Malawi at the 2018 Commonwealth Games explained
| Cga: | MAW |
| Cganame: | Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi |
| Games: | Commonwealth Games |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Malawi |
| Location: | Gold Coast, Australia |
| Competitors: | 19 |
| Sports: | 2 |
| Flagbearer: | Joyce Mvula |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| App Begin Year: | 1970 |
| Start Date: | 4 April 2018 |
| End Date: | 15 April 2018 |
Malawi competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.[1]
Netball athlete Joyce Mvula was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[2]
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|
| Athletics (track and field) | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Netball | | 12 | 12 |
| Total | 7 | 12 | 19 | |
|---|
Athletics
See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
- Men
Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final |
|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
|---|
| Dalitso Gunde | align=left rowspan=2 | 400 m | 51.59 | 8 | did not advance |
| Golden Gunde | 48.39 | 6 | did not advance |
| Benedicto Makumba | 800 m | 1:57.22 | 9 | did not advance |
| Chauncy Master | align=left rowspan=2 | 5000 m | 14:50.25 | 15 |
| Grevazio Mpani | 14:30.66 | 13 |
| Kefasi Chitsala | 10000 m | 29:21.68 | 12 |
| Happy Ndacha Mchenlenje | Marathon | 2:45:31 | 17 | |
Netball
See main article: Netball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Malawi qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 (excluding the host nation, Australia) of the INF World Rankings on July 1, 2017.[3] [4] [5]
- Pool B
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- Seventh place match
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family . www.gc2018.com/ . Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation . 8 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161010110422/https://www.gc2018.com/games/nations-and-territories . 10 October 2016 . dead .
- News: Faiti. Osma. 17 March 2018. Joyce Mvula named Malawi’s flag bearer at Commonwealth Games. Nyasa Times. 20 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180321063219/https://www.nyasatimes.com/joyce-mvula-names-malawis-flag-bearer-commonwealth-games/. 21 March 2018. live.
- Web site: Uganda to make Commonwealth Games netball debut at Gold Coast 2018. Pavitt. Michael. 25 July 2017. Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. 28 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170728040107/http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1053219/uganda-to-make-commonwealth-games-netball-debut-at-gold-coast-2018. 28 July 2017. live.
- Web site: Competing nations announced for GC2018 Netball Competition . Dakin . Rebecca . 24 July 2017 . www.mygc.com.au/ . myGC . 28 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728114727/http://www.mygc.com.au/competing-nations-announced-gc2018-netball-competition/ . 28 July 2017 . live .
- Web site: International Netball Federation: 2018 Commonwealth Games . 17 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170418080943/http://netball.org/events-and-results/commonwealth-games . 18 April 2017 . live .
