# 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 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.

## Athletics
### Track and road

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Grant Anderson | Men's 100 m | 11.13 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Grant Anderson | Men's 200 m | 21.95 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Wendy Brown | Women's 100 m | 11.6 | 3 Q | 11.6 | 3 Q | 11.59 | 5 |
| Wendy Brown | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Trevor Cochrane | Men's 200 m | 21.68 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance |
| Sue Haden | Women's 800 m | 2:06.0 | 1 Q | 2:04.9 | 2 Q | 2:02.04 | |
| Sue Haden | 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 | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance |
| Philip Kear | Men's 400 m | 47.7 | 2 Q | 47.13 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jan Lothian | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14.0 | 2 Q | 14.26 | 5 | did not advance | 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 | did not advance |
| Stuart Melville | Men's 800 m | 1:52.11 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Phillip Mills | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14.51 | 6 | — | — | did not advance | 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 | 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 | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kim Robertson | Women's 200 m | 24.56 | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance |
| Kevin Ryan | 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 | |
| Bevan Smith | 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 | DNS | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Dick Tayler | Men's 10,000 m | — | — | — | — | 27:46.4 | |
| Kevin Taylor | Men's 20 miles walk | — | — | — | — | DQ | DQ |
| John Walker | Men's 800 m | 1:47.8 | 1 Q | 1:46.2 | 2 Q | 1:44.92 | |
| John Walker | 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 | did not advance |
| Gail Wooten | Women's 200 m | 24.0 | 3 Q | 24.01 | 5 | did not advance | 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 |
* ↑ Ranks given are within the heat
* ↑ Ranks given are within the semifinal

### Field

| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Qualifying | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Susan Burnside | Women's high jump | — | — | 1.55 m | 14 |
| Susan Burnside | 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 |
| Tuariki Delamere | 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 |
| Sally Mene | 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 | 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 | |
| Robin Tait | 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 | Long jump | Shot put | 400 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

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Alison Branfield | Women's singles | — | Hin-Clair (MRI) W 11–0 11–0 | Terry (AUS) L 3–11 6–11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Robin Denton | Women's singles | — | Whetnall (ENG) L 12–10 1–11 6–11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Frances Erceg | Women's singles | — | Youngberg (CAN) L 8–11 11–5 3–11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gaynor Weatherley | Women's singles | — | Bye | Jones (AUS) L 3–11 3–11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bryan Purser Richard Purser | Men's doubles | — | Bye | Stuart / Talbot (ENG) L 10–15 4–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Frances Erceg Glenys Waller | Women's doubles | — | — | Bye | Boxall / Whetnall (ENG) L 1–15 6–15 | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Glenys Waller Warren Johns | Mixed doubles | — | Flockhart / McCoig (SCO) L 11–15 5–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gaynor Weatherley Ross Livingston | Mixed doubles | — | Kelly / Ansari (SCO) L 10–15 15–18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Warren Karaitiana | Bantamweight | — | Uilata (SAM) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Derek Wilson | Featherweight | — | Mbugua (KEN) L | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ronald Jackson | Welterweight | — | Taefu (SAM) W | Cooney (SCO) L | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance |

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

#### Men's tandem 2000 m sprint

| Athletes | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | 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 | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Opponent Result | Rank |
| Russell Nant | Individual pursuit | 5:25.24 | 11 | did not progress | did not progress | did not progress | 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

| 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

| Athlete | Event | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Round robin | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Rank |
| 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
### 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 |
| James McKenzie | Open trap | 165 | 13 |
| Bruce Lassen | Open trap | 186 | =5 |

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Karol Albury | Women's 100 m freestyle | 1:03.18 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Allison Calder | Women's 200 m freestyle | 2:11.51 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Allison Calder | Women's 400 m freestyle | 4:36.43 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Allison Calder | 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 | did not advance |
| John Coutts | 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 | did not advance |
| Ashley Fogel | Men's 400 m individual medley | 4:56.16 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Susan Hunter | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:09.08 | 7 Q | 1:09.06 | 7 |
| Susan Hunter | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:29.32 | 8 Q | 2:26.27 | 6 |
| Susan Hunter | Women's 200 m individual medley | 2:27:06 | 2 Q | 2:26.18 | |
| Susan Hunter | 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 | did not advance |
| Michael Johnston | Men's 200 m freestyle | 2:01.09 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Suzanne Kennedy | Women's 200 m freestyle | 2:13.93 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Suzanne Kennedy | Women's 400 m freestyle | 4:36.89 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Suzanne Kennedy | Women's 800 m freestyle | 9:24.32 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Debbie Ledgerwood | Women's 100 m butterfly | 1:08.07 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Debbie Ledgerwood | 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 | did not advance |
| Brent Lewis | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:34.94 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jane Lowe | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:18.42 | 7 Q | 1:17.72 | 6 |
| Jane Lowe | 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 | did not advance |
| Brett Naylor | Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:59.65 | 4 Q | 1:59.35 | 6 |
| Brett Naylor | 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 |
| Jaynie Parkhouse | Women's 200 m freestyle | 2:10.32 | 7 Q | 2:08.80 | 5 |
| Jaynie Parkhouse | Women's 400 m freestyle | 4:25.58 | 2 Q | 4:23.09 | |
| Jaynie Parkhouse | 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 | did not advance |
| Monique Rodahl | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:27.84 | 6 Q | 2:27.67 | 7 |
| Monique Rodahl | Women's 200 m individual medley | 2:32.44 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Philip Thorogood | Men's 100 m backstroke | 1:04.69 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Philip Thorogood | Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:16.22 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Michael Toomey | Men's 100 m butterfly | 1:00.61 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mark Treffers | Men's 400 m freestyle | 4:15.85 | 8 Q | 4:05.80 | 4 |
| Mark Treffers | Men's 1500 m freestyle | — | — | 15:59.82 | |
| Mark Treffers | 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

| 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

| Athlete | Event | Elimination rounds | Elimination rounds | Elimination rounds | Elimination rounds | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Bruce McMahon | Flyweight | Kumar (IND) L | Navie (AUS) L | did not progress | did not progress | did not progress |
| Barry Oldridge | Bantamweight | Burke (AUS) L | Bye | Gill (ENG) L | did not progress | did not progress |
| Andy Roche | Featherweight | Chingle (IND) L | Brown (AUS) L | did not progress | did not progress | did not progress |
| Paul Dalley | Lightweight | Marsh (AUS) W | Martin (CAN) L | Gilligan (ENG) L | did not progress | 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 | did not progress |
| Gary Knight | Super heavyweight | Bye | Benko (CAN) L | Robertson (SCO) Both DQ | — | |

## 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
** Section women's manager – P. A. Munro
** Chief coach – Frank Sharpley
** No. 2 coach – Russ Hoggard
** No. 3 coach – Arthur Lydiard
* 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
** Chief coach – Duncan Laing
* Wrestling
** Section manager – K. Scott
** Coach – Brian Stannett