Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the Commonwealth Games

The men's long jump event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Alan Lerwill England	Chris Commons Australia	Joshua Owusu Ghana

Results

Qualification

Held on 27 January.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Bruce Field	Australia	7.73
	Chris Commons	Australia	7.65
	Tony Moore	Fiji	7.65
	Murray Tolbert	Australia	7.46
13	Johnson Mogusu	Kenya	7.15
14	Yesaya Mhango	Malawi	7.13
15	Charles Lupiya	Zambia	7.12
16	Alfred Ogunfeyimi	Nigeria	7.10
17	William Clark	Scotland	7.07
18	Sakaraia Tuva	Fiji	5.97
	Kenneth Atkins	Scotland	NM
	Johnson Amoah	Ghana	DNS

Final

Held on 29 January.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Alan Lerwill	England	7.94
	Chris Commons	Australia	7.92
	Joshua Owusu	Ghana	7.75
4	Kingsley Adams	Ghana	7.68
5	Bruce Field	Australia	7.63
6	John Okoro	Nigeria	7.58
7	Fidelis Ndyabagye	Uganda	7.50
8	Murray Tolbert	Australia	7.42
9	Tuariki Delamere	New Zealand	7.31
10	Kerry Hill	New Zealand	7.18
11	William Kirkpatrick	Northern Ireland	6.90
	Tony Moore	Fiji	NM