Bevan Smith

New Zealand sprinter

Bevan Smith
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing New Zealand
Commonwealth Games
	1974 Christchurch	200 m

Bevan Duncan Smith (born 18 July 1950) is a former New Zealand sprinter. He won the bronze medal in the men's 200 metres at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games.^[1]

He represented New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics, placing 4th in his heat of the 2nd round of the 200 metres.

At the 1974 British Commonwealth Games he came 4th in the 400 metres, and was part of the men's 4 × 100 m and 4 × 400 m relay teams that placed 7th and 5th respectively. Smith competed at his second Commonwealth Games in 1978 where he made the quarter finals of the 200 metres and ran in the 4 x 100 and 4 x 400 relay teams again.^[2]

References

^ sports-reference.com - Bevan Smith Profile
^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website

1972 New Zealand Olympic team

Archery

Robin Sampson

Athletics

Laurie D'Arcy
Rod Dixon
Jack Foster
Sue Haden
Penny Hunt
Roger Johnson
Terry Manners
Brenda Matthews
Dave McKenzie
Les Mills
Tony Polhill
Dick Quax
Bevan Smith
Robin Tait
Dick Tayler
Gavin Thorley

Boxing

Jeff Rackley
Pat Ryan

Canoeing

Cycling

Bruce Biddle
Paul Brydon
John Dean
Vern Hanaray
Harry Kent
Neil Lyster
Robert Oliver
Blair Stockwell

Gymnastics

Field hockey

Judo

Rick Littlewood

Rowing

John Clark
Trevor Coker
Warren Cole
Ross Collinge
Simon Dickie
Joe Earl
John Hunter
Tony Hurt
Dick Joyce
Peter Lindsay
David Lindstrom
Noel Mills
Chris Nilsson
Gary Robertson
Dudley Storey
Dick Tonks
Wybo Veldman
Murray Watkinson
Lindsay Wilson

Sailing

Shooting

Ian Ballinger
Graeme McIntyre
Bruce McMillan
Mike Watt

Swimming

Weightlifting

John Bolton
Tony Ebert
Brian Marsden

Wrestling

David Aspin

Chef de Mission: Joe McManemin

v t e 1974 New Zealand British Commonwealth Games team
Athletics	Grant Anderson Wendy Brown Susan Burnside Murray Cheater Trevor Cochrane Tuariki Delamere Rod Dixon Richard Endean Jack Foster Anne Garrett Alan Gilmour Sue Gukilau Sue Haden Howard Healey Nathan Healey Pamela Hendren Kerry Hill Penny Hunt Roger Johnson Philip Kear Jan Lothian Roger Main Terry Manners Brenda Matthews Sandra McGookin Rendell McIntosh Stuart Melville Mene Mene Sally Mene Michelle Miles Colleen Mills Donna Mills Phillip Mills Lorraine Moller Warwick Nicholl Dave Norris Kathy Otto Tony Polhill Sylvia Potts Barbara Poulsen Ross Pownall Euan Robertson Kim Robertson John Robinson Bryan Rose Kevin Ryan Bevan Smith Shirley Somervell Les Stevenson Robin Tait Dick Tayler Kevin Taylor Lorraine Tong Peter Tracy John Walker Philip Watson Geoffrey Wood Gail Wooten Valerie Young
Badminton	Alison Branfield Robin Denton Frances Erceg Warren Johns Ross Livingston Bryan Purser Richard Purser Glenys Waller Gaynor Weatherley
Boxing	Fisi Brown William Byrne Robert Colley David Jackson Ronald Jackson Warren Karaitiana Les Rackley Lance Revill Derek Wilson
Cycling	Garry Bell Paul Brydon John Dean Vern Hanaray Philip Harland René Heyde Paul Medhurst Russell Nant Bryce Preston Jacob Schriek Blair Stockwell
Diving	Cyril Buscke Karen Conway Rebecca Ewert Margaret Lay
Lawn bowls	David Baldwin Kerry Clark Gordon Jolly Percy Jones Bob McDonald Phil Skoglund Jack Somerville
Shooting	Bruce Anderson Ian Ballinger Frank Godfrey Maurie Gordon John Howat James Irvine Bruce Lassen James McKenzie Bruce McMillan Jack Scott
Swimming	Karol Albury Allison Calder John Coutts Ashley Fogel Susan Hunter Michael Johnston Suzanne Kennedy Debbie Ledgerwood Brent Lewis Jane Lowe Brett Naylor Jaynie Parkhouse Monique Rodahl Philip Thorogood Michael Toomey Mark Treffers
Weightlifting	Rory Barrett John Bolton Peter Brosnan Bruce Cameron Brian Duffy Tony Ebert Brian Marsden Graham May Phillip Sue
Wrestling	David Aspin Paul Dalley James Downey Gary Knight Gordon Mackay Bruce McMahon Barry Oldridge Andy Roche
Team manager: Bill Holley

v t e 1978 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
Athletics	Paul Ballinger Barbara Beable Wendy Brown Rod Dixon Graeme French Howard Healey Noeline Hodgins Penny Hunt Terry Manners Phillip Mills Dennis Norris Mike O'Rourke Karen Page Mike Parker Ross Pownall Dick Quax Euan Robertson Kim Robertson Kevin Ryan Robert Sadler Graham Seatter Bevan Smith Robin Tait Heather Thomson Alan Thurlow Phil Wood Gail Wooten Alison Wright
Badminton	Alison Branfield Ross Livingston Mary Livingston Bryan Purser Richard Purser Allison Sinton Steve Wilson
Boxing	Gaulua Folasi David Jackson Ronald Jackson Dean Rackley Perry Rackley George Stankovich
Cycling	Garry Bell Kevin Blackwell Stephen Cox Anthony Cuff Mike Fabish Vern Hanaray Neil Lyster Eric McKenzie Kevin McComb Mike Richards Blair Stockwell Jack Swart
Diving	Ann Fargher Graeme Shaw
Gymnastics	Lynette Brake Neil Davies Rowena Davis Kirsty Durward Deborah Hurst Gregory Robertson Terry Sale Richard Wilkins
Lawn bowls	David Baldwin Kerry Clark Ivan Kostanich John Malcolm Bob McDonald Morgan Moffat Phil Skoglund
Shooting	Ian Ballinger Brian Cumings Maurie Gordon John Hastie Brian Lacey Bruce Lassen Bruce McMillan Barry O'Neale Barrie Wickins John Woolley
Swimming	Ian Bullock Andrea Hawcridge Gary Hurring Melanie Jones Penny McCarthy Brett Naylor Rebecca Perrott Paul Rowe Barry Salisbury
Weightlifting	Rory Barrett Tony Ebert Brian Marsden Precious McKenzie George Newton Phillip Sue
Wrestling	Murray Avery Robert Hoffman Raymond Katting Barry Oldridge Ken Reinsfield Stephen Robinson Nigel Sargent
Team manager: Jack Prestney

v t e New Zealand national champions in men's 100 m
Note: 100 yards before 1970
100 yards	1888: Frank Meenan 1889: T.W. Lewis 1890: Jack Hempton 1891: Billy MacPherson (NSW) 1892–1894: Jack Hempton 1895: Alfred Patrick 1896: E.A. Robinson 1897: Alfred Patrick 1898–1900: George Smith 1901: Claude Hiorns 1902: George Smith 1903: L.B. Webster 1904: George Smith 1905: Arthur Duffey (USA) 1906: F.E. Drake 1907–1908: H. Henderson 1909–1910: William Woodger 1911: Ron Opie 1912: Richard Eggleston 1913: A.T. Duncan 1914–1915: Henry Martis 1916–1919: not held 1920–1921: George Davidson 1922: Harry Wilson 1923: Morris Kirksey (USA) 1924: Charlie Jenkins 1925: Les Parker (AUS) 1926–1928: Malcolm Leadbetter 1929–1930: Allan Elliot 1931: George Simpson (USA) 1932: Allan Elliot 1933–1935: J.B. Macfarlane 1936: Brian Tapley 1937: W.J. Fitzsimmons 1938: Graham Quinn 1939: Frank Sharpley 1940: J. Sutherland 1941–1944: not held 1945–1946: Ron Agate 1947: John Treloar (AUS) 1948: Arthur Eustace 1949: Peter Henderson 1950: Clem Parker 1951: Arthur Eustace 1952–1953: H.R. Carter 1954–1959: Maurice Rae 1960: Graham Davy 1961–1963: Rod Heeps 1964: Don Mackenzie 1965–1966: Tony Steel 1967: Wayne Overend 1968: Craig Daly 1969: Laurie D'Arcy
100 metres	1970: Laurie D'Arcy 1971: Bevan Smith 1972: Laurie D'Arcy 1973: Steve Erkkila 1974: Bevan Smith 1975: Steve Erkkila 1976: Ross Pownall 1977: Steve Erkkila 1978: Graeme French 1979: Shane Downey 1980: Peter Hunt 1981: Shane Downey 1982–1983: Gary Henley-Smith 1984: Joe Leota 1985: Rhys Dacre 1986: Dale McClunie 1987: Shane Downey 1988: Simon Poelman 1989: Murray Gutry 1990: Mark Woods 1991: Gus Nketia (GHA) 1992–1994: Gus Nketia 1995: Mark Keddell 1996: Gus Nketia 1997: Chris Donaldson 1998: Matthew Coad 1999–2000: Chris Donaldson 2001: Matthew Coad 2002: James Dolphin 2003–2004: Donald MacDonald 2005–2006: James Dolphin 2007: James Dolphin / Chris Donaldson 2008: Chris Donaldson 2009–2011: Carl van der Speck 2012–2014: Joseph Millar 2015: Kodi Harman 2016: Matthew Wyatt 2017–2018: Joseph Millar 2019–2020: Eddie Osei-Nketia 2021: Shay Veitch 2022: Eddie Osei-Nketia 2023–2024: Tiaan Whelpton

v t e New Zealand national champions in men's 200 m
Note: 250 yards before 1901; 220 yards from 1901 to 1969
250 yards	1888: A.B. Williams 1889: Hugh Reeves 1890: Jack Hempton 1891: Billy MacPherson (NSW) 1892: Jack Hempton 1893: L.W. Harvey 1894: H.M. Reeves 1895: L. Broad 1896: William Kingston 1897: Arthur Holder 1898: Alfred Patrick 1899: William Kingston 1900: George Smith
220 yards	1901: Claude Hiorns 1902–1903: L.B. Webster 1904: W. Anderson 1905–1906: F.E. Drake 1907–1908: E.E. Fisher 1909–1910: William Woodger 1911–1912: Ron Opie 1913: A.T. Duncan 1914–1915: Henry Martis 1916–1919: not held 1920–1921: George Davidson 1922: Harry Wilson 1923: Morris Kirksey (USA) 1924: L.A. Tracey 1925: L.A. Tracey / R. Morgan 1926–1928: Malcolm Leadbetter 1929: Allan Elliot 1930: George Golding (AUS) 1931: Charlie Jenkins 1932: Allan Elliot 1933–1934: J.B. Macfarlane 1935: W.S. Bainbridge 1936: Graham Quinn 1937: W.J. Fitzsimmons 1938: Graham Quinn 1939: C. Robinson 1940: J. Ford 1941–1944: not held 1945–1946: Ron Agate 1947: John Treloar (AUS) 1948–1951: Dave Batten 1952–1954: Don Jowett 1955–1959: Maurice Rae 1960: John Taylor 1961–1962: Dave Norris 1963: Brian Seymour 1964: Don Mackenzie 1965–1966: Tony Steel 1967: Wayne Overend 1968: Graham Atchison 1969: Laurie D'Arcy
200 metres	1970: Laurie D'Arcy 1971–1975: Bevan Smith 1976: Terry Morrison 1977: Steve Erkkila 1978: Graeme French 1979–1981: Shane Downey 1982–1983: Gary Henley-Smith 1984: Shane Downey 1985–1989: Dale McClunie 1990: Scott Bowden 1991: Gus Nketia (GHA) 1992: Gus Nketia 1993: Mark Keddell 1994: Todd Blythe 1995: Mark Keddell 1996: Matthew Coad 1997: Chris Donaldson 1998: Matthew Coad 1999–2000: Chris Donaldson 2001: Matthew Coad 2002: Michael O'Connor 2003–2004: Dallas Roberts 2005–2008: James Dolphin 2009: Jeffrey Thurmath 2010: James Dolphin 2011: Alex Jordan 2012–2014: Joseph Millar 2015: James Mortimer 2016: Alex Jordan 2017–2018: Joseph Millar 2019: Jordan Bolland 2020: Eddie Osei-Nketia 2021: Cody Wilson 2022: Eddie Osei-Nketia 2023: Dhruv Rodrigues-Chico 2024: Angus Lyver

v t e New Zealand national champions in men's 400 m
Note: 440 yards before 1970
440 yards	1888: A.B. Williams 1889–1890: Hugh Reeves 1891: Billy MacPherson (NSW) 1892: P. Wood 1893: Norman Gurr 1894–1896: W.A. Low 1897: A.H. Holder 1898: Robert Oliphant 1899: William Kingston 1900: William Strickland 1901: Charles Cuff 1902–1903: L.B. Webster 1904: W.H. Pollock 1905: Gus Widmer (AUS) 1906: F.E. Drake 1907: L.B. Webster 1908: W.F. Trembath 1909: J. Wilton 1910: W.G. Harding 1911: Ron Opie 1912: A.W. Dormer 1913–1915: J. Wilton 1916–1919: not held 1920: A.W. Dormer 1921: W. Candy 1922: Charlie Taylor 1923: W. Candy 1924: Charlie Taylor 1925–1926: W. Kyle 1927–1928: J.T. Fleming 1929: A.W. Findlay 1930: George Golding (AUS) 1931: Don Evans 1932–1933: Stuart Black 1934: Geoff Broadway 1935: W.S. Bainbridge 1936: Harold Tyrie 1937: Alan Sayers 1938: M.C. Baker 1939–1940: Harold Tyrie 1941–1944: not held 1945–1947: Doug Harris 1948: Jim Grierson 1949–1950: Dave Batten 1951–1952: Max Golder 1953–1955: Don Jowett 1956: P. Smith 1957: Don Jowett 1958–1960: Barry Robinson 1961: John Taylor 1962: Barry Robinson 1963: Warwick Weaver 1964: John Taylor 1965–1967: Don Mackenzie 1968–1969: Graham Atchison
400 metres	1970: Michael Cull 1971–1974: Phil Kear 1965: Bevan Smith 1976: Phil Kear 1977: Bevan Smith 1978: Warren McCallum 1979: Peter Pearless 1980: Glen Erkkila 1981: Paul Wilson 1982: Howard Atkinson 1983: John Enright 1984–1985: Murray Gutry 1986: Paul Cuff 1987: Andrew Collins 1988–1990: Craig Purdy 1991: Grant Gilbert 1992: Darren Dale 1993: Callum Taylor 1994–1996: Nick Cowan 1997: Rob Hanna 1998–1999: Shaun Farrell 2000: Bjorn Jansen 2001: Mark Rodgers 2002–2005: Tim Hawkes 2006–2007: Cory Innes 2008: Niko Verekauta (FIJ) 2009: Andrew Moore 2010: Tim Jones 2011–2012: Alex Jordan 2013: Andrew Whyte 2014: Alex Jordan 2015: Tama Toki 2016: Andrew Whyte 2017: Quin Hartley 2018: Alex Haye 2019: Oliver Miller 2020: Luke Mercieca 2021: Hamish Gill 2022: John Gerber 2023–2024: Lex Revell-Lewis