New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games
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 in Auckland, 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 in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.
Games venue
The main stadium was at Eden Park. Other venues were the Auckland Town Hall, the Drill Hall, Western Springs Lake Karapiro, and the Newmarket Olympic Pool. Accommodation was at the Ardmore Teachers' Training College, away at South Auckland. Total attendance was 246,694; higher than the following three Games, 1954, 1958 and 1962.Medal tables
New Zealand was third in the medal table in 1950, with a total of 53 medals, including 10 gold.| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Athletics | Men's 6 miles | ||
| Athletics | Women's long jump | ||
| Boxing | Men's heavyweight | ||
| Lawn bowls | Men's singles | ||
Robert Henry | Lawn bowls | Men's pairs | |
Bill James Ted Johnson Colin Johnstone John O'Brien | Rowing | Men's coxed four | |
Lyall Barry Noel Chambers Buddy Lucas | Swimming | Men's 880 yards freestyle relay | |
| Weightlifting | Men's heavyweight | ||
| Wrestling | Men's bantamweight | ||
| Wrestling | Men's featherweight | ||
| Athletics | Women's 80 m hurdles | ||
| Athletics | Men's 440 yards hurdles | ||
| Athletics | Men's 3 miles | ||
Dorothea Parker Lesley Rowe | Athletics | Women's 440 yards relay | |
| Athletics | Men's long jump | ||
| Athletics | Women's javelin throw | ||
| Boxing | Men's middleweight | ||
| Boxing | Men's light heavyweight | ||
| Cycling | Men's 10 mile scratch race | ||
| Cycling | Men's road race | ||
| Fencing | Women's individual foil | ||
Austen Gittos Murray Gittos Nathaniel Millar | Fencing | Men's foil team | |
Desmond Simonson | Rowing | Men's double scull | |
Humphrey Gould | Rowing | Men's coxless pair | |
Kerry Ashby Murray Ashby Bruce Culpan Thomas Engel Grahame Jarratt Don Rowlands Edwin Smith Bill Tinnock | Rowing | Men's eight | |
| Swimming | Women's 110 yards backstroke | ||
Winifred Griffin Joan Hastings Kristin Jacobi | Swimming | Women's 440 yards freestyle relay | |
| Water polo | Men's tournament | ||
| Weightlifting | Men's middleweight | ||
| Wrestling | Men's flyweight | ||
| Wrestling | Men's light heavyweight | ||
| Wrestling | Men's heavyweight | ||
| Athletics | Women's 80 m hurdles | ||
| Athletics | Men's 220 yards | ||
| Athletics | Men's 440 yards | ||
| Athletics | Men's mile | ||
| Athletics | Men's 6 miles | ||
| Athletics | Men's marathon | ||
Arthur Eustace Peter Henderson Clem Parker | Athletics | Men's 4 x 110 yards relay | |
John Holland Derek Steward Jack Sutherland | Athletics | Men's 4 x 440 yards relay | |
| Athletics | Women's high jump | ||
| Athletics | Women's javelin throw | ||
| Athletics | Men's long jump | ||
| Athletics | Women's long jump | ||
| Boxing | Men's lightweight | ||
| Cycling | Men's sprint | ||
| Cycling | Men's 4000 m individual pursuit | ||
| Diving | Men's 3 m springboard | ||
Noel Jolly Fred Russell Pete Skoglund | Lawn bowls | Men's fours | |
| Swimming | Men's 440 yards freestyle | ||
| Swimming | Men's 1650 yards freestyle | ||
Peter Mathieson John Shanahan | Swimming | Men's 330 yards medlay relay | |
| Wrestling | Men's lightweight |
Competitors
The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 50 | 14 | 64 |
| Boxing | 8 | 8 | |
| Cycling | 11 | 11 | |
| Diving | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Fencing | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| Lawn bowls | 7 | 7 | |
| Rowing | 19 | 19 | |
| Swimming | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| Water polo | 10 | 10 | |
| Weightlifting | 5 | 5 | |
| Wrestling | 8 | 8 | |
| Total | 143 | 27 | 170 |
Athletics
Men
Track and road
Field
Women
Track
Field
Boxing
Cycling
Road
;Men's road raceTrack
;Men's 1000 m sprint;Men's 1 km time trial
| Athlete | Time | Rank |
| Graham Hughes | 1:17.1 | 8 |
| Les Lock | 1:16.2 | 5 |
| Malcolm Simpson | 1:16.5 | =6 |
;Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
;Men's 10 miles track race
Diving
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Joyce Carpenter | Women's 3 m springboard | 95.88 | 7 |
| Owen Jaine | Men's 10 m platform | 115.28 | 6 |
| Betty Moore | Women's 3 m springboard | 93.30 | 8 |
| Mayzod Reid | Women's 3 m springboard | 104.29 | 6 |
| Jack Stewart | Men's 3 m springboard | 168.17 |
Fencing
Men
;Individual epee;Individual foil
;Individual sabre
;Team epee
;Team foil
;Team sabre
Women
;Individual foilLawn bowls
Rowing
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Tristan Hegglun | Men's single sculls | 4 | |
| Joe Schneider Des Simonson | Men's double sculls | 7:32.0 | |
| David Gould Humphrey Gould | Men's coxless pair | 8:10.0 | |
| Ted Johnson John O'Brien Bill James Bill Carroll Colin Johnstone | Men's coxed four | 7:17.2 | |
| Thomas Engel Kerry Ashby Bill Tinnock Murray Ashby Grahame Jarratt Don Rowlands Bruce Culpan Edwin Smith Donald Adam | Men's eight | 6:27.5 |
Swimming
Men
Women
Water polo
;Team rosterCharles Brown, Jim Cameron, Terry Harris, Bob Hatchwell, Barrie Hutchinson, Tom Logan, Edward Raven, Jim Walsh, Neil Williams, Wally Williams
;Game 1
;Game 2
;Game 3
;Final standings
| Team | Rank | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 8 | +21 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 29 | -21 |
Weightlifting
| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Lewis Lawn | Featherweight | 6 | ||||
| Edwin Norton | Lightweight | 4 | ||||
| Tony George | Middleweight | |||||
| Trevor Clark | Light heavyweight | 4 | ||||
| Harold Cleghorn | Heavyweight |
Wrestling
Officials
- Chef de Mission: Bill Holley
- Athletics: Frank Sharpley, Jim Barnes, J Meek, W N Connell, Pearl Ellis
- Boxing: K A Neale, Richard Dunn, A G Bates