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1950 Empire Games

4th British Empire Games
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Host city Auckland, New Zealand
Nations participating 12
Athletes participating 590
Events 87
Opening ceremony 4 February
Closing ceremony 11 February
Officially opened by Bernard Freyberg
Athlete's Oath Stan Lay
Main venue Eden Park
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The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth edition 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 Eden Park, although the closing ceremonies were held at Western Springs Stadium, see New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games. The fourth games were originally awarded to Montreal, Canada and were to be held in 1942 but were cancelled due to World War II.

(Teams participating for the first time in bold).

At the 1950 British Empire Games all the teams won at least one medal.

All events were for men only.

+ won play offs

All events were for men only. The events were held at Lake Karapiro, 160 kilometres (99 mi) south of Auckland. Three special trains took 1500 people to Cambridge on 7 February 1950.

All events were for men only.

All events were for men only.



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