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New Zealand at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 102 competitors and 32 officials. Selection of the team for the
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, Canada, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was cyclist Neil Lyster. The New Zealand team finished fifth on the medal table, winning a total of 20 medals, five of which were gold. New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the
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Medal tables

New Zealand was fifth on the medal table in 1978, with a total of 20 medals, including five gold.


Competitors

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


Athletics


Track and road


Field


Combined

;Men's decathlon ;Women's pentathlon


Badminton


Singles


Doubles


Teams


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


Gymnastics


Men


Women


Lawn bowls


Shooting


Pistol


Rifle


Shotgun


Swimming


Weightlifting


Wrestling


Officials

* Team manager – Jack Prestney * Assistant team manager – Tay Wilson * Women's manager – Marion Jackman * Team doctor – Noel Roydhouse * Physiotherapists – Peter Stokes, Mark Oram * Attache – G. R. Thompson * Athletics ** Section manager – Barry Hunt ** Coach (track) – Arch Jelley ** Coach (field) –
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* Badminton section manager – Paul Skelt * Bowls section manager – Gordon Jolly * Boxing ** Section manager – C. F. Scott ** Trainer – Alan Scaife * Cycling ** Section manager – Gordon Sharrock ** Coach (track) – Max Vertongen ** Coach (road) – Wayne Thorpe ** Mechanic – G. J. Brady * Gymnastics ** Section manager – P. Chan ** Coach (men) – M. C. Charteris ** Coach (women) – A. J. Holt * Shooting ** Section manager – A. A. Brown ** Assistant section manager (full-bore) – Ben Hoban ** Coach (rapid-fire pistol) – D. H. Stringer ** Coach (free pistol) – J. A. Gordon * Swimming and diving ** Section manager – I. N. Chadwick ** Chief coach – R. J. McIntyre ** Coach (diving) – M. H. Campbell * Weightlifting section manager – Bruce Cameron * Wrestling ** Section manager – K. J. Humphrey ** Coach – C. L. Palmer


See also

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New Zealand Olympic Committee The New Zealand Olympic Committee (before 1994, The ''New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association'') is both the National Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Association in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to re ...
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New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games New Zealand has competed in all of the Commonwealth Games since the first in 1930, and has won a total of 656 medals including 159 gold. The New Zealand Olympic Committee (known as ''The New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association'' ...
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New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics New Zealand competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 80 athletes, 71 men and 9 women, and 29 officials. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler David Aspi ...
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New Zealand at the 1980 Summer Olympics New Zealand competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the US-led boycott, the banner of the NZOCGA was used instead of its national flag. Tay Wilson was the chef de mission. New Zealand's then largest team had ...


References


External links


NZOC website on the 1978 games

Commonwealth Games Federation website
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