Australia competed at the
1950 British Empire Games
The 1950 British Empire Games was 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. The main venue was ...
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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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
Forbes Carlile MBE (3 June 19212 August 2016) was Australia's first post-World War II Olympics swimming coach and later Australia's first competitor in the modern pentathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He remains the only person to ...
, William Holland ; Diving Coaches – Allan Mott, Leonard Warner ; Water Polo Manager – Bill Berge Phillips ; Weightlifting Manager
See also
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Australia at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics
References
External links
Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database
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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 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...
Nations at the 1950 British Empire Games
British Empire Games