Australia competed at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974. It was Australia's tenth appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930.
Australia won medals in eight of the ten sports that it entered.
Medallists The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Laurie D'Arcy Andrew Ratcliffe Graham Haskell Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Athletics Men's Pole Vault Athletics Men's High Jump Athletics Women's 100m Athletics Women's 200m Athletics Women's 800m Denise Robertson Raelene Boyle Robyn Boak Athletics Women's 4 × 100m Relay Athletics Women's javelin throw Cycling Men's Time Trial Cycling Men's Sprint Cycling Men's Road Race Diving Men's 3m Springboard Diving Men's 10m Platform Shooting Small Bore Rifle Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle Swimming Men's 1500m Freestyle Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly Michael Wenden Robert Nay Steve Badger Swimming Men's Freestyle Relay Swimming Women's 100m Freestyle Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Swimming Women's 400m Freestyle Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly Weightlifting Men's Bantamweight Weightlifting Men's Middle Heavyweight Weightlifting Men's Featherweight Athletics Men's 400m Hurdles Athletics Men's High Jump Athletics Men's Long Jump Athletics Women's 200m Athletics Women's 100m Hurdles Judy Canty Margaret Ramsay Terri Cater Athletics Women's 4 × 400m Relay Athletics Women's Javelin Throw Cycling Men's Time Trial Kevin Nichols Garry Reardon Gary Sutton Cycling Men's Team Pursuit Cycling Men's 10 mile Scratch Danny O'Neill Cycling Men's Tandem Diving Men's 10m Platform Lawn bowls Men's Singles Errol Bungey Errol Stewart Keith Poole Lawn bowls Men's Fours Shooting Free Pistol Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly Neil Rogers Peter Coughlan Ross Patterson Swimming Men's Freestyle Relay Michael Wenden Neil Rogers Nigel Cluer Swimming Men's Medley Relay Swimming Women's 200m Freestyle Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle Swimming Women's 200m Backstroke Swimming Women's 200m Breaststroke Jenny Turrall Sonya Gray Suzy Anderson Swimming Women's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay Debra Cain Linda Young Sonya Gray Swimming Women's 4 × 100m Medley Relay Weightlifting Men's Featherweight Wrestling Men's Light Flyweight Athletics Men's 110m Hurdles Athletics Men's 20 miles Walk Athletics Men's Hammer Throw Athletics Men's Decathlon Athletics Women's 100m Athletics Women's 400m Athletics Women's Shot Put Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit Cycling Men's Road Race Diving Women's 10m Platform Shooting Skeet Rifle Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle Swimming Men's 1500m Freestyle Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke Swimming Men's 200m Backstroke Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle Swimming Women's 100m Backstroke Swimming Women's 200m Breaststroke Swimming Women's 100m Butterfly Swimming Women's 200m Butterfly Weightlifting Men's Middle Heavyweight Wrestling Men's Flyweight Wrestling Men's Bantamweight Wrestling Men's Featherweight
| width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by sportSport Swimming12111033Athletics87722Cycling3429Weightlifting3115Diving2114Shooting1113Lawn bowls0202Wrestling0134Total29282582
Officials General Manager - Bill Young Assistant Manager & Advance Party - Les Martyn Assistant Managers Women - Gwen Chester, Dorothy Nordahl Asministraive Officer & Advanmce Party - Ivan Lund Transport Officer - Arthur Tunstall Team Secretary - Peggy Tunstall Medical Officer - Dr Anthony 'Tony' Miller; Physiotherapist - Thomas Dobson; Masseurs - Percy Barnes, George Saunders Section Officials - Athletics Manager - Ray Durie, Athletics Assistant Manager - Clive Lee, Athletics Coaches - Alan Barlow, John Daly, Henri Schubert; Badminton Manager - Don Stockins, Badminton Coach - Ian Hutchinson; Boxing Manager - Leslie Harold, Boxing Coach - Denis Dack; Cycling Manager - Leslie Dunn, Cycling Coaches - Keith Reynolds, Max Leslie; Shooting Manager - Tibor Gonzol, Shooting Training Co-ordinator - Dr Robery Godfrey; Swimming Manager - Joe King, Swimming Coaches - Ursula Carlile, David Urry; Diving Coach - Bruce Prance; Weightlifting Manager - Max Ryan, Weightlifting Coach - Robert Taylor ' Wrestling Manager - William Howden, Wrestling Coach - Choudhry Ashraf
See also Australia at the 1972 Summer Olympics Australia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
References
External links Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database