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Encyclopedia > 1974 Commonwealth Games

The 1974 British Commonwealth Games were held in Christchurch, New Zealand. It also marked the beginning of colour television broadcasts in New Zealand. The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of The Commonwealth. ... Situated on the Eastern coast, Christchurch is the principal city of the South Island of New Zealand. ...

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Medals by country

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Australia 29 28 25 82
England 28 31 21 80
Canada 25 19 18 62
New Zealand 9 8 18 35
Kenya 7 2 9 18
India 4 8 3 15
Scotland 3 5 11 19
Nigeria 3 3 4 10
Northern Ireland 3 1 2 6
Uganda 2 4 3 9
Jamaica 2 1 0 3
Wales 1 5 4 10
Ghana 1 3 5 9
Zambia 1 1 1 3
Malaysia 1 0 3 4
Tanzania 1 0 1 2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 0 0 1
Western Samoa 0 1 1 2
Trinidad & Tobago 0 1 1 2
Singapore 0 0 1 1
Swaziland 0 0 1 1

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Medals by event

Athletics

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 Metres Women Raelene Boyle (AUS) 11.27 Andrea Lynch (ENG) 11.31 Denise Robertson (AUS) 11.5
200 Metres Women Raelene Boyle (AUS) 22.5 Denise Robertson (AUS) 22.73 Alice Annum (GHA) 22.9
400 Metres Women Yvonne Saunders (CAN) 51.67 Verona Bernard (ENG) 51.94 Charlene Rendina (AUS) 52.08
800 Metres Women Charlene Rendina (AUS) 00:02:01 Sue Haden (NZL) 00:02:02 Sabina Chebichi (KEN) 00:02:03
1500 Metres Women Glenda Reiser (CAN) 00:04:08 Joan Allison (Page) (ENG) 00:04:11 Thelma Wright (Fynn) (CAN) 00:04:12
100 Metres Hurdles Women Judy Vernon (ENG) 13.45 Gaye Dell (AUS) 13.54 Modupe Oshikoya (NGR) 13.69
High Jump Women Barbara Lawton (ENG) 1.84 Louise Hanna (CAN) 1.82 Brigitte Bittner (CAN) 1.8
Long Jump Women Modupe Oshikoya (NGR) 6.46 Brenda Eisler (CAN) 6.38 Ruth Martin-Jones (WAL) 6.38
Shot Women Jane Haist (CAN) 16.12 Val Young (NZL) 15.29 Jean Roberts (AUS) 15.24
Discus Women Jane Haist (CAN) 55.52 Rosemary Payne (SCO) 53.94 Carol Martin (CAN) 53.16
Javelin Women Petra Rivers (AUS) 55.48 Jenny Symon (AUS) 52.14 Sharon Corbett (ENG) 50.26
Pentathlon Women Mary Peters (NIR) 4455 Modupe Oshikoya (NGR) 4423 Ann Wilson (ENG) 4236
4 x 100 Metres Relay Women Australia (AUS) 43.51 England (ENG) 44.3 Ghana (GHA) 44.35
4 x 400 Metres Relay Women England (ENG) 00:03:29 Australia (AUS) 00:03:31 Canada (CAN) 00:03:34
100 Metres Men Don Quarrie (JAM) 10.38 John Mwebi (KEN) 10.51 Ohene Karikari (GHA) 10.51
200 Metres Men Don Quarrie (JAM) 20.73 George Daniels (GHA) 20.97 Bevan Smith (NZL) 21.08
400 Metres Men Charles Asati (KEN) 46.04 Silver Ayoo (UGA) 46.07 Claver Kamanya (TAN) 46.16
800 Metres Men John Kipkurgat (KEN) 00:01:44 Mike Boit (KEN) 00:01:44 John Walker (NZL) 00:01:45
1500 Metres Men Filbert Bayi (TAN) 00:03:32 John Walker (NZL) 00:03:33 Ben Jipcho (KEN) 00:03:33
5000 Metres Men Ben Jipcho (KEN) 13:14:03 Brendan Foster (ENG) 13:14:06 Dave Black (ENG) 0.0093
10000 Metres Men Dick Tayler (NZL) 00:27:46 Dave Black (ENG) 00:27:48 Richard Juma (KEN) 00:27:57
Marathon Men Ian Thompson (ENG) 02:09:12 Jack Foster (NZL) 02:11:19 Richard Mabuza (SWZ) 02:12:55
3000 Metres Steeplechase Men Ben Jipcho (KEN) 00:08:21 John Davies (WAL) 08:24:08 Evans Mogaka (KEN) 00:08:29
110 Metres Hurdles Men Fatwell Kimaiyo (KEN) 13.69 Berwyn Price (WAL) 13.84 Max Binnington (AUS) 13.88
400 Metres Hurdles Men Alan Pascoe (ENG) 48.83 Bruce Field (AUS) 49.32 William Koskei (KEN) 49.34
High Jump Men Gordon Windeyer (AUS) 2.16 Lawrie Peckham (AUS) 2.14 Claude Ferragne (CAN) 2.12
Pole Vault Men Don Baird (AUS) 5.05 Mike Bull (NIR) 5 Brian Hooper (ENG) 5
Long Jump Men Alan Lerwill (ENG) 7.94 Chris Commons (AUS) 7.92 Joshua Owusu (GHA) 7.75
Triple Jump Men Joshua Owusu (GHA) 16.5 Mohinder Singh Gill (IND) 16.44 Moise Pomaney (GHA) 16.23
Shot Men Geoff Capes (ENG) 20.74 Mike Winch (ENG) 19.36 Bruno Pirnie (CAN) 18.68
Discus Men Robin Tait (NZL) 63.08 Bill Tancred (ENG) 59.48 John Hillier (ENG) 57.22
Hammer Men Ian Chipchase (ENG) 69.56 Howard Payne (ENG) 68.02 Peter Farmer (AUS) 67.48
Javelin Men Charles Clover (ENG) 84.92 Dave Travis (ENG) 79.92 John Mayaka (KEN) 77.56
Decathlon Men Mike Bull (NIR) 7417 Barry King (ENG) 7277 Rob Lethbridge (AUS) 7270
20 Miles Road Walk Men John Warhurst (ENG) 02:35:23 Roy Thorpe (ENG) 02:39:03 Peter Fullager (AUS) 02:42:09
4 x 100 Metres Relay Men Australia (AUS) 39.31 Ghana (GHA) 39.61 Nigeria (NGR) 39.7
4 x 400 Metres Relay Men Kenya (KEN) 00:03:04 England (ENG) 00:03:07 Uganda (UGA) 00:03:07

Bowls

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Singles Men David Bryant (ENG) Clive White (AUS) Willie Wood (SCO)
Pairs Men John Christie & Alex McIntosh (SCO) John Evans & Peter Line (ENG) Bob McDonald & Phil Skoglund (NZL)
Fours Men New Zealand (NZL) Australia (AUS) Scotland (SCO)

Boxing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight Men Stephen Muchoki (KEN) James Odwori (UGA) Syed Kadir (SIN)
John Bambrick (SCO)
Flyweight Men Davy Larmour (NIR) Chandra Narayanan (IND) Saliu Ishola (NGR)
John Byaruhanga (UGA)
Bantamweight Men Pat Cowdell (ENG) Ali Rojo (UGA) Newton Chisanga (ZAM)
Isaac Maina (KEN)
Featherweight Men Edward Ndukwu (NGR) Shadrack Odhiambo (UGA) Dale Anderson (CAN)
Samuel Mbugua (KEN)
Lightweight Men Ayub Kalule (UGA) Kayin Amah (NGR) Muniswami Venu (IND)
Robert Colley (NZL)
Light Welterweight Men Obisia Nwankpa (NGR) Anthony Martey (GHA) Philip Mathenge (KEN)
James Douglas (SCO)
Welterweight Men Mohamed Muruli (UGA) Errol McKenzie (WAL) John Rodgers (NIR)
Steve Cooney (SCO)
Light Middleweight Men Lottie Mwale (ZAM) Alex Harrison (SCO) Lance Revill (NZL)
Robert Davies (ENG)
Middleweight Men Frankie Lucas (VIN) Julius Luipa (ZAM) Carl Speare (ENG)
Les Rackley (NZL)
Light Heavyweight Men Billy Knight (ENG) William Byrne (NZL) Gordon Ferris (NIR)
Isaac Ikhouria (NGR)
Heavyweight Men Neville Meade (ENG) Fatai Ayinla (NGR) Benson Masanda (UGA)
Vai Samu (SAM)

Cycling

Track

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Time Trial Men Dick Paris (AUS) 00:01:12 John Nicholson (AUS) 00:01:12 Ian Hallam (ENG) 00:01:12
Sprint Men John Nicholson (AUS) Xavier Mirander (JAM) Ian Atherly (TRI)
Individual Pursuit Men Ian Hallam (ENG) 00:05:05 Willi Moore (ENG) 00:05:12 Gary Sutton (AUS) 00:05:09
Team Pursuit Men Mick Bennett, Richard Evans, Ian Hallam & Willi Moore (ENG) 00:04:41 Murray Hall, Kevin Nichols, Garry Reardon & Gary Sutton (AUS) 00:04:49 Paul Brydon, René Hyde, Russell Nant & Blair Stockwell (NZL) overtook
10 Miles Scratch Men Steve Heffernan (ENG) 00:20:51 Murray Hall (AUS) 00:20:52 Ian Hallam (ENG) 00:20:52
Tandem Men Geoffrey Cooke & Ernest Crutchlow (ENG) 10.74 John Rush & Danny O'Neill (AUS) Paul Medhurst & Phil Harland (NZL)

Road

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Road Race Men Kevin "Clyde" Sefton (AUS) 05:07:17 Phil Griffiths (ENG) 05:07:46 Remo Sansonetti (AUS) 05:17:27

Shooting

Pistol

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Free Pistol Men/Open Jules Sobrian (CAN) 549 Norman Harrison (AUS) 549 Laslo Antal (ENG) 543
Rapid-Fire Pistol Men/Open William Hare (CAN) 586 Jules Sobrian (CAN) 583 Bruce McMillan (NZL) 581

Rifle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Small Bore Rifle Men/Open Yvonne Gowland (AUS) 594 Bill Watkins (WAL) 591 Alister Allan (SCO) 591
Full Bore Rifle Men/Open Maurice Gordon (NZL) 387.26 Colin McEachran (SCO) 386.27 James Spaight (ENG) 383.35

Shotgun

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Trap Men/Open John Primrose (CAN) 196 Brian Bailey (ENG) 193 Philip Lewis (WAL) 191
Skeet Men/Open Harry Willsie (CAN) 194 Joe Neville (ENG) 191 Robin Bailey (AUS) 189

Swimming

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 Metres Freestyle Men Mike Wenden (AUS) 52.73 Bruce Robertson (CAN) 53.78 Brian Phillips (CAN) 54.11
200 Metres Freestyle Men Steve Badger (AUS) 00:01:57 Bruce Robertson (CAN) 00:01:57 Mike Wenden (AUS) 00:01:58
400 Metres Freestyle Men John Kulasalu (AUS) 00:04:01 Brad Cooper (AUS) 00:04:02 Steve Badger (AUS) 00:04:04
1500 Metres Freestyle Men Steve Holland (AUS) 00:15:35 Mark Treffers (NZL) 00:16:00 Steve Badger (AUS) 00:16:22
100 Metres Backstroke Men Mark Tonelli (AUS) 59.65 Steve Pickell (CAN) 59.88 Brad Cooper (AUS) 00:01:00
200 Metres Backstroke Men Brad Cooper (AUS) 00:02:06 Mark Tonelli (AUS) 00:02:09 Robert Williams (AUS) 00:02:10
100 Metres Breaststroke Men David Leigh (ENG) 00:01:07 David Wilkie (SCO) 00:01:07 Paul Naisby (ENG) 00:01:09
200 Metres Breaststroke Men David Wilkie (SCO) 00:02:24 David Leigh (ENG) 00:02:25 Paul Naisby (ENG) 00:02:27
100 Metres Butterfly Men Neil Rogers (AUS) 56.58 Byron MacDonald (CAN) 56.83 Bruce Robertson (CAN) 56.84
200 Metres Butterfly Men Brian Brinkley (ENG) 00:02:05 Ross Seymour (AUS) 00:02:07 John Coutts (NZL) 00:02:07
200 Metres Individual Medley Men David Wilkie (SCO) 00:02:10 Brian Brinkley (ENG) 00:02:13 Gary MacDonald (CAN) 00:02:13
400 Metres Individual Medley Men Mark Treffers (NZL) 00:04:36 Brian Brinkley (ENG) 00:04:41 Ray Terrell (ENG) 00:04:43
4 x 100 Metres Freestyle Relay Men Canada (CAN) 00:03:34 Australia (AUS) 00:03:34 England (ENG) 00:03:38
4 x 200 Metres Freestyle Relay Men Australia (AUS) 00:07:50 England (ENG) 00:07:53 Canada (CAN) 00:07:53
4 x 100 Metres Medley Relay Men Canada (CAN) 00:03:53 Australia (AUS) 00:03:56 England (ENG) 00:04:00

David Wilkie (born 8 March 1954) was a Scottish Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in swimming in the 1970s. ...

Diving

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving Men Don Wagstaff (AUS) 531.54 Scott Cranham (CAN) 509.61 Trevor Simpson (ENG) 489.69
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving Men Don Wagstaff (AUS) 490.74 Andrew Jackomos (AUS) 472.47 Scott Cranham (CAN) 460.98

Swimming

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 Metres Freestyle Women Sonya Gray (AUS) 59.13 Gail Amundrud (CAN) 59.36 Judy Wright (CAN) 59.46
200 Metres Freestyle Women Sonya Gray (AUS) 00:02:04 Jenny Turrall (AUS) 00:02:07 Gail Amundrud (CAN) 00:02:07
400 Metres Freestyle Women Jenny Turrall (AUS) 00:04:22 Wendy Quirk (CAN) 00:04:23 Jaynie Parkhouse (NZL) 00:04:23
800 Metres Freestyle Women Jaynie Parkhouse (NZL) 00:08:58 Jenny Turrall (AUS) 00:08:59 Rosemary Milgate (AUS) 00:08:59
100 Metres Backstroke Women Wendy Cook (CAN) 00:01:06 Donna-Marie Gurr (CAN) 00:01:07 Linda Young (AUS) 00:01:08
200 Metres Backstroke Women Wendy Cook (CAN) 00:02:20 Sandra Yost (AUS) 00:02:22 Donna-Marie Gurr (CAN) 00:02:24
100 Metres Breaststroke Women Catherine Gaskell (ENG) 00:01:16 Marion Stuart (CAN) 00:01:17 Sandra Dickie (SCO) 00:01:17
200 Metres Breaststroke Women Pat Beavan (WAL) 00:02:43 Beverley Whitfield (AUS) 00:02:44 Allison Smith (AUS) 00:02:45
100 Metres Butterfly Women Patti Stenhouse (CAN) 00:01:05 Kim Wickham (SCO) 00:01:06 Sandra Yost (AUS) 00:01:06
200 Metres Butterfly Women Sandra Yost (AUS) 00:02:21 Patti Stenhouse (CAN) 00:02:21 Gail Neall (AUS) 00:02:22
200 Metres Individual Medley Women Leslie Cliff (CAN) 00:02:24 Becky Smith (CAN) 00:02:25 Susan Hunter (NZL) 00:02:26
400 Metres Individual Medley Women Leslie Cliff (CAN) 00:05:01 Becky Smith (CAN) 00:05:04 Susan Hunter (NZL) 00:05:07
4 x 100 Metres Freestyle Relay Women Canada (CAN) 00:03:57 Australia (AUS) 00:04:02 England (ENG) 00:04:06
4 x 100 Metres Medley Relay Women Canada (CAN) 00:04:25 Australia (AUS) 00:04:31 Scotland (SCO) 00:04:32

Leslie Cliff (born 1955) is a retired Canadian swimmer. ...

Diving

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving Women Cindy Shatto (CAN) 430.88 Beverley Boys (CAN) 426.93 Teri York (CAN) 413.83
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving Women Beverley Boys (CAN) 361.95 Beverley Williams (ENG) 352.14 Madeleine Barnett (AUS) 339.3

Weightlifting

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight - Overall Men Precious McKenzie (ENG) 215 Anil Mondal (IND) 200 John McNiven (SCO) 192.5
Bantamweight - Overall Men Michael Adams (AUS) 222.5 Yves Carignan (CAN) 212.5 Shanmug Velliswamy (IND) 212.5
Featherweight - Overall Men George Vasiliades (AUS) 237.5 Gerald Hay (AUS) 235 Brian Duffy (NZL) 232.5
Lightweight - Overall Men George Newton (ENG) 260 Ieuan Owen (WAL) 255 Bruce Cameron (NZL) 252.5
Middleweight - Overall Men Tony Ebert (NZL) 275 Stanley Bailey (TRI) 275 Robert Wrench (WAL) 270
Light Heavyweight - Overall Men Tony Ford (ENG) 302.5 Paul Wallwork (SAM) 300 Mike Pearman (ENG) 292.5
Middle Heavyweight - Overall Men Nicolo Ciancio (AUS) 330 Brian Marsden (NZL) 315 Steve Wyatt (AUS) 310
Heavyweight - Overall Men Russ Prior (CAN) 352.5 John Bolton (NZL) 340 John Barrett (NZL) 320
Super Heavyweight - Overall Men Graham May (NZL) 342.5 Andy Kerr (ENG) 337.5 Terry Perdue (WAL) 330

Wrestling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight Men Mitchell Kawasaki (CAN) Wally Koenig (AUS) Radhey Shyam (IND)
Flyweight Men Sudesh Kumar (IND) Gordon Bertie (CAN) John Navie (AUS)
Bantamweight Men Prem Nath (IND) Amrik Singh (ENG) Kevin Burke (AUS)
Featherweight Men Egon Beiler (CAN) Shivaji Chingle (IND) Ray Brown (AUS)
Lightweight Men Jagrup Singh (IND) Joe Gilligan (ENG) Stephen Martin (CAN)
Welterweight Men Raghunath Pawar (IND) Tony Shacklady (ENG) Gordon Mackay (NZL)
Middleweight Men Dave Aspin (NZL) Satpal Singh (IND) Taras Hryb (CAN)
Light Heavyweight Men Terry Paice (CAN) Netra Pal Singh (IND) Maurice Allan (SCO)
Heavyweight Men Claude Pilon (CAN) Dadu Chaugule (IND) Ian Duncan (SCO)
Super Heavyweight Men Bill Benko (CAN) Bishwanath Singh (IND) Gary Knight (NZL)

Badminton

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles Men Punch Gunalan (MAS) Jamie Paulson (CAN) Derek Talbot (ENG)
Men's Doubles Men Elliot Stuart & Derek Talbot (ENG) Ray Stevens & Mike Tredgett (ENG) Punch Gunalan & Dominic Song Chok Soon (MAS)
Women's Singles Women Gillian Gilks (Perrin) (ENG) Margaret Beck (ENG) Sylvia Meow Eng Ng (MAS)
Women's Doubles Women Margaret Beck & Gillian Gilks (Perrin) (ENG) Margaret Boxall & Sue Whetnall (ENG) Rosalind Singha Ang & Sylvia Meow Eng Ng (MAS)
Mixed Doubles Mixed Derek Talbot & Gillian Gilks (Perrin) (ENG) Paul Whetnall & Nora Gardner (ENG) Elliot Stuart & Sue Whetnall (ENG)


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