Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games

At the 1950 British Empire Games, the athletics events were held at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand in February 1950. A total of 28 athletics events were contested at the Games, 20 by men and 8 by women. A total of seventeen Games records were set or improved over the competition.

A number of events can be viewed in series of thirteen 1950 Empire Games archive reels which have been uploaded by Archives New Zealand on YouTube.

Participating nations

 * 🇦🇺 (46)
 * 🇨🇦 Canada (25)
 * Ceylon (6)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (27)
 * 🇫🇯 Fiji (4)
 * Malaya (2)
 * 🇳🇿 (64)
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria (4)
 * (7)
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa (7)
 * Southern Rhodesia (2)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales (1)