| Botswana at the 1986 Commonwealth Games | |
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| CGF code | BOT |
| CGA | Botswana National Olympic Committee |
| Website | bnoc |
| in Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Competitors | 22 in 2 sports |
| Medals |
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| Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
Botswana competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. They sent twenty-two athletes in two sports, including their first woman in athletics. They also won their first medal.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Babs Anderson | Lawn bowls | Women's Singles |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Sunday Maweni | 100 metres | 11.01 | 6 | did not advance [1] | |||
| Sunday Maweni | 200 metres | 21.89 | 5 q [2] | 22.21 | 6 | did not advance [3] | |
| Zacharia Machangani | 400 metres | 49.75 | 6 q [1] | 50.09 | 8 | did not advance [4] | |
| Joseph Ramotshabi | 800 metres | 1:50.37 | 5 q | 1:49.98 | 6 | did not advance [5] | |
| Mbiganyi Thee | 1500 metres | — | 3:46.13 | 8 | did not advance [6] | ||
| Zacharia Machangani Sunday Maweni Joseph Ramotshabi Mbiganyi Thee | 4 × 400 metres relay | — | Disqualified [7] [8] | ||||
| Bigboy Matlapeng | Marathon | — | 2:24.05 | 14 [9] | |||
| Golekane Mosweu | 2:33.23 | 17 [9] | |||||
| Johnson Mbangiwa | 2:36.13 | 18 [9] | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Vanessa Tilbury | Marathon | 2:47.24 | 10 [9] |
The lawn bowls were held at Balgreen. [10]
| Athlete | Event | Round Robin | Rank | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | |||
| Mel David | Singles |  Schuback (AUS)L 21 - 4 [11] |  Hill (WAL)L 21 – 6 [1] |  Corsie (SCO)L 21 – 7 [4] |  Espie (NIR)W 21 – 14 |  Dickison (CAN)L 21 – 16 [5] |  Le Marquand (JER)L 21 – 20 |  Young (MAW)L 21 – 19 [12] |  Bosley (HKG)L 21 – 13 |  Smith (GUE)W 21 – 14 [13] |  Fong (FIJ)L 21 – 10 |  Thomson (ENG)L 21 – 19 [14] | Wallace (CAN) W 21 – 14 | 11 [9] |
| John Thackray Ray Mascarenhas | Pairs | Australia (AUS) L 24 - 13 [11] | Wales (WAL) W 19 – 17 | Scotland (SCO) L 28 – 14 [1] | England (ENG) L 20 – 15 [4] | Northern Ireland (NIR) L 18 – 16 |  New Zealand (NZL)L 25 – 14 [5] | Malawi (MAW) W 19 – 17 | Canada (CAN) W 22 – 21 [12] | Fiji (FIJ) L 25 – 11 [13] | Guernsey (GUE) L 30 – 15 [14] | Jersey (JER) L 20 – 17 | Hong Kong (HKG) Not played | 12 [9] |
| Dennis Rose Dereck Rhodes James Benson Johnie Kakakis | Fours | Australia (AUS) L 27 - 14 [11] |  Swaziland (SWZ)L 24 – 19 [1] | Scotland (SCO) L 26 – 18 | Wales (WAL) L 25 – 17 [4] | Northern Ireland (NIR) W 21 – 15 [5] | New Zealand (NZL) W 23 – 16 | Hong Kong (HKG) W 26 – 23 [12] | Guernsey (GUE) W 27 – 22 | Fiji (FIJ) W 28 – 15 [13] | Canada (CAN) L 17 – 15 [14] | England (ENG) L 31 – 13 [9] | — | 8 [7] |
| Athlete | Event | Round Robin | Rank | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | |||
| Babs Anderson | Singles | Fahey (AUS) W 21 - 4 [11] | Dainton (WAL) L 21 – 19 [1] | McCrone (SCO) L 21 – 7 | Line (ENG) L 21 – 14 [4] | Bell (NIR) L 21 – 15 [5] | Ryan (NZL) W 21 – 18 | Hunter (CAN) W 21 – 16 [12] | W 21 – 4 | Humphreys (HKG) W 21 – 14 [13] | le Tissier (GUE) W 21 – 10 [14] | Lum On (FIJ) W 21 – 12 | — | [9] |
| Eve Thomas Margaret Green | Pairs | Australia (AUS) L 24 - 16 [11] | Wales (WAL) L 33 – 6 | Scotland (SCO) W 18 – 17 [1] | Northern Ireland (NIR) L 38 – 14 | New Zealand (NZL) L 36 – 8 [5] | Guernsey (GUE) D 19 – 19 | Fiji (FIJ) L 25 – 13 [13] | England (ENG) L 23 – 16 | Canada (CAN) L 23 – 14 [14] | Hong Kong (HKG) W 20 – 18 | — | 10 [9] | |
| Denise David Jacqueline Rhodes Olwen Leadbitter Yvonne Richards | Fours | Malawi (MAW) W 22 – 13 [15] | Wales (WAL) W 21 – 13 | Hong Kong (HKG) L 25 – 14 | Swaziland (SWZ) L 18 – 15 [1] | England (ENG) L 22 – 10 | Canada (CAN) W 23 – 10 [4] | Northern Ireland (NIR) L 22 – 18 | Scotland (SCO) W 21 – 12 [12] | New Zealand (NZL) L 26 – 18 | Australia (AUS) L 20 – 14 [13] | Guernsey (GUE) L | Fiji (FIJ) L 19 – 13 [9] | 10 [7] |
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