New Zealand at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the
1978 Commonwealth Games
New Zealand at the; 1978 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Competitors	102
Flag bearer	Neil Lyster
Officials	32
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold 5 Silver 6 Bronze 9 Total 20
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1930; 1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026; 2030;

CGF codeNZL

CGANew Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association

Websitewww.olympic.org.nz

Competitors102

New Zealand at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 102 competitors and 32 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Edmonton, Canada, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was cyclist Neil Lyster. The New Zealand team finished fifth on the medal table, winning a total of 20 medals, five of which were gold.

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

Nigeria boycotted the 1978 Games in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Mike Richards	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit
Gold	John Woolley	Shooting	Open skeet
Gold	Gary Hurring	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke
Gold	Rebecca Perrott	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle
Gold	Precious McKenzie	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight
Silver	Mike O'Rourke	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Silver	Heather Thomson	Athletics	Women's 3000 m
Silver	Kevin Blackwell Anthony Cuff Neil Lyster Jack Swart	Cycling	Men's team pursuit
Silver	David Baldwin John Malcolm Morgan Moffat Phil Skoglund	Lawn bowls	Men's fours
Silver	Penny McCarthy	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly
Silver	Rebecca Perrott	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley
Bronze	George Stankovich	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Bryan Purser Richard Purser	Badminton	Men's doubles
Bronze	Garry Bell	Cycling	Men's road race
Bronze	Lynette Brake Rowena Davis Kirsty Durward Deborah Hurst	Gymnastics	Women's team
Bronze	Rebecca Perrott	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle
Bronze	Rebecca Perrott	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle
Bronze	Brian Marsden	Weightlifting	Men's middle heavyweight
Bronze	Phillip Sue	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Bronze	Murray Avery	Wrestling	Men's heavyweight

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	2	2	2	6
Cycling	1	1	1	3
Weightlifting	1	0	2	3
Shooting	1	0	0	1
Athletics	0	2	0	2
Lawn bowls	0	1	0	1
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Badminton	0	0	1	1
Gymnastics	0	0	1	1
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	5	6	9	20

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	3	3	6	12
Female	1	3	3	7
Mixed / open	1	0	0	1
Total	5	6	9	20

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	19	9	28
Badminton	4	3	7
Boxing	6	N/a	6
Cycling	12	N/a	12
Diving	1	1	2
Gymnastics	4	4	8
Lawn bowls	7	N/a	7
Shooting	10	0	10
Swimming	5	4	9
Weightlifting	6	N/a	6
Wrestling	7	N/a	7
Total	81	21	102

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^[i]	Result	Rank^[ii]	Result	Rank^[iii]	Result	Rank
Paul Ballinger	Men's marathon	N/a						2:17:46	6
Wendy Brown	Women's 100 m	11.84	4	N/a		did not advance
Wendy Brown	Women's 200 m	23.77	3 Q	N/a		23.64	5	did not advance
Rod Dixon	Men's 1500 m	3:39.03	3 Q	N/a				3:41.34	8
Rod Dixon	Men's 5000 m	14:08.02	2 Q	N/a				13:43.69	8
Graeme French	Men's 100 m	10.94	4 Q	10.98	8	did not advance
Howard Healey	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	8:48.4	4 Q	N/a				8:43.75	5
Penny Hunt	Women's 200 m	24.25	4	N/a		did not advance
Penny Hunt	Women's 400 m	54.53	4 Q	N/a		54.26	7	did not advance
Terry Manners	Men's marathon	N/a						2:23:00	13
Phillip Mills	Men's 110 m hurdles	14.32	4 q	N/a				14.09	6
Phillip Mills	Men's 400 m hurdles	53.78	5 q	N/a		50.92	4 Q	52.01	8
Dennis Norris	Men's 800 m	1:51.5	3 Q	N/a		1:50.77	5	did not advance
Dennis Norris	Men's 1500 m	3:45.96	8	N/a				did not advance
Mike Parker	Men's 30 km walk	N/a						DNF
Ross Pownall	Men's 110 m hurdles	14.36	3 Q	N/a				14.18	7
Dick Quax	Men's 5000 m	DNS		N/a				did not advance
Dick Quax	Men's 10,000 m	N/a						29:58.00	9
Euan Robertson	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	8:53.1	3 Q	N/a				8:41.32	4
Kim Robertson	Women's 100 m	11.67	2 Q	N/a		11.63	5	did not advance
Kim Robertson	Women's 200 m	23.38	3 Q	N/a		23.59	6	did not advance
Kevin Ryan	Men's marathon	N/a						2:17:16	4
Graham Seatter	Men's 30 km walk	N/a						2:31:49	7
Bevan Smith	Men's 200 m	21.62	4 Q	21.60	6	did not advance
Bevan Smith	Men's 400 m	48.02	4 Q	46.77	4 q	48.25	8	did not advance
Heather Thomson	Women's 3000 m	N/a						9:20.69
Alan Thurlow	Men's 5000 m	14:27.19	8 q	N/a				DNF
Alan Thurlow	Men's 10,000 m	N/a						30:05.24	10
Gail Wooten	Women's 100 m hurdles	14.14	4 q	N/a				13.77	5
Alison Wright	Women's 800 m	2:07.7	2 Q	N/a		2:06.71	6	did not advance
Alison Wright	Women's 1500 m	4:17.03	2 Q	N/a				4:12.93	6
Bevan Smith Graeme French Phillip Mills Ross Pownall	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	41.40	5	N/a				did not advance
Gail Wooten Kim Robertson Penny Hunt Wendy Brown	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	N/a						45.06	4

New Zealand at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Competitors

Athletics

Track and road

Field

Combined

Badminton

Singles

Doubles

Teams

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Track

Diving

Gymnastics

Men

Women

Lawn bowls

Shooting

Pistol

Rifle

Shotgun

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Officials

See also

References

External links

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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	Cain (IOM) W 11–0 11–0	Irwin (AUS) W 11–8 11–5	Bridge (ENG) L 3–11 3–11	did not advance
Mary Livingston	Women's singles	Bye	Blake (WAL) W 11–6 11–3	Beckett (ENG) L 7–11 6–11	did not advance
Ross Livingston	Men's singles	Bye	Maini (KEN) W 15–7 15–2	Jolly (ENG) W 18–16 15–11	Leong (MAL) L 7–15 2–15	did not advance
Bryan Purser	Men's singles	Lim (WAL) W 15–7 15–9	Ganguli (IND) L 8–15 15–6 12–15	did not advance
Richard Purser	Men's singles	Cooper (AUS) W 18–13 15–7	Evans (NIR) W 15–3 15–1	Priestman (CAN) W 15–13 15–4	Padukone (IND) L 1–15 8–15	did not advance
Allison Sinton	Women's singles	Bye	Swaby (AUS) L 5–11 8–11	did not advance
Steve Wilson	Men's singles	Mwangi (KEN) W 15–1 15–7	Modi (IND) L 6–15 7–15	did not advance

Athlete	Time	Rank
Garry Bell	4:22:35.06
Stephen Cox	4:23:47.91	18
Vern Hanaray	4:23:48.61	20
Blair Stockwell	4:35:08.10	30

Athlete	Round 1	First-round repechages	Round 2	Second-round repechages		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
	Round 1	First-round repechages	Round 2	Heat	Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mike Fabish	Turtur (AUS) Benjamin (SKN) 3	Pile (BAR) W 12.08	Swinnerton (ENG) Boyle (AUS) W 11.76	Bye		Tucker (AUS) L, L	did not advance		7
Eric McKenzie	Weller (JAM) Singh (IND) 2	Watkins (CAN) W 12.40	Gadd (ENG) Tudor (WAL) 3	Le Grys (ENG) Gardiner (TTO) W 12.05	Rawlins (TTO) L	did not advance
Kevin McComb	Singleton (CAN) Shearer (NIR) 2	Greenidge (BAR) W WO	Weller (JAM) Le Grys (ENG) 3	Singh (IND) Boyle (AUS) 3	did not advance

Athletes	Qualification		Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athletes	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mike Fabish Eric McKenzie	10.37	1 Q	Gadd / Le Grys (ENG) L (conceded after fall)	Boyle / Goodall (AUS) L WO	4

Athlete	Time	Rank
Anthony Cuff	1:08.85	8
Mike Fabish	1:08.75	7
Mike Richards	1:08.99	9

Athlete	Time	Rank
Anthony Cuff	20:06.45	6
Neil Lyster	20:06.70	10
Mike Richards	20:08.40	18

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Ann Fargher	Women's 3 m springboard	341.16	7
Graeme Shaw	Men's 3 m springboard	404.94	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	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kerry Clark	Men's singles	Gosden (KEN) W 21–5	Turner (MAW) W 21–13	Woodhard (GUE) W 21–11	Snell (AUS) L 18–21	Bryant (ENG) L 12–21	Evans (WAL) L 14–21	Green (SWZ) W 21–4	Madden (PNG) L 20–21	Tolova’a (SAM) W 21–13	Espie (NIR) W 21–15	Harakh (FIJ) W 21–6	McGill (SCO) W 21–18	McKernan (JER) W 21–11	Matheson (CAN) L 18–21	Souza (HKG) W 21–4	4
Ivan Kostanich Bob McDonald	Men's pairs	Canada L 12–28	Hong Kong L 16–23	Bye	Samoa W 27–12	England D 19–19	Australia L 17–19	Fiji W 21–14	Northern Ireland W 23–22	Wales W 21–20	Swaziland W 35–12	Papua New Guinea W 22–13	Kenya W 24–15	Scotland L 18–27	Malawi W 31–15	Bye	6
David Baldwin John Malcolm Morgan Moffat Phil Skoglund	Men's fours	Australia W 17–15	Northern Ireland L 16–25	Bye	Scotland W 23–22	England W 19–18	Fiji W 21–13	Guernsey L 23–25	Papua New Guinea W 33–17	Kenya W 27–11	Canada W 26–16	Samoa W 32–8	Hong Kong W 23–16	Wales D 19–19	Zambia W 29–14	Swaziland W 25–14

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Bruce McMillan	Open rapid-fire pistol	573	7
Barry O'Neale	Open rapid-fire pistol	557	13
Barrie Wickins	Open free pistol	532	9

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Ian Ballinger	Open small-bore rifle	1185	7
Maurie Gordon	Open full-bore rifle	384	6
John Hastie	Open full-bore rifle	376	19
Brian Lacey	Open small-bore rifle	1178	15

Athlete	100 m hurdles	Shot put	High jump	Long jump	200 m	Overall points	Rank
Barbara Beable						3989 pts	7
Karen Page						4099 pts	5

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Neil Davies	Individual all-around	8.55	8.40	7.95	9.00	8.75	8.50	51.15	13
Gregory Robertson	Individual all-around	8.45	8.15	7.75	8.95	8.95	7.20	49.45	14
Terry Sale	Individual all-around	9.00	8.60	8.90	9.20	8.90	8.85	53.45	6
Richard Wilkins	Individual all-around	8.05	8.35	7.70	7.25	8.35	8.00	47.70	16
Neil Davies Gregory Robertson Terry Sale Richard Wilkins	Team all-around							154.00	4

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Lynette Brake	Individual all-around					32.950	17
Rowena Davis	Individual all-around	9.30	9.10	8.80	8.70	35.900	9
Kirsty Durward	Individual all-around	9.55	8.60	8.30	9.15	35.600	10
Deborah Hurst	Individual all-around	9.10	9.15	8.85	8.85	35.950	8
Lynette Brake Rowena Davis Kirsty Durward Deborah Hurst	Team all-around					106.350

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total	Rank
Precious McKenzie	Bantamweight	97.5 kg	122.5 kg	220.0 kg
George Newton	Featherweight	NVL	DNF
Phillip Sue	Lightweight	115.0 kg	147.5 kg	262.5 kg
Tony Ebert	Middleweight	NVL	DNF
Brian Marsden	Middle heavyweight	137.5 kg	175.0 kg	312.5 kg
Rory Barrett	Heavyweight	150.0 kg	182.5 kg	332.5 kg	4

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Brian Cumings	Open trap	155	16
Bruce Lassen	Open trap	177	5
John Woolley	Open skeet	193

v t e 1978 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
Athletics	Paul Ballinger Barbara Beable Wendy Brown Rod Dixon Graeme French Howard Healey Noeline Hodgins Penny Hunt Terry Manners Phillip Mills Dennis Norris Mike O'Rourke Karen Page Mike Parker Ross Pownall Dick Quax Euan Robertson Kim Robertson Kevin Ryan Robert Sadler Graham Seatter Bevan Smith Robin Tait Heather Thomson Alan Thurlow Phil Wood Gail Wooten Alison Wright
Badminton	Alison Branfield Ross Livingston Mary Livingston Bryan Purser Richard Purser Allison Sinton Steve Wilson
Boxing	Gaulua Folasi David Jackson Ronald Jackson Dean Rackley Perry Rackley George Stankovich
Cycling	Garry Bell Kevin Blackwell Stephen Cox Anthony Cuff Mike Fabish Vern Hanaray Neil Lyster Eric McKenzie Kevin McComb Mike Richards Blair Stockwell Jack Swart
Diving	Ann Fargher Graeme Shaw
Gymnastics	Lynette Brake Neil Davies Rowena Davis Kirsty Durward Deborah Hurst Gregory Robertson Terry Sale Richard Wilkins
Lawn bowls	David Baldwin Kerry Clark Ivan Kostanich John Malcolm Bob McDonald Morgan Moffat Phil Skoglund
Shooting	Ian Ballinger Brian Cumings Maurie Gordon John Hastie Brian Lacey Bruce Lassen Bruce McMillan Barry O'Neale Barrie Wickins John Woolley
Swimming	Ian Bullock Andrea Hawcridge Gary Hurring Melanie Jones Penny McCarthy Brett Naylor Rebecca Perrott Paul Rowe Barry Salisbury
Weightlifting	Rory Barrett Tony Ebert Brian Marsden Precious McKenzie George Newton Phillip Sue
Wrestling	Murray Avery Robert Hoffman Raymond Katting Barry Oldridge Ken Reinsfield Stephen Robinson Nigel Sargent
Team manager: Jack Prestney

v t e Associations at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Africa	The Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Sierra Leone Swaziland Tanzania Zambia
Americas	Bermuda British Honduras Canada Guyana
Asia	Bangladesh Hong Kong India Malaysia Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Cayman Islands Grenada Jamaica Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Western Samoa

v t e New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
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New Zealand hosted the Games in 1950, 1974, and 1990.