Australia at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
CGF code	AUS
CGA	Australian Commonwealth Games Association
Website	commonwealthgames.org.au
in Christchurch, New Zealand
Competitors	168 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Opening: Michael Wenden[1] Closing:[2]
Officials	34
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 29 Silver 28 Bronze 25 Total 82
British Commonwealth Games appearances
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Australia competed at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974. It was Australia's tenth appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930.

Australia won medals in eight of the ten sports that it entered.

Medallists

The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Greg Lewis Laurie D'Arcy Andrew Ratcliffe Graham Haskell Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay  Gold Don Baird Athletics Men's Pole Vault  Gold Gordon Windeyer Athletics Men's High Jump  Gold Raylene Boyle Athletics Women's 100m  Gold Raylene Boyle Athletics Women's 200m  Gold Charlene Rendina Athletics Women's 800m  Gold Jenny Lamy Denise Robertson Raelene Boyle Robyn Boak Athletics Women's 4 × 100m Relay  Gold Petra Rivers Athletics Women's javelin throw  Gold Dick Paris Cycling Men's Time Trial  Gold John Nicholson Cycling Men's Sprint  Gold Clyde Sefton Cycling Men's Road Race  Gold Don Wagstaff Diving Men's 3m Springboard  Gold Don Wagstaff Diving Men's 10m Platform  Gold Yvonne Gowland Shooting Small Bore Rifle  Gold Michael Wenden Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle  Gold Steve Badger Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle  Gold John Kulasalu Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle  Gold Steve Holland Swimming Men's 1500m Freestyle  Gold Mark Tonelli Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke  Gold Brad Cooper Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke  Gold Neil Rogers Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly  Gold John Kulasalu Michael Wenden Robert Nay Steve Badger Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay  Gold Sonia Gray Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle  Gold Sonia Gray Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle  Gold Jenny Turrall Swimming Women's 400m Freestyle  Gold Sandra Yost Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly  Gold Michael Adams Weightlifting Men's Bantamweight  Gold Nick Ciancio Weightlifting Men's Middle Heavyweight  Gold George Vasiliades Weightlifting Men's Featherweight  Silver Bruce Field Athletics Men's 400m Hurdles  Silver Lawrie Peckham Athletics Men's High Jump  Silver Chris Commons Athletics Men's Long Jump  Silver Denise Robertson Athletics Women's 200m  Silver Gaye Dell Athletics Women's 100m Hurdles  Silver Charlene Rendina Judy Canty Margaret Ramsay Terri Cater Athletics Women's 4 × 400m Relay  Silver Jenny Symon Athletics Women's Javelin Throw  Silver John Nicholson Cycling Men's Time Trial  Silver Murray Hall Kevin Nichols Garry Reardon Gary Sutton Cycling Men's Team Pursuit  Silver Murray Hall Cycling Men's 10 mile Scratch  Silver John Rush Danny O'Neill Cycling Men's Tandem  Silver Andrew Jackomos Diving Men's 10m Platform  Silver Clive White Lawn bowls Men's Singles  Silver Robert King Errol Bungey Errol Stewart Keith Poole Lawn bowls Men's Fours  Silver Norman Harrison Shooting Free Pistol  Silver Brad Cooper Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle  Silver Mark Tonelli Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke  Silver Ross Seymour Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly  Silver Michael Wenden Neil Rogers Peter Coughlan Ross Patterson Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay  Silver Mark Tonelli Michael Wenden Neil Rogers Nigel Cluer Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay  Silver Jenny Turrall Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle  Silver Jenny Turrall Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle  Silver Sandra Yost Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke  Silver Beverley Whitfield Swimming Women's 200m Breaststroke  Silver Debra Cain Jenny Turrall Sonya Gray Suzy Anderson Swimming Women's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay  Silver Beverley Whitfield Debra Cain Linda Young Sonya Gray Swimming Women's 4 × 100m Medley Relay  Silver Gerald Hay Weightlifting Men's Featherweight  Silver Wally Koenig Wrestling Men's Light Flyweight  Bronze Max Binnington Athletics Men's 110m Hurdles  Bronze Peter Fullager Athletics Men's 20 miles Walk  Bronze Peter Farmer Athletics Men's Hammer Throw  Bronze Rob Lethbridge Athletics Men's Decathlon  Bronze Denise Robertson Athletics Women's 100m  Bronze Charlene Rendina Athletics Women's 400m  Bronze Jean Roberts Athletics Women's Shot Put  Bronze Gary Sutton Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit  Bronze Remo Sansonetti Cycling Men's Road Race  Bronze Madeleine Barnett Diving Women's 10m Platform  Bronze Robin Bailey Shooting Skeet Rifle  Bronze Michael Wenden Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle  Bronze Steve Badger Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle  Bronze Steve Badger Swimming Men's 1500m Freestyle  Bronze Brad Cooper Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke  Bronze Robert Williams Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke  Bronze Rosemary Milgate Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle  Bronze Linda Young Swimming Women's 100m Backstroke  Bronze Alison Smith Swimming Women's 200m Breaststroke  Bronze Sandra Yost Swimming Women's 100m Butterfly  Bronze Gail Neall Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly  Bronze Steve Wyatt Weightlifting Men's Middle Heavyweight  Bronze John Navie Wrestling Men's Flyweight  Bronze Kevin Burke Wrestling Men's Bantamweight  Bronze Ray Brown Wrestling Men's Featherweight

Medals by sport Sport Swimming 11 11 10 33 Athletics 8 7 7 22 Cycling 3 4 2 9 Weightlifting 3 1 1 5 Diving 2 1 1 4 Shooting 1 1 1 3 Lawn bowls 0 2 0 2 Wrestling 0 1 3 4 Total 29 28 25 82

Officials

General Manager - Bill Young
Assistant Manager & Advance Party - Les Martyn
Assistant Managers Women - Gwen Chester, Dorothy Nordahl
Asministraive Officer & Advanmce Party - Ivan Lund
Transport Officer - Arthur Tunstall
Team Secretary - Peggy Tunstall
Medical Officer - Dr Anthony 'Tony' Miller ; Physiotherapist - Thomas Dobson ; Masseurs - Percy Barnes, George Saunders
Section Officials - Athletics Manager - Ray Durie, Athletics Assistant Manager - Clive Lee, Athletics Coaches - Alan Barlow, John Daly, Henri Schubert ; Badminton Manager - Don Stockins, Badminton Coach - Ian Hutchinson ; Boxing Manager - Leslie Harold, Boxing Coach - Denis Dack ; Cycling Manager - Leslie Dunn, Cycling Coaches - Keith Reynolds, Max Leslie ; Shooting Manager - Tibor Gonzol, Shooting Training Co-ordinator - Dr Robery Godfrey ; Swimming Manager - Joe King, Swimming Coaches - Ursula Carlile, David Urry ; Diving Coach - Bruce Prance ; Weightlifting Manager - Max Ryan, Weightlifting Coach - Robert Taylor ' Wrestling Manager - William Howden, Wrestling Coach - Choudhry Ashraf ^[3]