Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Men's decathlon

Men's decathlon
at the Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the 1974 British
Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 mile walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's decathlon event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 26 and 27 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1]

Future Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka competed in this event.

Results

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  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow. Mike Bull, the gold medallist, won the pole vault, placed second in the 100 metres and tenth in the javelin throw.
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mike Bull  Northern Ireland 11.16 7.01 13.65 1.88 49.8 15.30 38.86 5.00 43.54 4:46.9 7417
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Barry King  England 11.58 6.78 15.28 1.88 50.? 16.73 45.02 3.80 59.02 4:37.7 7277
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rob Lethbridge  Australia 11.28 7.18 11.28 1.91 48.62 15.85 36.28 3.40 69.22 4:30.4 7270
4 David Kidner  Western Samoa 11.57 7.09 12.93 1.97 52.? 15.30 40.96 4.30 55.30 5:07.5 7188
5 Sanitesi Latu  Tonga 11.34 7.00 13.34 1.91 50.? 14.77 39.44 3.60 56.78 5:04.4 7140
6 Iafeta Sua'Mene  New Zealand 11.2 6.81 14.21 1.85 50.? 15.78 39.82 3.30 57.64 4:56.2 6993
7 Roger Main  New Zealand 11.27 6.78 13.9 1.76 50.? 15.15 38.76 3.70 47.96 5:21.7 6799
8 Terry Beaton  Australia 11.50 6.51 12.00 1.91 51.08 15.74 41.32 3.20 55.54 4:50.02 6780
9 Geoffrey Wood  New Zealand 11.79 6.24 13.31 1.73 51.1 16.19 39.86 3.20 52.10 4:31.1 6622
10 Viliame Tunidau  Fiji 12.35 5.76 10.26 ?.?? 55.3 17.09 30.50 3.00 56.78 4:59.4 5471
11 Sitiveni Rabuka  Fiji 12.1 5.97 14.47 1.65 56.6 19.48 33.52 2.70 43.06 5:13.8 5332
Stewart McCallum  Scotland 11.13 7.73 11.82 1.88 48.3 15.06 33.06 NM DNS – DNF
Raymond Knox  Northern Ireland 11.64 5.65 DNS – – – – – – – DNF

References

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  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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