Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games – Men's 880 yards

The men's 880 yards event at the 1950 British Empire Games was held on 5 and 7 February at the Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
John Parlett England	Jack Hutchins Canada	Bill Parnell Canada

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.^[2]^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Bill Parnell	Canada	1:52.2	Q
2	1	Neil Wilson	New Zealand	1:53.2	Q
3	1		Australia	1:53.2	Q
4	1	Tom White	England	?:??.?	Q
5	1		Australia	?:??.?
6	1		Southern Rhodesia	?:??.?
	1	Doug Harris	New Zealand	DNF
	1	John de Saram	Ceylon	DNS
1	2	John Parlett	England	1:52.1	Q
2	2	Jack Hutchins	Canada	?:??.?	Q
3	2	Schalk Booysen	South Africa	1:53.5	Q
4	2		New Zealand	?:??.?	Q
5	2	Ezra Henniger	Canada	?:??.?
6	2		New Zealand	?:??.?
	2		Australia	DNS
	2	A. Somapala	Ceylon	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	John Parlett	England	1:53.1
	Jack Hutchins	Canada	1:53.4
	Bill Parnell	Canada	1:53.4
4		Australia	1:53.7
5	Tom White	England	1:53.9
6		New Zealand	1:56.0
7	Schalk Booysen	South Africa	?:??.?
8	Neil Wilson	New Zealand	?:??.?

^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
^ "Empire Games results". The Age. 6 February 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ "Australia's five records, English athletes start badly". The Manchester Guardian. 6 February 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ "Empire Games results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 1950. p. 9. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games

Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men
110–220–110 yd relay		women
220–110–220–110 yd relay		women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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