New Zealand at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 127 competitors and 45 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was sculler Stephanie Foster.[1] The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 38 medals, eight of which were gold.

New Zealand at the
1986 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeNZL
CGANew Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Websitewww.olympic.org.nz
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Competitors127
Flag bearersOpening: Stephanie Foster
Closing:
Officials45
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
8
Silver
16
Bronze
14
Total
38
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables edit

Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Jimmy Peau Boxing Men's heavyweight
  Gold Ian Dickison Lawn bowls Men's singles
  Gold Robin Clarke
Stephanie Foster
Rowing Women's double scull
  Gold Stephanie Foster Rowing Women's single scull
  Gold Greg Yelavich Shooting Open air pistol
  Gold Greg Yelavich Shooting Open free pistol
  Gold Sylvia Hume Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke
  Gold Anthony Mosse Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly
  Silver Anne Audain Athletics Women's 10,000 m
  Silver Lorraine Moller Athletics Women's marathon
  Silver Gary Anderson Cycling Men's 1 km time trial
  Silver Gary Anderson
Russell Clune
Stephen Swart
Andrew Whitford
Cycling Men's 4000 m team pursuit
  Silver Blair Cox
Greg Fraine
Paul Leitch
Graeme Miller
Cycling Men's 100 km team time trial
  Silver Brian Fowler Cycling Men's individual road race
  Silver Nigel Atherfold
Andrew Bird
Bruce Holden
Greg Johnston
Chris White
Rowing Men's coxed four
  Silver Philippa Baker
Andrew Bird
Bruce Holden
Greg Johnston
Chris White
Rowing Women's lightweight single scull
  Silver Neil Gibson
Shane O'Brien
Andrew Stevenson
Don Symon
Rowing Men's coxless four
  Silver Barrie Mabbott
Ian Wright
Rowing Men's coxless pair
  Silver Paul Kingsman Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke
  Silver Paul Kingsman Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke
  Silver Anthony Mosse Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly
  Silver Clayton Chelley Weightlifting Men's bantamweight
  Silver Robert Algie Wrestling Men's heavyweight
  Silver Steve Reinsfield Wrestling Men's bantamweight
  Bronze Gavin Lovegrove Athletics Men's javelin throw
  Bronze Simon Poelman Athletics Men's decathlon
  Bronze Kerrin Harrison
Glenn Stewart
Badminton Men's doubles
  Bronze Johnny Wallace Boxing Men's featherweight
  Bronze Gary Anderson Cycling Men's 10 mile scratch race
  Bronze Gary Anderson Cycling Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
  Bronze Mike Burrell
Neil Gibson
Andy Hay
Barrie Mabbott
Shane O'Brien
Andrew Stevenson
Don Symon
Carl Vincent
Ian Wright
Rowing Men's eight
  Bronze Eric Verdonk Rowing Men's single scull
  Bronze John Farrell
John Woolley
Shooting Open skeet pairs
  Bronze Rex Hamilton
Barry O'Neale
Shooting Open centre-fire pistol pairs
  Bronze Barrie Wickins
Greg Yelavich
Shooting Open air pistol pairs
  Bronze Mike Davidson Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
  Bronze Katie Sadleir Synchronised
swimming
Women's solo
  Bronze Stephen Bell Wrestling Men's featherweight
Medals by sport
Sport       Total
Rowing 2 4 2 8
Swimming 2 3 1 6
Shooting 2 0 3 5
Boxing 1 0 1 2
Lawn bowls 1 0 0 1
Cycling 0 4 2 6
Athletics 0 2 2 4
Wrestling 0 2 1 3
Weightlifting 0 1 0 1
Badminton 0 0 1 1
Synchronised swimming 0 0 1 1
Total 8 16 14 38
Medals by gender
Gender       Total
Male 3 13 10 26
Female 3 3 1 7
Mixed / open 2 0 3 5
Total 8 16 14 38

Competitors edit

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 13 12 25
Badminton 4 4 8
Boxing 5 5
Cycling 15 15
Diving 2 1 3
Lawn bowls 7 7 14
Rowing 21 2 23
Shooting 11 0 11
Swimming 9 4 13
Synchronised swimming 1 1
Weightlifting 4 4
Wrestling 5 5
Total 96 31 127

Athletics edit

Track and road edit

Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank[i] Result Rank
Anne Audain Women's 10,000 m 31:53.31  
John Bowden Men's 10,000 m 29:25.65 9
David Burridge Men's 5000 m 13:36.79 6
John Campbell Men's marathon 2:21:25 13
Murray Day Men's 30 km walk 2:15:11 6
Debbie Elsmore Women's 10,000 m DNF
Terry Genge Women's 100 m hurdles 14.06 8 did not advance
Michael Gilchrist Men's 1500 m 3:45.91 6 did not advance
Men's 3000 m steeplechase 8:43.96 6
Anne Hare Women's 1500 m 4:14.44 5 q 4:17.56 9
Christine McMiken Women's 10,000 m DNF
Lorraine Moller Women's 3000 m 9:03.89 5
Women's marathon 2:28:17  
Mary O'Connor Women's marathon 2:46.48 9
Wayne Paul Men's 5000 m 53.39 4 did not advance
Christine Pfitzinger Women's 1500 m 4:27.70 4 Q 4:16.81 6
Women's 3000 m 9:09.35 6
Peter Renner Men's 1500 m 3:47.06 9 did not advance
Men's 3000 m steeplechase 8:27.12 4
Kerry Rodger Men's 5000 m 13:52.04 11
Graham Seatter Men's 30 km walk 2:22:48 9
Lynette Stock Women's 100 m hurdles 13.67 5 did not advance
John Walker Men's 5000 m 13:35.34 5
  1. ^ Ranks given are within the heat

Field edit

Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Gavin Lovegrove Men's javelin throw 76.22 m  
Jayne Moffitt Women's long jump 6.19 m 6
Lyn Osmers Women's javelin throw 38.70 m 12
John Stapylton-Smith Men's javelin throw 65.76 m 9
Trudy Woodhead Women's high jump 1.86 m 6

Combined edit

Men's decathlon
Athlete 100 m Long jump Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m hurdles Discus throw Pole vault Javelin throw 1500 m Overall points Rank
Simon Poelman 10.80
906 pts
7.02 m
818 pts
14.32 m
748 pts
2.05 m
850 pts
51.07
766 pts
14.51
910 pts
44.40 m
754 pts
4.80 m
849 pts
56.68 m
688 pts
4:32.87
726 pts
8015 pts  
Women's heptathlon
Athlete 100 m hurdles Shot put High jump 200 m Long jump Javelin throw 800 m Overall points Rank
Terry Genge 13.92
990 pts
13.22 m
742 pts
1.61 m
747 pts
25.60
833 pts
6.02 m
856 pts
34.68 m
566 pts
2:14.62
898 pts
5632 pts 6
Lyn Osmers 15.21
814 pts
11.33 m
617 pts
1.79 m
966 pts
26.38
764 pts
5.75 m
774 pts
48.74 m
836 pts
2:26.29
740 pts
5511 pts 7

Badminton edit

Singles edit

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Kerrin Harrison Men's singles Bye   Rees (WAL)
W 9–15 15–10 15–5
  Butler (CAN)
L 5–15 8–15
did not advance
Phil Horne Men's singles Bye   Sutton (WAL)
W 15–12 15–11
  Scandolera (AUS)
W W/O
  Yates (ENG)
L 2–15 2–15
did not advance
Katrin Lockey Women's singles Bye   Gammie (GUE)
W 11–0 11–0
  Troke (ENG)
L 4–11 1–11
did not advance
Karen Phillips Women's singles Bye   Clark (ENG)
L 3–11 2–11
did not advance
Graeme Robson Men's singles Bye   Tse (HKG)
W 15–4 15–5
  McKenna (GUE)
W 15–3 15–4
  Baddeley (ENG)
L 5–15 9–15
did not advance
Glenn Stewart Men's singles Bye   Le Tisser (GUE)
W 15–0 15–5
  Sze (AUS)
L 8–15 1–15
did not advance
Toni Whittaker Women's singles Bye   Tong (HKG)
W 12–9 11–5
  Gowers (ENG)
L 2–11 8–11
did not advance

Doubles edit

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Kerrin Harrison
Glenn Stewart
Men's doubles   Sutton / Spencer (WAL)
W 15–10 15–9
  Podger / Stuart (GUE)
W 15–1 15–5
  De Belle / Bitten (CAN)
W 12–15 15–10 18–13
  Goode / Tier (ENG)
L 9–15 5–15
  Scandolera / Kong (AUS)
W 15–12 15–11
 
Phil Horne
Graeme Robson
Men's doubles Bye   Gilliland / Travers (SCO)
L 2–15 15–11 14–18
did not advance
Katrin Lockey
Toni Whittaker
Women's doubles   Chan / Poon (HKG)
W 18–14 15–7
  Troke / Elliott (ENG)
L 12–15 5–15
did not advance
Karen Phillips
Ann Stephens (NIR)
Women's doubles   Troke / Elliott (ENG)
L 4–15 2–15
did not advance
Phil Horne
Katrin Lockey
Mixed doubles   Pringle / Allen (SCO)
L 15–11 13–18 5–15
did not advance
Graeme Robson
Toni Whittaker
Mixed doubles   Butler / Sharpe (CAN)
L 10–15 12–15
did not advance
Glenn Stewart
Karen Phillips
Mixed doubles   Keag / Stephens (NIR)
W 15–8 5–15 15–9
  Goss / Skillings (CAN)
W 15–5 15–10
  Gilliland / Heatly (SCO)
L 5–15 3–15
did not advance

Teams edit

Athlete Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Kerrin Harrison
Phil Horne
Katrin Lockey
Karen Phillips
Graeme Robson
Glenn Stewart
Toni Whittaker
Mixed team   England
L 1–4
  Australia
L 1–4
  Northern Ireland
W 5–0
  Wales
W 5–0
did not advance

Boxing edit

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Shane Buckley Bantamweight   Evans (CAN)
L
did not advance
Johnny Wallace Featherweight Bye   Mkangala (MAW)
W
  Downey (CAN)
L
Did not advance  
Apelu Ioane Light welterweight Bye   Clencie (AUS)
L
did not advance
Raeli Raeli Light heavyweight   Kosolofski (CAN)
L
did not advance
Jimmy Peau Heavyweight Bye   D'Amico (CAN)
W
  Young (SCO)
W
 

Cycling edit

Road edit

Athlete Event Time Rank
Stephen Cox Men's individual road race 4:11:25 7
Brian Fowler Men's individual road race 4:08:50  
Craig Griffin Men's individual road race 4:12:47 11
Graeme Miller Men's individual road race 4:11:19 5
Blair Cox
Greg Fraine
Paul Leitch
Graeme Miller
Men's 100 km team time trial 2:14:50  

Track edit

Men's 1000 m sprint
Athlete Round 1 First-round
repechages
Round 2 Second-round
repechages
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Mike McRedmond L W L W   Neiwand (AUS)
L, L
did not advance 6
William Rastrick W Bye L W   Alexander (SCO)
L, L
did not advance 5
Murray Steele L W L L did not advance
Men's 1 km time trial
Athlete Time Rank
Gary Anderson 1:06.334  
Pierre Jordan 1:08.633 9
Murray Steele 1:08.661 10
Men's 4000 m pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Opponent
Result
Gary Anderson Individual pursuit 4:54.87 4 Q   Patterson (AUS)
W 4:52.11
  Sturgess (ENG)
L
  Muzio (ENG)
W 4:51.073
 
Stephen Swart Individual pursuit 5:04.27 10 did not advance
Andrew Whitford Individual pursuit 4:56.08 6 Q   Sturgess (ENG)
L
did not advance 6
Gary Anderson
Russell Clune
Stephen Swart
Andrew Whitford
Team pursuit 4:29.87 2 Q   England
W 4:29.17
  Australia
L
 
Men's 10 miles scratch race
Athlete Time Rank
Gary Anderson  
Murray Steele 11

Diving edit

Athlete Event Points Rank
Nicky Cooney Women's 3 m springboard 469.62 5
Mark Graham Men's 3 m springboard 478.14 13
Raymond Vallance Men's 3 m springboard 528.21 9
Men's 10 m platform 449.37 11

Lawn bowls edit

Athlete Event Round robin Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Ian Dickison Men's singles   Young (MAW)
W 21–16
  Thomson (ENG)
W 21–20
  Bosley (HKG)
W 21–4
  Smith (GUE)
W 21–8
  Fong (FIJ)
W 21–14
  Le Marquand (JER)
W 21–12
  Wallace (CAN)
W 21–20
  David (BOT)
W 21–16
  Schuback (AUS)
W 21–10
  Hill (WAL)
W 21–15
  Corsie (SCO)
W 21–12
  Espie (NIR)
L 18–21
 
Maurice Symes
Wayne Nairn
Men's pairs   Jersey
D 21–21
  Australia
W 23–18
  Fiji
W 23–17
  Northern Ireland
L 12–20
  England
L 15–22
  Canada
L 17–19
  Botswana
W 25–14
  Wales
L 15–24
  Guernsey
W 24–21
  Malawi
W 25–14
  Scotland
L 13–17
  Hong Kong
L 20–23
7
Stewart McConnell
Keith Slight
John Murtagh
Morgan Moffat
Men's fours   Northern Ireland
L 13–27
  Guernsey
W 17–13
  Hong Kong
W 21–18
  Fiji
W 32–10
  England
W 22–19
  Canada
W 20–14
  Botswana
L 16–23
  Australia
L 17–23
  Wales
L 15–21
  Swaziland
W 29–14
  Scotland
W 25–17
4
Rhoda Ryan Women's singles   Blattman (JER)
W 21–16
  McCrone (SCO)
L 18–21
  Le Tissier (GUE)
W 21–10
  Humphreys (HKG)
L 14–21
  Lum On (FIJ)
L 20–21
  Hunter (CAN)
W 21–7
  Line (ENG)
L 4–21
  Anderson (BOT)
L 18–21
  Fahey (AUS)
L 19–21
  Dainton (WAL)
W 21–5
  Bell (NIR)
W 21–19
9
Joyce Osborne
Millie Khan
Women's pairs   Fiji
W 26–12
  Hong Kong
L 14–25
  Guernsey
L 16–21
  Northern Ireland
L
  England
L
  Canada
W 23–19
  Botswana
W 36–8
  Australia
W 19–16
  Wales
W 26–19
  Scotland
L 20–22
6
Daphne Le Breton
Vera Bindon
Denise Page
Jennifer Simpson
Women's fours   Australia
L 13–27
  Scotland
L 18–22
  Hong Kong
W 28–19
  Guernsey
W 21–12
  England
L 9–32
  Fiji
L 15–29
  Canada
W 21–15
  Botswana
W 26–18
  Malawi
W 30–11
  Wales
L 14–17
  Northern Ireland
W 24–16
  Swaziland
W 33–10
5

Rowing edit

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Eric Verdonk Men's single scull 7:23.74 2 R 7:22.38 1 Q 7:39.11  
Stephanie Foster Women's single scull 7:43.22 GR  
Dale Maher
Eric Verdonk
Men's double scull 7:24.70 2 R 6:46.44 2 Q 6:28.95 4
Robin Clarke
Stephanie Foster
Women's double scull 7:21.52  
Dale Maher Men's lightweight single scull 7:41.55 3 R 7:33.50 4 Q 7:44.14 6
Philippa Baker Women's lightweight single scull 7:45.82  
Barrie Mabbott
Ian Wright
Men's coxless pair 7:27.76 2 R 7:15.78 2 Q 6:42.63  
Andrew Stevenson
Don Symon
Neil Gibson
Shane O'Brien
Men's coxless four 6:42.41 1 Q Bye 6:00.85  
Bruce Holden
Chris White
Greg Johnston
Nigel Atherfold
Andrew Bird
(cox)
Men's coxed four 6:30.99 2 R 6:48.30 2 Q 6:09.89  
Gary Hay
Martin Eade
Michael Westenra
Simon Koller
Men's lightweight coxless four 6:37.14 4
Andrew Stevenson
Barrie Mabbott
Carl Vincent
Don Symon
Ian Wright
Mike Burrell
Neil Gibson
Shane O'Brien
Andy Hay
(cox)
Men's eight 5:47.97  

Shooting edit

Pistol edit

Athlete Event Points Rank
Rex Hamilton Open centre-fire pistol 579 4
Open free pistol 547 4
Barry O'Neale Open centre-fire pistol 577 5
Open rapid-fire pistol 567 14
Barrie Wickins Open air pistol 570 6
Greg Yelavich Open air pistol 575  
Open free pistol 551  
Barrie Wickins
Greg Yelavich
Open air pistol pairs 1140  
Rex Hamilton
Barry O'Neale
Open centre-fire pistol pairs 1153  
Rex Hamilton
Greg Yelavich
Open free pistol pairs 1067 5

Rifle edit

Athlete Event Points Rank
Eddie Adlam Open air rifle 574 8
Open small-bore rifle 3 position 1136 6
Chester Burt Open full-bore rifle 389 11
Frank Godfrey Open full-bore rifle 388 14
Roger Harvey Open small-bore rifle prone 593 13
Stephen Petterson Open air rifle 561 13
Open small-bore rifle prone 594 8
Eddie Adlam
Stephen Petterson
Open air rifle pair 1118 7
Open small-bore rifle 3 position pair 2198 6
Chester Burt
Frank Godfrey
Open full-bore rifle pairs 582 5
Roger Harvey
Stephen Petterson
Open small-bore rifle prone pair 1162 =4

Shotgun edit

Athlete Event Points Rank
John Farrell Open skeet 192 7
John Woolley Open skeet 194 4
John Farrell
John Woolley
Open skeet pairs 189  

Swimming edit

Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ross Anderson Men's 100 m butterfly 55.66 6 Q 55.93 7
Men's 200 m butterfly 2:03.01 6 Q 2:02.96 8
Men's 100 m freestyle 52.83 12 did not advance
Carmel Clark Women's 100 m backstroke 1:05.49 7 Q 1:05.34 7
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:19.36 4 Q 2:19.29 5
Women's 200 m individual medley 2:24.43 11 did not advance
Mike Davidson Men's 200 m freestyle 1:57.89 13 did not advance
Men's 400 m freestyle 3:58.96 6 Q 3:56.96  
Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:55.23 7 Q 15:38.54 6
Grant Forbes Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:05.89 8 Q 1:06.34 8
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:24.89 12 did not advance
Brent Foster Men's 200 m freestyle 1:59.07 16 did not advance
Men's 400 m freestyle 4:15.75 14 did not advance
Men's 200 m individual medley 2:14.25 13 did not advance
Men's 400 m individual medley 4:43.33 11 did not advance
Sylvia Hume Women's 100 m backstroke 1:05.02 3 Q 1:04.00  
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:21.95 9 did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 1:01.83 22 did not advance
Gary Hurring Men's 100 m backstroke 58.97 11 did not advance
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:10.20 14 did not advance
Paul Kingsman Men's 100 m backstroke 57.76 2 Q 57.17  
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:05.19 3 Q 2:02.90  
Richard Lockhart Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:06.74 13 did not advance
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:25.50 13 did not advance
Fiona McLay Women's 100 m freestyle 59.62 11 did not advance
Women's 200 m freestyle 2:04.95 4 Q 2:04.01 4
Women's 400 m freestyle 4:32.52 14 did not advance
Anthony Mosse Men's 100 m butterfly 54.61 2 Q 54.31  
Men's 200 m butterfly 2:00.26 2 Q 1:57.27 GR  
Kirk Torrance Men's 100 m backstroke 58.81 9 did not advance
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:06.63 8 Q 2:07.79 8
Men's 100 m butterfly 58.10 15 did not advance
Kerrylyne Torrance Women's 100 m backstroke 1:06.16 10 did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:21.45 7 Q 2:19.87 6
Women's 100 m butterfly 1:05.64 12 did not advance
Women's 100 m freestyle 1:02.44 24 did not advance
Paul Kingsman
Anthony Mosse
Grant Forbes
Ross Anderson
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 3:54.84 3 Q 3:48.58 4
Carmel Clark
Fiona McLay
Kerrylyne Torrance
Sylvia Hume
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:02.43 5

Synchronised swimming edit

Athlete Event Points Rank
Katie Sadleir Women's solo 175.08  

Weightlifting edit

Athlete Event Snatch Clean and jerk Total Rank
Clayton Chelley Bantamweight 95.0 kg 122.5 kg 217.5 kg  
Michael Bernard Light heavyweight NVL DNF
Allister Nalder Middle heavyweight 147.5 kg NVL DNF
Kevin Blake Sub heavyweight 147.5 kg 175.0 kg 322.5 kg 5

Wrestling edit

Athlete Event Group rounds Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Shane Stannett Flyweight   McAlary (AUS)
L
  Giordmania (MLT)
W
  Donohue (ENG)
L
4
Steve Reinsfield Bantamweight   Farrugia (MLT)
W
  Nedley (SCO)
W
  Ostberg (CAN)
L
 
Stephen Bell Bantamweight   Bowman (NIR)
W
  Hughes (CAN)
L
  Beswick (ENG)
W
 
Zane Coleman Welterweight   Marsh (AUS)
L
  McNeil (SCO)
L
did not advance
Robert Algie Heavyweight   Kilpin (ENG)
W
  Robertson (SCO)
W
  Davis (CAN)
L
 

Officials edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Leggat, David (22 March 2021). "Where is she now? Stephanie Foster". Newsroom. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

External links edit