Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 31 January and 2 February at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia Greg Lewis Laurie D'Arcy Andrew Ratcliffe Graham Haskell	Ghana Albert Lomotey Ohene Karikari Kofi Okyir George Daniels	Nigeria Timon Oyebami Benedict Majekodunmi Kola Abdulai James Olakunle

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	Jamaica	Alfred Daley, Richard Hardware, Don Quarrie, Lennox Miller	40.1	Q
2	1	Nigeria	Timon Oyebami, Benedict Majekodunmi, Kola Abdulai, James Olakunle	40.2	Q
3	1	Ghana	Albert Lomotey, Ohene Karikari, Kofi Okyir, George Daniels	40.3	Q
4	1	New Zealand	Bevan Smith, Grant Anderson, Kerry Hill, Trevor Cochrane	40.5	q
5	1	Tanzania	Claver Kamanya, Japhet Kwimba, Norman Chihota, Salum Hassan	40.92
1	2	Australia	Greg Lewis, Laurie D'Arcy, Andrew Ratcliffe, Graham Haskell	39.7	Q
2	2	Nigeria	Timon Oyebami, Benedict Majekodunmi, Kola Abdulai, James Olakunle	40.1	Q
3	2	Ghana	Albert Lomotey, Ohene Karikari, Kofi Okyir, George Daniels	40.3	Q
4	2	Kenya	Charles Asati, John Mwebi, Paul Njoroge, Tochi Mochache	40.8	q
5	2	Fiji	Eliki Nukutabu, Samuela Bulai, Samuela Yavala, Tony Moore	41.77

Note: The newspaper report mentions Nigeria and Ghana for both heats and does not mention England or Scotland

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	4	Australia	Greg Lewis, Laurie D'Arcy, Andrew Ratcliffe, Graham Haskell	39.31	GR, AR
	6	Ghana	Albert Lomotey, Ohene Karikari, Kofi Okyir, George Daniels	39.61
	2	Nigeria	Timon Oyebami, Benedict Majekodunmi, Kola Abdulai, James Olakunle	39.70
4	8	Jamaica	Alfred Daley, Richard Hardware, Don Quarrie, Lennox Miller	39.77
5	7	Scotland	Les Piggot, Don Halliday, Gus McKenzie, David Jenkins	39.80
6	1	England	Brian Green, Chris Monk, Derek Cole, Ian Matthews	39.97
7	3	New Zealand	Bevan Smith, Grant Anderson, Kerry Hill, Trevor Cochrane	40.41
8	5	Kenya	Charles Asati, John Mwebi, Paul Njoroge, Tochi Mochache	40.50

References

• Heats results (The Canberra Times)