Badminton at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Badminton at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Edinburgh
Dates	24 July - 2 August 1986
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The badminton competition at the 1986 Commonwealth Games took place at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland from 24 July until 2 August 1986. ^[1]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	4	3	3	10
2	Australia	1	1	1	3
3	Scotland*	1	0	1	2
4	Canada	0	2	0	2
5	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		6	6	6	18

Final results

Category	Gold	Silver	Score	Bronze
Men's singles	Steve Baddeley  (ENG)	Sze Yu  (AUS)	15–8, 15–8	Nick Yates  (ENG)
Women's singles	Helen Troke  (ENG)	Fiona Elliott  (ENG)	11–4, 11–4	Gillian Clark  (ENG)
Men's doubles	Billy Gilliland Dan Travers  (SCO)	Andy Goode Nigel Tier  (ENG)	15–8, 15-5	Kerrin Harrison Glenn Stewart  (NZL)
Women's doubles	Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers  (ENG)	Denyse Julien Johanne Falardeau  (CAN)	15–6, 15–7	Helen Troke Fiona Elliott  (ENG)
Mixed doubles	Michael Scandolera Audrey Tuckey  (AUS)	Andy Goode Fiona Elliott  (ENG)	15–7, 15-5	Billy Gilliland Christine Heatly  (SCO)
Mixed team	England	Canada	5-0	Australia

Results

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Men's singles

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Steve Baddeley	15	15
	16	Darren McDonald	4	8				Baddeley		15	15
	8	Graeme Robson	15	15				Robson		5	9
	9	Liam McKenna	3	4											Baddeley		15	15
	5	Alex White	15	15											White		10	4
	12	Yeung Yik Kei	6	2				White		15	15
	4	Mike Butler	15	15				Butler		2	6
	13	Kerrin Harrison	5	8																		Baddeley		15	15
	6	Sze Yu	15	15																		Sze Yu		8	8
	11	Glenn Stewart	8	1				Sze Yu		15	15
	3	Kenny Middlemiss	15	15				Middlemass		4	0
	14	John Goss	5	9											Sze Yu		15	15				Third place
	7	Nick Yates	15	15											Yates		6	9
	10	Lai Hung	1	2				Yates		15	15											Yates		15	15
	2	Phil Horne	w/o					Horne		2	2											White		9	10
	15	Michael Scandolera	scr

Women's singles

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Helen Troke	11	11
	16	Katrin Lockey	4	1				Troke		11	11
	8	Linda Cloutier	11	11				Cloutier		2	0
	9	Tracey Small	2	9											Troke		11	11
	5	Gillian Clark	11	11											Clark		8	2
	12	Rhonda Cator	3	4				Clark		12	11
	4	Claire Sharpe	11	4	11			Sharpe		11	6
	13	Amy Chan	8	11	8																	Troke		11	11
	6	Fiona Elliott	11	11																		Elliott		4	4
	11	Sandra Skillings	0	4				Elliott		11	11
	3	Lesley Roberts	11	11				Roberts		2	1
	14	Bridget Hunt	2	6											Elliott		11	11				Third place
	7	Denyse Julien	11	11											Julien		6	0
	10	Elinor Allen	3	5				Julien		12	11											Clark		11	11
	2	Gillian Gowers	11	11				Gowers		10	6											Julien		3	3
	15	Toni Whittaker	2	8

Men's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Billy Gilliland Dan Travers	15	15
		Mike Butler Ken Poole	3	3
								Gilliland Travers		15	15
								Scandolera Kong		12	11
		Michael Scandolera Paul Kong	18	15
		Lyndon Williams Chris Rees	13	12
															Gilliland Travers		15	15
															Goode Tier		8	5
		Andy Goode Nigel Tier	13	15	15
		Darren McDonald Gordon Lang	15	8	10
								Goode Tier		15	15				Third place
								Harrison Stewart		9	5
		Kerrin Harrison Glenn Stewart	12	15	18										Harrison Stewart		15	15
		Mike De Belle Mike Bitten	15	10	13										Scandolera Kong		12	11

Women's doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	15	15
		Tracey Small Karen Jupp	2	1
								Clark Gowers		15	15
								Sharpe Cloutier		10	6
		Claire Sharpe Linda Cloutier	15	15
		Barbara Beckett Holly Lane	9	1
															Clark Gowers		15	15
															Julien Falardeau		6	7
		Denyse Julien Johanne Falardeau	18	15
		Rhonda Cator Audrey Tuckey	13	11
								Julien Falardeau		15	15				Third place
								Troke Elliott		11	2
		Helen Troke Fiona Elliott	15	15											Troke Elliott		15	15
		Toni Whittaker Katrin Lockey	12	5											Sharpe Cloutier		8	11

Mixed doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Michael Scandolera Audrey Tuckey	15	17
		Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers	7	15
								Scandolera Tuckey		15	12	15
								Poole Cloutier		12	15	2
		Ken Poole Linda Cloutier	6	15	15
		Richard Outterside Gillian Clark	15	6	7
															Scandolera Tuckey		15	15
															Goode Elliott		7	5
		Andy Goode Fiona Elliott	15	15
		Iain Pringle Jenny Allen	10	0
								Goode Elliott		15	18				Third place
								Gilliland Heatly		14	15
		Billy Gilliland Christine Heatly	15	15											Gilliland Heatly		15	17
		Glenn Stewart Karen Phillips	5	3											Poole Cloutier		12	14

Mixed Team

Scotland were denied an almost certain team bronze medal when Alison Fulton was carried off the court during the third match (the wome's doubles, with Scotland leading Australia 2–0 at the time. ^[3]

Semi-finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
England	Scotland	4-1
Canada	Australia	5-0

Bronze Medal Play off

Australia 3			Scotland 2
1 2 3 1 Karen Jupp Jenny Allen 9 12 8 11     2 Paul Kong  /  Michael Scandolera Billy Gilliland  /  Dan Travers 7 15 11 15     3 Tracey Small  /  Audrey Tuckey Jenny Allen  /  Alison Fulton 6 15 2 5 wo ret   4 Michael Scandolera  /  Audrey Tuckey Billy Gilliland  /  Christine Heatly 15 5 15 5     5 Sze Yu Alex White 15 3 15 9

Final

England 5			Canada 0
1 2 3 1 Steve Baddeley Mike Butler 15 7 15 7     2 Helen Troke Claire Sharpe 7 11 11 4 11 7   3 Gillian Clark  /  Gillian Gowers Denyse Julien  /  Johanne Falardeau 15 5 15 7     4 Andy Goode  /  Steve Baddeley Ken Poole  /  Mike De Belle 15 7 15 6     5 Nigel Tier  /  Gillian Gowers Mike Butler  /  Claire Sharpe 15 8 15 11

References

1. "Results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
2. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
3. "Tragic injury deprives Scots of a medal" . Dundee Courier. 28 July 1986. p. 11. Retrieved 19 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.