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 Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon Rive ...

, 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 has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a Canada 2016 Census, population of 569,353, and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington, ...

Medal tables

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

Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport. New Zealanders Jane and Rebecca Perrott swam for Fiji at the games, as their father was Registrar at the

University of the South Pacific The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public research university with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. Established in 1968, the university is organised as an intergovernmental organisation and is owned by the go ...

. At 12½ years, Rebecca was the youngest competitor at the games.

Athletics

Track and road

Field

Combined

;Men's decathlon ;Women's pentathlon

Badminton

Boxing

Cycling

Road

;Men's road race

Track

;Men's 1000 m sprint ;Men's tandem 2000 m sprint ;Men's 1 km time trial ;Men's 4000 m pursuit ;Men's 10 miles scratch race

Diving

Lawn bowls

Shooting

Pistol

Rifle

Shotgun

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Officials

* Team manager – Bill Holley * Team assistant manager – Alf Haslett * Team doctor – Graeme Campbell * Chaperone – B. Baxter * Physiotherapist – Peter Stokes * Athletics ** Section manager – Johnny Borland ** Section assistant manager –

Dave Leech David Dower Leech (9 March 1927 – 21 October 2017) was a New Zealand hammer thrower and athletics official. He represented his country at the New Zealand at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth G ...

** Section women's manager – P. A. Munro ** Chief coach – Frank Sharpley ** No. 2 coach – Russ Hoggard ** No. 3 coach –

Arthur Lydiard Arthur Leslie Lydiard (6 July 1917 – 11 December 2004) was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularising the sport of running and making ...

* Boxing ** Section manager – C. Scott ** Trainer – Les Rackley ** Assistant trainer – R. J. Elley * Cycling ** Section manager – D. B. Smith ** Coach – Wayne Thorpe * Shooting section manager – C. W. Stott * Swimming ** Section manager –

Dave Gerrard David Francis Gerrard (born 1 May 1945 in Auckland) is a sports administrator, sports medicine specialist, and former Olympic Games swimming representative from New Zealand. Swimming career As a competitive swimmer, Gerrard was a specialist i ...

** Chief coach – Duncan Laing * Wrestling ** Section manager – K. Scott ** Coach – Brian Stannett

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)

External links

NZOC website on the 1974 gamesCommonwealth Games Federation website
{{DEFAULTSORT:New Zealand at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games 1974 Nations at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games British Commonwealth Games