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1743:2017 deaths
1738:1927 births
1706:2019–2023:
1698:2015–2018:
1692:Phil Jensen
1690:2009–2014:
1673:Phil Jensen
1671:1998–2007:
1657:Phil Jensen
1655:1995–1996:
1639:1992–1993:
1620:1989–1990:
1614:Phil Jensen
1604:1985–1987:
1596:1981–1984:
1590:Paul Dryden
1580:1974–1979:
1572:1970–1973:
1564:1967–1969:
1548:1964–1965:
1500:1955–1958:
1468:1950–1951:
1436:1945–1946:
1428:1941–1944:
1407:1933–1938:
1385:Jack McHolm
1383:1928–1930:
1375:1926–1927:
1369:Jack McHolm
1367:1924–1925:
1350:Jack McHolm
1348:1920–1922:
1340:1916–1919:
1334:Jack McHolm
1332:1913–1915:
1318:Alex Bisset
1308:1907–1910:
1292:1903–1905:
1268:1899–1900:
1231:1893–1894:
1170:Fred Thomas
1036:Doug Pulman
1026:Robert Page
1021:Louis Lobel
938:Jack Rabone
913:Jeff Barron
875:Dot Coleman
870:Bob Binning
784:Wallace Coe
756:Peter Snell
731:Dave Norris
711:Barry Magee
701:Jeff Julian
686:John Davies
681:Paul Dallow
671:Molly Cowan
173:1997 Durban
148:New Zealand
84:New Zealand
1732:Categories
1550:Dave Leech
1534:Dave Leech
1478:Dave Leech
1454:Jim Leckie
1438:Jim Leckie
1401:Jim Leckie
1132:Don Oliver
996:James Hill
905:Lawn bowls
885:Keith Mann
804:John Logan
761:Robin Tait
706:Dave Leech
334:References
294:Management
48:1927-03-09
23:Dave Leech
1182:Colin Kay
1147:Wrestling
986:Alan Grey
799:Bill Kini
726:Les Mills
656:Nola Bond
638:Athletics
585:13 August
578:The Press
557:13 August
550:The Press
529:13 August
522:The Press
501:13 August
479:13 August
457:13 August
422:13 August
389:13 August
382:The Press
358:13 August
220:Athletics
1542:Max Carr
1510:Max Carr
1494:Max Carr
1462:Max Carr
1446:Max Carr
1430:not held
1342:not held
1071:Swimming
312:Montreal
862:Fencing
814:Cycling
298:At the
269:⁄
248:At the
235:⁄
81:Country
1714:2024:
1679:2008:
1663:1997:
1647:1994:
1628:1991:
1612:1988:
1588:1980:
1556:1966:
1540:1963:
1532:1962:
1524:1961:
1516:1960:
1508:1959:
1492:1954:
1484:1953:
1476:1952:
1460:1949:
1452:1948:
1444:1947:
1420:1940:
1399:1932:
1391:1931:
1356:1923:
1324:1912:
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1300:1906:
1284:1902:
1276:1901:
1260:1898:
1252:1897:
1239:1895:
953:Rowing
776:Boxing
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128:Men's
1684:(FRA)
1633:(URS)
1361:(USA)
416:(PDF)
322:Death
254:Perth
89:Sport
76:Sport
587:2022
559:2022
531:2022
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