The 1974 British Commonwealth Games were held in Christchurch, New Zealand. It also marked the beginning of colour television broadcasts in New Zealand.

Contents

1 Medals by country 2 Medals by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Bowls 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Cycling 2.4.1 Track 2.4.2 Road 2.5 Shooting 2.5.1 Pistol 2.5.2 Rifle 2.5.3 Shotgun 2.6 Swimming 2.7 Diving 2.8 Swimming 2.9 Diving 2.10 Weightlifting 2.11 Wrestling 2.12 Badminton

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 & 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

Medals by event

Athletics

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Gold Silver Bronze

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

Shooting

Pistol

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Diving

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Diving

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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

Gold Silver Bronze

Event
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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