New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
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| At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand |
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| Competitors | 145 | |||||||||||
| Officials | 33 | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Opening: Warwick Nicholl Closing: |
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| Medals Rank: 4th |
Gold 9 |
Silver 8 |
Bronze 18 |
Total 35 |
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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.
Venue
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| Host city | Christchurch, New Zealand |
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| 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 venue | 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.
Medals
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand |
9 | 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
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.[1]
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.
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
- ↑ Wellington’s swim queen in The Wellingtonian, 21 March 2013 p12