CGF code NZL Competitors 145 | Website www.olympic.org.nz | |
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CGA New Zealand Olympic Committee Flag bearer Opening: Warwick Nicholl
Closing: Medals
Ranked 4thth Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
9
8
18
35 | ||
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
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.
Medals
New Zealand was fourth in the medal table in 1974.
Gold
Athletics
01 ! Robin Tait — Men's Discus Throw 01 ! Dick Tayler — Men's 10000 mLawn bowls
01 ! David Baldwin, Kerry Clark, John Somerville, and Gordon Jolly — Men's FoursShooting
01 ! Maurice Gordon — Full bore rifleSwimming
01 ! Jaynie Parkhouse — Women's 800 m Freestyle 01 ! Mark Treffers — Men's 400 m Individual MedleyWeightlifting
01 ! Tony Ebert — Men's 75 kg 01 ! Graham May — Men's 110 kgWrestling
01 ! David Aspin — Men's Freestyle (82 kg)Silver
Athletics
02 ! John Walker — Men's 1500 metres 02 ! Valerie Young — Women's Shot Put 02 ! Jack Foster — Men's Marathon 02 ! Sue Haden — Women's 800 metresBoxing
02 ! William Byrne — Men's Light-HeavyweightSwimming
02 ! Mark Treffers — Men's 1500 m FreestyleWeightlifting
02 ! Brian Marsden — Men's 90 kg 02 ! John Bolton — Men's 110 kgBronze
Athletics
03 ! John Walker — Men's 800 metres 03 ! Bevan Smith — Men's 200 metresBoxing
03 ! Robert Colley — Men's Lightweight 03 ! Leslie Rackley — Men's Middleweight 03 ! Lance Revill — Men's Light-MiddleweightLawn bowls
03 ! Robert McDonald and Phil Skoglund — Men's PairsCycling
03 ! Philip Harland and Paul Medhurst — Men's Track Tandem Sprint 03 ! Paul Brydon, Russell Nant, Blair Stockwell, and René Heyde — Men's Track Team Pursuit (4000 m)Shooting
03 ! Bruce McMillan — Men's 25 m Rapid Fire PistolSwimming
03 ! John Coutts — Men's 200 m Butterfly 03 ! Susan Hunter — Women's 200 m Individual Medley 03 ! Susan Hunter — Women's 400 m Individual Medley 03 ! Jaynie Parkhouse — Women's 400 m FreestyleWeightlifting
03 ! Rory Barrett — Men's 110 kg 03 ! Brian Duffy — Men's 60 kg 03 ! Bruce Cameron — Men's 67.5 kgWrestling
03 ! Gary Knight — Men's Freestyle (+ 100 kg) 03 ! Gordon Mackay — Men's Freestyle (74 kg)New Zealand Team
New Zealanders Jane and Rebecca Perrott swam for Fiji at the games, as their father was Registrar at the University of the South Pacific. At 12½ Rebecca was the youngest competitor at the games.
Television
The Games were the first major event to be televised after the introduction of colour television to New Zealand in November 1973. However, due to the NZBC's limited colour facilities, only athletics, swimming, and boxing were broadcast in colour. The National Film Unit produced Games '74, a feature-length documentary in colour of the games. This has since been restored and is available on DVD.