Wales at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Wales competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 24 July to 2 August 1986.

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)
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Wales finished fifth in the medals table with 6 gold, 5 silver and 12 bronze medals.

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.

Diving

Men

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

Swimming

Men

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

Women

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

Athletics

Men
Track and road

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

Field

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

Women
Track and road

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

Field

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

Badminton

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

Boxing

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

Cycling

Men

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

Lawn bowls

The lawn bowls were held at Balgreen.

Men

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

Women

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

Rowing

Men

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

Women

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

Shooting

Open events
Pistol

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

Rifle

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

Shotgun

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

Weightlifting

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