Tony Polhill
Personal information
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	(1947-12-15) 15 December 1947 (age 76) Waipawa, New Zealand
Sport
Sport	Middle-distance running
Event	1500 metres

Tony Polhill (born 15 December 1947) is a New Zealand middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1]

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1972 New Zealand Olympic team

1972 New Zealand Olympic team
Archery	Robin Sampson
Athletics	Laurie D'Arcy Rod Dixon Jack Foster Sue Haden Penny Hunt Roger Johnson Terry Manners Brenda Matthews Dave McKenzie Les Mills Tony Polhill Dick Quax Bevan Smith Robin Tait Dick Tayler Gavin Thorley
Boxing	Jeff Rackley Pat Ryan
Canoeing	Donald Cooper Tom Dooney
Cycling	Bruce Biddle Paul Brydon John Dean Vern Hanaray Harry Kent Neil Lyster Robert Oliver Blair Stockwell
Gymnastics	Diane Foote Terry Sale
Field hockey	Jeff Archibald Arthur Borren Jan Borren John Christensen Greg Dayman Chris Ineson Ross McPherson Barry Maister Selwyn Maister Trevor Manning Arthur Parkin Ramesh Patel Alan Patterson Kevin Rigby Ted Salmon Warwick Wright
Judo	Rick Littlewood
Rowing	John Clark Trevor Coker Warren Cole Ross Collinge Simon Dickie Joe Earl John Hunter Tony Hurt Dick Joyce Peter Lindsay David Lindstrom Noel Mills Chris Nilsson Gary Robertson Dudley Storey Dick Tonks Wybo Veldman Murray Watkinson Lindsay Wilson
Sailing	Fraser Beer Jock Bilger Noel Everett Con Linton Steve Marten Murray Ross Jack Scholes Bret de Thier Ron Watson
Shooting	Ian Ballinger Graeme McIntyre Bruce McMillan Mike Watt
Swimming	Heather Coombridge Colin Herring Susan Hunter John McConnochie Jaynie Parkhouse Mark Treffers
Weightlifting	John Bolton Tony Ebert Brian Marsden
Wrestling	David Aspin
Chef de Mission: Joe McManemin

1974 New Zealand British Commonwealth Games team

1974 New Zealand British Commonwealth Games team
Athletics	Grant Anderson Wendy Brown Susan Burnside Murray Cheater Trevor Cochrane Tuariki Delamere Rod Dixon Richard Endean Jack Foster Anne Garrett Alan Gilmour Sue Gukilau Sue Haden Howard Healey Nathan Healey Pamela Hendren Kerry Hill Penny Hunt Roger Johnson Philip Kear Jan Lothian Roger Main Terry Manners Brenda Matthews Sandra McGookin Rendell McIntosh Stuart Melville Mene Mene Sally Mene Michelle Miles Colleen Mills Donna Mills Phillip Mills Lorraine Moller Warwick Nicholl Dave Norris Kathy Otto Tony Polhill Sylvia Potts Barbara Poulsen Ross Pownall Euan Robertson Kim Robertson John Robinson Bryan Rose Kevin Ryan Bevan Smith Shirley Somervell Les Stevenson Robin Tait Dick Tayler Kevin Taylor Lorraine Tong Peter Tracy John Walker Philip Watson Geoffrey Wood Gail Wooten Valerie Young
Badminton	Alison Branfield Robin Denton Frances Erceg Warren Johns Ross Livingston Bryan Purser Richard Purser Glenys Waller Gaynor Weatherley
Boxing	Fisi Brown William Byrne Robert Colley David Jackson Ronald Jackson Warren Karaitiana Les Rackley Lance Revill Derek Wilson
Cycling	Garry Bell Paul Brydon John Dean Vern Hanaray Philip Harland René Heyde Paul Medhurst Russell Nant Bryce Preston Jacob Schriek Blair Stockwell
Diving	Cyril Buscke Karen Conway Rebecca Ewert Margaret Lay
Lawn bowls	David Baldwin Kerry Clark Gordon Jolly Percy Jones Bob McDonald Phil Skoglund Jack Somerville
Shooting	Bruce Anderson Ian Ballinger Frank Godfrey Maurie Gordon John Howat James Irvine Bruce Lassen James McKenzie Bruce McMillan Jack Scott
Swimming	Karol Albury Allison Calder John Coutts Ashley Fogel Susan Hunter Michael Johnston Suzanne Kennedy Debbie Ledgerwood Brent Lewis Jane Lowe Brett Naylor Jaynie Parkhouse Monique Rodahl Philip Thorogood Michael Toomey Mark Treffers
Weightlifting	Rory Barrett John Bolton Peter Brosnan Bruce Cameron Brian Duffy Tony Ebert Brian Marsden Graham May Phillip Sue
Wrestling	David Aspin Paul Dalley James Downey Gary Knight Gordon Mackay Bruce McMahon Barry Oldridge Andy Roche
Team manager: Bill Holley

New Zealand national champions in men's 1500 m

New Zealand national champions in men's 1500 m
Note: 1 mile or 1,609 metres before 1970
1 mile	1888: J.F. Field 1889: F. Ellis 1890: P. Morrison 1891: D. Wood 1892: Bill Burk 1893: Charles Gilbert Rees 1894: Charlton Morpeth 1895: D. Davis 1896: W.F. Bennett 1897: J. McKean 1898–1899: Sam Pentecost 1900: W.F. Simpson 1901: Sam Pentecost 1902–1903: W.F. Simpson 1904: W.H. Pollock 1905–1907: Hector Burk 1908: Archer Burge 1909: E.J. Steele 1910–1912: George Hill 1913–1914: Arthur Dormer 1915: James Beatson 1916–1919: not held 1920: Arthur Dormer 1921–1922: Reg Webber 1923: Ken Griffin 1924: Bert Dufresne 1925–1926: Randolph Rose 1927–1929: Billy Savidan 1930: Don Evans 1931–1932: Gordon Bayne 1933: Jim Barnes 1934: Lachie McLachlan 1935: Edgar Forne 1936: Pat Boot 1937: Bill Pullar 1938: Spencer Wade 1939–1940: Bill Pullar 1941–1944: not held 1945: Alan Geddes 1946: Jim Grierson 1947: Harold Nelson 1948: Jack Sinclair 1949: Neil Bates 1950: Jack Sinclair 1951–1952: Maurice Marshall 1953: James Parcell 1954–1957: Murray Halberg 1958: Bill Baillie 1959: Peter Snell 1960: Murray Halberg 1961: Bill Baillie 1962–1966: John Davies 1967: Bruce Burns 1968: David Sirl 1969: Dick Quax
1500 m	1970: Dick Tayler 1971: Kevin Ross 1972–1973: Tony Polhill 1974: John Walker 1975–1976: Stuart Melville 1977: Tom Birnie 1978: Rod Dixon 1979–1983: John Walker 1984: Peter O'Donoghue 1985: Tony Rogers 1986: John Walker 1987: Peter O'Donoghue 1988: Andrew Campbell 1989: Phil Clode 1990: Peter O'Donoghue 1991: Martin Enholm (SWE) 1992–1993: Robbie Johnston 1994: Richard Potts 1995: Mark Tonks 1996: Alan Bunce 1997–1998: Hamish Christensen 1999: Phil Spratley 2000: Adrian Blincoe 2001: Hamish Christensen 2002: Ben Ruthe 2003–2005: Paul Hamblyn 2006: Nick Willis 2007: Richard Olsen 2008: Nick Willis 2009: Gareth Hyett 2010–2011: Hamish Carson 2012: Julian Matthews 2013–2014: Hamish Carson 2015: Nick Willis 2016: Hamish Carson 2017: Eric Speakman 2018: Hamish Carson 2019: Sam Tanner 2020: Nick Willis 2021: Julian Oakley 2022–2024: Sam Tanner

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