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1986 Commonwealth Games Information

The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland for the second time. The Games were held from 24 July-2 August 1986.

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Organisation and Controversy

Despite the popular success of the previous 1970 British Commonwealth Games 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. In all 32 of the 59 Commonwealth nations due to take part boycotted the Games. The boycott was over the Thatcher Government's attitude towards British sporting links with apartheid-era South Africa. 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 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. [1]

Several participants were excluded because they breached the amateurism rules; lawn bowlers Phil Skoglund from New Zealand and Willie Wood from Scotland, both of whom have competed in subsequent games.

Participating Countries

Participating countries

Because of the boycott only 28 countries took part in the games with the Maldives and Norfolk Island making their first appearance in the games.

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-style Gymnastics routines. The theme song "Spirit of Youth" was written by Gerard Kenny. The ceremony began on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle with hundreds of schoolchildren running from there down the Royal Mile, through Holyrood Park to Meadowbank Stadium [2]. The Bermudan team took part in the opening ceremony, before being ordered to boycott the games and leave.

Venues

Sponsors

Medals by country

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
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
Total 163 163 176 502

Medals by event

Aquatics

Main article: Aquatics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Badminton

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

Fiona Elliott Helen Troke

Bowls

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

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight Scott Olson (CAN) Mark Epton (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 (CAN) Neil Haddock (WAL) Byton Mphande (MAW) Joe Jacobs (ENG)
Light Welterweight Howard Grant (CAN) David 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 (AUS) Patrick Tinney (NIR) George Ferrie (SCO)
Light Heavyweight Jim Moran (ENG) Harry Lawson (SCO) Brett Kosolofski (CAN)
Heavyweight Jimmy Thunder Peau (NZL) Douggie Young (SCO) Dominic D'Amico (CAN) Eric Cardouza (ENG)
Super Heavyweight Lennox Lewis (CAN) Aneurin Evans (WAL) James Oyebola (ENG)

Cycling

Track

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Time Trial Martin Vinnicombe (AUS) 00:01:06 Gary Anderson (NZL) 00:01:06 Maxwell Rainsford (AUS) 00:01:07
Sprint Gary Neiwand (AUS) Alex Ongaro (CAN) Eddie Alexander (SCO)
Individual Pursuit Dean Woods (AUS) 00:04:44 Colin Sturgess (ENG) 00:04:51 Gary Anderson (NZL) 00:04:54
Team Pursuit Australia Glenn Clarke Brett Dutton Bill Hardy Wayne McCarney Dean Woods 00:04:27 New Zealand Gary Anderson Russell Clune Stephen Swart Andrew Whitford 00:04:34 England Chris Boardman 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 England 02:13:16 New Zealand 02:14:50 Northern Ireland 02:16:13

Rowing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Single Sculls England Steve Redgrave 00:07:28 Australia Richard Powell 00:07:33 New Zealand Eric Verdonk 00:07:39
Double Sculls Canada Bruce Ford Pat Walter 00:06:19 Australia Paul Reedy Brenton Terrell 00:06:21 England Carl Smith Alan Whitwell 00:06:34
Coxless Pairs England Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave 00:06:40 New Zealand Barrie Mabbott Ian Wright 00:06:43 Scotland Ewan Stuart David Riches 00:06:43
Coxless Fours Canada Grant Mann Kevin Neufeld Paul Steele Pat Turner 00:06:01 New Zealand Andrew Stevenson Shane O'Brien Neil Gibson Don Symon 00:06:01 England Graham Faultless Richard Ireland Mostyn Field Humphrey Hatton 00:06:06
Coxed Fours England Martin Cross Adam Clift Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave Adrian Ellison 00:06:08 New Zealand Nigel Atherfold Chris White Greg Johnston Bruce Holden Andrew Bird 00:06:10 Australia Mark Doyle James Galloway Michael McKay James Tomkins Dale Caterson 00:06:11
Eights Australia 00:05:44 England 00:05:46 New Zealand 00:05:48
Lightweight Single Sculls Australia Peter Antonie 00:07:16 Canada Peter Tattersall 00:07:27 England Carl Smith 00:07:27
Lightweight Coxless Fours England Christopher Bates Peter Haining Neil Staite Stuart Forbes 00:06:26 Australia Simon Cook Brian Digby Merrick Howes Joseph Joyce 00:06:28 Canada Dave Henry Brian Peaker Bob Thomas Ryan Tierney 00:06:36
Women
Single Sculls New Zealand Stephanie Foster 00:07:43 Canada Lisa Wright 00:07:49 England Gillian Bond 00:07:53
Double Sculls New Zealand Stephanie Foster Robin Clarke 00:07:22 Canada Heather Clarke Lisa Robertson 00:07:49 England Diane Prince Claire Parker 00:07:55
Coxless Pairs Canada Kathryn Barr Andrea Schreiner 00:07:35 England Pauline Bird Fiona Johnson 00:07:42 Australia Catherine Hall Alison Smith 00:07:53
Coxed Fours Canada Tina Clarke Tricia Smith Lesley Thompson Jane Tregunno Jenny Wallinga 00:06:50 Australia Debbie Bassett Susan Chapman-Popa Robyn Grey-Gardner Marilyn Kidd Kaylynn Fry 00:06:54 England Joanne Gough Elizabeth Callaway Kate Holroyd Patricia Reid Alison Norrish 00:07:06
Eights Australia 00:06:44 England 00:06:46 Canada NTT
Lightweight Single Sculls Australia Adair Ferguson 00:07:45 New Zealand Philippa Baker 00:07:46 Canada Heather Hattin 00:07:52
Lightweight Coxless Fours England Alexa Forbes Gillian Hodges Linda Clark Judith Burne 00:06:55 Australia Deborah Clingeleffer Amanda Cross Virginia Lee Karin Riedel 00:07:00 Canada Anne Drost Marni Hamilton Marlene van der Horst Wendy Wiebe 00:07:01

Shooting

Pistol

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men/Open
Free Pistol Greg Yelavich (NZL) 551 Phil Adams (AUS) Ho Kar Fai (HKG) 549
Free Pistol - Pairs Canada Tom Guinn Claude Beaulieu 1099 England Paul Leatherdale Richard Wang 1090 Australia 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 (NZL) 575 Tom Guinn (CAN) 574 Gilbert U (HKG) 574
Air Pistol - Pairs England Paul Leatherdale Ian Reid 1143 Australia Phil Adams Bruce Favell 1143 New Zealand Greg Yelavich 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 Canada Michael Ashcroft Gale Stewart 1175 Australia Donald Brook Alan Smith 1171 Wales 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 England Malcolm Cooper Sarah Cooper 2278 Canada Jean-François Sénécal Michael Dion 2276 Scotland Alister Allan Bill MacNeill 2241
Full Bore Rifle Stan Golinski (AUS) 396 Alain Marion (CAN) 396 John Bloomfield (ENG) 395
Full Bore Rifle - Pairs Canada Bill Baldwin Alain Marion 583 Australia James Corbett Stan Golinski 583 Northern Ireland David Calvert Martin Millar 582
Air Rifle Guy Lorion (CAN) 588 Sharon Bowes (CAN) 583 Malcolm Cooper (ENG) 582
Air Rifle - Pairs Canada Guy Lorion Sharon Bowes 1167 Australia Wolfgang Jobst Anton Wurfel 1151 England 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 England Peter Boden Ian Peel 185 Northern Ireland Tom Hewitt Eamon Furphy 183 Australia Terry Rumbel Domingo Diaz 183
Skeet Nigel Kelly (IOM) 196 Joe Neville (ENG) Brian Gabriel (CAN) 195
Skeet - Pairs England Joe Neville Ken Harman 195 Canada Brian Gabriel Don Kwasyncia 193 New Zealand John Woolley Jeff Farrell 189

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)

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