1990 Commonwealth Games

14th Commonwealth Games

Host city	Auckland, New Zealand
Motto	This is the Moment
Nations participating	55
Athletes participating	2,074
Events	213 events in 10 sports
Opening ceremony	24 January 1990
Closing ceremony	3 February 1990
Officially opened by	Prince Edward
Officially closed by	Elizabeth II
Queen's Baton Final Runner	Mark Todd and Peter Snell
Main venue	Mount Smart Stadium
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The 1990 Commonwealth Games were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Participants competed in ten sports: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, lawn bowls, shooting and weightlifting. The Triathlon was a demonstration event.

The main venue was the Mount Smart Stadium. The Games were awarded to Auckland 27 July 1984 at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Perth, Australia, had withdrawn from the bid contest leaving New Delhi, India, as the sole opponent to Auckland's bid.

Bidding process

1990 Commonwealth Games bidding results
City	Round 1
Auckland	20
New Delhi	19

Opening ceremony

The opening of the games comprised a variety of events, including the arrival of The Queen's representative The Prince Edward (her youngest son), the arrival of the Queen's Baton and many Māori ceremonial stories.

The opening ceremony itself started off with the Auckland Commonwealth Games Choir singing the Song of Welcome. Upon the arrival of The Prince Edward, the Māori in attendance, gave him a Challenge of a welcome. This is conducted by a Māori placing a wooden batton on the ground. To see if the visitor comes in peace or not, the visitor must pick it up.

The New Zealand national anthem "God Defend New Zealand" was sung during a ceremonial fourteen gun salute from nearby One Tree Hill. This was followed by the New Zealand Army Guard Commander allowing The Prince Edward to inspect the guard of honour. After which was the introduction of the participating countries of the Commonwealth. During the introduction of the countries, the choir at attendance would display the flag of the announced country with boards.

When all the athletes finally sat down, the main Māori ceremonies began. First of the Māori ceremonies was all the Māori women performing a "Song of Welcome" for the athletes with the use of Poi. The Māori women then gave some of the athletes a Hongi. Next was the Māori story of how New Zealand was formed, performed by many New Zealanders and organised by Logan Brewer. It involved a narration of how the Polynesians found their way to what was to become New Zealand. In the middle of the performance, a re-enactment was performed of how New Zealand was formed between Rangi and Papa (the sky father and earth mother). The story then moved on to the coming of religion and European migration. This was demonstrated with a formation of the Union Jack, to show the colonisation by the British. Dame Whina Cooper then made a speech about the Treaty of Waitangi signed in 1840 that brought about peace and stability of modern New Zealand.

Introduction of the European communities was next with music and native European dancing from Scotland, Ireland, Austria, Wales and England. From here, many of the neighbouring Pacific Islanders made their entrance with the rhythmic tempo of the Pacific Island drum beat. This was to show the then complete migration of people to New Zealand.

New Zealand performer Howard Morrison then lead New Zealand in singing the folk song Tukua-a-hau. After Howard Morrison, the Queen's Baton arrived at the stadium where The Prince Edward announced the opening of the games which was followed by the Athletes Pledge.

Fireworks followed and was capped off with a night time flyover by nine A-4 Skyhawk jets of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The ceremony was concluded by the singing of the game's motto "This is the moment" as performers and athletes exited the stadium.

Closing ceremony

A more relaxed affair was held for the 14th Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, reflecting that of Christchurch in 1974. Attended by HM The Queen of New Zealand, formality and respect played their due part in the beginning with formal salute and the acceptance of the Commonwealth Games flag to the next host city, Victoria, Canada. This was followed by a Native American and modern Canadian dancing display.

Then the fun began with thousands of children entering the stadium with a mass jumprope demonstration, followed by the athletes themselves. The Queen then made the traditional closing speech and called for all the Commonwealth's athletes to assemble in four years time in Victoria. As the evening wore on, opera singer Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sang "Now is the Hour", a favorite New Zealand hymn, as the Royal New Zealand Air Force's A4 Skyhawks made one final swooping flyover of Mount Smart Stadium followed by fireworks. The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Edward then exited the stadium standing in open top vehicles.

Participating teams

Participating countries

55 teams were represented at the 1990 Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).

Medals by country

This is the full table of the medal count of the 1990 Commonwealth Games. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.

Figures from Commonwealth Games Foundation website.^[1]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	52	54	56	162
2	England	46	40	42	128
3	Canada	35	41	37	113
4	New Zealand	17	14	27	58
5	India	13	8	11	32
6	Wales	10	3	12	25
7	Kenya	6	9	3	18
8	Nigeria	5	13	7	25
9	Scotland	5	7	10	22
10	Malaysia	2	2	0	4
11	Jamaica	2	0	2	4
	Uganda	2	0	2	4
13	Northern Ireland	1	3	5	9
14	Nauru	1	2	0	3
15	Hong Kong	1	1	3	5
16	Cyprus	1	1	0	2
17	Bangladesh	1	0	1	2
	Jersey	1	0	1	2
19	Bermuda	1	0	0	1
	Guernsey	1	0	0	1
	Papua New Guinea	1	0	0	1
22	Zimbabwe	0	2	1	3
23	Ghana	0	2	0	2
24	Tanzania	0	1	2	3
25	Zambia	0	0	3	3
26	Bahamas	0	0	2	2
	Western Samoa	0	0	2	2
28	Guyana	0	0	1	1
	Malta	0	0	1	1
Total		204	203	231	638

Medals by event

• At these games, the Triathlon was a demonstration event; won by Erin Baker (women) and Rick Wells (men), both from New Zealand.

Aquatics

Athletics

Badminton

Boxing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Light Flyweight	Justin Juuko (UGA)	Abdurahaman Ramadhani (KEN)	Domenic Figliomeni (CAN)  Dharmendar Yadav (IND)
Flyweight	Wayne McCullough (NIR)	Nokuthula Tshabangu (ZIM)	Born Siwakwi (ZAM)  Maurice Maina (KEN)
Bantamweight	Mohammed Sabo (NGR)	Geronimo Bie (CAN)	Justin Chikwanda (ZAM)  Wesley Christmas (GUY)
Featherweight	John Irwin (ENG)	Haji Ally (TAN)	David Gakuha (KEN)  James Nicolson (AUS)
Lightweight	Godfrey Nyakana (UGA)	Justin Rowsell (AUS)	B. Mambeya (TAN)  David Anderson (SCO)
Light Welterweight	Charlie Kane (SCO)	Nicodemus Odore (KEN)	Stefan Scriggins (AUS)  Duke Chinyadza (ZIM)
Welterweight	David Defiagbon (NGR)	Greg Johnson (CAN)	Anthony Mwaba (ZAM)  Grahame Cheney (AUS)
Light Middleweight	Richie Woodhall (ENG)	Ray Downey (CAN)	Sililo Figota (SAM)  Andy Creary (NZL)
Middleweight	Chris Johnson (CAN)	Ashiao Joseph Laryea (GHA)	Charles Matata (UGA)  Mark Edwards (ENG)
Light Heavyweight	Joseph Akhasamba (KEN)	Dale Brown (CAN)	Nigel Anderson (NZL)  Abdu Kaddu (UGA)
Heavyweight	George Onyango (KEN)	Pat Jordan (CAN)	Kevin Onwuka (NGR)  Emerio Fainuulua (SAM)
Super Heavyweight	Michael Kenny (NZL)	Liadi Alhassan (GHA)	Vernon Linklater (CAN)  Paul Douglas (NIR)

Cycling

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Time Trial	Martin Vinnicombe (AUS)	00:01:06	Gary Anderson (NZL)	00:01:07	Jon Andrews (NZL)	00:01:07
Sprint	Gary Neiwand (AUS)		Curt Harnett (CAN)		Jon Andrews (NZL)
Individual Pursuit	Gary Anderson (NZL)	00:04:45	Mark Kingsland (AUS)	00:04:53	Darren Winter (AUS)	00:04:52
Team Pursuit	New Zealand Gary Anderson Nigel Donnelly Glenn McLeay Stu Williams	00:04:23	Australia Brett Aitken Steve McGlede Shaun O'Brien Darren Winter	00:04:26	England Chris Boardman Simon Lillistone Bryan Steel Glen Sword	00:04:27
10 Miles Scratch	Gary Anderson (NZL)	00:19:44	Shaun O'Brien (AUS)	00:19:44	Steve McGlede (AUS)	00:19:44
Points Race	Robert Burns (AUS)	81	Craig Connell (NZL)	72	Alistair Irvine (NIR)	39
Women
Sprint	Louise Jones (WAL)		Julie Speight (AUS)		Sue Golder (NZL)
Individual Pursuit	Madonna Harris (NZL)	00:03:55	Kathy Watt (AUS)	00:03:55	Kelly-Ann Way (CAN)	00:04:00

Road

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Road Race	Graeme Miller (NZL)	04:34:00	Brian Fowler (NZL)	04:34:00	Scott Goguen (CAN)	04:34:05
Team Time Trial	New Zealand Brian Fowler Gavin Stevens Graeme Miller Ian Richards	02:06:47	Canada Christopher Koberstein David Spears Peter Verhesen Sean Way	02:09:20	England Chris Boardman Peter Longbottom Ben Luckwell Wayne Randle	02:09:33
Women
Road Race	Kathryn Watt (AUS)	01:55:11.60	Lisa Brambani (ENG)	1:55:11.88	Kathleen Shannon (AUS)	1:55:12.06

Gymnastics

Artistic

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
All-Around	Curtis Hibbert (CAN)	57.95	Alan Nolet (CAN)	57.8	James May (ENG)	57.4
Team	Canada Alan Nolet Claude Latendrese Curtis Hibbert Lorne Bobkin	171.8	England David Cox James May Neil Thomas Terence Bartlett	170.45	Australia Brennon Dowrick Kenneth Meredith Peter Hogan Timothy Lees	169.5
Horizontal Bar	Curtis Hibbert (CAN)  Alan Nolet (CAN)	9.85			Brennon Dowrick (AUS)	9.8
Parallel Bars	Curtis Hibbert (CAN)	9.8	Ken Meredith (AUS)	9.675	Peter Hogan (AUS)	9.6
Vault	James May (ENG)	9.625	Curtis Hibbert (CAN)	9.575	Tim Lees (AUS)	9.25
Pommel Horse	Brennon Dowrick (AUS)	9.825	Tim Lees (AUS)	9.725	James May (ENG)	9.7
Rings	Curtis Hibbert (CAN)	9.775	James May (ENG)	9.75	Ken Meredith (AUS)	9.725
Floor	Neil Thomas (ENG)	9.75	Alan Nolet (CAN)	9.675	Curtis Hibbert (CAN)	9.6
Women
All-Around	Lori Strong (CAN)	38.912	Monique Allen (AUS)	38.687	Kylie Shadbolt (AUS)	38.499
Team	Canada Janet Morin Larissa Lowing Lori Strong Stella Umeh	116.784	Australia Kylie Shadbolt Lisa Read Michelle Telfer Monique Allen	115.272	England Lisa Elliott Lisa Grayson Lorna Mainwaring Louise Redding	114.046
Asymmetric Bars	Monique Allen (AUS)	9.875	Lori Strong (CAN)	9.85	Michelle Telfer (AUS)	9.737
Beam	Lori Strong (CAN)	9.85	Larissa Lowing (CAN)	9.762	Kylie Shadbolt (AUS)	9.7
Vault	Nikki Jenkins (NZL)	9.712	Lori Strong (CAN)	9.643	Monique Allen (AUS)	9.506
Floor	Lori Strong (CAN)	9.887	Larissa Lowing (CAN)	9.762	Kylie Shadbolt (AUS)	9.675

Rhythmic

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women
All-Around	Mary Fuzesi (CAN)	37.65	Madonna Gimotea (CAN)	37.25	Angela Walker (NZL)	36.9
Ball	Madonna Gimotea (CAN)	9.45	Mary Fuzesi (CAN)	9.4	Angela Walker (NZL)	9.25
Hoop	Mary Fuzesi (CAN)	9.4	Madonna Gimotea (CAN)	9.2	Raewyn Jack (NZL)  Alitia Sands (ENG)  Viva Seifert (ENG)	9.1
Ribbon	Mary Fuzesi (CAN)	9.4	Madonna Gimotea (CAN)	9.3	Raewyn Jack (NZL)  Viva Seifert (ENG)  Angela Walker (NZL)	9.2
Rope	Angela Walker (NZL)	9.3	Madonna Gimotea (CAN)	9.275	Mary Fuzesi (CAN)	9.25

Judo

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Extra Lightweight	Carl Finney (ENG)	Kevin West (CAN)	James Charles (WAL)  Narender Singh (IND)
Half Lightweight	Brent Cooper (NZL)	Mark Preston (SCO)	Mark Adshead (ENG)  Jean-Pierre Cantin (CAN)
Lightweight	Roy Stone (ENG)	Majemite Omagbaluwaje (NGR)	William Cusack (SCO)  Colin Savage (NIR)
Half Middleweight	David Southby (ENG)	Graeme Spinks (NZL)	Gavin Kelly (AUS)
Middleweight	Densign White (ENG)	Winston Sweatman (SCO)	Chris Bacon (AUS)  Rajinder Dhanger (IND)
Half Heavyweight	Ray Stevens (ENG)	Dean Lampkin (AUS)	Graham Campbell (SCO)  James Kendrick (CAN)
Heavyweight	Elvis Gordon (ENG)	Tom Greenway (CAN)	Wayne Watson (NZL)
Open	Elvis Gordon (ENG)	Mario Laroche (CAN)	Graham Campbell (SCO)  Majemite Omagbaluwaje (NGR)
Women
Extra Lightweight	Karen Briggs (ENG)	Helen Duston (WAL)	Julie Reardon (AUS)  Donna Robertson (SCO)
Half Lightweight	Sharon Rendle (ENG)	Claire Shiach (SCO)	Catherine Grainger (AUS)  Lisa Griffiths (WAL)
Lightweight	Loretta Cusack (SCO)	Suzanne Williams (AUS)	Ann Hughes (ENG)  Moira Sutton (WAL)
Half Middleweight	Diane Bell (ENG)	Donna Guy-Halkyard (NZL)	Mandy Clayton (CAN)  Laurie Pace (MLT)
Middleweight	Sharon Mills (ENG)	Karen Hayde (CAN)	Narelle Hill (AUS)  Joyce Malley (NIR)
Half Heavyweight	Jane Morris (ENG)	Alison Webb (CAN)	Phillipa Knowles (WAL)  Christy Obekpa (NGR)
Heavyweight	Sharon Lee (ENG)	Geraldine Dekker (AUS)	Ruth Vondy (IOM)  Linda Konkol (CAN)
Open	Sharon Lee (ENG)	Jane Patterson (CAN)	Geraldine Dekker (AUS)  Nicola Morris (NZL)

Shooting

Pistol

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men/Open
Free Pistol	Phil Adams (AUS)	554	Bengt Sandstrom (AUS)	549	Gilbert U (HKG)	549
Free Pistol - Pairs	Australia Phil Adams Bengt Sandström	1106	New Zealand Brian Read Greg Yelavich	1084	Bangladesh Ateequr Rahman Abdus Sattar	1078
Centre-Fire Pistol	Ashok Pandit (IND)	583	Surinder Marwah (IND)	577	Bruce Quick (AUS)	576
Centre-Fire Pistol - Pairs	Australia Phil Adams Bruce Quick	1155	New Zealand Barry O'Neale Greg Yelavich	1144	India Ashok Pandit Surinder Marwah	1142
Rapid-Fire Pistol	Adrian Breton (GGY)	583	Pat Murray (AUS)	582	Michael Jay (WAL)	579
Rapid-Fire Pistol - Pairs	Australia Bruce Favell Pat Murray	1153	Canada Stanley Wills Mark Howkins	1138	England Brian Girling John Rolfe	1133
Air Pistol	Bengt Sandström (AUS)	580	Phil Adams (AUS)	574	David Lowe (ENG)	574
Air Pistol - Pairs	Bangladesh Ateequr Rahman Abdus Sattar	1138	Australia Phil Adams Bengt Sandström	1138	New Zealand Julian Lawton Greg Yelavich	1137

Rifle

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men/Open
Small Bore Rifle, Prone	Roger Harvey (NZL)	591	Stephen Petterson (NZL)	590	Philip Scanlan (ENG)	590
Small Bore Rifle, Prone - Pairs	New Zealand Stephen Petterson Roger Harvey	1185	Canada Barry Sutherland Michael Ashcroft	1184	England Bob Jarvis Philip Scanlan	1180
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions	Mart Klepp (CAN)	1157	Malcolm Cooper (ENG)	1154	Soma Dutta (IND)	1143
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions - Pairs	Canada Jean-François Sénécal Mart Klepp	2272	England Malcolm Cooper Robert Smith	2268	Scotland William Murray Robert Law	2258
Full Bore Rifle	Colin Mallett (JER)	394	Andrew Tucker (ENG)	390	James Corbett (AUS)	390
Full Bore Rifle - Pairs	England Simon Belither Andrew Tucker	580	Australia James Corbett Barry Wood	565	Jersey Clifford Mallett Colin Mallett	564
Air Rifle	Guy Lorion (CAN)	583	Chris Hector (ENG)	578	Mart Klepp (CAN)	577
Air Rifle - Pairs	Canada Guy Lorion Mart Klepp	1163	England Chris Hector Robert Smith	1155	India Soma Dutta Bhagirath Samai	1148
Running Target	Colin Robertson (AUS)	539	John Maddison (ENG)	539	Tony Clarke (NZL)	535
Running Target - Pairs	New Zealand Paul Carmine Tony Clarke	1091	Canada David Lee Mark Bedlington	1070	England David Chapman John Maddison	1064

Shotgun

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men/Open
Trap	John Maxwell (AUS)	184	Kevin Gill (ENG)	183	Ian Peel (ENG)	179
Trap - Pairs	England Kevin Gill Ian Peel	181	Wales Colin Evans James Birkett-Evans	178	Australia Russell Mark John Maxwell	178
Skeet	Ken Harman (ENG)	187	Georgios Sakellis (CYP)	187	Andy Austin (ENG)	184
Skeet - Pairs	Scotland Ian Marsden James Dunlop	189	England Andy Austin Ken Harman	185	New Zealand Tim Dodds John Woolley	183

Weightlifting

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Flyweight - Snatch	Chandersekaran Raghavan (IND)	105	Velu Govindraj (IND)	95	Greg Hayman (AUS)	90
Flyweight - Clean and Jerk	Chandersekaran Raghavan (IND)	127.5	Greg Hayman (AUS)	117.5	Velu Govindraj (IND)	117.5
Flyweight - Overall	Chandersekaran Raghavan (IND)	232.5	Velu Govindraj (IND)	212.5	Greg Hayman (AUS)	207.5
Bantamweight - Snatch	Rangaswamy Punnuswamy (IND)	110	Alan Ogilvie (SCO)	107.5	Denis Aumais (CAN)	102.5
Bantamweight - Clean and Jerk	Rangaswamy Punnuswamy (IND)	137.5	Gopal Maruthachelam (IND)	125	Alan Ogilvie (SCO)	122.5
Bantamweight - Overall	Rangaswamy Punnuswamy (IND)	247.5	Alan Ogilvie (SCO)	230	Gopal Maruthachelam (IND)	227.5
Featherweight - Snatch	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	112.5	Parvesh Chandra Sharma (IND)	112.5	Kumarasan Sudalaimani (IND)	110
Featherweight - Clean and Jerk	Parvesh Chandra Sharma (IND)	145	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	142.5	Kumarasan Sudalaimani (IND)	142.5
Featherweight - Overall	Parvesh Chandra Sharma (IND)	257.5	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	255	Kumarasan Sudalaimani (IND)	252.5
Lightweight - Snatch	Paramjit Sharma (IND)	130	Lawrence Iquaibom (NGR)	130	Mark Blair (AUS)	127.5
Lightweight - Clean and Jerk	Paramjit Sharma (IND)	165	Lawrence Iquaibom (NGR)	160	Mark Roach (WAL)	155
Lightweight - Overall	Paramjit Sharma (IND)	295	Lawrence Iquaibom (NGR)	290	Mark Roach (WAL)	280
Middleweight - Snatch	Karnadhar Mondal (IND)	135	Karl Jones (WAL)	135	Ron Laycock (AUS)	132.5
Middleweight - Clean and Jerk	Ron Laycock (AUS)	177.5	Karnadhar Mondal (IND)	170	Damian Brown (AUS)	167.5
Middleweight - Overall	Ron Laycock (AUS)	310	Karnadhar Mondal (IND)	305	Benoît Gagné (CAN)	292.5
Light Heavyweight - Snatch	David Morgan (WAL)	155	Muyiwa Odusanya (NGR)	152.5	Sylvain Leblanc (CAN)	145
Light Heavyweight - Clean and Jerk	David Morgan (WAL)	192.5	Soronomathu Ramaswamy (IND)	182.5	Muyiwa Odusanya (NGR)	180
Light Heavyweight - Overall	David Morgan (WAL)	347.5	Muyiwa Odusanya (NGR)	332.5	Andy Callard (ENG)	317.5
Middle Heavyweight - Snatch	Duncan Dawkins (ENG)	162.5	Keith Boxell (ENG)	152.5	Harvey Goodman (AUS)	150
Middle Heavyweight - Clean and Jerk	Duncan Dawkins (ENG)	195	Keith Boxell (ENG)	192.5	Harvey Goodman (AUS)	190
Middle Heavyweight - Overall	Duncan Dawkins (ENG)	357.5	Keith Boxell (ENG)	345	Harvey Goodman (AUS)	340
Sub Heavyweight - Snatch	Andrew Saxton (ENG)	165	Peter May (ENG)	145	Guy Greavette (CAN)	140
Sub Heavyweight - Clean and Jerk	Andrew Saxton (ENG)	197.5	Peter May (ENG)	175	Guy Greavette (CAN)	175
Sub Heavyweight - Overall	Andrew Saxton (ENG)	362.5	Peter May (ENG)	320	Guy Greavette (CAN)	315
Heavyweight - Snatch	Mark Thomas (ENG)	160	Jason Roberts (AUS)	152.5	Steve Wilson (WAL)	152.5
Heavyweight - Clean and Jerk	Mark Thomas (ENG)	197.5	Jason Roberts (AUS)	192.5	Aled Arnold (WAL)	187.5
Heavyweight - Overall	Mark Thomas (ENG)	357.5	Jason Roberts (AUS)	345	Aled Arnold (WAL)	335
Super Heavyweight - Snatch	Andrew Davies (WAL)	180	Aduche Ojadi (NGR)	177.5	Steven Kettner (AUS)	172.5
Super Heavyweight - Clean and Jerk	Andrew Davies (WAL)	222.5	Aduche Ojadi (NGR)	222.5	Steven Kettner (AUS)	205
Super Heavyweight - Overall	Andrew Davies (WAL)	402.5	Aduche Ojadi (NGR)	400	Steven Kettner (AUS)	377.5

References

The Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia