Wales at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Wales at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	WAL
CGA	Commonwealth Games Wales
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 6 Silver 5 Bronze 12 Total 23
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030

Wales competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 24 July to 2 August 1986. ^{[1] [2]}

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Wales finished fifth in the medals table with 6 gold, 5 silver and 12 bronze medals. ^{[4] [5]}

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Kirsty Wade Athletics Women's 800 metres  Gold Kirsty Wade Athletics Women's 1500 metres  Gold Hafod Thomas Jim Morgan Robert Weale Will Thomas Lawn bowls Men's fours  Gold Linda Parker Linda Evans Joan Ricketts Rita Jones Lawn bowls Women's fours  Gold Ray Williams Weightlifting Men's 60 kg  Gold David Morgan Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg  Silver Colin Jackson Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdle  Silver Roger Hackney Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase  Silver Venissa Head Athletics Women's Discus throw  Silver Neil Haddock Boxing Lightweight (60 kg)  Silver Aneurin Evan Boxing Super Heavyweight (>91 kg)  Bronze Steve Jones Athletics Men's 10,000 metres  Bronze Angela Tooby Athletics Women's 10,000 metres  Bronze Helen Miles Sian Morris Sallyanne Short Carmen Smart Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay  Bronze Robert Morgan Aquatics Men's highboard  Bronze Kerry Webber Boxing Flyweight (51 kg)  Bronze Glyn Thomas Boxing Light middleweight (71 kg)  Bronze Byron Pullen Boxing Light heavyweight (81 kg)  Bronze Terry Wakefield Colin Harris Shooting Open rifle prone – pairs  Bronze Roland Phillips Shooting Open trap  Bronze Jeffrey Bryce Weightlifting Men's 60 kg  Bronze Neil Taylor Weightlifting Men's 75 kg  Bronze Andrew Davies Weightlifting Men's 110 kg

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 2 3 3 8 Lawn bowls 2 0 0 2 Weightlifting 2 0 3 5 Boxing 0 2 3 5 Aquatics 0 0 1 1 Shooting 0 0 2 2 Total 6 5 12 23

Medals by gender Gender Total Male 3 4 8 15 Female 3 1 2 6 Mixed / open 0 0 2 2 Total 6 5 12 23

Aquatics

The aquatics events were held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool. ^[4]

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Robert Morgan	Springboard	594.12	6 [6]
Andy Budd		490.77	12 [6]
Robert Morgan	Highboard	561.54	[7]

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tony Day	400 metre freestyle	3:59.87	2 Q	3:58.20	5 [8]
Ian Rosser		4:09.27	5	did not advance [8]
Steven Gywnne		4:05.01	6
Steven Gwynne	1500 metre freestyle	16:09.71	6	did not advance [9]
Ian Rosser	100 metre backstroke	1:00.17	6	did not advance [9]
Gareth Williams		1:02.71	7
Ian Rosser	200 metre backstroke	2:07.49	5	did not advance [10]
Gareth Williams		2:12.00	6
Bruce Perry	100 metre breaststroke	10.60	5	did not advance [8]
Bruce Perry	200 metre breaststroke	disq.		did not advance [6]
Gareth Williams	100 metre butterfly	1:02.77	6	did not advance [11]
Ian Roser	200 metre individual medley	2:12.02	4	did not advance [7]
Tony Day	400 metre Individual Medley	4:32.60	4 Q	4:30.02	7 [11]
Steven Gwynne Ian Rosser Bruce Perry Tony Day	4x200 metre freestyle relay	—N/a		7:54.98	5 [11]
Ian Rosser Bruce Perry Steven Gwynne Gareth Williams	4x100 metre medlay relay	4:09.56	4 Q	4:07.54	8 [7]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Samantha Lewis	100 metre freestyle	1:04.35	6	did not advance [8]
Maxine McKinnell		59.70	4
Nicky Cumbers		1:00.96	5
Nicky Cumbers	400 metre freestyle	4:31.08	6	did not advance [10]
Nicky Cumbers	800 metre freestyle	9:10.76	6	did notadvance [6]
Claire Reeve	100 metre breaststroke	1:15.87	5	did not advance [6]
Claire Tucker		1:13.90	3 Q	1:13.94	6 [6]
Claire Tucker	200 metre breaststroke	2:39.39	4	did not advance [11]
Claire Reeve		2:43.74	5
Maxine McKinnell	100 metre butterfly	1:05.93	6	did not advance [6]
Samantha Lewis	200 metre butterfly	2:23.31	5	did not advance [7]
Nicky Cumbers	200 metre individual medley	disq.		did not advance [11]
Maxine McKinnell Samantha Lewis Claire Tucker Nicky Cumbers	4x100 metre freestyle relay	—N/a		4:02.99	6 [10]
Claire Tucker Claire Reeve Samantha Lewsi Maxine McKinnell	4×100 metre medley relay	—N/a		4:30.70	5 [9]

Athletics

Men

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mal Edwards	800 metres	1:49.81	3 Q	1:49.33	4 [6]	1:47.27	5 [12]
Paul Williams		1:52.55	4 Q	1:48.52	6	did not advance [6]
Neil Horsfield	1500 metres	—N/a		3:42.83	3 Q [13]	3:57.08	9 [14]
Steve Jones	10,000 metres	—N/a				28:02.48	[11]
Nigel Walker	110 metres hurdle	—N/a		13.64	1 Q [11]	13.69	4 [11]
Colin Jackson				13.69	1 Q [11]	13.42	[10]
Roger Hackney	3000 metres steeplechase	—N/a				8:25.15	[10]
Ieuan Ellis	Marathon	—N/a				2:15.12	7 [15]
Stephen Johnson	30 kilometres walk	—N/a				2:21.05	8 [16]

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Shaun Pickering	Shot put	16.79	8 [14]
Shaun Pickering	Discus throw	51.30	9 [15]
Shaun Pickering	Hammer throw	62.64	9 [11]
Colin Mackenzie	Javelin	70.82	7 [14]

Women

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sallyanne Short	100 metres	11.60	5 q	11.74	8 [10]
Helen Miles		11.63	6	did not advance [10]
Carmen Smart		11.83	6
Sian Morris	200 metres	23.82	4 q [6]	23.97	7 [16]
Sallyanne Short		24.06	6	did not advance [6]
Sian Morris	400 metres	54.75	5	did not advance [11]
Kirsty Wade	800 metres	2:03.94	1 Q [6]	2:00.94	[16]
Kirsty Wade	1500 metres	4:27.20	2 Q [17]	4:10.91	[18]
Angela Tooby	10,000 metres	—N/a		32:25.38	[6]
Susan Tooby				32:56.78	6 [6]
Kay Morley	100 metres hurdles	13.52	4 q [16]	13.83	7 [13]
Alyson Vandenbroek-Evans	400 metres hurdles	58.83	4 q [10]	58.31	8 [6]
Helen Miles Sian Morris Sallyanne Short Carmen Smart	4 × 100 metres relay	—N/a		45.37	[19]

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Gillian Regan	Long jump	6.05	9 [15]
Venissa Head	Discus throw	56.20	[20]
Karen Hough	Javelin	53.32	6 [16]

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/ Bronze Medal Match	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Lesley Roberts	Women's singles	Bridget Hunt  (GUE) W (11–2, 11–6)	Fiona Elliott  (ENG) L (11–2, 11–1)	did not advance [21]
Lyndon Williams Chris Rees	Men's doubles	Yeung Yik Kei Hung Lai  (HKG) W (15–11, 15–8) [22]	Michael Scandolera Paul Hong  (AUS)	did not advance [21]
Sarah Doody Lesley Roberts	Women's doubles	Claire Sharpe Linda Cloutier  (CAN) L (15-3, 15-12)	did not advance [9]
Wales	Mixed team	—N/a	Australia W (3–2)   New Zealand L (5–0) [11]	did not advance [10]

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robert Regan	Light flyweight (48kg)	Mark Epton  (ENG)L	did not advance [11]
Kerry Webber	Flyweight (51kg)	—N/a	Leonard Makhanya  (SWZ)L	did not advance [7]	[23]
Sean Ward	Bantamweight (54kg)	Glen Brooks  (SCO)L	did not advance [10]
Antonio Khan	Featherweight (57kg)	Christopher Carleton  (NIR)L	did not advance [9]
Jonathan Alsop	Light welterweight (63.5 kg)	Howard Grant  (CAN)L	did not advance [8]
Neil Haddock	Lightweight (60kg)	—N/a	Lyton Mphande  (MAW)W [7]	Asif Dar  (CAN)L	[23]
Cliff Piper	Welterweight (67kg)	Darren Dyer  (ENG)L	did not advance [8]
Glyn Thomas	Light middleweight (71kg)	Charles Mahlalela  (SWZ)W [11]	Dan Sherry  (CAN)L	did not advance [7]	[23]
Paul Lewis	Middleweight (75kg)	Jeff Harding  (AUS)L	did not advance [9]
Byron Pullen	Light heavyweight (81kg)	Gerald Storey  (NIR)W [11]	Harry Lawson  (SCO)L	did not advance [7]	[23]
Kevin McCormack	Heavyweight (91kg)	Douglas Young  (SCO)L	did not advance [11]
Aneurin Evan	Super Heavyweight (>91kg)	—N/a		Lennox Lewis  (CAN)L	[23]

Cycling

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final/Bronze Medal Match
		Time/ Score	Rank	Time/ Score	Result	Time/ Score	Result	Time/ Score	Rank
Steve Paulding	Time trial	—N/a						1:09.73	14 [11]
Norton Davies								1:11.90	17 [11]
Timothy Davies								1:12.05	18 [11]
Timothy Davies	Individual pursuit	5:07.00	12	did not advance [10]
Mark Adrian Westwood		5:39.28	17
Wales	Team pursuit	4:56.71	5	did not advance [16]
Stuart Coles John Evans Norman Hughes Keith Jones	Team time trial	—N/a						2:26.27	8 [8]

Lawn bowls

The lawn bowls were held at Balgreen. ^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round Robin												Rank
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score
Ray Hill (Aberavon BC)	Singles	Thomson  (ENG) L 21 - 19 [24]	Fong  (FIJ) W 21-20 [25]	Wallace  (CAN) L 21 - 18	David  (BOT) W 21 - 6 [11]	Schuback  (AUS) L 21 - 15 [10]	Smith  (GUE) W 21 - 6 [6]	Corsie  (SCO) L 21 - 14 [9]	Dickison  (NZL) L 21 - 15	Espie  (NIR) L 21 - 19 [7]	Young  (MAW) W 21 - 15 [16]	Le Marquand  (JER) W 21 - 18 [26]	Bosley  (HKG) W 21 - 12	7 [15]
Spencer Wilshire (Tonypandy BC) Lyn Perkins (Tonypandy BC)	Pairs	Canada L 21 - 14	England W 21 - 19 [24]	Botswana L 19 - 17	Guernsey W 26 - 21 [11]	Australia L 18 - 17	Hong Kong W 22 - 13 [10]	Scotland L 20 - 18 [6]	New Zealand W 24 - 15	Fiji W 22 - 12 [9]	Jersey W 27 - 17 [7]	Malawi W 24 - 14	Northern Ireland W 19 - 18	4 [15]
Hafod Thomas (Loughor BC) Jim Morgan (Barry Athletic BC) Robert Weale (Presteigne BC) Will Thomas (Pontrhydyfen BC) [27]	Fours	Canada D 17 - 17	England W 19 - 17 [24]	Australia W 19 - 11 [11]	Botswana W 25-17 [10]	Swaziland W 22 - 13 [6]	Scotland W 22 - 13	Fiji W 21 - 14 [9]	Northern Ireland L 16 - 13 [7]	New Zealand W 21 - 15 [16]	Guernsey W 18 - 16 [15]	Hong Kong L [19]	—N/a	[19]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round Robin												Rank
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score
Ann Dainton (Barry Plastics BC)	Singles	Lum On  (FIJ) L 21 - 19 [8]	Line  (ENG) L 21 - 13 [24]	Anderson  (BOT) W 21 - 19	Hunter  (CAN) W 21 - 1 [11]	Fahey  (AUS) W 21 - 19 [10]	Blattman  (JER) W 21 - 11 [10]	Humphreys  (HKG) L 21 - 13 [9]	McCrone  (SCO) L 21 - 19 [7]	Ryan  (NZL) L 21 - 5	Bell  (NIR) L 21 - 11 [16]	le Tissier  (GUE) W 21 - 3	—N/a	10 [15]
Janet Ackland (Penarth Belle Vue BC) Margaret Pomeroy (Sophia Gardens BC)	Pairs	Canada L 19 - 16 [24]	Botswana W 33 - 6 [11]	Australia W 28 - 14 [10]	Scotland W 23 - 17 [6]	England W 25 - 16 [9]	New Zealand L 16 - 19	Northern Ireland L 24 - 19 [7]	Fiji W 21 - 12 [16]	Guernsey L 20 - 17	Hong Kong W 22 - 19	—N/a		5 [15]
Linda Parker (Knighton BC) Linda Evans (Port Talbot BC) Joan Ricketts (Bailey Park BC) Rita Jones (Gilfach Bargoed BC) [28]	Fours	Botswana L 21 - 13	Australia W 21 - 18 [11]	Hong Kong W 22 - 17 [10]	Scotland L 26 - 16 [6]	Swaziland W 23 - 13	Guernsey W 23 - 9 [9]	England W 25 - 21	Canada W 33 - 12 [7]	Northern Ireland W 25 - 16	New Zealand W 17 - 14 [16]	Malawi W [19]	Fiji W 18 - 15 [15]	[15]

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chris Howell	Single sculls	7:46.49	4	7:31.03	3 Q [8]	7:50.42	6 [29]
Lewis Hancock Robert Luke	Double sculls	7:44.77	4	6:56.09	4 Q [6]	6:35.84	6 [9]
Philip Gregory Christopher Jones	Coxless pairs	7:49.39	3	7:55.70	5 Q [6]	7:00.32	6 [9]
David Kidwell Iestyn Roberts Chris Howell Martin Hyndman	Coxless fours	7:10.94	4	5 [6]		did not advance [9]
Nicholas Hartland Paul Taylor Ivor Lloyd Michael Partridge Chris Jenkins	Coxed fours	7:42.10	3	6:52.07	4 Q [6]	6:41.07	6 [9]
Guy Thomas Iestyn Roberts Michael Hnatiw Robin Roberts Ivor Lloyd Paul Taylor Nicholas Hartland Michael Partridge Chris Jenkins	Eights	—N/a				6:20.81	6 [11]
Robin Williams	Lightweight single sculls	7:44.83	4	7:30.75	3 Q [8]	7:35.95	4 [11]
David Kidwell Stephen Redwood Jeremy Edwards Martin Hyndman	Lightweight coxless fours	—N/a				6:43.83	5 [11]

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Rhian Davies	Single sculls	8:21.41	5 [9]
Jo Treweek Louise Kingsley Katharine Hartland Fiona Price	Coxed fours	7:27.86	5 [9]
Rhian Davies	Lightweight single sculls	8:18.24	6 [9]
Jo Treweek Louise Kingsley Katharine Hartland Fiona Price	Lightweight coxless four	7:11.70	4 [9]

Shooting

Open events

Pistol

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Albie Fox	Free Pistol	519	16 [7]
David Nash	Centre-Fire Pistol	571	10 [15]
Steven Mitchell		567	13 [15]
David Nash Steven Mitchell	Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs	1137	5 [6]
Gareth Irving	Rapid-Fire Pistol	582	4 [7]
Michael Jay		576	10 [7]
Gareth Irving Michael Jay	Rapid-Fire Pistol – Pairs	1150	4 [30]

Rifle

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Terry Wakefield	Rifle Prone	596	5 [9]
Colin Harris		596	6 [9]
Terry Wakefield Colin Harris	Rifle Prone – Pairs	1166	[11]
David Arnold	Rifle Three Positions	1121	10 [16]
Chris Hockley	Full Bore Rifle	389	12 [16]
Chris Hockley John Vivian	Full Bore Rifle – Pairs	565	10 [6]
David Arnold	Air Rifle	576	7 [7]
Stuart Daltrey		573	9 [7]
Stuart Daltrey David Arnold	Air Rifle – Pairs	1132	6 [8]

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Roland Phillips	Trap	192	[9]
Stuart Clubbe		184	10 [9]
Roland Phillips Stuart Clubbe	Trap – Pairs	174	6 [8]
Terry Griffiths	Skeet	184	15 [15]
Phil Lewellyn		183	17 [15]
Terry Griffiths Phil Lewellyn	Skeet – Pairs	168	10 [11]

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Weight Lifted		Total	Rank
		Snatch	Clean & jerk
Chris Edward	56kg	87.5	107.5	195	5 [8]
Ray Williams	60kg	102.5	132.5	235.0	[11]
Jeffrey Bryce		112.5	140.0	252.5	[11]
Neil Taylor	75kg	120.0	150.0	170.0	[10]
David Morgan	82.5kg	160.0	190.0	350.0	[10]
Gareth Hives	90kg	120.0	160.0	280.0	6 [6]
Andrew Davies	110kg	170.0	200.0	370.0	[9]
Steven Wilson	110kg plus	152.5	187.5	340.0	4 [9]
Kenneth Webster		140.0	170.0	310.0	5 [9]

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