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1986 Commonwealth Games

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The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland. It is the second largest Scottish city, after Glasgow, and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas....

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

for the second time. The Games were held from 24 July-2 August 1986.

Despite the popular success of the previous 1970 British Commonwealth Games

1970 British Commonwealth Games

The 1970 British Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland from 16 July to 25 July 1970.This was the first time the name British Commonwealth Games was adopted, the first time metric units rather than imperial units were used in events, and also the first time the games were held in...

in Edinburgh, the 1986 Games are remembered with considerable notoriety due to a large political boycott and financial mismanagement. The games were boycotted by a large number of African, Asian and Caribbean countries, reducing them almost to a whites-only affair.

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The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

, Scotland

Scotland

for the second time. The Games were held from 24 July-2 August 1986.

Organisation and Controversy

Despite the popular success of the previous 1970 British Commonwealth Games

1970 British Commonwealth Games

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She is the only woman to have held either post....

Government's attitude towards British sporting links with apartheid-era South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa.Modern...

. Further controversy came about when it was revealed that due to the lack of participation and associated decline in anticipated broadcasting and sponsorship revenues, the Organising Committee was facing a serious financial black hole, and the boycott ended any prospect of securing emergency government assistance. Businessman Robert Maxwell

Robert Maxwell

Ian Robert Maxwell MC was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Member of Parliament , who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire, which collapsed after his death as a result of the fraudulent transactions he had committed to support his business empire,...

stepped in to offer funding, taking over as chairman, but despite promising to invest £2m, Maxwell's contribution was just £250,000. On a budget of £14m, the Games opened with a deficit of £3m, which grew to £4.3m. Instead of putting enough money into the event to save it, the new chairman of the Games asked creditors to forego half the payment due to them to keep the event out of liquidation. The debt was finally paid off in 1989, with the city of Edinburgh losing approximately £500,000. http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=418&id=715212007

Participating Countries

Because of the boycott only 28 countries took part in the games with the Maldives

Maldives

The Maldives , or Maldive Islands, officially Republic of Maldives, is an island country in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls stretching along north-south direction off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and Chagos Archipelago...

and Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. It and two neighbouring islands form one of Australia's external territories....

making their first appearance in the games.

Samoa

Bermuda (Took part in opening ceremony but boycotted rest of the games)

Opening Ceremony

The theme of the opening ceremony celebrated the "Spirit of Youth", and included 6500 Scottish schoolchildren taking part in a series of large Mass Games

Mass games

Mass games or mass gymnastics are a form of performing arts or gymnastics in which large numbers of performers take part in a highly regimented performance that emphasizes group dynamics rather than individual prowess...

-style Gymnastics

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, balance and grace. Artistic gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique...

routines. The theme song "Spirit of Youth" was written by Gerard Kenny

Gerard Kenny

Gerard Kenny is a popular music singer-songwriter.-Career:Kenny is best known for his composition "I Could Be So Good For You" which, when recorded by Dennis Waterman and used as the theme tune to the hit ITV series Minder, became a Top 10 hit single in the United Kingdom...

. The ceremony began on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle is a fortress which dominates the sky-line of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position atop the volcanic Castle Rock. Human habitation of the site is dated back as far as the 9th century BC, although the nature of early settlement is unclear...

with hundreds of schoolchildren running from there down the Royal Mile

Royal Mile

The Royal Mile is the popular name for the succession of streets which form the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of the city of Edinburgh in Scotland....

, through Holyrood Park

Holyrood Park

Holyrood Park is a royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland. It has an array of hills, lochs, glens, ridges, basalt cliffs, and patches of whin within its area...

to Meadowbank Stadium

Meadowbank Stadium

Meadowbank Stadium is a multi-purpose sports facility located at Meadowbank, in Edinburgh. It hosted the Commonwealth Games of 1970 and 1986.-Layout:...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpApjBcQONw&feature=related.
The Bermudan team took part in the opening ceremony, before being ordered to boycott the games and leave.

Venues

Meadowbank Stadium
Meadowbank Stadium
Meadowbank Stadium is a multi-purpose sports facility located at Meadowbank, in Edinburgh. It hosted the Commonwealth Games of 1970 and 1986.-Layout:...
Royal Commonwealth Pool
Royal Commonwealth Pool
The Royal Commonwealth Pool is the main swimming pool in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is usually simply referred to as the Commonwealth Pool, or colloquially as the Commie....
Strathclyde Park
Strathclyde Park
Strathclyde Country Park is a country park located in Lanarkshire, Scotland.The park covers some 4 km², centred on the artificial Strathclyde Loch. It is located next to the River Clyde between Hamilton and Motherwell. Strathclyde Park forms what used to be known as the Low parks of the now...
Barry Buddon
Barry, Angus
Barry, Angus is a small village in Angus, Scotland at the mouth of the River Tay. The recent completion of a bypass for the village on the road from Dundee to Carnoustie is something that was originally planned before the Second World War. There is a water mill operated by the National Trust for...
Balgreen
Balgreen
Balgreen is a suburb of Edinburgh. The name comes from Scottish Gaelic, either being Baile na Grèine or Baile Grain from the gravel on the riverbank. It does not, as some etymologies have suggested, come from "Ball Green"...

, Bowls
Bowls
Bowls is a sport in which the goal is to roll slightly asymmetric balls, called bowls, closest to a smaller—normally white—bowl called the "jack" or "kitty". Bowls, either flat- or crown-green, is usually played outdoors, on grass and synthetic surfaces. Flat-green bowls can also be...

Medals by country

Total		163	163	176	502
1	England	52	43	49	144
2	Canada	51	34	31	116
3	Australia	40	46	35	121
4	New Zealand	8	16	14	38
5	Wales	6	5	12	23
6	Scotland	3	12	18	33
7	Northern Ireland	2	4	9	15
8	Isle of Man	1	0	0	1
9	Guernsey	0	2	0	2
10	Swaziland	0	1	0	1
11	Hong Kong	0	0	3	3
12	Malawi	0	0	2	2
13	Botswana	0	0	1	1
	Jersey	0	0	1	1
	Singapore	0	0	1	1

Athletics

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women
100 Metres	Heather Oakes (Hunte) (ENG)	11.20	Paula Dunn (ENG)	11.21	Angella Taylor-Issajenko (CAN)	11.21
200 Metres	Angella Taylor-Issajenko (CAN)	22.91	Kathy Smallwood-Cook (ENG)	23.18	Sandra Whittaker (SCO)	23.46
400 Metres	Debbie Flintoff Debbie Flintoff-King Debra Lee Flintoff-King , born 20 April 1960 in Melbourne, Victoria, is a retired Australian athlete, and winner of the women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Athletics career:... (AUS)	51.29	Jillian Richardson Jillian Richardson Jilian Richardson is a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.... (CAN)	51.62	Kathy Smallwood-Cook (ENG)	51.88
800 Metres	Kirsty Wade Kirsty Wade Kirsty Wade is a former middle distance runner, who was born as Kirsty McDermott.Despite being born in Scotland, she competed for Wales in two Commonwealth Games winning a gold medal in the 800 metres at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia and gold medals in both the 800 and 1500... (McDermott) (WAL)	00:02:01	Diane Edwards Diane Modahl Diane Modahl, née Edwards is an English former middle distance runner.Originally from Manchester, of Jamaican parents, she was the Women's 800 metres champion in the Commonwealth Games of 1990. She also competed in 3 Olympic Games, in 1988 in Seoul, in 1992 in Barcelona and in 2000 in Sydney... (Modahl) (ENG)	00:02:01	Lorraine Baker (ENG)	00:02:02
1500 Metres	Kirsty Wade Kirsty Wade Kirsty Wade is a former middle distance runner, who was born as Kirsty McDermott.Despite being born in Scotland, she competed for Wales in two Commonwealth Games winning a gold medal in the 800 metres at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia and gold medals in both the 800 and 1500... (McDermott) (WAL)	00:04:11	Debbie Bowker (CAN)	00:04:12	Lynn Williams (CAN)	00:04:13
3000 Metres	Lynn Williams (CAN)	00:08:54	Debbie Bowker (CAN)	00:08:55	Yvonne Murray Yvonne Murray Yvonne Murray MBE , married name Yvonne Murray-Mooney, is a Scottish former middle distance track and road running athlete. She was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.... (SCO)	00:08:55
10000 Metres	Liz Lynch (McColgan) (SCO)	00:31:41	Anne Audain Anne Audain Anne Audain was a New Zealand middle and long distance athlete, competing in three Olympic Games. She received the Order of the British Empire and was born as Anne Garrett.... (NZL)	00:31:53	Angela Tooby (WAL)	00:32:25
Marathon	Lisa Martin Lisa Martin Lisa Martin is a retired Australian long-distance runner.At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul the 28-year-old won a silver medal in marathon, only 13 seconds behind Portuguese running star Rosa Mota. Other achievements include gold medals in marathon at the 1986 and 1990 Commonwealth Games... (AUS)	02:26:07	Lorraine Moller Lorraine Moller Lorraine Mary Moller is a former athlete from New Zealand, who competed in track athletics and later specialised in the marathon. Moller's international career lasted over 20 years and included 3 Commonwealth and 4 Olympic Games... (NZL)	02:28:17	Odette Lapierre Odette Lapierre Odette Lapierre is a former long-distance runner from Canada, who competed in the women's marathon at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. After having finished in 11th place in Seoul, South Korea she ended up in 19th place , four years later in Barcelona,... (CAN)	02:31:48
100 Metres Hurdles	Sally Gunnell Sally Gunnell Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE is a former British Olympic champion in the 400 m hurdles... (ENG)	13.29	Wendy Jeal (ENG)	13.41	Glynis Nunn Glynis Nunn ;Glynis Nunn OAM is a former Australian heptathlete, the first Olympic champion in the event... (AUS)	13.44
400 Metres Hurdles	Debbie Flintoff Debbie Flintoff-King Debra Lee Flintoff-King , born 20 April 1960 in Melbourne, Victoria, is a retired Australian athlete, and winner of the women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Athletics career:... (AUS)	54.94	Donalda Duprey (CAN)	56.55	Jenny Laurendet (AUS)	56.57
High Jump	Christine Stanton Christine Stanton Christine Frances Stanton is a retired high jumper from Australia, who was born as Christine Annison. She set her personal best on 1985-01-26, jumping 1.96 metres at a meet in Adelaide, South Australia... (AUS)	1.92 m	Sharon McPeake (NIR)	1.90 m	Janet Boyle (NIR)	1.90 m
Long Jump	Joyce Oladapo Joyce Oladapo Joyce Oladapo, née Hepher is a retired English long jumper. Her personal best jump was 6.75 metres, achieved in September 1985 in London.-Achievements:-References: ... (ENG)	6.43 m	Mary Berkeley Mary Berkeley Mary Andray Berkeley is a retired English long jumper.Her personal best jump was 6.63 metres, achieved in June 1989 in Basildon.She married Francis Agyepong and became Mary Berkeley-Agyepong.-Achievements:... (ENG)	6.40 m	Robyn Lorraway (Strong) (AUS)	6.35 m
Shot	Gael Martin Gael Martin Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin is a former Australian athlete, daughter of footballer Ken Mulhall, an Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club.... (Mulhall) (AUS)	19.00 m	Judy Oakes Judy Oakes Judith Miriam Oakes is a retired English shot putter. She was given an Order of the British Empire in 1999.... (ENG)	18.75 m	Myrtle Augee Myrtle Augee Myrtle Augee is a retired English shot putter.Her personal best put was 19.03 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Cardiff. This places her second on the British outdoor list, behind Judy Oakes.-Achievements:-References:... (ENG)	17.52 m
Discus	Gael Martin Gael Martin Gael Patricia Mulhall-Martin is a former Australian athlete, daughter of footballer Ken Mulhall, an Australian rules footballer with the St Kilda Football Club.... (Mulhall) (AUS)	56.42 m	Venissa Head Venissa Head Venissa Anne Head is a former international track and field athlete from Wales.A member of the Cardiff Athletic Club she was part of the British Olympic team for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where she took sixth place in the shot put final and seventh place in the discus final.Head... (WAL)	56.20 m	Karen Pugh (ENG)	54.72 m
Javelin	Tessa Sanderson Tessa Sanderson Theresa Ione Sanderson CBE is a former British javelin thrower and heptathlete who competed in the javelin competition in every one of the six Olympics from 1976-1996 winning the Gold medal in 1984.... (ENG)	69.80 m	Fatima Whitbread Fatima Whitbread Fatima Whitbread MBE is an English former javelin thrower and multiple medal-winner.-Early life:... (ENG)	68.54 m	Sue Howland (AUS)	64.74 m
Heptathlon	Judy Simpson Judy Simpson Judith Earline Veronica Simpson , is a former British heptathlete. She competed in three Commonwealth Games, 1982, 1986 and 1990, winning a silver, gold and bronze respectively in the heptathlon... (Livermore) (ENG)	6282	Jane Flemming Jane Flemming Jane Christina Flemming is a former Australian Olympic track and field athlete. She was the 1990 Commonwealth Games champion at heptathlon and long jump and also represented Australia internationally at 100m Hurdles.... (AUS)	6278	Kim Hagger Kim Hagger Kimberly Hagger is a retired English heptathlete. She competed in the long jump as well.-Achievements:-References:*... (ENG)	5823
4 x 100 Metres Relay		43.39		43.83		45.37
4 x 400 Metres Relay		00:03:29		00:03:33		00:03:33
Men
100 Metres	Ben Johnson Ben Johnson (athlete) Benjamin Sinclair Johnson, CM is a Canadian former sprinter, who enjoyed a high-profile career during most of the 1980s, winning two Olympic Bronze medals, and an Olympic Gold which were subsequently rescinded... (CAN)	10.07	Linford Christie Linford Christie Linford Christie OBE is a former athlete who specialised in the 100 metres. He is the only British man to win a gold medal in the 100 m at all four major competitions: the Olympic Games and the World, Commonwealth, and European championships... (ENG)	10.28	Mike McFarlane (ENG)	10.35
200 Metres	Atlee Mahorn Atlee Mahorn Atlee Anthony Mahorn is a 3-time Canadian Olympic sprinter. He is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley and holds an MBA in International Business.-Achievements:... (CAN)	20.31	Todd Bennett Todd Bennett Todd Anthony Bennett was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.He competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Silver medal with his team mates Kriss Akabusi, Garry Cook and Philip... (ENG)	20.54	Ben Johnson Ben Johnson (athlete) Benjamin Sinclair Johnson, CM is a Canadian former sprinter, who enjoyed a high-profile career during most of the 1980s, winning two Olympic Bronze medals, and an Olympic Gold which were subsequently rescinded... (CAN)	20.64
400 Metres	Roger Black Roger Black Roger Anthony Black MBE is a retired British athlete who now works as a television presenter and motivational speaker... (ENG)	45.57	Darren Clark Darren Clark Darren Edward Clark is a retired Australian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.His personal best time of 44.38 seconds, achieved at the 1988 Olympics, is the current Oceanian record.... (AUS)	45.98	Phil Brown Phil Brown (athlete) Philip Andrew Brown was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. In the individual 400m his results were not outstanding; however, he was an exceptional anchor leg relay runner, anchoring the British team to a number of medals.Brown competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer... (ENG)	46.8
800 Metres	Steve Cram Steve Cram Stephen Cram MBE is a retired English athlete. Along with fellow Englishmen Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s... (ENG)	00:01:43	Tom McKean Tom McKean Tom McKean is a former Scottish middle distance runner who won the European Championships 800m gold medal at Split in 1990. ... (SCO)	00:01:45	Peter Elliott Peter Elliott (athlete) For the Canadian Anglican priest, see Peter Elliott. For the football coach, see Pete Elliott.Peter Elliott is a former world class middle distance runner who won medals at the Commonwealth Games, the European Championships and World Championships and the Olympic Games between... (ENG)	00:01:45
1500 Metres	Steve Cram Steve Cram Stephen Cram MBE is a retired English athlete. Along with fellow Englishmen Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s... (ENG)	00:03:51	John Gladwin John Gladwin John Warren Gladwin is the Bishop of Chelmsford in the Church of England. He stands in the open evangelical tradition.Born in 1942, he was educated at Hertford Grammar School and Churchill College, Cambridge . His ministerial training was at Cranmer Hall, Durham . He was ordained deacon in 1967,... (ENG)	00:03:52	David Campbell (CAN)	00:03:54
5000 Metres	Steve Ovett Steve Ovett Stephen Michael James Ovett OBE , is a former middle distance runner from England. He was gold medalist in the 800 m at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, U.S.S.R., and set world records for 1500 m and one mile... (ENG)	00:13:24	Jack Buckner Jack Buckner Jack Richard Buckner was one of the many British athletes of the mid 1980s who dominated track and field. Educated at Worksop College in Nottinghamshire it was clear from a young age that Buckner was highly talented. This was underlined when he clocked 4:16.90 for 5th place at The English... (ENG)	00:13:26	Tim Hutchings Tim Hutchings Tim Hutchings is a retired UK athlete. He was born Thursday, 4 December 1958 in London.His events were the 1500m, 5000m and 10000m. His main Championship performances were a bronze medal in the 1986 European Championship 5000m and a Commonwealth bronze in the 1986 5000m.-External links:* *... (ENG)	00:13:27
10000 Metres	Jon Solly (ENG)	00:27:57	Steve Binns (ENG)	00:27:58	Steve Jones Steve Jones (athlete) Stephen "Steve" Henry Jones is a Welsh athlete and former world marathon record holder.Born and bred in Ebbw Vale, Wales, Jones began his career as an aircraft technician in the Royal Air Force... (WAL)	00:28:02
Marathon	Rob de Castella (AUS)	02:10:15	David Edge David Edge David Edge is a former long-distance runner, who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in the men's marathon... (CAN)	02:11:08	Steve Moneghetti Steve Moneghetti Stephen James Moneghetti is an Australian long-distance runner. He was not considered to be a good runner in primary school as he never managed to win a single medal. Indeed when he went to join the little athletics his father was told that they didn't want his son coming here because he was a... (AUS)	02:11:18
3000 Metres Steeplechase	Graeme Fell Graeme Fell Graeme Vincent Fell is a former 3000 meters steeplechase runner. In 1982 he competed for England at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, winning a silver medal in the 3000m steeplechase behind Julius Korir of Kenya... (CAN)	00:08:24	Roger Hackney (WAL)	00:08:25	Colin Reitz Colin Reitz Colin Reitz is a retired long-distance runner from Great Britain, who represented his native country in the Men's 3,000 metres Steeplechase at the 1984 Summer Olympics. There he finished in fifth place.... (ENG)	00:08:26
110 Metres Hurdles	Mark McKoy Mark McKoy Marcus McKoy is a former Canadian athlete, winner of 110 metres hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympics.Born in Georgetown, Guyana, Mark McKoy spent his youth in England, before moving to Canada as a teenager... (CAN)	13.31	Colin Jackson Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson CBE is a Welsh former sprint and hurdling athlete of Jamaican, Maroon, Taino, and Scottish ancestry, who now works as a sports commentator for athletics and television presenter predominantly for the BBC. Between 1993 and 2006 he held the world record in the 110... (WAL)	13.42	Don Wright Don Wright Donald Conway "Don" Wright is an American editorial cartoonist.-Career:Wright began his newspaper career as a photographer and photo editor, switching to editorial cartooning in 1963. He worked for The Miami News until it ceased publication in 1988, and worked at The Palm Beach Post till 2008... (AUS)	13.64
400 Metres Hurdles	Phil Beattie (NIR)	49.6	Max Robertson Max Robertson Max Robertson is a former sports commentator, radio and television presenter and author. He is best remembered for his forty years of tennis coverage on BBC Radio.... (ENG)	49.77	John Graham John Graham (athlete) John Graham is a retired track and field athlete from Canada, who competed in the 400 metres and in the hurdling events. He represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later, he was a reserve-member of the Canadian bobsledding team at the 1992... (CAN)	50.25
High Jump	Milt Ottey Milt Ottey Milton Bruce Ottey is a retired Canadian high jumper. He won the national championships twenty-three times between 1979 and 1988... (CAN)	2.30 m	Geoff Parsons Geoff Parsons Geoff Parsons is a retired Scottish high jumper, who won three Great Britain titles in the men's high jump event. His personal best jump was 2.31 metres, achieved at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria. ).... (SCO)	2.28 m	Alain Metellus (CAN) Henderson Pierre (ENG)	2.14 m
Pole Vault	Andy Ashurst (ENG)	5.30 m	Robert Feguson (CAN)	5.20 m	Neil Honey (AUS)	5.20 m
Long Jump	Gary Honey Gary Honey Gary Ronald Honey is a retired long jumper from Australia. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics with a jump of 8.24 metres.... (AUS)	8.08 m	Fred Salle Fred Salle Frédéric Ebong-Salle, better known as Fred Salle is a retired athlete who specialized in the long jump. He represented England for most of his career, except for a period in the late 1980s and early 1990s when he represented Cameroon... (ENG)	7.83 m	Kyle McDuffie (CAN)	7.79 m
Triple Jump	John Herbert (ENG)	17.27 m	Mike Makin (ENG)	16.87 m	Peter Beames (AUS)	16.42 m
Shot	Billy Cole (ENG)	18.16 m	Joe Quigley (AUS)	17.97 m	Stuart Gyngell (AUS)	17.70 m
Discus	Ray Lazdins Ray Lazdins Ray Lazdins is a retired discus thrower from Canada, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 . He is a nine-time national champion in the discus throw.... (CAN)	58.86 m	Paul Nandapi (AUS)	57.74 m	Werner Reiterer Werner Reiterer Werner Reiterer is a retired discus thrower and shot putter from Australia, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 . His best result was winning the title in the men's discus throw at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada... (AUS)	57.34 m
Hammer	David Smith I (ENG)	74.06 m	Martin Girvan (NIR)	70.48 m	Phil Spivey (AUS)	70.30 m
Javelin	Dave Ottley Dave Ottley David Charles Ottley was a British athlete who mainly competed in the men's javelin throw event.... (ENG)	80.62 m	Mick Hill (ENG)	78.56 m	Gavin Lovegrove Gavin Lovegrove Gavin Brian Lovegrove was a javelin thrower from New Zealand, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics,... (NZL)	76.22 m
Decathlon	Daley Thompson Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Oyodélé Thompson CBE , known commonly as Daley Thompson, is a former decathlete from England... (ENG)	8663	Dave Steen Dave Steen David Lee Steen, CM is a retired Canadian decathlete, a three-time member of the Canadian Summer Olympic Games team and the first Canadian to score more than 8,000 points in the decathlon.... (CAN)	8173	Simon Poelman Simon Poelman Simon Poelman is a former New Zealand decathlete, who has been described as New Zealand's best ever all-round athlete. His personal best of 8359 points is still a New Zealand national record. This was set at the national athletics championships in Christchurch 1987... (NZL)	8015
30 Kilometres Road Walk	Simon Baker Simon Baker (athlete) Simon Francis Baker is a retired male race walker from Australia, who represented his native country in four consecutive Olympic Games: 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996.-Achievements: -References:* ... (AUS)	02:07:47	Guillaume Leblanc Guillaume LeBlanc Guillaume LeBlanc is a former Canadian athlete who mainly competed in the 20 kilometer walk.... (CAN)	02:08:38	Ian McCombie (ENG)	02:10:36
4 x 100 Metres Relay		39.15		39.19		40.41
4 x 400 Metres Relay		00:03:07		00:03:08		00:03:09

Bowls

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Singles	Ian Dickison (NZL)	Ian Schuback (AUS)	Richard Corsie (SCO)
Pairs	George Adrain Grant Knox	Bill Boettger Ronnie Jones	Chris Ward David Ward
Fours
Women
Singles	Wendy Line (ENG)	Senga McCrone (SCO)	Flora Anderson (BOT)
Pairs	Freda Elliott Margaret Johnston	Janet Nicolle Marie Smith	Betty Stubbings Jean Valls
Fours

Boxing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight	Scott Olson (CAN)	Mark Epton Mark Epton Mark Epton is a retired flyweight boxer from England, who won a silver medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. He represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.Nicknamed "The Choirboy" he made his professional debut on May 24, 1989... (ENG)	Johnston Todd (NIR) Wilson Docherty (SCO)
Flyweight	John Lyon (ENG)	Leonard Makhanya (SWZ)	Kerry Webber (WAL) Steve Beaupré (CAN)
Bantamweight	Sean Murphy (ENG)	Roy Nash (NIR)	Glen Brooks (SCO) John Sollitoe (JER)
Featherweight	Billy Downey (CAN)	Peter English (ENG)	Chris Carleton (NIR) Johnny Wallace (NZL)
Lightweight	Asif Dar Asif Dar Asif Kamran Dar is a former boxer from Pakistan, competing in the lightweight division.A resident of Scarborough, Ontario he represented Pakistan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he was eliminated in the second round... (CAN)	Neil Hadcock (WAL)	Byton Mphande (MAW) Joe Jacobs (ENG)
Light Welterweight	Howard Grant Howard Grant Howard Grant is a former boxer from Jamaica, competing in the light-welterweight division. A resident of Montréal, Quebec, he represented Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was defeated in the second round by Sweden's Lars Myrberg... (CAN)	Derek Clencie (AUS)	Brendan Lowe (NIR) Solomon Kondowe (MAW)
Welterweight	Darren Dyer (ENG)	John McAllister (SCO)	John Shaw (CAN) Damien Denny (NIR)
Light Middleweight	Dan Sherry (CAN)	Rick Finch (AUS)	Glynn Thomas (WAL) Alex Mullen (SCO)
Middleweight	Rod Douglas (ENG)	Jeff Harding Jeff Harding Jeff Harding is an American actor from New England most famed for his narration of popular books into audio format. Notably, he has read The Da Vinci Code, The Bourne Identity, Kane and Abel and Secrets Of The Code... (AUS)	Patrick Tinney (NIR) George Ferrie (SCO)
Light Heavyweight	Jim Moran (ENG)	Harry Lawson (SCO)	Brett Kosolofski (CAN)
Heavyweight	Jimmy Thunder Jimmy Thunder Jimmy Thunder , is a former Samoan boxer.- Early life :His mother Papaliitele Milagi Leaupepe is from the village of Fasitoouta, and his father Lupematasila Maalo Faasavalu Peau is from the village of Falelatai. Thunder was born third out of six siblings. They all grew up in Auckland, New Zealand... Peau (NZL)	Douggie Young (SCO)	Dominic D'Amico (CAN) Eric Cardouza (ENG)

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Time Trial	Martin Vinnicombe Martin Vinnicombe James Martin Vinnicombe is a retired Australian track cyclist who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, winning a silver medal in 1000 metres time trial. He tested positive for steroids in 1991... (AUS)	00:01:06	Gary Anderson (NZL)	00:01:06	Maxwell Rainsford (AUS)	00:01:07
Sprint	Gary Neiwand Gary Neiwand Gary Neiwand is a retired Australian track cyclist, a former world champion, who won four Olympic medals during his career.-Early life and career:... (AUS)		Alex Ongaro (CAN)		Eddie Alexander (SCO)
Individual Pursuit	Dean Woods Dean Woods Dean Anthony Woods, OAM is an Australian cyclist from Wangaratta in Victoria known for his track cycling at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games... (AUS)	00:04:44	Colin Sturgess (ENG)	00:04:51	Gary Anderson (NZL)	00:04:54
Team Pursuit	Glenn Clarke Brett Dutton Wayne McCarney Dean Woods	00:04:27	Gary Anderson Russell Clune Stephen Swart Andrew Whitford	00:04:34	Chris Boardman Chris Boardman Chris Boardman is a former English racing cyclist who won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics and broke the world hour record three times as well as wearing the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France. He is known as a specialist in the individual... Gary Colman Rob Muzio Jon Walsha m	overtaken
10 Miles (16 Kilometres) Scratch	Wayne McCarney (AUS)	00:19:41	Dean Woods (AUS)	00:19:41	Gary Anderson (NZL)	00:19:41

Road

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Road Race	Paul Curran (ENG)	04:08:50	Brian Fowler (NZL)	04:08:50	Jeff Leslie (AUS)	04:08:50
Team Time Trial		02:13:16		02:14:50		02:16:13

Rowing

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Single Sculls	Steve Redgrave Steve Redgrave Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave CBE is an English rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000...	00:07:28	Richard Powell	00:07:33	Eric Verdonk	00:07:39
Double Sculls	Bruce Ford Bruce Ford (rower) Bruce Ford was a member of the Canadian Rowing team in the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics, winning a Bronze medal in the 1984 Men's Quadruple Sculls... Pat Walter	00:06:19	Paul Reedy Brenton Terrell	00:06:21	Carl Smith Alan Whitwell	00:06:34
Coxless Pairs	Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave	00:06:40	Barrie Mabbott Ian Wright	00:06:43	Ewan Stuart David Riches	00:06:43
Coxless Fours	Grant Mann Kevin Neufeld Paul Steele Pat Turner	00:06:01	Andrew Stevenson Shane O'Brien Neil Gibson Don Symon	00:06:01	Graham Faultless Richard Ireland Mostyn Field Humphrey Hatton	00:06:06
Coxed Fours	Martin Cross Adam Cliff Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave Adrian Ellison	00:06:08	Nigel Atherfold Chris White Greg Johnston Bruce Holden Andrew Bird	00:06:10	Mark Doyle James Galloway Michael McKay James Tomkins Dale Caterson	00:06:11
Eights		00:05:44		00:05:46		00:05:48
Lightweight Single Sculls	Peter Antonie	00:07:16	Peter Tattersall	00:07:27	Carl Smith	00:07:27
Lightweight Coxless Fours	Christopher Bates Peter Haining Neil Staite Stuart Forbes	00:06:26	Simon Cook Brian Digby Merrick Howes Joseph Joyce	00:06:28	Dave Henry Brian Peaker Bob Thomas Ryan Tierney	00:06:36
Women
Single Sculls	Stephanie Foster	00:07:43	Lisa Wright	00:07:49	Gillian Bond	00:07:53
Double Sculls	Stephanie Foster Robin Clarke	00:07:22	Heather Clarke Lisa Robertson	00:07:49	Diane Prince Claire Parker	00:07:55
Coxless Pairs	Kathryn Barr Andrea Schreiner	00:07:35	Pauline Bird Fiona Johnson	00:07:42	Catherine Hall Alison Smith	00:07:53
Coxed Fours	Tina Clarke Tricia Smith Lesley Thompson Jane Tregunno Jenny Wallinga	00:06:50	Debbie Bassett Susan Chapman-Popa Robyn Grey-Gardner Marilyn Kidd Kaylynn Fry	00:06:54	Joanne Gough Elizabeth Callaway Ann Redgrave Dr Ann Redgrave, Lady Redgrave MB BS DO is the wife of British rower Sir Steve Redgrave CBE and is a qualified British doctor and osteopath.... Kate Holroyd Patricia Reid Alison Norrish	00:07:06
Eights		00:06:44		00:06:46		NTT
Lightweight Single Sculls	Adair Ferguson	00:07:45	Philippa Baker	00:07:46	Heather Hattin	00:07:52
Lightweight Coxless Fours	Alexa Forbes Gillian Hodges Linda Clark Judith Burne	00:06:55	Deborah Clingeleffer Amanda Cross Virginia Lee Karin Riedel	00:07:00	Anne Drost Marni Hamilton Marlene van der Horst Wendy Wiebe	00:07:01

Pistol

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men/Open
Free Pistol	Greg Yelavich Greg Yelavich Gregory Thomas Yelavich is a competitive pistol shooter from Auckland, New Zealand. As well as winning numerous national pistol titles, Yelavich has the distinction of having won more Commonwealth Games medals than any other New Zealander... (NZL)	551	Phil Adams (AUS) Ho Kar Fai (HKG)	549
Free Pistol - Pairs	Tom Guinn Claude Beaulieu	1099	Paul Leatherdale Richard Wang	1090	Phil Adams Bengt Sandström (AUS) Hong Kong	1085
Centre-Fire Pistol	Bob Northover (ENG)	583	Phil Adams (AUS)	582	Rod Hack (AUS)	580
Centre-Fire Pistol - Pairs	Phil Adams Rod Hack (AUS)	1165	Bob Northover Michael Cutler (ENG)	1157	Rex Hamilton Barry O'Neale (NZL)	1153
Rapid-Fire Pistol	Pat Murray (AUS)	591	Adrian Breton (GUE)	588	Mark Howkins (CAN)	585
Rapid-Fire Pistol - Pairs	Brian Girling Terry Turner (ENG)	1169	Pat Murray Jack Mast (AUS)	1152	Mark Howkins André Chevrefils (CAN)	1150
Air Pistol	Greg Yelavich Greg Yelavich Gregory Thomas Yelavich is a competitive pistol shooter from Auckland, New Zealand. As well as winning numerous national pistol titles, Yelavich has the distinction of having won more Commonwealth Games medals than any other New Zealander... (NZL)	575	Tom Guinn (CAN)	574	Gilbert U (HKG)	574
Air Pistol - Pairs	Paul Leatherdale Ian Reid	1143	Phil Adams Bruce Favell	1143	Greg Yelavich Greg Yelavich Gregory Thomas Yelavich is a competitive pistol shooter from Auckland, New Zealand. As well as winning numerous national pistol titles, Yelavich has the distinction of having won more Commonwealth Games medals than any other New Zealander... Barrie Wickens	1140

Rifle

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men/Open
Small Bore Rifle, Prone	Alan Smith (AUS)	599	Alister Allan (SCO)	598	Gale Stewart (CAN) John Knowles (SCO)	597
Small Bore Rifle, Prone - Pairs	Michael Ashcroft Gale Stewart	1175	Donald Brook Alan Smith	1171	Terry Wakefield Colin Harris	1165
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions	Malcolm Cooper (ENG)	1170	Alister Allan (SCO)	1167	Jean-François Sénécal (CAN)	1150
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions - Pairs	Malcolm Cooper Sarah Cooper	2278	Jean-François Sénécal Michael Dion	2276	Alister Allan Bill MacNeill	2241
Full Bore Rifle	Stan Golinski (AUS)	396	Alain Marion (CAN)	396	John Bloomfield (ENG)	395
Full Bore Rifle - Pairs	Bill Baldwin Alain Marion	583	James Corbett Stan Golinski	583	David Calvert Martin Millar	582
Air Rifle	Guy Lorion (CAN)	588	Sharon Bowes (CAN)	583	Malcolm Cooper (ENG)	582
Air Rifle - Pairs	Guy Lorion Sharon Bowes	1167	Wolfgang Jobst Anton Wurfel	1151	Malcolm Cooper Robert Smith	1146

Shotgun

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men/Open
Trap	Ian Peel (ENG)	195	Peter Boden (ENG)	192	Roland Phillips (WAL)	192
Trap - Pairs	Peter Boden Ian Peel	185	Tom Hewitt Eamon Furphy	183	Terry Rumbel Domingo Diaz	183
Skeet	Nigel Kelly (IOM)	196	Joe Neville (ENG) Brian Gabriel (CAN)	195
Skeet - Pairs	Joe Neville Ken Harman	195	Brian Gabriel Don Kwasyncia	193	John Woolley Jeff Farrell	189

Swimming

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
100 Metres Freestyle	Greg Fasala Greg Fasala Gregory John Fasala was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.... (AUS)	50.95	Neil Brooks Neil Brooks Neil Brooks is a former Australian sprint freestyle swimmer best known for winning the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow as part of the Quietly Confident Quartet. Brooks was as much known for his swimming achievements as he was for disciplinary incidents... (AUS)	51.18	Andy Jameson (ENG)	51.21
200 Metres Freestyle	Robert Gleria Roberto Gleria Roberto Gleria , born October 15, 1968, is a former freestyle swimmer from Italy.Roberto swam for Australia in the mid 1980's before taking up on an offer to swim for Italy leading up to the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games... (AUS)	1:50.57	Peter Dale (AUS)	1:51.16	Tom Stachewicz Tom Stachewicz Tom Stachewicz , born December 5, 1965, is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Australia.He competed in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games, earning a best fourth placing in both 1984 and 1988 as part of the Australian 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay teams.The Australian 4 x 200 metre... (AUS)	1:51.21
400 Metres Freestyle	Duncan Armstrong Duncan Armstrong Duncan John D'Arcy Armstrong OAM is an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won gold in the 200 m freestyle at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He is currently a swimming commentator on Channel Nine's Wide World of Sports and is also a well known swimming safety advocate... (AUS)	3:52.25	Kevin Boyd (ENG)	3:55.00	Mike Davidson Mike Davidson (swimmer) Michael James Davidson is a former freestyle swimmer from New Zealand, who won the bronze medal in the men's 400 metres freestyle at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. He represented his native country at 1984 Summer Olympics. He now coaches for High Tide Aquatics.-References:*... (NZL)	3:56.96
1500 Metres Freestyle	Jason Plummer Jason Plummer (swimmer) Jason Plummer is a former freestyle swimmer from Australia, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He won the 1500m Freestyle at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, ahead of teammate Michael McKenzie and Canada's Christopher Chalmers.... (AUS)	15:12.62	Mike McKenzie (AUS)	15:12.72	Chris Chalmers (CAN)	15:18.05
100 Metres Backstroke	Mark Tewksbury (CAN)	56.45	Paul Kingsman Paul Kingsman Paul Kingsman is a former international top swimmer from New Zealand, who won the bronze medal in the 200 metres backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.... (NZL)	57.17	Mike West (CAN)	57.46
200 Metres Backstroke	Sandy Goss (CAN)	2:02.55	Paul Kingsman (NZL)	2:02.90	Sean Murphy (CAN)	2:03.05
100 Metres Breaststroke	Victor Davis (CAN)	1:03.01	Adrian Moorhouse (ENG)	1:03.09	Brett Stocks (AUS)	1:03.75
200 Metres Breaststroke	Adrian Moorhouse Adrian Moorhouse Adrian David Moorhouse MBE is a British former swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the 100 m breaststroke gold medal at the Seoul Olympics... (ENG)	2:16.35	Victor Davis (CAN)	2:16.70	Nick Gillingham Nick Gillingham Nicholas Gillingham is a former swimmer from Great Britain, who participated in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988... (ENG)	2:20.46
100 Metres Butterfly	Andy Jameson (ENG)	54.07	Anthony Mosse (NZL)	54.31	Tom Ponting (CAN)	54.56
200 Metres Butterfly	Anthony Mosse Anthony Mosse Anthony Mosse was the standard bearer for New Zealand competitive swimming through the 1980s. He swam at his first Commonwealth Games, in Brisbane, Australia in 1982, when he was 17... (NZL)	1:57.27	Tom Ponting (CAN)	1:58.54	Nick Hodgson (ENG)	2:00.50
200 Metres Individual Medley	Alex Baumann (CAN)	2:01.80	Rob Woodhouse (AUS)	2:04.19	Neil Cochran (SCO)	2:04.34
400 Metres Individual Medley	Alex Baumann (CAN)	4:18.29	Rob Woodhouse (AUS)	4:22.51	Steve Poulter (ENG)	4:24.71
4 x 100 Metres Freestyle Relay		3:21.58		3:22.98		3:25.01
4 x 200 Metres Freestyle Relay		7:23.49		7:29.52		7:33.39
4 x 100 Metres Medley Relay		3:44.00		3:44.85		3:45.86
Women
100 Metres Freestyle	Jane Kerr (CAN)	57.62	Angela Harris (Russell) (AUS)	57.64	Nicola Fibbens (ENG)	57.66
200 Metres Freestyle	Susie Baumer (AUS)	2:00.61	Jane Kerr (CAN)	2:03.40	Ruth Gilfillan (SCO)	2:03.88
400 Metres Freestyle	Sarah Hardcastle Sarah Hardcastle Sarah Lucy Hardcastle is a former freestyle swimmer from England. She won a bronze and a silver medal as a fifteen-year old at the 1984 in Los Angeles, California... (ENG)	4:07.68	Susie Baumer (AUS)	4:12.77	Jenny Burke (AUS)	4:14.22
800 Metres Freestyle	Sarah Hardcastle (ENG)	8:24.77	Julie McDonald (AUS)	8:29.52	Jenny Burke (AUS)	8:41.64
100 Metres Backstroke	Sylvia Hume (NZL)	1:04.00	Georgina Parkes (AUS)	1:04.07	Nicole Livingstone (AUS)	1:04.42
200 Metres Backstroke	Georgina Parkes (AUS)	2:14.88	Kathy Read (ENG)	2:16.92	Jodi McGibbon (AUS)	2:17.66
100 Metres Breaststroke	Allison Higson (CAN)	1:10.84	Jean Hill (SCO)	1:11.38	Dimity Douglas (AUS)	1:11.98
200 Metres Breaststroke	Allison Higson (CAN)	2:31.20	Cindy Õunpuu (CAN)	2:32.63	Dimity Douglas (AUS)	2:34.54
100 Metres Butterfly	Caroline Cooper (ENG)	1:02.12	Caroline Foot (ENG)	1:02.30	Samantha Purvis (ENG)	1:02.49
200 Metres Butterfly	Donna McGinnis (CAN)	2:11.97	Karen Phillips (AUS)	2:12.71	Jill Horstead (CAN)	2:14.53
200 Metres Individual Medley	Suzanne Landells (AUS)	2:17.02	Jean Hill (SCO)	2:17.21	Jane Kerr (CAN)	2:18.73
400 Metres Individual Medley	Suzanne Landells (AUS)	4:45.82	Jodie Clatworthy (AUS)	4:49.67	Sarah Hardcastle (ENG)	4:50.52
4 x 100 Metres Freestyle Relay		3:48.45		3:49.65		3:50.06
4 x 200 Metres Freestyle Relay		8:12.09		8:13.70		8:20.78
4 x 100 Metres Medley Relay		4:13.48		4:14.89		4:15.06
Synchronised Swimming - Solo	Sylvie Fréchette (CAN)	199.5	Jackie Dodd (ENG)	188.05	Katie Stadlier (NZL)	175.08
Synchronised Swimming - Duet	Michelle Cameron Carolyn Waldo Carolyn Waldo Carolyn Jane Waldo, OC is a former synchronized swimmer from Canada.Competing both as a solo and as part of a duo with Michelle Cameron, Waldo experienced tremendous success in international competition...	199.54	Jackie Dodd Nicola Shearn	186.59	Lisa Lieschke Donna Rankin	173

Diving

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Shaun Panayi (AUS)	648.33	John Nash (CAN)	647.64	Craig Rogerson (AUS)	620.43
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Craig Rogerson (AUS)	600.87	David Bédard (CAN)	576.81	Bobby Morgan (WAL)	561.54
Women
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Debbie Fuller (CAN)	513.09	Jenny Donnet (AUS)	494.52	Kathy Keleman (CAN)	484.65
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Debbie Fuller (CAN)	431.61	Valerie Beddoe (AUS)	414.78	Julie Kent (AUS)	411.13

Weightlifting

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Flyweight - Overall	Greg Hayman (AUS)	212.5	Charlie Revolta (SCO)	185	Alan Ogilvie (SCO)	177.5
Bantamweight - Overall	Nick Voukelatos (AUS)	245	Clayton Chelley (NZL)	217.5	Teo Yong Joo (SIN)	215
Featherweight - Overall	Ray Williams (WAL)	252.5	David Lowenstein (AUS)	250	Jeffrey Brice (WAL)	235
Lightweight - Overall	Dean Willey (ENG)	315	Ron Laycock (AUS)	307.5	Langis Côté (CAN)	290
Middleweight - Overall	Bill Stellios (AUS)	302.5	Louis Payer (CAN)	300	Neil Taylor (WAL)	270
Light Heavyweight - Overall	David Morgan (WAL)	350	Robert Kabbas (AUS)	325	Peter May (ENG)	317.5
Middle Heavyweight - Overall	Keith Boxell (ENG)	350	David Mercer (ENG)	342.5	Guy Greavette (CAN)	340
Sub Heavyweight - Overall	Denis Garon (CAN)	360	Duncan Dawkins (ENG)	332.5	Andrew Saxton (ENG)	327.5
Heavyweight - Overall	Kevin Roy (CAN)	375	Gino Frantangelo (AUS)	372.5	Andrew Davies (WAL)	370
Super Heavyweight - Overall	Dean Lukin (AUS)	392.5	David Bolduc (CAN)	347.5	Charles Garzarella (AUS)	342.5

Wrestling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Light Flyweight	Ron Moncur (CAN)	Duncan Burns (ENG)	David Connelly (SCO)
Flyweight	Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	James McAlary (AUS)	Nigel Donahue (ENG)
Bantamweight	Mitch Ostberg (CAN)	Steve Reinsfield (NZL)	Brian Aspen (ENG)
Featherweight	Paul Hughes (CAN)	Dan Cumming (AUS)	Stephen Bell (NZL)
Lightweight	Dave McKay (CAN)	Zsigmund Kelevitz (AUS)	Stephen Cooper (ENG)
Welterweight	Gary Holmes (CAN)	George Marsh (AUS)	Fitzlloyd Walker (ENG)
Middleweight	Chris Rinke (CAN)	Wally Koenig (AUS)	Anthony Bell (ENG)
Light Heavyweight	Noel Loban (ENG)	Doug Cox (CAN)	Graeme English (SCO)
Heavyweight	Clark Davis (CAN)	Robert Algie (NZL)	David Kilpin (ENG)
Super Heavyweight	Wayne Brightwell (CAN)	Albert Patrick (SCO)	Keith Peache (ENG)

Badminton

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed
Mixed Team
Mixed Doubles	Mike Scandolera Audrey Tucker	Andy Goode Fiona Elliott	Billy Gilliland Christine Heatly
Men
Men's Singles	Steve Baddeley (ENG)	Sze Yu (AUS)	Nick Yates (ENG)
Men's Doubles	Billy Gilliland Dan Travers	Andy Goode Nigel Tier	Kerrin Harrison Glenn Stewart
Women
Women's Singles	Helen Troke (ENG)	Fiona Elliott (ENG)	Gillian Clark (ENG)
Women's Doubles	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	Johanne Falardeau Denyse Julian	Fiona Elliott Helen Troke

External links

Commonwealth Games Official Site
1986 Commonwealth Games - Australian Commonwealth Games website
Video of the Opening Ceremony