Cycling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Track: Denton Park Velodrome Road: Cashmere Circuit
Location	Christchurch, New Zealand
Dates	24 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]

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	4	2	2	8
2	Australia	3	4	2	9
3	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
4	New Zealand*	0	0	2	2
5	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		7	7	7	21

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

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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

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

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

Semi finals

Third place

Final

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

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

Semi finals

Third place

Final

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

Third place

Final

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

Third place

Final