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	David White	Australia	1:53.2	Q
4	1	Tom White	England	?:??.?	Q
5	1	James Humphreys	Australia	?:??.?
6	1	Ian Johnson	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	Cliff Simpson	New Zealand	?:??.?	Q
5	2	Ezra Henniger	Canada	?:??.?
6	2	Barry Steel	New Zealand	?:??.?
	2	Victor Plummer	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	David White	Australia	1:53.7
5	Tom White	England	1:53.9
6	Cliff Simpson	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.