Australia at the 1986 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	AUS
Cganame:	Australian Commonwealth Games Association
Games:	Commonwealth Games
Year:	1986
Location:	Edinburgh, Scotland
Competitors:	235
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Opening: Michael Turtur ^[1] Closing:Gael Martin ^[2]
Rank:	3
Gold:	40
Silver:	46
Bronze:	35
Officials:	69

Australia participated at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland in 24 July and 2 August 1986. . It was Australia's thirteenth appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. Australia won medals in eleven of the eleven sports that it entered

Medallists

The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Athletics	Men's marathon
		Athletics	Men's 30km walk
		Athletics	Men's long jump
		Athletics	Women's 400 metres
		Athletics	Women's marathon
		Athletics	Women's 400 metres hurdles
		Athletics	Women's high jump
		Athletics	Women's shot put
		Athletics	Women's discus throw
			Mixed doubles
		Cycling	Men's time trial
		Cycling	Men's sprint
		Cycling	Men's individual pursuit
			Men's team pursuit
		Cycling	Men's 10 miles scratch
		Diving	Men's 3 metres springboard
		Diving	Men's 10 metres platform
	Malcolm Batten Andrew Cooper Mike McKay Mark Doyle James Tomkins Ion Popa Steve Evans Dale Caterson	Rowing	Men's eights
		Rowing	Men's lightweight single sculls
		Rowing	Women's eights
		Rowing	Women's lightweight single sculls
	Rod Hack	Shooting	Open centre-fire pistol – Pairs
		Shooting	Open rapid-fire pistol
		Shooting	Open small bore rifle, prone
		Shooting	Open full bore rifle
		Swimming	Men's 100 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Men's 200 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Men's 400 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Men's 1500 metres freestyle
	Matthew Renshaw Mark Stockwell Neil Brooks	Swimming	Men's 4 x 100 metres freestyle
	Peter Dale Roberto Gleria Thomas Stachewicz	Swimming	Men's 4 x 200 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Women's 200 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Women's 200 metres backstrokee
		Swimming	Women's 200 metres individual medley
		Swimming	Women's 400 metres individual medley
	Michelle Pearson Sarah Thorpe Susie Baumer	Swimming	Women's 4 x 200 metres freestyle
		Weightlifting	Men's flyweight
		Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight
		Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
		Weightlifting	Men's super heavyweight
		Athletics	Men's 400 metres
	Miles Murphy David Johnston Darren Clark	Athletics	Men's 4 x 400 metres
		Athletics	Men's shot put
		Athletics	Men's discus throw
		Athletics	Women's heptathlon
		Badminton	Mixed singles
		Lawn bowls
	Betty Schenke Clarice Power Patricia Smith	Lawn bowls	Women's fours
		Boxing	Light welterweight
		Boxing	Light middleweight
		Boxing	Middleweight
		Cycling	Men's 10 miles scratch
		Diving	Women's 3 metres springboard
		Diving	Women's 10 metres platform
		Rowing	Men's singles sculls
		Rowing	Men's double sculls
		Rowing	Men's Lightweight coxless four
		Rowing	Women's coxed four
	Amanda Cross Virginia Lee Karin Riedel	Rowing	Women's lightweight coxless four
	Rod Hack	Shooting	Open free pistol
	Rod Hack	Shooting	Open centre-fire pistol
	Bruce Favell	Shooting	Open air pistol - pairs
	Jack Mast	Shooting	Open rapid-fire pistol – pairs
		Shooting	Open small bore rifle, prone – pairs
		Shooting	Open full bore rifle – pairs
		Shooting	Open air rifle – pairs
		Swimming	Men's 100 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Men's 200 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Men's 1500 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Men's 200 metres individual medley
		Swimming	Men's 400 metres individual medley
		Swimming	Women's 100 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Women's 400 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Women's 800 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Women's 100 metres backstroke
		Swimming	Women's 200 metres butterfly
		Swimming	Women's 400 metres individual medley
		Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
		Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
		Weightlifting	Men's light heavyweight
		Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
		Wrestling	Men's flyweight
		Wrestling	Men's featherweight
		Wrestling	Men's welterweight
		Wrestling	Men's lightweight
		Wrestling	Men's middleweight
		Athletics	Men's marathon
		Athletics	Men's 110 metres hurdles
		Athletics	Men's 110 pole vault
		Athletics	Men's triple jump
		Athletics	Men's shot put
		Athletics	Men's discus throw
		Athletics	Men's hammer throw
		Athletics	Women's 110 metres hurdles
		Athletics	Women's 400 metres hurdles
	Sharon Stewart Julie Schwass Debbie Flintoff	Athletics	Women's 4 x 400 metres
		Athletics	Women's long jump
		Athletics	Women's javelin throw
		Badminton	Mixed team
		Cycling	Men's time trial
		Cycling	Men's road race
		Diving	Men's 3 metres springboard
		Diving	Women's 10 metres platform
		Rowing	Men's coxed four
		Rowing	Women's coxless pair
		Shooting	Open free pistol – pairs
		Shooting	Open centre-fire pistol
		Shooting	Open trap - pairs
		Swimming	Men's 200 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Men's 100 metres breaststroke
	Brett Stocks Barry Armstrong Greg Fasala	Swimming	Men's 4 x 100 metres medley
		Swimming	Women's 400 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Women's 800 metres freestyle
		Swimming	Women's 100 metres backstroke
		Swimming	Women's 200 metres backstroke
		Swimming	Women's 100 metres breaststroke
		Swimming	Women's 200 metres breaststroke
			Women's 4 x 100 metres freestyle
	Dimity Douglas Georgina Parkes Karen Phillips		Women's 4 x 100 metres medley
	Donna Rankin	Synchronised Swimming	Women's duet
		Weightlifting	Men's super heavyweight

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Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Aquatics	13	13	14	33
Athletics	9	5	12	26
Cycling	5	1	2	8
Shooting	4	7	3	14
Rowing	4	5	2	11
Weightlifting	4	4	1	9
Badminton	1	1	1	3
Wrestling	0	5	0	5
Boxing	0	3	0	3
Lawn bowls	0	2	0	2
Total	40	46	35	121

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Male	22	26	15	63
Female	13	12	16	41
Mixed / open	5	8	4	17
Total	40	46	35	121

Aquatics

The aquatics events were held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool.^[3]

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Shaun Panayi	align=left rowspan=3	Springboard	648.33	^[4]
Craig Rogerson	620.43
Steve Foley	619.47	4
Craig Rogerson	align=left rowspan=3	Highboard	600.87	^[5]
Steve Foley	527.31	7
Nathan Meade	509.97	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Jennifer Donnet	align=left rowspan=3	Springboard	494.52
Valerie Beddoe	481.59	4
Julie Kent	451.47	6
Valerie Beddoe	align=left rowspan=3	Highboard	414.78
Julie Kent	411.18
Carol Boots	346.41	8

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mark Stockwell	100 metre freestyle	51.48	1 Q	51.61	7^[6]
Neil Brooks	51.82	2 Q	51.18
Gregory Fasala	51.39	1 Q	50.95
Robert Gleria	200 metre freestyle	1:53.20	1 Q	1:50.57
Thomas Stachewicz	1:52.51	1 Q	1:51.21
Peter Dale	1:51.39	1 Q	1:51.16
Duncan Armstrong	align=left rowspan=2	400 metre freestyle	3:54.91	1 Q	3:52.25	^[7]
Michael McKenzie	4:02.10	3	did not advance
Jason Plummer	1500 metre freestyle	15:53.02	1 Q^[8]	15:12.62
Michael McKenzie	15:49.21	3 Q	15:12.72
Thomas Stachewicz	100 metre backstroke	58.81	3 Q	58.64	7
David Orbell	58.93	3	did not advance
Carl Wilson	58.26	2 Q	58.28	5
David Orbell	200 metre backstroke	2:06.49	3 Q	2:05.59	6
Carl Wilson	2:07.43	4	did not advance
Robert Woodhouse	2:06.86	4
Brett Stocks	align=left rowspan=3	100 metre breaststroke	1:04.30	1 Q	1:03.75
Lance Leech	1:05.95	2	did not advance
Rodney Lawson	1:04.51	2 Q	1:04.72	4
Lance Leech	200 metre breaststroke	2:23.92	2	did not advance
Rodney Lawson	2:21.95	2 Q	2:20.87	5
Brett Stocks	2:22.29	3 Q	2:23.29	8
Barry Armstrong	align=left rowspan=3	100 metre butterfly	54.75	1 Q	54.84	4^[9]
Peter Gee	56.89	2	did not advance
Anthony McDonald	55.24	2 Q	55.31	5
Peter Gee	200 metre butterfly	2:02.04	2 Q	2:00.93	4
Anthony McDonald	2:03.23	3 Q	2:01.46	6
Paul Lee	2:06.30	5	did not advance
Darren Stewart	200 metre individual medley	2:10.16	4	did not advance
Robert Woodhouse	2:06.56	3 Q	2:04.19
Anthony McDonald	2:08.00	3 Q	2:08.44	8
Robert Woodhouse	align=left rowspan=2	400 metre Individual Medley	4:31.25	2 Q	4:22.51
Paul Lee	4:37.69	4	did not advance
Gregory Fasala Matthew Renshaw Mark Stockwell Neil Brooks	4x100 metre freestyle relay	3:21.58
Thomas Stachewicz Duncan Armstrong Robert Gleria Peter Dale	4x200 metre freestyle relay	7:23.49
Carl Wilson Brett Stocks Barry Armstrong Gregory Fasala	4x100 metre medlay relay	3:53.67	1 Q	3:45.86

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sarah Thorpe	align=left rowspan=3	100 metre freestyle	58.55	1 Q	58.17	5
Angela Harris	57.85	1 Q	57.64
Julie Pugh	58.46	2 Q	58.10	4
Susie Baumer	200 metre freestyle	2:00.61
Michelle Pearson	2:04.85	6
Suzie Baumer	align=left rowspan=3	400 metre freestyle	4:16.80	1 Q	4:12.77
Jenni Burke	4:19.07	2 Q	4:14.22
Anna McVann	4:22.06	4 Q	4:22.17	8
Jenni Burke	800 metre freestyle	8:45.76	2 Q	8:41.64
Julie McDonald	8:47.04	2 Q	8:29.52
Anna McVann	8:53.06	3 Q	8:53.03	6
Audrey Moore	align=left rowspan=3	100 metre backstroke	1:05.09	2 Q	1:05.17	6
Georgina Parkes	1:04.74	1 Q	1:04.07
Nicole Livingstone	1:04.56	1 Q	1:04.42
Georgina Parkes	200 metre backstroke	2:16.13	1 Q	2:14.88
Jody McGibbon	2:19.31	2 Q	2:17.66
Audrey Moore	2:20.54	2 Q	2:19.20	4
Cindy-Lu Fitzpatrick	100 metre breaststroke	1:14.11	3 Q	1:14.38	8
Dimity Douglas	1:12.27	1 Q	1:11.98
Collette Gunn	1:15.24	5	did not advance
Cindy-Lu Fitzpatrick	align=left rowspan=3	200 metre breaststroke	2:37.88	1 Q	2:36.58	6
Colette Gunn	2:41.57	3	did not advance
Dimity Douglas	2:36.92	2 Q	2:34.54
Karen Phillips	100 metre butterfly	1:03.74	2 Q	1:03.24	4
Angela Harris	1:03.03	1 Q	1:03.42	5
Celina Hardy	1:03.70	2 Q	1:03.45	6
Celina Hardy	200 metre butterfly	2:16.21	1 Q	2:14.63	5
Karen Phillips	2:13.11	1 Q	2:12.71
Collette Gunn	2:21.50	4	did not advance
Jodie Clatworthy	align=left rowspan=3	200 metre individual medley	2:21.78	2 Q	2:21.07	5
Suzanne Landells	2:19.61	2 Q	2:17.02
Michelle Pearson	2:21.55	3 Q	2:21.35	6
Jodie Clatworthy	align=left rowspan=3	400 metre individual medley	4:55.03	2 Q	4:49.67
Suzanne Landells	4:50.32	2 Q	4:45.82
Michelle Pearson	4:56.11	3 Q	4:55.10	6
Jacki Grant Sarah Thorpe Julie Pugh Angela Harris	4x100 metre freestyle relay	3:50.06
Jenni Burke Sarah Thorpe Susie Baumer Michelle Pearson	4x200 metre freestyle relay	8:12.09
Georgina Parkes Dimity Douglas Karen Phillips Angela Harris	align=left	4×100 metre medley relay	4:15.06

Synchronised swimming

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Lisa Lieschke	Synchronised solo	171.30	4
Donna Rankin Lisa Lieschke	Synchronised duet	173.00

Athletics

Men

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chris Perry	100 metres	11	5 q	11.03	7	did not advance
Robert Stone	10.51	5 q	Disq.
Gerrard Keating	10.56	3 Q	10.60	4 q	10.55	7
John Dinan	200 metres	20.99	1 Q^[10]	21.14	1 Q	21.07	7
Miles Murphy	21.41	4 Q	21.44	5	did not advance
Robert Stone	21.01	3 Q	21.03	4 Q	20.94	4
Bruce Frayne	align=left rowspan=3	400 metres	46.99	2 Q	47.09	1 Q	47.29	7
Darren Clark	46.12	1 Q	47.61	2 Q	45.98
David Johnston	47.13	3 Q	47.22	2 Q	47.24	6
Pat Scammell	800 metres	1:49.68	1 Q	1:49.24	3 Q	1:45.86	4^[11]
Peter Bourke	1:51.23	1 Q	1:48.40	5 q	did not advance
Peter Bourke	1500 metres	3:44.77	3 Q^[12]	3:54.48	5^[13]
Mike Hillardt	3:42.76	2 Q	3:56.90	8
Pat Scammell	3:42.92	4 Q	3:55.28	6
Steve Moneghetti	10,000 metres	28:29.20	5
Don Wright	110 metres hurdle	13.77	2 Q	13.64
Ken Gordon	400 metres hurdles	52.66	2 Q	51.59	8
Robert Stone John Dinan Gary Honey Gerrard Keating	4 × 100 metres relay	Disq.
Bruce Frayne Miles Murphy David Johnston Darren Clark	4 × 400 metres relay	3:07.81	^[14]
Robert de Castella	Marathon	2:10.15	^[15]
Steve Moneghetti	2:11.18
Simon Baker	30 kilometres walk	2:07.47	^[16]
Willi Sawall	2:14.29	5

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Neil Honey	Pole vault	5.20	^[17]
Simon Arkell	4.75	7
Gary Honey	Long jump	8.08
David Culbert	7.41	7
Peter Beames	Triple jump	16.42	^[18]
Gary Honey	16.16	4
Joe Quigley	Shot put	17.97
Stuart Gyngell	17.70
John Minns	16.99	6
Paul Nandapi	Discus throw	57.74
Werner Reiterer	57.34
Vlad Slavnic	54.48	7
Phil Spivey	Hammer throw	70.30
Joe Quigley	69.30	5
Hans Lotz	66.14	7
Murray Keen	Javelin throw	68.14	8

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m				400 m					1500 m	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Stuart Andrews	Result	10.96	6.87	12.92	1.93	49.09	15.71	43.64	4.40	54.26	4:35.01	7512	5
style=font-size:95%	Points	870	783	662	740	857	766	739	731	652	712
align=left rowspan=2	Peter Fossey	Result	11.08	6.95	12.16	1.96	50.98	16.71	38.08	0.00	0.00	DNF
style=font-size:95%	Points	843	802	616	767	770	655	626
align=left rowspan=2	Simon Shirley	Result	11.22	7.28	11.84	1.99	49.11	15.70	34.58	3.80	55.22	4:21.66	7290	8
style=font-size:95%	Points	812	881	597	794	856	767	555	562	666	800

Women

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kerry Johnson	100 metres	11.76	5	did not advance
Maree Chapman	200 metres	23.43	3 Q	23.64	5^[19]
Kerry Johnson	23.96	5	did not advance
Sharon Stewart	23.83	5
Maree Chapman	400 metres	53.84	3 Q	52.08	6
Debbie Flintoff	52.92	1 Q	51.29
Sharon Stewart	53.91	4 q	53.53	7
Julie Schwass	800 metres	2:03.88	4 q	2:05.14	8
Penny Just	align=left	1500 metres	4:27.69	3 Q^[20]	4:17.13	7
Jane Flemming	100 metres hurdles	13.45	2 Q	13.69	6
Glynis Nunn	13.31	2 Q	13.44
Jenny Laurendet	13.56	5	did not advance
Debbie Flintoff	400 metres hurdles	58.06	2 Q	54.94
Jenny Laurendet		58.25	1 Q	56.57
Kerry Johnson Robyn Lorraway Nicole Boegan Jane Flemming	4 × 100 metres relay	DNF
Maree Chapman Sharon Stewart Julie Schwass Debbie Flintoff	4 × 400 metres relay	3:32.86
Lisa Martin	Marathon	2:26.07

Field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Chris Stanton	High jump	1.92
Vanessa Browne	1.83	9
Jenny Talbot	1.75	11
Robyn Lorraway	Long jump	6.35
Nicole Boegman	6.06	8
Megan McLean	5.86	10
Gael Martin	Shot put	19.00
Astra Etienne	16.33	6
Gael Martin	Discus throw	56.42
Astra Etienne	49.80	8
Sue Howland	Javelin throw	64.74
Jeanette Kieboom	56.18	4

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event				200 m			800 m^[21]	Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Sharon Jaklofsky-Smith	style=font-size:95%	Result	14.90	1.61	11.12	DNS	DNF
style=font-size:95%	Points	855	747	603
align=left rowspan=2	Jane Flemming	style=font-size:95%	Result	13.32	1.79	12.70	24.17	6.33	43.12	2:15.63	6278
style=font-size:95%	Points	1077	966	707	964	953	727
align=left rowspan=2	Jocelyn Millar-Cubit	style=font-size:95%	Result	13.76	1.76	10.42	24.86	5.84	33.50	DNF
style=font-size:95%	Points	1013	928	557	900	801	543

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/ Bronze Medal Match	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Darren McDonald	Men's singles	L (15-4, 15-8)	did not advance^[22]
Michael Scandolera	L (w/o)
Sze Yu	W (15-8, 15-1)	W (15-4, 15-0)	W (15-6, 15-9)^[23]	L (15-8, 15-8)	^[24]
Tracey Small	Women's singles	L (11-2, 11-9)	did not advance
Rhonda Cator	L (11-3, 11-4)
Darren McDonald Gordon Lang	Men's doubles	W (11-15, 15-4, 18-16)^[25]	L (13-15, 15-8, 15-10)	did not advance
Michael Scandolera Paul Kong	W (15-2, 15-1)	W (18-13, 15-12)	L (15-9, 9-15, 15-2)	did not advance^[26]
Rhonda Cator Audrey Tuckey	Women's doubles	W (15-7, 15-5)	L (18-13, 15-11)	did not advance
Karen Jupp Tracey Small	W (12-15, 15-4, 15-6)	L (15-2, 15-1)
Darren McDonald Julie McDonald	Mixed doubles	L (17-14, 15-9)	did not advance^[27]
Paul Kong Tracey Small	L (15-11, 17-14)
Michael Scandolera Audrey Tuckey	W (15-5, 15-0)	W (15-7, 17-15)^[28]	W (15-12, 12-15, 15-2)	W (15-7, 15-5)
	Mixed team		W 4-1 L 3-2	L 5-0	W 3-2

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roger Spiteri	Featherweight (57kg)	L	did not advance
Brian Williams	Lightweight (60kg)	L	did not advance
David Clencie	Light welterweight (63.5kg)	W	W	L
Darren Obah	Welterweight (67kg)	W^[29] L	did not advance
Rick Finch	Light middleweight (71kg)	W	W	L
Jeff Harding	Middleweight (75kg)	W	W	L

Cycling

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final/Bronze Medal Match
		Time/ Score	Rank	Time/ Score	Result	Time/ Score	Result	Time/ Score	Rank
Martin Vinnicombe	Time trial	1:06.23
Max Rainsford	1:07.34
Wayne McCarney	1:07.42	4
Gary Neiwand	Sprint	Q		2-0	W	2-0	W^[30]	W	^[31]
Dean Woods	Individual pursuit	4:43.92	1 Q	4:44.72	W	W		W
Michael Turtur	4:54.35	3 Q	5:01.21	L	did not advance
Rik Patterson	4:54.88	5 Q	4:53.93	L
Glenn Clarke Brett Dutton Wayne McCarney Dean Woods	Team pursuit	4:24.75	1 Q	W	4:26.94
Wayne McCarney	10 mile scratch	19:40.61
Dean Woods	19:40.61
Jeff Leslie	Road race	4:08.50	^[32]
Stephen Hodge	4:11.21	6
Murray Donald Greg Dwiar Jeff Leslie Stephen Rooney	align=left	Team time trial	2:16.41	4

Lawn bowls

The lawn bowls were held at Balgreen.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round Robin												Rank
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score
Ian Schuback	Singles	W 21 - 4	L 16 - 21	W 21 - 5	W 21 - 13	W 21 - 15	W 21 - 20	L 21 - 10	W 21 - 10	W 21 - 18	W 21 - 15	W 21 - 5	L 21 - 14
Arthur Black Kevin Henricks	Pairs	W 24 - 13	L 20 - 16	L 23 - 18	W 27 - 18	W 18 - 17	L 33 - 19	L 21 - 16	L 21 - 12	L 23 - 19	L 20 - 19	W 27 - 13	L 27 - 14	9
Bryce Stewart Michael Hill Peter Sardelic Raymond Laycock^[33]	Fours	W 27 - 14	L 19 - 11	L 20 - 19	W 22 - 15	W 21 - 17	W 23 - 17	L 35 - 7	L 25 - 18	W 17 - 16	L 21 - 15	W 18 - 15		9

Women

Athlete	Event	Round Robin												Rank
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score
Greeta Fahey	Singles	L 21 - 4	W 21 - 6	L 21 - 19	L 21 - 19	L 21 - 20	W 21 - 16	W 21 - 19	W 21 - 19	W 21 - 16	L 21 - 12	W 21 - 8		5
Beryl Godfrey Hilda Pochon	Pairs	W 24 - 16	L 22 - 12	L 28 - 14	W 19 - 17	L 24 - 21	L 23 - 8	L 19 - 16	W 22 - 17	W 23 - 14	L 29 - 12	9
Patricia Smith Clarice Power Betty Schenke Audrey Hefford	Fours	W 18 - 16	W 27 - 13	L 21 - 18	W 25 - 12	L 18 - 14	W 25 - 9	W 20 - 14	W	W 23 - 17	W 27 - 13	W 17 - 15	L 19 - 14

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Richard Powell	Single sculls	7:12.34	1 Q	7:32.64	^[34]
Paul Reedy Brenton Terrell	Double sculls	7:11.28	2	6:40.24	1 Q	6:21.17
Iain Belot Glenn Myler	Coxless pairs	7:31.85	4	7:29.59	4	6:52.34	5
Craig Muller James Battersby Neil Myers David Doyle	Coxless fours	6:47.12	2	Q		6:09.48	4
James Galloway Michael McKay Mark Doyle James Tomkins Dale Caterson	Coxed fours	6:43.68	3	6:37.37	1 Q	6:10.57
Mark Doyle Malcolm Batten James Galloway Michael McKay Andrew Cooper James Tomkins Ion Popa Stephen Evans Dale Caterson	Eights	5:44.42
Peter Antonie	Lightweight single sculls	7:12.68	1 Q	7:16.43
Merrick Howes Simon Cook Joe Joyce Brian Digby	Lightweight coxless fours	6:27.71

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Adair Ferguson	Single sculls	7:56.49	4
Alison Smith Kate Hall	Coxless pairs	7:53.09
Marilyn Kidd Debbie Bassett Sue Chapman-Popa Robyn Grey-Gardner Kay Lyn Fry	Coxed fours	6:54.31
Vicki Spooner Urszula Kay Marilyn Kidd Annelies Voorthuis Sue Chapman-Popa Robyn Grey-Gardner Debbie Bassett Margot Foster Kay Lyn Fry	Eights	6:43.69
Adair Ferguson	Lightweight single sculls	7:45.49
Debbie Clingeleffer Virginia Lee Amanda Cross Gayle Toogood	Lightweight coxless fours	6:59.68

Shooting

Open events

Pistol

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Phillip Adams	align=left rowspan=2	Free Pistol	549
Bengt Sandstrom	545	6
Phillip Adams Bengt Sandstrom	Free Pistol – Pairs	1085
Phillip Adams	align=left rowspan=2	Centre-Fire Pistol	582
Roderick Hack	580
Phillip Adams Roderick Hack	Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs	1165
Pat Murray	align=left rowspan=2	Rapid-Fire Pistol	591
Jack Mast	580	7
Pat Murray Jack Mast	Rapid-Fire Pistol – Pairs	1152
Phillip Adams	align=left rowspan=2	Air Pistol	572	4
Neil Flavell	560	11
Phillip Adams Neil Flavell	Air Pistol – Pairs	1143

Rifle

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Alan Smith	align=left rowspan=2	Rifle Prone	599
Donald Brook	595	7
Donald Brook Alan Smith	Rifle Prone – Pairs	1171
Donald Brook	align=left rowspan=2	Rifle Three Positions	1134	7
Alan Smith	1125	9
Donald Brook Alan Smith	Rifle Three Positions – Pairs	2234	4
Stan Golinski	align=left rowspan=2	Full Bore Rifle	396
Jim Corbett	395	4
Stan Golinski Jim Corbett	Full Bore Rifle – Pairs	583
Antol Wurfel	align=left rowspan=2	Air Rifle	578	4
Wolfgang Jobst	568	12
Wolfgang Jobst Antol Wurfel	Air Rifle – Pairs	1152

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Terry Rumbel	align=left rowspan=2	Trap	189	4
Domingo Diaz	187	8
Terry Rumbel Domingo Diaz	Trap – Pairs	183
Ian Hale	align=left rowspan=2	Skeet	188	11
Alex Crikis	186	13
Ian Hale Alex Crikis	Skeet – Pairs	188	4

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Weight Lifted		Total	Rank
		Snatch	Clean & jerk
Greg Hayman	52kg	87.5	125	212.5
Nick Voukelatos	56kg	110	135	245
David Lowenstein	60kg	110	140	250
Ron Laycock	67.5kg	130	177.5	307.5
Bill Sellios	75kg	135	167.5	302.5
Robert Kabbas	82.5kg	145	180	325
Gino Fratangelo	110kg	165	207.5	372.5
Dean Lukin	align=left rowspan=2	110kg +	170	222.5	392.5
Charles Garzarella	152.5	190	342.5

Wrestling

Athlete	Event	Group rounds		Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
James McAlary	Flyweight (52kg)	W	W	L
Paul Kirkby	Bantamweight (57kg)	L	L	W	5
Dan Cumming	Featherweight (62kg)	W	W	L
Zsigi Kelevitz	Lightweight (68kg)		W	L
Geoff Marsh	Welterweight (74kg)	W	W	L
Wally Koenig	Middleweight (82kg)		W	L
Alan Thompson	Light heavyweight (90kg)		L	L	4
Gabriel Toth	Heavyweight (100kg)	W	L W	L	4
Dru Schaffer	Super heavyweight (130kg)		L	L	4

Officials

• Chef de Mission & General Manager - Arthur Tunstall
• Assistant General Managers - John Boultbee, Sol Spitalnic
• Manageress Extra Sports - Marjorie Nelson
• Administrative Officer - Peter Anderson
• Transport Officer - Ray Godkin
• Office Assistants - Lynne Bates, Jeanette Brown
• Attache - Kenneth Breechin
• Advance Party - Peggy Tunstall
• Medical - Team Doctors - Dr Christopher Gale, Dr Brian Sando; Physiotherapists - Thomas Dobson, Peter Duras; Masseur - Michael Kewley; Chiropractor - Noel Patterson
• Section Officials
  • Athletics Manager - Ray Drury
  • Assistant Managers - Margaret Mahoney, Maurie Plant, Coach Co-ordinator - John Boas, Tony Benson, Merv Kemp, Norm Osborne, Tony Rice
  • Badminton
    • Manager - Don Stockins
    • Coach - Charles Stapleton
  • Lawn bowls
    • Manager - Roderick Wishart
    • Men's Coach - Kenneth Pearce
    • Ladies Coach - Jean McKinnin
  • Boxing
    • Manager - Leslie Harrod
  • Coach - Bruce Farthing
  • Cycling
    • Manager - Jock Bullen
    • Track Coach - Charlie Walsh
    • Road Coach - Brian Gould
    • Mechanic - Bob Farley
  • Rowing
    • Manager - Stephen Hinchy
    • Assistant Manager/Doctor - Dr Bill Webb
    • Coaches - Reinhold Batschi, Brian Dalton, Geoffrey Hunter, Noel Langton, Robert Marlow, Brian Richardson, Peter Shakespear, David Yates
  • Shooting
    • Manager - Alastair Macpherson
    • Fullbore Coach - John Collinson
    • Smallbore Coach - David MacFarlane
    • Pistol Coach - Tibor Gonczol
    • Clay Target Coach - Peter Quire
  • Swimming
    • Manager - Tom Brazier
    • Assistant Manager - Evelyn Dill-Macky
    • Head Coach - Terry Buck
    • Coaches - Graeme Brown, Joe King, Laurie Lawrence, Bill Sweetenham, Ken Wood; Doctor - Peter Fricker
    • Physiologist - Robert Treffene
    • Psychologist - Jeffrey Bond
  • Diving
    • Manager - Bill Richards
    • Coach - Bruce Prance
  • Synchronised Swimming
    • Manager/Coach - Stephan Critoph
  • Weightlifting
    • Manager - Bruce Walsh
    • Coaches - Lyn Jones, Michael Noonan
  • Wrestling
    • Manager - Reg Marsh
    • Coach - Witold Rejilich^[35]

See also

• Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Australia at the 1988 Summer Olympics

References

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11. News: Results . 29 October 2023 . Daily Post . 1 August 1986.
12. News: Track and Field . 29 October 2023 . Fort Worth Star-Telegram . 2 August 1986.
13. News: Games Results . 30 October 2023 . Sunday Mercury . 3 August 1986.
14. News: Results: Day Nine . 29 October 2023 . Sydney Morning Herald . 4 August 1986.
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17. News: Commonwealth Games Results . 29 October 2023 . The Vancouver Sun . 2 August 1986 . en.
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19. News: Results: Day Seven . 30 October 2023 . The Sydney Morning Herald . 2 August 1986.
20. News: Friday Results . 29 October 2023 . Calgary Herald . 2 August 1986.
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22. News: Commonwealth Games: Wednesday's results . 22 December 2023 . The Odessa American . 31 July 1986.
23. News: Commonwealth Games results . 20 December 2023 . The Vancouver Sun . 1 August 1986 . en.
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25. News: Your complete Commonwealth Games results round-up . 17 March 2024 . Daily Post . 30 July 1986.
26. News: Games results service . 3 March 2024 . Manchester Evening News . 1 August 1986.
27. News: Commonwealth Games . 16 March 2024 . Calgary Herald . 31 July 1986.
28. News: Commonwealth Games Results . 25 June 2024 . The Post Star . 1 August 1986.
29. News: Commonwealth Games . 26 June 2024 . Waterloo Region Record . 26 July 1986.
30. News: Games Results . 17 March 2024 . Coventry Evening Telegraph . 31 July 1986.
31. News: Thursday Results . 17 March 2024 . Ottawa Citizen . 1 August 1986.
32. News: Edinburgh Results . 1 April 2024 . The Daily Telegraph . 4 August 1986.
33. News: Wednesday's program . 2 July 2024 . Sydney Morning Herald . 30 July 1986.
34. News: Commonwealth Games . 24 October 2023 . The Tennessean . 27 July 1986 . en.
35. Book: 1911-2010 Australia at the Commonwealth Games : Delhi 2010 XIX Commonwealth Games 3-14 October. Australian Commonwealth Games Association. 2010. Melbourne.

External links

• Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database