Cycling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
VenueTrack: Denton Park Velodrome
Road: Cashmere Circuit
LocationChristchurch, New Zealand
Dates24 January to 2 February 1974

Cycling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was the 9th appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 24 January to 2 February 1974.[1]

The track events were held at Denton Park Velodrome on Chalmers Street in the west of Christchurch,[2] which underwent reconstruction specifically for the Games. A new covered stand was added and the test event was the National Championships.[3]

The road race was held in the south of Christchurch and was known as the Cashmere circuit, taking in Cashmere, Beckenham and Huntsbury. The distance was 114 miles, consisting of 17 laps of approximately 6.5 miles and included the Hackthorne Road 380 feet hill climb on each lap. 44 riders started at 7am on the last day of the Games.[4]

England topped the cycling medal table, by virtue of winning four gold medals.[5]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England4228
2 Australia3429
3 Jamaica0101
4 New Zealand*0022
5 Trinidad and Tobago0011
Totals (5 entries)77721

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Time trial Dick Paris John Nicholson Ian Hallam
Sprint John Nicholson Xavier Mirander Ian Atherly
Individual pursuit Ian Hallam Willi Moore Gary Sutton
Team pursuit Mick Bennett
Rik Evans
Ian Hallam
Willi Moore		 Murray Hall
Kevin Nichols
Garry Reardon
Gary Sutton		 Paul Brydon
René Heyde
Russell Nant
Blair Stockwell
10 miles scratch Steve Heffernan Murray Hall Ian Hallam
Tandem Geoff Cooke
Ernest Crutchlow		 John Rush
Danny O'Neil		 Paul Medhurst
Philip Harland
Road race Clyde Sefton Phil Griffiths Remo Sansonetti

Results

[6]

Road Race

Pos Athlete Time
1 Clyde Sefton 5:07:16.87 hours
2 Phil Griffiths 5:07:45.95
3 Remo Sansonetti 5:17:26.08
4 Vern Hanaray 5:17:27.83
5 Garry Bell 5:18:25.83
6 Phil Edwards 5:19:18.35
7 William Nickson 5:19:18.48
8 Peter Watson 5:19:18.89
9 Alex Gilchrist 5:19:23.37
10 Max Grace 5:20:17.16
11 Dave Kane 5:25:31.97
12 Gordon Gale 5:25:37.40

10 miles scratch race

Pos Athlete Time
1 Steve Heffernan 20:51.25 mins
2 Murray Hall 20:51.61
3 Ian Hallam 20:51.66
4 Kevin Nichols 20:51.72
5 Mick Bennett 20:51.73
6 Paul Brydon 20:51.78
7 Brian Keast 20:51.79
8 Michael Kelly 20:52.46
9 Allan Miller
10 Bernard Shimell

4,000m individual pursuit

Pos Athlete
1 Ian Hallam
2 Willi Moore
3 Gary Sutton
4 Blair Stockwell
5 John Edward Sanders
5 William Nickson
5 Mick Bennett
5 Dick Paris

Quarter-final

Athlete Athlete Score
Moore Nickson 5.10.90/5:21.84
Sutton Bennett 5.10.11/5:19.97
Hallam Sanders 5.04.12/5:17.45
Stockwell Paris 5.21.19/5:30.77

Semi finals

Athlete Athlete Score
Hallam Sutton 5.09.63/5.17.17
Moore Stockwell 5.06.19/5.09.17

Third place

Athlete Athlete Score
Sutton Stockwell 5.09.17/5.09.47

Final

Athlete Athlete Score
Hallam Moore 5.05.46/5.11.81

Time trial (1km)

Pos Athlete Time
1 Dick Paris 1:11.85 mins
2 John Nicholson 1:11.92
3 Ian Hallam 1:12.15
4 Rene Heyde 1:12.16
5 Gary Reardon 1:12.72
6 Jacob Schriek 1:12.81
7 Xavier Mirander 1:13.39
8 Rik Evans 1:13.68
9 Steve Heffernan 1:13.74
10 John Dean 1:14.22
11 Ian Atherly 1:14.53
12 Noel Lucas 1:15.66
13 William Nickson 1:15.67
14 John Tudor 1:15.85
15 Brian Keast 1:16.55
16 John Pritchard 1:16.86
17 Alex Gilchrist 1:17.14
18 John Clark 1:17.38
19 Daud Ibrahim 1:17.58
20 Phillip Taylor 1:17.90

1,000m match sprint

Pos Athlete
1 John Nicholson
2 Xavier Mirander
3 Ian Atherly
4 Greg Williams
5 Paul Medhurst
6 Gregory John Barnes
7 Bryce Preston
8 Ernie Crutchlow

Quarter-final

Athlete Athlete Score
Atherly Barnes 2–1
Williams Crutchlow 2–0
Mirander Preston 2–0
Nicholson Medhurst 2–0

Semi finals

Athlete Athlete Score
Nicholson Atherly 2–0
Mirander Williams 2–0

Third place

Athlete Athlete Score
Atherly Williams 2–0

Final

Athlete Athlete Score
Nicholson Mirander 2–0

Tandem (2,000m)

Pos Athlete
1 Geoff Cooke & Ernie Crutchlow
2 John Rush & Danny O'Neil
3 Paul Medhurst & Philip Harland
4 John Hatfield & John Tudor

Semi finals

Athlete Athlete
Australia New Zealand
England Wales

Third place

Athlete Athlete
New Zealand Wales

Final

Athlete Athlete
England Australia

Team pursuit

Pos Athlete
1 Bennett, Evans, Hallam, Moore
2 Hall, Nichols, Reardon, Sutton
3 Brydon, Heyde, Nant, Stockwell
4 Clark, Gilchrist, Gordon, Nickson
5 Hatfield, Smith, Taylor, Demery

Semi finals

Team Team Time
Australia New Zealand 4.53.24
England Scotland 4.31.31

Third place

Team Team Time
New Zealand Scotland 4:45.90/4:57.99

Final

Team Team Time
England Australia 4:40.50/4:49.22

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Hallam tipped for gold". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 23 January 1974. p. 42. Retrieved 5 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Christchurch prepares!". Ireland's Saturday Night. 11 August 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 5 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Christchurch 1974: Cycle Road Race". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  6. ^ "1,000 Metres Time Trial". Star Green 'un. 26 January 1974. p. 11. Retrieved 5 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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