England at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:ENG
Cganame:Commonwealth Games England
Games:British Commonwealth Games
Year:1974
Location:Christchurch, New Zealand
Rank:2
Gold:28
Silver:31
Bronze:21

England competed at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 24 January - 2 February 1974.[1] [2]

England finished second in the medal table.

Medal table (top three)

The athletes that competed are listed below.[3]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.

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Joan Allison 800m, 1500m1 x silver
Brenda Bedford shot put
5000m, 10,000m
400m, 400m relay 1 x gold, 1 x silver
John Bicourt 3000m steeplechase
5000m, 10,000m1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Norine Braithwaite 1500m
Pete Browne 800m
800m
Geoff Capes discus, shot put 1 x gold
Sheila Carey 800m, 1500m
Andy Carter 800m, 1500m, 400m relay1 x silver
Ian Chipchase hammer1 x gold
Maureen Chitty long jump
Charles Clover javelin1 x gold
Derek George Cole 100m relay
Sharon Corbett javelin 1 x bronze
800m
javelin
Brendan Foster 1500m, 5000m1 x silver
Graham Gower 110m hurdles
Brian Green 100m, 200m, 100m relay
Val Harrison high jump
Donna Hartley 200m
400m hurdles, 400m relay 1 x silver
Raymond Edward Hearn 400m
Ron Hill marathon
Wendy Hill 200m
John Hillier discus 1 x bronze
3000m steeplechase
Janet Honour 100m hurdles, pentathlon
Brian Hooper pole vault 1 x bronze
Ruth Kennedy 400m relay1 x gold
decathlon 1 x silver
1500m
Colin Kirkham marathon
Sonia Lannaman 100m, 100m relay1 x silver
high jump1 x gold
Carl Philip Lawton 20 mile walk
Alan Lerwill triple jump, long jump 1 x gold
Andrea Lynch 100m, 100m relay2 x silver
Sue Mapstone pentathlon
100m, 200m, 100m relay1 x silver
Ian Christopher Matthews 100m, 200m, 100m relay
Chris Monk 100m, 200m, 100m relay
Alan Pascoe 400m hurdles, 400m relay1 x gold, 1 x silver
hammer 1 x silver
Sue Pettett 400m relay1 x gold
Brian Stanley Roberts javelin
Jannette Roscoe 400m, 400m relay1 x gold
Tessa Sanderson javelin
400m hurdles
Sheila Sherwood long jump
100m hurdles, high jump, long jump 1 x bronze
10,000m
Dorothy Swinyard discus, shot put
Bill Tancred discus, shot put 1 x silver
marathon 1 x gold
Roy Thorpe 20 mile walk 1 x silver
Dave Travis javelin 1 x silver
Judy Vernon 100m hurdles, 100m relay 1 x gold, 1 x silver
John Warhurst 20 mile walk 1 x gold
Dawn Webster 400m
hammer
400m, 400m relay 1 x silver
Mike Winch shot put 1 x silver

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.

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Margaret Beck singles, doubles1 x gold, 1 x silver
Margaret Boxall doubles. mixed1 x silver
singles, mixed1 x silver
Gillian Gilks singles, doubles, mixed3 x gold
doubles1 x silver
Elliot Stuart singles, doubles, mixed1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Derek Talbot singles, doubles, mixed2 x gold, 1 x bronze
Mike Tredgett singles, doubles, mixed1 x silver
Paul Whetnall singles, mixed1 x silver
Susan Whetnall singles, doubles, mixed1 x silver, 2 x bronze

Bowls

See main article: Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.

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David Bryant singles1 x gold
Dave Crocker rinks/fours
John Evans pairs1 x silver
Ted Hayward rinks/fours
Peter Line pairs1 x silver
rinks/fours
Harry Taylor rinks/fours

Boxing

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Michael Abrams 48kg light-flyweight
Patrick Cowdell 54kg bantamweight1 x gold
Robbie Davies 71kg light-middlweight1 x bronze
Tommy Dunn 63.5kg light-welterweight
Colin Flinn 57kg featherweight
Des Gwilliam 60kg lightweight
Roy Hilton 51kg flyweight
81kg middlweight1 x gold
Neville Meade 91kg heavyweight1 x gold
Carl Speare 75kg middleweight1 x bronze

Cycling

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scratch race, pursuit, team pursuit1 x gold
match sprint
match sprint, tandem1 x gold
match sprint, tandem1 x gold
road race
Rik Evans time trial, team pursuit1 x gold
road race
scratch race, time trial, pursuit, team pursuit2 x gold, 2 x bronze
scratch race, time trial1 x gold
pursuit, team pursuit1 x gold, 1 x silver
road race

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.

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Martyn Brown 10m platform
Alison Drake 3m springboard
3m springboard1 x bronze
10m platform1 x silver

Shooting

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Laszlo Antal 50m free pistol1 x bronze
Brian Bailey clay pigeon trap1 x silver
Frank Balcombe 50m rifle prone
Alec Bonnett skeet
rapid fire pistol
50m free pistol, rapid fire pistol
Malcolm Cooper 50m rifle prone
Joe Neville clay pigeon trap, skeet1 x silver
Keith Pilcher fullbore rifle pair
fullbore rifle pair1 x bronze

Swimming

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Lesley Allardice 100/200 freestyle, relay1 x bronze
Joanne Atkinson 100 butterfly, 200 medley, relay
Brian Brinkley 200 butterfly, 200/400 medley, relays1 x gold, 3 x silver, 2 x bronze
100/200 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle, relays1 x silver, 2 x bronze
Neil Dexter 200/400 freestyle, relay1 x silver
Susan Edmondson 100/200/400 freestyle, relay1 x bronze
100/200 butterfly
Christine Gaskell 100/200 breaststroke, relay1 x gold
June Green 200/400/800 freestyle
Christine Jarvis 100/200 breaststroke
Jean Jeavons 100/200 butterfly
Alyson Jones 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly, relays1 x bronze
100/200 backstroke, relay
David Leigh 100/200 breaststroke, relay1 x gold, 1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Paul Naisby 100/200 breaststroke, 200 medley2 x bronze
100/200 butterfly, relay1 x bronze
200/400 medley
Caroline Tamlyn 100/200 breaststroke, 200 butterfly
Raymond Terrell 200/400 medley, relays1 x silver, 2 x bronze
Keith Walton 100 freestyle, relay1 x bronze
Avis Willington 200/400 medley, relay1 x bronze

Weightlifting

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82.5kg light-heavyweight 1 x gold
75kg middleweight
+110kg super-heavyweight
  • 110kg super-heavyweight
1 x silver
Precious McKenzie 52kg flyweight 1 x gold
67.5kg lightweight 1 x gold
Mike Pearman 82.5kg light-heavyweight 1 x bronze
Brian Strange 110kg heavyweight
Alan Winterbourne 60kg featherweight

Wrestling

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Joey Gilligan 68kg lightweight1 x silver
Ronald Grinstead 82kg middleweight
Tony Shacklady 74kg welterweight1 x silver
Amrik Singh Gill 57kg bantamweight 1 x silver
62kg featherweight

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1974 Christchurch. Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. Web site: Christchurch, New Zealand 1974 Team. Team England.
  3. Web site: English athletes. Commonwealth Games Federation.

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