Grenada at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Grenada at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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CGF code	GRN
CGA	The Grenada Olympic Committee
Website	grenadaolympic.com
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	14 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
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Grenada competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. ^[1] It was Grenada's 10th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

The Grenadian team consisted of 15 athletes (11 men and four women) that competed across four sports. ^[2] However, only 14 competed.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Lindon Victor	Athletics	Men's Decathlon	April 10
Bronze	Anderson Peters	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw	April 14

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7	1	8
Beach volleyball	0	2	2
Boxing	2	0	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	10	4	14

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Grenada participated with 8 athletes (7 men and 1 woman).

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Royan Marcelle	200 m	21.58	7	did not advance
Royan Marcelle	400 m	46.78	5 q	48.62	8	did not advance
Bralon Taplin		45.11	1 Q	45.44	1 Q	45.38	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Melvin Echard	Long jump	7.29	20	did not advance
Gennard Paul	Javelin throw	60.16	20	did not advance
Anderson Peters		80.44	3 Q	82.20

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Kurt Felix	Result	11.20	7.26	15.24	1.95	50.49	15.25	48.04	4.20	67.47	5:04.32	7756	4
	Points	817	876	804	758	792	820	830	673	851	535
Lindon Victor	Result	10.70	7.24	15.79	2.01	49.48	14.87	52.32	4.60	71.10	5:04.75	8303
	Points	929	871	838	813	839	865	919	790	906	533

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kanika Beckles	400 m	53.34	4 Q	53.80	6	did not advance

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Grenada received a wildcard for a women's beach volleyball team of two athletes. ^[3]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Renisha Stafford Thornia Williams	Women's	Pool A   Beattie – Coutts  (SCO) L 0 - 2 (8 - 21, 11 - 21)   Del Solar – Clancy  (AUS) L 0 - 2 (2 - 21, 11 - 21)   Konstantinou – Angelopoulou  (CYP) L 0 - 2 (3 - 21, 14 - 21)	4	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Grenada participated with a team of 2 athletes (2 men)

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jonathan Francois	−69 kg	Boniface  (SEY) W 5 - 0	McCormack  (ENG) LKO	did not advance
Joshua Redhead	−75 kg	Sommerville  (AUS) LRSC	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Grenada participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Corey Ollivierre	50 m freestyle	25.71	52	did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	29.85	20	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:08.59	24	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oreoluwa Cherebin	50 m freestyle	28.38	26	did not advance
	50 m breaststroke	34.86	23	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:17.29	25	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	30.43	24	did not advance

See also

• Grenada at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. "Grenada Announces A Team To The Commonwealth Games". www.weefmgrenada.com. Radio Grenada. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
3. "Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball competition pools announced". www.fivb.org/. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.