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Zambia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Zambia competed in its ninth Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002. It was the third time that the nation had won a gold medal at the games and its most recent success.[1]

Zambia at the
2002 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Zambia
IOC codeZAM
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Zambia
in Manchester, Great Britain
25 July 2002 (2002-07-25) – 4 August 2002 (2002-08-04)
Competitors26 (21 men and 5 women) in 9 sports
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1962)

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 3 1 4
Badminton 1 1 2
Boxing 5 — 5
Cycling 2 0 2
Judo 3 0 3
Lawn Bowls 1 2 3
Squash 3 0 3
Swimming 2 1 3
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Total 21 5 26

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit

Athletics edit

Main article: Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Sylvester Chishiba 400 m DNS Did not advance
800 m 1:50.86 19 Did not advance
Prince Mumba 800 m 1:48.40 4 Q 1:48.51 13 Did not advance
Obed Mutanya 5000 m — 13:39.74 10
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Addeh Mwamba 800 m DNS Did not advance
1500 m — 4:35.76 17 Did not advance

Badminton edit

Main article: Badminton at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Zambia participated with two athletes (one men and one women)

Men
Athlete Event Round of 128 Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Eli Mambwe Singles Bye   Richard Vaughan (WAL)
L (2–7, 0–7, 2–7) 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Jean Mabiza Singles   Kerry Ann Sheppard (WAL)
L (3–7, 7–5, 1–7, 2–7) 		Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Eli Mambwe
Jean Mabiza 		Mixed Doubles   Bruce Topping /
Jayne Plunkett (NIR)
L (1–7, 4–7, 0–7) 		Did not advance

Boxing edit

Main article: Boxing at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Zambia participated with a team of 5 athletes.

Key:

  • RSC – Referee stops contest (unspecified).
  • RSCO – Referee stops contest for an outclassed opponent.
Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Kennedy Kanyanta −51 kg Bye   Matthew Edmonds (WAL)
W RSCO (Round 2) 		  Bruno Julie (MRI)
W 30-21 		  Sébastien Gauthier (CAN)
W 34-26 		  Lechedzani Luza (BOT)
W 25-12 		 
Jonathan Mwila −57 kg   Thomas Aryeetey (GHA)
W 19–18 		  Benoit Gaudet (CAN)
L RSCO (Round 2) 		Did not advance
Denis Zimba −60 kg Bye   Kennis Joseph (GRN)
W 25-16 		  Giovanni Frontin (MRI)
W 29-28 		  Andrew Morris (ENG)
W 26-22 		  Jamie Arthur (WAL)
L 35-37 		 
Davis Mwale −63.5 kg Bye   Julius William (TAN)
W RSCO (Round 3) 		  Vivian Bryan (WAL)
W RSC (Round 4) 		  Mohammed Kayongo (UGA)
L 22-28 		Did not advance  
Derick Fimbo −75 kg —   Paul Miller (AUS)
L RSCO (Round 2) 		Did not advance

Cycling edit

Main article: Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Zambia participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Road edit

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Maimba Malako Time Trial 1:20:18.63 37
Road Race DNF
Bruce Nkhoma Time Trial 1:20:44.53 38
Road Race DNF

Judo edit

Main article: Judo at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Gabriel Kunda −66 kg   Laval Collet (MRI)
L 0001–0010 		Did not advance
Hitra Shakanungu −73 kg   Craig Ewers (WAL)
L 0000–1002 		Did not advance
Elijah Chirwa −90 kg Bye   Keith Morgan (CAN)
L 0000-1000 		Did not advance   Gbenga Oteje (NGR)
L 0000-1000 		Did not advance

Lawn bowls edit

Main article: Bowls at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Men
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Edward Nkole Singles   Ryan Bester (CAN)
L 7–21 		  Mervyn King (ENG)
W 21–14 		  Garry Ryan (NFI)
W 21–16 		  Roy Garden (ZIM)
W 21–20 		— 2 Q   Jeremy Henry (NIR)
L 11–21 		Did not advance 5
Women
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Hilda Luipa
Beatrice Mali 		Pairs   Hajah Amalia Haji Matali /
Hajah Suhana Haji Mohd Daud (BRU)
W 18–13 		  Alison Birch /
Sheila Syvret (JER)
L 7–23 		  Kitha Bailey /
Zilpha Quintal (NFI)
W 18–7 		  Joyce Lindores /
Margaret Russell (SCO)
L 11–16 		3 Did not advance 10

Squash edit

Main article: Squash at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Singles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Patrick Chifunda Singles   Kelvin Ho (MAS)
W 3–2
(5–9, 9–7, 9–3, 4–9, 9–2) 		  Shahid Zaman (PAK) (15)
L 0–3
(9–10, 6–9, 7–9) 		Did not advance
Ernest Chisenga   Graham Ryding (CAN) (16)
L 0–3
(0–9, 8–10, 2–9) 		Did not advance
— Plate Round of 32
  Keabetsoe Monnapula (LES)
W 3–0
(9–4, 9–3, 9–1) 		Plate Round of 16
  Neil Frankland (SCO)
L DNS 		Did not advance
Masambo Selisho   Gareth Webber (GUE)
L 1–3
(5–9, 5–9, 9–4, 4–9) 		Did not advance
— Plate Round of 32
  Wayne Prescod (JAM)
W 3–0
(9–2, 9–2, 9–2) 		Plate Round of 16
  Baitsi Motsamai (LES)
W 3–0
(9–0, 9–5, 9–3) 		Quarterfinal Plate
  Murray Martin (ZIM)
W 3–0
(9–7, 9–2, 9–0) 		Semifinal Plate
  Neil Frankland (SCO)
L 0–3
(2–9, 5–9, 2–9) 		Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Patrick Chifunda
Ernest Chisenga 		Men's doubles   Lee Beachill /
Peter Nicol (ENG)
L 0–2 		  Murray Martin /
Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM)
L 1–2 		  Rajdeep Bains /
Hartaj Bains (KEN)
W 2–1 		3 Did not advance

Swimming edit

Main article: Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Three athletes represented Zambia in swimming:

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chisela Kanchela 50 m breaststroke 33.07 17 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:13.32 23 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:53.66 17 — Did not advance
Andre Kuenzli 50 m freestyle 27.24 47 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 58.77 35 Did not advance
200 m medley 2:33.73 19 — Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ursula Kuenzli 50 m freestyle 30.75 37 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 1:07.32 32 Did not advance
50 m backstroke 38.25 23 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 1:22.64 21 Did not advance

Weightlifting edit

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Obrie Nondo 56 kg 85 11 115 9 200 10

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 August 2002. Retrieved 4 August 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


 

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