Malta at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Malta at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Malta
CGF code	MLT
CGA	Malta Olympic Committee
Website	www.nocmalta.org
in Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors	24 in 8 sports
Flag bearer
Medals Ranked 37th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1962 1978 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Malta competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Malta's team consisted of 25 athletes (15 men and 10 women) that competed in eight sports.^[2] However, only 24 athletes (14 men and 10 women) competed.

Wrestler was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Sharon Callus Connie-Leigh Rixon Rebecca Rixon Rosemaree Rixon	Lawn bowls	Women's Fours	April 9
Bronze		Shooting	Men's Trap	April 14

Competitors[]

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics (track and field)	2	1	3
Cycling	2	0	2
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Lawn bowls	2	4	6
Shooting	4	1	5
Squash	2	2	4
Weightlifting	0	1	1
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	14	10	24

Athletics (track and field)[]

Malta entered three athletes (two men and one woman).^[2]

Men

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
	Long jump	6.87	24	Did not advance
		7.43	18	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Charlotte Wingfield	100 m	11.99	6	Did not advance
	200 m	24.40	6	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Malta entered two male cyclists.^[2]

Road[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Road race	DNF
		DNF

Gymnastics[]

Malta entered one female gymnast.^[2]

Artistic[]

Women

Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
	Qualification	12.250	7.950	11.200	9.950	41.350	26

Lawn bowls[]

Malta entered six lawn bowlers (two men and four women).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Brendan Aquilina	Singles	Breitenbach (RSA) L 17 - 21	Wilson (AUS) L 17 - 21	Salmon (WAL) L 18 - 21	Jones (NFI) W 21 - 15	Paniani (COK) W 21 - 17	4	Did not advance
Brendan Aquilina Shaun Parnis	Pairs	Australia L 11–22	Brunei W 28–11	Guernsey W 16–10	Canada W 26–12	N/A	2 Q	Australia W 15–13	Scotland L 8-18	Cook Islands L 11-17	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Connie-Leigh Rixon Rebecca Rixon	Pairs	Niue W 29-9	England L 10-23	Australia L 14-18	Zambia W 24-12	Papua New Guinea W 20-19	3	Did not advance
Sharon Callus Connie-Leigh Rixon Rebecca Rixon Rosemaree Rixon	Fours	England W 14–10	India W 20–15	Fiji L 12–20	Northern Ireland W 21–8	N/A	2 Q	India W 13–11	South Africa L 8-14	Canada W 17-8

Shooting[]

Malta entered five sport shooters (four men and one woman).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	Trap	117	6 Q	36
William Chetcuti	Double trap	130	9	Did not advance
		125	12	Did not advance
	Skeet	116	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eleanor Bezzina	25 metre pistol	571	7 Q	22	4
	10 metre air pistol	378	3 Q	193.2	4

Squash[]

Malta entered four squash athletes (two per gender).^[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Zammit-Lewis	Men's singles	(TRI) W 3–0	Lewis Walters (JAM) L 0–3	Did not advance
	Women's singles	N/A	Christine Nunn (AUS) L 0–3	Did not advance
Colette Sultana		(CAY) W 3–0	Nicol David (MAS) L 0–3	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bradley Hindle Daniel Zammit-Lewis	Men's doubles	Coll / Grayson (NZL) L 0 - 2	/  (SVG) W 2 - 0	N/A	2 Q	James / Willstrop (ENG) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Colette Sultana	Women's doubles	Evans /  (WAL) L 0 - 2	F Zafar / M Zafar (PAK) W 2 - 0	Chinappa / Pallikal Karthik (IND) L 0 - 2	3	N/A	Did not advance
Bradley Hindle	Mixed doubles	/  (PNG) W 2 - 0	King / Coll (NZL) L 0 - 2	N/A	2 Q	Waters / Selby (ENG) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Colette Sultana Daniel Zammit-Lewis		Landers-Murphy / Millar (NZL) L 0 - 2	Duncalf / Waller (ENG) L 0 - 2	N/A	3	Did not advance

Weightlifting[]

Malta qualified one weightlifter.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Women's −63 kg	79	7	95	7	174	7

Wrestling[]

Malta entered three male wrestlers.^[2] However, did not compete.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	-57 kg	Bilal (PAK) L 1 - 4	Did not advance				11
	-65 kg	(PAK) L 1 - 4	Did not advance				8

See also[]

• Malta at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References[]