Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games – Men's 4 × 440 yards relay

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The men's 4 × 440 yards relay event at the 1950 British Empire Games was held on 11 February at the Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2][3]

Results[edit]

Rank Nation Athletes Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia Edwin Carr, George Gedge, James Humphreys, Ross Price 3:17.8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England Derek Pugh, John Parlett, Leslie Lewis, Terry Higgins 3:19.3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand David Batten, Derek Steward, John Holland, Jack Sutherland 3:20.0
4  Ceylon A. Somapala, Duncan White, John De Saram, Oscar Wijeyasinghe 3:22.8
 Canada Bill Parnell, Don Pettie, Jack Hutchins, Bill LaRochelle ?:??.?

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Honours for Australia". The Observer. 12 February 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Holden first in marathon". The Manchester Guardian. 13 February 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 2 April 2021.