Athletics at the 1950 British Empire Games – Men's 1 mile
# 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 | Colin 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 | ?:??.? | |
