Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games – Men's 1 mile

The men's 1 mile event at the 1950 British Empire Games was held on 9 and 11 February at the Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bill Parnell Canada	Len Eyre England	Maurice Marshall New Zealand

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Len Eyre	England	4:19.2	Q
2	1	John Marks	Australia	4:19.4	Q
3	1	John Sinclair	New Zealand	4:19.8	Q
4	1	Jack Hutchins	Canada	4:20.8	Q
5	1	Victor Plummer	Australia	4:21.8
6	1	Neil Bates	New Zealand	4:25.8
7	1	A. Somapala	Ceylon	?:??.?
	1	Kenneth MacDonald	Australia	DNS
	1	John Parlett	England	DNS
	1	Andrew Forbes	Scotland	DNS
1	2	Bill Parnell	Canada	4:15.4	Q
2	2	Don MacMillan	Australia	4:15.4	Q
3	2	Tom White	England	4:16.6	Q
4	2	Maurice Marshall	New Zealand	4:16.8	Q
5	2	Richard Ferguson	Canada	4:17.2
6	2	Cliff Simpson	New Zealand	4:26.6
7	2	Ian Johnson	Southern Rhodesia	?:??.?

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Bill Parnell	Canada	4:11.0	GR
	Len Eyre	England	4:11.8
	Maurice Marshall	New Zealand	4:13.2
4	John Marks	Australia	4:14.8
5	Tom White	England	4:15.0
6	John Sinclair	New Zealand	4:20.0
7	Don MacMillan	Australia	?:??.?
8	Jack Hutchins	Canada	?:??.?