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1998 Commonwealth Games

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16th Commonwealth Games
Image:1998 Kuala Lumpur logo.jpg

Host city Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nations participating 70 Nations of the Commonwealth
Athletes participating 3638
Events 15 different sports
Opening ceremony September 11, 1998
Closing ceremony September 21, 1998
Officially opened by HRH Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum
Tuanku Abdul Rahman
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Queen's Baton Final Runner Koh Eng Tong
Main Stadium National Stadium Bukit Jalil
Motto Bersama-sama gemilangkannya

The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 11 to September 21 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.

Contents

  • 1 Overview
  • 2 Main Venues
    • 2.1 National Sports Complex, Bukit Jalil
    • 2.2 Bukit Kiara Sports Complex
  • 3 Other venues
  • 4 Sponsors
  • 5 Medal Table
  • 6 Medals by Event
    • 6.1 Athletics
      • 6.1.1 Track
      • 6.1.2 Field
    • 6.2 Badminton
    • 6.3 Boxing
    • 6.4 Cricket
    • 6.5 Cycling
      • 6.5.1 Track cycling
      • 6.5.2 Road bicycle racing
    • 6.6 Gymnastics
    • 6.7 Field Hockey
    • 6.8 Lawn Bowls
    • 6.9 Netball
    • 6.10 Rugby Sevens
    • 6.11 Shooting
    • 6.12 Squash
    • 6.13 Swimming
      • 6.13.1 Diving
    • 6.14 Ten-pin Bowling
    • 6.15 Weightlifting
  • 7 See also
  • 8 External link

Overview

The 16th Games was declared open by His Majesty the King of Malaysia, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman on September 11. 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.

Image:1998 Commonwealth Games Logo.png

The logo for these games was inspired from 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 red, white and blue to reflect the colours of the British Union Jack). The official mascot for the games was Wira, meaning warrior in the Malay language, 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 cricket, Field Hockey, Netball and Rugby Sevens.
These joined athletics (track and field), badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowls, shooting, squash, swimming, ten-pin bowling 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 giant Jonah Lomu who had worked tirelessly during the 10-minutes each way final.
Led by veteran star David Campese, Australia 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 too 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 21st saw Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth and Patron of the Commonwealth Games Federation declare the ceremony closed on a night that saw both international star Céline Dion and Rod Stewart entertain the crowd.

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.

Main Venues

National Sports Complex, Bukit Jalil

Image:Stadium kl.jpg

Bukit Kiara Sports Complex

Other venues

Sponsors

  • Telekom Malaysia
  • Bank Bumiputra
  • Siemens
  • Proton
  • Maybank
  • Pensonic
  • Pepsi

Medal Table

Image:Commonwealth games 1998 countries map.PNG
Participating countries

Medal Table By Country

Country:    Image:Med 1.png       Image:Med 2.png       Image:Med 3.png    Total:
Australia 80 61 57 198
England 36 47 53 136
Canada 30 31 38 99
Malaysia 10 14 12 36
South Africa 9 11 14 34
New Zealand 8 6 20 34
Kenya 7 5 4 16
India 7 5 4 16
Jamaica 4 2 0 6
Wales 3 4 8 15
Scotland 3 2 7 12
Nauru 3 0 0 3
Northern Ireland 2 1 2 5
Zimbabwe 2 0 3 5
Ghana 1 1 3 5
Cyprus 1 1 1 3
Mauritius 1 1 2 4
Tanzania 1 1 1 3
Trinidad and Tobago 1 1 1 3
Bahamas 1 1 0 2
Mozambique 1 1 0 2
Barbados 1 0 2 3
Lesotho 1 0 0 1
Cameroon 0 3 3 6
Namibia 0 2 1 3
Seychelles 0 2 0 2
Sri Lanka 0 1 1 2
Bermuda 0 1 0 1
Fiji 0 1 0 1
Isle of Man 0 1 0 1
Pakistan 0 1 0 1
Papua New Guinea 0 0 1 1
Uganda 0 0 1 1
Zambia 0 0 1 1


Commonwealth Games Medal Counts

1930 | 1934 | 1938 | 1950 | 1954 | 1958 | 1962 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 | 1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006

Commonwealth Games Progressive Overall Medal Counts

Medals by Event

Athletics

Track

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
100 m Men Ato Boldon, Trinidad & Tobago, 9.88 s Frankie Fredericks, Namibia, 9.96 s Obadele Thompson, Barbados, 10.00 s
100 m Women Chandra Sturrup, Bahamas, 11.06 s Philomena Mensah, Canada, 11.19 s Tania Van-Hee, Australia, 11.29 s
100 m Hurdles Women Gillian Russell, Jamaica, 12.70 s Mohotti Kwawansha, Sri Lanka, 12.95 s Katie Anderson, Canada, 13.04 s
110 m Hurdles Men Tony Jarrett, England, 13.47 s Steve Brown, Trinidad & Tobago 13.48 s Shaun Bownes, South Africa, 13.53 s
200 m Men Julian Golding, England, 20.18 s Christian Malcolm, Wales, 20.29 s John Regis, England, 20.40 s
200 m Women Nova Peris-Kneebone, Australia, 22.77 s Juliet Campbell, Jamaica, 22.79 s Lauren Hewitt, Australia, 22.83 s
400 m Men Iwan Thomas, Wales, 44.52 s Mark Richardson, England, 44.60 s Sugath Thilakaratne, Sri Lanka, 44.64 s
400 m Women Sandie Richards, Jamaica, 50.17 s Allison Curbishley, Scotland, 50.71 s Donna Fraser, England, 51.01 s
400 m Hurdles Men Dinsdale Morgan, Jamaica, 48.28 s Rohan Robinson, Australia, 48.99 s Kenneth Harnden, Zimbabwe 49.06 s
400 m Hurdles Women Andrea Blackett, Barbados, 53.91 s Gowry Retchakan-Hodge, England, 55.25 s Karlene Houghton, Canada, 55.53 s
800 m Men Japheth Kimutai, Kenya, 1:43.82 Hezekiel Sepeng, South Africa, 1:44.44 Johan Botha, South Africa, 1:44.57
800 m Women Maria Mutola, Mozambique, 1:57.60 Argentina Paulino, Mozambique, 1:58.39 Diane Modahl, England, 1:58.81
1500 m Men Laban Rotich, 3:39.49 John Mayock, England, 3:40.46 Anthony Whiteman, England, 3:40.70
1500 m Women Jackline Maranga, Kenya, 4:05.27 Kelly Holmes, England, 4:06.10 Julia Sakara, Zimbabwe, 4:07.82
3,000 m Steeplechase Men John Kosgei, Kenya, 8:15.34 Bernard Barmasai, Kenya, 8:15.37 Kipurui Misoi, Kenya, 8:18.24
5,000 m Men Daniel Komen, Kenya, 13:22.57 Tom Nyariki, Kenya, 13:28.09 Richard Limo, Kenya, 13:37.42
5,000 m Women Kate Anderson, Australia, 15:52.74 Andrea Whitcombe, England, 15:56.85 Samukeliso Moyo, Zimbabwe, 15:57.57
10,000 m Men Simon Maina, Kenya, 28:10.00 s Kalya William, Kenya, 29:01.68 Stephen Moneghetti, Australia, 29:02.76
10,000 m Women Esther Wanjiru, Kenya, 33:40.13 Kylie Risk, Australia, 33:42.11 Clair Fearney, Australia, 33:52.13
Marathon Men Thabiso Moqhali, Lesotho, 2:19.15 Simon Bisiligitwa, Tanzania, 2:19.42 Andea Geway Suja, Tanzania, 2:19.50
Marathon Women Heather Turland, Australia, 2:41.24 Lisa Dick, Australia, 2:41.48 Elizabeth Mongudhi, Namibia, 2:43.28
10 km Walk Women Jane Saville, Australia, 43:57 Kerry Saxby-Junna, Australia, 44:27 Lisa Kahler, England, 45:03
20 km Walk Men Nicolas A’Hern, Australia, 1:24.59 Arturo Huerta, Canada, 1:25.49 Nathan Deakes, Australia, 1:26.06
50 km Walk Men Govindasamy Saravanan, Malaysia, 4:10.05 Duane Cousins, Australia, 4:10.30 Dominic McGrath, Australia, 4:12.52
4 x 100 m Relay Men England, 38.20 s Canada, 38.46 s Australia, 38.69 s
4 x 100 m Women Australia, 43.39 s Jamaica, 43.69 s England, 43.69 s
4 x 400 m Men Jamaica, 2:59.03 England, 3:00.82 Wales, 3:01.86
4 x 400 m Women Australia, 3:27.28 England, 3:29.28 Canada, 3:29.27

Field

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Long Jump Men Peter Burge, Australia, 8.22 m Jai Taurima, Australia, 8.22 m Wendell Williams, Trinidad and Tobago, 7.95 m
Long Jump Women Joanne Wise, England, 6.63 m Jacqueline Edwards, Bahamas, 6.59 m Nicole Boegman, Australia, 6.58 m
Triple Jump Men Onochie Achike, England, 17.10 m Andrew Owusu, Ghana, 17.03 m Remmy Kimutai Limo, Kenya, 16.89 m
Triple Jump Women Ashia Hansen, England, 14.32 m Francoise Mbango, Cameroon, 13.95 m Connie Henry, England, 13.94 m
high jump Men Dalton Grant, England, 2.31 m Benjamin Challenger, England, 2.28 m Timothy Forsyth, Australia, 2.28 m
high jump Women Hestrie Storbeck, South Africa, 1.91 m Joanne Jennings, England, 1.91 m Alison Inverarity, Australia, 1.88 m
javelin throw Men Marius Corbett, South Africa, 88.75 m Steve Backley, England, 87.38 m Mick Hill, England, 83.80 m
javelin throw Women Louise McPaul, Australia, 66.96 m Karen Martin, England, 57.82 m Kirsty Morrison, England, 56.34 m
Discus Men Robert Weir, England, 64.42 m Frantz Kruger, South Africa, 63.93 m Jason Tunks, Canada, 62.22 m
Discus Women Beatrice Faumuina, New Zealand, 65.92 m Lisa Marie Vizaniari, Australia, 62.14 m Alison Lever, Australia, 59.80 m
Hammer Men Stuart Rendel, Australia, 74.71 m Mick Jones, England, 74.02 m Chris Harmse, South Africa, 72.83 m
Hammer Women Deborah Sosimenko, Australia, 66.56 m Lorraine Shaw, England, 62.66 m Caroline Whittrin, Canada, 61.67
Shot Put Men Burger Lambrechts, South Africa, 20.01 m Michalis Louca, Cyprus, 19.52 m Shaun Pickering, Wales, 19.33 m
Shot Put Women Judy Oakes, England, 18.83 m Myrtle Augee, England, 17.16 m Johanna Abrahamse, South Africa, 16.52 m
pole vault Men Riaan Botha, South Africa, 5.60 m Paul Bergess, Australia, 5.50 m Kersley Gardenne, Mauritius, 5.35 m
pole vault Women Emma George, Australia, 4.20 m Elmarie Geryts, South Africa, 4.15 m Trista Bernier, Canada, 4.15 m
Heptathlon Women Denise Lewis, England, 6513 points Jane Jamieson, Australia, 6354 points Joanne Henry, New Zealand, 6096
Decathlon Men Jagan Hemes, Australia, 8490 points Scott Ferrier, Australia, 8307 points Michael Smith, Canada, 8143 points

Badminton

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Men's Teams Malaysia India England
Women's Teams England Malaysia India
Men's Singles Wong Choong Hann, Malaysia Yong Hock Kin, Malaysia Pullela Gopi Chand, India and Darren Hall, England
Women's Singles Kelly Morgan, Wales Aparna Popat, India Tracey Hallam, England and Julia Mann, England
Men's Doubles Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah, Malaysia Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock, Malaysia Simon Archer & Chris Hunt, England and Julian Robertson & Nathan Robertson, England
Women's Doubles Joanne Goode (Wright) and Donna Kellogg, England Chor Hooi Yee and Lim Pek Siah, Malaysia Tammy Jenkins & Rhona Robertson, New Zealand and Elinor Middlemiss & Sandra Watt, Scotland
Mixed Doubles Simon Archer and Joanne Goode (Wright), England Nathan Robertson and Joanne Davies, England Peter Blackburn & Rhonda Cater, Australia and Chris Hunt & Donna Kellogg, England

Boxing

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Light Flyweight (48 kg) Sapok Biki, Malaysia Moses Kinyua, Kenya Boudik Kazanijian, Cyprus
Gary Jones, England
Flyweight (51 kg) Richard Sunee, Mauritius Liam Cunningham, Northern Ireland Phumzile Matyhila, South Africa
Jackson Asiku, Uganda
Bantamweight (54 kg) Michael Yomba, Tanzania Herman Ngoudjo, Cameroon Adnan Yusoh, Malaysia
Andrew Kooner, Canada
Featherweight (57 kg) Alex Arthur, Scotland Marty O'Donnel, Canada Lynch Ipera, Papua New Guinea
James Swan, Australia
Lightweight (60 kg) Raymond Narh, Ghana Ali Asghar, Pakistan Andrew McLean, England
Giovanni Frontin, Mauritius
Light Welterweight (63.5 kg) Michael Strange, Canada Gerry Legras, Seychelles Casey Johns, Australia
Davies Mwale, Zambia
Welterweight (67 kg) Jeremy Molitor, Canada Absolom Okoth, Kenya Colin McNeil, Scotland
Lynden Hosking, Australia
Light Middleweight (71 kg) Chris Bessey, England Scott MacIntosh, Canada James Tony, Ghana
Jackie Townsley, Scotland
Middleweight (75 kg) John Pearce, England Jitender Kumar, India Trevor Stewardson, Canada
Brian Magee, Northern Ireland
Light Heavyweight (81 kg) Courtney Fry, England Troy Amos, Canada Samuel Odindo, Kenya
Charles Adamu, Ghana
Heavyweight (91 kg) Mark Simmons, Canada Roland Raforme, Seychelles Kevin Evans, Wales
Garth da Silva, New Zealand
Super Heavyweight (over 91 kg) Audley Harrison, England Michael Macque, Mauritius Justin Whitehead, Australia
Moyoyo Aloryi, Ghana

Cricket

Main article: Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Gold: Silver: Bronze:
South Africa Australia New Zealand

Cycling

Track cycling

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Men's 1000 m Individual Sprint Darryn Hill, Australia Sean Eadie, Australia Barry Forde, Barbados
Women's 1000 m Individual Sprint Tanya Dubnicoff, Canada Michelle Ferris, Australia Lori-Ann Muenzer, Canada
Men's 1000m Track time trial Shane Kelly, Australia Jason Queally, England Joshua Kersten, Australia
Women's 3000 m Individual pursuit Sarah Ulmer, New Zealand Alayna Burns, Australia Yvonne McGregor, England
Men's 4000 m Individual pursuit Brad McGee, Australia Luke Roberts, Australia Matt Illingworth, England
Men's 4000 m Team pursuit Australia England New Zealand
Men's 25 Scratch Race Michael Rogers, Australia Shaun Wallace, England Timothy Barswell, New Zealand
Women's 24 km Points Race Alayna Burns, Australia Sarah Ulmer, New Zealand Annie Gariepy, Canada
Men's 40 km Points Race Glen Thomson, New Zealand Robert Hayles, England Greg Henderson, New Zealand

Road bicycle racing

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Women's 28 km individual time trial Anna Wilson, Australia Linda Jackson, Canada Kathy Watt, Australia
Men's 42 km individual time trial Eric Wohlberg, Canada Stuart O'Grady, Australia David George, South Africa
Women's 92 km Road Race Lyne Bessette, Canada Susy Pryde, New Zealand Anna Wilson, Australia
Men's 184 km Road Race Jay Sweet, Australia Rosli Effandy, Malaysia Eric Wohlberg, Canada

Gymnastics

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Women's Balance Beam Trudy McIntosh, Australia Zeena McLaughlin, Australia Lisa Leveille, Canada
Women's Floor Exercise Annika Reeder, England Allana Slater, Australia Zeena McLaughlin, Australia
Women's Uneven Bars Lisa Mason, England Veronique Leeleve, Canada Zeena McLaughlin, Australia
Women's Vault Lisa Mason, England Trudy McIntosh, Australia Annika Reeder, England
Women's All Round Individual Zeena McLaughlin, Australia Allana Slater, Australia Trudy McIntosh, Australia
Women's All Round Team Event Australia England Canada
Men's Floor Exercise Andrei Kravtsov, Australia Christian Brezeanu, South Africa John Smethurst, England and David Phillips, New Zealand
Men's Horizontal or High Bar Alexander Jeltkov, Canada Kris Burley, Canada Lee McDermott, England
Men's Parallel Bars Andrei Kravtsov, Australia Richard Ikede, Canada Brett Hudson, Australia
Men's Pommel Horse Andrei Kravtsov, Australia Richard Ikede, Canada Brennon Dowrick, Australia
Men's Rings Pavel Mamine, Australia Andrew Atherton, England Athol Myhill, South Africa
Men's Vault Simon Hutcheon, South Africa Christian Brezeanu, South Africa Brett Hudson, Australia
Men's All Round Individual Andrei Kravtsov, Australia Andrew Atherton, England Brennon Dowrick, Australia
Men's All Round Team Event England Australia Canada
Women's Rhythmic Clubs Erika Leigh Stirton, Canada Shaneez Johnston, Australia Emilie Livingston, Canada
Women's Rhythmic Hoop Erika Leigh Stirton, Canada They Chee Kiat, Malaysia Leigh Marning, Australia
Women's Rhythmic Ribbon Erika Leigh Stirton, Canada Shaneez Johnston, Australia Carolyn Au Yong, Malaysia
Women's Rhythmic Rope Erika Leigh Stirton, Canada Leigh Marning, Australia They Chee Kiat, Malaysia
Women's Rhythmic All Round Individual Erika Leigh Stirton, Canada Leigh Marning, Australia Shaneez Johnston, Australia
Women's Rhythmic All Round Team Malaysia Canada Australia

Field Hockey

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Men's Team Event Australia Malaysia England
Women's Team Event Australia England New Zealand

Lawn Bowls

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Men's Singles Roy Garden, Zimbabwe John Price, Wales Gerald Baker, South Africa and Jeremy Henry, Northern Ireland
Women's Singles Lesley Hartwell, South Africa Saedeh Abdul Rahim, Malaysia Jean Baker, England and Millie Cecilia Khan, New Zealand
Men's Doubles Brett Duprez and Mark Jacobsen, Australia Robert Thomas and Robert Weale, Wales Mohamed Aziz Maswadi & Mohamed Tazman Tahir, Malaysia and Themis Fraser & Rudi Jacobs, South Africa
Women's Doubles Margaret Letham and Joyce Lindores, Scotland Cathelean du Plessis and Lynne Lindsay-Payne, Namibia Gordana 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

Netball

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Women's Netball Australia New Zealand England

Rugby Sevens

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Men's Rugby Sevens New Zealand Fiji Australia

Shooting

Event: Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Men's Air Pistol Individual Michael Gault, England Jaspal Rana, India Greg Yelavich, New Zealand
Women's Air Pistol Individual Annemarie Forder, Australia Christine Trefry, Australia Tania Corrigan, New Zealand
Men's Air Pistol Team Nick Baxter and Michael Gault, England Jaspal Rana and Satendra Kumar, India John Rochon and Jean-Pierre Huot, Canada
Women's Air Pistol Pairs Annemarie Forder and Christine Trefry, Australia Tania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees, New Zealand Kamisah Abdul Jalal and Suriani Othman, Malaysia
Men's Air Rifle Individual Chris Hector, England Mohd Emran Zakaria, Malaysia Zlatko Beneta, Australia
Women's Air Rifle Individual Nurul Huda Baharin, Malaysia Sharon Bowes, Canada Louise Minnte, England
Men's Air Rifle Team Chris Hector and Nigel Wallace, England Abdul Mutalib Abdul Razak and Mohammed Emran Zakaria, Malaysia David Rattray and Robin Law, Scotland
Women's Air Rifle Pairs Christina Ashcroft and Sharon Bowes, Canada Belinda Muehlberg and Noemi Rostas, Australia Louise Minett and Rebecca Spicer, England
Men's 25 m Center-Fire Pistol Individual Jaspal Rana, India Allan McDonald, South Africa John Rochon, Canada
Men's 25 m Center-Fire Pistol Pairs Jaspal Rana and Ashok Pandit, India John Rochon and Metodi Igorov, Canada Mike Giustiniano and Bruce Quick, Australia
Men's Clay Pigeon Trap Individual Michael Diamond, Australia Ian R. Peel, England Desmond Coe, New Zealand
Men's Free Pistol Individual Michael Gault, England Francois Van Tonder, South Africa Bruce Quick, Australia
Men's Free Pistol Pairs