Jump to content

Wales at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wales at the
1986 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeWAL
CGACommonwealth Games Wales
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
6
Silver
5
Bronze
12
Total
23
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Wales competed in the 1986 Commonwealth Games between 24 July–2 August.[1]

Wales finished fifth in the medals table with 6 gold, 5 silver and 12 bronze medals.[2]

Medallists[edit]

Aquatics[edit]

The aquatics events were held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool.[2]

Diving[edit]

Men
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Robert Morgan Springboard 594.12 6[3]
Andy Budd 490.77 12[3]
Robert Morgan Highboard 561.54 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[4]

Swimming[edit]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Tony Day 400 metre freestyle 3:59.87 2 Q 3:58.20 5[5]
Ian Rosser 4:09.27 5 did not advance[5]
Steven Gywnne 4:05.01 6
Steven Gwynne 1500 metre freestyle 16:09.71 6 did not advance[6]
Ian Rosser 100 metre backstroke 1:00.17 6 did not advance[6]
Gareth Williams 1:02.71 7
Ian Rosser 200 metre backstroke 2:07.49 5 did not advance[7]
Gareth Williams 2:12.00 6
Bruce Perry 100 metre breaststroke 10.60 5 did not advance[5]
Perry Bruce 200 metre breaststroke disq. did not advance[3]
Gareth Williams 100 metre butterfly 1:02.77 6 did not advance[8]
Ian Roser 200 metre individual medley 2:12.02 4 did not advance[4]
Tony Day 400 metre Individual Medley 4:32.60 4 Q 4:30.02 7[8]
Steven Gwynne
Ian Rosser
Bruce Perry
Tony Day 		4x200 metre freestyle relay — 7:54.98 5[8]
Ian Rosser
Bruce Perry
Steven Gwynne
Gareth Williams 		4x100 metre medlay relay 4:09.56 4 Q 4:07.54 8[4]
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Samantha Lewis 100 metre freestyle 1:04.35 6 did not advance[5]
Maxine McKinnell 59.70 4
Nicky Cumbers 1:00.96 5
Nicky Cumbers 400 metre freestyle 4:31.08 6 did not advance[7]
Nicky Cumbers 800 metre freestyle 9:10.76 6 did notadvance[3]
Claire Reeve 100 metre breaststroke 1:15.87 5 did not advance[3]
Claire Tucker 1:13.90 3 Q 1:13.94 6[3]
Claire Tucker 200 metre breaststroke 2:39.39 4 did not advance[8]
Claire Reeve 2:43.74 5
Maxine McKinnell 100 metre butterfly 1:05.93 6 did not advance[3]
Samantha Lewis 200 metre butterfly 2:23.31 5 did not advance[4]
Nicky Cumbers 200 metre individual medley disq. did not advance[8]
Maxine McKinnell
Samantha Lewis
Claire Tucker
Nicky Cumbers 		4x100 metre freestyle relay — 4:02.99 6[7]
Claire Tucker
Claire Reeve
Samantha Lewsi
Maxine McKinnell 		4×100 metre medley relay — 4:30.70 5[6]

Athletics[edit]

Men
Track and road
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mal Edwards 800 metres 1:49.81 3 Q 1:49.33 4[3] 1:47.27 5[9]
Paul Williams 1:52.55 4 Q 1:48.52 6 did not advance[3]
Neil Horsfield 1500 metres — 3:42.83 3 Q[10] 3:57.08 9[11]
Steve Jones 10,000 metres — 28:02.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[8]
Nigel Walker 110 metres hurdle — 13.64 1 Q[8] 13.69 4[8]
Colin Jackson 13.69 1 Q[8] 13.42 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[7]
Roger Hackney 3000 metres steeplechase — 8:25.15 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[7]
Ieuan Ellis Marathon — 2:15.12 7[12]
Stephen Johnson 30 kilometres walk — 2:21.05 8[13]
Field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Shaun Pickering Shot put 16.79 8[11]
Shaun Pickering Discus throw 51.30 9[12]
Shaun Pickering Hammer throw 62.64 9[8]
Colin Mackenzie Javelin 70.82 7[11]
Women
Track and road
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Sallyanne Short 100 metres 11.60 5 q 11.74 8[7]
Helen Miles 11.63 6 did not advance[7]
Carmen Smart 11.83 6
Sian Morris 200 metres 23.82 4 q[3] 23.97 7[13]
Sallyanne Short 24.06 6 did not advance[3]
Sian Morris 400 metres 54.75 5 did not advance[8]
Kirsty Wade 800 metres 2:03.94 1 Q[3] 2:00.94 1st place, gold medalist(s)[13]
Kirsty Wade 1500 metres 4:27.20 2 Q[14] 4:10.91 1st place, gold medalist(s)[15]
Angela Tooby 10,000 metres — 32:25.38 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[3]
Susan Tooby 32:56.78 6[3]
Kay Morley 100 metres hurdles 13.52 4 q[13] 13.83 7[10]
Alyson Vandenbroek-Evans 400 metres hurdles 58.83 4 q[7] 58.31 8[3]
Helen Miles
Sian Morris
Sallyanne Short
Carmen Smart 		4 × 100 metres relay — 45.37 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[16]
Field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Gillian Regan Long jump 6.05 9[12]
Venissa Head Discus throw 56.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[17]
Karen Hough Javelin 53.32 6[13]

Badminton[edit]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/
Bronze Medal Match 		Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Lesley Roberts Women's singles  Bridget Hunt (GUE)
W (11–2, 11–6) 		 Fiona Elliott (ENG)
L (11–2, 11–1) 		did not advance[18]
Lyndon Williams
Chris Rees 		Men's doubles  Yeung Yik Kei
Hung Lai (HKG)
W (15–11, 15–8)[19] 		 Michael Scandolera
Paul Hong (AUS) 		did not advance[18]
 Wales Mixed team —  Australia (AUS) W (3–2)
 New Zealand (NZL) L (5–0)[8] 		did not advance[7]

Boxing[edit]

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Robert Regan Light flyweight (48kg)  Mark Epton (ENG) L did not advance[8]
Kerry Webber Flyweight (51kg) —  Leonard Makhanya (SWZ) L did not advance[4] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[20]
Sean Ward Bantamweight (54kg)  Glen Brooks (SCO) L did not advance[7]
Antonio Khan Featherweight (57kg)  Christopher Carleton (NIR) L did not advance[6]
Jonathan Alsop Light welterweight (63.5 kg)  Howard Grant (CAN) L did not advance[5]
Neil Haddock Lightweight (60kg) —  Lyton Mphande (MAW) W[4]  Asif Dar (CAN) L 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[20]
Cliff Piper Welterweight (67kg)  Darren Dyer (ENG) L did not advance[5]
Glyn Thomas Light middleweight (71kg)  Charles Mahlalela (SWZ) W[8]  Dan Sherry (CAN) L did not advance[4] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[20]
Paul Lewis Middleweight (75kg)  Jeff Harding (AUS) L did not advance[6]
Byron Pullen Light heavyweight (81kg)  Gerald Storey (NIR) W[8]  Harry Lawson (SCO) L did not advance[4] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[20]
Kevin McCormack Heavyweight (91kg)  Douglas Young (SCO) L did not advance[8]
Aneurin Evan Super Heavyweight (>91kg) —  Lennox Lewis (CAN) L 2nd place, silver medalist(s)[20]

Cycling[edit]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final/Bronze Medal Match
Time/
Score 		Rank Time/
Score 		Rank Time/
Score 		Rank Time/
Score 		Rank
Steve Paulding Time trial — 1:09.73 14[8]
Norton Davies 1:11.90 17[8]
Timothy Davies 1:12.05 18[8]
Timothy Davies Individual pursuit 5:07.00 12 did not advance[7]
Mark Adrian Westwood 5:39.28 17
 Wales Team pursuit 4:56.71 5 did not advance[13]
Stuart Coles
John Evans
Norman Hughes
Keith Jones 		Team time trial — 2:26.27 8[5]

Lawn bowls[edit]

The lawn bowls were held at Balgreen.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Round Robin Rank
Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score
Ray Hill Singles  Thomson (ENG)
L 21 - 19[21] 		 Fong (FIJ)
W 21-20[22] 		 Wallace (CAN)
L 21 - 18 		 David (BOT)
W 21 - 6[8] 		 Schuback (AUS)
L 21 - 15[7] 		 Smith (GUE)
W 21 - 6[3] 		 Corsie (SCO)
L 21 - 14[6] 		 Dickison (NZL)
L 21 - 15 		 Espie (NIR)
L 21 - 19[4] 		 Young (MAW)
W 21 - 15[13] 		 Le Marquand (JER)
W 21 - 18[23] 		 Bosley (HKG)
W 21 - 12 		7[12]
Spencer Wilshire
Lyn Perkins 		Pairs  Canada (CAN)
L 212 - 14 		 England (ENG)
W 21 - 19[21] 		 Botswana (BOT)
L 19 - 17 		 Guernsey (GUE)
W 26 - 21[8] 		 Australia (AUS)
L 18 - 17 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
W 22 - 13[7] 		 Scotland (SCO)
L 20 - 18[3] 		 New Zealand (NZL)
W 24 - 15 		 Fiji (FIJ)
W 22 - 12[6] 		 Jersey (JER)
W 27 - 17[4] 		 Malawi (MAW)
W 24 - 14 		 Northern Ireland (NIR)
W 19 - 18 		4[12]
Hafod Thomas
Jim Morgan
Robert Weale
Will Thomas[24] 		Fours  Canada (CAN)
D 21 - 21 		 England (ENG)
W 19 - 17[21] 		 Australia (AUS)
W 19 - 11[8] 		 Botswana (BOT)
W 25-17[7] 		 Swaziland (SWZ)
W 22 - 13[3] 		 Scotland (SCO)
W 22 - 13 		 Fiji (FIJ)
W 21 - 14[6] 		 Northern Ireland (NIR)
L 16 - 13[4] 		 New Zealand (NZL)
W 21 - 15[13] 		 Guernsey (GUE)
W 18 - 16[12] 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
L[16] 		— 1st place, gold medalist(s)[16]
Women
Athlete Event Round Robin Rank
Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score
Ann Dainton Singles  Lum On (FIJ)
L 21 - 19[5] 		 Line (ENG)
L 21 - 13[21] 		 Anderson (BOT)
W 21 - 19 		 Hunter (CAN)
W 21 - 1[8] 		 Fahey (AUS)
W 21 - 19[7] 		 Blattman (JER)
W 21 - 11[7] 		 Humphreys (HKG)
L 21 - 13[6] 		 McCrone (SCO)
L 21 - 19[4] 		 Ryan (NZL)
L 21 - 5 		 Bell (NIR)
L 21 - 11[13] 		 le Tissier (GUE)
W 21 - 3 		— 10[12]
Janet Ackland
Margaret Pomeroy 		Pairs  Canada (CAN)
L 19 - 16[21] 		 Botswana (BOT)
W 33 - 6[8] 		 Australia (AUS)
W 28 - 14[7] 		 Scotland (SCO)
W 23 - 17[3] 		 England (ENG)
W 25 - 16[6] 		 New Zealand (NZL)
L 16 - 19 		 Northern Ireland (NIR)
L 24 - 19[4] 		 Fiji (FIJ)
W 21 - 12[13] 		 Guernsey (GUE)
L 20 - 17 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
W 22 - 19 		— 5[12]
Linda Parker
Linda Evans
Joan Ricketts
Rita Jones[25] 		Fours  Botswana (BOT)
L 21 - 13 		 Australia (AUS)
W 21 - 18[8] 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
W 22 - 17[7] 		 Scotland (SCO)
L 26 - 16[3] 		 Swaziland (SWZ)
W 23 - 13 		 Guernsey (GUE)
W 23 - 9[6] 		 England (ENG)
W 25 - 21 		 Canada (CAN)
W 33 - 12[4] 		 Northern Ireland (NIR)
W 25 - 16 		 New Zealand (NZL)
W 17 - 14[13] 		 Malawi (MAW)
W[16] 		 Fiji (FIJ)
W 18 - 15[12] 		1st place, gold medalist(s)[12]

Rowing[edit]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chris Howell Single sculls 7:46.49 4 7:31.03 3 Q[5] 7:50.42 6[26]
Lewis Hancock
Robert Luke 		Double sculls 7:44.77 4 6:56.09 4 Q[3] 6:35.84 6[6]
Philip Gregory
Christopher Jones 		Coxless pairs 7:49.39 3 7:55.70 5 Q[3] 7:00.32 6[6]
David Kidwell
Iestyn Roberts
Chris Howell
Martin Hyndman 		Coxless fours 7:10.94 4 5[3] did not advance[6]
Nicholas Hartland
Paul Taylor
Ivor Lloyd
Michael Partridge
Chris Jenkins 		Coxed fours 7:42.10 3 6:52.07 4 Q[3] 6:41.07 6[6]
Guy Thomas
Iestyn Roberts
Michael Hnatiw
Robin Roberts
Ivor Lloyd
Paul Taylor
Nicholas Hartland
Michael Partridge
Chris Jenkins 		Eights — 6:20.81 6[8]
Robin Williams Lightweight single sculls 7:44.83 4 7:30.75 3 Q[5] 7:35.95 4[8]
David Kidwell
Stephen Redwood
Jeremy Edwards
Martin Hyndman 		Lightweight coxless fours — 6:43.83 5[8]
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Rhian Davies Single sculls 8:21.41 5[6]
Jo Treweek
Louise Kingsley
Katharine Hartland
Fiona Price 		Coxed fours 7:27.86 5[6]
Rhian Davies Lightweight single sculls 8:18.24 6[6]
Jo Treweek
Louise Kingsley
Katharine Hartland
Fiona Price 		Lightweight coxless four 7:11.70 4[6]

Shooting[edit]

Open events
Pistol
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Albie Fox Free Pistol 519 16[4]
David Nash Centre-Fire Pistol 571 10[12]
Steven Mitchell 567 13[12]
David Nash
Steven Mitchell 		Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs 1137 5[3]
Gareth Irving Rapid-Fire Pistol 582 4[4]
Michael Jay 576 10[4]
Gareth Irving
Michael Jay 		Rapid-Fire Pistol – Pairs 1150 4[27]
Rifle
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Terry Wakefield Rifle Prone 596 5[6]
Colin Harris 596 6[6]
Terry Wakefield
Colin Harris 		Rifle Prone – Pairs 1166 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[8]
David Arnold Rifle Three Positions 1121 10[13]
Chris Hockley Full Bore Rifle 389 12[13]
Chris Hockley
John Vivian, 4th Baron Swansea 		Full Bore Rifle – Pairs 565 10[3]
David Arnold Air Rifle 576 7[4]
Stuart Daltrey 573 9[4]
Stuart Daltrey
David Arnold 		Air Rifle – Pairs 1132 6[5]
Shotgun
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Roland Phillips Trap 192 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[6]
Stuart Clubbe 184 10[6]
Roland Phillips
Stuart Clubbe 		Trap – Pairs 174 6[5]
Terry Griffiths Skeet 184 15[12]
Phil Lewellyn 183 17[12]
Terry Griffiths
Phil Lewellyn 		Skeet – Pairs 168 10[8]

Weightlifting[edit]

Athlete Event Weight Lifted Total Rank
Snatch Clean & jerk
Chris Edward 56kg 87.5 107.5 195 5[5]
Ray Williams 60kg 102.5 132.5 235.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)[8]
Jeffrey Bryce 112.5 140.0 252.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[8]
Neil Taylor 75kg 120.0 150.0 170.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[7]
David Morgan 82.5kg 160.0 190.0 350.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)[7]
Gareth Hives 90kg 120.0 160.0 280.0 6[3]
Andrew Davies 110kg 170.0 200.0 370.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[6]
Steven Wilson 110kg plus 152.5 187.5 340.0 4[6]
Kenneth Webster 140.0 170.0 310.0 5[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1986 - Edinburgh". www.insidethegames.biz. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Results: Day Four". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Results: Day Six". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 August 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "All The Results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Results: Day Five". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 July 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "Results: Day Three". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 July 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Results: Day Two". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Results". Daily Post. No. 1 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Track and Field". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 2 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  11. ^ a b c "Games Results". Sunday Mercury. 3 August 1986. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Day Eight: All the Results". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Results: Day Seven". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 August 1986. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Results Round-up". Daily Post: The Paper for Wales. 2 August 1986. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Saturday results". Calgary Herald. 3 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  16. ^ a b c d "Results: Day Nine". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  17. ^ "Weekend Games Results". Daily Post: The Paper for Wales. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  18. ^ a b "Commonwealth Games: Wednesday's results". The Odessa American. 31 July 1986. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Your complete Commonwealth Games results round-up". Daily Post. No. 30 July 1986. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  20. ^ a b c d e "Commonwealth Games Results". The Vancouver Sun. 2 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  21. ^ a b c d e "Commonwealth Games". Calgary Herald. 26 July 1986. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  22. ^ "Welsh bowlers off to a flier". South Wales Echo. 2 August 1986. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  23. ^ "Games' Results". The Province. 3 August 1986. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  24. ^ "Wales bowl to a record". South Wales Echo. 1 August 1986. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  25. ^ "Rink Agony!...but a golden finish". South Wales Echo. 2 August 1986. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  26. ^ "Commonwealth Games". The Tennessean. 27 July 1986. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  27. ^ "Games results and round-up...from Saturday and Sunday". South Wales Echo. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wales_at_the_1986_Commonwealth_Games&oldid=1219040590"