New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the
1974 British Commonwealth Games
New Zealand at the; 1974 British Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Christchurch, New Zealand
Competitors	142
Flag bearers	Opening: Warwick Nicholl; Closing:
Officials	33
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 9 Silver 8 Bronze 18 Total 35
British Commonwealth Games appearances
	1930; 1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026; 2030;

Competitors142

New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 142 competitors and 33 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was field athlete Warwick Nicholl. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 35 medals, nine of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Dick Tayler	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Gold	Robin Tait	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Gold	David Baldwin Kerry Clark John Somerville Gordon Jolly	Lawn bowls	Men's fours
Gold	Maurie Gordon	Shooting	Open full-bore rifle
Gold	Jaynie Parkhouse	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle
Gold	Mark Treffers	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley
Gold	Tony Ebert	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Gold	Graham May	Weightlifting	Men's super heavyweight
Gold	David Aspin	Wrestling	Men's middleweight
Silver	John Walker	Athletics	Men's 1500 m
Silver	Valerie Young	Athletics	Women's shot put
Silver	Jack Foster	Athletics	Men's marathon
Silver	Sue Haden	Athletics	Women's 800 m
Silver	William Byrne	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
Silver	Mark Treffers	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle
Silver	Brian Marsden	Weightlifting	Men's middle heavyweight
Silver	John Bolton	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Bevan Smith	Athletics	Men's 200 m
Bronze	John Walker	Athletics	Men's 800 m
Bronze	Robert Colley	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Bronze	Lance Revill	Boxing	Men's light middleweight
Bronze	Les Rackley	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Bob McDonald Phil Skoglund	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs
Bronze	Philip Harland Paul Medhurst	Cycling	Men's tandem sprint
Bronze	Paul Brydon Russell Nant Blair Stockwell René Heyde	Cycling	Men's team pursuit
Bronze	Bruce McMillan	Shooting	Open rapid-fire pistol
Bronze	John Coutts	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly
Bronze	Susan Hunter	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley
Bronze	Susan Hunter	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley
Bronze	Jaynie Parkhouse	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle
Bronze	Brian Duffy	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
Bronze	Bruce Cameron	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Bronze	Rory Barrett	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Gordon Mackay	Wrestling	Men's welterweight
Bronze	Gary Knight	Wrestling	Men's super heavyweight

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	2	4	2	8
Weightlifting	2	2	3	7
Swimming	2	1	4	7
Wrestling	1	0	2	3
Lawn bowls	1	0	1	2
Shooting	1	0	1	2
Boxing	0	1	3	4
Cycling	0	0	2	2
Total	9	8	18	35

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	7	6	14	27
Female	1	2	3	6
Mixed / open	1	0	1	2
Total	9	8	18	35

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	36	23	59
Badminton	4	5	9
Boxing	9	N/a	9
Cycling	11	N/a	11
Diving	1	3	4
Lawn bowls	7	N/a	7
Shooting	10	0	10
Swimming	8	8	16
Weightlifting	9	N/a	9
Wrestling	8	N/a	8
Total	103	39	142

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^[i]	Result	Rank^[ii]	Result	Rank
Grant Anderson	Men's 100 m	11.13	6	did not advance
Grant Anderson	Men's 200 m	21.95	4	did not advance
Wendy Brown	Women's 100 m	11.6	3 Q	11.6	3 Q	11.59	5
Wendy Brown	Women's 200 m	23.8	3 Q	23.8	3 Q	23.44	6
Trevor Cochrane	Men's 100 m	10.86	6	did not advance
Trevor Cochrane	Men's 200 m	21.68	4	did not advance
Rod Dixon	Men's 1500 m	3:44.6	3 Q	N/a		3:33.89	4
Richard Endean	Men's 400 m	47.94	5	did not advance
Jack Foster	Men's marathon	N/a				2:11:18.6
Anne Garrett	Women's 1500 m	4:19.1	4 Q	N/a		4:21.05	6
Alan Gilmour	Men's 800 m	1:51.3	4 Q	1:57.78	8	did not advance
Sue Haden	Women's 800 m	2:06.0	1 Q	2:04.9	2 Q	2:02.04
Sue Haden	Women's 1500 m	4:26.8	2 Q	N/a		4:27.8	10
Sue Gukilau	Women's 400 m	55.3	3 Q	55.76	7	did not advance
Howard Healey	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	N/a				8:52.4	11
Nathan Healey	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	N/a				8:52.2	10
Kerry Hill	Men's 100 m	10.85	7	did not advance
Penny Hunt	Women's 400 m	55.2	2 Q	55.0	3 Q	54.30	7
Roger Johnson	Men's 400 m hurdles	52.9	3 Q	52.45	5	did not advance
Philip Kear	Men's 400 m	47.7	2 Q	47.13	8	did not advance
Jan Lothian	Women's 100 m hurdles	14.0	2 Q	14.26	5	did not advance
Terry Manners	Men's marathon	N/a				2:12:58.6	4
Brenda Matthews	Women's 100 m hurdles	13.7	1 Q	13.9	3 Q	13.95	7
Rendell McIntosh	Men's 400 m hurdles	53.1	5 Q	51.95	6	did not advance
Stuart Melville	Men's 800 m	1:52.11	5	did not advance
Michelle Miles	Women's 100 m hurdles	14.1	4 Q	13.9	4 Q	13.89	5
Colleen Mills	Women's 400 m	57.54	5	did not advance
Phillip Mills	Men's 110 m hurdles	14.51	6	N/a		did not advance
Lorraine Moller	Women's 800 m	2:05.8	1 Q	2:04.2	3 Q	2:03.63	5
Tony Polhill	Men's 1500 m	3:40.30	4 Q	N/a		DNS
Sylvia Potts	Women's 1500 m	4:19.6	2 Q	N/a		4:23.12	8
Ross Pownall	Men's 110 m hurdles	14.35	5	N/a		did not advance
Euan Robertson	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	N/a				8:35.2	5
Kim Robertson	Women's 100 m	12.06	4	did not advance
Kim Robertson	Women's 200 m	24.56	5	did not advance
John Robinson	Men's marathon	N/a				2:17:05.4	10
Bryan Rose	Men's 5000 m	13:57.2	6 Q	N/a		14:00.93	10
Kevin Ryan	Men's 5000 m	14:07.42	7	N/a		did not advance
Kevin Ryan	Men's 10,000 m	N/a				29:50.0	12
Bevan Smith	Men's 200 m	20.9	1 Q	21.2	3 Q	21.08
Bevan Smith	Men's 400 m	47.2	2 Q	46.50	2 Q	46.60	6
Shirley Somervell	Women's 800 m	2:04.6	2 Q	2:05.2	3 Q	2:05.83	7
Les Stevenson	Men's 20 miles walk	N/a				2:46:56.2	6
Dick Tayler	Men's 5000 m	DNS		N/a		did not advance
Dick Tayler	Men's 10,000 m	N/a				27:46.4
Kevin Taylor	Men's 20 miles walk	N/a				DQ
John Walker	Men's 800 m	1:47.8	1 Q	1:46.2	2 Q	1:44.92
John Walker	Men's 1500 m	3:42.5	1 Q	N/a		3:32.52
Philip Watson	Men's 10,000 m	N/a				29:54.8	13
Gail Wooten	Women's 100 m	11.9	4 q	11.88	6	did not advance
Gail Wooten	Women's 200 m	24.0	3 Q	24.01	5	did not advance
Bevan Smith Grant Anderson Kerry Hill Trevor Cochrane	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	40.5	4 q	N/a		40.41	7
Bevan Smith Philip Kear Richard Endean Trevor Cochrane	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	N/a				3:08.01	5
Brenda Matthews Gail Wooten Kim Robertson Wendy Brown	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	45.3	2 Q	N/a		44.68	5
Lorraine Tong Penny Hunt Shirley Somervell Sue Gukilau	Women's 4 × 400 m relay	N/a				3:37.5	5

New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Competitors

Athletics

Track and road

Field

Combined

Badminton

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Track

Diving

Lawn bowls

Shooting

Pistol

Rifle

Shotgun

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Officials

See also

References

External links

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Athlete	100 m	Long jump	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 m hurdles	Discus throw	Pole vault	Javelin throw	1500 m	Overall points	Rank
Mene Mene	11.21 754 pts	6.81 m 780 pts	14.22 m 741 pts	1.85 m 725 pts	50.9 766 pts	15.78	39.82 m 682 pts	3.30 m 615 pts	57.64 m 732 pts	4:56.2 429 pts	6993 pts	6
Roger Main	11.27 740 pts	6.78 m 774 pts	13.97 m 725 pts	1.76 m 643 pts	50.3 792 pts		38.76 m 661 pts	3.70 m 728 pts	47.96 m 605 pts	5:21.7 298 pts	6799 pts	7
Geoffrey Wood	11.79 624 pts	6.38 m 695 pts	13.34 m 685 pts	1.73 m 616 pts	51.1 758 pts	16.90	39.86 m 683 pts	3.20 m 587 pts	52.10 m 661 pts	4:31.1 582 pts	6622 pts	9

Athlete	100 m hurdles	Shot put	High jump	Long jump	200 m	Overall points	Rank
Susan Burnside	15.05 743 pts			6.02 m 910 pts		3726 pts	11
Barbara Poulsen	14.41 816 pts	14.82 m 885 pts				4158 pts	5

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alison Branfield	Women's singles	N/a	Hin-Clair (MRI) W 11–0 11–0	Terry (AUS) L 3–11 6–11	did not advance
Robin Denton	Women's singles	N/a	Whetnall (ENG) L 12–10 1–11 6–11	did not advance
Frances Erceg	Women's singles	N/a	Youngberg (CAN) L 8–11 11–5 3–11	did not advance
Warren Johns	Men's singles	Bye	Cooper (AUS) W 5–15 15–7 15–7	Talbot (ENG) L 1–15 12–15	did not advance
Ross Livingston	Men's singles	Ahuja (IND) W 15–10 14–17 18–15	Jobanputra (TAN) W 15–3 15–3	Stuart (ENG) W 15–9 15–3	Gunalan (MAS) L 7–15 8–15	did not advance
Bryan Purser	Men's singles	Ansari (SCO) W 15–4 15–6	Chiplunkar (TAN) W 15–0 15–3	Tan (MAS) L 4–15 3–15	did not advance
Richard Purser	Men's singles	Bye	Tredgett (ENG) W 15–12 12–15 15–5	Moo (MAS) W 15–6 15–10	Paulson (CAN) L 15–6 10–15 9–15	did not advance
Gaynor Weatherley	Women's singles	N/a	Bye	Jones (AUS) L 3–11 3–11	did not advance
Warren Johns Ross Livingston	Men's doubles	N/a	Clancy / Tyrrell (AUS) W 17–14 15–11	Macdonnell / McKee (CAN) W 15–8 15–5	Stevens / Tredgett (ENG) L 3–15 9–15	did not advance
Bryan Purser Richard Purser	Men's doubles	N/a	Bye	Stuart / Talbot (ENG) L 10–15 4–15	did not advance
Frances Erceg Glenys Waller	Women's doubles	N/a		Bye	Boxall / Whetnall (ENG) L 1–15 6–15	did not advance
Alison Branfield Robin Denton	Women's doubles	N/a		Terry / Jones (AUS) W 15–8 15–6	Ang / Ng (MAS) L 12–15 4–15	did not advance
Alison Branfield Richard Purser	Mixed doubles	N/a	Jones / Cooper (AUS) W 13–15 15–6 15–2	Boxall / Tredgett (ENG) W 14–17 15–12 15–14	Stewart / Gow (SCO) W 15–13 15–7	Gilks / Talbot (ENG) L 1–15 12–15	Whetnall / Stuart (ENG) L 10–15 4–15	4
Robin Denton Bryan Purser	Mixed doubles	N/a	Ang / Moo (MAS) W 15–5 17–14	L	did not advance
Glenys Waller Warren Johns	Mixed doubles	N/a	Flockhart / McCoig (SCO) L 11–15 5–15	did not advance
Gaynor Weatherley Ross Livingston	Mixed doubles	N/a	Kelly / Ansari (SCO) L 10–15 15–18	did not advance

Athlete	Round 1	First-round repechages				Round 2	Second-round repechage	Round 3	Third-round repechages		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Round 1	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 2	Second-round repechage	Round 3	Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
John Dean	Atherly (TTO) L	Progressed via repechages				Barnes (AUS) L	L	did not advance
Paul Medhurst	Ibrahim (MAS) W 12.16	Bye				Mirander (JAM) L	W	Crutchlow (ENG) L	Atherly (TTO) Cooke (ENG) L	Luces (TTO) Cooke (ENG) W 11.82	Nicholson (AUS) L, L	did not advance		5
Bryce Preston	Hatfield (WAL) W 12.33	Bye				Cooke (ENG) W 12.48	Bye	Luces (TTO) W 12.36	Bye		Mirander (JAM) L, L	did not advance		7

Athletes	Qualification		Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Philip Harland Paul Medhurst	11.10	3 Q	Rush / O'Neill (AUS) L, W 11.95, L	Hatfield / Tudor (WAL) W 11.12, W 11.58

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Cyril Buscke	Men's 3 m springboard	440.73	7
Karen Conway	Women's 3 m springboard	376.83	9
Rebecca Ewert	Women's 3 m springboard	379.29	8
Margaret Lay	Women's 3 m springboard	354.81	10

Athlete	Event	Round robin													Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Percy Jones	Men's singles	Salkeld (CAN) W 21–18	Snowsill (FIJ) W 23–18	Du Feu (GUE) W 21–13	Dallah (HKG) L 18–21	Williams (SAM) W 21–13	Dent (PNG) W 21–13	Lakin (MAW) W 21–15	White (AUS) L 20–21	Gosden (KEN) W 21–16	Fulton (NIR) W 24–15	Wood (SCO) L 19–21	Evans (WAL) W 22–10	Bryant (ENG) L 8–21	4
Phil Skoglund Bob McDonald	Men's pairs	Canada W 27–3	Fiji L 15–28	Guernsey W 29–7	Hong Kong W 24–15	Samoa W 32–16	Papua New Guinea W 25–15	Malawi W 22–11	Australia W 22–18	Kenya W 25–13	Northern Ireland L 18–22	Scotland D 17–17	Wales W 19–15	England W 23–21
Kerry Clark David Baldwin John Somerville Gordon Jolly	Men's fours	Canada W 21–11	Scotland W 18–11	Papua New Guinea W 23–15	Australia L 11–33	Northern Ireland W 47–2	Wales L 17–22	Fiji W 28–15	Kenya W 23–16	England W 30–13	Samoa W 34–11	Bye	Zambia W 23–13	Hong Kong W 33–9

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
James Irvine	Open free pistol	522	12
John Howat	Open rapid-fire pistol	562	14
Bruce McMillan	Open rapid-fire pistol	581

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Ian Ballinger	Open small-bore rifle	588	4
Jack Scott	Open small-bore rifle	584	11
Frank Godfrey	Open full-bore rifle	378.25	5
Maurie Gordon	Open full-bore rifle	387.26

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Bruce Anderson	Open skeet	174	11
James McKenzie	Open skeet	180	9
James McKenzie	Open trap	165	13
Bruce Lassen	Open trap	186	=5

Athlete	Time	Rank
Garry Bell	5:18:26	5
Vern Hanaray	5:17:28	4

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total	Rank
Brian Duffy	Featherweight	102.5 kg	130.0 kg	232.5 kg
Bruce Cameron	Lightweight	110.0 kg	142.5 kg	252.5 kg
Phillip Sue	Lightweight	110.0 kg	140.0 kg	250.0 kg	5
Tony Ebert	Middleweight	117.5 kg	157.5 kg	275.0 kg
Peter Brosnan	Light heavyweight	127.5 kg	162.5 kg	290.0 kg	4
Brian Marsden	Middle heavyweight	135.0 kg	180.0 kg	315.0 kg
John Bolton	Heavyweight	145.0 kg	195.0 kg	340.0 kg
Rory Barrett	Heavyweight	140.0 kg	180.0 kg	320.0 kg
Graham May	Super heavyweight	150.0 kg	192.5 kg	342.5 kg

v t e 1974 New Zealand British Commonwealth Games team
Athletics	Grant Anderson Wendy Brown Susan Burnside Murray Cheater Trevor Cochrane Tuariki Delamere Rod Dixon Richard Endean Jack Foster Anne Garrett Alan Gilmour Sue Gukilau Sue Haden Howard Healey Nathan Healey Pamela Hendren Kerry Hill Penny Hunt Roger Johnson Philip Kear Jan Lothian Roger Main Terry Manners Brenda Matthews Sandra McGookin Rendell McIntosh Stuart Melville Mene Mene Sally Mene Michelle Miles Colleen Mills Donna Mills Phillip Mills Lorraine Moller Warwick Nicholl Dave Norris Kathy Otto Tony Polhill Sylvia Potts Barbara Poulsen Ross Pownall Euan Robertson Kim Robertson John Robinson Bryan Rose Kevin Ryan Bevan Smith Shirley Somervell Les Stevenson Robin Tait Dick Tayler Kevin Taylor Lorraine Tong Peter Tracy John Walker Philip Watson Geoffrey Wood Gail Wooten Valerie Young
Badminton	Alison Branfield Robin Denton Frances Erceg Warren Johns Ross Livingston Bryan Purser Richard Purser Glenys Waller Gaynor Weatherley
Boxing	Fisi Brown William Byrne Robert Colley David Jackson Ronald Jackson Warren Karaitiana Les Rackley Lance Revill Derek Wilson
Cycling	Garry Bell Paul Brydon John Dean Vern Hanaray Philip Harland René Heyde Paul Medhurst Russell Nant Bryce Preston Jacob Schriek Blair Stockwell
Diving	Cyril Buscke Karen Conway Rebecca Ewert Margaret Lay
Lawn bowls	David Baldwin Kerry Clark Gordon Jolly Percy Jones Bob McDonald Phil Skoglund Jack Somerville
Shooting	Bruce Anderson Ian Ballinger Frank Godfrey Maurie Gordon John Howat James Irvine Bruce Lassen James McKenzie Bruce McMillan Jack Scott
Swimming	Karol Albury Allison Calder John Coutts Ashley Fogel Susan Hunter Michael Johnston Suzanne Kennedy Debbie Ledgerwood Brent Lewis Jane Lowe Brett Naylor Jaynie Parkhouse Monique Rodahl Philip Thorogood Michael Toomey Mark Treffers
Weightlifting	Rory Barrett John Bolton Peter Brosnan Bruce Cameron Brian Duffy Tony Ebert Brian Marsden Graham May Phillip Sue
Wrestling	David Aspin Paul Dalley James Downey Gary Knight Gordon Mackay Bruce McMahon Barry Oldridge Andy Roche
Team manager: Bill Holley

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New Zealand hosted the Games in 1950, 1974, and 1990.