Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand between 25 January and 2 February. Athletes competed in 37 events — 23 for men and 14 for women.

Athletics at the 10th British Commonwealth Games
The QE II Park was purpose-built for the 1974 Games.
Dates	25 January – 2 February 1974
Host city	Christchurch, New Zealand
Venue	Queen Elizabeth II Park
Level	Senior
Events	37
Participation	468 athletes from 35 nations
Records set	1 WR, 18 GR
← 1970 Edinburgh 1978 Edmonton → 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Medal summary

Men

Men's track and road events, medallists and times by event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
100 metres (wind: +0.8 m/s) details	Don Quarrie	10.38	John Mwebi	10.51	Ohene Karikari	10.51
200 metres (wind: -0.6 m/s) details	Don Quarrie	20.73	George Daniels	20.97	Bevan Smith	21.08
400 metres details	Charles Asati	46.04	Silver Ayoo	46.07	Claver Kamanya	46.16
800 metres details	John Kipkurgat	1:43.91 GR	Mike Boit	1:44.39	John Walker	1:44.92
1500 metres details	Filbert Bayi	3:32.16 WR	John Walker	3:32.52	Ben Jipcho	3:33.16
5000 metres details	Ben Jipcho	13:14.4 GR	Brendan Foster	13:14.6	Dave Black	13:23.6
10,000 metres details	Dick Tayler	27:46.40	Dave Black	27:48.49	Richard Juma	27:56.96
Marathon details	Ian Thompson	2:09:12 GR	Jack Foster	2:11:19	Richard Mabuza	2:12:55
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s) details	Fatwell Kimaiyo	13.69 GR	Berwyn Price	13.84	Max Binnington	13.88
400 metres hurdles details	Alan Pascoe	48.83 GR	Bruce Field	49.32	William Koskei	49.34
3000 metres steeplechase details	Ben Jipcho	8:20.67 GR	John Davies	8:24.8	Evans Mogaka	8:28.51
4 × 100 metres relay details	Australia: Greg Lewis, Laurie D'Arcy, Andrew Ratcliffe, Graham Haskell	39.31 GR	Ghana: Albert Lomotey, Ohene Karikari, Kofi Okyir, George Daniels	39.61	Nigeria: Timon Oyebami, Benedict Majekodunmi, Kola Abdulai, James Olakunle	39.70
4 × 400 metres relay details	Kenya: Charles Asati, Francis Musyoki, Bill Koskei Julius Sang	3:04.43	England: Alan Pascoe, Andy Carter, John Wilson, Bill Hartley	3:06.66	Uganda: Pius Olowu, William Dralu, Samuel Kakonge, Silver Ayoo	3:07.45
20 miles walk details	John Warhurst	2:35:23	Roy Thorpe	2:39:03	Peter Fullager	2:42:09

Men's field events, medallists and distances by event

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Distance	Athlete	Distance	Athlete	Distance
High jump details	Gordon Windeyer	2.16 GR	Lawrie Peckham	2.14	Claude Ferragne	2.12
Pole vault details	Don Baird	5.05	Mike Bull	5.00	Brian Hooper	5.00
Long jump details	Alan Lerwill	7.94	Chris Commons	7.92	Joshua Owusu	7.75
Triple jump details	Joshua Owusu	16.50	Mohinder Singh Gill	16.44	Moise Pomaney	16.23
Shot put details	Geoff Capes	20.74 GR	Mike Winch	19.36	Bruce Pirnie	18.68
Discus throw details	Robin Tait	63.08 GR	Bill Tancred	59.48	John Hillier	57.22
Hammer throw details	Ian Chipchase	69.56	Howard Payne	68.02	Peter Farmer	67.48
Javelin throw details	Charles Clover	84.92 GR	Dave Travis	79.92	John Mayaka	77.56

Men's mixed events, medallists and points

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Points	Athlete	Points	Athlete	Points
Decathlon details	Mike Bull	7417	Barry King	7277	Rob Lethbridge	7270

Women

Women's track events, medallists and times by event, with link to details: GR means Games Record

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time	Athlete	Time
100 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s) details	Raelene Boyle	11.27 GR	Andrea Lynch	11.31	Denise Robertson	11.50
200 metres (wind: +0.2 m/s) details	Raelene Boyle	22.50 GR	Denise Robertson	22.73	Alice Annum	22.90
400 metres details	Yvonne Saunders	51.67	Verona Bernard	51.94	Charlene Rendina	52.08
800 metres details	Charlene Rendina	2:01.11 GR	Sue Haden	2:02.04	Sabina Chebichi	2:02.61
1500 metres details	Glenda Reiser	4:07.08 GR	Joan Allison (Page)	4:10.66	Thelma Wright (Fynn)	4:12.26
100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.0 m/s) details	Judy Vernon	13.45	Gaye Dell	13.54	Modupe Oshikoya	13.69
4 × 100 metres relay details	Australia Denise Robertson Jennifer Lamy Raelene Boyle Robyn Boak	43.51 GR	England Barbara Martin Andrea Lynch Judy Vernon Sonia Lannaman	44.30	Ghana Alice Annum Hannah Afriyie Josephine Ocran Rose Asiedua	44.35
4 × 400 metres relay details	England Jannette Roscoe Ruth Kennedy Sue Pettett Verona Bernard	3:29.23	Australia Charlene Rendina Judy Canty Margaret Ramsay Terri Cater	3:30.72	Canada Brenda Walsh Margaret McGowen Maureen Crowley Yvonne Saunders	3:33.92

Women's field events, medallists and heights or distances by event, with link to details: GR means Games Record

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Height or Distance	Athlete	Height or Distance	Athlete	Height or Distance
High jump details	Barbara Lawton	1.84	Louise Hanna	1.82	Brigitte Bittner	1.80
Long jump details	Modupe Oshikoya	6.46	Brenda Eisler	6.38	Ruth Martin-Jones	6.38
Shot put details	Jane Haist	16.12	Valerie Young	15.29	Jean Roberts	15.24
Discus throw details	Jane Haist	55.52 GR	Rosemary Payne	53.94	Carol Martin	53.16
Javelin throw details	Petra Rivers	55.48	Jenny Symon	52.14	Sharon Corbett	50.26

Women's mixed event, medallists and points, with link to details

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
	Athlete	Points	Athlete	Points	Athlete	Points
Pentathlon details	Mary Peters	4455	Modupe Oshikoya	4423	Ann Wilson	4236

Medal table

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	10	13	5	28
2	Australia (AUS)	8	7	7	22
3	Kenya (KEN)	6	2	6	14
4	Canada (CAN)	4	2	6	12
5	New Zealand (NZL)*	2	4	2	8
6	Northern Ireland (NIR)	2	1	0	3
7	Jamaica (JAM)	2	0	0	2
8	Ghana (GHA)	1	2	5	8
9	Nigeria (NGR)	1	1	2	4
10	Tanzania (TAN)	1	0	1	2
11	Wales (WAL)	0	2	1	3
12	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	1	2
13	India (IND)	0	1	0	1
	Scotland (SCO)	0	1	0	1
15	Swaziland	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		37	37	37	111

Participating nations

•  Australia (61)
•  Barbados (2)
•  Bermuda (5)
•  Botswana (5)
•  Canada (30)
•  Cook Islands (2)
•  England (66)
•  Fiji (15)
•  Gambia (2)
•  Ghana (16)
• Gibraltar (1)
• Grenada (1)
• Guernsey (4)
•  India (1)
•  Isle of Man (5)
•  Jamaica (12)
• Jersey (1)
•  Kenya (32)
• Lesotho (6)
•  Malawi (5)
•  Malaysia (2)
•  Mauritius (5)
•  New Zealand (59)
•  Nigeria (30)
•  Northern Ireland (11)
•  Papua New Guinea (4)
•  Scotland (26)
•  Singapore (2)
• Swaziland (3)
•  Tanzania (16)
•  Tonga (4)
•  Uganda (14)
•  Wales (15)
• Western Samoa (3)
• Zambia (2)