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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 ...

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). With a total of 31 medals, Canada ranked fourth on the medal tally.

Medals

Individual medals

Gold

Athletics: * Bill Parnell, Men's 1 mile * Leo Roininen, Men's Javelin Throw Diving: *

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, Men's 3 m springboard Swimming: * Peter Salmon, Men's 110 yards freestyle Weightlifting: * Gerry Gratton, Men's Middleweight Division * Jim Varaleau, Men's Light Heavyweight Division Wrestling: *

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, Men's Welterweight Division *

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, Men's Middleweight Division

Silver

Athletics: * Jack Hutchins, Men's 880 yards * Stan Egerton, Men's Pole vault Diving: *

, Men's 10 m Platform Fencing: * Men's sabre team Swimming: * Jim Portelance, Men's 1650 yards freestyle * Men's 3×110 yards medley relay team Weightlifting: * Rosaire Smith, Men's Bantamweight Division Wrestling: * Roland Milord, Men's Featherweight Division * Morgan Plumb, Men's Lightweight Division

Bronze

Athletics: * Don Pettie, Men's 100 yards * Bill Parnell, Men's 880 yards * Leo Roininen, Men's Shot Put * Svein Sigfusson, Men's Discus throw * Doug Robinson, Men's Javelin throw * Women's 220-110-220-110 yards relay team Boxing: * Len Walters, Men's Bantamweight *

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, Men's Lightweight * Bill Pinkus, Men's Middleweight Diving: * Lynda Hunt, Women's 3 m Springboard Fencing: * Georges Pouliot, Men's Foil * Men's Foil team * Men's Épée team * Georges Pouliot, Men's Sabre

External links

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Nations at the 1950 British Empire Games

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...