Cycling at the 1950 British Empire Games

Cycling at the 1950 British Empire Games was the third appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The track events took place at Western Springs Stadium, which had a 10 foot high banked concrete outdoor track, 18 feet wide and 515 yards in circumference. The road race started on Tamaki Drive, progressed to Parnell and Ōrākei before finishing on Tamaki Drive.

Australia topped the cycling medal table with four gold medals.

Medal table

Medal winners

1,000m sprint championship

First Round

• Russell Mockridge bt Allen Stonex
• Sid Patterson bt Lorne Atkinson
• Graham Avery bt Erick Oland
• Don Olive bt E. Evans
• Tommy Godwin bt Charlie Bazzano
• D. K. Bennett bt Alan Geldard

Repechage

• Bazzano bt Stonex & Evans 13.7 sec

Quarter finals

• Mockridge bt Bennett 2–0
• Patterson bt Stonex 2–0
• Avery bt Bazzano 2–0
• Olive bt Godwin 2–0

Semi finals

• Mockridge bt Olive 2–0
• Patterson bt Avery 2–0

Third place

• Avery bt Olive 2–1

Final

• Mockridge bt Patterson 2–0

1,000m Time Trial

4,000 metres individual purusit

Heats (top 4 times qualify for semi-finals)

• Cyril Cartwright 5:26.7 bt William Hamilton 5:43.0 (lapped)
• Russell Mockridge 5:40.0 bt E. P. Branfield 5:48.1
• Jimmy Hamilton 5:26.7 bt Les Lock 5:29.6
• Malcolm Campbell 5:40.4 (rode alone)

Semi-finals

• Cartwright 5.21.2 bt Lock 5.34.0
• Mockridge 5.28.0 bt Hamilton 5.29.8

Third place

• Lock 5.26.7 bt Hamilton 5.28.2

Final

• Cartwright 5:16.3 bt Mockridge 5:27.0

10 mile scratch race

100km Road Race

Only 7 of the 13 starters finished.

References

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling