The 1998 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games, was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th century. For the first time ever, the games included team sports. The other bid from the 1998 games came from Adelaide in Australia. Malaysia was the eighth nation to host the Commonwealth Games after Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, Wales, Jamaica and Scotland. Around 3638 athletes from 70 Commonwealth member nations participated at the games which featured 214 events in 15 sports with 34 of them collected medals.
Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer is a former Olympic cyclist. She is the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold medal, which she won in the 3km individual pursuit at the 2004 Athens Olympics setting a world record.
Christian Sean Malcolm is a retired Welsh track and field athlete who specialised in the 200 metres. In 2020 he was appointed Head Coach of the British Athletics Olympic Programme.
Louise Jones is a Welsh former racing cyclist. Lived in Port Talbot, Wales while competing, now resides in Brisbane.
Sally Boyden is a female former British track and road racing cyclist.
Shane William Archbold is a New Zealand former professional racing cyclist who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2023.
Shane Perkins is an Australian and Russian professional track cyclist.
Megan Hughes is a Welsh retired track and road racing cyclist. Hughes won the 1998 British National Road Race and represented Wales at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, competing in the road race and points race where she finished fifth.
Chloe Hosking is Australian professional racing cyclist. She holds the record for the most professional wins for an Australian woman with 39 professional wins in her career. Hosking has represented Australia at junior and then senior levels since 2007. Following success in a number of international events she turned professional in 2010. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, and won the women's road race at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Sarah Lee Wai Sze, BBS, MH is a former Hong Kong professional track cyclist.
Annette Edmondson is an Australian former cyclist who competed on the track with Cycling Australia's High Performance Unit (HPU). She also competed on the road for the Wiggle High5 team between 2015 and 2018.
Jaime Nielsen is a New Zealand track and road cyclist, and a former representative rower.
Fatehah Mustapa is a retired Malaysian track cyclist.
Makoto Iijima is a Japanese former professional road and track cyclist. Considered one of Japan's most successful cyclists in his decade, Iijima has claimed a total of nine track cycling medals at the Asian Championships, two silvers at the Asian Games, and three national time trial titles at the Japanese Championships. He also represented his nation Japan in three editions of the Olympic Games. He announced his retirement from professional cycling in October 2010 as a member of the Bridgestone–Anchor team.
Georgia Williams is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Liv AlUla Jayco.
Julie Robyn Speight is an Australian former cyclist, eight time National champion, and Australia's first female Olympic and Commonwealth Games track cyclist, competing in the women's sprint event at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics and winning a silver medal in the 1990 Auckland Commonwealth Games. At the time, she was described as 'a class above any other female rider in the country.'
Anthony Stirrat is a male Scottish former international cyclist. He competed in the track time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Alayna Burns is an Australian track cyclist.
Melanie Dawn Szubrycht is a female former British international track and road racing cyclist.
Michelle Ward is a female former British international track and road racing cyclist.
