Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games – Men's 880 yards
# 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.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| John Parlett England | Jack Hutchins Canada | Bill Parnell Canada |

## Results

### Heats

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

| 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 | Colin 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 | |

### Final

| 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 | Colin Simpson | New Zealand | 1:56.0 |
| 7 | Schalk Booysen | South Africa | ?:??.? |
| 8 | Neil Wilson | New Zealand | ?:??.? |
