New Zealand at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the
1978 Commonwealth Games
New Zealand at the; 1978 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Competitors	102
Flag bearers	Opening: Neil Lyster; Closing:
Officials	32
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold 5 Silver 6 Bronze 9 Total 20
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1930; 1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

New Zealand at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 102 competitors and 32 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Edmonton, Canada, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was cyclist Neil Lyster. The New Zealand team finished fifth on the medal table, winning a total of 20 medals, five of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Nigeria boycotted the 1978 Games in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa.

Medal tables[]

New Zealand was fifth on the medal table in 1978, with a total of 20 medals, including five gold.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Mike Richards	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit
Gold	John Woolley	Shooting	Open skeet
Gold	Gary Hurring	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke
Gold	Rebecca Perrott	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle
Gold	Precious McKenzie	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight
Silver	Mike O'Rourke	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Silver	Heather Thomson	Athletics	Women's 3000 m
Silver	Anthony Cuff Neil Lyster Jack Swart	Cycling	Men's team pursuit
Silver	David Baldwin John Malcolm Morgan Moffat Phil Skoglund	Lawn bowls	Men's fours
Silver		Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly
Silver	Rebecca Perrott	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley
Bronze	George Stankovich	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
Bronze		Badminton	Men's doubles
Bronze	Garry Bell	Cycling	Men's road race
Bronze		Gymnastics	Women's team
Bronze	Rebecca Perrott	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle
Bronze	Rebecca Perrott	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle
Bronze	Brian Marsden	Weightlifting	Men's middle heavyweight
Bronze	Phillip Sue	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Bronze		Wrestling	Men's heavyweight

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	2	2	2	6
Cycling	1	1	1	3
Weightlifting	1	0	2	3
Shooting	1	0	0	1
Athletics	0	2	0	2
Lawn bowls	0	1	0	1
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Badminton	0	0	1	1
Gymnastics	0	0	1	1
Wrestling	0	0	1	1
Total	5	6	9	20

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	3	3	6	12
Female	1	3	3	7
Mixed / open	1	0	0	1
Total	5	6	9	20

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	19	9	28
Badminton	4	3	7
Boxing	6	N/A	6
Cycling	12	N/A	12
Diving	1	1	2
Gymnastics	4	4	8
Lawn bowls	7	N/A	7
Shooting	10	0	10
Swimming	5	4	9
Weightlifting	6	N/A	6
Wrestling	7	N/A	7
Total	81	21	102

Athletics[]

Track and road[]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^[i]	Result	Rank^[ii]	Result	Rank^[iii]	Result	Rank
Paul Ballinger	Men's marathon	N/A						2:17:46	6
Wendy Brown	Women's 100 m	11.84	4	N/A		Did not advance
Wendy Brown	Women's 200 m	23.77	3 Q	N/A		23.64	5	Did not advance
Rod Dixon	Men's 1500 m	3:39.03	3 Q	N/A				3:41.34	8
Rod Dixon	Men's 5000 m	14:08.02	2 Q	N/A				13:43.69	8
	Men's 100 m	10.94	4 Q	10.98	8	Did not advance
	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	8:48.4	4 Q	N/A				8:43.75	5
Penny Hunt	Women's 200 m	24.25	4	N/A		Did not advance
Penny Hunt	Women's 400 m	54.53	4 Q	N/A		54.26	7	Did not advance
Terry Manners	Men's marathon	N/A						2:23:00	13
Phillip Mills	Men's 110 m hurdles	14.32	4 q	N/A				14.09	6
Phillip Mills	Men's 400 m hurdles	53.78	5 q	N/A		50.92	4 Q	52.01	8
	Men's 800 m	1:51.5	3 Q	N/A		1:50.77	5	Did not advance
	Men's 1500 m	3:45.96	8	N/A				Did not advance
	Men's 30 km walk	N/A						DNF
	Men's 110 m hurdles	14.36	3 Q	N/A				14.18	7
Dick Quax	Men's 5000 m	DNS		N/A				Did not advance
Dick Quax	Men's 10,000 m	N/A						29:58.00	9
Euan Robertson	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	8:53.1	3 Q	N/A				8:41.32	4
Kim Robertson	Women's 100 m	11.67	2 Q	N/A		11.63	5	Did not advance
Kim Robertson	Women's 200 m	23.38	3 Q	N/A		23.59	6	Did not advance
Kevin Ryan	Men's marathon	N/A						2:17:16	4
	Men's 30 km walk	N/A						2:31:49	7
Bevan Smith	Men's 200 m	21.62	4 Q	21.60	6	Did not advance
Bevan Smith	Men's 400 m	48.02	4 Q	46.77	4 q	48.25	8	Did not advance
Heather Thomson	Women's 3000 m	N/A						9:20.69
	Men's 5000 m	14:27.19	8 q	N/A				DNF
	Men's 10,000 m	N/A						30:05.24	10
	Women's 100 m hurdles	14.14	4 q	N/A				13.77	5
Alison Wright	Women's 800 m	2:07.7	2 Q	N/A		2:06.71	6	Did not advance
Alison Wright	Women's 1500 m	4:17.03	2 Q	N/A				4:12.93	6
Bevan Smith Phillip Mills	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	41.40	5	N/A				Did not advance
Kim Robertson Penny Hunt Wendy Brown	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	N/A						45.06	4

^ Ranks given are within the heat
^ Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
^ Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field[]

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Women's long jump		Q	5.86 m	11
Mike O'Rourke	Men's javelin throw	N/A		83.18 m
Robin Tait	Men's discus throw	N/A		55.22 m	4
Phil Wood	Men's triple jump		Q	16.05 m	6

Combined[]

Men's decathlon

Athlete	100 m	Long jump	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 m hurdles	Discus throw	Pole vault	Javelin throw	1500 m	Overall points	Rank
	11.42	6.87 m	12.28 m	1.95 m	51.87	15.93	36.66 m	4.40 m	42.10 m	4:20.1	7117 pts	7

Women's pentathlon

Athlete	100 m hurdles	Shot put	High jump	Long jump	200 m	Overall points	Rank
Barbara Beable						3989 pts	7
Karen Page						4099 pts	5

Badminton[]

Singles[]

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
	Women's singles	() W 11–0 11–0	(AUS) W 11–8 11–5	Bridge (ENG) L 3–11 3–11	Did not advance
	Women's singles	Bye	() W 11–6 11–3	Beckett (ENG) L 7–11 6–11	Did not advance
	Men's singles	Bye	() W 15–7 15–2	Jolly (ENG) W 18–16 15–11	Leong (MAL) L 7–15 2–15	Did not advance
	Men's singles	() W 15–7 15–9	Ganguli (IND) L 8–15 15–6 12–15	Did not advance
	Men's singles	(AUS) W 18–13 15–7	() W 15–3 15–1	() W 15–13 15–4	Padukone (IND) L 1–15 8–15	Did not advance
	Women's singles	Bye	(AUS) L 5–11 8–11	Did not advance
	Men's singles	() W 15–1 15–7	Modi (IND) L 6–15 7–15	Did not advance

Doubles[]

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
	Men's doubles	N/A	Padukone / Pawar (IND) L 9–15 5–15	Did not advance
	Men's doubles	N/A	Bye	/ () W 15–12 15–5	Selvaraj / (MAL) W 15–9 15–8	Stevens / Tredgett (ENG) L 5–15 8–15	Jolly / Talbot (ENG) W 15–10 11–15 15–1
	Women's doubles	N/A		/ () L 6–15 11–15	Did not advance
	Mixed doubles	Bye	/ Travers () W 15–10 15–5	Singh / Pawar (IND) W 15–12 15–4	Clarkson / () W 15–7 15–12	Perry / Tredgett (ENG) L 5–15 2–15	Sutton / Talbot (ENG) L 9–15 9–15	4
	Mixed doubles	Bye	Falardeau / () W 15–18 15–7 15–7	Perry / Tredgett (ENG) L 9–15 0–15	Did not advance
	Mixed doubles	Bye	/ () W 15–7 15–10	Flockhart / Gilliland () L 4–15 1–15	Did not advance

Teams[]

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Mixed team	India L 2–3	Australia W 3–2	W 5–0	England L 5–0	L 2–3	Malaysia L 1–4	4

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
	Light welterweight	N/A	() W	() L	Did not advance
David Jackson	Welterweight	Bye	() L	Did not advance
	Light middleweight	N/A	Bye	() L	Did not advance
	Middleweight	N/A	Parkes (ENG) L	Did not advance
	Light heavyweight	N/A	N/A	Smith (ENG) L	Did not advance
George Stankovich	Heavyweight	N/A	N/A	() W	Awome (ENG) L	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Road[]

Men's road race

Athlete	Time	Rank
Garry Bell	4:22:35.06
Stephen Cox	4:23:47.91	18
Vern Hanaray	4:23:48.61	20
Blair Stockwell	4:35:08.10	30

Track[]

Men's 1000 m sprint

Athlete	Round 1	First-round repechages	Round 2	Second-round repechages		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
	Round 1	First-round repechages	Round 2	Heat	Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
	Turtur (AUS) () 3	Pile () W 12.08	Swinnerton (ENG) Boyle (AUS) W 11.76	Bye		Tucker (AUS) L, L	Did not advance		7
Eric McKenzie	Weller () (IND) 2	() W 12.40	Gadd (ENG) Tudor () 3	Le Grys (ENG) () W 12.05	Rawlins () L	Did not advance
	Singleton () () 2	() W WO	Weller () Le Grys (ENG) 3	(IND) Boyle (AUS) 3	Did not advance

Men's tandem 2000 m sprint

Athletes	Qualification		Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athletes	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eric McKenzie	10.37	1 Q	Gadd / Le Grys (ENG) L (conceded after fall)	Boyle / Goodall (AUS) L WO	4

Men's 1 km time trial

Athlete	Time	Rank
Anthony Cuff	1:08.85	8
	1:08.75	7
Mike Richards	1:08.99	9

Men's 4000 m pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
Mike Richards	Individual pursuit	5:01.61	5 Q	Sutton (AUS) W 4:50.50	Hayman () W OVL	(AUS) W 4:49.74
Jack Swart	Individual pursuit	5:02.88	6 Q	Doyle (ENG) L	Did not advance
Anthony Cuff Neil Lyster Jack Swart	Team pursuit	4:35.30	2 Q	N/A	England W 4:36.70	Australia L

Men's 10 miles scratch race

Athlete	Time	Rank
Anthony Cuff	20:06.45	6
Neil Lyster	20:06.70	10
Mike Richards	20:08.40	18

Diving[]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Ann Fargher	Women's 3 m springboard	341.16	7
	Men's 3 m springboard	404.94	10

Gymnastics[]

Men[]

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
	Individual all-around	8.55	8.40	7.95	9.00	8.75	8.50	51.15	13
	Individual all-around	8.45	8.15	7.75	8.95	8.95	7.20	49.45	14
Terry Sale	Individual all-around	9.00	8.60	8.90	9.20	8.90	8.85	53.45	6
	Individual all-around	8.05	8.35	7.70	7.25	8.35	8.00	47.70	16
Terry Sale	Team all-around							154.00	4

Women[]

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
	Individual all-around					32.950	17
	Individual all-around	9.30	9.10	8.80	8.70	35.900	9
	Individual all-around	9.55	8.60	8.30	9.15	35.600	10
	Individual all-around	9.10	9.15	8.85	8.85	35.950	8
	Team all-around					106.350

Lawn bowls[]

Athlete	Event	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	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kerry Clark	Men's singles	() W 21–5	() W 21–13	() W 21–11	Snell (AUS) L 18–21	Bryant (ENG) L 12–21	Evans () L 14–21	() W 21–4	() L 20–21	() W 21–13	Espie () W 21–15	(FIJ) W 21–6	McGill () W 21–18	() W 21–11	() L 18–21	Souza () W 21–4	4
Bob McDonald	Men's pairs	L 12–28	L 16–23	Bye	W 27–12	England D 19–19	Australia L 17–19	Fiji W 21–14	W 23–22	W 21–20	W 35–12	W 22–13	W 24–15	L 18–27	W 31–15	Bye	6
David Baldwin John Malcolm Morgan Moffat Phil Skoglund	Men's fours	Australia W 17–15	L 16–25	Bye	W 23–22	England W 19–18	Fiji W 21–13	L 23–25	W 33–17	W 27–11	W 26–16	W 32–8	W 23–16	D 19–19	W 29–14	W 25–14

Shooting[]

Pistol[]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Bruce McMillan	Open rapid-fire pistol	573	7
	Open rapid-fire pistol	557	13
	Open free pistol	532	9

Rifle[]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Ian Ballinger	Open small-bore rifle	1185	7
Maurice Gordon	Open full-bore rifle	384	6
	Open full-bore rifle	376	19
Brian Lacey	Open small-bore rifle	1178	15

Shotgun[]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
	Open trap	155	16
	Open trap	177	5
John Woolley	Open skeet	193

Swimming[]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:00.26	9	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:08.81	6 Q	2:09.24	8
	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:06.86	10	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:24.09	8 Q	2:27.07	8
Gary Hurring	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:08.42	4 Q	2:04.37 GR
	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:06.61	9	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:20.35	6 Q	2:21.20	7
	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:03.53	5 Q	1:02.27
	Women's 200 m butterfly	2:17.65	9	Did not advance
Brett Naylor	Men's 100 m freestyle	53.94	19	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:58.36	12	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:03.22	5 Q	4:03.59	6
Rebecca Perrott	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:04.66	2 Q	2:00.63 CR
	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:16.12	2 Q	4:16.70
	Women's 800 m freestyle	9:03.34	4 Q	8:44.87
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:20.23	2 Q	2:18.70
	Men's 100 m freestyle	53.63	14	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m butterfly	57.22	6 Q	56.61	4
	Men's 100 m freestyle	53.89	=17	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:00.54	15	Did not advance
Brett Naylor	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	N/A		3:35.53	5
Brett Naylor	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	N/A		7:52.00	5
Rebecca Perrott	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	N/A		DQ	6

Weightlifting[]

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total	Rank
Precious McKenzie	Bantamweight	97.5 kg	122.5 kg	220.0 kg
George Newton	Featherweight	NVL	DNF
Phillip Sue	Lightweight	115.0 kg	147.5 kg	262.5 kg
Tony Ebert	Middleweight	NVL	DNF
Brian Marsden	Middle heavyweight	137.5 kg	175.0 kg	312.5 kg
Rory Barrett	Heavyweight	150.0 kg	182.5 kg	332.5 kg	4

Wrestling[]

Athlete	Event	Elimination rounds				Final round	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Barry Oldridge	Bantamweight	(IND) L 4–0	(AUS) W 0.5–3.5	Barry () L 4–0	Eliminated	Gill (ENG) L 4–0	4
	Featherweight	Barry (AUS) W 0–4	Beiler () L 4–0	Singh (IND) L 4–0	Eliminated		4
Ken Reinsfield	Lightweight	Bye	Walker () L 4–0	(IND) L 4–0	Eliminated		5
	Welterweight	Singh (IND) L 3.5–0.5	Zilberman () L 4–0	Eliminated			5
	Middleweight	Koenig (AUS) L 4–0	() L 4–0	Eliminated			6
	Light heavyweight	() L 4–0	L	Eliminated			4
	Heavyweight	Bye	() L 3–1	Peache (ENG) W 0–4	Singh (IND) L 4–0	Eliminated

Officials[]

External links[]

[1] Ranks given are within the heat

[2] Ranks given are within the quarterfinal

[3] Ranks given are within the semifinal

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v t Associations at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Africa	Lesotho
Americas
Asia	India Malaysia
Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda
Europe	England
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand