- New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
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CGF Code = New ZealandAt the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
inCompetitors Medals Gold
9Silver
8Bronze
18Total
35Commonwealth Games history (summary) British Empire Games 1930 • 1934 • 1938 • 1950 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966 British Commonwealth Games 1970 • 1974 Commonwealth Games 1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 New Zealand (abbreviated NZL) had a team of 145 competitors and 33 officials to the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, which were held at Christchurch, New Zealand. Warwick Nicholl was the flagbearer at the opening ceremony. The theme song was "Join Together" by Steve Allen.
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Venue
10th British Commonwealth Games 
Host city Christchurch, New Zealand Nations participating 38 Nations of the Commonwealth Athletes participating 1276 Events 121 events in 10 sports Opening ceremony 24 January Closing ceremony 2 February Main Stadium QEII Park The games, which became known as "the friendly games", were held in Christchurch, New Zealand. The main venue was QEII Park.
The games marked the beginning of colour television broadcasts in New Zealand. The trademark logo of these Games served as the 'benchmark' design for logo designs for subsequent Games, up to 1998.[citation needed]
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total 
New Zealand9 8 18 35
New Zealand was fourth in the medal table in 1974.Gold
Robin Tait — Men's Discus Throw- Dick Tayler — Men's 10000 m
- David Baldwin, Kerry Clark, John Somerville, and Gordon Jolly — Men's Fours
- Maurice Gordon — Full bore rifle
- Jaynie Parkhouse — Women's 800 m Freestyle
- Mark Treffers — Men's 400 m Individual Medley
- Tony Ebert — Men's 75 kg
- Graham May — Men's 110 kg
- David Aspin — Men's Freestyle (82 kg)
Silver
John Walker — Men's 1500 metres- Valerie Young — Women's Shot Put
- Jack Foster — Men's Marathon
- Sue Haden — Women's 800 metres
- William Byrne — Men's Light-Heavyweight
- Mark Treffers — Men's 1500 m Freestyle
- Brian Marsden — Men's 90 kg
- John Bolton — Men's 110 kg
Bronze
John Walker — Men's 800 metres- Bevan Smith — Men's 200 metres
- Robert Colley — Men's Lightweight
- Leslie Rackley — Men's Middleweight
- Lance Revill — Men's Light-Middleweight
- Robert McDonald and Phil Skoglund — Men's Pairs
- Philip Harland and Paul Medhurst — Men's Track Tandem Sprint
- Paul Brydon, Russell Nant, Blair Stockwell, and René Heyde — Men's Track Team Pursuit (4000 m)
- Bruce McMillan — Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
- John Coutts — Men's 200 m Butterfly
- Susan Hunter — Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Susan Hunter — Women's 400 m Individual Medley
- Jaynie Parkhouse — Women's 400 m Freestyle
- Rory Barrett — Men's 110 kg
- Brian Duffy — Men's 60 kg
- Bruce Cameron — Men's 67.5 kg
- Gary Knight — Men's Freestyle (+ 100 kg)
- Gordon Mackay — Men's Freestyle (74 kg)
New Zealand Team
See also
- New Zealand Olympic Committee
- New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics
External links
References
- Official History of the Xth British Commonwealth Games edited by A. R. Cant (2004, Christchurch)
- The Commonwealth Games: the first 60 years 1930-1990 by Cleve Dheensaw (1994, Hodder & Stoughton, Canada/New Zealand) ISBN 0 340 60002 0
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