1998 Commonwealth Games Totally Explained

Everything about 1998 Commonwealth Games totally explained

The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 11 to September 21 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th Century. A record 70 nations (34 of which collected medals) supplied 3638 athletes.

Overview

The 16th Games was declared open by His Majesty the King of Malaysia, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman on September 11. The main focus for the games and the venue for the opening and closing ceremonies was the newly built National Stadium Bukit Jalil, a 100,000 spectator capacity stadium. The logo for these games was inspired from the national flower of Malaysia, the Hibiscus, and was the first time that the colour yellow was introduced in the logo. (All previous logos had been red, white and blue to reflect the colours of the British Union Flag). The official mascot for the games was Wira, meaning warrior or hero in the Malay language, the Orang utan.
   The host nation was thrilled at achieving its best ever haul of ten gold medals.
   The 16th Commonwealth Games' host newly introduced team sports of cricket, Field Hockey, Netball and Rugby Sevens.
These joined athletics (track and field), badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowls, shooting, squash, swimming, ten-pin bowling and weightlifting to make a total of 15 different categories of events.
   In front of 20,000 fans at the Petaling Jaya Stadium, Rugby Sevens in particularly were an enormous success with New Zealand collecting its 100th Commonwealth Games medal with a 21-12 win over the plucky Fiji, (the reigning world champions). Man of the match was the giant Jonah Lomu who had worked tirelessly during the 10-minutes each way final.
Led by veteran star David Campese, Australia took the bronze beating Samoa 33-12.
   In the squash event many had anticipated a close match between Michelle Martin and Sarah Fitz-Gerald who had both comfortably won their respective semi finals. Sarah had won the previous two years world open and Michelle the three prior to that and so it was with some surprise too many that Michelle took the gold in three straight sets 9-0, 9-6, 9-5. Sarah did avenge this defeat in the final of the world championship later that year, in what many people regard as the greatest women's final ever, coming back from 8-2 down in the fifth to retain her title.
Michelle also teamed up with Craig Rowland to take the commonwealth mixed doubles gold. Erika-Leigh Stirton took five of the six available golds in the rhythmic gymnastics only being beaten into second place in the team event in the hosts took gold.
   September 21st saw Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth and Patron of the Commonwealth Games Federation declare the ceremony closed on a night that saw both international star Céline Dion and Rod Stewart entertain the crowd.
   The nation that won the most medals during the 1998 Commonwealth Games was Australia. England and Canada came second and third respectively, while Malaysia came in fourth place.

Main Venues

National Sports Complex, Bukit Jalil

National Stadium, Bukit Jalil -- Opening/Closing Ceremony, Athletics
Putra Stadium, Bukit Jalil -- Gymnastics
National Aquatic Centre-- Swimming
National Hockey Stadium -- Hockey
National Squash Centre -- Squash

Bukit Kiara Sports Complex

Juara Stadium -- Netball

National Lawn Bowls Centre -- Lawn Bowls

Other venues

Cheras Veledrome, Kuala Lumpur -- Track cycling

Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium -- Badminton

Mines Convention Centre -- Weightlifting

Shah Alam -- Cycling road racing

Melawati Stadium, Shah Alam -- Boxing

Pyramid Bowl, Sunway Pyramid, Subang Jaya -- Tenpin bowling

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya -- Rugby

Langkawi International Shooting Range (Lisram) -- Shooting

Medal table

Total	215	215	245	675
1	82	61	57	200
2	36	49	53	138
3	30	31	40	101
4	10	14	12	36
5	9	11	14	34
6	8	6	20	34
7	7	10	8	25
8	7	5	4	16
9	4	2	0	6
10	3	4	8	15
11	3	2	7	12
12	3	0	0	3
13	2	1	1	4
14	2	0	3	5
15	1	1	3	5
16	1	1	2	4
17	1	1	1	3
	1	1	1	3
	1	1	1	3
20	1	1	0	2
20	1	1	0	2
22	1	0	2	3
23	1	0	0	1
24	0	3	3	6
25	0	2	1	3
26	0	2	0	2
27	0	1	1	2
28	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
32	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1

Medals by Event

Athletics

� See also 1998 in athletics (track and field)

Track

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
100 m Men	Ato Boldon, Trinidad & Tobago, 9.88 s	Frankie Fredericks, Namibia, 9.96 s	Obadele Thompson, Barbados, 10.00 s
100 m Women	Chandra Sturrup, Bahamas, 11.06 s	Philomena Mensah, Canada, 11.19 s	Tania Van-Hee, Australia, 11.29 s
100 m Hurdles Women	Gillian Russell, Jamaica, 12.70 s	Mohotti Kwawansha, Sri Lanka, 12.95 s	Katie Anderson, Canada, 13.04 s
110 m Hurdles Men	Tony Jarrett, England, 13.47 s	Steve Brown, Trinidad & Tobago 13.48 s	Shaun Bownes, South Africa, 13.53 s
200 m Men	Julian Golding, England, 20.18 s	Christian Malcolm, Wales, 20.29 s	John Regis, England, 20.40 s
200 m Women	Nova Peris-Kneebone, Australia, 22.77 s	Juliet Campbell, Jamaica, 22.79 s	Lauren Hewitt, Australia, 22.83 s
400 m Men	Iwan Thomas, Wales, 44.52 s	Mark Richardson, England, 44.60 s	Sugath Thilakaratne, Sri Lanka, 44.64 s
400 m Women	Sandie Richards, Jamaica, 50.17 s	Allison Curbishley, Scotland, 50.71 s	Donna Fraser, England, 51.01 s
400 m Hurdles Men	Dinsdale Morgan, Jamaica, 48.28 s	Rohan Robinson, Australia, 48.99 s	Kenneth Harnden, Zimbabwe 49.06 s
400 m Hurdles Women	Andrea Blackett, Barbados, 53.91 s	Gowry Retchakan-Hodge, England, 55.25 s	Karlene Houghton, Canada, 55.53 s
800 m Men	Japheth Kimutai, Kenya, 1:43.82	Hezekiel Sepeng, South Africa, 1:44.44	Johan Botha, South Africa, 1:44.57
800 m Women	Maria Mutola, Mozambique, 1:57.60	Argentina Paulino, Mozambique, 1:58.39	Diane Modahl, England, 1:58.81
1500 m Men	Laban Rotich, 3:39.49	John Mayock, England, 3:40.46	Anthony Whiteman, England, 3:40.70
1500 m Women	Jackline Maranga, Kenya, 4:05.27	Kelly Holmes, England, 4:06.10	Julia Sakara, Zimbabwe, 4:07.82
3,000 m Steeplechase Men	John Kosgei, Kenya, 8:15.34	Bernard Barmasai, Kenya, 8:15.37	Kipurui Misoi, Kenya, 8:18.24
5,000 m Men	Daniel Komen, Kenya, 13:22.57	Tom Nyariki, Kenya, 13:28.09	Richard Limo, Kenya, 13:37.42
5,000 m Women	Kate Anderson, Australia, 15:52.74	Andrea Whitcombe, England, 15:56.85	Samukeliso Moyo, Zimbabwe, 15:57.57
10,000 m Men	Simon Maina, Kenya, 28:10.00 s	Kalya William, Kenya, 29:01.68	Stephen Moneghetti, Australia, 29:02.76
10,000 m Women	Esther Wanjiru, Kenya, 33:40.13	Kylie Risk, Australia, 33:42.11	Clair Fearney, Australia, 33:52.13
Marathon Men	Thabiso Moqhali, Lesotho, 2:19.15	Simon Mrashani, Tanzania, 2:19.42	Andea Geway Suja, Tanzania, 2:19.50
Marathon Women	Heather Turland, Australia, 2:41.24	Lisa Dick, Australia, 2:41.48	Elizabeth Mongudhi, Namibia, 2:43.28
10 km Walk Women	Jane Saville, Australia, 43:57	Kerry Saxby-Junna, Australia, 44:27	Lisa Kahler, England, 45:03
20 km Walk Men	Nicolas A’Hern, Australia, 1:24.59	Arturo Huerta, Canada, 1:25.49	Nathan Deakes, Australia, 1:26.06
50 km Walk Men	Govindasamy Saravanan, Malaysia, 4:10.05	Duane Cousins, Australia, 4:10.30	Dominic McGrath, Australia, 4:12.52
4 x 100 m Relay Men	England, 38.20 s	Canada, 38.46 s	Australia, 38.69 s
4 x 100 m Women	Australia, 43.39 s	Jamaica, 43.69 s	England, 43.69 s
4 x 400 m Men	Jamaica, 2:59.03	England, 3:00.82	Wales, 3:01.86
4 x 400 m Women	Australia, 3:27.28	England, 3:29.28	Canada, 3:29.27

Field

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Long Jump Men	Peter Burge, Australia, 8.22 m	Jai Taurima, Australia, 8.22 m	Wendell Williams, Trinidad and Tobago, 7.95 m
Long Jump Women	Joanne Wise, England, 6.63 m	Jacqueline Edwards, Bahamas, 6.59 m	Nicole Boegman, Australia, 6.58 m
Triple Jump Men	Onochie Achike, England, 17.10 m	Andrew Owusu, Ghana, 17.03 m	Remmy Kimutai Limo, Kenya, 16.89 m
Triple Jump Women	Ashia Hansen, England, 14.32 m	Francoise Mbango, Cameroon, 13.95 m	Connie Henry, England, 13.94 m
high jump Men	Dalton Grant, England, 2.31 m	Benjamin Challenger, England, 2.28 m	Timothy Forsyth, Australia, 2.28 m
high jump Women	Hestrie Storbeck, South Africa, 1.91 m	Joanne Jennings, England, 1.91 m	Alison Inverarity, Australia, 1.88 m
javelin throw Men	Marius Corbett, South Africa, 88.75 m	Steve Backley, England, 87.38 m	Mick Hill, England, 83.80 m
javelin throw Women	Louise McPaul, Australia, 66.96 m	Karen Martin, England, 57.82 m	Kirsty Morrison, England, 56.34 m
Discus Men	Robert Weir, England, 64.42 m	Frantz Kruger, South Africa, 63.93 m	Jason Tunks, Canada, 62.22 m
Discus Women	Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand, 65.92 m	Lisa Marie Vizaniari, Australia, 62.14 m	Alison Lever, Australia, 59.80 m
Hammer Men	Stuart Rendel, Australia, 74.71 m	Mick Jones, England, 74.02 m	Chris Harmse, South Africa, 72.83 m
Hammer Women	Deborah Sosimenko, Australia, 66.56 m	Lorraine Shaw, England, 62.66 m	Caroline Whittrin, Canada, 61.67
Shot Put Men	Burger Lambrechts, South Africa, 20.01 m	Michalis Louca, Cyprus, 19.52 m	Shaun Pickering, Wales, 19.33 m
Shot Put Women	Judy Oakes, England, 18.83 m	Myrtle Augee, England, 17.16 m	Johanna Abrahamse, South Africa, 16.52 m
pole vault Men	Riaan Botha, South Africa, 5.60 m	Paul Bergess, Australia, 5.50 m	Kersley Gardenne, Mauritius, 5.35 m
pole vault Women	Emma George, Australia, 4.20 m	Elmarie Geryts, South Africa, 4.15 m	Trista Bernier, Canada, 4.15 m
Heptathlon Women	Denise Lewis, England, 6513 points	Jane Jamieson, Australia, 6354 points	Joanne Henry, New Zealand, 6096
Decathlon Men	Jagan Hames, Australia, 8490 points	Scott Ferrier, Australia, 8307 points	Mike Smith, Canada, 8143 points

Badminton

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's Teams	Malaysia	India	England
Women's Teams	England	Malaysia	India
Men's Singles	Wong Choong Hann, Malaysia	Yong Hock Kin, Malaysia	Pullela Gopi Chand, India and Darren Hall, England
Women's Singles	Kelly Morgan, Wales	Aparna Popat, India	Tracey Hallam, England and Julia Mann, England
Men's Doubles	Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah, Malaysia	Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock, Malaysia	Simon Archer & Chris Hunt, England and Julian Robertson & Nathan Robertson, England
Women's Doubles	Joanne Goode (Wright) and Donna Kellogg, England	Chor Hooi Yee and Lim Pek Siah, Malaysia	Tammy Jenkins & Rhona Robertson, New Zealand and Elinor Middlemiss & Sandra Watt, Scotland
Mixed Doubles	Simon Archer and Joanne Goode (Wright), England	Nathan Robertson and Joanne Davies, England	Peter Blackburn & Rhonda Cater, Australia and Chris Hunt & Donna Kellogg, England

Boxing

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Light Flyweight (48 kg)	Nick Thompson, Malaysia	Haydn Cockayne and Dean T, Australia	Boudik Kazanijian, Cyprus Gary Jones, England
Flyweight (51 kg)	Richard Sunee, Mauritius	Liam Cunningham, Northern Ireland	Phumzile Matyhila, South Africa Jackson Asiku, Uganda
Bantamweight (54 kg)	Michael Yomba, Tanzania	Herman Ngoudjo, Cameroon	Adnan Yusoh, Malaysia Andrew Kooner, Canada
Featherweight (57 kg)	Alex Arthur, Scotland	Marty O'Donnel, Canada	Lynch Ipera, Papua New Guinea James Swan, Australia
Lightweight (60 kg)	Raymond Narh, Ghana	Ali Asghar, Pakistan	Andrew McLean, England Giovanni Frontin, Mauritius
Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)	Michael Strange, Canada	Gerry Legras, Seychelles	Casey Johns, Australia Davies Mwale, Zambia
Welterweight (67 kg)	Jeremy Molitor, Canada	Absolom Okoth, Kenya	Colin McNeil, Scotland Lynden Hosking, Australia
Light Middleweight (71 kg)	Chris Bessey, England	Scott MacIntosh, Canada	James Tony, Ghana Jackie Townsley, Scotland
Middleweight (75 kg)	John Pearce, England	Jitender Kumar, India	Trevor Stewardson, Canada Brian Magee, Northern Ireland
Light Heavyweight (81 kg)	Courtney Fry, England	Troy Amos, Canada	Samuel Odindo, Kenya Charles Adamu, Ghana
Heavyweight (91 kg)	Mark Simmons, Canada	Roland Raforme, Seychelles	Kevin Evans, Wales Garth da Silva, New Zealand
Super Heavyweight (over 91 kg)	Audley Harrison, England	Michael Macque, Mauritius	Justin Whitehead, Australia Moyoyo Aloryi, Ghana

Cricket

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:

Cycling

Track cycling

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's 1000 m Individual Sprint	Darryn Hill, Australia	Sean Eadie, Australia	Barry Forde, Barbados
Women's 1000 m Individual Sprint	Tanya Dubnicoff, Canada	Michelle Ferris, Australia	Lori-Ann Muenzer, Canada
Men's 1000m Track time trial	Shane Kelly, Australia	Jason Queally, England	Joshua Kersten, Australia
Women's 3000 m Individual pursuit	Sarah Ulmer, New Zealand	Alayna Burns, Australia	Yvonne McGregor, England
Men's 4000 m Individual pursuit	Brad McGee, Australia	Luke Roberts, Australia	Matt Illingworth, England
Men's 4000 m Team pursuit	Australia	England	New Zealand
Men's 25 Scratch Race	Michael Rogers, Australia	Shaun Wallace, England	Timothy Barswell, New Zealand
Women's 24 km Points Race	Alayna Burns, Australia	Sarah Ulmer, New Zealand	Annie Gariepy, Canada
Men's 40 km Points Race	Glen Thomson, New Zealand	Rob Hayles, England	Greg Henderson, New Zealand

Road bicycle racing

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Women's 28 km individual time trial	Anna Wilson, Australia	Linda Jackson, Canada	Kathy Watt, Australia
Men's 42 km individual time trial	Eric Wohlberg, Canada	Stuart O'Grady, Australia	David George, South Africa
Women's 92 km Road Race	Lyne Bessette, Canada	Susy Pryde, New Zealand	Anna Wilson, Australia
Men's 184 km Road Race	Jay Sweet, Australia	Rosli Effandy, Malaysia	Eric Wohlberg, Canada

Gymnastics

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Women's Balance Beam	Trudy McIntosh, Australia	Zeena McLaughlin, Australia	Lisa Leveille, Canada
Women's Floor Exercise	Annika Reeder, England	Allana Slater, Australia	Zeena McLaughlin, Australia
Women's Uneven Bars	Lisa Skinner, Australia	Veronique Leeleve, Canada	Zeena McLaughlin, Australia
Women's Vault	Lisa Mason, England	Trudy McIntosh, Australia	Annika Reeder, England
Women's All Round Individual	Zeena McLaughlin, Australia	Allana Slater, Australia	Trudy McIntosh, Australia
Women's All Round Team Event	Australia	England	Canada
Men's Floor Exercise	Andrei Kravtsov, Australia	Christian Brezeanu, South Africa	John Smethurst, England and David Phillips, New Zealand
Men's Horizontal or High Bar	Alexander Jeltkov, Canada	Kris Burley, Canada	Lee McDermott, England
Men's Parallel Bars	Andrei Kravtsov, Australia	Richard Ikede, Canada	Brett Hudson, Australia
Men's Pommel Horse	Andrei Kravtsov, Australia	Richard Ikede, Canada	Brennon Dowrick, Australia
Men's Rings	Pavel Mamine, Australia	Andrew Atherton, England	Athol Myhill, South Africa
Men's Vault	Simon Hutcheon, South Africa	Christian Brezeanu, South Africa	Brett Hudson, Australia
Men's All Round Individual	Andrei Kravtsov, Australia	Andrew Atherton, England	Brennon Dowrick, Australia
Men's All Round Team Event	England	Australia	Canada
Women's Rhythmic Clubs	Erika Leigh Stirton, Canada	Shaneez Johnston, Australia	Emilie Livingston, Canada
Women's Rhythmic Hoop	Erika Leigh Stirton, Canada	Thye Chee Kiat, Malaysia	Leigh Marning, Australia
Women's Rhythmic Ribbon	Erika Leigh Stirton, Canada	Shaneez Johnston, Australia	Carolyn Au Yong, Malaysia
Women's Rhythmic Rope	Erika Leigh Stirton, Canada	Leigh Marning, Australia	Thye Chee Kiat, Malaysia
Women's Rhythmic All Round Individual	Erika Leigh Stirton, Canada	Leigh Marning, Australia	Shaneez Johnston, Australia
Women's Rhythmic All Round Team	Malaysia	Canada	Australia

Field Hockey

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's Team Event	Australia	Malaysia	England
Women's Team Event	Australia	England	New Zealand

Lawn Bowls

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's Singles	Roy Garden, Zimbabwe	John Price, Wales	Gerald Baker, South Africa and Jeremy Henry, Northern Ireland
Women's Singles	Lesley Hartwell, South Africa	Saedeh Abdul Rahim, Malaysia	Jean Baker, England and Millie Cecilia Khan, New Zealand
Men's Doubles	Brett Duprez and Mark Jacobsen, Australia	Robert Thomas and Robert Weale, Wales	Mohamed Aziz Maswadi & Mohamed Tazman Tahir, Malaysia and Themis Fraser & Rudi Jacobs, South Africa
Women's Doubles	Margaret Letham and Joyce Lindores, Scotland	Cathelean du Plessis and Lynne Lindsay-Payne, Namibia	Gordana Baric & Willow Fong, Australia and Rita Jones & Ann Sutherland, Wales
Men's Fours			and
Women's Fours			and

Netball

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Women's Netball	Australia	New Zealand	England

Rugby Sevens

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's Rugby Sevens	New Zealand	Fiji	Australia

Shooting

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's Air Pistol Individual	Michael Gault, England	Jaspal Rana, India	Greg Yelavich, New Zealand
Women's Air Pistol Individual	Annemarie Forder, Australia	Christine Trefry, Australia	Tania Corrigan, New Zealand
Men's Air Pistol Team	Nick Baxter and Michael Gault, England	Jaspal Rana and Satendra Kumar, India	John Rochon and Jean-Pierre Huot, Canada
Women's Air Pistol Pairs	Annemarie Forder and Christine Trefry, Australia	Tania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees, New Zealand	Kamisah Abdul Jalal and Suriani Othman, Malaysia
Men's Air Rifle Individual	Chris Hector, England	Mohd Emran Zakaria, Malaysia	Zlatko Beneta, Australia
Women's Air Rifle Individual	Nurul Huda Baharin, Malaysia	Sharon Bowes, Canada	Louise Minnte, England
Men's Air Rifle Team	Chris Hector and Nigel Wallace, England	Abdul Mutalib Abdul Razak and Mohammed Emran Zakaria, Malaysia	David Rattray and Robin Law, Scotland
Women's Air Rifle Pairs	Christina Ashcroft and Sharon Bowes, Canada	Belinda Muehlberg and Noemi Rostas, Australia	Louise Minett and Rebecca Spicer, England
Men's 25 m Center-Fire Pistol Individual	Jaspal Rana, India	Allan McDonald, South Africa	John Rochon, Canada
Men's 25 m Center-Fire Pistol Pairs	Jaspal Rana and Ashok Pandit, India	John Rochon and Metodi Igorov, Canada	Mike Giustiniano and Bruce Quick, Australia
Men's Clay Pigeon Trap Individual	Michael Diamond, Australia	Ian R. Peel, England	Desmond Coe, New Zealand
Men's Free Pistol Individual	Michael Gault, England	Francois Van Tonder, South Africa	Bruce Quick, Australia
Men's Free Pistol Pairs	Nick Baxter and Michael Gault, England	David Moore and Bruce Quick, Australia	John Rochon and Jean-Pierre Huot, Canada
Fullbore Rifle Queens Prize Open Pair	David Calvert and Martin Millar, Northern Ireland	James Paton and Alain Marion, Canada	David Davies and Christopher Hockley, Wales
Fullbore Rifle Queens Prize Open Individual	James Paton, Canada	Zainal Abidin Md Zain, Malaysia	Andrew Luckman, England
Men's Olympic Trap Individual	Michael Diamond, Australia	Ian Peel, England	Desmond Coe, New Zealand
Men's Olympic Trap Team	Mansher Singh and Manavjit Singh, India	Michael Diamond and Ben Kelley, Australia	Bob Borsley and Ian Peel, England
Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Individual	Metodi Igorov, Canada	Allan McDonald, South Africa	Bhanwar Dhaka, India
Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol Pairs	Mike Giustiniano and Pat Murray Australia	Jason Wakeling and Alan Earle, New Zealand	Allan McDonald and André van Emmenis, South Africa
Men's Skeet Individual	Desmond Davies, Wales	Joe Trinci, Canada	David Cunningham, Australia
Men's Skeet Pairs	Costas Stratis and Antonis Nicolaides, Cyprus	Andy Austin and Drew Harvey, England	Douglas McCutcheon and Joe Trinci, Canada
Men's Smallbore Rifle Three positions Individual	Timothy Lowndes, Australia	Wayne Sorensen, Canada	Kenneth Parr, England
Men's Free Rifle Three positions Pairs	Michael Dion and Wayne Sorensen, Canada	Les Imgrund and Tim Lowndes, Australia	Chris Hector and Kenneth Parr, England
Men's Free Rifle Prone Individual	Stephen Petterson, New Zealand	David Moore, Isle of Man	Gavin van Rhyn, South Africa
Men's Free Rifle Prone Pairs	Gavin van Rhyn and Michael Thiele, South Africa	Philip Scanlan and Neil Day, England	Tim Lowndes and Warren Potent, Australia
Women's Smallbore Sport Rifle Three positions Individual	Susan McCready, Australia	Sharon Bowes, Canada	Roslina Bakar, Malaysia
Women's Smallbore Sport Rifle Three positions Pairs	Sharon Bowes and Christina Ashcroft, Australia	Val Martin and Donna Potgieter, Canada	Shirley McIntosh and Janis Thomson, Scotland
Women's Sport Pistol Individual	Christine Trefry, Australia	Bibiana Ng Pei Chin, Malaysia	Kim Eagles, Canada
Women's Sport Pistol Pairs	Christine Trefry and Annette Woodward Australia	Tania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees, New Zealand	Bibiana Ng Pei Chin and Norsita Mahmud, Malaysia

Squash

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's Singles	Peter Nicol, Scotland	Jonathon Power, Canada	Alex Gough, Wales and Paul Johnson, England
Women's Singles	Michelle Martin, Australia	Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Australia	Cassie Jackman and Sue Wright, England
Men's Doubles	Mark Chaloner & Paul Johnson, England	Byron Davis & Rodney Eyles, Australia	Mark Cairns & Chris Walker, England and Stuart Cowie & Peter Nicol, Scotland
Women's Doubles	Cassie Jackman & Sue Wright, England	Robyn Cooper & Rachael Grinham, Australia	Sarah Fitz-Gerald & Carol Owens, Australia and Natalie Grainger & Claire Nitch, South Africa
Mixed Doubles	Craig Rowland & Michelle Martin, Australia	Simon Parke & Suzanne Horner, England	Glen Wilson & Sarah Cook, New Zealand and Rodney Durbach & Natalie Grainger, South Africa

Swimming

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's 50 m Freestyle	Mark Foster, England, 22.58	Brendon Dedekind, South Africa, 22.70	Michael Klim, Australia, 22.86
Women's 50 m Freestyle	Sue Rolph, England, 25.82	Alison Sheppard, Scotland, 25.92	Toni Jeffs, New Zealand, 26.07
Men's 100 m Freestyle	Michael Klim, Australia, 49.43	Chris Fydler, Australia, 49.51	Gavin Meadows, England, 50.14
Women's 100 m Freestyle	Sue Rolph, England, 55.17	Susie O'Neill, Australia, 55.58	Rebecca Creedy, Australia, 56.07
Men's 100 m Butterfly	Geoff Huegill, Australia, 52.81	Adam Pine, Australia, 53.09	Michael Klim, Australia, 53.50
Women's 100 m Butterfly	Petria Thomas, Australia, 59.42	Susie O'Neill, Australia, 59.61	Kathryn Godfrey, Australia, 1:00.14
Men's 100 m Backstroke	Mark Versfeld, Canada, 55.52	Josh Watson, Australia, 55.92	Chris Renaud, Canada, 55.99
Women's 100 m Backstroke	Giaan Rooney, Australia, 1:02.43	Kelly Stefanshyn, Canada, 1:02.81	Meredith Smith, Australia, 1:03.19
Men's 100 m Breaststroke	Simon Cowley, Australia, 1:02.00	Phil Rogers, Australia, 1:02.46	Darren Mew, England, 1:02.52
Women's 100 m Breaststroke	Helen Denman, Australia, 1:08.71	Samantha Riley, Australia, 1:09.08	Lauren Van Oosten, Canada, 1:09.11
Men's 200 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe, Australia, 1:46.70	Michael Klim, Australia, 1:48.05	Daniel Kowalski, Australia, 1:48.26
Women's 200 m Freestyle	Susie O'Neill, Australia, 2:00.24	Karen Pickering, England, 2:01.19	Jessica Deglau, Canada, 2:01.59
Men's 200 m Butterfly	James Hickman, England, 1:57.11	William Kirby, Australia, 1:59.57	Stephen Parry, England, 1:59.63
Women's 200 m Butterfly	Susie O'Neill, Australia, 2:06.60	Petria Thomas, Australia, 2:10.42	Jessica Deglau, Canada, 2:11.67
Men's 200 m Backstroke	Mark Versfeld, Canada, 1:59.67	Adrian Radley, Australia, 2:01.41	Greg Hamm, Canada, 2:01.47
Women's 200 m Backstroke	Katy Sexton England, 2:13.18	Meredith Smith, Australia, 2:13.19	Helen Don-Duncan, England 2:13.50
Men's 200 m Breaststroke	Simon Cowley, Australia, 2:13.13	Ryan Mitchell, Australia, 2:13.20	Adam Whitehead, England, 2:14.44
Men's 400 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe, Australia, 3:44.35	Grant Hackett, Australia, 3:44.88	Daniel Kowalski, Australia, 3:48.91
Women's 400 m Backstroke	Susie O'Neill, Australia, 4:12.39	Vicki Horner, England, 4:12.56	Joanne Malar, Canada, 4:13.91
Women's 800 m Freestyle	Rachel Harris, Australia, 8:42.23	Joanne Malar, Canada, 8:43.96	Sarah Collings, England, 8:45.56
Men's 1500 m Freestyle	Grant Hackett, Australia, 14:50.92	Ryk Neethling, South Africa, 15:02.88	Kieren Perkins, Australia, 15:03.00
Men's 200 m Individual Individual Medley	Matthew Dunn, Australia, 2:00.26	James Hickman, England, 2:01.87	Robert van der Zant, Australia, 2:02.73
Women's 200 m Individual Individual Medley	Marianne Limpert, Canada, 2:15.05	Joanne Malar, Canada, 2:15.28	Sue Rolph, England, 2:15.39
Men's 400 m Individual Individual Medley	Trent Steed, Australia, 4:19.89	James Hickman, England, 4:20.17	Zane Warren King, Australia, 4:23.20
Women's 400 m Individual Individual Medley	Joanne Malar, Canada, 4:43.74	Elizabeth Warden, Canada, 4:47.69	Jennifer Reilly, Australia, 4:48.43
Men's 4 x 100 m Freestyle Relay	Australia, 3:17.83	Canada, 3:21.27	England, 3:22.13
Men's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay	Australia, 3:38.52	England, 3:40.73	Canada, 3:42.74
Women's 4 x 100 m Medley Relay	Australia, 4:06.36	Canada, 4:09.52	England, 4:13.96
Men's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay	Australia, 7:11.86	England, 7:23.83	New Zealand, 7:24.52
Women's 4 x 200 m Freestyle Relay	Australia, 8:03.73	England, 8:10.09	Canada, 8:11.84
Women's synchronized swimming Solo	Valerie Hould Marchand, Canada, 93.64	Naomi Young, Australia, 90.933	Gayle Adamson, England
Women's Synchronised Swimming Duet	Kasia Kulesza and Jacinthe Taillon, Canada, 93.824	Irena Olevsky and Naomi Young, Australia, 91.077	Adele Carlsen and Katie Hooper, England, 87.13

Diving

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's 1 m Springboard	Evan Stewart, Zimbabwe	Dean Pullar, Australia	Robert Newbery, Australia
Men's 3 m Springboard	Shannon Roy, Australia	Dean Pullar, Australia	Tony Ally, England
Men's 10 m Platform	Alexandre Despatie, Canada	Robert Newbery, Australia	Leon Taylor, England
Women's 1 m Springboard	Chantelle Michell, Australia	Blythe Hartley, Canada	Eryn Bulmer, Canada
Women's 3 m Springboard	Eryn Bulmer Canada	Chantelle Michell, Australia	Myriam Boileau, Canada
Women's 10 m Platform	Vyninka Arlow, Australia	Myriam Boileau, Canada	Anne Montminy, Canada

Ten-pin Bowling

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's Singles	Kenny Ang, Malaysia, 6046 points	Bill Rowe, Canada, 5946	Warren Rennox, Canada, 5850
Women's Singles	Cara Honeychurch, Australia, 6406	Maxine Nable, Australia, 6028	Lai Kin Ngoh, Malaysia, 5920
Men's Doubles	Kenny Ang and Ben Heng, Malaysia, 3522	Antoine Jones and Conrad Lister, Bermuda, 3329	Michael Muir and Frank Ryan, Australia, 3229
Women's Doubles	Cara Honeychurch and Maxine Nable, Australia, 3678	Lai Kin Ngoh and Shalin Zulkifli, Malaysia, 3548	Pauline Buck and Gemma Burden, England, 3536
Mixed Doubles	Frank Ryan and Cara Honeychurch, Australia, 3605	Richard Hood and Pauline Buck, England, 3560	Bill Rowe and Jane Amlinger, Canada, 3536

Weightlifting

Event:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Men's 56 kg snatch	Mehmey Yagci, Australia, 107.5 kg	Arumugam K. Pandian, India 107.5 kg	Matin Guntali, Malaysia, 105 kg
Men's 56 kg clean and jerk	Dharmaraj Wilson, India, 140 kg	Arumugam K. Pandian, India 137.5 kg	Matin Guntali, Malaysia, 135 kg
Men's 56 kg Combined	Arumugam K. Pandian, India, 245 kg	Dharmaraj Wilson, India, 242.5 kg	Matin Guntali, Malaysia, 240 kg
Men's 62 kg snatch	Marcus Stephen, Nauru, 125 kg	Yourik Sarkisian, Australia, 125 kg	Ganapathy Gnanasekar, India, 117.5 kg
Men's 62 kg clean and jerk	Marcus Stephen, Nauru, 167.5 kg	Yourik Sarkisian, Australia, 157.5 kg	Murugesan Arun, India, 155 kg
Men's 62 kg Combined	Marcus Stephen, Nauru, 292.5 kg	Yourik Sarkisian, Australia282.5 kg	Murugesan Arun, India, 272.5 kg
Men's 69 kg snatch	Sebastien Groulx, Canada, 130 kg	Stewart Cruikshank, England, 130 kg	Tony Morgan, Wales, 130 kg,
Men's 69 kg clean and jerk	Muhamad Hidayat Hamidon, Malaysia, 167.5 kg	Sebastien Groulx, Canada, 167.5 kg	G. Vadivelu, India, 135.5 kg
Men's 69 kg Combined	Sebastien Groulx, Canada, 297.5 kg	Muhamad Hidayat Hamidon, Malaysia, 295 kg	Sandip Kumar, India, 285 kg
Men's 77 kg snatch	Satheesha Rai, India, 147.5 kg	David Morgan Wales, 145 kg	Damian Brown, Australia, 140 kg
Men's 77 kg clean and jerk	Damian Brown, Australia, 187.5 kg	Satheesha Rai, India, 147.5 kg	Alain Bilodeau, Canada, 167.5 kg
Men's 77 kg Combined	Damian Brown, Australia, 327.5 kg	Satheesha Rai, India, 322.5 kg	Alain Bilodeau, Canada, 305 kg
Men's 85 kg snatch	Stephen Ward, England, 157.5 kg	Leon Griffin, England, 155 kg	David Matam Matam, Cameroon, 147.5 kg
Men's 85 kg clean and jerk	Leon Griffin, England, 192.5 kg	Stephen Ward, England, 187.5 kg	David Matam Matam, Cameroon, 180 kg
Men's 85 kg Combined	Leon Griffin, England, 347.5 kg	Stephen Ward, England, 345 kg	David Matam Matam, Cameroon, 327.5 kg
Men's 94 kg snatch	Kiril Kounev Australia, 165 kg	Anthony Arthur, England, 152.5	Simon Heffernan, Australia, 150 kg
Men's 94 kg clean and jerk	Kiril Kounev Australia, 205 kg	Andrew Callard, England, 190 kg	Simon Heffernan, Australia, 185 kg
Men's 94 kg Combined	Kiril Kounev Australia, 370 kg	Andrew Callard, England, 340 kg	Simon Heffernan, Australia, 335 kg
Men's 105 kg snatch	Akos Sandor, Canada, 167.5 kg	Tommy Yule, England, 160 kg	Nigel Avery, New Zealand, 155 kg
Men's 105 kg clean and jerk	Akos Sandor, Canada, 192.5 kg	Tommy Yule, England, 190 kg	Karl Grant, England, 187.5 kg
Men's 105 kg Combined	Akos Sandor, Canada, 360 kg	Tommy Yule, England, 350 kg	Nigel Avery, New Zealand, 340 kg
Men's 105+ kg snatch	Darren Liddle, New Zealand, 165 kg	Giles Greenwood, England, 162.5 kg	Christopher Rae, Australia, 160 kg
Men's 105+ kg clean and jerk	Darren Liddle, New Zealand, 202.5 kg	Jean Bilong, Canada, 192.5 kg	Christopher Rae, Australia, 192.5 kg
Men's 105+ kg Combined	Darren Liddle, New Zealand, 367.5 kg	Christopher Rae, Australia, 352.5 kg	Giles Greenwood, England, 352.5 kg

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