Sporting event delegation
New Zealand at the 1986 Commonwealth Games | |
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CGF code | NZL |
CGA | New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association |
Website | www |
in Edinburgh, Scotland | |
Competitors | 127 |
Flag bearer | Stephanie Foster |
Officials | 45 |
Medals Ranked 4th |
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Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
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 and closing ceremonies was sculler Stephanie Foster. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 38 medals, eight of which were gold.
New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.
Medal tables
Medals by sport | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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Gender | Total | |||||
Male | 3 | 13 | 10 | 26 | ||
Female | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
Mixed / open | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
Total | 8 | 16 | 14 | 38 |
Competitors
The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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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
Main article: Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesTrack and road
- Ranks given are within the heat
Field
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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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
- 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 |
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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 |
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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
Main article: Badminton at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesSingles
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
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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
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
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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 |
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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
Athlete | Event | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank | |||
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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
Main article: Boxing at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesAthlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
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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
Main article: Cycling at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesRoad
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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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
- Men's 1000 m sprint
Athlete | Round 1 | First-round repechages |
Round 2 | Second-round repechages |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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Gary Anderson | ||
Murray Steele | 11 |
Diving
Main article: Diving at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesAthlete | Event | Points | Rank |
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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
Main article: Lawn bowls at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesAthlete | Event | Round robin | Rank | |||||||||||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
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Opposition Score |
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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 |
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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
Main article: Rowing at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesAthlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Final | |||
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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
Main article: Shooting at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesPistol
Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
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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
Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
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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
Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
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John Farrell | Open skeet | 192 | 7 |
John Woolley | Open skeet | 194 | 4 |
John Farrell John Woolley |
Open skeet pairs | 189 |
Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesSynchronised swimming
Main article: Synchronised swimming at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesAthlete | Event | Points | Rank |
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Katie Sadleir | Women's solo | 175.08 |
Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesAthlete | Event | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total | Rank |
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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
Main article: Wrestling at the 1986 Commonwealth GamesAthlete | Event | Group rounds | Final / BM | Rank | |
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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 |
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Stephen Bell | Bantamweight | Bowman (NIR) W |
Hughes (CAN) L |
Beswick (ENG) W |
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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
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- Team manager – Bruce Ullrich
See also
- New Zealand Olympic Committee
- New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics
References
- Leggat, David (22 March 2021). "Where is she now? Stephanie Foster". Newsroom. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- "Athletes turn closing into one big party". The Press. 4 August 1986. p. 33. Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via PapersPast.
- "New Zealanders honoured by Queen". The Press. 31 December 1986. p. 3. Retrieved 17 September 2024 – via PapersPast.
External links
New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games | |
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New Zealand hosted the Games in 1950, 1974, and 1990. |
Associations at the 1986 Commonwealth Games | |
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