Australia at the 1990 Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:AUS
Cganame:Australian Commonwealth Games Association
Games:Commonwealth Games
Year:1990
Location:Auckland, New Zealand
Competitors:247
Sports:11
Flagbearer:Opening: Lisa Curry-Kenny[1]
Closing:Phillip Adams[2]
Rank:1
Gold:52
Silver:54
Bronze:58
Officials:68

Australia at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was abbreviated AUS. This was their fourteenth of 14 Commonwealth Games having participated in all Games meets up to these Games.

Medallists

'The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.

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MedalNameSportEvent
AthleticsMen's 400 metres
AthleticsMen's 5000 metres
AthleticsMen's pole vault
AthleticsMen's hammer throw
AthleticsWomen's marathon

Kathy Sambell
Cathy Freeman
Kerry Johnson		AthleticsWomen's 4 x 100 metres
AthleticsWomen's 10 km walk
AthleticsWomen's long jump
AthleticsWomen's heptathlon
AthleticsWomen's discus
BowlsMen's Singles

Trevor Morris		BowlsMen's Pairs

Daphne Shaw
Dorothy Roche
Marion Stevens		BowlsWomen's fours
CyclingMen's Time Trial
CyclingMen's Sprint
CyclingMen's Points Race
CyclingWomen's Road Race
DivingMen's 1m Springboard
DivingMen's 3m Springboard
DivingWomen's 3m Springboard
GymnasticsMen's Pommel Horse
GymnasticsWomen's Uneven Bars
ShootingMen's 50m Free Pistol

Bengt Sandström		ShootingMen's 50m Free Pistol – Pairs

Bruce Quick		Shooting25m Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs

Pat Murray		Shooting25m Rapid-Fire Pistol – Pairs
ShootingMen's 10m Air Pistol
ShootingMen's 10m Running Target
ShootingMen's Trap
SwimmingMen's 50 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 metres Butterfly
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 400 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 1500 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 400 metres Individual Medley

Chris Fydler
Ian Vander-Wal
Jason Cooper
Matthew Renshaw
Thomas Stachewicz		SwimmingMen's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay
Men's 4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay
SwimmingWomen's 50 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 400 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 800 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 metres Backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 100 metres Butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 400 metres Individual Medley

Karen van Wirdum
Lisa Curry-Kenny
Susan O'Neill		SwimmingWomen's 4 x 100 metres Freestyle Relay
SwimmingWomen's 4 x 200 metres Freestyle Relay
SwimmingWomen's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay
WeightliftingMen's Middleweight – Clean and Jerk
WeightliftingMen's Middleweight – Overall
AthleticsMen's marathon
AthleticsMen's 30 km walk
AthleticsMen's long jump
AthleticsMen's discus throw
AthleticsWomen's 100 metres
AthleticsWomen's 200 metres
AthleticsWomen's marathon
AthleticsWomen's 400 metres hurdles

Sharon Stewart
Susan Andrews
Debbie Flintoff-King		AthleticsWomen's 4 x 400 metres
AthleticsWomen's javelin throw
AthleticsWomen's heptathlon

Maureen Hobbs		BowlsWomen's pairs
BoxingMen's lightweight
CyclingMen's Individual Pursuit

Steve McGlede
Shaun O'Brien
Darren Winter		CyclingMen's Team Pursuit
CyclingMen's 10 Mile Scratch Race
CyclingWomen's Sprint
CyclingWomen's Individual Pursuit
DivingWomen's 10 m Platform
GymnasticsMen's Parallel Bars
GymnasticsMen's Pommel Horse
GymnasticsWomen's All Around
GymnasticsWomen's Team
Men's half heavyweight
Women's lightweight
Women's heavyweight
ShootingMen's 50m Free Pistol
ShootingMen's 25m Rapid-Fire Pistol
ShootingMen's 10m Air Pistol

Bengt Sandström		ShootingMen's 10m Air Pistol – Pairs

Barry Wood		ShootingMen's Full Bore Rifle – Pairs
SwimmingMen's 50 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 400 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 1500 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Breaststroke
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Butterfly
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Individual Medley
SwimmingMen's 400 metres Individual Medley
SwimmingWomen's 50 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 400 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 800 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 100 metres Butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Individual Medley
SwimmingWomen's 400 metres Individual Medley
WeightliftingMen's Flyweight – Clean and Jerk
WeightliftingMen's Heavyweight – Clean and Jerk
WeightliftingMen's Heavyweight – Snatch
WeightliftingMen's Heavyweight – Overall
AthleticsMen's discus throw
Athletics
AthleticsWomen's 400 metres hurdles
AthleticsWomen's discus
AthleticsWomen's javelin
BoxingMen's featherweight
BoxingMen's light welterweight
BoxingMen's welterweight
CyclingMen's Individual Pursuit
CyclingMen's 10 Mile Scratch Race
CyclingWomen's Road Race
DivingMen's 1m Springboard
DivingWomen's 1m Springboard
GymnasticsMen's Team
GymnasticsMen's Horizontal Bar
GymnasticsMen's Parallel Bars
GymnasticsMen's Vault
GymnasticsMen's Rings
GymnasticsWomen's All Around
GymnasticsWomen's Uneven Bars
GymnasticsWomen's Beam
GymnasticsWomen's Vault
GymnasticsWomen's Floor
Men's half middleweight
JudoMen's middleweight
Women's extra lightweight
JudoWomen's half lightweight
Women's middleweight
Women's open
ShootingMen's 25m Centre-Fire Pistol
ShootingMen's Full Bore Rifle

John Maxwell		ShootingMen's Trap – Pairs
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 1500 metres Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100 metres Butterfly
SwimmingMen's 200 metres Individual Medley

Chris Fydler
Phil Rogers
Thomas Stachewicz		SwimmingMen's 4 x 100 metres Medley Relay
SwimmingWomen's 400 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 800 metres Freestyle
SwimmingWomen's 100 metres Backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Backstroke
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Butterfly
SwimmingWomen's 200 metres Individual Medley
SwimmingWomen's 400 metres Individual Medley
Synchronised SwimmingWomen's Solo

Lisa Lieschke		Synchronised SwimmingWomen's Duet
WeightliftingMen's Flyweight – Snatch
WeightliftingMen's Flyweight – Overall
WeightliftingMen's Lightweight – Snatch
WeightliftingMen's Middleweight – Snatch
WeightliftingMen's Middleweight – Clean and Jerk
WeightliftingMen's Middle Heavyweight – Snatch
WeightliftingMen's Middle Heavyweight – Clean and Jerk
WeightliftingMen's Middle Heavyweight – Overall
WeightliftingMen's Super Heavyweight – Snatch
WeightliftingMen's Super Heavyweight – Clean and Jerk
WeightliftingMen's Super Heavyweight – Overall

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Medals by sport
Sportbgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 Total
Swimming21191353
Athletics1011526
Shooting75315
Cycling45312
Weightlifting241117
Diving3126
Lawn bowls3104
Gymnastics241016
Judo0369
Boxing0134
Synchronised Swimming0022
Total525458164

Australian team

The Australian Team also included triathletes for the first time, as the sport made its Commonwealth Games debut as a demonstration sport. The triathlon team included just one athlete, Michellie Jones, who would go on represent Australia at the Olympic Games, a decade later in Sydney when triathlon officially debuted on the world stage.

See also

References

  1. Web site: Flag bearers. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/19981123130000/http:/www.commonwealthgames.org.au/index.html. dead. 23 November 1998. Australian Web Archive. 11 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Annual Report 2017. Commonwealth Games Australia. 11 February 2018.

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