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

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Men's decathlon
at the Commonwealth Games

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.