New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 142 competitors and 33 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was field athlete Warwick Nicholl. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 35 medals, nine of which were gold.

New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Christchurch, New Zealand
Competitors	142
Flag bearers	Opening: Warwick Nicholl Closing:
Officials	33
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 9 Silver 8 Bronze 18 Total 35
British Commonwealth Games appearances
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New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables

New Zealand was fourth on the medal table in 1974, with a total of 35 medals, including nine gold.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Dick Tayler	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Gold	Robin Tait	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Gold	David Baldwin Kerry Clark John Somerville Gordon Jolly	Lawn bowls	Men's fours
Gold	Maurie Gordon	Shooting	Open full-bore rifle
Gold	Jaynie Parkhouse	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle
Gold	Mark Treffers	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley
Gold	Tony Ebert	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Gold	Graham May	Weightlifting	Men's super heavyweight
Gold	David Aspin	Wrestling	Men's middleweight
Silver	John Walker	Athletics	Men's 1500 m
Silver	Valerie Young	Athletics	Women's shot put
Silver	Jack Foster	Athletics	Men's marathon
Silver	Sue Haden	Athletics	Women's 800 m
Silver	William Byrne	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
Silver	Mark Treffers	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle
Silver	Brian Marsden	Weightlifting	Men's middle heavyweight
Silver	John Bolton	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Bevan Smith	Athletics	Men's 200 m
Bronze	John Walker	Athletics	Men's 800 m
Bronze	Robert Colley	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Bronze	Lance Revill	Boxing	Men's light middleweight
Bronze	Les Rackley	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Bob McDonald Phil Skoglund	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs
Bronze	Philip Harland Paul Medhurst	Cycling	Men's tandem sprint
Bronze	Paul Brydon Russell Nant Blair Stockwell René Heyde	Cycling	Men's team pursuit
Bronze	Bruce McMillan	Shooting	Open rapid-fire pistol
Bronze	John Coutts	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly
Bronze	Susan Hunter	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley
Bronze	Susan Hunter	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley
Bronze	Jaynie Parkhouse	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle
Bronze	Brian Duffy	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
Bronze	Bruce Cameron	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Bronze	Rory Barrett	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Gordon Mackay	Wrestling	Men's welterweight
Bronze	Gary Knight	Wrestling	Men's super heavyweight

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	2	4	2	8
Weightlifting	2	2	3	7
Swimming	2	1	4	7
Wrestling	1	0	2	3
Lawn bowls	1	0	1	2
Shooting	1	0	1	2
Boxing	0	1	3	4
Cycling	0	0	2	2
Total	9	8	18	35

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	7	6	14	27
Female	1	2	3	6
Mixed / open	1	0	1	2
Total	9	8	18	35

Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	36	23	59
Badminton	4	5	9
Boxing	9	—	9
Cycling	11	—	11
Diving	1	3	4
Lawn bowls	7	—	7
Shooting	10	0	10
Swimming	8	8	16
Weightlifting	9	—	9
Wrestling	8	—	8
Total	103	39	142

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 years, Rebecca was the youngest competitor at the games.^[1]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank[i]	Result	Rank[ii]	Result	Rank
Grant Anderson	Men's 100 m	11.13	6	did not advance
	Men's 200 m	21.95	4	did not advance
Wendy Brown	Women's 100 m	11.6	3 Q	11.6	3 Q	11.59	5
	Women's 200 m	23.8	3 Q	23.8	3 Q	23.44	6
Trevor Cochrane	Men's 100 m	10.86	6	did not advance
	Men's 200 m	21.68	4	did not advance
Rod Dixon	Men's 1500 m	3:44.6	3 Q	—		3:33.89	4
Richard Endean	Men's 400 m	47.94	5	did not advance
Jack Foster	Men's marathon	—				2:11:18.6
Anne Garrett	Women's 1500 m	4:19.1	4 Q	—		4:21.05	6
Alan Gilmour	Men's 800 m	1:51.3	4 Q	1:57.78	8	did not advance
Sue Haden	Women's 800 m	2:06.0	1 Q	2:04.9	2 Q	2:02.04
	Women's 1500 m	4:26.8	2 Q	—		4:27.8	10
Sue Gukilau	Women's 400 m	55.3	3 Q	55.76	7	did not advance
Howard Healey	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	—				8:52.4	11
Nathan Healey	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	—				8:52.2	10
Kerry Hill	Men's 100 m	10.85	7	did not advance
Penny Hunt	Women's 400 m	55.2	2 Q	55.0	3 Q	54.30	7
Roger Johnson	Men's 400 m hurdles	52.9	3 Q	52.45	5	did not advance
Philip Kear	Men's 400 m	47.7	2 Q	47.13	8	did not advance
Jan Lothian	Women's 100 m hurdles	14.0	2 Q	14.26	5	did not advance
Terry Manners	Men's marathon	—				2:12:58.6	4
Brenda Matthews	Women's 100 m hurdles	13.7	1 Q	13.9	3 Q	13.95	7
Rendell McIntosh	Men's 400 m hurdles	53.1	5 Q	51.95	6	did not advance
Stuart Melville	Men's 800 m	1:52.11	5	did not advance
Michelle Miles	Women's 100 m hurdles	14.1	4 Q	13.9	4 Q	13.89	5
Colleen Mills	Women's 400 m	57.54	5	did not advance
Phillip Mills	Men's 110 m hurdles	14.51	6	—		did not advance
Lorraine Moller	Women's 800 m	2:05.8	1 Q	2:04.2	3 Q	2:03.63	5
Tony Polhill	Men's 1500 m	3:40.30	4 Q	—		DNS
Sylvia Potts	Women's 1500 m	4:19.6	2 Q	—		4:23.12	8
Ross Pownall	Men's 110 m hurdles	14.35	5	—		did not advance
Euan Robertson	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	—				8:35.2	5
Kim Robertson	Women's 100 m	12.06	4	did not advance
	Women's 200 m	24.56	5	did not advance
John Robinson	Men's marathon	—				2:17:05.4	10
Bryan Rose	Men's 5000 m	13:57.2	6 Q	—		14:00.93	10
Kevin Ryan	Men's 5000 m	14:07.42	7	—		did not advance
	Men's 10,000 m	—				29:50.0	12
Bevan Smith	Men's 200 m	20.9	1 Q	21.2	3 Q	21.08
	Men's 400 m	47.2	2 Q	46.50	2 Q	46.60	6
Shirley Somervell	Women's 800 m	2:04.6	2 Q	2:05.2	3 Q	2:05.83	7
Les Stevenson	Men's 20 miles walk	—				2:46:56.2	6
Dick Tayler	Men's 5000 m	DNS		—		did not advance
	Men's 10,000 m	—				27:46.4
Kevin Taylor	Men's 20 miles walk	—				DQ
John Walker	Men's 800 m	1:47.8	1 Q	1:46.2	2 Q	1:44.92
	Men's 1500 m	3:42.5	1 Q	—		3:32.52
Philip Watson	Men's 10,000 m	—				29:54.8	13
Gail Wooten	Women's 100 m	11.9	4 q	11.88	6	did not advance
	Women's 200 m	24.0	3 Q	24.01	5	did not advance
Bevan Smith Grant Anderson Kerry Hill Trevor Cochrane	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	40.5	4 q	—		40.41	7
Bevan Smith Philip Kear Richard Endean Trevor Cochrane	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	—				3:08.01	5
Brenda Matthews Gail Wooten Kim Robertson Wendy Brown	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	45.3	2 Q	—		44.68	5
Lorraine Tong Penny Hunt Shirley Somervell Sue Gukilau	Women's 4 × 400 m relay	—				3:37.5	5

1. Ranks given are within the heat
2. Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Susan Burnside	Women's high jump	—		1.55 m	14
	Women's long jump	6.02 m	Q	5.58 m	11
Murray Cheater	Men's hammer throw	—		65.82 m	5
Tuariki Delamere	Men's long jump	7.53 m	Q	7.31 m	9
	Men's triple jump	—		14.23 m	13
Pamela Hendren	Women's long jump	6.37 m	Q	6.11 m	9
Kerry Hill	Men's long jump	7.30 m	Q	7.18 m	10
Sandra McGookin	Women's javelin throw	—		47.84 m	6
Sally Mene	Women's discus throw	47.10 m	Q	48.80 m	7
	Women's javelin throw	—		40.44 m	11
Donna Mills	Women's high jump	—		1.60 m	12
Warwick Nicholl	Men's hammer throw	—		63.72 m	7
Dave Norris	Men's triple jump	—		15.41 m	6
Kathy Otto	Women's long jump	5.65 m	14	did not progress
Barbara Poulsen	Women's shot put	14.90 m	Q	14.60 m	5
Robin Tait	Men's discus throw	—		63.08 m
	Men's shot put	—		17.71 m	5
Peter Tracy	Men's pole vault	—		4.60 m	5
Valerie Young	Women's shot put	14.83 m	Q	15.29 m

Combined

Men's decathlon

Athlete	100 m	Long jump	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 m hurdles	Discus throw	Pole vault	Javelin throw	1500 m	Overall points	Rank
Mene Mene		6.81 m 780 pts	14.22 m 741 pts		50.9 766 pts						6993 pts	6
Roger Main		6.78 m 774 pts	13.97 m 725 pts		50.3 792 pts						6799 pts	7
Geoffrey Wood		6.38 m 695 pts	13.34 m 685 pts		51.1 758 pts						6622 pts	9

Women's pentathlon

Athlete	100 m hurdles	Shot put	High jump	Long jump	200 m	Overall points	Rank
Susan Burnside	15.1			6.02 m 910 pts		3726 pts	11
Barbara Poulsen	14.4	14.82 m 885 pts				4158 pts	5

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Alison Branfield	Women's singles	—	Hin-Clair (MRI) W 11–0 11–0	Terry (AUS) L 3–11 6–11	did not advance
Robin Denton	Women's singles	—	Whetnall (ENG) L 12–10 1–11 6–11	did not advance
Frances Erceg	Women's singles	—	Youngberg (CAN) L 8–11 11–5 3–11	did not advance
Warren Johns	Men's singles	Bye	Cooper (AUS) W 5–15 15–7 15–7	Talbot (ENG) L 1–15 12–15	did not advance
Ross Livingston	Men's singles	Ahuja (IND) W 15–10 14–17 18–15	Jobanputra (TAN) W 15–3 15–3	Stuart (ENG) W 15–9 15–3	Gunalan (MAS) L 7–15 8–15	did not advance
Bryan Purser	Men's singles	Ansari (SCO) W 15–4 15–6	Chiplunkar (TAN) W 15–0 15–3	Tan (MAS) L 4–15 3–15	did not advance
Richard Purser	Men's singles	Bye	Tredgett (ENG) W 15–12 12–15 15–5	Moo (MAS) W 15–6 15–10	Paulson (CAN) L 15–6 10–15 9–15	did not advance
Gaynor Weatherley	Women's singles	—	Bye	Jones (AUS) L 3–11 3–11	did not advance
Warren Johns Ross Livingston	Men's doubles	—	Clancy / Tyrrell (AUS) W 17–14 15–11	Macdonnell / McKee (CAN) W 15–8 15–5	Stevens / Tredgett (ENG) L 3–15 9–15	did not advance
Bryan Purser Richard Purser	Men's doubles	—	Bye	Stuart / Talbot (ENG) L 10–15 4–15	did not advance
Frances Erceg Glenys Waller	Women's doubles	—		Bye	Boxall / Whetnall (ENG) L 1–15 6–15	did not advance
Alison Branfield Robin Denton	Women's doubles	—		Terry / Jones (AUS) W 15–8 15–6	Ang / Ng (MAS) L 12–15 4–15	did not advance
Alison Branfield Richard Purser	Mixed doubles	—	Jones / Cooper (AUS) W 13–15 15–6 15–2	Boxall / Tredgett (ENG) W 14–17 15–12 15–14	Stewart / Gow (SCO) W 15–13 15–7	Gilks / Talbot (ENG) L 1–15 12–15	Whetnall / Stuart (ENG) L 10–15 4–15	4
Robin Denton Bryan Purser	Mixed doubles	—	Ang / Moo (MAS) W 15–5 17–14	L	did not advance
Glenys Waller Warren Johns	Mixed doubles	—	Flockhart / McCoig (SCO) L 11–15 5–15	did not advance
Gaynor Weatherley Ross Livingston	Mixed doubles	—	Kelly / Ansari (SCO) L 10–15 15–18	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Warren Karaitiana	Bantamweight	—	Uilata (SAM) L	did not advance
Derek Wilson	Featherweight	—	Mbugua (KEN) L	did not advance
Robert Colley	Lightweight	—	Rima (COK) W	Moepi (LES) W	Kalule (UGA) L	Did not advance
David Jackson	Light welterweight	Bye	Lui (TGA) W	Martey (GHA) L	did not advance
Ronald Jackson	Welterweight	—	Taefu (SAM) W	Cooney (SCO) L	did not advance
Lance Revill	Light middleweight	—	Langol (UGA) W	Vaili (SAM) W	Harrison (SCO) L	Did not advance
Les Rackley	Middleweight	—	Bye	Wasaija (UGA) W	Luipa (ZAM) L	Did not advance
William Byrne	Light heavyweight	—	Bye	Thompson (PNG) W	Ikhouria (NIG) W	Knight (ENG) L
Fisi Brown	Heavyweight	—	Onyango (KEN) W	Masanda (UGA) L	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Road

Men's road race

Athlete	Time	Rank
Garry Bell	5:18:26	5
Vern Hanaray	5:17:28	4

Track

Men's 1000 m sprint

Athlete	Round 1	First-round repechages				Round 2	Second-round repechage	Round 3	Third-round repechages		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4				Round 1	Round 2
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
John Dean	Atherly (TTO) L	Progressed via repechages				Barnes (AUS) L	L	did not advance
Paul Medhurst	Ibrahim (MAS) W 12.16	Bye				Mirander (JAM) L	W	Crutchlow (ENG) L	Atherly (TTO)  Cooke (ENG) L	Luces (TTO)  Cooke (ENG) W 11.82	Nicholson (AUS) L, L	did not advance		5
Bryce Preston	Hatfield (WAL) W 12.33	Bye				Cooke (ENG) W 12.48	Bye	Luces (TTO) W 12.36	Bye		Mirander (JAM) L, L	did not advance		7

Men's tandem 2000 m sprint

Athletes	Qualification		Semifinals	Final / BM
	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Philip Harland Paul Medhurst	11.10	3 Q	Rush / O'Neill (AUS) L, W 11.95, L	Hatfield / Tudor (WAL) W 11.12, W 11.58

Men's 1 km time trial

Athlete	Time	Rank
John Dean	1:14.22	10
René Heyde	1:12.16	4
Jacob Schriek	1:12.81	6

Men's 4000 m pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
		Time	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result
Russell Nant	Individual pursuit	5:25.24	11	did not progress
Blair Stockwell	Individual pursuit	5:08.96	1 Q	Paris (AUS) W 5:09.63	Moore (ENG) L	Sutton (AUS) L	4
Paul Brydon René Heyde Russell Nant Blair Stockwell	Team pursuit	4:50.40	2 Q	—	Australia L	Scotland W 4:45.90

Men's 10 miles scratch race

Athlete	Time	Rank
Paul Brydon	20:51.78	6
Paul Medhurst		Unplaced
John Dean		Unplaced

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Cyril Buscke	Men's 3 m springboard	440.73	7
Karen Conway	Women's 3 m springboard	376.83	9
Rebecca Ewert	Women's 3 m springboard	379.29	8
Margaret Lay	Women's 3 m springboard	354.81	10

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Round robin													Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Percy Jones	Men's singles	Salkeld (CAN) W 21–18	Snowsill (FIJ) W 23–18	Du Feu (GUE) W 21–13	Dallah (HKG) L 18–21	Williams (SAM) W 21–13	Dent (PNG) W 21–13	Lakin (MAW) W 21–15	White (AUS) L 20–21	Gosden (KEN) W 21–16	Fulton (NIR) W 24–15	Wood (SCO) L 19–21	Evans (WAL) W 22–10	Bryant (ENG) L 8–21	4
Phil Skoglund Bob McDonald	Men's pairs	Canada W 27–3	Fiji L 15–28	Guernsey W 29–7	Hong Kong W 24–15	Samoa W 32–16	Papua New Guinea W 25–15	Malawi W 22–11	Australia W 22–18	Kenya W 25–13	Northern Ireland L 18–22	Scotland D 17–17	Wales W 19–15	England W 23–21
Kerry Clark David Baldwin John Somerville Gordon Jolly	Men's fours	Canada W 21–11	Scotland W 18–11	Papua New Guinea W 23–15	Australia L 11–33	Northern Ireland W 47–2	Wales L 17–22	Fiji W 28–15	Kenya W 23–16	England W 30–13	Samoa W 34–11	Bye	Zambia W 23–13	Hong Kong W 33–9

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Pistol

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
James Irvine	Open free pistol	522	12
John Howat	Open rapid-fire pistol	562	14
Bruce McMillan	Open rapid-fire pistol	581

Rifle

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Ian Ballinger	Open small-bore rifle	588	4
Jack Scott	Open small-bore rifle	584	11
Frank Godfrey	Open full-bore rifle	378.25	5
Maurie Gordon	Open full-bore rifle	387.26

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Bruce Anderson	Open skeet	174	11
James McKenzie	Open skeet	180	9
	Open trap	165	13
Bruce Lassen	Open trap	186	=5

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Karol Albury	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:03.18	14	did not advance
Allison Calder	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:11.51	10	did not advance
	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:36.43	14	did not advance
	Women's 800 m freestyle	9:14.59	6 Q	9:19.19	6
John Coutts	Men's 100 m butterfly	59.81	10	did not advance
	Men's 200 m butterfly	2:09.04	4 Q	2:07.03
Ashley Fogel	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:19.84	11	did not advance
	Men's 400 m individual medley	4:56.16	13	did not advance
Susan Hunter	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:09.08	7 Q	1:09.06	7
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:29.32	8 Q	2:26.27	6
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:27:06	2 Q	2:26.18
	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:08.96	3 Q	5:07.20
Michael Johnston	Men's 100 m freestyle	56.76	17	did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:01.09	9	did not advance
Suzanne Kennedy	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:13.93	13	did not advance
	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:36.89	15	did not advance
	Women's 800 m freestyle	9:24.32	13	did not advance
Debbie Ledgerwood	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:08.07	12	did not advance
	Women's 200 m butterfly	2:26.04	8 Q	2:28.40	8
Brent Lewis	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:12.70	11	did not advance
	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:34.94	10	did not advance
Jane Lowe	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:18.42	7 Q	1:17.72	6
	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:43.34	2 Q	2:45.10	4
Brett Naylor	Men's 100 m freestyle	56.01	11	did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:59.65	4 Q	1:59.35	6
	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:09.50	2 Q	4:10.88	5
Jaynie Parkhouse	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:00.38	4 Q	1:00.96	5
	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:10.32	7 Q	2:08.80	5
	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:25.58	2 Q	4:23.09
	Women's 800 m freestyle	9:01.38	4 Q	8:58.49
Monique Rodahl	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:08.65	14	did not advance
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:27.84	6 Q	2:27.67	7
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:32.44	12	did not advance
Philip Thorogood	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:04.69	12	did not advance
	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:16.22	10	did not advance
Michael Toomey	Men's 100 m butterfly	1:00.61	13	did not advance
Mark Treffers	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:15.85	8 Q	4:05.80	4
	Men's 1500 m freestyle	—		15:59.82
	Men's 400 m individual medley	4:48.74	5 Q	4:35.90
Ashley Fogel Brett Naylor John Coutts Michael Johnston	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		3:45.76	5
Brett Naylor John Coutts Mark Treffers Michael Johnston	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		8:01.03	5
Brent Lewis Brett Naylor Michael Toomey Philip Thorogood	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	—		4:14.08	6
Allison Calder Jaynie Parkhouse Susan Hunter Suzanne Kennedy	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		4:06.94	5
Debbie Ledgerwood Jane Lowe Jaynie Parkhouse Monique Rodahl	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	—		4:41.54	5

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total	Rank
Brian Duffy	Featherweight	102.5 kg	130.0 kg	232.5 kg
Bruce Cameron	Lightweight	110.0 kg	142.5 kg	252.5 kg
Phillip Sue	Lightweight			250.0 kg	5
Tony Ebert	Middleweight	117.5 kg	157.5 kg	275.0 kg
Peter Brosnan	Light heavyweight	127.5 kg	162.5 kg	290.0 kg	4
Brian Marsden	Middle heavyweight	135.0 kg	180.0 kg	315.0 kg
John Bolton	Heavyweight	145.0 kg	195.0 kg	340.0 kg
Rory Barrett	Heavyweight	140.0 kg	180.0 kg	320.0 kg
Graham May	Super heavyweight	150.0 kg	192.5 kg	342.5 kg

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Elimination rounds				Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Bruce McMahon	Flyweight	Kumar (IND) L	Navie (AUS) L	did not progress
Barry Oldridge	Bantamweight	Burke (AUS) L	Bye	Gill (ENG) L	did not progress
Andy Roche	Featherweight	Chingle (IND) L	Brown (AUS) L	did not progress
Paul Dalley	Lightweight	Marsh (AUS) W	Martin (CAN) L	Gilligan (ENG) L	did not progress
Gordon Mackay	Welterweight	Pawar (IND) L	Bye	Lavallee (CAN) W	Shacklady (ENG) L
David Aspin	Middleweight	O'Brien (AUS) W	Grinstead (ENG) W	Singh (IND) W	Hryb (CAN) W
James Downey	Light heavyweight	Bye	Allan (SCO) L	Singh (IND) L	did not progress
Gary Knight	Super heavyweight	Bye	Benko (CAN) L	Robertson (SCO) Both DQ	—

Officials

• Team manager – Bill Holley^[2]
• Team assistant manager – Alf Haslett^[3]
• Team doctor – Graeme Campbell^[4]
• Chaperone – B. Baxter^[3]
• Physiotherapist – Peter Stokes^[3]
• Athletics
  • Section manager – Johnny Borland^[5]
  • Section assistant manager – Dave Leech^[5]
  • Section women's manager – P. A. Munro^[5]
  • Chief coach – Frank Sharpley^[5]
  • No. 2 coach – Russ Hoggard^[5]
  • No. 3 coach – Arthur Lydiard^[5]
• Boxing
  • Section manager – C. Scott^[6]
  • Trainer – Les Rackley^[6]
  • Assistant trainer – R. J. Elley^[6]
• Cycling
  • Section manager – D. B. Smith^[7]
  • Coach – Wayne Thorpe^[8]
• Shooting section manager – C. W. Stott^[9]
• Swimming
  • Section manager – Dave Gerrard^[10]
  • Chief coach – Duncan Laing^[11]
• Wrestling
  • Section manager – K. Scott^[12]
  • Coach – Brian Stannett^[12]

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