Host city | Brisbane, Australia |
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Motto | The Friendly Games |
Nations | 46 |
Athletes | 1,583 |
Events | 141 events in 12 sports |
Opening | 30 September 1982 |
Closing | 9 October 1982 |
Opened by | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
Athlete's Oath | Tracey Wickham |
Queen's Baton Final Runner | Raelene Boyle |
Main venue | QEII Stadium |
The 1982 Commonwealth Games was held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the athletics and archery events venue. [1] Other events were held at the purpose-built Sleeman Sports Complex in Chandler.
The Chairman of the 1982 Commonwealth Games was Sir Edward Williams. [2] The 1982 Commonwealth Games Logo was designed by Paulo Ferreira, who was the winner of a nationwide competition held in 1982. [3] [4] [5] The symbol is derived from the form of a bounding kangaroo. The three bands, forming stylized A's (for Australia), and a bicycle frame representing Cycling they are in colours which are common to flags of many Commonwealth countries.
The mascot for the games was a cartoon kangaroo called Matilda. [6] A 13-metre-high (42.65 feet) mechanical kangaroo travelled around the stadium and winked at the crowd.
The event was officially opened by The Duke of Edinburgh and closed by Elizabeth II.
Bidding for the XII Commonwealth Games was held in Montreal, Canada, at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. Lagos, Brisbane, Kuala Lumpur, and Birmingham were the bidding cities. On 14 July 1976, it was announced that Brisbane had won the rights to stage the Games [7] after the other candidate cities withdrew bids earlier that year. Sixteen years after the Brisbane Games, Kuala Lumpur hosted the 1998 Commonwealth Games, while Birmingham hosted the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Brisbane was awarded the Games by default after being the only Candidate City left at the bid election after Birmingham reversed its decision to submit an application. [7] Nigeria's boycott of the Montreal Summer Olympics made Lagos' bid lobbying impractical.[ citation needed ] The Montreal Summer Olympics were plagued with cost overruns, and bidding on a sports festival anywhere in the world was not good politically.[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Forty-six Commonwealth nations and territories took part in the 1982 Commonwealth Games. [8] A total of 1,583 athletes and 571 officials participated in the event. [9] The Griffith University student dormitories in Gold Coast was used as an athletes' village. [10]
Participating Commonwealth countries and territories |
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Debuting Commonwealth countries and territories |
^ Note: The Falkland Islands debut at the games was partially poignant coming less than four months after the Falklands War . |
Sports contested during the 1982 Commonwealth Games included athletics, archery, badminton, lawn bowls, boxing, cycling, shooting, swimming, diving, weightlifting and wrestling. [11]
Table tennis and Australian rules football were demonstration sports, [12] with the latter being demonstrated at a 6 October rematch at the Gabba of that year's VFL Grand Final, which took place just 11 days before at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Richmond won the demonstration rematch with a score of 28.16 (184) to Carlton's 26.10 (166). [13]
The ceremony at the QEII Stadium was held on a fine but extremely windy day. The wind was so strong that skydivers who were going to descend into the stadium were cancelled. [9] Instead they made an entrance at the closing ceremony.
The first event of the Games was 100 kilometres (62 mi) Road Trial in cycling. England won the Gold Medal in the event, and Australia won the Silver Medal—coming second to England by only six seconds.
Other sports which were contested on the first day of competition included swimming and diving, weightlifting, shooting and bowls.
Sports contested included swimming, diving, weightlifting, shooting, cycling, bowls and archery.
The day was marred by both Australia and Canada being disqualified in the 4 × 100 metres relay in swimming, both problems occurring during change-overs. The medals awarded for this race went to England, Scotland and New Zealand.
Sports contested included swimming, diving, cycling, athletics, archery, hammer throwing and shooting.
The day was marred when Canada was again disqualified, this time in the 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay. Canada protested against the winners, Australia, as well as against their own disqualification.
Elizabeth II closed the Games during a colourful ceremony, which included parachute jumpers (who had originally been also intended as part of the Opening Ceremony display) jumping and landing in a special target area within the stadium and red, white and blue balloons. Matilda the Kangaroo also winked at the Queen. Following the closing of the Games, the Queen and the Duke left the stand to be driven from the stadium. However, nobody wanted the Games to end and the Australian team formed a 'guard of honour' and ran beside and behind the car in which Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were travelling, as it circled the stadium several times before finally leaving. [15] Team members from other countries also joined in running after the royal car.
The Brisbane Commonwealth Games were also noted by large-scale protests by the Aboriginal rights movement in Australia, which brought to the centre of international media attention the lack of Indigenous land rights in Australia, poor living condition and suppression of personal and political rights in Queensland in particular, and in Australia as a whole. [16] One of the targets of the protests was Queensland's Aborigines Act 1971 , [17] which restricted and controlled the lives of Aboriginal people in Queensland. [18]
There were large marches on 26 September (2,000 people), 20 September (1000), and a sit-in of 104 people on 4 October. Also on that day, around 20 spectators held Aboriginal flags in the stadium during the entire program. On 7 October, about 500 people attended another protest, and 400 police arrested 260 people, including then Governor-General's daughter, Ann Stephen. [19] The protests were all peaceful, but police came out in force and blocked roads, making arrests under Queensland's Traffic Act. [20]
Activists taking part in the protests included Gary Foley [17] and Bob Weatherall (both leaders of the protest); Billy Craigie; [20] Lyall Munro Jnr; [21] Ross Watson; [19] Wayne Wharton; [22] and Selwyn Johnson and his family. Selwyn's brother Hedley Johnson was a musician, of the Brisbane group Mop & the Dropouts. Their song, "Brisbane Blacks", written by Mop Conlon, became an kind of anthem for the protests. [23] [24] [25]
Bob Weatherall, a Kamilaroi elder, is a lifelong activist, [26] a researcher in Aboriginal history, [27] and musical collaborator with Brisbane band Halfway [28]
The protests, which were followed by large-scale arrests, are a significant event in the history of the Australian Aboriginal rights movement. [29] [30] [31] When the Commonwealth Games returned to Australia in 2018 at the Gold Coast, it drew a series of peaceful protests. [19] [22]
The classic Australian film "Guniwaya Ngigu (We Fight)" documents the Aboriginal protest movement during the Commonwealth Games, and was directed by Madeline McGrady and Tracey Moffatt, and produced by Maureen Watson, Tiga Bayles and Madeline McGrady.
In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, the 1982 Commonwealth Games were announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "Defining Moment". [32] Brisbane also bid for the 1992 Summer Olympics but lost to Barcelona. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on 9 December 2019 that the state will make an official bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics featuring venues across Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast. [33] [34]
This is the full table of the medal count of the 1982 Commonwealth Games. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.
* Host nation (Australia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Australia (AUS)* | 39 | 39 | 29 | 107 |
2 | England (ENG) | 38 | 38 | 32 | 108 |
3 | Canada (CAN) | 26 | 23 | 33 | 82 |
4 | Scotland (SCO) | 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
5 | New Zealand (NZL) | 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
6 | India (IND) | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
7 | Nigeria (NGR) | 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
8 | Wales (WAL) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
9 | Kenya (KEN) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
10 | Bahamas (BAH) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
11 | Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
12 | Tanzania (TAN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
13 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
15 | Fiji (FIJ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Northern Ireland (NIR) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
18 | Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
19 | Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
20 | Guernsey (GUE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
21 | Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Eswatini (SWZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (23 entries) | 143 | 141 | 154 | 438 |
Pistol
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
50m Free Pistol | Men/Open | Tom Guinn (CAN) | 553 | Geoffrey Robinson (ENG) | 543 | Phil Adams (AUS) | 540 |
50m Free Pistol – Pairs | Men/Open | Phil Adams & John Tremelling (AUS) | 1077 | Barrie Wickins & Rex Hamilton (NZL) | 1075 | Geoffrey Robinson & Frank Wyatt (ENG) | 1074 |
25m Centre-Fire Pistol | Men/Open | John Cooke (ENG) | 580 | James Cairns (SCO) | 579 | Noel Ryan (AUS) | 577 |
25m Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs | Men/Open | Noel Ryan & Alexander Taransky (AUS) | 1151 | Mohinder Lal & Ashok Pandit (IND) | 1138 | John Cooke & John Gough (ENG) | 1131 |
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol | Men/Open | Lee Kui Nang (HKG) | 583 | Jim Timmerman (CAN) | 583 | John Cooke (ENG) | 582 |
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol – Pairs | Men/Open | Peter Heuke & Alexander Taransky (AUS) | 1160 | James Cairns & Hugh Hunter (SCO) | 1152 | Sharad Chauran & Ramakrishnan Vijay (IND) | 1151 |
10m Air Pistol | Men/Open | George Darling (ENG) | 576 | Phil Adams (AUS) | 573 | Tom Guinn (CAN) | 571 |
10m Air Pistol – Pairs | Men/Open | Phil Adams & Gregory Colber (AUS) | 1128 | Geoffrey Robinson & George Darling (ENG) | 1126 | Jim Timmerman & Tom Guinn (CAN) | 1125 |
Rifle
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
50m Rifle Prone | Men/Open | Alan Smith (AUS) | 1184 | Malcolm Cooper (ENG) | 1184 | Bill Watkins (WAL) | 1177 |
50m Rifle Prone – Pairs | Men/Open | Malcolm Cooper & Mike Sullivan (ENG) | 1187 | Colin Harris & Bill Watkins (WAL) | 1183 | Patrick Vamplew & Ernest Sopsich (CAN) | 1180 |
50m Rifle Three Positions | Men/Open | Alister Allan (SCO) | 1146 | Malcolm Cooper (ENG) | 1145 | Guy Lorion (CAN) | 1144 |
50m Rifle Three Positions – Pairs | Men/Open | Malcolm Cooper & Barry Dagger (ENG) | 2301 | Guy Lorion & Jean-François Sénécal (CAN) | 2279 | Alister Allan & Bill MacNeill (SCO) | 2277 |
Full Bore Rifle | Men/Open | Arthur Clarke (SCO) | 387 | Lord John Swansea (WAL) | 385 | Charles Trotter (GGY) | 384 |
Full Bore Rifle – Pairs | Men/Open | Keith Affleck & Geoffrey Ayling (AUS) | 572 | John Bloomfield & Dick Rosling (ENG) | 570 | David Calvert & Hazel Mackintosh (NIR) | 563 |
10m Air Rifle | Men/Open | Jean-François Sénécal (CAN) | 574 | Matthew Guille (GGY) | 572 | Malcolm Cooper (ENG) | 570 |
10m Air Rifle – Pairs | Men/Open | Alister Allan & Bill MacNeill (SCO) | 1137 | Malcolm Cooper & Barry Dagger (ENG) | 1126 | Norbert Jahn & Anton Wurfel (AUS) | 1123 |
Shotgun
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
Trap | Men/Open | Peter Boden (ENG) | 191 | Terry Rumbel (AUS) | 190 | Peter Croft (ENG) | 190 |
Trap – Pairs | Men/Open | Jim Ellis & Terry Rumbel (AUS) | 190 | Peter Croft & Peter Boden (ENG) | 186 | James Young & Martin Girvan (SCO) | 183 |
Skeet | Men/Open | John Woolley (NZL) | 197 | Ian Hale (AUS) | 196 | Wally Sykes (ENG) | 195 |
Skeet – Pairs | Men/Open | Brian Gabriel & Fred Altmann (CAN) | 191 | Jim Sheffield & Wally Sykes (ENG) | 190 | Alex Crikis & Ian Hale (AUS) | 190 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
Flyweight – Overall | Men | Nick Voukelatos (AUS) | 207.5 | Grunadan Kambiah (IND) | 200 | Lawrence Tom (NGR) | 192.5 |
Bantamweight – Overall | Men | Geoff Laws (ENG) | 235 | Bijay Kumar Satpathy (IND) | 227.5 | Lorenzo Orsini (AUS) | 222.5 |
Featherweight – Overall | Men | Dean Willey (ENG) | 267.5 | M Tamil Selvan (IND) | 245 | Chua Koon Siang (SIN) | 242.5 |
Lightweight – Overall | Men | David Morgan (WAL) | 295 | Bill Stellios (AUS) | 285 | Patrick Bassey (NGR) | 277.5 |
Middleweight – Overall | Men | Steve Pinsent (ENG) | 312.5 | Tony Pignone (AUS) | 305 | Jacques Demers (CAN) | 302.5 |
Light Heavyweight – Overall | Men | Newton Burrowes (ENG) | 325 | Guy Greavette (CAN) | 320 | Cosmas Idioh (NGR) | 317.5 |
Middle Heavyweight – Overall | Men | Robert Kabbas (AUS) | 337.5 | Peter Pinsent (ENG) | 335 | Mike Sabljak (AUS) | 325 |
Sub Heavyweight – Overall | Men | Oliver Orok (NGR) | 350 | Gary Langford (ENG) | 350 | Kevin Roy (CAN) | 340 |
Heavyweight – Overall | Men | John Burns (WAL) | 347.5 | Joe Kabalan (AUS) | 325 | Mario Leblanc (CAN) | 315 |
Super Heavyweight – Overall | Men | Dean Lukin (AUS) | 377.5 | Bob Edmond (AUS) | 347.5 | Bassey Ironbar (NGR) | 320 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
Light Flyweight | Men | Ram Chander Sarang (IND) | Steve Reinsfield (NZL) | Maldwyn Cooper (CAN) |
Flyweight | Men | Mahabir Singh (IND) | Ray Takahashi (CAN) | Ken Hoyt (AUS) |
Bantamweight | Men | Brian Aspen (ENG) | Ashok Kumar (IND) | Chris Maddock (NZL) |
Featherweight | Men | Bob Robinson (CAN) | Cris Brown (AUS) | Augustine Atasie (NGR) |
Lightweight | Men | Jagminder Singh (IND) | Zsigmund Kelevitz (AUS) | Lloyd Renken (CAN) |
Welterweight | Men | Rajinder Singh (IND) | Ken Reinsfield (NZL) | Brian Renken (CAN) |
Middleweight | Men | Chris Rinke (CAN) | Wally Koenig (AUS) | Jai Parkash Kangar (IND) |
Light Heavyweight | Men | Clark Davis (CAN) | Kartar Singh (IND) | Nigel Sargeant (NZL) |
Heavyweight | Men | Richard Deschatelets (CAN) | Satpal Singh (IND) | Murray Avery (AUS) |
Super Heavyweight | Men | Wyatt Wishart (CAN) | Rajinder Singh (IND) | Albert Patrick (SCO) |
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