Zambia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Zambia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Zambia
IOC code	ZAM
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Zambia
in Manchester, Great Britain 25 July 2002 (2002-07-25) – 4 August 2002 (2002-08-04)
Competitors	26 (21 men and 5 women) in 9 sports
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1962–1966 1986 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Other related appearances
Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1962)

Zambia competed in its ninth Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002. It was the third time that the nation had won a gold medal at the games and its most recent success.^[1]

Competitors[]

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3	1	4
Badminton	1	1	2
Boxing	5	N/A	5
Cycling	2	0	2
Judo	3	0	3
Lawn Bowls	1	2	3
Squash	3	0	3
Swimming	2	1	3
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Total	21	5	26

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Athletics[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	400 m	DNS		Did not advance
	800 m	1:50.86	19	Did not advance
Prince Mumba	800 m	1:48.40	4 Q	1:48.51	13	Did not advance
Obed Mutanya	5000 m	N/A				13:39.74	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	800 m	DNS		Did not advance
	1500 m	N/A		4:35.76	17	Did not advance

Badminton[]

Zambia participated with two athletes (one men and one women)

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eli Mambwe	Singles	Bye	Richard Vaughan (WAL) L (2–7, 0–7, 2–7)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Singles	(WAL) L (3–7, 7–5, 1–7, 2–7)	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Eli Mambwe	Mixed Doubles	/  () L (1–7, 4–7, 0–7)	Did not advance

Boxing[]

Zambia participated with a team of 5 athletes.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Kennedy Kanyanta		Bye	(WAL) W RSCO (Round 2)	Bruno Julie (MRI) W 30-21	(CAN) W 34-26	Lechedzani Luza (BOT) W 25-12
		(GHA) W 19–18	Benoit Gaudet (CAN) L RSCO (Round 2)	Did not advance
Denis Zimba		Bye	() W 25-16	Giovanni Frontin (MRI) W 29-28	Andrew Morris (ENG) W 26-22	Jamie Arthur (WAL) L 35-37
Davis Mwale		Bye	() W RSCO (Round 3)	(WAL) W RSC (Round 4)	Mohammed Kayongo (UGA) L 22-28	Did not advance
		N/A	Paul Miller (AUS) L RSCO (Round 2)	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Zambia participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Road[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
		1:20:18.63	37
		DNF
		1:20:44.53	38
		DNF

Judo[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
		(MRI) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
		(WAL) L 0000–1002	Did not advance
		Bye	Keith Morgan (CAN) L 0000-1000	Did not advance	() L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Lawn bowls[]

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
	Singles	Ryan Bester (CAN) L 7–21	Mervyn King (ENG) W 21–14	() W 21–16	Roy Garden (ZIM) W 21–20	N/A	2 Q	Jeremy Henry () L 11–21	Did not advance		5

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Pairs	/  () W 18–13	/ Sheila Syvret () L 7–23	Kitha Bailey /  () W 18–7	Joyce Lindores /  (SCO) L 11–16	3	Did not advance			10

Squash[]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
	Singles	(MAS) W 3–2 (5–9, 9–7, 9–3, 4–9, 9–2)	Shahid Zaman (PAK) (15) L 0–3 (9–10, 6–9, 7–9)	Did not advance
		Graham Ryding (CAN) (16) L 0–3 (0–9, 8–10, 2–9)	Did not advance
		N/A	Plate Round of 32   (LES) W 3–0 (9–4, 9–3, 9–1)	Plate Round of 16   (SCO) L DNS	Did not advance
		() L 1–3 (5–9, 5–9, 9–4, 4–9)	Did not advance
		N/A	Plate Round of 32   (JAM) W 3–0 (9–2, 9–2, 9–2)	Plate Round of 16   (LES) W 3–0 (9–0, 9–5, 9–3)	Quarterfinal Plate   (ZIM) W 3–0 (9–7, 9–2, 9–0)	Semifinal Plate   (SCO) L 0–3 (2–9, 5–9, 2–9)	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
	Men's doubles	Lee Beachill / Peter Nicol (ENG) L 0–2	/ Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM) L 1–2	/ Hartaj Bains () W 2–1	3	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Three athletes represented Zambia in swimming:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chisela Kanchela	50 m breaststroke	33.07	17	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:13.32	23	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:53.66	17	N/A		Did not advance
	50 m freestyle	27.24	47	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	58.77	35	Did not advance
		2:33.73	19	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	50 m freestyle	30.75	37	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:07.32	32	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	38.25	23	Did not advance
		1:22.64	21	Did not advance

Weightlifting[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	56 kg	85	11	115	9	200	10

See also[]

• 2002 Commonwealth Games results

References[]