. N. Connell
* Boxing
** Manager – K. A. Neale
** Trainer – Richard Dunn
** Masseur – A. G. Bates
* Cycling manager – Cliff Chainey
* Fencing manager – T. H. Wilson
* Lawn bowls manager – J. R. Smith
* Rowing masseur – C. G. Fearon
* Swimming
** Manager –
Len Moorhouse
** Chaperone – Winifred Bridson
** Coach – D. F. Watson
* Weightlifting manager / coach – C. S. McDonald
* Wrestling
** Manager – J. W. Steele
** Coach / assistant manager – Vic Rawle
See also
*
New Zealand Olympic Committee
The New Zealand Olympic Committee (before 1994, The ''New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association'') is both the National Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Association in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to re ...
*
New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
New Zealand has competed in all of the Commonwealth Games since the first in 1930, and has won a total of 656 medals including 159 gold.
The New Zealand Olympic Committee (known as ''The New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association'' ...
*
New Zealand at the 1948 Summer Olympics
New Zealand competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. Seven competitors, six men and one woman, took part in eight events in five sports. New Zealand was one of 22 nations that did not win any medals.
Competitors
The following tab ...
*
New Zealand at the 1952 Summer Olympics
New Zealand at the 1952 Summer Olympics was represented by a team of 14 competitors (and one travelling reserve) and three officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Helsinki, Finland, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and ...
Notes
References
*''The Story of the British Empire Games, Auckland, New Zealand, 1950'' (1950, official history by the Organising Committee)
*''The Commonwealth Games: The First 60 Years 1930–1990'' by Cleve Dheensaw (1994, Hodder & Stoughton, Canada/New Zealand)
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External links
NZOC website on the 1950 gamesCommonwealth Games Federation websiteAthletes in the 1966 ''Encyclopaedia of New Zealand'' has a paragraph on these Games
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1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
British Empire Games
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Sport in Auckland
Nations at the 1950 British Empire Games