Diving at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Diving at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was the tenth appearance of the Diving at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974 and featured contests in four devents.^[1]

VenueQEII Leisure Centre, Queen Elizabeth II Park

LocationChristchurch, New Zealand

Dates24 January to 2 February 1974

Nations6

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Diving at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	QEII Leisure Centre, Queen Elizabeth II Park
Location	Christchurch, New Zealand
Dates	24 January to 2 February 1974
Nations	6
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New Zealand's neighbor Australia won gold medals on each of the two men's diving events, the 3-metre and 10-metre respectively by Don Wagstaff, who had also won both gold medals at the 1970 Commonwealth Games diving event.^[2] Australia collected 4 medals in total, while Canada took 6 in total, of which 2 were also gold.

Australia collected gold medals from each of the men's diving competitions,^[3] but would have to wait another twelve years until the 1986 Commonwealth Games before winning a gold medal in diving again.^[4]

Canada had a clean sweep of medals in the women's 3 metre platform event,^[5][6] the first time that had happened since the event's inception dating back to the inaugural 1930 British Empire Games.^[7] Canada also collected gold across both the 3 metre and 10 metre events from Cindy Shatto and Beverly Boys respectively.^[8] The event would be the last for Cindy Shatto, who chose to retire from competitive diving on the eve of the 1978 Commonwealth Games.^[9]