New_Zealand_at_the_1970_British_Commonwealth_Games

New Zealand at the
1970 British Commonwealth Games
New Zealand at the; 1970 British Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Competitors	65
Flag bearers	Opening: Les Mills; Closing: Harry Kent
Officials	19
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 6 Bronze 6 Total 14
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;

New Zealand at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation

New Zealand at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 65 competitors and 19 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was field athlete Les Mills. The New Zealand team finished 11th on the medal table, winning a total of 14 medals, two of which were gold.

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[3] Ranks given are within each of the two heats. First 10 finishers in each heat advanced to the final.

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Bruce Biddle	Cycling	Men's individual road race
Gold	Harry Kent	Cycling	Men's 1 km time trial
Silver	Les Mills	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Barbara Poulsen	Athletics	Women's shot put
Silver	Dick Quax	Athletics	Men's 1500 m
Silver	Bob McDonald Robbie Robson	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs
Silver	John Bolton	Weightlifting	Men's light heavyweight
Silver	Tony Ebert	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Les Mills	Athletics	Men's shot put
Bronze	Blair Stockwell	Cycling	Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
Bronze	Mark Treffers	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle
Bronze	Bruce Cameron	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Bronze	David Aspin	Wrestling	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Gordon Mackay	Wrestling	Men's welterweight

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Cycling	2	0	1	3
Athletics	0	3	1	4
Weightlifting	0	2	1	3
Lawn bowls	0	1	0	1
Wrestling	0	0	2	2
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	2	6	6	14

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	2	5	6	13
Female	0	1	0	1
Total	2	6	6	14

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^{[lower-roman 1]}	Result	Rank^{[lower-roman 2]}	Result	Rank
Jack Foster	Men's marathon	—				2:14:44	4
Penny Hunt	Women's 100 m	11.7	2 Q	11.9	7	did not advance
Penny Hunt	Women's 200 m	23.9	3 Q	23.9	4 Q	23.8	8
Roger Johnson	Men's 400 m hurdles	51.9	3 Q	52.0	5	did not advance
Jeff Julian	Men's marathon	—				2:24:03	18
Sylvia Potts	Women's 800 m	2:07.4	2 Q	—		2:09.7	5
Sylvia Potts	Women's 1500 m	—				4:25.2	9
Dick Quax	Men's 1500 m	3:44.2	1 Q	—		3:38.1
Dick Quax	Men's 5000 m	14:01.6	4 Q	—		13:43.4	7
Val Robinson	Women's 1500 m	—				4:22.2	6
Anne Smith	Women's 800 m	2:07.3	6	—		did not advance
Anne Smith	Women's 1500 m	—				4:26.8	10
Dick Tayler	Men's 1500 m	3:44.3	4 Q	—		3:45.0	10
Dick Tayler	Men's 5000 m	14:11.8	5 Q	—		13:48.8	10

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Joe Antunovich	Men's discus throw	—		53.50 m	7
Diane Charteris	Women's discus throw	—		44.12 m	8
Diane Charteris	Women's shot put	—		13.59 m	6
Pamela Hendren	Women's long jump	—		5.72 m	10
Sally Mene	Women's discus throw	—		45.86 m	7
Sally Mene	Women's javelin throw	—		39.94 m	8
Les Mills	Men's discus throw	—		57.84 m
Les Mills	Men's shot put	—		18.40 m
Warwick Nicholl	Men's hammer throw	—		60.02 m	6
Dave Norris	Men's long jump	7.43 m	6 Q	7.64 m	5
Dave Norris	Men's triple jump	15.01 m	=11 Q	14.46 m	11
Barbara Poulsen	Women's shot put	—		15.87 m
Robin Tait	Men's discus throw	—		53.82 m	6

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New Zealand at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

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Athlete	Event	100 m	Long jump	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 m hurdles	Discus throw	Pole vault	Javelin throw	1500 m	Overall points	Rank
Roger Main	Men's decathlon	11.2 756 pts	6.40 m 693 pts	13.25 m 681 pts	1.67 m 560 pts	51.0 762 pts	15.4 807 pts	39.00 m 666 pts	3.60 m 700 pts	40.28 m 495 pts	4:56.4 428 pts	6548 pts	7
Roy Williams	Men's decathlon	11.2 756 pts	6.97 m 814 pts	12.57 m 637 pts	Withdrew							DNF

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
John Compton	Men's singles	Goel (IND) L 2–15 6–15	did not advance
Alison Glenie	Women's singles	—	Ridgway (CAN) L 11–5 5–11 2–11	did not advance
Robin Glenie	Women's singles	—	Nyirati (AUS) L 3–11 1–11	did not advance
Richard Purser	Men's singles	Gulam (KEN) W 15–2 15–3	Yeo (SIN) W 15–10 14–17 15–10	Bhatia (IND) W 15–7 18–14	Paulson (CAN) L 9–15 8–15	did not advance
John Compton Richard Purser	Men's doubles	—	Ward / Montegriffo (GIB) W 15–1 15–3	Charron / Paterson (CAN) L 15–5 10–15 9–15	did not advance
Alison Glenie Robin Glenie	Women's doubles	—		Tan / Ng (MAS) L 9–15 8–15	did not advance
Alison Glenie Richard Purser	Mixed doubles	—	Ang / Ng (MAS) W 18–13 3–15 15–12	Whetnall / Eddy (ENG) L 12–15 5–15	did not advance
Robin Glenie John Compton	Mixed doubles	—	Haddad / Haddad (JAM) W 15–6 15–2	Rickard / Whetnall (ENG) L 3–15 18–17 6–15	did not advance

Athlete	Round 1	First-round repechages				Round 2	Second-round repechage	Round 3	Third-round repechages			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Round 1	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 2	Second-round repechage	Round 3	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Harry Kent	Crutchlow (ENG) W 11.80	Bye				John (TTO) W 11.56	Bye	Bicknell (ENG) W 11.95	Bye			Attong (TTO) W 12.31, W 12.63	Johnson (AUS) W 11.95, L, L	King (TTO) L, W 11.94, L	4
Bryce Preston	Beattie (NIR) W 12.23	Bye				Perkins (AUS) L	Crutchlow (ENG) W 13.07	Harvey (CAN) L	Rowe (ENG) W 12.36	Bye	Bicknell (ENG) W 13.32	Nicholson (AUS) L, W 12.94, L	did not advance		=5
Max Vertongen	McMillan (JAM) W 12.04	Bye				Hunte (GUY) L	John (TTO) L	did not advance							=13

Athletes	Round 1	Repechage	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bryce Preston Max Vertongen	Attong / Farrell (TTO) W 11.65, W 11.74	Bye	Harvey / Lovell (CAN) W 14.82, L, L	Hatfield / Beswick (WAL) L, L	4

Athlete	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Time	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
Blair Stockwell	5:11.93	4 Q	Moore (ENG) W 5:12.32	Clark (AUS) L 5:09.17	Watson (AUS) W OVL

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Cyril Buscke	Men's 3 m springboard	DNF
Rebecca Ewert	Women's 3 m springboard	337.74	7
Mark Gazley	Men's 3 m springboard	436.44	6

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	Rank
Phil Skoglund	Men's singles	Woodward (GUE) L 9–21	Bryant (ENG) L 17–21	Kelly (AUS) L 5–21	Motroni (SCO) L 18–21	Fulton (NIR) L 17–21	Ewing (MAW) W 21–19	Liddell (HKG) L 7–21	Bradley (FIJ) L 16–21	Clayton (CAN) L 17–21	Wilkins (WAL) L 20–21	Lapsley (PNG) L 12–21	Bryce (ZAM) L 14–21	Gosden (KEN) W 21–14	12
Bob McDonald Robbie Robson	Men's pairs	Guernsey W 19–15	England L 17–28	Australia W 22–15	Scotland W 22–8	Northern Ireland W 23–11	Malawi L 14–19	Hong Kong W 25–10	Fiji W 22–18	Canada W 27–12	Wales W 28–24	Papua New Guinea W 26–11	Zambia W 19–14	Kenya L 24–26
Gordon Jolly Robbie Robson Percy Jones Bob McDonald	Men's fours	Guernsey W 28–8	England W 23–22	Australia L 12–26	Scotland L 15–22	Northern Ireland W 26–23	Malawi L 15–20	Hong Kong L 15–27	Fiji W 31–13	Canada L 16–17	Wales L 13–23	Papua New Guinea L 13–16	Zambia L 16–22	Kenya W 32–12	11

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Jerk	Total
Bruce Cameron	Lightweight	107.5 kg	105 kg	142.5 kg	355 kg
Tony Ebert	Middleweight	137.5 kg GR	112.5 kg	152.5 kg	402.5 kg
John Bolton	Light heavyweight	147.5 kg GR	130 kg	167.5 kg	445 kg
John Sherley	Light heavyweight	NVL	DNF

Athlete	First round pool						Semifinal pool						Final pool						Rank
Athlete	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Rank
Gaye McDermit	Reynolds (WAL) W 4–2	Exelby (AUS) W 4–2	Green (ENG) L 2–4	—		2 Q	Sharfe (NZL) L 1–4	Bain (SCO) L 3–4	Williams (SCO) L 1–4	Barkley (WAL) L 3–4	Green (ENG) W 4–3	1	did not advance
Rosemary Sharfe	McDougall (AUS) W 4–0	Bain (SCO) L 1–4	Weidel (CAN) W 4–0	Henley (ENG) W 4–3	Brown (WAL) W 4–1	4 Q	McDermit (NZL) W 4–1	Green (ENG) L 1–4	Barkley (WAL) L 1–4	Williams (SCO) L 2–4	Bain (SCO) L 3–4	1	did not advance
Helen Whitcher	Van Eyk (AUS) W 4–0	Wardell-Yerburgh (ENG) L 0–4	Chatel (CAN) W 4–2	Barkley (WAL) W 4–0	Youngs (SCO) L 1–4	3 Q	Exelby (AUS) L 2–4	Wardell-Yerburgh (ENG) L 0–4	Youngs (SCO) L 1–4	Henley (ENG) L 0–4	Weidel (CAN) W 4–2	1	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Elimination rounds					Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gordon Mackay	Welterweight	O'Brien (AUS) W	Amey (ENG) W	Buchanan (SCO) W	Wurr (CAN) L	Singh (IND) L
David Aspin	Middleweight	Birajdar (IND) L	Grinstead (ENG) D	Schori (CAN) L	Eliminated
Warren Hubber	Heavyweight	Millard (CAN) L	Singh (IND) L	Eliminated			4
Tom Milat	Super heavyweight	Mane (IND) L	Holden (CAN) W	Ilahi (PAK) L	Eliminated		4