Commonwealth Games 1986
![]() Commonwealth Games 1986 |
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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
Results
(The links lead to detailed results pages)
Medal table
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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1 |
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52 | 43 | 49 | 144 |
2 |
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51 | 34 | 31 | 116 |
3 |
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40 | 46 | 35 | 121 |
4th |
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8th | 16 | 14th | 38 |
5 |
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6th | 5 | 12 | 23 |
6th |
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3 | 12 | 18th | 33 |
7th |
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2 | 4th | 9 | 15th |
8th |
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1 | - | - | 1 |
9 |
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- | 2 | - | 2 |
10 |
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
11 |
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- | - | 3 | 3 |
12 |
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- | - | 2 | 2 |
13 |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
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- | - | 1 | 1 |