New Zealand at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 134 competitors and 57 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Victoria, British Columbia, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was cyclist Brian Fowler, and at the closing ceremony was sports shooter Stephen Petterson. The New Zealand team finished eighth on the medal table, winning a total of 42 medals, 5 of which were gold.
New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.
Medal tables
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | MedalNameSportEvent Cycling Men's road race Lawn bowls Women's visually impaired singles Stephen Petterson Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone pairs Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly Athletics Women's discus throw Athletics Women's javelin throw Athletics Men's shot put Cycling Men's road race Cycling Men's 10 mile scratch race Cycling Women's point race Cycling Women's 3000 m individual pursuit Jocelyn Lees Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol pairs Brian Thomson Shooting Open skeet pairs Greg Yelavich Shooting Men's free pistol pairs Shooting Open fullbore rifle Queen's Prize Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle Danyon LoaderJohn SteelNick Tongue Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Guy CallaghanDanyon LoaderJohn Steel Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke Athletics Men's javelin throw Athletics Men's wheelchair marathon Athletics Men's 30 km walk Badminton Men's singles Badminton Women's singles Rowan BrasseyStewart ButtarBruce McNish Lawn bowls Men's fours Colleen FerrickAdrienne LambertAnn Muir Lawn bowls Women's fours Lawn bowls Men's visually impaired singles Boxing Men's lightweight Boxing Men's light welterweight Julian DeanGlen ThomsonLee Vertongen Cycling Men's 4000 m team pursuit Paul LeitchTim PawsonMark Rendell Cycling Men's team time trial Cycling Women's 3000 m individual pursuit Cycling Women's sprint Gymnastics Women's asymmetric bars Shooting Men's 10 m rifle running target Tony Clarke (sport shooter) Shooting Men's 10 m rifle running target pairs Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol Shooting Men's 25 m centre fire pistol Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle |style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top;"| Medals by sportSportTotal Shooting 24410 Swimming 1528 Cycling 1449 Lawn bowls 1034 Athletics 0336 Badminton 0022 Boxing 0022 Gymnastics 0011 Total5162142
Medals by genderGenderTotal Male 4 8 1628 Female 1 6 512 Mixed / open 0 2 02 Total 5 16 2142
Competitors The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors who participated at the Games according to gender and sport. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 15 13 28Badminton 3 4 7Boxing 4 4Cycling 16 7 23Diving 0 2 2Gymnastics 2 7 9Lawn bowls 8 8 16Shooting 17 4 21Swimming 11 6 17Synchronised swimming 1 1Weightlifting 2 2Wrestling 4 4 Total 82 52 134
Athletics
Badminton
Boxing
Cycling
Diving
Gymnastics
Lawn bowls
Shooting
Swimming
Synchronised swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Officials Team manager – Dave Gerrard Assistant team managers – Tony Popplewell, Katie Sadleir Administration officer – Jane Sheetz Medical director – Tony Edwards Doctors – Chris Milne, Ruth Highet Chief physiotherapist – Duncan Reid Physiotherapists – Chris McCullough, Jane Bradshaw, Louise Johnson Massage therapist – Bruce Towart Chiropractor – Clive Hill Psychologist – Ken Hodge Athletics Section manager – Dave Norris Chief coach – John Tylden Throws coach – Mene Mene Assistant throws coach – Debbie Strange Middle-distance coach – Bruce Milne Multis coach – Terry Lomax Sprints coach – Ian Ferguson Badminton Section manager – Chris Tapper Coach – Chris Bullen Boxing section manager and coach – Sinbad Iva Cycling Section manager – Gavin Stevens Road coach – Gary Bell Women's coach – Graeme Hunn Track coach – Dick Johnstone Assistant track coach – Jack Broome Mechanics – Ian Johnstone, Kelvin Gordon Gymnastics Section manager – Marie Hammond Men's artistic coach – David Lutterman Women's artistic coach – Lyn Johnson Rhythmic coach – Diliana Klintcharova Lawn bowls Section manager (men) – Mal Morrison Section manager (women) – Joan Leach Coach – John Murtagh Shooting Section manager – Graeme Smith Fullbore manager and coach – John Hastie Smallbore coach – Ian Pottinger Running target coach – David Sheeley Skeet / trench coach – Graeme Webber Pistol coach – John Howat Swimming Section manager – Jackie Clarke Head coach – Mark Bone Assistant coaches – Duncan Laing, Pic Parkhouse, Ross Anderson Diving coach – Chang Yang Synchronised swimming coach – Synette Aitchison Weightlifting section manager and coach – Doug McConnell Wrestling Section manager and coach – Graeme Hawkins Assistant coach – Tony Clark
See also New Zealand Olympic Committee New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games New Zealand at the 1992 Summer Olympics New Zealand at the 1996 Summer Olympics
References
External links NZOC website on the 1994 games Commonwealth Games Federation website