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

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.

Men's decathlon at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Venue	Queen Elizabeth II Park
Dates	26 and 27 January
Medalists
Mike Bull    Northern Ireland   Barry King    England   Rob Lethbridge    Australia

Future Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka competed in this event.

Results

† The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow and marked with a dagger, †. Mike Bull, the gold medallist, won the pole vault, placed second in the 100 metres and tenth in the javelin throw.

Final results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	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
	Barry King	England	11.58	6.78	15.28†	1.88	50.?	16.73	45.02†	3.80	59.02	4:37.7	7277
	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

Abbreviations in table headings

In the order they appear:

• LJ – Long jump
• SP – Shot put
• HJ – High jump
• H – Hurdles
• DT – Discus throw
• PV – Pole vault
• JT – Javelin throw

References

• Day 1 results
• Day 2 results