XV Commonwealth Games

Logo of 1994 Commonwealth Games
Host city	Victoria, Canada
Motto	Catch The Spirit
Nations	63
Athletes	2,557
Events	events in 10 sports
Opening	18 August 1994
Closing	28 August 1994
Opened by	Elizabeth II
Closed by	Prince Edward
Queen's Baton Final Runner	Myriam Bédard
Main venue	Centennial Stadium
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The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: XV^éme Jeux du Commonwealth) were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowls, shooting, weightlifting, and wrestling.

Host selection

Three bids for the 1994 Commonwealth Games were submitted. Victoria, New Delhi, and Cardiff were the bidding cities. On 15 September 1988, the Commonwealth Games Federation voted to award Victoria the 1994 Commonwealth Games. ^[1]

1994 Commonwealth Games bidding results

City	Country	Votes
Victoria	Canada	29
New Delhi	India	18
Cardiff	Wales	7

Venues

^[2]

• University of Victoria – Athletes' Village
• Centennial Stadium – Athletics
• McKinnon Gym – Badminton
• Victoria Memorial Arena – Gymnastics
• Royal Athletic Park – Field Lacrosse (demonstration)
• Royal Theatre – Weightlifting
• Heal's Range – Shooting
• Saanich Commonwealth Place – Aquatics
• Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre – Cycling, Lawn bowls, Wrestling
• Archie Browning Sports Centre ( Esquimalt) – Boxing

Final "Original Games"

The 1994 games was the last time team sports were excluded. In 1991, the Commonwealth Games Federation deemed the original setup of ten sports to be obsolete. Beginning with the 1998 games, team sports such as Rugby sevens, Basketball, and Field hockey were added. The decision was taken to encourage more revenue streams from television by making the games more attractive to viewing audiences.

Opening ceremony

A simple friendly atmosphere was the theme to the Opening Ceremonies. In the presence of Prince Edward, the Athletes had a long march past to their seated area (an idea created four years previously and emulated since at the 2014 Games in Glasgow). Welcome speeches and flag raisings were followed by a precision horse riding display by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A visual and theatrical display by the Four Nations Tribes culminated in a massive Thunderbird symbol covering the entire inner field. This was followed by a flypast by the Snowbirds Canadian Forces aerobatic display team.

Games

Participating teams

There were 63 participating nations at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the Games in 1958. Namibia participated in its first Games after gaining independence from South Africa in 1990, and the Caribbean island of Montserrat also made their Games debut. This was Hong Kong's last appearance at the Games before the transfer of sovereignty from Britain to China.

Participating Commonwealth Countries & Territories
Antigua and Barbuda   Australia   Bahamas   Bangladesh   Barbados   Belize   Bermuda   Botswana   British Virgin Islands   Brunei   Canada (host)   Cayman Islands   Cook Islands   Cyprus   Dominica   England   Falkland Islands   Gambia   Ghana   Gibraltar   Guernsey   Guyana   Hong Kong   India   Isle of Man   Jamaica   Jersey   Kenya   Lesotho   Malawi   Malaysia   Maldives   Malta   Mauritius   Montserrat   Namibia   Nauru   New Zealand   Nigeria   Norfolk Island   Northern Ireland   Pakistan   Papua New Guinea   Saint Kitts and Nevis   Saint Lucia   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   Scotland   Seychelles   Sierra Leone   Singapore   Solomon Islands   South Africa   Sri Lanka   Swaziland   Tanzania   Tonga   Trinidad and Tobago   Uganda   Vanuatu   Wales Western Samoa   Zambia   Zimbabwe
Debuting Commonwealth Countries and Territories
Montserrat   Namibia

Sports

There were events in 14 disciplines across 10 sports for the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Calendar

The following table shows a summary of the competition schedule.

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

August		18 Thu	19 Fri	20 Sat	21 Sun	22 Mon	23 Tue	24 Wed	25 Thu	26 Fri	27 Sat	28 Sun	Events
Ceremonies		OC										CC
Athletics						1	9	4	2	11	6	11	44
Badminton			●	●	1		●	●	●	●	5		6
Boxing			●	●	●	●	●	●	●		12		12
Cycling			2		2			1	3	2	3		13
Diving			●	2			●	2	2				6
Gymnastics			1	1	2	10			1	1	4		20
Lawn bowls			●	●	●	2	●	●	2	2	2		8
Shooting			4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3		32
Synchronised swimming			●	●	●	2							2
Swimming			6	5	6	5	6	6					34
Weightlifting							6	6	6	6	6		30
Wrestling			●	5	5								10
Total events			13	17	20	24	25	22	19	25	41	11	217
Cumulative total			13	30	50	74	99	121	140	165	206	217
August		18 Thu	19 Fri	20 Sat	21 Sun	22 Mon	23 Tue	24 Wed	25 Thu	26 Fri	27 Sat	28 Sun	Events

Medal table

This is a full table of the medal count of the 1994 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.

This was the first time since the commencement of the British Empire Games (in 1930) that England did not achieve a medal ranking in the top two.

  *   Host nation ( Canada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	89	53	44	186
2	Canada*	40	42	47	129
3	England	30	45	51	126
4	Nigeria	11	13	13	37
5	Kenya	7	4	8	19
6	India	6	11	7	24
7	Scotland	6	3	11	20
8	New Zealand	5	16	21	42
9	Wales	5	8	6	19
10	Northern Ireland	5	2	3	10
11	Nauru	3	0	0	3
12	South Africa	2	4	5	11
13	Jamaica	2	4	2	8
14	Malaysia	2	3	2	7
15	Cyprus	2	1	2	5
16	Sri Lanka	1	2	0	3
17	Zambia	1	1	2	4
18	Namibia	1	0	1	2
19	Zimbabwe	0	3	3	6
20	Papua New Guinea	0	1	0	1
	Western Samoa	0	1	0	1
22	Hong Kong	0	0	4	4
23	Pakistan	0	0	3	3
24	Ghana	0	0	2	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2	2
	Uganda	0	0	2	2
27	Bermuda	0	0	1	1
	Botswana	0	0	1	1
	Guernsey	0	0	1	1
	Norfolk Island	0	0	1	1
	Seychelles	0	0	1	1
	Tanzania	0	0	1	1
	Tonga	0	0	1	1
Totals (33 entries)		218	217	248	683

Medals by event

Aquatics

Athletics

Badminton

Bowls

Boxing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight	Abdurahaman Ramadhani ( KEN)	Victor Kasote ( ZAM)	Sah Birju ( IND)   Domenic Figliomeni ( CAN)
Flyweight	Paul Shepherd ( SCO)	Duncan Karanja ( KEN)	Bornface Makuka ( ZAM)   Danny Costello ( ENG)
Bantamweight	Robert Peden ( AUS)	Spencer Oliver ( ENG)	Fred Mutuweta ( UGA)
Featherweight	Casey Patton ( CAN)	Jason Cook ( WAL)	Matumla Hassan ( TAN)   James Swan ( AUS)
Lightweight	Michael Strange ( CAN)	Martin Renaghan ( NIR)	Kalolo Fiaui ( NZL)   Arshad Hussain ( PAK)
Light Welterweight	Peter Richardson ( ENG)	Mark Winters ( NIR)	Trevor Shailer ( NZL)   Tijani Moro ( GHA)
Welterweight	Neil Sinclair ( NIR)	Albert Eromosele ( NGR)	Richard Rowles ( AUS)   Wald Fleming ( CAN)
Light Middleweight	Jimmy Webb ( NIR)	Bob Gasio ( WSM)	Joseph Townsley ( SCO)   Rival Cadeau ( SEY)
Middleweight	Rowan Donaldson ( CAN)	Rasmus Ojemaye ( NGR)	Peter Wanyoike ( KEN)   Mervyn Penniston-John ( TRI)
Light Heavyweight	Dale Brown ( CAN)	John Wilson ( SCO)	France Mabiletsa ( BOT)   Peter Odhiambo ( KEN)
Heavyweight	Omar Ahmed ( KEN)	Steve Gallinger ( CAN)	Ezwell Ndlovu ( ZIM)   Charles Kizza ( UGA)
Super Heavyweight	Duncan Dokiwari ( NGR)	David Anyim ( KEN)	Paea Wolfgramm ( TON)   Danny Williams ( ENG)

Cycling

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Time Trial	Shane Kelly ( AUS)	00:01:05	Darryn Hill ( AUS)	00:01:06	Tim O'Shannessey ( AUS)	00:01:07
Sprint	Gary Neiwand ( AUS)		Curt Harnett ( CAN)		Darryn Hill ( AUS)
Individual Pursuit	Brad McGee ( AUS)	00:04:31	Shaun Wallace ( ENG)	00:04:35	Stuart O'Grady ( AUS)	00:04:35
Team Pursuit	Australia (AUS) Brett Aitken Brad McGee Stuart O'Grady Tim O'Shannessey	00:04:10	England (ENG) Tony Doyle Rob Hayles Chris Newton Bryan Steel	caught	New Zealand (NZL) Brendon Cameron Julian Dean Glen Thomson Lee Vertongen	00:04:22
10 Miles Scratch	Stuart O'Grady ( AUS)	00:18:51	Glenn McLeay ( NZL)	00:18:51	Brian Walton ( CAN)	00:18:51
Points Race	Brett Aitken ( AUS)	38	Stuart O'Grady ( AUS)	37	Dean Woods ( AUS)	23
Women
Sprint	Tanya Dubnicoff ( CAN)		Michelle Ferris ( AUS)		Donna Wynd ( NZL)
Individual Pursuit	Kathy Watt ( AUS)	00:03:49	Sarah Ulmer ( NZL)	00:03:51	Jacqui Nelson ( NZL)	00:03:55
Points Race	Yvonne McGregor ( ENG)	5	Jacqui Nelson ( NZL)	1+32	Sally Hodge ( WAL)	1+28

Road

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Road Race	Mark Rendell ( NZL)	04:46:08	Brian Fowler ( NZL)	04:48:10	Willem Engelbrecht ( RSA)	04:48:10
Team Time Trial	Australia (AUS) Phil Anderson Brett Dennis Henk Vogels Damian McDonald	01:53:19	England (ENG) Peter Longbottom Matt Illingworth Simon Lillistone Paul Jennings	01:56:41	New Zealand (NZL) Brian Fowler Paul Leitch Tim Pawson Mark Rendell	01:56:53
Women
Road Race	Kathy Watt ( AUS)	02:48:05	Linda Jackson ( CAN)	02:48:35	Alison Sydor ( CAN)	02:50:17
Team Time Trial	Australia (AUS) Catherine Reardon Kathy Watt Louise Nolan Rachel Marianne Victor	01:04:03	Canada (CAN) Alison Sydor Anne Samplonius Clara Hughes Lesley A Tomlinson	01:04:19	England (ENG) Julia Freeman Maria Lawrence Maxine Johnson Yvonne McGregor	1:06:32.85

Gymnastics

Artistic

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
All-Around	Neil Thomas ( ENG)	55.95	Brennon Dowrick ( AUS)	55.525	Peter Hogan ( AUS)	54.95
Team	Canada (CAN) Alan Nolet Kristan Burley Richard Ikeda Travis Romagnoli	164.7	Australia (AUS) Brennon Dowrick Bret Hudson Nathan Kingston Peter Hogan	164.5	England (ENG) Lee McDermott Neil Thomas Paul Bowler Robert Barber	162.375
Horizontal Bar	Alan Nolet ( CAN)	9.512	Richard Ikeda ( CAN)	9.5	Nathan Kingston ( AUS)	9.325
Parallel Bars	Peter Hogan ( AUS)	9.4	Kris Burley ( CAN)	9.35	Brennon Dowrick ( AUS)	9.25
Vault	Bret Hudson ( AUS)	9.375	Kris Burley ( CAN)	9.312	Neil Thomas ( ENG)	9.306
Pommel Horse	Brennon Dowrick ( AUS)	9.425	Nathan Kingston ( AUS)	9.4	Richard Ikeda ( CAN)	9.225
Rings	Lee McDermott ( ENG)	9.475	Peter Hogan ( AUS)	9.275	Brennon Dowrick ( AUS)	9.15
Floor	Neil Thomas ( ENG)	9.662	Kris Burley ( CAN)	9.437	Alan Nolet ( CAN)	9.15
Women
All-Around	Stella Umeh ( CAN)	38.4	Rebecca Stoyel ( AUS)	38.037	Zita Lusack ( ENG)	37.725
Team	England (ENG) Annika Reeder Jackie Brady Karin Szymko Zita Lusack	114.22	Canada (CAN) Jaime Hill Lisa Simes Stacey Galloway Stella Umeh	113.65	Australia (AUS) Joanna Hughes Rebecca Stoyel Ruth Moniz Salli Wills	113.62
Asymmetric Bars	Rebecca Stoyel ( AUS)	9.525	Stella Umeh ( CAN)	9.45	Sara Thompson ( NZL)	9.337
Beam	Salli Wills ( AUS)	9.075	Zita Lusack ( ENG)	8.987	Ruth Moniz ( AUS)	8.9
Vault	Stella Umeh ( CAN)	9.556	Sonia Lawrence ( WAL)	9.543	Lisa Simes ( CAN)	9.506
Floor	Annika Reeder ( ENG)	9.75	Jackie Brady ( ENG)	9.662	Lisa Simes ( CAN)	9.55

Rhythmic

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women
All-Around	Kasumi Takahashi ( AUS)	36.85	Camille Martens ( CAN)	36.6	Debbie Southwick ( ENG)   Joanne Walker ( SCO)	36.35
Team	Canada (CAN) Camille Martens Gretchen McLennan Lindsay Richards	106.9	Australia (AUS) Kasumi Takahashi Katie Mitchell Leigh Marning	105.3	England (ENG) Aicha McKenzie Debbie Southwick Linda Southwick	103.3
Ball	Kasumi Takahashi ( AUS)	9.2	Camille Martens ( CAN)	9	Aicha McKenzie ( ENG)   Gretchen McLennan ( CAN)	8.8
Clubs	Kasumi Takahashi ( AUS)	9.4	Camille Martens ( CAN)	9.15	Leigh Marning ( AUS)	9
Hoop	Kasumi Takahashi ( AUS)	9.3	Lindsay Richards ( CAN)	9.05	Aicha McKenzie ( ENG)	8.9
Ribbon	Kasumi Takahashi ( AUS)	9.2	Camille Martens ( CAN)	9.05	Gretchen McLennan ( CAN)	9

Shooting

Pistol

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men/Open
50m Free Pistol	Mick Gault ( ENG)	654.1	Phil Adams ( AUS)	647	Bengt Sandstrom ( AUS)	642.5
50m Free Pistol – Pairs	Phil Adams Bengt Sandström ( AUS)	1104	Julian Lawton Greg Yelavich ( NZL)	1094	Mick Gault Paul Leatherdale ( ENG)	1082
25m Centre-Fire Pistol	Jaspal Rana ( IND)	581	Mick Gault ( ENG)	581	Greg Yelavich ( NZL)	575
25m Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs	Jaspal Rana Ashok Pandit ( IND)	1168	Kelvin Vickers Phil Adams ( AUS)	1149	Stanley Wills John Rochon ( CAN)	1148
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol	Michael Jay ( WAL)	670.2	Robert Dowling ( AUS)	668.4	Pat Murray ( AUS)	668.1
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol – Pairs	Pat Murray Robert Dowling ( AUS)	1148	Richard Craven Michael Jay ( WAL)	1142	Adrian Breton Graham La Maitre ( GGY)	1129
10m Air Pistol	Jean-Pierre Huot ( CAN)	672.4	Jaspal Rana ( IND)	670.7	Greg Yelavich ( NZL)	668.5
10m Air Pistol – Pairs	Mike Giustiniano Bengt Sandström ( AUS)	1137	Jean-Pierre Huot John Rochon ( CAN)	1135	Jaspal Rana Vivek Singh ( IND)	1133
Women
25m Sport Pistol	Christine Trefry ( AUS)	679.4	Margaret Thomas ( ENG)	675	Annette Woodward ( AUS)	674
25m Sport Pistol – Pairs	Christine Trefry Annette Woodward ( AUS)	1134	Sharon Cozzarin Helen Smith ( CAN)	1132	Margaret Thomas Carol Page ( ENG)	1129
10m Air Pistol	Helen Smith ( CAN)	474.2	Annette Woodward ( AUS)	466.1	Sharon Cozzarin ( CAN)	465.8
10m Air Pistol – Pairs	Annette Woodward Christine Trefry ( AUS)	747	Jocelyn Lees Gerd Barkman ( NZL)	745	Margaret Thomas Carol Page ( ENG)	744

Rifle

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men/Open
50m Rifle Prone	Stephen Petterson ( NZL)	698.4	Jim Cornish ( ENG)	693.9	Michael Dion ( CAN)	693.6
50m Rifle Prone – Pairs	Stephen Petterson Lindsay Arthur ( NZL)	1181	Dodangoda Chandrasiri Lakshman Rajasinghe ( SRI)	1177	David Clifton Dean Turley ( AUS)	1176
50m Rifle Three Positions	Michael Dion ( CAN)	1234.2	Wayne Sorensen ( CAN)	1228.7	Alister Allan ( SCO)	1224.8
50m Rifle Three Positions – Pairs	Wayne Sorensen Michael Dion ( CAN)	2300	Alister Allan William Murray ( SCO)	2271	Chris Hector Trevor Langridge ( ENG)	2259
Full Bore Rifle	David Calvert ( NIR)	398	Geoffrey Smith ( NZL)	398	Glyn Barnett ( ENG)	397
Full Bore Rifle – Pairs	Bert Bowden Geoffrey Grenfell ( AUS)	593	Glyn Barnett Antony Ringer ( ENG)	588	David Calvert Martin Millar ( NIR)	584
10m Air Rifle	Chris Hector ( ENG)	685.9	Jean-François Sénécal ( CAN)	683	Nigel Wallace ( ENG)	680
10m Air Rifle – Pairs	Jean-François Sénécal Wayne Sorensen ( CAN)	1166	Chris Hector Nigel Wallace ( ENG)	1161	David Rattray Robin Law ( SCO)	1145
10m Running Target	Bryan Wilson ( AUS)	657.9	Mark Bedlington ( CAN)	656	Paul Carmine ( NZL)	650.7
10m Running Target – Pairs	Mark Bedlington Matthew Bedlington ( CAN)	1088	Bryan Wilson and Peter Zutenis ( AUS) [3]	1088	Paul Carmine and Anthony Clark ( NZL) [3]	1079
Women
50m Rifle Prone	Shirley McIntosh ( SCO)	586	Sylvia Purdie ( AUS)	585	Patricia Littlechild ( SCO)	585
50m Small Bore Rifle Prone – Pairs	Kim Frazer Sylvia Purdie ( AUS)	1160	Shirley McIntosh Patricia Littlechild ( SCO)	1158	Christina Ashcroft Linda Szulga ( CAN)	1158
50m Small Bore Rifle Three Positions	Sharon Bowes ( CAN)	666.4	Roopa Unnikrishnan ( IND)	662.5	Christina Ashcroft ( CAN)	661.6
50m Small Bore Rifle Three Positions – Pairs	Sharon Bowes Christina Ashcroft ( CAN)	1143	Karen Morton Lindsay Volpin ( ENG)	1132	Roopa Unnikrishnan Kuheli Gangulee ( IND)	1110
10m Air Rifle	Photini Theophanous ( CYP)	488.7	Malini Wickramasinghe ( SRI)	488.5	Sharon Bowes ( CAN)	488.4
10m Air Rifle – Pairs	Pushpamali Ramanayake Malini Wickramasinghe ( SRI)	771	Karen Morton Louise Minett ( ENG)	771	Christina Ashcroft Sharon Bowes ( CAN)	766

Shotgun

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men/Open
Trap	Mansher Singh ( IND)	141	George Leary ( CAN)	140	Andreas Angelou ( CYP)	137
Trap – Pairs	Tom Hewitt Samuel Allen ( NIR)	188	Ron Bonotto George Leary ( CAN)	187	Bob Borsley John Grice ( ENG)	186
Skeet	Ian Hale ( AUS)	144	Christos Kourtellas ( CYP)	143	Andy Austin ( ENG)	143
Skeet – Pairs	Antonakis Andreou Christos Kourtellas ( CYP)	189	Brian Thomson Geoffrey Jukes ( NZL)	186	Michael Thomson Ian Marsden ( SCO)	186

Weightlifting

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Flyweight	Snatch	Murgesan Veerasamy ( IND)	105	Badathala Adisekhar ( IND)	105	François Lagacé ( CAN)	105
	Clean and Jerk	Badathala Adisekhar ( IND)	132.5	Matin Guntali ( MAS)	130	Murgesan Veerasamy ( IND)	127.5
	Overall	Badathala Adisekhar ( IND)	237.5	Murgesan Veerasamy ( IND)	232.5	François Lagacé ( CAN)	227.5
Bantamweight	Snatch	Marcus Stephen ( NRU)	115	Chandersekaran Raghavan ( IND)	110	Denis Aumais ( CAN)	107.5
	Clean and Jerk	Marcus Stephen ( NRU)	147.5	Chandersekaran Raghavan ( IND)	145	Ben Devonshire ( ENG)	132.5
	Overall	Marcus Stephen ( NRU)	262.5	Chandersekaran Raghavan ( IND)	255	Denis Aumais ( CAN)	237.5
Featherweight	Snatch	Najite Ogbogu ( NGR)	125	Sevdalin Marinov ( AUS)	125	Oliver Toby ( NGR)	120
	Clean and Jerk	Oliver Toby ( NGR)	152.5	Sevdalin Marinov ( AUS)	152.5	Najite Ogbogu ( NGR)	150
	Overall	Sevdalin Marinov ( AUS)	277.5	Najite Ogbogu ( NGR)	275	Oliver Toby ( NGR)	272.5
Lightweight	Snatch	Lawal Riliwan ( NGR)	132.5	Stewart Cruickshank ( ENG)	132.5	Moji Oluwa ( NGR)	130
	Clean and Jerk	Moji Oluwa ( NGR)	165	Satish Rai ( IND)	165	Stewart Cruickshank ( ENG)	160
	Overall	Moji Oluwa ( NGR)	295	Satish Rai ( IND)	292.5	Stewart Cruickshank ( ENG)	292.5
Middleweight	Snatch	David Morgan ( WAL)	147.5	Serge Trembley ( CAN)	145	Damian Brown ( AUS)	142.5
	Clean and Jerk	Damian Brown ( AUS)	182.5	David Morgan ( WAL)	180	Serge Trembley ( CAN)	172.5
	Overall	David Morgan ( WAL)	327.5	Damian Brown ( AUS)	325	Serge Trembley ( CAN)	317.5
Light Heavyweight	Snatch	Kiril Kounev ( AUS)	152.5	Stephen Ward ( ENG)	147.5	Jim Dan Corbett ( CAN)	147.5
	Clean and Jerk	Kiril Kounev ( AUS)	200	Stephen Ward ( ENG)	187.5	Jim Dan Corbett ( CAN)	182.5
	Overall	Kiril Kounev ( AUS)	352.5	Stephen Ward ( ENG)	335	Jim Dan Corbett ( CAN)	330
Middle Heavyweight	Snatch	Harvey Goodman ( AUS)	162.5	Peter May ( ENG)	155	Collins Okoth ( KEN)	120
	Clean and Jerk	Harvey Goodman ( AUS)	200	Peter May ( ENG)	190	Collins Okoth ( KEN)	120
	Overall	Harvey Goodman ( AUS)	362.5	Peter May ( ENG)	345	Collins Okoth ( KEN)	240
Sub Heavyweight	Snatch	Christopher Onyezie ( NGR)	155	Andrew Saxton ( AUS)	155	Phillip Christou ( AUS)	152.5
	Clean and Jerk	Andy Callard ( ENG)	197.5	Andrew Saxton ( AUS)	192.5	Christopher Onyezie ( NGR)	190
	Overall	Andy Callard ( ENG)	347.5	Andrew Saxton ( AUS)	347.5	Christopher Onyezie ( NGR)	345
Heavyweight	Snatch	Nicu Vlad ( AUS)	185	Innocent Chika ( NGR)	160	Gareth Hives ( WAL)	130
	Clean and Jerk	Nicu Vlad ( AUS)	220	Innocent Chika ( NGR)	200	Gareth Hives ( WAL)	160
	Overall	Nicu Vlad ( AUS)	405	Innocent Chika ( NGR)	360	Gareth Hives ( WAL)	290
Super Heavyweight	Snatch	Steven Kettner ( AUS)	165	Stefan Botev ( AUS)	160	Victor Edem ( NGR)	155
	Clean and Jerk	Stefan Botev ( AUS)	200	Steven Kettner ( AUS)	195	Victor Edem ( NGR)	190
	Overall	Stefan Botev ( AUS)	360	Steven Kettner ( AUS)	360	Victor Edem ( NGR)	345

Wrestling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Light Flyweight	Jacob Isaac ( NGR)	Paul Ragusa ( CAN)	Ramesh Kumar ( IND)
Flyweight	Selwyn Tam ( CAN)	Andrew Hutchinson ( ENG)	Kirpa Shankar ( IND)
Bantamweight	Robert Dawson ( CAN)	Ashok Kumar Garg ( IND)	Cory O'Brien ( AUS)
Featherweight	Marty Calder ( CAN)	John Melling ( ENG)	Aroutioun Barseguian ( CYP)
Lightweight	Chris Wilson ( CAN)	Ibo Oziti ( NGR)	Muhammad Umar ( PAK)
Welterweight	David Hohl ( CAN)	Rein Ozoline ( AUS)	Calum McNeil ( SCO)
Middleweight	Justin Abdou ( CAN)	Randhir Singh ( IND)	Muhammad Bhola ( PAK)
Light Heavyweight	Scott Bianco ( CAN)	Victor Kodei ( NGR)	Graeme English ( SCO)
Heavyweight	Greg Edgelow ( CAN)	Noel Loban ( ENG)	Subhash Verma ( IND)
Super Heavyweight	Andrew Borodow ( CAN)	Bidei Jackson ( NGR)	Amerjit Singh ( ENG)

Marketing

Mascot

The official mascot of the Games was an anthropomorphic killer whale named "Klee Wyck". ^[4] This nickname, meaning "the laughing one", was given to Canadian painter and sculptor Emily Carr by the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ Nation. ^[5]

Boxing committee

In preparation for 1994 Commonwealth Games, a boxing committee was formed in 1989. The chairperson of the boxing committee was Hassan Sunderani, and the initial members were Brian Zelley, Glyn Jones and Mike Sartori.

In the initial stages, of the committee one of the immediate tasks was to prepare a guide as to what was expected at the Games, and to document some history of amateur boxing in the Greater Victoria area. The primary work was done by chairperson Sunderani while the local boxing history was assigned to committee member Zelley, a previous news editor for the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Association in the mid-1980s and a contributor of boxing news to various news outlets in the 1970s and 80s.

The next order of business was to start the process of organising volunteers. The first formal public meeting to begin this process took place in Victoria in the boardroom of the Victoria Commonwealth Games Society on 21 April 1990. The meeting included three of the committee members, a VCHS official, and seven potential volunteers including two former Vancouver Island Amateur Boxing commissioners – Bert Wilkinson and Rick Brough.

The primary decision was to arrange a bigger meeting and consider reviving the Greater Victoria Amateur Boxing Association on a formal or informal basis, and to have former experienced people with some background in the sport of amateur boxing. That meeting took place on 13 May 1990 with 23 persons in attendance and was listed as the "Greater Victoria Amateur Boxing Association Founding Meeting". This would become an important meeting to begin the real work in preparation of volunteers, have a representative attend the 1990 Seattle Goodwill Games to observe, and plan and prepare for a test event in 1993. Preliminary coverage of the 13 May meeting included a piece titled "Approaching Games to lift amateur boxing's profile". The reporter Jeff Rud interviewed Games official John Stothart and boxing committee members Mike Sartori and Brian Zelley. ^[6]

The 1993 test event was held in August and included some top Canadian boxers such as Dale Brown of Calgary. Brown was highlighted in the local paper with the headlines "Brown building impressive ring career"; ^[7] at the end of the tournament the local Times-Colonist newspaper reported "Tournament was a perfect dry run". ^[8]

Interim boxing chairman

During 1991 Hassan Sunderani resigned as the chairman and committee member Brian Zelley stepped-in for a one-year period as the acting chairman of the committee. During this period, the primary role was to attend Sports Committee meetings ^[9] while the local boxing community started to organise for potential boxing club activity. In 1992, Sunderani resumed his position and steps were taken to prepare for the pre-Commonwealth Games event in 1993. Also, some new members were appointed to the boxing committee such as Tom Black. ^[10]

See also

• Knowledge Totem Pole
• Victoria bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games

References

• 21 April 1990, Minutes of a Meeting of Victoria Boxing Enthusiasts
• 13 May 1990, Minutes of Greater Victoria Amateur Boxing Association Founding Meeting

External links

• Commonwealth Games Official Site
• 1994 Commonwealth Games Legacy Fund website

Preceded by Auckland

Commonwealth Games Victoria XV Commonwealth Games

Succeeded by Kuala Lumpur