Rowing at the 1950 British Empire Games
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Rowing at the 1950 British Empire Games was the third appearance of Rowing at the Commonwealth Games.
Competition featured five events being held at Lake Karapiro, 160 kilometres (99 mi) south of Auckland. Three special trains took 1500 people to Cambridge on 7 February 1950.
Australia topped the rowing medal table with four gold medals.
Medal table
* Host nation (New Zealand)
Medal winners
The double sculls competition was an invitation event and originally no medals were awarded but they are counted in the medal table today.
Results
Single sculls
Double sculls
Only three entries
Coxless pair
Only two entries
Coxed four
Only two entries
Eights
Only three entries
References
Sources
Churchman, Geoffrey B; Hurst, Tony (2001) [1990, 1991]. The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey through History (Second ed.). Transpress New Zealand. ISBN 0-908876-20-3.
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