Zambia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Zambia at the
2002 Commonwealth Games
Zambia at the; 2002 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Zambia
IOC code	ZAM
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Zambia
in Manchester, Great Britain; 25 July 2002 – 4 August 2002
Competitors	26 (21 men and 5 women) in 9 sports
Medals; Ranked 20th	Gold1Silver1Bronze1Total3
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1954 ; 1958 ; 1962–1966; 1970 ; 1974 ; 1978 ; 1982 ; 1986; 1990 ; 1994 ; 1998 ; 2002 ; 2006 ; 2010 ; 2014 ; 2018 ; 2022 ;
Other related appearances
	Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1962)

Last updated March 16, 2024

Zambia competed in its ninth Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002. It was the third time that the nation had won a gold medal at the games and its most recent success.^[1]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	1	4
Badminton	1	1	2
Boxing	5	—	5
Cycling	2	0	2
Judo	3	0	3
Lawn Bowls	1	2	3
Squash	3	0	3
Swimming	2	1	3
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Total	21	5	26

Medal summary

Medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kennedy Kanyanta	Boxing	Men's 51 kg	3 August
Silver	Denis Zimba	Boxing	Men's 60 kg	3 August
Bronze	Davis Mwale	Boxing	Men's 63.5 kg	3 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Boxing	1	1	1	3
Total	1	1	1	3

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
9	3 August	1	1	1	3
Total		1	1	1	3

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	1	1	1	3
Female	0	0	0	0
Mixed	0	0	0	0
Total	1	1	1	3

Athletics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sylvester Chishiba	400 m	DNS		Did not advance
Sylvester Chishiba	800 m	1:50.86	19	Did not advance
Prince Mumba	800 m	1:48.40	4 Q	1:48.51	13	Did not advance
Obed Mutanya	5000 m	—				13:39.74	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Addeh Mwamba	800 m	DNS		Did not advance
Addeh Mwamba	1500 m	—		4:35.76	17	Did not advance

Badminton

Zambia participated with two athletes (one men and one women)

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eli Mambwe	Singles	Bye	Richard Vaughan (WAL) L (2–7, 0–7, 2–7)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jean Mabiza	Singles	Kerry Ann Sheppard (WAL) L (3–7, 7–5, 1–7, 2–7)	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eli Mambwe Jean Mabiza	Mixed Doubles	Bruce Topping / Jayne Plunkett (NIR) L (1–7, 4–7, 0–7)	Did not advance

Boxing

Zambia participated with a team of 5 athletes.

Key:

RSC – Referee stops contest (unspecified).
RSCO – Referee stops contest for an outclassed opponent.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kennedy Kanyanta	−51 kg	Bye	Matthew Edmonds (WAL) W RSCO (Round 2)	Bruno Julie (MRI) W30-21	Sébastien Gauthier (CAN) W34-26	Lechedzani Luza (BOT) W25-12
Jonathan Mwila	−57 kg	Thomas Aryeetey (GHA) W19–18	Benoit Gaudet (CAN) L RSCO (Round 2)	Did not advance
Denis Zimba	−60 kg	Bye	Kennis Joseph (GRN) W25-16	Giovanni Frontin (MRI) W29-28	Andrew Morris (ENG) W26-22	Jamie Arthur (WAL) L 35-37
Davis Mwale	−63.5 kg	Bye	Julius William (TAN) W RSCO (Round 3)	Vivian Bryan (WAL) W RSC (Round 4)	Mohammed Kayongo (UGA) L 22-28	Did not advance
Derick Fimbo	−75 kg	—	Paul Miller (AUS) L RSCO (Round 2)	Did not advance

Cycling

Zambia participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Maimba Malako	Time Trial	1:20:18.63	37
Maimba Malako	Road Race	DNF
Bruce Nkhoma	Time Trial	1:20:44.53	38
Bruce Nkhoma	Road Race	DNF

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gabriel Kunda	−66 kg	Laval Collet (MRI) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Hitra Shakanungu	−73 kg	Craig Ewers (WAL) L 0000–1002	Did not advance
Elijah Chirwa	−90 kg	Bye	Keith Morgan (CAN) L 0000-1000	Did not advance	Gbenga Oteje (NGR) L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Lawn bowls

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Edward Nkole	Singles	Ryan Bester (CAN) L 7–21	Mervyn King (ENG) W21–14	Garry Ryan (NFI) W21–16	Roy Garden (ZIM) W21–20	—	2 Q	Jeremy Henry (NIR) L 11–21	Did not advance		5

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hilda Luipa Beatrice Mali	Pairs	Hajah Amalia Haji Matali / Hajah Suhana Haji Mohd Daud (BRU) W18–13	Alison Birch / Sheila Syvret (JER) L 7–23	Kitha Bailey / Zilpha Quintal (NFI) W18–7	Joyce Lindores / Margaret Russell (SCO) L 11–16	3	Did not advance			10

Squash

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Patrick Chifunda	Singles	Kelvin Ho (MAS) W3–2 (5–9, 9–7, 9–3, 4–9, 9–2)	Shahid Zaman (PAK) (15) L 0–3 (9–10, 6–9, 7–9)	Did not advance
Ernest Chisenga		Graham Ryding (CAN) (16) L 0–3 (0–9, 8–10, 2–9)	Did not advance
Ernest Chisenga		—	Plate Round of 32 Keabetsoe Monnapula (LES) W3–0 (9–4, 9–3, 9–1)	Plate Round of 16 Neil Frankland (SCO) LDNS	Did not advance
Masambo Selisho		Gareth Webber (GUE) L 1–3 (5–9, 5–9, 9–4, 4–9)	Did not advance
Masambo Selisho		—	Plate Round of 32 Wayne Prescod (JAM) W3–0 (9–2, 9–2, 9–2)	Plate Round of 16 Baitsi Motsamai (LES) W3–0 (9–0, 9–5, 9–3)	Quarterfinal Plate Murray Martin (ZIM) W3–0 (9–7, 9–2, 9–0)	Semifinal Plate Neil Frankland (SCO) L 0–3 (2–9, 5–9, 2–9)	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Patrick Chifunda Ernest Chisenga	Men's doubles	Lee Beachill / Peter Nicol (ENG) L 0–2	Murray Martin / Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM) L 1–2	Rajdeep Bains / Hartaj Bains (KEN) W2–1	3	Did not advance

Swimming

Three athletes represented Zambia in swimming:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chisela Kanchela	50 m breaststroke	33.07	17	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:13.32	23	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:53.66	17	—		Did not advance
Andre Kuenzli	50 m freestyle	27.24	47	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	58.77	35	Did not advance
	200 m medley	2:33.73	19	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ursula Kuenzli	50 m freestyle	30.75	37	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:07.32	32	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	38.25	23	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:22.64	21	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Obrie Nondo	56 kg	85	11	115	9	200	10

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