England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

England at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	ENG
CGA	Commonwealth Games England
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 52 Silver 43 Bronze 49 Total 144
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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England competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. ^{[1] [2]}

England finished top of the medal table.

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Roger Black Athletics Men's 400 metres  Gold Steve Cram Athletics Men's 800 metres  Gold Steve Cram Athletics Men's 1500 metres  Gold Steve Ovett Athletics Men's 5000 metres  Gold Jon Solly Athletics Men's 10,000 metres  Gold Kriss Akabusi Roger Black Todd Bennett Phil Brown Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay  Gold Andy Ashurst Athletics Men's pole vault  Gold John Herbert Athletics Men's triple jump  Gold Billy Cole Athletics Men's shot put  Gold David Smith Athletics Men's hammer throw  Gold David Ottley Athletics Men's javelin  Gold Daley Thompson Athletics Men's decathlon  Gold Heather Oakes Athletics Women's 100 metres  Gold Sally Gunnell Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles  Gold Paula Dunn Kathy Cook Joan Baptiste Heather Oakes Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay  Gold Joyce Oladapo Athletics Women's long jump  Gold Tessa Sanderson Athletics Women's javelin  Gold Judy Simpson Athletics Women's Heptathlon  Gold Steve Baddeley Badminton Men's singles  Gold Helen Troke Badminton Women's singles  Gold Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers Badminton Women's doubles  Gold   England Badminton Mixed team  Gold Wendy Line Bowls Women's singles  Gold John Lyon Boxing Flyweight (51kg)  Gold Sean Murphy Boxing Bantamweight (54kg)  Gold Darren Dyer Boxing Welterweight (67kg)  Gold Rod Douglas Boxing Middleweight (75kg)  Gold Jim Moran Boxing Light heavyweight (81kg)  Gold Paul Curran Cycling Road race  Gold Paul Curran Deno Davie Alan Gornall Keith Reynolds Cycling Team time trial  Gold Steve Redgrave Rowing Men's single sculls  Gold Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave Rowing Men's coxless pairs  Gold Martin Cross Adam Clift Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave Adrian Ellison Rowing Men's coxed fours  Gold Christopher Bates Peter Haining Neil Staite Stuart Forbes Rowing Men's lightweight coxless fours  Gold Alexa Forbes Gillian Hodges Lin Clark Judith Burne Rowing Women's lightweight coxless fours  Gold Bob Northover Shooting Open Centre-Fire Pistol  Gold Brian Girling Terry Turner Shooting Open Rapid-Fire Pistol – Pairs  Gold Paul Leatherdale Ian Reid Shooting Open Air Pistol – Pairs  Gold Malcolm Cooper Shooting Open Rifle Three Positions  Gold Malcolm Cooper Sarah Cooper Shooting Open Rifle Three Positions – Pairs  Gold Ian Peel Shooting Open Trap  Gold Ian Peel Peter Boden Shooting Open Trap – Pairs  Gold Joe Neville Ken Harman Shooting Open Skeet – Pairs  Gold Adrian Moorhouse Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke  Gold Andy Jameson Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly  Gold Sarah Hardcastle Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle  Gold Sarah Hardcastle Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle  Gold Caroline Cooper Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly  Gold Simone Hindmarch Suki Brownsdon Caroline Cooper Nicola Fibbens Swimming Women's 4×100 metre medley relay  Gold Dean Willey Weightlifting Men's 67.5kg  Gold Keith Boxell Weightlifting Men's 90kg  Gold Noel Loban Wrestling Men's light heavyweight (90kg)  Silver Linford Christie Athletics Men's 100 metres  Silver Todd Bennett Athletics Men's 200 metres  Silver John Gladwin Athletics Men's 1500 metres  Silver Jack Buckner Athletics Men's 5000 metres  Silver Steve Binns Athletics Men's 10,000 metres  Silver Max Robertson Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles  Silver Lincoln Asquith Daley Thompson Mike McFarlane Clarence Callender Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay  Silver Fred Salle Athletics Men's long jump  Silver Mike Makin Athletics Men's triple jump  Silver Mick Hill Athletics Men's javelin  Silver Paula Dunn Athletics Women's 100 metres  Silver Kathy Cook Athletics Women's 200 metres  Silver Diane Edwards Athletics Women's 800 metres  Silver Wendy Jeal Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles  Silver Jane Parry Linda Keough Angela Piggford Kathy Cook Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay  Silver Mary Berkeley Athletics Women's long jump  Silver Judy Oakes Athletics Women's shot put  Silver Fatima Whitbread Athletics Women's javelin  Silver Fiona Elliot Badminton Women's singles  Silver Andy Goode Nigel Tier Badminton Men's doubles  Silver Andy Goode Fiona Elliott Badminton Mixed doubles  Silver Mark Epton Boxing Light flyweight (48kg)  Silver Peter English Boxing Featherweight (57kg)  Silver Colin Sturgess Cycling Individual pursuit  Silver Jonathan Spencer-Jones Patrick Broughton John Garrett John Maxey Terence Dillon Mark Buckingham Stephen Peel Richard Stanhope Vaughan Thomas Rowing Men's eights  Silver Pauline Bird Flo Johnston Rowing Women's coxless pairs  Silver Flo Johnston Pauline Bird Kate Grose Alison Bonner Kate Holroyd Ann Callaway Joanne Gough Trish Reid Alison Norrish Rowing Women's eights  Silver Richard Wang Paul Leatherdale Shooting Open Free Pistol – Pairs  Silver Bob Northover Michael Cutler Shooting Open Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs  Silver Peter Boden Shooting Open Trap  Silver Joe Neville Shooting Open Skeet  Silver Kevin Boyd Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle  Silver Adrian Moorhouse Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke  Silver Neil Harper Nick Gillingham Andy Jameson Roland Lee Swimming Men's 4x100 metre medlay relay  Silver Kathy Read Swimming Women's 200 metre backstroke  Silver Caroline Foot Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly  Silver Caroline Cooper Nicola Fibbens Zara Long Annabelle Cripps Swimming Women's 4x100 metre freestyle relay  Silver Annabelle Cripps Sarah Hardcastle Karen Mellor Zara Long Swimming Women's 4x200 metre freestyle relay  Silver Amanda Dodd Synchronised swimming Women's synchronised solo  Silver Amanda Dodd Nicola Shearn Synchronised swimming Women's synchronised duet  Silver David Mercer Weightlifting Men's 90kg  Silver Duncan Dawkins Weightlifting Men's 100kg  Silver Duncan Burns Wrestling Men's light flyweight (48kg)  Bronze Mike McFarlane Athletics Men's 100 metres  Bronze Phil Brown Athletics Men's 800 metres  Bronze Peter Elliott Athletics Men's 100 metre freestyle  Bronze Tim Hutchings Athletics Men's 5000 metres  Bronze Colin Reitz Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase  Bronze Ian McCombie Athletics Men's 30 kilometres walk  Bronze Henderson Pierre Athletics Men's high jump  Bronze Kathy Cook Athletics Women's 400 metres  Bronze Lorraine Baker Athletics Women's 800 metres  Bronze Myrtle Augee Athletics Women's long jump  Bronze Karen Pugh Athletics Women's discus throw  Bronze Kim Hagger Athletics Women's Heptathlon  Bronze Nick Yates Badminton Men's singles  Bronze Gillian Clark Badminton Women's singles  Bronze Helen Troke Fiona Elliott Badminton Women's doubles  Bronze Chris Ward David Ward Bowls Men's pairs  Bronze Betty Stubbings Jean Valls Bowls Women's pairs  Bronze Barbara Fuller Brenda Atherton Madge Allan Mary Price Bowls Women's fours  Bronze Joey Jacobs Boxing Lightweight (60kg)  Bronze Eric Cardouza Boxing Heavyweight (91kg)  Bronze James Oyebola Boxing Super Heavyweight (>91kg)  Bronze Chris Boardman Gary Coltman Rob Muzio Jon Walshaw Cycling Team pursuit  Bronze Carl Smith Allan Whitwell Rowing Men's double sculls  Bronze Graham Faultless Richard Ireland Mostyn Field Humphry Hatton Rowing Men's coxless fours  Bronze Carl Smith Rowing Men's lightweight single sculls  Bronze Gillian Bond Rowing Women's single sculls  Bronze Diane Prince Claire Parker Rowing Women's double sculls  Bronze Joanne Gough Ann Callaway Kate Holroyd Trish Reid Alison Norrish Rowing Women's coxed fours  Bronze John Bloomfield Shooting Open Full Bore Rifle  Bronze Malcolm Cooper Shooting Open Air Rifle  Bronze Malcolm Cooper Robert Smith Shooting Open Air Rifle – Pairs  Bronze Andy Jameson Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle  Bronze Nick Gillingham Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke  Bronze Nick Hodgson Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly  Bronze Stephen Poulter Swimming Men's 400 metre Individual Medley  Bronze Andy Jameson Mark Foster Geoffrey Stewart Roland Lee Swimming Men's 4x100 metre freestyle relay  Bronze Kevin Boyd John Davey Paul Howe Jonathan Broughton Swimming Men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay  Bronze Nicola Fibbens Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle  Bronze Samantha Purvis Swimming Women's 100 metre butterfly  Bronze Sarah Hardcastle Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley  Bronze Peter May Weightlifting Men's 82.5kg  Bronze Andrew Saxton Swimming Men's 100kg  Bronze Nigel Donohue Wrestling Men's flyweight (52kg)  Bronze Brian Aspen Wrestling Men's bantamweight (57kg)  Bronze Steve Cooper Wrestling Men's lightweight (68kg)  Bronze Fitzlloyd Walker Wrestling Men's welterweight (74kg)  Bronze Tony Bull Wrestling Men's middleweight (82kg)  Bronze David Kilpin Wrestling Men's heavyweight (100kg)  Bronze Keith Peache Wrestling Men's super heavyweight (100kg)

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 18 18 12 48 Shooting 8 4 3 15 Swimming 6 7 9 22 Rowing 5 3 6 14 Boxing 5 2 3 10 Badminton 4 3 3 10 Weightlifting 2 2 2 6 Cycling 2 1 1 4 Wrestling 1 1 7 9 Lawn bowls 1 0 3 4 Synchronised swimming 0 2 0 2 Total 52 43 49 144

Medals by gender Gender Total Male 29 21 32 82 Female 13 17 13 45 Mixed / open 9 5 3 17 Total 52 43 49 144

Aquatics

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Nigel Stanton	Springboard	577.26	8 [3]
Jeffrey Arbon		522.09	10 [3]
James Roose		505.98	11 [3]
Nigel Stanton	Highboard	545.64	6 [4]
Jeffrey Arbon		479.82	9 [4]
James Roose		449.85	10 [4]

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Alison Childs	Springboard	426.57	8 [4]
Lisa Brace		414.36	9 [4]
Carolyn Roscoe		387.21	10 [4]
Rachel Spinks	Highboard	395.43	4 [3]
Carolyn Roscoe		357.15	7 [3]
Lisa Brace		335.55	9 [3]

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roland Lee	100 metre freestyle	51.93	2 Q	51.47	5 [5]
Andy Jameson		51.44	1 Q	51.21	[5]
Mark Foster		52.18	3	did not advance [5]
Jonathan Broughton	200 metre freestyle	1:53.83	2	did not advance [3]
Paul Howe		1:53.45	2 Q	1:54.55	8 [3]
Kevin Boyd		1:53.71	3 Q	1:52.75	6 [3]
David Stacey	400 metre freestyle	4:04.56	4	did not advance [6]
John Davey		3:57.65	2 Q	3:57.55	5 [6]
Kevin Boyd		3:55.48	1 Q	3:55.00	[6]
Stephen Willis	1500 metre freestyle	16:00.79	4	did not advance [7]
David Stacey		15:57.05	5 [7]	15:48.02	8 [4]
Gary Donovan		16:13.28	6	did not advance [7]
John Davey	100 metre backstroke	59.60	5	did not advance [7]
Gary Binfield		59.23	4
Neil Harper		58.28	3 Q	58.62	6 [7]
Gary Binfield	200 metre backstroke	2:05.56	1 Q	2:04.54	4 [5]
Patrick Blake		2:06.72	2	did not advance [5]
Kevin Boyd		2:07.53	4
Nick Gillingham	100 metre breaststroke	1:06.14	2	did not advance [6]
Paul Shackley		1:06.60	3
Adrian Moorhouse		1:03.21	1 Q	1:03.09	[6]
Murray Buswell	200 metre breaststroke	2:22.59	1 Q	2:21.48	7 [3]
Adrian Moorhouse		2:18.57	1 Q	2:16.35	[3]
Nick Gillingham		2:21.60	2 Q	2:20.46	[3]
Nick Hodgson	100 metre butterfly	56.15	2 Q	56.28	8 [8]
Roland Lee		58.44	4	did not advance [8]
Andy Jameson		54.09	1 Q	54.07	[8]
Nick Hodgson	200 metre butterfly	2:01.70	1 Q	2:00.50	[7]
Steve Poulter		2:02.83	2 Q	2:02.24	7 [7]
Tim Jones		2:04.75	4	did not advance [7]
Duncan Rolley	200 metre individual medley	2:08.90	3	did not advance [4]
Gary Binfield		2:06.51	2 Q	2:06.57	6 [4]
John Davey		2:06.87	2 Q	2:05.67	4 [4]
Steve Poulter	400 metre Individual Medley	4:28.96	1 Q	4:24.71	[8]
Gary Binfield		4:32.04	3 Q	4:27.03	4 [8]
John Davey		4:29.63	2 Q	4:29.51	6 [8]
Andy Jameson Mark Foster Geoffrey Stewart Roland Lee	4x100 metre freestyle relay	—		3:25.01	[3]
Kevin Boyd John Davey Paul Howe Jonathan Broughton	4x200 metre freestyle relay	—		7:33.39	[8]
Neil Harper Nick Gillingham Andy Jameson Roland Lee	4x100 metre medlay relay	3:54.90	2 Q	3:44.85	[4]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nicola Fibbens	100 metre freestyle	57.56	1 Q	57.66	[6]
Annabelle Cripps		58.59	2 Q	58.59	5 [6]
Debra Gore		59.83	3	did not advance [6]
Annabelle Cripps	200 metre freestyle	—		2:04.19	5 [7]
Zara Long		—		2:05.23	8 [7]
Annabelle Cripps	400 metre freestyle	4:19.18	3 Q	4:19.05	6 [5]
Karen Mellor		4:23.44	5	did not advance [5]
Sarah Hardcastle		4:15.92	1 Q	4:07.68	[5]
Karen Mellor	800 metre freestyle	8:44.58	1 Q [3]	8:44.15	4 [7]
Sarah Hardcastle		8:46.03	1 Q [3]	8:24.77	[7]
Gaynor Stanley		8:56.74	5 Q [3]	8:54.19	7 [7]
Kathy Read	100 metre backstroke	1:05.32	2 Q	1:04.88	5 [5]
Catherine White		1:06.23	4	did not advance [5]
Simone Hindmarch		1:05.21	2 Q	1:04.62	4 [5]
Catherine White	200 metre backstroke	2:21.14	2 Q	2:19.96	7 [4]
Simone Hindmarch		2:23.42	4	did not advance [4]
Kathy Read		2:15.85	1 Q	2:16.92	[4]
Suki Brownsdon	100 metre breaststroke	1:13.78	1 Q	1:12.30	4 [3]
Joanne Wood		1:14.04	2 Q	1:14.15	7 [3]
Lorraine Burt		1:14.14	4	did not advance [3]
Gaynor Stanley	200 metre breaststroke	2:38.40	3 Q	2:37.73	7 [8]
Suki Brownsdon		2:38.88	2 Q	2:35.98	5 [8]
Nina Herbert		2:39.13	3 Q	2:39.11	8 [8]
Caroline Foot	100 metre butterfly	1:02.50	1 Q	1:02.30	[3]
Samantha Purvis		1:02.22	1 Q	1:02.49	[3]
Caroline Cooper		1:03.01	2 Q	1:02.12	[3]
Helen Bewley	200 metre butterfly	2:16.69	2 Q	2:17.44	7 [4]
Samantha Purvis		2:15.03	2 Q	2:14.60	4 [4]
Myra O'Fee		2:16.11	3 Q	2:16.50	6 [4]
Samantha Purvis	200 metre individual medley	2:22.84	4	did not advance [8]
Zara Long		2:23.55	5
Joanne Wood		2:24.44	7
Kathy Read	400 metre individual medley	5:00.84	4 Q	4:48.91	8 [6]
Sarah Hardcastle		4:50.02	1 Q	4:50.52	[6]
Gaynor Stanley		4:57.02	4 Q	4:56.76	7 [6]
Caroline Cooper Nicola Fibbens Zara Long Annabelle Cripps	4x100 metre freestyle relay	—		3:49.65	[5]
Annabelle Cripps Sarah Hardcastle Karen Mellor Zara Long	4x200 metre freestyle relay	—		8:13.70	[6]
Simone Hindmarch Suki Brownsdon Caroline Cooper Nicola Fibbens	4×100 metre medley relay	—		4:13.48	[7]

Synchronised swimming

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Amanda Dodd	Synchronised solo	188.05	[5]
Amanda Dodd Nicola Shearn	Synchronised duet	185.59	[9]

Athletics

Men

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Linford Christie	100 metres	10.32	1 Q [8]	10.29	1 Q	10.28	[5]
Mike McFarlane		10.38	3 Q [8]	10.29	2 Q	10.35	[5]
Clarence Callender		10.49	2 Q [8]	10.32	4 Q	10.42	6 [5]
John Regis	200 metres	21.26	3 Q [10]	21.23	2 Q	21.08	8 [11]
Todd Bennett		20.83	1 Q [10]	20.86	2 Q	20.54	[11]
Roger Black	400 metres	46.66	1 Q [8]	47.27	3 Q	45.57	[5]
Kriss Akabusi		46.84	2 Q [8]	47.55	1 Q	46.83	4 [5]
Phil Brown		46.78	2 Q [8]	47.42	3 Q	46.80	[5]
Peter Elliott	800 metres	1:49.73	2 Q	1:47.42	1 Q [3]	1:45.42	[11]
Sebastian Coe		1:53.13	1 Q	1:48.07	3 Q [3]	DNS [12]
Steve Cram		1:51.42	2 Q	1:48.71	1 Q [3]	1:43.22	[11]
Steve Cram	1500 metres	—		3:43.98	1 Q [13]	3:50.87	[14]
John Gladwin				3:44.45	2 Q [13]	3:52.17	[14]
Rob Harrison				3:43.69	1 Q [13]	3:54.44	4 [14]
Steve Ovett	5000 metres	—				13:24.11	[11]
Jack Buckner						13:25.87	[11]
Tim Hutchings						13:26.84	[11]
Jon Solly	10,000 metres	—				27:57.42	[8]
Steve Binns						27:58.01	[8]
Mike McLeod						29:57.23	10 [8]
Wilbert Greaves	110 metres hurdle	—		13.80	3 Q [8]	13.76	6 [5]
David Nelson				14.13	4 Q [8]	13.97	7 [5]
Jon Ridgeon				13.88	4 Q [8]	13.76	5 [5]
Gary Oakes	400 metres hurdles	—		53.02	3 Q [5]	50.82	6 [3]
Max Robertson				52.26	2 Q [5]	49.77	[3]
Mark Holtom				53.11	5 q [5]	50.58	5 [3]
Colin Reitz	3000 metres steeplechase	—				8:26.14	[5]
Nicholas Ronald Peach						8:37.64	5 [5]
Eddie Wedderburn						8:46.42	8 [5]
Lincoln Asquith Daley Thompson Mike McFarlane Clarence Callender	4 × 100 metres relay	—				39.19	[14]
Kriss Akabusi Roger Black Todd Bennett Phil Brown	4 × 400 metres relay	—				3:07.19	[15]
Philip O'Brien	Marathon	—				2:14.54	6 [16]
Kevin Forster						2:16.36	8 [16]
Charlie Spedding						DNF [16]
Ian McCombie	30 kilometres walk	—				2:10.36	[17]
Chris Maddocks						2:12.42	4 [17]
Martin Rush						2:16.01	7 [17]

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Henderson Pierre	High jump	2.14	[18]
Dalton Grant		2.10	7 [18]
Fayyaz Ahmed		2.10	8 [18]
Andy Ashurst	Pole vault	5.30	[19]
Brian Hooper		5.00	5 [19]
Daley Thompson		4.90	6 [19]
Fred Salle	Long jump	7.83	[11]
John King		7.70	4 [11]
Derrick Brown		7.65	5 [11]
John Herbert	Triple jump	17.27	[14]
Mike Makin		16.87	[14]
Aston Moore		16.07	5 [14]
Billy Cole	Shot put	18.16	[14]
Graham Savory		17.31	4 [14]
Andy Vince		16.68	10 [14]
Paul Mardle	Discus throw	56.90	4 [16]
Graham Savory		56.42	5 [16]
Richard Slaney		56.00	6 [16]
David Smith	Hammer throw	74.06	[8]
Mick Jones		70.10	4 [8]
Matthew Mileham		67.96	6 [8]
David Ottley	Javelin	80.62	[14]
Mick Hill		78.56	[14]
Daryl Brand		72.70	4 [14]

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m [5]	LJ [5]	SP [5]	HJ [5]	400 m [5]	110H [3]	DT [3]	PV [3]	JT [3]	1500 m [3]	Final	Rank
Greg Richards	Result	11.43	6.85	12.92	1.87	50.23	15.00	42.72	4.60	50.02	4:48.04	7278	9 [3]
	Points	767	778	662	687	804	850	720	790	589	631
Daley Thompson	Result	10.37	7.70	15.01	2.08	47.30	14.22	43.72	5.10	60.82	4:39.63	8663	[3]
	Points	1006	985	790	878	943	946	741	941	750	683
Eugene Gilkes	Result	10.65	7.06	14.62	1.99	disq.	15.20	44.54	4.40	withdrew [20]		—
	Points	940	828	766	794		825	757	731

Women

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Paula Dunn	100 metres	11.14	1 Q	11.21	[5]
Pippa Windle		11.52	3 Q	11.68	7 [5]
Heather Oakes		11.22	1 Q	11.20	[5]
Kathy Cook	200 metres	23.30	1 Q [3]	23.18	[21]
Jennifer Stoute		23.39	2 Q [3]	DNF [21]
Simmone Jacobs		23.63	3 Q [3]	23.48	4 [21]
Kathy Cook	400 metres	53.69	2 Q [8]	51.88	[5]
Helen Barnett		54.29	4	did not advance [8]
Angela Piggford		54.18	5 q [8]	53.97	8 [5]
Lorraine Baker	800 metres	2:03.24	2 Q [3]	2:01.79	[21]
Diane Edwards		2:04.33	2 Q [3]	2:01.12	[21]
Helen Thorpe		2:05.61	5	did not advance [3]
Gillian Dainty	1500 metres	4:28.04	5	did not advance [22]
Christina Boxer		4:12.32	2 Q [22]	4:12.84	4 [14]
Suzanne Morley		4:18.89	6 q [22]	4:26.96	10 [14]
Christine Benning	3000 metres	—		9:03.45	4 [5]
Jane Shields				9:13.65	7 [5]
Wendy Sly				9:14.04	8 [5]
Marina Samy	10,000 metres	—		33:10.94	7 [3]
Debbie Peel				36:03.79	11 [3]
Jill Clarke				DNF [3]
Wendy Jeal	100 metres hurdles	13.33	1 Q [21]	13.41	[13]
Lesley-Ann Skeete		13.51	4 q [21]	13.66	5 [13]
Sally Gunnell		13.12	1 Q [21]	13.29	[13]
Aileen Mills	400 metres hurdles	58.65	3 Q [5]	58.01	6 [3]
Simone Gandy		1:00.36	5	did not advance [5]
Yvette Wray		58.60	2 Q [5]	57.59	5 [3]
Paula Dunn Kathy Cook Joan Baptiste Heather Oakes	4 × 100 metres relay	—		43.39	[15]
Jane Parry Linda Keough Angela Piggford Kathy Cook	4 × 400 metres relay	—		3:32.82	[15]
Angie Pain	Marathon	—		2:37.57	6 [16]
Glynis Penny				2:38.47	7 [16]
Julia Gates				DNF [16]

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Diana Davies	High jump	1.90	4 [16]
Jennifer Little		1.83	8 [16]
Louise Manning		1.75	11 [16]
Joyce Oladapo	Long jump	6.43	[16]
Mary Berkeley		6.40	[16]
Kim Hagger		6.34	4 [16]
Judy Oakes	Shot put	18.75	[3]
Myrtle Augee		17.52	[3]
Yvonne Hanson-Nortey		16.52	5 [3]
Karen Pugh	Discus throw	54.72	[23]
Julia Avis		52.48	4 [23]
Kathryn Farr		51.08	6 [23]
Tessa Sanderson	Javelin	69.80	[21]
Fatima Whitbread		68.54	[21]
Anna Jane Lockton		52.90	7 [21]

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H [6]	HJ [8]	SP [8]	200 m [8]	LJ [5]	JT [5]	800 m [24]	Final [5]	Rank [5]
Judy Simpson	Result	13.11	1.85	14.36	24.99	6.21	36.52	2:13.72	6282
	Points	1108	1041	818	888	915	601
Kim Hagger	Result	13.45	1.79	12.20	25.02	6.30	35.72	2:15.63	5823
	Points	1058	966	674	885	943	585
Joanne Mulliner	Result	14.31	1.79	12.91	25.35	5.81	35.24	2:20.68	5659	4
	Points	935	966	721	855	792	576

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/ Bronze Medal Match	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Steve Baddeley	Men's singles	Darren Mcdonald  (AUS) W (15-4, 15-8)	Graeme Robson  (NZL) W (15-5, 15-9) [25]	Alexander White  (SCO) W (15-10, 15-4) [26]	Szu Yu  (AUS) W (15-8, 15-8)	[27]
Nick Yates		Hung Lai  (HKG) W (15-1, 15-2)	Phil Horne  (NZL) W (15-2, 15-2) [25]	Szu Yu  (AUS) L (15-6, 15-9) [26]	Alexander White  (SCO) W (15-9, 15-10)	[27]
Helen Troke	Women's singles	Katrin Lockey  (NZL) W (11-4, 11-1)	Linda Clotier  (CAN) W (11-2, 11-0) [25]	Clark (ENG) W (11-8, 11-2) [26]	Elliot (ENG) W (11-4, 11-4)	[27]
Gillian Clark		Rhonda Cator  (AUS) W (11-3, 11-4)	Claire Sharpe  (CAN) W (11-11, 11-6) [25]	Troke (ENG) L (11-8, 11-2) [26]	Denyse Julien  (CAN) W (11-3, 11-3)	[28]
Gillian Gowers		Toni Whittaker  (NZL) W (11-2, 11-8)	Denyse Julien  (CAN) L (12-10, 11-6)	did not advance [25]
Fiona Elliot		Sandra Skillings  (CAN) W (11-0, 11-4)	Lesley Roberts  (WAL) W (11-2, 11-1) [25]	Denyse Julien  (CAN) W (11-6, 11-0) [26]	Troke (ENG) L (11-4, 11-4)	[27]
Andy Goode Nigel Tier	Men's doubles	Alexander White Iain Pringle  (SCO) W (10-15, 15-6, 17-16) [29]	Darren Mcdonald Gordon Lang  (AUS) W (13-15, 15-8, 15-10) [25]	Kewin Harrison Gordon Stewart  (NZL) W (15-9, 15-5) [30]	Billy Gilliland Dan Travers  (SCO) L (15-8, 15-8)	[27]
Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers	Women's doubles	Elinor Allen Jenny Allen  (SCO) W (15-2, 15-9)	Karen Jupp Tracey Small  (AUS) W (15-2, 15-1) [31]	Claire Sharpe Linda Cloutier  (CAN) W (15-10, 15-6) [32]	Johanne Falardeau Denyse Julien  (CAN) W (15-6, 15-7)	[33]
Helen Troke Fiona Elliott		—	Toni Whittaker Katrin Lockey  (NZL) W (15-12, 15-5) [31]	Johanne Falardeau Denyse Julien  (CAN) L (15-11, 15-2) [32]	Claire Sharpe Linda Cloutier  (CAN) W (15-8, 15-11)	[27]
Nigel Tier Gillian Gowers	Mixed doubles	Mike Butler Claire Sharpe  (CAN) W (15-11, 15-12) [34]	Michael Scandolera Audrey Tuckey  (AUS) L (15-7, 17-15)	did not advance [30]
Richard Outterside Gillian Clark		Hung Lai Amy Chan  (HKG) W (15-11, 15-7) [31]	Mike Butler Ken Poole  (CAN) L (6-15, 15-6, 15-7)
Andy Goode Fiona Elliott		Paul Kong Tracey Small  (AUS) W (15-11, 17-14) [35]	Alexander White Iain Pringle  (SCO) W (15-10, 15-0)	Billy Gilliland Christine Heatly  (SCO) W (15-14, 18-15) [30]	Michael Scandolera Audrey Tuckey  (AUS) L (15-7, 15-5)	[27]
England	Mixed team	—	Northern Ireland W 5-0   Australia W 3-2 [8]	Scotland W 4-1	Canada W 5-0	[5]

Bowls

The lawn bowls were held at Balgreen. ^[36]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round Robin												Rank
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score
Andy Thomas	Singles	Hill  (WAL) W 21 - 19 [37]	Corsie  (SCO) L 21 - 12 [8]	Dickison  (NZL) L 21 - 20 [5]	Espie  (NIR) L 21 - 14 [5]	Le Marquand  (JEY) L 21 - 9 [3]	Smith  (GGY) W 21 - 18 [7]	Bosley  (HKG) W 21 - 9 [7]	Fong  (FIJ) 21 -7 [4]	Young  (MAW) W 21 - 11 [4]	Wallace  (CAN) W 21 - 14 [21]	David  (BOT) W 21 - 19 [21]	Schuback  (AUS) W 21 - 14 [16]	6 [16]
Chris Ward David Ward	Pairs	Wales L 21 - 19 [37]	Scotland L 22 - 12 [38]	Northern Ireland W 27 - 20 [8]	Botswana W 20 - 15 [5]	New Zealand W 22 - 15 [5]	Malawi L 23 - 13 [3]	Jersey W 24 - 8 [3]	Hong Kong L 22 - 16 [7]	Australia W 21 - 16 [7]	Canada W 26 - 17 [4]	Fiji W 25 - 14 [21]	Guernsey W 37 - 8 [16]	[16]
Julian Haines Len Bowden Martyn Sekjer Pip Branfield	Fours	Wales L 19 - 17 [37]	Swaziland W 22 - 10 [8]	Scotland L 23 - 15 [8]	Northern Ireland L 29 - 12 [5]	New Zealand L 22 - 19 [3]	Hong Kong L 25 - 17 [3]	Guernsey W 21 - 11 [7]	Canada W 23 - 19 [4]	Australia L 17 - 16 [21]	Botswana W 31 - 13 [16]	Fiji W 24 - 17 [16]	—	7 [16]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round Robin												Rank
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score
Wendy Line	Singles	Dainton  (WAL) L 21 - 13 [37]	McCrone  (SCO) W 21 - 8 [8]	Bell  (NIR) W 21 - 14 [5]	Anderson  (BOT) W 21 - 14 [5]	Blattman  (JEY) W 21 - 7 [3]	Ryan  (NZL) W 21 - 4 [3]	Humphreys  (HKG) W 21 - 9 [7]	Fahey  (AUS) 21 - 16 [7]	Le Tissier  (GGY) W 21 - 19 [4]	Lum On  (FIJ) W 21 - 20 [4]	Hunter  (CAN) L 21 - 15 [21]	—	[16]
Betty Stubbings Jean Valls	Pairs	Guernsey L 21 - 14 [37]	Scotland L 25 - 10 [38]	Australia W 22 - 12 [8]	Northern Ireland L 21 - 15 [5]	Hong Kong L 24 - 15 [3]	Wales W 25 - 16 [7]	Fiji W 39 - 13 [7]	Canada W 24 - 12 [4]	Botswana W 23 - 16 [21]	New Zealand	—		[16]
Barbara Fuller Brenda Atherton Madge Allan Mary Price	Fours	Australia L 18 - 16 [39]	Guernsey W 29 - 11 [37]	Scotland W 19 - 18 [8]	Botswana W 22 - 10 [5]	New Zealand W 32 - 5 [5]	Northern Ireland W 22 - 16 [3]	Hong Kong L 21 - 14 [3]	Wales L 25 - 21 [4]	Swaziland L 21 - 18 [4]	Fiji W 37 - 6 [21]	Canada W 23 - 9 [21]	Malawi	[16]

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result [4]	Opposition Result [19]	Rank [19]
Mark Epton	Light flyweight (48kg)	Robert Regan  (WAL)W [8]	Wilson Docherty  (SCO)W	Scotty Olson  (CAN)L
John Lyon	Flyweight (51kg)	—	Steve Beaupré  (CAN)W	Leonard Makhanya  (SWZ)W
Sean Murphy	Bantamweight (54kg)	Paul Kunene  (SAM)W [5]	Glen Brooks  (SCO)W	Roy Nash  (NIR)W
Peter English	Featherweight (57kg)	Calvin Magagula  (SWZ)W [8]	Christopher Caleton  (NIR)W	Bill Downey  (NIR)L
Joey Jacobs	Lightweight (60kg)	Brian Williams  (AUS)W [8]	Asif Dar  (CAN)L	did not advance
Darren Dyer	Welterweight (67kg)	Darren Obah  (AUS)W [3]	Damien Denny  (NIR)W	James McAllister  (SCO)W
Rod Douglas	Middleweight (75kg)	Eggerton Marcus  (CAN)W [7]	George Ferrie  (SCO)W	Jeff Harding  (AUS)W
Jim Moran	Light heavyweight (81kg)	Pu'a Don Ulberg  (SAM)W [8]	Brent Kosolofski  (CAN)W	Harry Lawson  (SCO)W
Eric Cardouza	Heavyweight (91kg)	—	Doug Young  (SCO)L	did not advance
James Oyebola	Super Heavyweight (>91kg)	—	Lennox Lewis  (CAN)L	did not advance

Cycling

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final/Bronze Medal Match
		Time/ Score	Rank	Time/ Score	Result	Time/ Score	Result	Time/ Score	Rank
Gary Coltman	Time trial	—						1.07.83	6 [8]
Jon Walshaw								1.09.12	12 [8]
Colin Sturgess								1.09.12	13 [8]
Paul McHugh	Sprint	Q [5]		2-1	W [7]	2-0	L [40]	2-0	4 [32]
Colin Sturgess	Individual pursuit	4:51.23	2 Q	4:49.80	W [5]	4:45.15	W	L	[7]
Rob Muzio		4:58.48	7 Q	4:57.35	W [5]	4:45.43	L	4:57.59	4 [7]
Chris Boardman		5:02.68	8 Q	DNF	L	did not advance [5]
Chris Boardman Gary Coltman Rob Muzio Jon Walshaw	Team pursuit	4:33.05	3 Q	—		4:31.37	L	W	[21]
Paul Curran	Road race	—						4:08.50	[41]
Deno Davie								4:11.19	4 [41]
Alan Gornall								4:12.35	9 [41]
Chris Lillywhite								4:12.46	10 [41]
Paul Curran Deno Davie Alan Gornall Keith Reynolds	Team time trial	—						2:13.16	[6]

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Steve Redgrave	Single sculls	7:38.01	1 Q [6]	—		7:28.29	[42]
Carl Smith Allan Whitwell	Double sculls	7:24.63	1 Q [3]	—		6:23.53	[7]
Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave	Coxless pairs	7:08.33	1 Q [3]	—		6:40.48	[7]
Graham Faultless Richard Ireland Mostyn Field Humphry Hatton	Coxless fours	6:54.01	2 [3]	Q		6:05.99	[7]
Martin Cross Adam Clift Andy Holmes Steve Redgrave Adrian Ellison	Coxed fours	6:29.05	1 Q [3]	—		6:08.13	[7]
Jonathan Spencer-Jones Patrick Broughton John Garrett John Maxey Terence Dillon Mark Buckingham Stephen Peel Richard Stanhope Vaughan Thomas	Eights	—				5:46.35	[8]
Carl Smith	Lightweight single sculls	7:28.04	1 Q [6]	—		7:27.34	[8]
Christopher Bates Peter Haining Neil Staite Stuart Forbes	Lightweight coxless fours	—				6:25.86	[8]

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Gillian Bond	Single sculls	7:52.82	[7]
Diane Prince Claire Parker	Double sculls	7:54.71	[8]
Pauline Bird Flo Johnston	Coxless pairs	7:42.23	[8]
Joanne Gough Ann Callaway Kate Holroyd Trish Reid Alison Norrish	Coxed fours	7:06.02	[7]
Flo Johnston Pauline Bird Kate Grose Alison Bonner Kate Holroyd Ann Callaway Joanne Gough Trish Reid Alison Norrish	Eights	6:45.62	[8]
Beryl Crockford	Lightweight single sculls	7:58.05	4 [7]
Alexa Forbes Gillian Hodges Lin Clark Judith Burne	Lightweight coxless fours	6:54.70	[7]

Shooting

Open events

Pistol

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Richard Wang	Free Pistol	537	9 [4]
Paul Leatherdale		533	11 [4]
Richard Wang Paul Leatherdale	Free Pistol – Pairs	1090	[6]
Bob Northover	Centre-Fire Pistol	583	[16]
Michael Cutler		577	5 [16]
Bob Northover Michael Cutler	Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs	1157	[3]
Brian Girling	Rapid-Fire Pistol	581	5 [4]
Terry Turner		574	12 [4]
Brian Girling Terry Turner	Rapid-Fire Pistol – Pairs	1169	[8]
Paul Leatherdale	Air Pistol	571	5 [21]
Ian Reid		569	7 [21]
Paul Leatherdale Ian Reid	Air Pistol – Pairs	1143	[5]

Rifle

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Sarah Cooper	Rifle Prone	594	10 [7]
David Staniforth		593	15 [7]
David Staniforth Sarah Cooper	Rifle Prone – Pairs	1148	8 [8]
Malcolm Cooper	Rifle Three Positions	1170	[21]
Sarah Cooper		1128	8 [21]
Malcolm Cooper Sarah Cooper	Rifle Three Positions – Pairs	2278	[5]
John Bloomfield	Full Bore Rifle	395	[21]
Nick Crawshaw		391	9 [21]
John Bloomfield Nick Crawshaw	Full Bore Rifle – Pairs	582	4 [3]
Malcolm Cooper	Air Rifle	582	[4]
Robert Smith		572	10 [4]
Malcolm Cooper Robert Smith	Air Rifle – Pairs	1146	[6]

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Ian Peel	Trap	195	[7]
Peter Boden		192	[7]
Ian Peel Peter Boden	Trap – Pairs	185	[6]
Joe Neville	Skeet	195	[16]
Ken Harman		193	5 [16]
Joe Neville Ken Harman	Skeet – Pairs	195	[8]

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Weight Lifted		Total	Rank
		Snatch	Clean & jerk
Sam Heyer	56kg	withdrew [6]
Geoff Laws	60kg	Eliminated after snatch [8]
Dean Willey	67.5kg	145.0	170.0	315.0	[8]
Peter May	82.5kg	142.5	175.0	317.5	[5]
Tony Supple		135.0	175.0	310.0	4 [5]
Keith Boxell	90kg	155.0	195.0	350.0	[3]
David Mercer		152.5	190.0	342.5	[3]
Duncan Dawkins	100kg	147.5	185.0	332.5	[3]
Andrew Saxton		140.0	187.5	327.5	[3]
Mark Groombridge	110kg	155.0	200.0	355.0	4 [7]

Wrestling

Men

Athlete	Event	Group rounds		Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Duncan Burns	Light flyweight (48kg)	Ron Moncur  (CAN)L [4]	David Connelly  (SCO)W [21]	— [16]	[43]
Nigel Donohue	Flyweight (52kg)	—	Chris Woodcroft  (CAN)L [4]	Shane Stannett  (NZL)W	[16]
Brian Aspen	Bantamweight (57kg)	Paul Kirkby  (AUS)W [4]	Mitch Ostberg  (CAN)L [21]	Paul Nedley  (SCO)W	[16]
Gavin Beswick	Featherweight (62kg)	Brian Miller  (SCO)W [4]	Dan Cumming  (CAN)L [21]	Stephen Bell  (NZL)	4 [16]
Steve Cooper	Lightweight (68kg)	—	Dave McKay  (CAN)L [21]	Chris McKay  (SCO)W	[16]
Fitzlloyd Walker	Welterweight (74kg)	—	Gary Holmes  (CAN)L [4]	Calum McNeill  (SCO)W	[16]
Tony Bull	Middleweight (82kg)	Chris Rinke  (CAN)L	Eddie Cusak  (NIR)W [21]	—	[44]
Noel Loban	Light heavyweight (90kg)	—	Alan Thompson  (AUS)W [21]	Doug Cox  (CAN)W	[16]
David Kilpin	Heavyweight (100kg)	Robert Algie  (NZL)L [4]	Bill Robertson  (SCO)W [21]	Gabriel Toth  (AUS)W	[16]
Keith Peache	Super heavyweight (130kg)	—	Wayne Brightwell  (CAN)L [21]	Dru Schaffer  (AUS)W	[16]

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