| Men's 880 yards at the Commonwealth Games |
|---|
| 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 |
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]
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| John Parlett | Jack Hutchins | Bill Parnell |
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final. [2] [3]
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Bill Parnell | 1:52.2 | Q | |
| 2 | 1 | Neil Wilson | 1:53.2 | Q | |
| 3 | 1 | David White | 1:53.2 | Q | |
| 4 | 1 | Tom White | ?:??.? | Q | |
| 5 | 1 | James Humphreys | ?:??.? | ||
| 6 | 1 | Ian Johnson | ?:??.? | ||
| 1 | Doug Harris | DNF | |||
| 1 | John de Saram | DNS | |||
| 1 | 2 | John Parlett | 1:52.1 | Q | |
| 2 | 2 | Jack Hutchins | ?:??.? | Q | |
| 3 | 2 | Schalk Booysen | 1:53.5 | Q | |
| 4 | 2 | Cliff Simpson | ?:??.? | Q | |
| 5 | 2 | Ezra Henniger | ?:??.? | ||
| 6 | 2 | Barry Steel | ?:??.? | ||
| 2 | Victor Plummer | DNS | |||
| 2 | A. Somapala | DNS |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Parlett | 1:53.1 | |||
| Jack Hutchins | 1:53.4 | |||
| Bill Parnell | 1:53.4 | |||
| 4 | David White | 1:53.7 | ||
| 5 | Tom White | 1:53.9 | ||
| 6 | Cliff Simpson | 1:56.0 | ||
| 7 | Schalk Booysen | ?:??.? | ||
| 8 | Neil Wilson | ?:??.? |