New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
New Zealand
 at the Commonwealth Games
New Zealand:
Flag of New Zealand

CGF Code = New Zealand
At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
in
Competitors
Medals Gold
9
Silver
8
Bronze
18
Total
35
Commonwealth 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.

Contents

Venue

10th British Commonwealth Games
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
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 9 8 18 35


New Zealand was fourth in the medal table in 1974.

Gold

Athletics

Gold medal icon.svg Robin Tait — Men's Discus Throw
Gold medal icon.svg Dick Tayler — Men's 10000 m

Lawn bowls

Gold medal icon.svg David Baldwin, Kerry Clark, John Somerville, and Gordon Jolly — Men's Fours

Shooting

Gold medal icon.svg Maurice Gordon — Full bore rifle

Swimming

Gold medal icon.svg Jaynie Parkhouse — Women's 800 m Freestyle
Gold medal icon.svg Mark Treffers — Men's 400 m Individual Medley

Weightlifting

Gold medal icon.svg Tony Ebert — Men's 75 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Graham May — Men's 110 kg

Wrestling

Gold medal icon.svg David Aspin — Men's Freestyle (82 kg)

Silver

Athletics

Silver medal icon.svg John Walker — Men's 1500 metres
Silver medal icon.svg Valerie Young — Women's Shot Put
Silver medal icon.svg Jack Foster — Men's Marathon
Silver medal icon.svg Sue Haden — Women's 800 metres

Boxing

Silver medal icon.svg William Byrne — Men's Light-Heavyweight

Swimming

Silver medal icon.svg Mark Treffers — Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Weightlifting

Silver medal icon.svg Brian Marsden — Men's 90 kg
Silver medal icon.svg John Bolton — Men's 110 kg

Bronze

Athletics

Bronze medal icon.svg John Walker — Men's 800 metres
Bronze medal icon.svg Bevan Smith — Men's 200 metres

Boxing

Bronze medal icon.svg Robert Colley — Men's Lightweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Leslie Rackley — Men's Middleweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Lance Revill — Men's Light-Middleweight

Lawn bowls

Bronze medal icon.svg Robert McDonald and Phil Skoglund — Men's Pairs

Cycling

Bronze medal icon.svg Philip Harland and Paul Medhurst — Men's Track Tandem Sprint
Bronze medal icon.svg Paul Brydon, Russell Nant, Blair Stockwell, and René Heyde — Men's Track Team Pursuit (4000 m)

Shooting

Bronze medal icon.svg Bruce McMillan — Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol

Swimming

Bronze medal icon.svg John Coutts — Men's 200 m Butterfly
Bronze medal icon.svg Susan Hunter — Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Bronze medal icon.svg Susan Hunter — Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Bronze medal icon.svg Jaynie Parkhouse — Women's 400 m Freestyle

Weightlifting

Bronze medal icon.svg Rory Barrett — Men's 110 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Brian Duffy — Men's 60 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bruce Cameron — Men's 67.5 kg

Wrestling

Bronze medal icon.svg Gary Knight — Men's Freestyle (+ 100 kg)
Bronze medal icon.svg Gordon Mackay — Men's Freestyle (74 kg)

New Zealand Team

See also

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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