Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia1998


The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala LumpurMalaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations (34 of which collected medals) supplied 3638 athletes. The other bid came from Adelaide in Australia.

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[edit]Overview

The 16th Games was declared open by the late His Majesty the King of MalaysiaYang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman on 11 September. 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 by 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 redwhite and blue to reflect the colours of the British Union Flag). The official mascot for the games was Wira (Malay for "warrior" or "hero") 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 cricketfield hockeynetball and Rugby Sevens and individuals sports of ten-pin bowling and squash.
These joined athleticsbadmintonboxingcyclinggymnasticslawn bowlsshootingswimming 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 giantJonah Lomu who had worked tirelessly during the 10-minutes each way final.
Led by veteran star David CampeseAustralia 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 to 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 21 saw Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth and Patron of the Commonwealth Games Federation declare the ceremony closed with remarks as the best Commonwealth Games ever held in the 20th Century. International stars Céline Dion and Rod Stewart entertained the crowd on that night.
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.

[edit]Main venues

[edit]National Sports ComplexBukit Jalil

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[edit]Bukit Kiara Sports Complex

[edit]Other venues

[edit]Corporate sponsors

[edit]Medal table


Participating countries
 Rank NationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia826157200
2 England364953138
3 Canada303140101
4 Malaysia10141236
5 South Africa9111434
6 New Zealand862034
7 India710825
8 Kenya75416
9 Jamaica4206
10 Wales34815
11 Scotland32712
12 Nauru3003
13 Northern Ireland2114
14 Zimbabwe2035
15 Ghana1135
16 Mauritius1124
17 Cyprus1113
 Tanzania1113
 Trinidad and Tobago1113
20 Bahamas1102
 Mozambique1102
22 Barbados1023
23 Lesotho1001
24 Cameroon0336
25 Namibia0213
26 Seychelles0202
27 Sri Lanka0112
28 Bermuda0101
 Fiji0101
 Isle of Man0101
 Pakistan0101
32 Papua New Guinea0011
 Uganda0011
 Zambia0011
Total215215245675

[edit]Medals by event

[edit]Aquatics

[edit]Athletics

See also 1998 in athletics (track and field)

[edit]Badminton

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's team Malaysia India England
 New Zealand
Women's team England Malaysia Australia
 India
Men's singlesWong Choong Hann, MalaysiaYong Hock Kin, MalaysiaPullela Gopichand, India
Darren Hall, England
Women's singlesKelly Morgan, WalesAparna Popat, IndiaTracey Hallam, England
Julia Mann, England
Men's doublesChoong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah, MalaysiaCheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock, MalaysiaSimon Archer & Chris Hunt, England
Julian Robertson & Nathan Robertson, England
Women's doublesJoanne Goode and Donna Kellogg, EnglandChor Hooi Yee and Lim Pek Siah, MalaysiaTammy Jenkins & Rhona Robertson, New Zealand
Elinor Middlemiss & Sandra Watt, Scotland
Mixed doublesSimon Archer and Joanne Goode, EnglandNathan Robertson and Joanne Davies, EnglandPeter Blackburn & Rhonda Cator, Australia
Chris Hunt & Donna Kellogg, England

[edit]Boxing

WeightGoldSilverBronze
Light flyweight (48 kg)Sapok Biki, MalaysiaMoses Kinyua, KenyaBoudik Kazanijian, Cyprus
Gary Jones, England
Flyweight (51 kg)Richard Sunee, MauritiusLiam Cunningham, Northern IrelandPhumzile Matyhila, South Africa
Jackson Asiku, Uganda
Bantamweight (54 kg)Michael Yomba, TanzaniaHerman Ngoudjo, CameroonAdnan Yusoh, Malaysia
Andrew Kooner, Canada
Featherweight (57 kg)Alex Arthur, ScotlandMarty O'Donnell, CanadaLynch Ipera, Papua New Guinea
James Swan, Australia
Lightweight (60 kg)Raymond Narh, GhanaAli Asghar, PakistanAndrew McLean, England
Giovanni Frontin, Mauritius
Light welterweight(63.5 kg)Michael Strange, CanadaGerry Legras, SeychellesCasey Johns, Australia
Davies Mwale, Zambia
Welterweight (67 kg)Jeremy Molitor, CanadaAbsolom Okoth, KenyaColin McNeil, Scotland
Lynden Hosking, Australia
Light middleweight(71 kg)Chris Bessey, EnglandScott MacIntosh, CanadaJames Tony, Ghana
Jackie Townsley, Scotland
Middleweight (75 kg)John Pearce, EnglandJitender Kumar, IndiaTrevor Stewardson, Canada
Brian Magee, Northern Ireland
Light heavyweight(81 kg)Courtney Fry, EnglandTroy Amos, CanadaSamuel Odindo, Kenya
Charles Adamu, Ghana
Heavyweight (91 kg)Mark Simmons, CanadaRoland Raforme, SeychellesKevin Evans, Wales
Garth da Silva, New Zealand
Super heavyweight(over 91 kg)Audley Harrison, EnglandMichael Macque, MauritiusJustin Whitehead, Australia
Moyoyo Aloryi, Ghana

[edit]Cricket

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's cricket South Africa Australia New Zealand

[edit]Cycling

[edit]Track cycling

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's 1000 m individual sprintDarryn Hill, AustraliaSean Eadie, AustraliaBarry Forde, Barbados
Women's 1000 m individual sprintTanya Dubnicoff, CanadaMichelle Ferris, AustraliaLori-Ann Muenzer, Canada
Men's 1000m track time trialShane Kelly, AustraliaJason Queally, EnglandJoshua Kersten, Australia
Women's 3000 mindividual pursuitSarah Ulmer, New ZealandAlayna Burns, AustraliaYvonne McGregor, England
Men's 4000 mindividual pursuitBrad McGee, AustraliaLuke Roberts, AustraliaMatt Illingworth, England
Men's 4000 m team pursuitAustraliaEnglandNew Zealand
Men's 25 scratch raceMichael Rogers, AustraliaShaun Wallace, EnglandTimothy Barswell, New Zealand
Women's 24 km points raceAlayna Burns, AustraliaSarah Ulmer, New ZealandAnnie Gariepy, Canada
Men's 40 km points raceGlen Thomson, New ZealandRob Hayles, EnglandGreg Henderson, New Zealand

[edit]Road bicycle racing

EventGoldSilverBronze
Women's 28 kmindividual time trialAnna Wilson, AustraliaLinda Jackson, CanadaKathy Watt, Australia
Men's 42 km individual time trialEric Wohlberg, CanadaStuart O'Grady, AustraliaDavid George, South Africa
Women's 92 km road raceLyne Bessette, CanadaSusy Pryde, New ZealandAnna Wilson, Australia
Men's 184 km road raceJay Sweet, AustraliaRosli Effandy, MalaysiaEric Wohlberg, Canada

[edit]Gymnastics

EventGoldSilverBronze
Women's balance beamTrudy McIntosh, AustraliaZeena McLaughlin, AustraliaLisa Leveille, Canada
Women's floorexerciseAnnika Reeder, EnglandAllana Slater, AustraliaZeena McLaughlin, Australia
Women's uneven barsLisa Skinner, AustraliaVeronique Leeleve, CanadaZeena McLaughlin, Australia
Women's vaultLisa Mason, EnglandTrudy McIntosh, AustraliaAnnika Reeder, England
Women's all round individualZeena McLaughlin, AustraliaAllana Slater, AustraliaTrudy McIntosh, Australia
Women's all round team eventAustraliaEnglandCanada
Men's floor exerciseAndrei Kravtsov, AustraliaChristian Brezeanu, South AfricaJohn Smethurst, England and David Phillips, New Zealand
Men's horizontal or high barAlexander Jeltkov, CanadaKris Burley, CanadaLee McDermott, England
Men's parallel barsAndrei Kravtsov, AustraliaRichard Ikede, CanadaBrett Hudson, Australia
Men's pommel horseAndrei Kravtsov, AustraliaRichard Ikede, CanadaBrennon Dowrick, Australia
Men's ringsPavel Mamine, AustraliaAndrew Atherton, EnglandAthol Myhill, South Africa
Men's vaultSimon Hutcheon, South AfricaChristian Brezeanu, South AfricaBrett Hudson, Australia
Men's all round individualAndrei Kravtsov, AustraliaAndrew Atherton, EnglandBrennon Dowrick, Australia
Men's all round team eventEnglandAustraliaCanada
Women's rhythmic clubsErika Leigh Stirton, CanadaShaneez Johnston, AustraliaEmilie Livingston, Canada
Women's rhythmic hoopErika Leigh Stirton, CanadaThye Chee Kiat, MalaysiaLeigh Marning, Australia
Women's rhythmic ribbonErika Leigh Stirton, CanadaShaneez Johnston, AustraliaCarolyn Au Yong, Malaysia
Women's rhythmic ropeErika Leigh Stirton, CanadaLeigh Marning, AustraliaThye Chee Kiat, Malaysia
Women's rhythmic all round individualErika Leigh Stirton, CanadaLeigh Marning, AustraliaShaneez Johnston, Australia
Women's rhythmic all round teamMalaysiaCanadaAustralia

[edit]Field hockey

[edit]Lawn bowls

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singlesRoy Garden, ZimbabweJohn Price, WalesGerald Baker, South Africa and Jeremy Henry, Northern Ireland
Women's singlesLesley Hartwell, South AfricaSaedeh Abdul Rahim, MalaysiaJean Baker, England and Millie Khan, New Zealand
Men's doublesBrett Duprez and Mark Jacobsen, AustraliaRobert Thomas and Robert Weale, WalesMohamed Aziz Maswadi & Mohamed Tazman Tahir, Malaysia and Themis Fraser & Rudi Jacobs, South Africa
Women's doublesMargaret Letham and Joyce Lindores, ScotlandCathelean du Plessis and Lynne Lindsay-Payne, NamibiaGordana Baric & Willow Fong, Australia and Rita Jones & Ann Sutherland, Wales
Men's fours Northern Ireland Australia South Africa and  Wales
Women's fours South Africa Australia England and  Malaysia

[edit]Netball

EventGoldSilverBronze
Women's netballAustraliaNew ZealandEngland

[edit]Rugby sevens

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's rugby sevensNew ZealandFijiAustralia

[edit]Shooting

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's air pistol individualMichael Gault, EnglandJaspal Rana, IndiaGreg Yelavich, New Zealand
Women's air pistol individualAnnemarie Forder, AustraliaChristine Trefry, AustraliaTania Corrigan, New Zealand
Men's air pistol teamNick Baxter and Michael Gault, EnglandJaspal Rana and Satendra Kumar, IndiaJohn Rochon and Jean-Pierre Huot, Canada
Women's air pistol pairsAnnemarie Forder and Christine Trefry, AustraliaTania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees, New ZealandKamisah Abdul Jalal and Suriani Othman, Malaysia
Men's air rifle individualChris Hector, EnglandMohd Emran Zakaria, MalaysiaZlatko Beneta, Australia
Women's air rifle individualNurul Huda Baharin, MalaysiaSharon Bowes, CanadaLouise Minnte, England
Men's air rifle teamChris Hector and Nigel Wallace, EnglandAbdul Mutalib Abdul Razak and Mohammed Emran Zakaria, MalaysiaDavid Rattray and Robin Law, Scotland
Women's air rifle pirsChristina Ashcroft and Sharon Bowes, CanadaBelinda Muehlberg and Noemi Rostas, AustraliaLouise Minett and Rebecca Spicer, England
Men's 25 m center-fire pistol individualJaspal Rana, IndiaAllan McDonald, South AfricaJohn Rochon, Canada
Men's 25 m center-fire pistol pairsJaspal Rana and Ashok Pandit, IndiaJohn Rochon and Metodi Igorov, CanadaMike Giustiniano and Bruce Quick, Australia
Men's Clay Pigeon trapindividualMichael Diamond, AustraliaIan R. Peel, EnglandDesmond Coe, New Zealand
Men's free pistol individualMichael Gault, EnglandFrancois Van Tonder, South AfricaBruce Quick, Australia
Men's free pistol pairsNick Baxter and Michael Gault, EnglandDavid Moore and Bruce Quick, AustraliaJohn Rochon and Jean-Pierre Huot, Canada
Fullbore rifle Queens prize open pairDavid Calvert and Martin Millar, Northern IrelandJames Paton and Alain Marion, CanadaDavid Davies and Christopher Hockley, Wales
Fullbore rifle Queens prize open individualJames Paton, CanadaZainal Abidin Md Zain, MalaysiaAndrew Luckman, England
Men's Olympic trapindividualMichael Diamond, AustraliaIan Peel, EnglandDesmond Coe, New Zealand
Men's Olympic trapteamMansher Singh and Manavjit Singh, IndiaMichael Diamond and Ben Kelley, AustraliaBob Borsley and Ian Peel, England
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol individualMetodi Igorov, CanadaAllan McDonald, South AfricaBhanwar Dhaka, India
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol pairsMike Giustiniano and Pat MurrayAustraliaJason Wakeling and Alan Earle, New ZealandAllan McDonald and André van Emmenis, South Africa
Men's skeet individualDesmond Davies, WalesJoe Trinci, CanadaDavid Cunningham, Australia
Men's skeet pairsCostas Stratis and Antonis Nicolaides, CyprusAndy Austin and Drew Harvey, EnglandDouglas McCutcheon and Joe Trinci, Canada
Men's smallbore riflethree positionsindividualTimothy Lowndes, AustraliaWayne Sorensen, CanadaKenneth Parr, England
Men's free rifle three positions pairsMichael Dion and Wayne Sorensen, CanadaLes Imgrund and Tim Lowndes, AustraliaChris Hector and Kenneth Parr, England
Men's free rifle prone individualStephen Petterson, New ZealandDavid Moore, Isle of ManGavin van Rhyn, South Africa
Men's free rifle prone pairsGavin van Rhyn and Michael Thiele, South AfricaPhilip Scanlan and Neil Day, EnglandTim Lowndes and Warren Potent, Australia
Women's free rifle prone individualRoopa Unnikrishanin, IndiaCarrie Quigley, AustraliaSally Johnston, New Zealand
Women's free rifle prone pairsCarrie Quigley and Kim Frazer, AustraliaChristina Ashcroft and Maureen Spinney, CanadaSusan Bell and Shirley McIntosh, Scontland
Women's smallbore sport rifle three positions individualSusan McCready, AustraliaSharon Bowes, CanadaRoslina Bakar, Malaysia
Women's smallbore sport rifle Three positions pairsSharon Bowes and Christina Ashcroft, CanadaVal Martin and Donna Potgieter,AustraliaShirley McIntosh and Janis Thomson, Scotland
Women's sport pistol individualChristine Trefry, AustraliaBibiana Ng Pei Chin, MalaysiaKim Eagles, Canada
Women's sport pistol pairsChristine Trefry and Annette Woodward AustraliaTania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees, New ZealandBibiana Ng Pei Chin and Norsita Mahmud, Malaysia

[edit]Squash

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singlesPeter Nicol, ScotlandJonathon Power, CanadaAlex Gough, Wales and Paul Johnson, England
Women's singlesMichelle Martin, AustraliaSarah Fitz-Gerald, AustraliaCassie Jackman and Sue Wright, England
Men's doublesMark Chaloner & Paul Johnson, EnglandByron Davis & Rodney Eyles, AustraliaMark Cairns & Chris Walker, England and Stuart Cowie & Peter Nicol, Scotland
Women's doublesCassie Jackman & Sue Wright, EnglandRobyn Cooper & Rachael Grinham, AustraliaSarah Fitz-Gerald & Carol Owens, Australia and Natalie Grainger & Claire Nitch, South Africa
Mixed doublesCraig Rowland & Michelle Martin, AustraliaSimon Parke & Suzanne Horner, EnglandGlen Wilson & Sarah Cook, New Zealand and Rodney Durbach & Natalie Grainger, South Africa

[edit]Ten-pin bowling

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singlesKenny Ang, Malaysia, 6046 pointsBill Rowe, Canada, 5946Warren Rennox, Canada, 5850
Women's singlesCara Honeychurch, Australia, 6406Maxine Nable, Australia, 6028Lai Kin Ngoh, Malaysia, 5920
Men's doublesKenny Ang and Ben Heng, Malaysia, 3522Antoine Jones and Conrad Lister, Bermuda, 3329Michael Muir and Frank Ryan, Australia, 3229
Women's doublesCara Honeychurch and Maxine Nable, Australia, 3678Lai Kin Ngoh and Shalin Zulkifli, Malaysia, 3548Pauline Buck and Gemma Burden, England, 3536
Mixed doublesFrank Ryan and Cara Honeychurch, Australia, 3605Richard Hood and Pauline Buck, England, 3560Bill Rowe and Jane Amlinger, Canada, 3536

[edit]Weightlifting

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's 56 kg snatchMehmey Yagci, Australia, 107.5 kgArumugam K. Pandian, India 107.5 kgMatin Guntali, Malaysia, 105 kg
Men's 56 kg clean and jerkDharmaraj Wilson, India, 140 kgArumugam K. Pandian, India 137.5 kgMatin Guntali, Malaysia, 135 kg
Men's 56 kg combinedArumugam K. Pandian, India, 245 kgDharmaraj Wilson, India, 242.5 kgMatin Guntali, Malaysia, 240 kg
Men's 62 kg snatchMarcus Stephen, Nauru, 125 kgYourik Sarkisian, Australia, 125 kgGanapathy Gnanasekar, India, 117.5 kg
Men's 62 kg clean and jerkMarcus Stephen, Nauru, 167.5 kgYourik Sarkisian, Australia, 157.5 kgMurugesan Arun, India, 155 kg
Men's 62 kg combinedMarcus Stephen, Nauru, 292.5 kgYourik Sarkisian, Australia282.5 kgMurugesan Arun, India, 272.5 kg
Men's 69 kg snatchSebastien Groulx, Canada, 130 kgStewart Cruikshank, England, 130 kgTony Morgan, Wales, 130 kg,
Men's 69 kg clean and jerkMuhamad Hidayat Hamidon, Malaysia, 167.5 kgSebastien Groulx, Canada, 167.5 kgG. Vadivelu, India, 135.5 kg
Men's 69 kg combinedSebastien Groulx, Canada, 297.5 kgMuhamad Hidayat Hamidon, Malaysia, 295 kgSandip Kumar, India, 285 kg
Men's 77 kg snatchSatheesha Rai, India, 147.5 kgDavid Morgan Wales, 145 kgDamian Brown, Australia, 140 kg
Men's 77 kg clean and jerkDamian Brown, Australia, 187.5 kgSatheesha Rai, India, 147.5 kgAlain Bilodeau, Canada, 167.5 kg
Men's 77 kg combinedDamian Brown, Australia, 327.5 kgSatheesha Rai, India, 322.5 kgAlain Bilodeau, Canada, 305 kg
Men's 85 kg snatchStephen Ward, England, 157.5 kgLeon Griffin, England, 155 kgDavid Matam Matam, Cameroon, 147.5 kg
Men's 85 kg clean and jerkLeon Griffin, England, 192.5 kgStephen Ward, England, 187.5 kgDavid Matam Matam, Cameroon, 180 kg
Men's 85 kg combinedLeon Griffin, England, 347.5 kgStephen Ward, England, 345 kgDavid Matam Matam, Cameroon, 327.5 kg
Men's 94 kg snatchKiril Kounev Australia, 165 kgAnthony Arthur, England, 152.5Simon Heffernan, Australia, 150 kg
Men's 94 kg clean and jerkKiril Kounev Australia, 205 kgAndrew Callard, England, 190 kgSimon Heffernan, Australia, 185 kg
Men's 94 kg combinedKiril Kounev Australia, 370 kgAndrew Callard, England, 340 kgSimon Heffernan, Australia, 335 kg
Men's 105 kg snatchAkos Sandor, Canada, 167.5 kgTommy Yule, England, 160 kgNigel Avery, New Zealand, 155 kg
Men's 105 kg clean and jerkAkos Sandor, Canada, 192.5 kgTommy Yule, England, 190 kgKarl Grant, England, 187.5 kg
Men's 105 kg combinedAkos Sandor, Canada, 360 kgTommy Yule, England, 350 kgNigel Avery, New Zealand, 340 kg
Men's 105+ kg snatchDarren Liddle, New Zealand, 165 kgGiles Greenwood, England, 162.5 kgChristopher Rae, Australia, 160 kg
Men's 105+ kg clean and jerkDarren Liddle, New Zealand, 202.5 kgJean Bilong, Canada, 192.5 kgChristopher Rae, Australia, 192.5 kg
Men's 105+ kg combinedDarren Liddle, New Zealand, 367.5 kgChristopher Rae, Australia, 352.5 kgGiles Greenwood, England, 352.5 kg

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