New Zealand at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

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 at the
1978 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeNZL
CGANew Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Competitors102
Flag bearerOpening: Neil Lyster
Closing:
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
5
Silver
6
Bronze
9
Total
20
Officials32
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

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
 GoldMike RichardsCyclingMen's individual pursuit
 GoldJohn WoolleyShootingOpen skeet
 GoldGary HurringSwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke
 GoldRebecca PerrottSwimmingWomen's 200 m freestyle
 GoldPrecious McKenzieWeightliftingMen's bantamweight
 SilverMike O'RourkeAthleticsMen's javelin throw
 SilverHeather ThomsonAthleticsWomen's 3000 m
 SilverKevin Blackwell
Anthony Cuff
Neil Lyster
Jack Swart		CyclingMen's team pursuit
 SilverDavid Baldwin
John Malcolm
Morgan Moffat
Phil Skoglund		Lawn bowlsMen's fours
 SilverPenny McCarthySwimmingWomen's 100 m butterfly
 SilverRebecca PerrottSwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley
 BronzeGeorge StankovichBoxingMen's heavyweight
 BronzeBryan Purser
Richard Purser		BadmintonMen's doubles
 BronzeGarry BellCyclingMen's road race
 BronzeLynette Brake
Rowena Davis
Kirsty Durward
Deborah Hurst		GymnasticsWomen's team
 BronzeRebecca PerrottSwimmingWomen's 400 m freestyle
 BronzeRebecca PerrottSwimmingWomen's 800 m freestyle
 BronzeBrian MarsdenWeightliftingMen's middle heavyweight
 BronzePhillip SueWeightliftingMen's lightweight
 BronzeMurray AveryWrestlingMen'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 19928
Badminton 437
Boxing 6N/A6
Cycling 12N/A12
Diving 112
Gymnastics 448
Lawn bowls 7N/A7
Shooting 10010
Swimming 549
Weightlifting 6N/A6
Wrestling 7N/A7
Total8121102

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Track and road

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank[lower-roman 1] Result Rank[lower-roman 2] Result Rank[lower-roman 3] Result Rank
Paul Ballinger Men's marathon N/A 2:17:466
Wendy Brown Women's 100 m 11.844 N/A Did not advance
Women's 200 m 23.773 Q N/A 23.645 Did not advance
Rod Dixon Men's 1500 m 3:39.033 Q N/A 3:41.348
Men's 5000 m 14:08.022 Q N/A 13:43.698
Graeme French Men's 100 m 10.944 Q 10.988 Did not advance
Howard Healey Men's 3000 m steeplechase 8:48.44 Q N/A 8:43.755
Penny Hunt Women's 200 m 24.254 N/A Did not advance
Women's 400 m 54.534 Q N/A 54.267 Did not advance
Terry Manners Men's marathon N/A 2:23:0013
Phillip Mills Men's 110 m hurdles 14.324 q N/A 14.096
Men's 400 m hurdles 53.785 q N/A 50.924 Q 52.018
Dennis Norris Men's 800 m 1:51.53 Q N/A 1:50.775 Did not advance
Men's 1500 m 3:45.968 N/A Did not advance
Mike Parker Men's 30 km walk N/A DNF
Ross Pownall Men's 110 m hurdles 14.363 Q N/A 14.187
Dick Quax Men's 5000 m DNS N/A Did not advance
Men's 10,000 m N/A 29:58.009
Euan Robertson Men's 3000 m steeplechase 8:53.13 Q N/A 8:41.324
Kim Robertson Women's 100 m 11.672 Q N/A 11.635 Did not advance
Women's 200 m 23.383 Q N/A 23.596 Did not advance
Kevin Ryan Men's marathon N/A 2:17:164
Graham Seatter Men's 30 km walk N/A 2:31:497
Bevan Smith Men's 200 m 21.624 Q 21.606 Did not advance
Men's 400 m 48.024 Q 46.774 q 48.258 Did not advance
Heather Thomson Women's 3000 m N/A 9:20.69
Alan Thurlow Men's 5000 m 14:27.198 q N/A DNF
Men's 10,000 m N/A 30:05.2410
Gail Wooten Women's 100 m hurdles 14.144 q N/A 13.775
Alison Wright Women's 800 m 2:07.72 Q N/A 2:06.716 Did not advance
Women's 1500 m 4:17.032 Q N/A 4:12.936
Bevan Smith
Graeme French
Phillip Mills
Ross Pownall		 Men's 4 × 100 m relay 41.405 N/A Did not advance
Gail Wooten
Kim Robertson
Penny Hunt
Wendy Brown		 Women's 4 × 100 m relay N/A 45.064
  1. Ranks given are within the heat
  2. Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
  3. Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field
Athlete Event Qualifying Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Noeline Hodgins Women's long jump Q 5.86 m11
Mike O'Rourke Men's javelin throw N/A 83.18 m
Robin Tait Men's discus throw N/A 55.22 m4
Phil Wood Men's triple jump Q 16.05 m6

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
Robert Sadler 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 pts7
Women's pentathlon
Athlete 100 m hurdles Shot put High jump Long jump 200 m Overall points Rank
Barbara Beable




3989 pts7
Karen Page




4099 pts5

Badminton
Main article: Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Alice Branfield Women's singles  Cain (IOM)
W 11–0 11–0		  Irwin (AUS)
W 11–8 11–5		  Bridge (ENG)
L 3–11 3–11		 Did not advance
Mary Livingston Women's singles Bye  Blake (WAL)
W 11–6 11–3		  Beckett (ENG)
L 7–11 6–11		 Did not advance
Ross Livingston Men's singles Bye  Maini (KEN)
W 15–7 15–2		  Jolly (ENG)
W 18–16 15–11		  Leong (MAL)
L 7–15 2–15		 Did not advance
Bryan Purser Men's singles  Lim (WAL)
W 15–7 15–9		  Ganguli (IND)
L 8–15 15–6 12–15		 Did not advance
Richard Purser Men's singles  Cooper (AUS)
W 18–13 15–7		  Evans (NIR)
W 15–3 15–1		  Priestman (CAN)
W 15–13 15–4		  Padukone (IND)
L 1–15 8–15		 Did not advance
Allison Sinton Women's singles Bye  Swaby (AUS)
L 5–11 8–11		 Did not advance
Steve Wilson Men's singles  Mwangi (KEN)
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
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Ross Livingston
Steve Wilson		 Men's doubles N/A  Padukone / Pawar (IND)
L 9–15 5–15		 Did not advance
Bryan Purser
Richard Purser		 Men's doubles N/A Bye  Czich / McKee (CAN)
W 15–12 15–5		  Selvaraj / Abu Bakar (MAL)
W 15–9 15–8		  Stevens / Tredgett (ENG)
L 5–15 8–15		  Jolly / Talbot (ENG)
W 15–10 11–15 15–1
Alice Branfield
Mary Livingston		 Women's doubles N/A  Johnstone / Hamilton (SCO)
L 6–15 11–15		 Did not advance
Alice Branfield
Richard Purser		 Mixed doubles Bye  Hamilton / Travers (SCO)
W 15–10 15–5		  Singh / Pawar (IND)
W 15–12 15–4		  Clarkson / Carter (CAN)
W 15–7 15–12		  Perry / Tredgett (ENG)
L 5–15 2–15		  Sutton / Talbot (ENG)
L 9–15 9–15		 4
Mary Livingston
Ross Livingston		 Mixed doubles Bye  Falardeau / Priestman (CAN)
W 15–18 15–7 15–7		  Perry / Tredgett (ENG)
L 9–15 0–15		 Did not advance
Allison Sinton
Bryan Purser		 Mixed doubles Bye  Brimble / Lim (WAL)
W 15–7 15–10		  Flockhart / Gilliland (SCO)
L 4–15 1–15		 Did not advance

Teams
Athlete Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Alice Branfield
Ross Livingston
Mary Livingston
Bryan Purser
Richard Purser
Allison Sinton
Steve Wilson		 Mixed team  India
L 2–3		  Australia
W 3–2		  Wales
W 5–0		  England
L 5–0		  Canada
L 2–3		  Malaysia
L 1–4		 4

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Gaulua Folasi Light welterweight N/A  Cameron (JAM)
W		  Mwangi (KEN)
L		 Did not advance
David Jackson Welterweight Bye  Feal (WAL)
L		 Did not advance
Ronald Jackson Light middleweight N/A Bye  Samu (SAM)
L		 Did not advance
Perry Rackley Middleweight N/A  Parkes (ENG)
L		 Did not advance
Dean Rackley Light heavyweight N/A N/A  Smith (ENG)
L		 Did not advance
George Stankovich Heavyweight N/A N/A  Kabegi (KEN)
W		  Awome (ENG)
L		 Did not advance

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Road
Men's road race
Athlete Time Rank
Garry Bell 4:22:35.06
Stephen Cox 4:23:47.9118
Vern Hanaray 4:23:48.6120
Blair Stockwell 4:35:08.1030

Track
Men's 1000 m sprint
Athlete Round 1 First-round
repechages		 Round 2 Second-round
repechages		 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Heat Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Michael Fabish  Turtur (AUS)
 Benjamin (SKN)
3		  Pile (BAR)
W 12.08		  Swinnerton (ENG)
 Boyle (AUS)
W 11.76		 Bye  Tucker (AUS)
L, L		 Did not advance 7
Eric McKenzie  Weller (JAM)
 Singh (IND)
2		  Watkins (CAN)
W 12.40		  Gadd (ENG)
 Tudor (WAL)
3		  Le Grys (ENG)
 Gardiner (TTO)
W 12.05		  Rawlins (TTO)
L		 Did not advance
Kevin McComb  Singleton (CAN)
 Shearer (NIR)
2		  Greenidge (BAR)
W WO		  Weller (JAM)
 Le Grys (ENG)
3		  Singh (IND)
 Boyle (AUS)
3		 Did not advance
Men's tandem 2000 m sprint
Athletes Qualification Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Michael Fabish
Eric McKenzie		 10.371 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 1:08.858
Michael Fabish 1:08.757
Mike Richards 1:08.999
Men's 4000 m pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Opponent
Result		 Opponent
Result		 Opponent
Result
Mike Richards Individual pursuit 5:01.615 Q  Sutton (AUS)
W 4:50.50		  Hayman (CAN)
W OVL		  Campbell (AUS)
W 4:49.74
Jack Swart Individual pursuit 5:02.886 Q  Doyle (ENG)
L		 Did not advance
Kevin Blackwell
Anthony Cuff
Neil Lyster
Jack Swart		 Team pursuit 4:35.302 Q N/A  England
W 4:36.70		  Australia
L
Men's 10 miles scratch race
Athlete Time Rank
Anthony Cuff 20:06.456
Neil Lyster 20:06.7010
Mike Richards 20:08.4018

Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Athlete Event Points Rank
Ann Fargher Women's 3 m springboard 341.16 7
Graeme Shaw Men's 3 m springboard 404.94 10

Gymnastics
Main article: Gymnastics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Men
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Neil Davies Individual all-around 8.558.407.959.008.758.50 51.1513
Gregory Robertson Individual all-around 8.458.157.758.958.957.20 49.4514
Terry Sale Individual all-around 9.008.608.909.208.908.85 53.456
Richard Wilkins Individual all-around 8.058.357.707.258.358.00 47.7016
Neil Davies
Gregory Robertson
Terry Sale
Richard Wilkins		 Team all-around 154.004

Women
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F
Lynette Brake Individual all-around                  32.95017
Rowena Davis Individual all-around 9.309.108.808.70 35.9009
Kirsty Durward Individual all-around 9.558.608.309.15 35.60010
Deborah Hurst Individual all-around 9.109.158.858.85 35.9508
Lynette Brake
Rowena Davis
Kirsty Durward
Deborah Hurst		 Team all-around 106.350

Lawn bowls
Main article: Lawn bowls at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Athlete Event Round robin Rank
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
Kerry Clark Men's singles  Gosden
 (KEN)
W 21–5		  Turner
 (MAW)
W 21–13		  Woodhard
 (GUE)
W 21–11		  Snell
 (AUS)
L 18–21		  Bryant
 (ENG)
L 12–21		  Evans
 (WAL)
L 14–21		  Green
 (SWZ)
W 21–4		  Madden
 (PNG)
L 20–21		  Tolova’a
 (SAM)
W 21–13		  Espie
 (NIR)
W 21–15		  Harakh
 (FIJ)
W 21–6		  McGill
 (SCO)
W 21–18		  McKernan
 (JER)
W 21–11		  Matheson
 (CAN)
L 18–21		  Souza
 (HKG)
W 21–4		 4
Ivan Kostanich
Bob McDonald		 Men's pairs  Canada
L 12–28		  Hong Kong
L 16–23		 Bye  Samoa
W 27–12		  England
D 19–19		  Australia
L 17–19		  Fiji
W 21–14		  Northern Ireland
W 23–22		  Wales
W 21–20		  Swaziland
W 35–12		  Papua New Guinea
W 22–13		  Kenya
W 24–15		  Scotland
L 18–27		  Malawi
W 31–15		 Bye 6
David Baldwin
John Malcolm
Morgan Moffat
Phil Skoglund		 Men's fours  Australia
W 17–15		  Northern Ireland
L 16–25		 Bye  Scotland
W 23–22		  England
W 19–18		  Fiji
W 21–13		  Guernsey
L 23–25		  Papua New Guinea
W 33–17		  Kenya
W 27–11		  Canada
W 26–16		  Samoa
W 32–8		  Hong Kong
W 23–16		  Wales
D 19–19		  Zambia
W 29–14		  Swaziland
W 25–14

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Pistol
Athlete Event Points Rank
Bruce McMillan Open rapid-fire pistol 573 7
Barry O'Neale Open rapid-fire pistol 557 13
Barrie Wickens 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
John Hastie Open full-bore rifle 376 19
Brian Lacey Open small-bore rifle 1178 15

Shotgun
Athlete Event Points Rank
Brian Cumings Open trap 155 16
Bruce Lassen Open trap 177 5
John Woolley Open skeet 193

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ian Bullock Men's 100 m backstroke 1:00.269 Did not advance
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:08.816 Q 2:09.248
Andrea Hawcridge Women's 100 m backstroke 1:06.8610 Did not advance
Women's 200 m individual medley 2:24.098 Q 2:27.078
Gary Hurring Men's 200 m backstroke 2:08.424 Q 2:04.37 GR
Melanie Jones Women's 100 m backstroke 1:06.619 Did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:20.356 Q 2:21.207
Penny McCarthy Women's 100 m butterfly 1:03.535 Q 1:02.27
Women's 200 m butterfly 2:17.659 Did not advance
Brett Naylor Men's 100 m freestyle 53.9419 Did not advance
Men's 200 m freestyle 1:58.3612 Did not advance
Men's 400 m freestyle 4:03.225 Q 4:03.596
Rebecca Perrott Women's 200 m freestyle 2:04.662 Q 2:00.63 CR
Women's 400 m freestyle 4:16.122 Q 4:16.70
Women's 800 m freestyle 9:03.344 Q 8:44.87
Women's 200 m individual medley 2:20.232 Q 2:18.70
Paul Rowe Men's 100 m freestyle 53.6314 Did not advance
Men's 100 m butterfly 57.226 Q 56.614
Barry Salisbury Men's 100 m freestyle 53.89=17 Did not advance
Men's 200 m freestyle 2:00.5415 Did not advance
Barry Salisbury
Brett Naylor
Ian Bullock
Paul Rowe		 Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay N/A 3:35.535
Barry Salisbury
Ian Bullock
Brett Naylor
Paul Rowe		 Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay N/A 7:52.005
Andrea Hawcridge
Melanie Jones
Penny McCarthy
Rebecca Perrott		 Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay N/A DQ6

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
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
Main article: Wrestling at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Athlete Event Elimination rounds Final round Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Barry Oldridge Bantamweight  Singh (IND)
L 4–0		  Dzeladini (AUS)
W 0.5–3.5		  Barry (CAN)
L 4–0		 Eliminated  Gill (ENG)
L 4–0		 4
Raymond Katting Featherweight  Barry (AUS)
W 0–4		  Beiler (CAN)
L 4–0		  Singh (IND)
L 4–0		 Eliminated 4
Ken Reinsfield Lightweight Bye  Walker (JAM)
L 4–0		  Kumar (IND)
L 4–0		 Eliminated 5
Stephen Robinson Welterweight  Singh (IND)
L 3.5–0.5		  Zilberman (CAN)
L 4–0		 Eliminated 5
Robert Hoffman Middleweight  Koenig (AUS)
L 4–0		  Weir (NIR)
L 4–0		 Eliminated 6
Nigel Sargent Light heavyweight  Danier (CAN)
L 4–0
L		 Eliminated 4
Murray Avery Heavyweight Bye  Wishart (CAN)
L 3–1		  Peache (ENG)
W 0–4		  Singh (IND)
L 4–0		 Eliminated

See also
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