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. A documentary film of the games was made by the New Zealand National Film Unit.^[1] 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.^[2]

(Teams participating for the first time in bold).

The main stadium was at Eden Park. Other venues were the Auckland Town Hall (boxing and wrestling), the Drill Hall (fencing), Western Springs (cycling and the closing ceremony) Lake Karapiro (rowing), and the Newmarket Olympic Pool (swimming). Accommodation was at the Ardmore Teachers' Training College, 23 miles (37 kilometres) away at South Auckland. Total attendance was 246,694; higher than the following three Games, 1954 (159,636), 1958 (178,621) and 1962 (224,987).^[3]

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

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	34	27	19	80
2	England (ENG)	19	16	13	48
3	New Zealand (NZL)*	10	22	21	53
4	Canada (CAN)	8	9	13	30
5	South Africa (SAF)	8	4	8	20
6	Scotland (SCO)	5	3	2	10
7	Malaya (MAL)	2	1	1	4
8	Fiji (FIJ)	1	2	2	5
9	Ceylon (CEY)	1	2	1	4
10	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	0	1
	Southern Rhodesia (SRH)	0	1	0	1
	Wales (WAL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (12 entries)		88	89	80	257

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