1974 British Commonwealth Games

 The 10th edition of the Commonwealth Games was in Christchurch New Zealand from January 24 to February 2. 1276 athletes from 38 nations competed in 121 events and 10 sports. These were named "the friendly Games." Main venue was the QEII Park. The athletics stadium, the roof covered pool, dive tank and practice pools were on the same site.  Queen's baton final runner was Sylvia Potts. The logo was designed by Colin Simons and set a benchmark for logos for the following 5 games. Botswana 🇧🇼, Cook Islands, Lesotho 🇱🇸, Tonga 🇹🇴, and Western Samoa 🇼🇸 debuted here. Don Quarrie of Jamaica defended his 100m and 200m from 1970 on the track. Also on yhe track, Filbert Bayi of Tanzania set a world record in winning the 1500m. Medal hauls had Australia 1st in gold and overall with 29g, 28s, 25b for 82 total. England was 2nd in both with 28g, 31s, 21b for 80 total. Canada was 3rd in both with 25g, 19s, 18b for 62 total. Host New Zealand was 4th in both with 9g, 8s, 18b 35 total. Scotland was t7 in gold and 5th overall with 3g, 5s, 11b for 19 total. Kenya was 5th in gold and 6th overall with 7g, 2s, 9b for 18 total. Tomorrow is 1978 in my old hometown of Edmonton. Here is the logo for 1974.


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