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 women's shot put event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Jane Haist  Canada	Valerie Young  New Zealand	Jean Roberts  Australia

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Jean Roberts	Australia	14.78	[2]
	Gael Martin	Australia	13.14	[2]
	Dorothy Swinyard	England	12.96
13	Betty Akello	Uganda	12.73
14	Joyce Aciro	Uganda	12.20
15	Meg Ritchie	Scotland	11.97
16	Losaline Faka'ata	Tonga	11.81
17	Herina Malit	Kenya	11.75
18	Rose Chamangwana	Malawi	10.97
19	Mereoni Vibose	Fiji	10.96
20	Rose Hart	Ghana	10.67

Held on 27 January.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Jane Haist	Canada	16.12
	Valerie Young	New Zealand	15.29
	Jean Roberts	Australia	15.24
4	Mary Peters	Northern Ireland	14.88
5	Barbara Beable	New Zealand	14.60
6	Brenda Bedford	England	14.48
7	Rosemary Payne	Scotland	14.19
8	Diane Konihowski	Canada	14.15
9	Evelyn Okeke	Nigeria	13.81
10	Gael Martin	Australia	13.57
11	Carol Martin	Canada	13.40
	Dorothy Swinyard	England	DNS