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Wales at the
1986 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeWAL
CGA Commonwealth Games Wales
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
6
Silver
5
Bronze
12
Total
23
Commonwealth Games appearances ( overview)

Wales competed in the 1986 Commonwealth Games between 24 July–2 August. [1]

Wales finished fifth in the medals table with 6 gold, 5 silver and 12 bronze medals. [2]

Medallists

Aquatics

The aquatics events were held at the Royal Commonwealth Pool. [2]

Diving

Men
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Robert Morgan Springboard 594.12 6 [3]
Andy Budd 490.77 12 [3]
Robert Morgan Highboard 561.54 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [4]

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Tony Day 400 metre freestyle 3:59.87 2 Q 3:58.20 5 [5]
Ian Rosser 4:09.27 5 did not advance [5]
Steven Gywnne 4:05.01 6
Steven Gwynne 1500 metre freestyle 16:09.71 6 did not advance [6]
Ian Rosser 100 metre backstroke 1:00.17 6 did not advance [6]
Gareth Williams 1:02.71 7
Ian Rosser 200 metre backstroke 2:07.49 5 did not advance [7]
Gareth Williams 2:12.00 6
Bruce Perry 100 metre breaststroke 10.60 5 did not advance [5]
Perry Bruce 200 metre breaststroke disq. did not advance [3]
Gareth Williams 100 metre butterfly 1:02.77 6 did not advance [8]
Ian Roser 200 metre individual medley 2:12.02 4 did not advance [4]
Tony Day 400 metre Individual Medley 4:32.60 4 Q 4:30.02 7 [8]
Steven Gwynne
Ian Rosser
Bruce Perry
Tony Day 		4x200 metre freestyle relay — 7:54.98 5 [8]
Ian Rosser
Bruce Perry
Steven Gwynne
Gareth Williams 		4x100 metre medlay relay 4:09.56 4 Q 4:07.54 8 [4]
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Samantha Lewis 100 metre freestyle 1:04.35 6 did not advance [5]
Maxine McKinnell 59.70 4
Nicky Cumbers 1:00.96 5
Nicky Cumbers 400 metre freestyle 4:31.08 6 did not advance [7]
Nicky Cumbers 800 metre freestyle 9:10.76 6 did notadvance [3]
Claire Reeve 100 metre breaststroke 1:15.87 5 did not advance [3]
Claire Tucker 1:13.90 3 Q 1:13.94 6 [3]
Claire Tucker 200 metre breaststroke 2:39.39 4 did not advance [8]
Claire Reeve 2:43.74 5
Maxine McKinnell 100 metre butterfly 1:05.93 6 did not advance [3]
Samantha Lewis 200 metre butterfly 2:23.31 5 did not advance [4]
Nicky Cumbers 200 metre individual medley disq. did not advance [8]
Maxine McKinnell
Samantha Lewis
Claire Tucker
Nicky Cumbers 		4x100 metre freestyle relay — 4:02.99 6 [7]
Claire Tucker
Claire Reeve
Samantha Lewsi
Maxine McKinnell 		4×100 metre medley relay — 4:30.70 5 [6]

Athletics

Men
Track and road
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mal Edwards 800 metres 1:49.81 3 Q 1:49.33 4 [3] 1:47.27 5 [9]
Paul Williams 1:52.55 4 Q 1:48.52 6 did not advance [3]
Neil Horsfield 1500 metres — 3:42.83 3 Q [10] 3:57.08 9 [11]
Steve Jones 10,000 metres — 28:02.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [8]
Nigel Walker 110 metres hurdle — 13.64 1 Q [8] 13.69 4 [8]
Colin Jackson 13.69 1 Q [8] 13.42 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [7]
Roger Hackney 3000 metres steeplechase — 8:25.15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [7]
Ieuan Ellis Marathon — 2:15.12 7 [12]
Stephen Johnson 30 kilometres walk — 2:21.05 8 [13]
Field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Shaun Pickering Shot put 16.79 8 [11]
Shaun Pickering Discus throw 51.30 9 [12]
Shaun Pickering Hammer throw 62.64 9 [8]
Colin Mackenzie Javelin 70.82 7 [11]
Women
Track and road
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Sallyanne Short 100 metres 11.60 5 q 11.74 8 [7]
Helen Miles 11.63 6 did not advance [7]
Carmen Smart 11.83 6
Sian Morris 200 metres 23.82 4 q [3] 23.97 7 [13]
Sallyanne Short 24.06 6 did not advance [3]
Sian Morris 400 metres 54.75 5 did not advance [8]
Kirsty Wade 800 metres 2:03.94 1 Q [3] 2:00.94 1st place, gold medalist(s) [13]
Kirsty Wade 1500 metres 4:27.20 2 Q [14] 4:10.91 1st place, gold medalist(s) [15]
Angela Tooby 10,000 metres — 32:25.38 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [3]
Susan Tooby 32:56.78 6 [3]
Kay Morley 100 metres hurdles 13.52 4 q [13] 13.83 7 [10]
Alyson Vandenbroek-Evans 400 metres hurdles 58.83 4 q [7] 58.31 8 [3]
Helen Miles
Sian Morris
Sallyanne Short
Carmen Smart 		4 × 100 metres relay — 45.37 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [16]
Field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Gillian Regan Long jump 6.05 9 [12]
Venissa Head Discus throw 56.20 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [17]
Karen Hough Javelin 53.32 6 [13]

Badminton

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/
Bronze Medal Match 		Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Lesley Roberts Women's singles   Bridget Hunt ( GUE)
W (11–2, 11–6) 		  Fiona Elliott ( ENG)
L (11–2, 11–1) 		did not advance [18]
Lyndon Williams
Chris Rees 		Men's doubles   Yeung Yik Kei
Hung Lai ( HKG)
W (15–11, 15–8) [19] 		  Michael Scandolera
Paul Hong ( AUS) 		did not advance [18]
  Wales Mixed team —   Australia (AUS) W (3–2)
  New Zealand (NZL) L (5–0) [8] 		did not advance [7]

Boxing

Athlete Event Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Robert Regan Light flyweight (48kg)   Mark Epton ( ENG) L did not advance [8]
Kerry Webber Flyweight (51kg) —   Leonard Makhanya ( SWZ) L did not advance [4] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [20]
Sean Ward Bantamweight (54kg)   Glen Brooks ( SCO) L did not advance [7]
Antonio Khan Featherweight (57kg)   Christopher Carleton ( NIR) L did not advance [6]
Jonathan Alsop Light welterweight (63.5 kg)   Howard Grant ( CAN) L did not advance [5]
Neil Haddock Lightweight (60kg) —   Lyton Mphande ( MAW) W [4]   Asif Dar ( CAN) L 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [20]
Cliff Piper Welterweight (67kg)   Darren Dyer ( ENG) L did not advance [5]
Glyn Thomas Light middleweight (71kg)   Charles Mahlalela ( SWZ) W [8]   Dan Sherry ( CAN) L did not advance [4] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [20]
Paul Lewis Middleweight (75kg)   Jeff Harding ( AUS) L did not advance [6]
Byron Pullen Light heavyweight (81kg)   Gerald Storey ( NIR) W [8]   Harry Lawson ( SCO) L did not advance [4] 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [20]
Kevin McCormack Heavyweight (91kg)   Douglas Young ( SCO) L did not advance [8]
Aneurin Evan Super Heavyweight (>91kg) —   Lennox Lewis ( CAN) L 2nd place, silver medalist(s) [20]

Cycling

Men
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final/Bronze Medal Match
Time/
Score 		Rank Time/
Score 		Rank Time/
Score 		Rank Time/
Score 		Rank
Steve Paulding Time trial — 1:09.73 14 [8]
Norton Davies 1:11.90 17 [8]
Timothy Davies 1:12.05 18 [8]
Timothy Davies Individual pursuit 5:07.00 12 did not advance [7]
Mark Adrian Westwood 5:39.28 17
  Wales Team pursuit 4:56.71 5 did not advance [13]
Stuart Coles
John Evans
Norman Hughes
Keith Jones 		Team time trial — 2:26.27 8 [5]

Lawn bowls

The lawn bowls were held at Balgreen. [2]

Men
Athlete Event Round Robin Rank
Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score
Ray Hill Singles   Thomson ( ENG)
L 21 - 19 [21] 		  Fong ( FIJ)
W 21-20 [22] 		  Wallace ( CAN)
L 21 - 18 		  David ( BOT)
W 21 - 6 [8] 		  Schuback ( AUS)
L 21 - 15 [7] 		  Smith ( GUE)
W 21 - 6 [3] 		  Corsie ( SCO)
L 21 - 14 [6] 		  Dickison ( NZL)
L 21 - 15 		  Espie ( NIR)
L 21 - 19 [4] 		  Young ( MAW)
W 21 - 15 [13] 		  Le Marquand ( JER)
W 21 - 18 [23] 		  Bosley ( HKG)
W 21 - 12 		7 [12]
Spencer Wilshire
Lyn Perkins 		Pairs   Canada (CAN)
L 212 - 14 		  England (ENG)
W 21 - 19 [21] 		  Botswana (BOT)
L 19 - 17 		  Guernsey (GUE)
W 26 - 21 [8] 		  Australia (AUS)
L 18 - 17 		  Hong Kong (HKG)
W 22 - 13 [7] 		  Scotland (SCO)
L 20 - 18 [3] 		  New Zealand (NZL)
W 24 - 15 		  Fiji (FIJ)
W 22 - 12 [6] 		  Jersey (JER)
W 27 - 17 [4] 		  Malawi (MAW)
W 24 - 14 		  Northern Ireland (NIR)
W 19 - 18 		4 [12]
Hafod Thomas
Jim Morgan
Robert Weale
Will Thomas [24] 		Fours   Canada (CAN)
D 21 - 21 		  England (ENG)
W 19 - 17 [21] 		  Australia (AUS)
W 19 - 11 [8] 		  Botswana (BOT)
W 25-17 [7] 		  Swaziland (SWZ)
W 22 - 13 [3] 		  Scotland (SCO)
W 22 - 13 		  Fiji (FIJ)
W 21 - 14 [6] 		  Northern Ireland (NIR)
L 16 - 13 [4] 		  New Zealand (NZL)
W 21 - 15 [13] 		  Guernsey (GUE)
W 18 - 16 [12] 		  Hong Kong (HKG)
L [16] 		— 1st place, gold medalist(s) [16]
Women
Athlete Event Round Robin Rank
Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score
Ann Dainton Singles   Lum On ( FIJ)
L 21 - 19 [5] 		  Line ( ENG)
L 21 - 13 [21] 		  Anderson ( BOT)
W 21 - 19 		  Hunter ( CAN)
W 21 - 1 [8] 		  Fahey ( AUS)
W 21 - 19 [7] 		  Blattman ( JER)
W 21 - 11 [7] 		  Humphreys ( HKG)
L 21 - 13 [6] 		  McCrone ( SCO)
L 21 - 19 [4] 		  Ryan ( NZL)
L 21 - 5 		  Bell ( NIR)
L 21 - 11 [13] 		  le Tissier ( GUE)
W 21 - 3 		— 10 [12]
Janet Ackland
Margaret Pomeroy 		Pairs   Canada (CAN)
L 19 - 16 [21] 		  Botswana (BOT)
W 33 - 6 [8] 		  Australia (AUS)
W 28 - 14 [7] 		  Scotland (SCO)
W 23 - 17 [3] 		  England (ENG)
W 25 - 16 [6] 		  New Zealand (NZL)
L 16 - 19 		  Northern Ireland (NIR)
L 24 - 19 [4] 		  Fiji (FIJ)
W 21 - 12 [13] 		  Guernsey (GUE)
L 20 - 17 		  Hong Kong (HKG)
W 22 - 19 		— 5 [12]
Linda Parker
Linda Evans
Joan Ricketts
Rita Jones [25] 		Fours   Botswana (BOT)
L 21 - 13 		  Australia (AUS)
W 21 - 18 [8] 		  Hong Kong (HKG)
W 22 - 17 [7] 		  Scotland (SCO)
L 26 - 16 [3] 		  Swaziland (SWZ)
W 23 - 13 		  Guernsey (GUE)
W 23 - 9 [6] 		  England (ENG)
W 25 - 21 		  Canada (CAN)
W 33 - 12 [4] 		  Northern Ireland (NIR)
W 25 - 16 		  New Zealand (NZL)
W 17 - 14 [13] 		  Malawi (MAW)
W [16] 		  Fiji (FIJ)
W 18 - 15 [12] 		1st place, gold medalist(s) [12]

Rowing

Men
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Chris Howell Single sculls 7:46.49 4 7:31.03 3 Q [5] 7:50.42 6 [26]
Lewis Hancock
Robert Luke 		Double sculls 7:44.77 4 6:56.09 4 Q [3] 6:35.84 6 [6]
Philip Gregory
Christopher Jones 		Coxless pairs 7:49.39 3 7:55.70 5 Q [3] 7:00.32 6 [6]
David Kidwell
Iestyn Roberts
Chris Howell
Martin Hyndman 		Coxless fours 7:10.94 4 5 [3] did not advance [6]
Nicholas Hartland
Paul Taylor
Ivor Lloyd
Michael Partridge
Chris Jenkins 		Coxed fours 7:42.10 3 6:52.07 4 Q [3] 6:41.07 6 [6]
Guy Thomas
Iestyn Roberts
Michael Hnatiw
Robin Roberts
Ivor Lloyd
Paul Taylor
Nicholas Hartland
Michael Partridge
Chris Jenkins 		Eights — 6:20.81 6 [8]
Robin Williams Lightweight single sculls 7:44.83 4 7:30.75 3 Q [5] 7:35.95 4 [8]
David Kidwell
Stephen Redwood
Jeremy Edwards
Martin Hyndman 		Lightweight coxless fours — 6:43.83 5 [8]
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Rhian Davies Single sculls 8:21.41 5 [6]
Jo Treweek
Louise Kingsley
Katharine Hartland
Fiona Price 		Coxed fours 7:27.86 5 [6]
Rhian Davies Lightweight single sculls 8:18.24 6 [6]
Jo Treweek
Louise Kingsley
Katharine Hartland
Fiona Price 		Lightweight coxless four 7:11.70 4 [6]

Shooting

Open events
Pistol
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Albie Fox Free Pistol 519 16 [4]
David Nash Centre-Fire Pistol 571 10 [12]
Steven Mitchell 567 13 [12]
David Nash
Steven Mitchell 		Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs 1137 5 [3]
Gareth Irving Rapid-Fire Pistol 582 4 [4]
Michael Jay 576 10 [4]
Gareth Irving
Michael Jay 		Rapid-Fire Pistol – Pairs 1150 4 [27]
Rifle
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Terry Wakefield Rifle Prone 596 5 [6]
Colin Harris 596 6 [6]
Terry Wakefield
Colin Harris 		Rifle Prone – Pairs 1166 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [8]
David Arnold Rifle Three Positions 1121 10 [13]
Chris Hockley Full Bore Rifle 389 12 [13]
Chris Hockley
John Vivian, 4th Baron Swansea 		Full Bore Rifle – Pairs 565 10 [3]
David Arnold Air Rifle 576 7 [4]
Stuart Daltrey 573 9 [4]
Stuart Daltrey
David Arnold 		Air Rifle – Pairs 1132 6 [5]
Shotgun
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Roland Phillips Trap 192 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [6]
Stuart Clubbe 184 10 [6]
Roland Phillips
Stuart Clubbe 		Trap – Pairs 174 6 [5]
Terry Griffiths Skeet 184 15 [12]
Phil Lewellyn 183 17 [12]
Terry Griffiths
Phil Lewellyn 		Skeet – Pairs 168 10 [8]

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Weight Lifted Total Rank
Snatch Clean & jerk
Chris Edward 56kg 87.5 107.5 195 5 [5]
Ray Williams 60kg 102.5 132.5 235.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) [8]
Jeffrey Bryce 112.5 140.0 252.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [8]
Neil Taylor 75kg 120.0 150.0 170.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [7]
David Morgan 82.5kg 160.0 190.0 350.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) [7]
Gareth Hives 90kg 120.0 160.0 280.0 6 [3]
Andrew Davies 110kg 170.0 200.0 370.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) [6]
Steven Wilson 110kg plus 152.5 187.5 340.0 4 [6]
Kenneth Webster 140.0 170.0 310.0 5 [6]

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