1990 Commonwealth Games
Host city | Auckland, New Zealand |
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Motto | This is the Moment (Māori: Ko te moma tenei) |
Nations | 55 |
Athletes | 2,074 |
Events | 213 events in 10 sports |
Opening | 24 January 1990 |
Closing | 3 February 1990 |
Opened by | Prince Edward |
Closed by | Elizabeth II |
Queen's Baton Final Runner | Mark Todd and Peter Snell |
Main venue | Mount Smart Stadium |
The 1990 Commonwealth Games (
The main venue was the Mount Smart Stadium.
Host selection
The event was awarded to Auckland on 27 July 1984 at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. Perth, Australia, had withdrawn from the bid contest leaving New Delhi, India, as the sole opponent to Auckland's bid. New Delhi lost the hosting rights to Auckland by a margin of 1 vote, which made it the closest host selection vote in the history of Commonwealth Games
City | Round 1 |
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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 Queens Baton was carried across the Auckland Harbour by the vessel "Ceduna".
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 baton 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, Scotland entering first as the hosts of the previous games, and New Zealand entering last as hosts. During the introduction of the countries, the choir 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
Introduction of the European communities was next with music and native dancing from European countries such as Italy, Poland, Greece, Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland, Austria, Wales and England, and music and native dancing also from Asian countries such as China, Sri Lanka and India. 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.
Howard Morrison then lead New Zealand in singing the folk song Tukua-a-hau. After Morrison, the Queen's Baton arrived at the stadium where 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
Closing ceremony
A more relaxed affair was held for the 14th Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, reflecting that of
Next,thousands of children entered the stadium with a mass skipping rope demonstration, followed by the athletes. 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 favourite New Zealand hymn, as the
Mascot
The mascot of the games was Goldie, representing New Zealand's national symbol the
Participating teams
55 teams were represented at the 1990 Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).
Participating Commonwealth countries and territories |
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Debuting Commonwealth countries and territories |
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
Figures from Commonwealth Games Foundation website.[2]
* Host nation (New Zealand)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Australia (AUS) | 52 | 54 | 56 | 162 |
2 | England (ENG) | 46 | 40 | 42 | 128 |
3 | Canada (CAN) | 35 | 41 | 37 | 113 |
4 | New Zealand (NZL)* | 17 | 14 | 27 | 58 |
5 | India (IND) | 13 | 8 | 11 | 32 |
6 | Wales (WAL) | 10 | 3 | 12 | 25 |
7 | Kenya (KEN) | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
8 | Nigeria (NGR) | 5 | 13 | 7 | 25 |
9 | Scotland (SCO) | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
10 | Malaysia (MAS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
11 | Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Uganda (UGA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
13 | Northern Ireland (NIR) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
14 | Nauru (NRU) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
15 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
16 | Cyprus (CYP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
17 | Bangladesh (BAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jersey (JEY) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
19 | Bermuda (BER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Guernsey (GUE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
23 | Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
24 | Tanzania (TAN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
25 | Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
26 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Western Samoa (WSM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
28 | Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Malta (MLT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (29 entries) | 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
Bowls
Boxing
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men | |||
Light Flyweight | Justin Juuko (UGA) | Abdurahaman Ramadhani (KEN) | Dharmendar Yadav (IND)
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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) | James Nicolson (AUS)
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Lightweight | Godfrey Nyakana (UGA) | Justin Rowsell (AUS) | David Anderson (SCO)
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Light Welterweight | Charlie Kane (SCO) | Nicodemus Odore (KEN) |
Stefan Scriggins (AUS) Duke Chinyadza (ZIM) |
Welterweight | David Defiagbon (NGR) | Greg Johnson (CAN) | Anthony Mwamba (ZAM) Grahame Cheney (AUS) |
Light Middleweight | Richie Woodhall (ENG) | Ray Downey (CAN) | Sililo Figota (SAM) Andy Creary (NZL) |
Middleweight | Chris Johnson (CAN) | 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 | |||
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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 Stuart Williams |
00:04:23 | 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 | |||
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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 | 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
Rhythmic
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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 | Viva Seifert (ENG) |
9.1 |
Ribbon | Mary Fuzesi (CAN) | 9.4 | Madonna Gimotea (CAN) | 9.3 | (NZL) | 9.2 |
Rope | Angela Walker (NZL) | 9.3 | Madonna Gimotea (CAN) | 9.275 | Mary Fuzesi (CAN) | 9.25 |
Judo
Shooting
Pistol
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men/Open | ||||||
50m Free Pistol | Phil Adams (AUS) |
554 | Bengt Sandstrom (AUS) |
549 | Gilbert U (HKG) | 549 |
50m Free Pistol - Pairs | Bengt Sandström |
1106 | New Zealand Brian Read Greg Yelavich |
1084 | Bangladesh Ateequr Rahman Abdus Sattar |
1078 |
25m Centre-Fire Pistol | Ashok Pandit (IND) | 583 | Surinder Marwah (IND) | 577 | Bruce Quick (AUS) | 576 |
25m Centre-Fire Pistol - Pairs | Phil Adams Bruce Quick |
1155 | New Zealand Barry O'Neale Greg Yelavich |
1144 | India Ashok Pandit Surinder Marwah |
1142 |
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol | Adrian Breton (GGY) | 583 | Pat Murray (AUS) |
582 | Michael Jay (WAL) | 579 |
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol - Pairs | Pat Murray |
1153 | Canada Stanley Wills Mark Howkins |
1138 | England Brian Girling John Rolfe |
1133 |
10m Air Pistol | Bengt Sandström (AUS) |
580 | Phil Adams (AUS) |
574 | David Lowe (ENG) | 574 |
10m Air Pistol - Pairs | Bangladesh Ateequr Rahman Abdus Sattar |
1138 | Bengt Sandström |
1138 | New Zealand Julian Lawton Greg Yelavich |
1137 |
Rifle
Shotgun
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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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 | |||
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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 Chander Sharma (IND) | 112.5 | Kumarasan Sudalaimani (IND) | 110 |
Featherweight - Clean and Jerk | Parvesh Chander Sharma (IND) | 145 | Marcus Stephen (NRU) | 142.5 | Kumarasan Sudalaimani (IND) | 142.5 |
Featherweight - Overall | Parvesh Chander 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
- ^ "NETBALL HISTORY: 1990 Commonwealth Games Demonstration event (Auckland)". Netball Scoop. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Past Commonwealth Games Archived 15 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine Commonwealth Games Federation
- ^ No bronze medal awarded as not enough pairs took part - The Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games (Graham Groom -2017)
External links
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