Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump

Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's long jump event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alan Lerwill  England	Chris Commons  Australia	Joshua Owusu  Ghana

Results[]

Qualification[]

Held on 27 January.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Bruce Field	Australia	7.73	[2]
	Chris Commons	Australia	7.65	[2]
	Tony Moore	Fiji	7.65
		Australia	7.46	[2]
13		Kenya	7.15
14		Malawi	7.13
15	Charles Lupiya	Zambia	7.12
16		Nigeria	7.10
17		Scotland	7.07
18		Fiji	5.97
		Scotland	NM
	Johnson Amoah	Ghana	DNS

Final[]

Held on 29 January.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Alan Lerwill	England	7.94
	Chris Commons	Australia	7.92
	Joshua Owusu	Ghana	7.75
4		Ghana	7.68
5	Bruce Field	Australia	7.63
6		Nigeria	7.58
7	Fidelis Ndyabagye	Uganda	7.50
8		Australia	7.42
9	Tuariki Delamere	New Zealand	7.31
10		New Zealand	7.18
11		Northern Ireland	6.90
	Tony Moore	Fiji	NM

References[]