New Zealand at the 1978 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	NZL
Cganame:	New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Games:	Commonwealth Games
Year:	1978
Location:	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Competitors:	102
Flagbearer:	Neil Lyster
Rank:	5
Gold:	5
Silver:	6
Bronze:	9
Officials:	32

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
			Men's individual pursuit
			Open skeet
			Men's 200 m backstroke
			Women's 200 m freestyle
			Men's bantamweight
			Men's javelin throw
			Women's 3000 m
			Men's team pursuit
			Men's fours
			Women's 100 m butterfly
			Women's 200 m individual medley
			Men's heavyweight
			Men's doubles
			Men's road race
			Women's team
			Women's 400 m freestyle
			Women's 800 m freestyle
			Men's middle heavyweight
			Men's lightweight
			Men's heavyweight

Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9	Total
	2	2	2	6
	1	1	1	3
	1	0	2	3
	1	0	0	1
	0	2	0	2
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
Total	5	6	9	20

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9	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.

width=150	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	19	9	28
Badminton	4	3	7
Boxing	6		6
Cycling	12		12
Diving	1	1	2
Gymnastics	4	4	8
Lawn bowls	7		7
Shooting	10	0	10
Swimming	5	4	9
Weightlifting	6		6
Wrestling	7		7
Total	81	21	102

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left	Paul Ballinger	align=left	Men's marathon	2:17:46	6
align=left rowspan=2	Wendy Brown	align=left	Women's 100 m	11.84	4	did not advance
align=left	Women's 200 m	23.77	3 Q	23.64	5	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Rod Dixon	align=left	Men's 1500 m	3:39.03	3 Q	3:41.34	8
align=left	Men's 5000 m	14:08.02	2 Q	13:43.69	8
align=left	Graeme French	align=left	Men's 100 m	10.94	4 Q	10.98	8	did not advance
align=left	Howard Healey	align=left	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	8:48.4	4 Q	8:43.75	5
align=left rowspan=2	Penny Hunt	align=left	Women's 200 m	24.25	4	did not advance
align=left	Women's 400 m	54.53	4 Q	54.26	7	did not advance
align=left	Terry Manners	align=left	Men's marathon	2:23:00	13
align=left rowspan=2	Phillip Mills	align=left	Men's 110 m hurdles	14.32	4 q	14.09	6
align=left	Men's 400 m hurdles	53.78	5 q	50.92	4 Q	52.01	8
align=left rowspan=2	Dennis Norris	align=left	Men's 800 m	1:51.5	3 Q	1:50.77	5	did not advance
align=left	Men's 1500 m	3:45.96	8	did not advance
align=left	Mike Parker	align=left	Men's 30 km walk
align=left	Ross Pownall	align=left	Men's 110 m hurdles	14.36	3 Q	14.18	7
align=left rowspan=2	Dick Quax	align=left	Men's 5000 m			did not advance
align=left	Men's 10,000 m	29:58.00	9
align=left	Euan Robertson	align=left	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	8:53.1	3 Q	8:41.32	4
align=left rowspan=2	Kim Robertson	align=left	Women's 100 m	11.67	2 Q	11.63	5	did not advance
align=left	Women's 200 m	23.38	3 Q	23.59	6	did not advance
align=left	Kevin Ryan	align=left	Men's marathon	2:17:16	4
align=left	Graham Seatter	align=left	Men's 30 km walk	2:31:49	7
align=left rowspan=2	Bevan Smith	align=left	Men's 200 m	21.62	4 Q	21.60	6	did not advance
align=left	Men's 400 m	48.02	4 Q	46.77	4 q	48.25	8	did not advance
align=left	Heather Thomson	align=left	Women's 3000 m	9:20.69
align=left rowspan=2	Alan Thurlow	align=left	Men's 5000 m	14:27.19	8 q
align=left	Men's 10,000 m	30:05.24	10
align=left	Gail Wooten	align=left	Women's 100 m hurdles	14.14	4 q	13.77	5
align=left rowspan=2	Alison Wright	align=left	Women's 800 m	2:07.7	2 Q	2:06.71	6	did not advance
align=left	Women's 1500 m	4:17.03	2 Q	4:12.93	6
align=left	Bevan Smith Graeme French Phillip Mills Ross Pownall	align=left	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	41.40	5	did not advance
align=left	Gail Wooten Kim Robertson Penny Hunt Wendy Brown	align=left	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	45.06	4

Field

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

Combined

Men's decathlon

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

See main article: Badminton at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alison Branfield	Women's singles	W 11–0 11–0	W 11–8 11–5	L 3–11 3–11	did not advance
Mary Livingston	Women's singles		W 11–6 11–3	L 7–11 6–11	did not advance
Ross Livingston	Men's singles		W 15–7 15–2	W 18–16 15–11	L 7–15 2–15	did not advance
Bryan Purser	Men's singles	W 15–7 15–9	L 8–15 15–6 12–15	did not advance
Richard Purser	Men's singles	W 18–13 15–7	W 15–3 15–1	W 15–13 15–4	L 1–15 8–15	did not advance
Allison Sinton	Women's singles		L 5–11 8–11	did not advance
Steve Wilson	Men's singles	W 15–1 15–7	L 6–15 7–15	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ross Livingston Steve Wilson	Men's doubles		L 9–15 5–15	did not advance
Bryan Purser Richard Purser	Men's doubles			W 15–12 15–5	W 15–9 15–8	L 5–15 8–15	W 15–10 11–15 15–1
Alison Branfield Mary Livingston	Women's doubles	L 6–15 11–15	did not advance
Alison Branfield Richard Purser	Mixed doubles		W 15–10 15–5	W 15–12 15–4	W 15–7 15–12	L 5–15 2–15	L 9–15 9–15	4
Mary Livingston Ross Livingston	Mixed doubles		W 15–18 15–7 15–7	L 9–15 0–15	did not advance
Allison Sinton Bryan Purser	Mixed doubles		W 15–7 15–10	L 4–15 1–15	did not advance

Teams

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
Gaulua Folasi	Light welterweight		W	L	did not advance
David Jackson	Welterweight		L	did not advance
Ronald Jackson	Light middleweight			L	did not advance
Perry Rackley	Middleweight		L	did not advance
Dean Rackley	Light heavyweight			L	did not advance
George Stankovich	Heavyweight			W	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 /
	Round 1	First-round repechages	Round 2	Heat	Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mike Fabish	3	W 12.08	W 11.76	L, L	did not advance		7
Eric McKenzie	2	W 12.40	3	W 12.05	L	did not advance
Kevin McComb	2	W	3	3	did not advance

Men's tandem 2000 m sprint

Men's 1 km time trial

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

Men's 4000 m pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
Mike Richards	Individual pursuit	5:01.61	5 Q	W 4:50.50	W	W 4:49.74
Jack Swart	Individual pursuit	5:02.88	6 Q	L	Did not advance
Kevin Blackwell Anthony Cuff Neil Lyster Jack Swart	Team pursuit	4:35.30	2 Q		W 4:36.70	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

See 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

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
Athlete	Event							Total	Rank
Neil Davies	Individual all-around	8.55	8.40	7.95	9.00	8.75	8.50	51.15	13
Gregory Robertson	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
Richard Wilkins	Individual all-around	8.05	8.35	7.70	7.25	8.35	8.00	47.70	16
Neil Davies Gregory Robertson Terry Sale Richard Wilkins	Team all-around							154.00	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
Athlete	Event					Total	Rank
Lynette Brake	Individual all-around					32.950	17
Rowena Davis	Individual all-around	9.30	9.10	8.80	8.70	35.900	9
Kirsty Durward	Individual all-around	9.55	8.60	8.30	9.15	35.600	10
Deborah Hurst	Individual all-around	9.10	9.15	8.85	8.85	35.950	8
Lynette Brake Rowena Davis Kirsty Durward Deborah Hurst	Team all-around					106.350

Lawn bowls

See main article: Lawn bowls at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.

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	L 18–21	L 12–21	L 14–21	W 21–4	L 20–21	W 21–13	W 21–15	W 21–6	W 21–18	W 21–11	L 18–21	W 21–4	4
Ivan Kostanich Bob McDonald	Men's pairs	L 12–28	L 16–23		W 27–12	D 19–19	L 17–19	W 21–14	W 23–22	W 21–20	W 35–12	W 22–13	W 24–15	L 18–27	W 31–15		6
David Baldwin John Malcolm Morgan Moffat Phil Skoglund	Men's fours	W 17–15	L 16–25		W 23–22	W 19–18	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
Barry O'Neale	Open rapid-fire pistol	557	13
Barrie Wickins	Open free pistol	532	9

Rifle

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Ian Ballinger	Open small-bore rifle	1185	7
Maurie 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
align=left	Bruce Lassen	Open trap	177	5
John Woolley	Open skeet	193

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Ian Bullock	align=left	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:00.26	9	did not advance
align=left	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:08.81	6 Q	2:09.24	8
align=left rowspan=2	Andrea Hawcridge	align=left	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:06.86	10	did not advance
align=left	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:24.09	8 Q	2:27.07	8
align=left	Gary Hurring	align=left	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:08.42	4 Q	2:04.37
align=left rowspan=2	Melanie Jones	align=left	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:06.61	9	did not advance
align=left	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:20.35	6 Q	2:21.20	7
align=left rowspan=2	Penny McCarthy	align=left	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:03.53	5 Q	1:02.27
align=left	Women's 200 m butterfly	2:17.65	9	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Brett Naylor	align=left	Men's 100 m freestyle	53.94	19	did not advance
align=left	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:58.36	12	did not advance
align=left	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:03.22	5 Q	4:03.59	6
align=left rowspan=4	Rebecca Perrott	align=left	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:04.66	2 Q	2:00.63
align=left	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:16.12	2 Q	4:16.70
align=left	Women's 800 m freestyle	9:03.34	4 Q	8:44.87
align=left	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:20.23	2 Q	2:18.70
align=left rowspan=2	Paul Rowe	align=left	Men's 100 m freestyle	53.63	14	did not advance
align=left	Men's 100 m butterfly	57.22	6 Q	56.61	4
align=left rowspan=2	Barry Salisbury	align=left	Men's 100 m freestyle	53.89	=17	did not advance
align=left	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:00.54	15	did not advance
align=left	Barry Salisbury Brett Naylor Ian Bullock Paul Rowe	align=left	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.53	5
align=left	Barry Salisbury Ian Bullock Brett Naylor Paul Rowe	align=left	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:52.00	5
align=left	Andrea Hawcridge Melanie Jones Penny McCarthy Rebecca Perrott	align=left	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay		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
Phillip Sue	Lightweight	115.0 kg	147.5 kg	262.5 kg
Tony Ebert	Middleweight
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	L 4–0	W 0.5–3.5	L 4–0	Eliminated	L 4–0	4
Raymond Katting	Featherweight	W 0–4	L 4–0	L 4–0	Eliminated		4
Ken Reinsfield	Lightweight		L 4–0	L 4–0	Eliminated		5
Stephen Robinson	Welterweight	L 3.5–0.5	L 4–0	Eliminated			5
Robert Hoffman	Middleweight	L 4–0	L 4–0	Eliminated			6
Nigel Sargent	Light heavyweight	L 4–0	L	Eliminated			4
Murray Avery	Heavyweight		L 3–1	W 0–4	L 4–0	Eliminated

Officials

Team manager – Jack Prestney^[1]
Assistant team manager – Tay Wilson^[2]
Women's manager – Marion Jackman^[3]
Team doctor – Noel Roydhouse^[1]
Physiotherapists – Peter Stokes, Mark Oram^[4]
Attache – G. R. Thompson
Athletics
- Section manager – Barry Hunt^[3]
- Coach (track) – Arch Jelley^[3]
- Coach (field) – Les Mills^[3]
Badminton section manager – Paul Skelt^[3]
Bowls section manager – Gordon Jolly^[3]
Boxing
- Section manager – C. F. Scott^[3]
- Trainer – Alan Scaife^[3]
Cycling
- Section manager – Gordon Sharrock^[3]
- Coach (track) – Max Vertongen^[3]
- Coach (road) – Wayne Thorpe^[3]
- Mechanic – G. J. Brady^[3]
Gymnastics
- Section manager – P. Chan^[3]
- Coach (men) – M. C. Charteris^[3]
- Coach (women) – A. J. Holt^[3]
Shooting
- Section manager – A. A. Brown^[3]
- Assistant section manager (full-bore) – Ben Hoban^[3] ^[5]
- Coach (rapid-fire pistol) – D. H. Stringer^[3]
- Coach (free pistol) – J. A. Gordon^[3]
Swimming and diving
- Section manager – I. N. Chadwick^[3]
- Chief coach – R. J. McIntyre^[3]
- Coach (diving) – M. H. Campbell^[3]
Weightlifting section manager – Bruce Cameron^[3]
Wrestling
- Section manager – K. J. Humphrey^[3]
- Coach – C. L. Palmer^[3]

External links

Notes and References

News: Prestney Games team manager . 15 December 1977 . . 31 . 8 August 2022.
News: Olympic team manager . 22 November 1979 . . 36 . 9 August 2022.
News: Officials . 2 May 1978 . . 32 . 12 August 2022.
News: Games medical team 'unbelievable' . 3 May 1978 . . 34 . 12 August 2022.
News: Beekeeper with a full-bore sting . Rod . Dew . 15 July 1978 . . 12 . 13 August 2022.