Botswana at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Botswana at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	BOT
CGA	Botswana National Olympic Committee
Website	bnoc.org.bw
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Competitors	22 in 2 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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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.

Medals

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Bronze	Babs Anderson	Lawn bowls	Women's Singles

Botswana at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Athletics

Men

Track and road

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]

Women

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Vanessa Tilbury	Marathon	2:47.24	10 [9]

Lawn bowls

The lawn bowls were held at Balgreen. ^[10]

Men

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 L 24 - 13 [11]	Wales W 19 – 17	Scotland L 28 – 14 [1]	England L 20 – 15 [4]	Northern Ireland L 18 – 16	New Zealand L 25 – 14 [5]	Malawi W 19 – 17	Canada W 22 – 21 [12]	Fiji L 25 – 11 [13]	Guernsey L 30 – 15 [14]	Jersey L 20 – 17	Hong Kong Not played	12 [9]
Dennis Rose Dereck Rhodes James Benson Johnie Kakakis	Fours	Australia L 27 - 14 [11]	Swaziland L 24 – 19 [1]	Scotland L 26 – 18	Wales L 25 – 17 [4]	Northern Ireland W 21 – 15 [5]	New Zealand W 23 – 16	Hong Kong W 26 – 23 [12]	Guernsey W 27 – 22	Fiji W 28 – 15 [13]	Canada L 17 – 15 [14]	England L 31 – 13 [9]	—	8 [7]

Women

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 L 24 - 16 [11]	Wales L 33 – 6	Scotland W 18 – 17 [1]	Northern Ireland L 38 – 14	New Zealand L 36 – 8 [5]	Guernsey D 19 – 19	Fiji L 25 – 13 [13]	England L 23 – 16	Canada L 23 – 14 [14]	Hong Kong W 20 – 18	—		10 [9]
Denise David Jacqueline Rhodes Olwen Leadbitter Yvonne Richards	Fours	Malawi W 22 – 13 [15]	Wales W 21 – 13	Hong Kong L 25 – 14	Swaziland L 18 – 15 [1]	England L 22 – 10	Canada W 23 – 10 [4]	Northern Ireland L 22 – 18	Scotland W 21 – 12 [12]	New Zealand L 26 – 18	Australia L 20 – 14 [13]	Guernsey L	Fiji L 19 – 13 [9]	10 [7]

References

1. "Results: Day Two". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
2. "Monday's results". The Odessa American. 29 July 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
3. "Results". Daily Post. No. 1 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
4. "Results: Day Three". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 July 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
5. "Results: Day Four". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
6. "Track and Field". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 2 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
7. "Results: Day Nine". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
8. "Games Results". Sunday Mercury. 3 August 1986. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
9. "Day Eight: All the Results". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
10. Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 122. ISBN   978-1-4766-1527-1.
11. "All The Results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
12. "Results: Day Five". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 July 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
13. "Results: Day Six". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 August 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
14. "Results: Day Seven". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 August 1986. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
15. "Medals: Bowls". South Wales Echo. No. 26 July 1986. Retrieved 7 September 2024.

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