New Zealand at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the
1986 Commonwealth Games
New Zealand at the; 1986 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Competitors	127
Flag bearers	Opening: Stephanie Foster; Closing:
Officials	45
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 8 Silver 16 Bronze 14 Total 38
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1930; 1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

New Zealand at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 127 competitors and 45 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was sculler Stephanie Foster. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 38 medals, eight of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Jimmy Peau	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
Gold	Ian Dickison	Lawn bowls	Men's singles
Gold	Robin Clarke Stephanie Foster	Rowing	Women's double scull
Gold	Stephanie Foster	Rowing	Women's single scull
Gold	Greg Yelavich	Shooting	Open air pistol
Gold	Greg Yelavich	Shooting	Open free pistol
Gold	Sylvia Hume	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke
Gold	Anthony Mosse	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly
Silver	Anne Audain	Athletics	Women's 10,000 m
Silver	Lorraine Moller	Athletics	Women's marathon
Silver	Gary Anderson	Cycling	Men's 1 km time trial
Silver	Gary Anderson Stephen Swart Andrew Whitford	Cycling	Men's 4000 m team pursuit
Silver	Greg Fraine Paul Leitch Graeme Miller	Cycling	Men's 100 km team time trial
Silver	Brian Fowler	Cycling	Men's individual road race
Silver	Nigel Atherfold Andrew Bird Bruce Holden Greg Johnston Chris White	Rowing	Men's coxed four
Silver	Philippa Baker Andrew Bird Bruce Holden Greg Johnston Chris White	Rowing	Women's lightweight single scull
Silver	Neil Gibson Shane O'Brien Andrew Stevenson Don Symon	Rowing	Men's coxless four
Silver	Barrie Mabbott Ian Wright	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
Silver	Paul Kingsman	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke
Silver	Paul Kingsman	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke
Silver	Anthony Mosse	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly
Silver		Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight
Silver		Wrestling	Men's heavyweight
Silver	Steve Reinsfield	Wrestling	Men's bantamweight
Bronze	Gavin Lovegrove	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Bronze	Simon Poelman	Athletics	Men's decathlon
Bronze	Kerrin Harrison Glenn Stewart	Badminton	Men's doubles
Bronze		Boxing	Men's featherweight
Bronze	Gary Anderson	Cycling	Men's 10 mile scratch race
Bronze	Gary Anderson	Cycling	Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
Bronze	Neil Gibson Andy Hay Barrie Mabbott Shane O'Brien Andrew Stevenson Don Symon Ian Wright	Rowing	Men's eight
Bronze	Eric Verdonk	Rowing	Men's single scull
Bronze	John Farrell John Woolley	Shooting	Open skeet pairs
Bronze		Shooting	Open centre-fire pistol pairs
Bronze	Greg Yelavich	Shooting	Open air pistol pairs
Bronze	Mike Davidson	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle
Bronze	Katie Sadleir	Synchronised swimming	Women's solo
Bronze		Wrestling	Men's featherweight

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Rowing	2	4	2	8
Swimming	2	3	1	6
Shooting	2	0	3	5
Boxing	1	0	1	2
Lawn bowls	1	0	0	1
Cycling	0	4	2	6
Athletics	0	2	2	4
Wrestling	0	2	1	3
Weightlifting	0	1	0	1
Badminton	0	0	1	1
Synchronised swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	8	16	14	38

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	3	13	10	26
Female	3	3	1	7
Mixed / open	2	0	3	5
Total	8	16	14	38

Competitors[]

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	13	12	25
Badminton	4	4	8
Boxing	5	N/A	5
Cycling	15	N/A	15
Diving	2	1	3
Lawn bowls	7	7	14
Rowing	21	2	23
Shooting	11	0	11
Swimming	9	4	13
Synchronised swimming	N/A	1	1
Weightlifting	4	N/A	4
Wrestling	5	N/A	5
Total	96	31	127

Athletics[]

Badminton[]

Boxing[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Bantamweight	() L	Did not advance
	Featherweight	Bye	Mkangala () W	() L	Did not advance
Apelu Ioane	Light welterweight	Bye	(AUS) L	Did not advance
	Light heavyweight	N/A	Kosolofski () L	Did not advance
Jimmy Peau	Heavyweight	N/A	Bye	() W	Young () W

Cycling[]

Diving[]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
	Women's 3 m springboard	469.62	5
Mark Graham	Men's 3 m springboard	478.14	13
	Men's 3 m springboard	528.21	9
	Men's 10 m platform	449.37	11

Lawn bowls[]

Rowing[]

Shooting[]

Swimming[]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ross Anderson	Men's 100 m butterfly	55.66	6 Q	55.93	7
	Men's 200 m butterfly	2:03.01	6 Q	2:02.96	8
	Men's 100 m freestyle	52.83	12	Did not advance
Carmel Clark	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:05.49	7 Q	1:05.34	7
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:19.36	4 Q	2:19.29	5
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:24.43	11	Did not advance
Mike Davidson	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:57.89	13	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m freestyle	3:58.96	6 Q	3:56.96
	Men's 1500 m freestyle	15:55.23	7 Q	15:38.54	6
	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:05.89	8 Q	1:06.34	8
	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:24.89	12	Did not advance
Brent Foster	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:59.07	16	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:15.75	14	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:14.25	13	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m individual medley	4:43.33	11	Did not advance
Sylvia Hume	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:05.02	3 Q	1:04.00
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:21.95	9	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:01.83	22	Did not advance
Gary Hurring	Men's 100 m backstroke	58.97	11	Did not advance
Gary Hurring	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:10.20	14	Did not advance
Paul Kingsman	Men's 100 m backstroke	57.76	2 Q	57.17
Paul Kingsman	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:05.19	3 Q	2:02.90
Richard Lockhart	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:06.74	13	Did not advance
Richard Lockhart	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:25.50	13	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle	59.62	11	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:04.95	4 Q	2:04.01	4
	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:32.52	14	Did not advance
Anthony Mosse	Men's 100 m butterfly	54.61	2 Q	54.31
Anthony Mosse	Men's 200 m butterfly	2:00.26	2 Q	1:57.27 GR
Kirk Torrance	Men's 100 m backstroke	58.81	9	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:06.63	8 Q	2:07.79	8
	Men's 100 m butterfly	58.10	15	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:06.16	10	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:21.45	7 Q	2:19.87	6
	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:05.64	12	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:02.44	24	Did not advance
Paul Kingsman Anthony Mosse Ross Anderson	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	3:54.84	3 Q	3:48.58	4
Carmel Clark Sylvia Hume	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	N/A		4:02.43	5

Synchronised swimming[]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Katie Sadleir	Women's solo	175.08

Weightlifting[]

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total	Rank
	Bantamweight	95.0 kg	122.5 kg	217.5 kg
Michael Bernard	Light heavyweight	NVL	DNF
Allister Nalder	Middle heavyweight	147.5 kg	NVL	DNF
Kevin Blake	Sub heavyweight	147.5 kg	175.0 kg	322.5 kg	5

Wrestling[]

Athlete	Event	Group rounds		Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shane Stannett	Flyweight	(AUS) L	Giordmania () W	Donohue (ENG) L	4
Steve Reinsfield	Bantamweight	Farrugia () W	() W	() L
	Bantamweight	() W	() L	(ENG) W
Zane Coleman	Welterweight	(AUS) L	McNeil () L	Did not advance
	Heavyweight	Kilpin (ENG) W	() W	Davis () L