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 trialAustralia Dick ParisAustralia John NicholsonEngland Ian Hallam
SprintAustralia John NicholsonJamaica Xavier MiranderTrinidad and Tobago Ian Atherly
Individual pursuitEngland Ian HallamEngland Willi MooreAustralia Gary Sutton
Team pursuitEngland Mick Bennett
Rik Evans
Ian Hallam
Willi Moore		Australia Murray Hall
Kevin Nichols
Garry Reardon
Gary Sutton		New Zealand Paul Brydon
René Heyde
Russell Nant
Blair Stockwell
10 miles scratchEngland Steve HeffernanAustralia Murray HallEngland Ian Hallam
TandemEngland Geoff Cooke
Ernest Crutchlow		Australia John Rush
Danny O'Neil		New Zealand Paul Medhurst
Philip Harland
Road raceAustralia Clyde SeftonEngland Phil GriffithsAustralia Remo Sansonetti

Results

[6]

Road Race

Pos Athlete Time
1Australia Clyde Sefton5:07:16.87 hours
2England Phil Griffiths5:07:45.95
3Australia Remo Sansonetti5:17:26.08
4New Zealand Vern Hanaray5:17:27.83
5New Zealand Garry Bell5:18:25.83
6England Phil Edwards5:19:18.35
7Scotland William Nickson5:19:18.48
8England Peter Watson5:19:18.89
9Scotland Alex Gilchrist5:19:23.37
10Canada Max Grace5:20:17.16
11Northern Ireland Dave Kane5:25:31.97
12Isle of Man Gordon Gale5:25:37.40

10 miles scratch race

Pos Athlete Time
1England Steve Heffernan20:51.25 mins
2Australia Murray Hall20:51.61
3England Ian Hallam20:51.66
4Australia Kevin Nichols20:51.72
5England Mick Bennett20:51.73
6New Zealand Paul Brydon20:51.78
7Canada Brian Keast20:51.79
8Isle of Man Michael Kelly20:52.46
9Jersey Allan Miller
10Isle of Man Bernard Shimell

4,000m individual pursuit

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

Quarter-final

Athlete Athlete Score
MooreNickson5.10.90/5:21.84
SuttonBennett5.10.11/5:19.97
HallamSanders5.04.12/5:17.45
StockwellParis5.21.19/5:30.77

Semi finals

Athlete Athlete Score
HallamSutton5.09.63/5.17.17
MooreStockwell5.06.19/5.09.17

Third place

Athlete Athlete Score
SuttonStockwell5.09.17/5.09.47

Final

Athlete Athlete Score
HallamMoore5.05.46/5.11.81

Time trial (1km)

Pos Athlete Time
1Australia Dick Paris1:11.85 mins
2Australia John Nicholson1:11.92
3England Ian Hallam1:12.15
4New Zealand Rene Heyde1:12.16
5Australia Gary Reardon1:12.72
6New Zealand Jacob Schriek1:12.81
7Jamaica Xavier Mirander1:13.39
8England Rik Evans1:13.68
9England Steve Heffernan1:13.74
10New Zealand John Dean1:14.22
11Trinidad and Tobago Ian Atherly1:14.53
12Trinidad and Tobago Noel Lucas1:15.66
13Scotland William Nickson1:15.67
14Wales John Tudor1:15.85
15Canada Brian Keast1:16.55
16Wales John Pritchard1:16.86
17Scotland Alex Gilchrist1:17.14
18Scotland John Clark 1:17.38
19Malaysia Daud Ibrahim1:17.58
20Wales Phillip Taylor1:17.90

1,000m match sprint

Pos Athlete
1Australia John Nicholson
2Jamaica Xavier Mirander
3Trinidad and Tobago Ian Atherly
4Australia Greg Williams
5New Zealand Paul Medhurst
6Australia Gregory John Barnes
7New Zealand Bryce Preston
8England Ernie Crutchlow

Quarter-final

Athlete Athlete Score
AtherlyBarnes2–1
WilliamsCrutchlow2–0
MiranderPreston2–0
NicholsonMedhurst2–0

Semi finals

Athlete Athlete Score
NicholsonAtherly2–0
MiranderWilliams2–0

Third place

Athlete Athlete Score
AtherlyWilliams2–0

Final

Athlete Athlete Score
NicholsonMirander2–0

Tandem (2,000m)

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

Semi finals

Athlete Athlete
AustraliaNew Zealand
EnglandWales

Third place

Athlete Athlete
New ZealandWales

Final

Athlete Athlete
EnglandAustralia

Team pursuit

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

Semi finals

Team Team Time
AustraliaNew Zealand4.53.24
EnglandScotland4.31.31

Third place

Team Team Time
New ZealandScotland4:45.90/4:57.99

Final

Team Team Time
EnglandAustralia4:40.50/4:49.22

References

  1. ↑ "Medal Standings Christchurch 1974". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. 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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