Commonwealth Games 1986

Commonwealth Games 1986
venue	Edinburgh , Scotland
participating countries	27
Participating athletes	1662
Competitions	163 in 10 sports
Opening ceremony	July 24, 1986
Closing ceremony	2nd August 1986

The 13th Commonwealth Games took place from July 24th to August 2nd, 1986 in the Scottish capital Edinburgh .

163 competitions were held in badminton , bowls , boxing , weightlifting , athletics , cycling , wrestling , rowing , shooting and swimming (including diving ). 1662 athletes from 27 countries took part. The main competition site was Meadowbank Stadium .

Numerous Commonwealth members from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean boycotted the Games. They were protesting against the British government, which, in their opinion, was not adopting a strict attitude towards the apartheid regime in South Africa .

participating countries

Participating countries (purple: first participation)

Australia  Bermuda  Botswana  Cook Islands  England Falkland Islands  Fiji  Gibraltar  guernsey

Hong Kong  Isle of Man  jersey  Cayman Islands  Canada  Lesotho  Malawi  Maldives  Malta

New Zealand  Northern Ireland  Norfolk Island  Western Samoa  Scotland  Singapore  Swaziland  Vanuatu  Wales

Results

(The links lead to detailed results pages)

badminton Bowls Boxing Weightlifting athletics Cycling

Wrestling rowing shoot swim Diving

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	England	52	43	49	144
2	Canada	51	34	31	116
3	Australia	40	46	35	121
4th	New Zealand	8th	16	14th	38
5	Wales	6th	5	12	23
6th	Scotland	3	12	18th	33
7th	Northern Ireland	2	4th	9	15th
8th	Isle of Man	1	-	-	1
9	guernsey	-	2	-	2
10	Swaziland	-	1	-	1
11	Hong Kong	-	-	3	3
12	Malawi	-	-	2	2
13	Botswana	-	-	1	1
	jersey	-	-	1	1
	Singapore	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Commonwealth Games Federation