Swimming at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	QEII Leisure Centre, Queen Elizabeth II Park
Location	Christchurch, New Zealand
Dates	24 January to 2 February 1974
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Swimming at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was the tenth appearance of Swimming at the Commonwealth Games. There were 29 swimming events and they took place from 24 January to 2 February 1974. ^[1]

Contents

• Medal table
• Medallists
• Finals (men)
• 100m freestyle
• 200m freestyle
• 400m freestyle
• 1500m freestyle
• 100m backstroke
• 200m backstroke
• 100m breaststroke
• 200m breaststroke
• 100m butterfly
• 200m butterfly
• 200m medley
• 400m medley
• 4 x 100m freestyle relay
• 4 x 200 freestyle relay
• 4 x 100 medley relay
• Finals (women)
• 100m freestyle 2
• 200m freestyle 2
• 400m freestyle 2
• 800m freestyle
• 100m backstroke 2
• 200m backstroke 2
• 100m breaststroke 2
• 200m breaststroke 2
• 100m butterfly 2
• 200m butterfly 2
• 200m medley 2
• 400m medley 2
• 4 x 100 freestyle relay
• 4 x 100 medley relay 2
• See also
• References

The events were held at the QEII Leisure Centre in Queen Elizabeth II Park and was specifically constructed for the Games. The centre was attached to the east stand of the main Commonwealth Games stadium used for the opening ceremony and athletics. ^[2]

Australia topped the medal table with 12 gold medals. ^{[3] [4]}

Medal table

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	12	11	10	33
2	Canada	9	11	7	27
3	England	3	4	6	13
4	Scotland	2	2	2	6
5	New Zealand*	2	1	4	7
6	Wales	1	0	0	1
7	Isle of Man	0	0	0	0
Totals (7 entries)		29	29	29	87

Medallists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Michael Wenden	Bruce Robertson	Brian Phillips
200 m freestyle	Steve Badger	Bruce Robertson	Michael Wenden
400 m freestyle	John Kulasalu	Brad Cooper	Steve Badger
1500 m freestyle	Steve Holland	Mark Treffers	Steve Badger
100 m backstroke	Mark Tonelli	Steve Pickell	Brad Cooper
200 m backstroke	Brad Cooper	Mark Tonelli	Robert Williams
100 m breaststroke	David Leigh	David Wilkie	Paul Naisby
200 m breaststroke	David Wilkie	David Leigh	Paul Naisby
100 m butterfly	Neil Rogers	Byron MacDonald	Bruce Robertson
200 m butterfly	Brian Brinkley	Ross Seymour	John Coutts
200 m individual medley	David Wilkie	Brian Brinkley	Gary MacDonald
400 m individual medley	Mark Treffers	Brian Brinkley	Raymond Terrell
4×100 m freestyle relay	Brian Phillips Bruce Robertson Gary MacDonald Ian MacKenzie	Michael Wenden Neil Rogers Peter Coughlan Ross Patterson	Brian Brinkley Colin Cunningham Keith Walton Raymond Terrell
4×200 m freestyle relay	John Kulasalu Michael Wenden Robert Nay Steve Badger	Brian Brinkley Colin Cunningham Neil Dexter Raymond Terrell	Bruce Robertson Gary MacDonald Ian MacKenzie Jim Fowlie
4×100 m medley relay	Brian Phillips Bruce Robertson Steve Pickell William Mahony	Mark Tonelli Michael Wenden Neil Rogers Nigel Cluer	Brian Brinkley Colin Cunningham David Leigh Stephen Nash

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
100 m freestyle	Sonya Gray	Gail Amundrud	Judy Wright
200 m freestyle	Sonya Gray	Jenny Turrall	Gail Amundrud
400 m freestyle	Jenny Turrall	Wendy Quirk	Jaynie Parkhouse
800 m freestyle	Jaynie Parkhouse	Jenny Turrall	Rosemary Milgate
100 m backstroke	Wendy Cook	Donna-Marie Gurr	Linda Young
200 m backstroke	Wendy Cook	Sandra Yost	Donna-Marie Gurr
100 m breaststroke	Christine Gaskell	Marian Stuart	Sandra Dickie
200 m breaststroke	Pat Beavan	Beverley Whitfield	Allison Smith
100 m butterfly	Patti Stenhouse	Kim Wickham	Sandra Yost
200 m butterfly	Sandra Yost	Patti Stenhouse	Gail Neall
200 m individual medley	Leslie Cliff	Becky Smith	Susan Hunter
400 m individual medley	Leslie Cliff	Becky Smith	Susan Hunter
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Anne Jardin Becky Smith Gail Amundrud Judy Wright	Debra Cain Jennifer Turrall Sonya Gray Suzy Anderson	Alyson Jones Avis Willington Lesley Allardice Susan Edmondson
4 × 100 m medley relay	Gail Amundrud Marian Stuart Patti Stenhouse Wendy Cook	Beverley Whitfield Debra Cain Linda Young Sonya Gray	Gillian Fordyce Kim Wickham Morag McGlashan Sandra Dickie

Finals (men)

100m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Michael Wenden	52.73
2	Bruce Robertson	53.78
3	Brian Phillips	54.11
4	Neil Rogers	54.31
5	Colin Cunningham	54.54
6	Ross Donald Patterson	54.58
7	Andrew Hunter	54.91
8	Keith Walton	55.26

200m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Steve Badger	1:56.72
2	Bruce Robertson	1:57.21
3	Michael Wenden	1:57.83
4	Robert Nay	1:57.84
5	Ian MacKenzie	1:57.96
6	Brett Naylor	1:59.35
7	Gordon Downie	1:59.39
8	Wilson Mills	1:59.53

400m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	John Kulasalu	4:01.44
2	Brad Cooper	4:02.12
3	Steve Badger	4:04.07
4	Mark Treffers	4:05.80
5	Brett Naylor	4:10.88
6	Alan McClatchey	4:12.32
7	Jim Fowlie	4:13.38
8	Neil Dexter	4:13.72

1500m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Steve Holland	15:34.73
2	Mark Treffers	15:59.82
3	Steve Badger	16:22.23
4	James Carter	16:34.70
5	Alan McClatchey	16:48.71
6	Jim Fowlie	16:53.43
7	Bruce Rogers	17:02.51
8	Brad Cooper	17:03.20

100m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Mark Tonelli	59.65
2	Steve Pickell	59.88
3	Brad Cooper	60.17
4	Ian MacKenzie	60.32
5	Colin Cunningham	60.98
6	Robert Williams	61.93
7	Ian Hughes	62.71
8	Robbie Howard	62.77

200m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Brad Cooper	2:06.31
2	Mark Tonelli	2:09.47
3	Robert Williams	2:09.83
4	Colin Cunningham	2:11.20
5	Ian MacKenzie	2:13.16
6	Steve Hardy	2:12.06
7	Paul Hughes	2:12.36
8	Ian Hughes	2:12.66

100m breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	David Leigh	1:06.52
2	David Wilkie	1:07.37
3	Paul Naisby	1:08.52
4	Peter Hrdlitschka	1:09.92
5	Nigel Cluer	1:10.07
6	Alan Thompson	1:10.69
7	Gregory Bush	1:11.91
8	Michael Creswick	1:15.43

200m breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	David Wilkie	2:24.42
2	David Leigh	2:24.75
3	Paul Naisby	2:27.36
4	Bill Mahony	2:27.62
5	Gregory Bush	2:30.13
6	Nigel Cluer	2:30.56
7	Peter Hrdlitschka	2:32.92
8	Michael Creswick	2:37.31

100m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Neil Rogers	56.58
2	Byron Macdonald	56.83
3	Bruce Robertson	56.84
4	Kenneth Ross Seymour	57.43
5	Brian Phillips	57.99
6	Colin Cunningham	59.16
7	Stephen Nash	59.45
8	Martin Edwards	59.60

200m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Brian Brinkley	2:04.51
2	Kenneth Ross Seymour	2:06.64
3	John Coutts	2:07.03
4	Lorne Kemmet	2:08.20
5	Peter Smith	2:08.94
6	Alan McClatchey	2:09.44
7	Stephen Nash	2:09.51
8	Byron Macdonald	2:11.52

200m medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	David Wilkie	2:10.11
2	Brian Brinkley	2:12.73
3	Gary MacDonald	2:12.98
4	Raymond Terrell	2:13.69
5	Nigel Cluer	2:15.00
6	Rowland Jones	2:17.83
7	Peter Hrdlitschka	2:17.84
8	James Carter	2:18.74

400m medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Mark Treffers	4:35.90
2	Brian Brinkley	4:41.29
3	Raymond Terrell	4:42.94
4	Jim Fowlie	4:44.57
5	James Carter	4:44.83
6	Paul Hughes	4:48.21
7	Gary MacDonald	4:49.49
8	Robert Williams	4:54.34

4 x 100m freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Phillips, Robertson, MacDonald, MacKenzie	3:33.79
2	Wenden, Rogers, Coughlan, Patterson	3:34.26
3	Brinkley, Cunningham, Walton, Terrell	3:38.22
4	McClatchey, Wilkie, Downie, Mills	3:42.91
5	Fogel, Naylor, Coutts, Johnston	3:45.76
6	Lewis, Moran, Jones, Maher	3:47.43

4 x 200 freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Kulasalu, Wenden, Nay, Badger	7:50.13
2	Brinkley, Cunningham, Dexter, Terrell	7:52.90
3	Robertson, MacDonald, MacKenzie, Fowlie	7:53.38
4	McClatchey, Downie, Carter, Mills	7:57.85
5	Naylor, Coutts, Treffers, Johnston	8:01.03
6	Lewis, Moran, Jones, Maher	8:31.53

4 x 100 medley relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Phillips, Robertson, Pickell, Mahony
2	Tonelli, Wenden, Rogers, Cluer	3:55.76
3	Brinkley, Cunningham, Leigh, Nash	4:00.48
4	Hughes, Wilkie, McClatchey, Downie	4:02.37
5	Lewis, Culverwell, Maher, Davies	4:13.98
6	Lewis, Naylor, Toomey, Thorogood	4:14.08
7	Howard, Hunter, Corry, McGrory	4:22.72

Finals (women)

100m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Sonya Gray	59.13
2	Gail Amundrud	59.36
3	Judy Wright	59.46
4	Anne Jardin	59.85
5	Jaynie Parkhouse	60.96
6	Suzy Anderson	61.24
7	Morag McGlashan	61.25
8	Jackie Simpson	62.04

200m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Sonya Gray	2:04.27
2	Jenny Turrall	2:06.90
3	Gail Amundrud	2:07.03
4	Wendy Quirk	2:07.06
5	Jaynie Parkhouse	2:08.80
6	Brenda Holmes	2:08.87
7	Virginia Rickard	2:09.01
8	Diane Walker	2:10.02

400m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Jenny Turrall	4:22.09
2	Wendy Quirk	4:22.96
3	Jaynie Parkhouse	4:23.09
4	Sally Lockyer	4:24.57
5	Narelle Moras	4:25.21
6	Diane Walker	4:33.01
7	Anne Jardin	4:34.53
8	Debbie Simpson	4:39.39

800m freestyle

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Jaynie Parkhouse	8:58.49
2	Jenny Turrall	8:58.53
3	Rosemary Milgate	8:58.59
4	Sally Lockyer	8:59.20
5	Wendy Quirk	9:05.29
6	Allison Calder	9:19.19
7	Brenda Holmes	9:22.03
8	Debbie Simpson	9:22.22

100m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Wendy Cook	1:06.37
2	Donna-Marie Gurr	1:06.55
3	Linda Young	1:07.52
4	Sue Lewis	1:07.56
5	Debra Cain	1:07.69
6	Becky Smith	1:08.03
7	Susan Hunter	1:09.06
8	Gillian Fordyce	1:09.18

200m backstroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Wendy Cook	2:20.37
2	Sandra Yost	2:22.07
3	Donna-Marie Gurr	2:23.74
4	Sue Lewis	2:23.85
5	Linda Young	2:25.73
6	Susan Hunter	2:26.27
7	Monique Rodahl	2:27.67
8	Gillian Fordyce	2:28.37

100m breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Christine Gaskell	1:16.42
2	Marian Stuart	1:16.61
3	Sandra Dickie	1:17.17
4	Pat Beavan	1:17.49
5	Christine Jarvis	1:17.59
6	Jane Lowe	1:17.72
7	Beverley Whitfield	1:17.75
8	Allison Smith	1:17.85

200m breaststroke

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Pat Beavan	2:43.11
2	Beverley Whitfield	2:43.58
3	Allison Smith	2:45.08
4	Jane Lowe	2:45.10
5	Christine Gaskell	2:45.12
6	Marian Stuart	2:46.96
7	Sandra Dickie	2:51.64
8	Caroline Tamlyn	2:51.89

100m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Patti Stenhouse	1:05.38
2	Kim Wickham	1:05.96
3	Sandra Yost	1:06.04
4	Debra Cain	1:06.07
5	Wendy Quirk	1:06.52
6	Leslie Cliff	1:07.15
7	Vicki Jaensch	1:07.72
8	Joanne Atkinson	1:08.86

200m butterfly

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Sandra Yost	2:20.57
2	Patti Stenhouse	2:20.66
3	Gail Neall	2:21.66
4	Leslie Cliff	2:22.10
5	France Latendresse	2:24.32
6	Vicki Jaensch	2:24.81
7	Jean Jeavons	2:26.48
8	Debbie Ledgerwood	2:28.40

200m medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Leslie Cliff	2:24.13
2	Becky Smith	2:25.17
3	Susan Hunter	2:26.18
4	Wendy Cook	2:27.49
5	Debra Cain	2:27.97
6	Susan Richardson	2:28.67
7	Sally Lockyer	2:28.86
8	Diane Walker	2:29.62

400m medley

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Leslie Cliff	5:01.35
2	Becky Smith	5:03.68
3	Susan Hunter	5:07.20
4	Sally Lockyer	5:07.93
5	Susan Richardson	5:08.74
6	Diane Walker	5:11.82
7	Brenda Holmes	5:11.86
8	Gail Neall	5:13.20

4 x 100 freestyle relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Jardin, Smith, Amundrud, Wright	3:57.14
2	Cain, Turrall, Gray, Anderson	4:02.37
3	Jones, Willington, Allardice, Edmondson	4:05.59
4	D Simpson, Walker, J Simpson, McGlashan	4:06.53
5	Calder, Parkhouse, Hunter, Kennedy	4:06.94
6	Adams, Parry, Walker, Hurn	4:26.32
7	J Perrott, Murphy, Probert, R Perrott	4:35.41

4 x 100 medley relay

Pos	Athlete	Time
1	Amundrud, Stuart, Stenhouse, Cook	4:24.77
2	Whitfield, Cain, Young, Gray	4:30.55
3	Fordyce, Wickham, McGlashan, Dickie	4:31.68
4	Jones, Gaskell, Atkinson, Kelly	4:33.61
5	Ledgerwood, Lowe, Parkhouse, Rodahl	4:41.54
6	Adams, Walker, Beaven, Hurn	4:41.94
7	J Perrott, Murphy, Probert, R Perrott	5:11.90

See also

• Diving at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

References