1990 Commonwealth Games
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| Host city | Auckland, New Zealand | ||
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| Motto | This is the Moment | ||
| Nations participating | 55 | ||
| Athletes participating | 2,074 | ||
| Events | 213 events in 10 sports | ||
| Opening ceremony | 24 January 1990 | ||
| Closing ceremony | 3 February 1990 | ||
| Officially opened by | Prince Edward | ||
| Officially closed by | Elizabeth II | ||
| Queen's Baton Final Runner | Mark Todd and Peter Snell | ||
| Main venue | Mount Smart Stadium | ||
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The 1990 Commonwealth Games were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Participants competed in ten sports: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, lawn bowls, shooting and weightlifting. The Triathlon was a demonstration event.
The main venue was the Mount Smart Stadium. The Games were awarded to Auckland 27 July 1984 at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Perth, Australia, had withdrawn from the bid contest leaving New Delhi, India, as the sole opponent to Auckland's bid.
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Bidding process
| 1990 Commonwealth Games bidding results | ||||||
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| City | Round 1 | |||||
 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 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 batton 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. During the introduction of the countries, the choir at attendance 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 Poi. The Māori women then gave some of the athletes a Hongi. Next was the Māori story of how New Zealand was formed, performed by many New Zealanders and organised by Logan Brewer. It involved a narration of how the Polynesians found their way to what was to become New Zealand. In the middle of the performance, a re-enactment was performed of how New Zealand was formed between Rangi and Papa (the sky father and earth mother). The story then moved on to the coming of religion and European migration. This was demonstrated with a formation of the Union Jack, to show the colonisation by the British. Dame Whina Cooper then made a speech about the Treaty of Waitangi signed in 1840 that brought about peace and stability of modern New Zealand.
Introduction of the European communities was next with music and native European dancing from Scotland, Ireland, Austria, Wales and England. 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.
New Zealand performer Howard Morrison then lead New Zealand in singing the folk song Tukua-a-hau. After Howard Morrison, the Queen's Baton arrived at the stadium where The 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 A-4 Skyhawk jets of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The ceremony was concluded by the singing of the game's motto "This is the moment" as performers and athletes exited the stadium.
Closing ceremony
A more relaxed affair was held for the 14th Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, reflecting that of Christchurch in 1974. Attended by HM The Queen of New Zealand, formality and respect played their due part in the beginning with formal salute and the acceptance of the Commonwealth Games flag to the next host city, Victoria, Canada. This was followed by a Native American and modern Canadian dancing display.
Then the fun began with thousands of children entering the stadium with a mass jumprope demonstration, followed by the athletes themselves. 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 favorite New Zealand hymn, as the Royal New Zealand Air Force's A4 Skyhawks made one final swooping flyover of Mount Smart Stadium followed by fireworks. The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Edward then exited the stadium standing in open top vehicles.
Participating teams
55 teams were represented at the 1990 Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold).
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Australia
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bermuda
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Canada
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Cyprus
England
Falkland Islands
Ghana
Gibraltar
Guernsey
Guyana
Hong Kong- India
Isle of Man
Jamaica
Jersey
Kenya
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Nauru- New Zealand
Nigeria
Norfolk Island
Northern Ireland
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Scotland
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Sri Lanka
Swaziland
Tanzania
The Gambia
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
Vanuatu
Wales
Western Samoa
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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 IOC, IAAF and BBC.
Figures from Commonwealth Games Foundation website.[1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Australia |
52 | 54 | 56 | 162 |
| 2 | England |
46 | 40 | 42 | 128 |
| 3 | Canada |
35 | 41 | 37 | 113 |
| 4 | New Zealand |
17 | 14 | 27 | 58 |
| 5 | India |
13 | 8 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 | Wales |
10 | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 | Kenya |
6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Nigeria |
5 | 13 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 | Scotland |
5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 10 | Malaysia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Jamaica |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Uganda |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 13 | Northern Ireland |
1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 | Nauru |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Hong Kong |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | Cyprus |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Bangladesh |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jersey |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 | Bermuda |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guernsey |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Papua New Guinea |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 | Zimbabwe |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Ghana |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Tanzania |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | Zambia |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 | Bahamas |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Western Samoa |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 28 | Guyana |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Malta |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 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
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Athletics
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Badminton
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Mixed | |||
| Mixed Team | England Andy Goode Darren Hall Fiona Smith Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers Helen Troke Miles Johnson Sara Sankey Steve Baddeley Stephen Butler |
Canada Anil Kaul Bryan Blanshard Claire Backhouse-Sharpe David Humble Denyse Julien Doris Piche Johanne Falardeau Linda Cloutier-Marks Michael Bitten Michael Butler |
Hong Kong Amy Chan Chi Choi Chan Kin Ngai Chan Man Wa Chan Mei Yin Chui Pak Kum Ng Siu Kwong Chan Yick Kei Yeung Yin Sat Cheng |
| Mixed Doubles | Hong Kong Chan Chi Choi Amy Chan |
England Miles Johnson Sara Sankey |
England Andy Goode Gillian Clark |
| Men | |||
| Men's Singles | Rashid Sidek (MAS) |
Foo Kok Keong (MAS) |
Darren Hall (ENG) |
| Men's Doubles | Malaysia Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek |
Malaysia Cheah Soon Kit Rashid Sidek |
Canada Mike Bitten Bryan Blanshard |
| Women | |||
| Women's Singles | Fiona Smith (ENG) |
Denyse Julian (CAN) |
Helen Troke (ENG) |
| Women's Doubles | England Sara Sankey Fiona Smith |
England Gillian Clark Gillian Gowers |
Canada Johanne Falardeau Denyse Julian |
Bowls
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Boxing
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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) |
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| 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 Stu Williams |
00:04:23 | Australia Brett Aitken Steve McGlede Shaun O'Brien Darren Winter |
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) |
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| 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 | Canada Christopher Koberstein David Spears Peter Verhesen Sean Way |
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 | Raewyn Jack (NZL) Alitia Sands (ENG) Viva Seifert (ENG) |
9.1 |
| Ribbon | Mary Fuzesi (CAN) |
9.4 | Madonna Gimotea (CAN) |
9.3 | Raewyn Jack (NZL) Viva Seifert (ENG) Angela Walker (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 | ||||||
| Free Pistol | Phil Adams (AUS) |
554 | Bengt Sandstrom (AUS) |
549 |  Gilbert U (HKG) |
549 |
| Free Pistol - Pairs | Australia Phil Adams Bengt Sandström |
1106 | New Zealand Brian Read Greg Yelavich |
1084 | Bangladesh Ateequr Rahman Abdus Sattar |
1078 |
| Centre-Fire Pistol | Ashok Pandit (IND) |
583 | Surinder Marwah (IND) |
577 | Bruce Quick (AUS) |
576 |
| Centre-Fire Pistol - Pairs | Australia Phil Adams Bruce Quick |
1155 | New Zealand Barry O'Neale Greg Yelavich |
1144 | India Ashok Pandit Surinder Marwah |
1142 |
| Rapid-Fire Pistol | Adrian Breton (GGY) |
583 | Pat Murray (AUS) |
582 | Michael Jay (WAL) |
579 |
| Rapid-Fire Pistol - Pairs | Australia Bruce Favell Pat Murray |
1153 | Canada Stanley Wills Mark Howkins |
1138 | England Brian Girling John Rolfe |
1133 |
| Air Pistol | Bengt Sandström (AUS) |
580 | Phil Adams (AUS) |
574 | David Lowe (ENG) |
574 |
| Air Pistol - Pairs | Bangladesh Ateequr Rahman Abdus Sattar |
1138 | Australia Phil Adams 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 Chandra Sharma (IND) |
112.5 | Kumarasan Sudalaimani (IND) |
110 |
| Featherweight - Clean and Jerk | Parvesh Chandra Sharma (IND) |
145 | Marcus Stephen (NRU) |
142.5 | Kumarasan Sudalaimani (IND) |
142.5 |
| Featherweight - Overall | Parvesh Chandra 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
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