Commonwealth Games 1986 / Athletics

At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh , a total of 41 athletics competitions were held between July 26th and August 2nd, 23 of them for men and 18 for women. The venue was the Meadowbank Stadium .

Men

100 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ben Johnson	CAN	10.07
2	Linford Christie	CLOSELY	10.28
3	Mike McFarlane	CLOSELY	10.35
4th	Desai Williams	CAN	10.36
5	Elliot Bunney	SCO	10.37
6th	Clarence Callender	CLOSELY	10.42
7th	Gerrard Keating	OUT	10.55
8th	Jamie Henderson	SCO	10.68

Finale: July 27th

Wind: 1.6 m / s

200 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Atlee Mahorn	CAN	20.31
2	Todd Bennett	CLOSELY	20.54
3	Ben Johnson	CAN	20.64
4th	Robert Stone	OUT	20.94
5	Simon Baird	NIR	20.96
6th	Mike Dwyer	CAN	20.98
7th	John Dinan	OUT	21.07
8th	John Regis	CLOSELY	21.08

Finale: July 31

Wind: 2.2 m / s

400 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Roger Black	CLOSELY	45.57
2	Darren Clark	OUT	45.98
3	Philip Brown	CLOSELY	46.80
4th	Kriss Akabusi	CLOSELY	46.83
5	Brian Whittle	SCO	47.10
6th	David Johnston	OUT	47.24
7th	Bruce Frayne	OUT	47.29
8th	Andre Smith	CAN	47.97

Finale: July 31

800 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Steve Cram	CLOSELY	1: 43.22
2	Tom McKean	SCO	1: 44.80
3	Peter Elliott	CLOSELY	1: 45.42
4th	Pat Scammell	OUT	1: 45.86
5	Times Edwards	WHALE	1: 47.27
6th	Simon Hoogewerf	CAN	1: 49.04
7th	Paul Forbes	SCO	1: 51.29
	Sebastian Coe	CLOSELY	DNS

Finale: July 31

1500 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Steve Cram	CLOSELY	3: 50.87
2	John Gladwin	CLOSELY	3: 52.17
3	David Campbell	CAN	3: 54.06
4th	Rob Harrison	CLOSELY	3: 54.44
5	Peter Bourke	OUT	3: 54.48
6th	Pat Scammell	OUT	3: 55.28
7th	Steve Martin	NIR	3: 55.42
8th	Michael Hillardt	OUT	3: 56.90

Final: August 2nd

5000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Steve Ovett	CLOSELY	13: 24.11
2	Jack Buckner	CLOSELY	13: 25.87
3	Tim Hutchings	CLOSELY	13: 26.84
4th	Paul Williams	CAN	13: 28.51
5	John Walker	NZL	13: 35.34
6th	David Burridge	NZL	13: 36.79
7th	Terry Greene	NIR	13: 39.11
8th	Nat Muir	SCO	13: 40.92

July 31

10,000 meter run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Jon Solly	CLOSELY	27: 57.42
2	Steve Binns	CLOSELY	27: 58.01
3	Steve Jones	WHALE	28: 02.48
4th	Paul McCloy	CAN	28: 29.11
5	Steve Moneghetti	OUT	28: 29.20
6th	Paul Williams	CAN	28: 41.79
7th	Terry Greene	NIR	28: 47.18
8th	Peter Butler	CAN	28: 50.81

July 26th

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Robert de Castella	OUT	2:10:15
2	Dave Edge	CAN	2:11:08
3	Steve Moneghetti	OUT	2:11:18
4th	John Graham	SCO	2:12:10
5	Art boileau	CAN	2:12:58
6th	Phil O'Brien	CLOSELY	2:14:54
7th	Ieuan Ellis	WHALE	2:15:12
8th	Kevin Forster	CLOSELY	2:16:36

August 1st

30 km of walking

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Simon Baker	OUT	2:07:47
2	Guillaume Leblanc	CAN	2:08:38
3	Ian McCombie	CLOSELY	2:10:36
4th	Christopher Maddocks	CLOSELY	2:12:42
5	Willi Sawall	OUT	2:14:29
6th	Murray Day	NZL	2:15:11
7th	Martin Rush	CLOSELY	2:16:01
8th	Steve Johnson	WHALE	2:21:05

July 31

110 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Mark McKoy	CAN	13.31
2	Colin Jackson	WHALE	13.42
3	Don Wright	OUT	13.64
4th	Nigel Walker	WHALE	13.69
5	Jonathan Ridgeon	CLOSELY	13.76
6th	Wilbert Greaves	CLOSELY	13.76
7th	David Nelson	CLOSELY	13.97
8th	Jeff Glass	CAN	14.39

Finale: July 27th

Wind: 4.5 m / s

400 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Phil Beattie	NIR	49.60
2	Max Robertson	CLOSELY	49.77
3	John Graham	CAN	50.25
4th	Lloyd Guss	CAN	50.56
5	Mark Holtom	CLOSELY	50.58
6th	Gary Oakes	CLOSELY	50.82
7th	Pierre Leveille	CAN	51.54
8th	Ken Gordon	OUT	51.59

Final: July 28th

3000 meter obstacle course

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Graeme fur	CAN	8: 24.49
2	Roger Hackney	WHALE	8: 25.15
3	Colin Reitz	CLOSELY	8: 26.14
4th	Peter Renner	NZL	8: 27.12
5	Nick Peach	CLOSELY	8: 37.64
6th	Michael Gilchrist	NZL	8: 43.96
7th	Peter McColgan	NIR	8: 45.51
8th	Eddie Wedderburn	CLOSELY	8: 46.42

July 27th

4 x 100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Canada	Mark McKoy Atlee Mahorn Desai Williams Ben Johnson	39.15
2	England	Lincoln Asquith Daley Thompson Mike McFarlane Clarence Callender	39.19
3	Scotland	Jamie Henderson George McCallum Cameron Sharp Elliot Bunney	40.41
4th	Fiji	Maloni Bole Joseph Rodan Albert Miller Samuela Yavala	43.11
	Australia	Robert Stone John Dinan Gary Honey Gerrard Keating	DQ

4 x 400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	England	Kriss Akabusi Roger Black Todd Bennett Philip Brown	3: 07.19
2	Australia	Bruce Frayne Miles Murphy David Johnston Darren Clark	3: 07.81
3	Canada	Anton Skerritt Andre Smith John Graham Atlee Mahorn	3: 08.69
4th	Scotland	Martin Johnston Tom McKean Paul Forbes Brian Whittle	3: 18.03
	Botswana	Sunday Maweni Joseph Ramotshabi Zacharia Machangani Bigboy Matlapeng	DQ

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Milton Ottey	CAN	2.30
2	Geoff Parsons	SCO	2.28
3	Alain Metellus	CAN	2.14
	Henderson Pierre	CLOSELY	2.14
5	Floyd Manderson	NIR	2.14
6th	Nathaniel Crooks	CAN	2.10
7th	Dalton Grant	CLOSELY	2.10
8th	Fayyaz Ahmed	CLOSELY	2.10

July 31

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Andy Ashurst	CLOSELY	5.30
2	Bob Ferguson	CAN	5.20
3	Neil Honey	OUT	5.20
4th	Dave Steen	CAN	5.10
5	Brian Hooper	CLOSELY	5.00
6th	Daley Thompson	CLOSELY	4.90
7th	Simon Arkell	OUT	4.75
8th	Brad McStravick	SCO	4.45

August 1st

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gary Honey	OUT	8.08
2	Fred Salle	CLOSELY	7.83
3	Kyle McDuffie	CAN	7.79 w
4th	John King	CLOSELY	7.70 w
5	Derrick Brown	CLOSELY	7.65 w
6th	Edrick Floreal	CAN	7.50
7th	David Culbert	OUT	7.41
8th	Ken McKay	SCO	7.39 w

July 31

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	John Herbert	CLOSELY	17.27 w
2	Mike Makin	CLOSELY	16.87
3	Peter Beames	OUT	16.42
4th	Gary Honey	OUT	16.16
5	Aston Moore	CLOSELY	16.07
6th	George Wright	CAN	15.86
7th	Craig Duncan	SCO	15.68
8th	Edrick Floreal	CAN	15.58

August 2nd

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Billy Cole	CLOSELY	18.16
2	Joe Quigley	OUT	17.97
3	Stuart Gyngell	OUT	17.70
4th	Graham Savory	CLOSELY	17.31
5	Robert Venier	CAN	17.26
6th	John Minns	OUT	16.99
7th	Luby Chambul	CAN	16.86
8th	Shaun Pickering	WHALE	16.79

August 2nd

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ray Lazdins	CAN	58.86
2	Paul Nandapi	OUT	57.74
3	Werner Reiterer	OUT	57.34
4th	Paul Mardle	CLOSELY	56.90
5	Graham Savory	CLOSELY	56.42
6th	Richard Slaney	CLOSELY	56.00
7th	Vlad Slavnic	OUT	54.48
8th	George Patience	SCO	52.54

August 1st

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Dave Smith	CLOSELY	74.06
2	Martin Girvan	NIR	70.48
3	Phil Spivey	OUT	70.30
4th	Michael Jones	CLOSELY	70.10
5	Joe Quigley	OUT	69.30
6th	Matthew Mileham	CLOSELY	67.96
7th	Hans Lotz	OUT	66.14
8th	Chris Black	SCO	63.88

July 26th

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	David Ottley	CLOSELY	80.62
2	Mick Hill	CLOSELY	78.56
3	Gavin Lovegrove	NZL	76.22
4th	Daryl Brand	CLOSELY	72.70
5	Mike Mahovlich	CAN	71.42
6th	Peter Massfeller	CAN	70.86
7th	Colin MacKenzie	WHALE	70.82
8th	Murray Keen	OUT	68.14

August 2nd

Decathlon

space	athlete	country	Points
1	Daley Thompson	CLOSELY	8663
2	Dave Steen	CAN	8173
3	Simon Poelman	NZL	8015
4th	Brad McStravick	SCO	7563
5	Stuart Andrews	OUT	7512
6th	Gordon Orlikov	CAN	7424
7th	Mike Smith	CAN	7363
8th	Simon Shirley	OUT	7290

July 28th

Women

100 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Heather Oakes	CLOSELY	11.20
2	Paula Dunn	CLOSELY	11.21
3	Angella Issajenko	CAN	11.21
4th	Angela Bailey	CAN	11.35
5	Sandra Whittaker	SCO	11.59
6th	Kaye Jeffrey	SCO	11.59
7th	Pippa Windle	CLOSELY	11.68
8th	Sallyanne Short	WHALE	11.74

Finale: July 27th

Wind: 2.3 m / s

200 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Angella Issajenko	CAN	22.91
2	Kathy Cook	CLOSELY	23.18
3	Sandra Whittaker	SCO	23.46
4th	Simmone Jacobs	CLOSELY	23.48
5	Maree Chapman	OUT	23.64
6th	Esmie Lawrence	CAN	23.87
7th	Sian Lewis	WHALE	23.97
	Jennifer Stoute	CLOSELY	DNF

Finale: July 31

Wind: 2.1 m / s

400 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Debbie Flintoff	OUT	51.29
2	Jillian Richardson	CAN	51.62
3	Kathy Cook	CLOSELY	51.88
4th	Marita Payne-Wiggins	CAN	52.00
5	Charmaine Crooks	CAN	52.02
6th	Maree Chapman	OUT	52.08
7th	Sharon Stewart	OUT	53.53
8th	Angela Piggford	CLOSELY	53.97

Finale: July 27th

800 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kirsty Wade	WHALE	2: 00.94
2	Diane Edwards	CLOSELY	2: 01.12
3	Lorraine Baker	CLOSELY	2: 01.79
4th	Anne Purvis	SCO	2: 02.17
5	Camille Cato	CAN	2: 03.26
6th	Renée Bélanger	CAN	2: 03.85
7th	Brit McRoberts	CAN	2: 05.10
8th	Julie Schwass	OUT	2: 05.14

Finale: July 31

1500 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kirsty Wade	WHALE	4: 10.91
2	Debbie Bowker	CAN	4: 11.94
3	Lynn Williams	CAN	4: 12.66
4th	Christina Boxer	CLOSELY	4: 12.84
5	Yvonne Murray	SCO	4: 14.36
6th	Christine Pfitzinger	NZL	4: 16.81
7th	Penny Just	OUT	4: 17.13
8th	Lynne MacDougall	SCO	4: 17.25

Final: August 2nd

3000 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Lynn Williams	CAN	8: 54.29
2	Debbie Bowker	CAN	8: 54.83
3	Yvonne Murray	SCO	8: 55.32
4th	Christine Benning	CLOSELY	9: 03.45
5	Lorraine Moller	NZL	9: 03.89
6th	Christine Pfitzinger	NZL	9: 09.35
7th	Jane Shields	CLOSELY	9: 13.65
8th	Wendy Sly	CLOSELY	9: 14.04

July 27th

10,000 meter run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Liz Lynch	SCO	31: 41.42
2	Anne Audain	NZL	31: 53.31
3	Angela Tooby	WHALE	32: 25.38
4th	Nancy Tinari	CAN	32: 30.71
5	Susan Lee	CAN	32: 30.75
6th	Susan Tooby	WHALE	32: 56.78
7th	Marina Samy	CLOSELY	33: 10.94
8th	Carole Rouillard	CAN	33: 22.31

July 28th

For the first time women started over 10,000 m at the Commonwealth Games.

marathon

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Lisa Martin	OUT	2:26:07
2	Lorraine Moller	NZL	2:28:17
3	Odette Lapierre	CAN	2:31:48
4th	Lizanne Bussières	CAN	2:35:18
5	Lorna Irving	SCO	2:36:34
6th	Angie Pain	CLOSELY	2:37:57
7th	Glynis Penny	CLOSELY	2:38:47
8th	Moira O'Neill	NIR	2:42:29

August 1st

For the first time women started the marathon at the Commonwealth Games.

100 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Sally Gunnell	CLOSELY	13.29
2	Wendy Jeal	CLOSELY	13.41
3	Glynis Nunn	OUT	13.44
4th	Julie Rocheleau	CAN	13.46
5	Lesley-Ann Skeete	CLOSELY	13.66
6th	Jane Flemming	OUT	13.69
7th	Kay Morley	WHALE	13.83
	Judith Rodgers	NIR	DNF

Final: August 1st

Wind: -1.1 m / s

400 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Debbie Flintoff	OUT	54.94
2	Donalda Duprey	CAN	56.55
3	Jenny Laurendet	OUT	56.57
4th	Gwen Wall	CAN	57.49
5	Yvette Wray	CLOSELY	57.59
6th	Aileen Mills	CLOSELY	58.01
7th	Elaine McLaughlin	NIR	58.28
8th	Alyson Evans	WHALE	58.31

Final: July 28th

100 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	England	Paula Dunn Kathy Cook Joan Baptiste Heather Oakes	43.39
2	Canada	Angela Bailey Esmie Lawrence Angela Phipps Angella Issajenko	43.83
3	Wales	Helen Miles Sian Lewis Sallyanne Short Carmen Smart	45.37
4th	Scotland	Ann Girvan Kaye Jeffrey Angela Bridgeman Sandra Whittaker	45.84
	Australia	Kerry Johnson Robyn Lorraway Nicole Boegman Jane Flemming	DNF

400 meter relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Canada	Charmaine Crooks Marita Payne-Wiggins Molly Killingbeck Jillian Richardson	3: 28.92
2	England	Jane Parry Linda Keough Angela Piggford Kathy Cook	3: 32.82
3	Australia	Maree Chapman Sharon Stewart Julie Schwass Debbie Flintoff	3: 32.86
4th	Scotland	Sandra Whittaker Anne Purvis Dawn Kitchen Fiona Hargreaves	3: 42.86

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Christine Stanton	OUT	1.92
2	Sharon McPeake	NIR	1.90
3	Janet Boyle	NIR	1.90
4th	Diana Davies	CLOSELY	1.90
5	Debbie Brill	CAN	1.88
6th	Trudy Woodhead	NZL	1.86
7th	Jayne Barnetson	SCO	1.83
8th	Jennifer Little	CLOSELY	1.83

August 1st

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Joyce Oladapo	CLOSELY	6.43
2	Mary Berkeley	CLOSELY	6.40
3	Robyn Lorraway	OUT	6.35
4th	Kim Hagger	CLOSELY	6.34
5	Sharon Clarke	CAN	6.20
6th	Jayne Mitchell	NZL	6.19
7th	Tracy Smith	CAN	6.13
8th	Nicole Boegman	OUT	6.06

August 1st

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gael Martin	OUT	19.00
2	Judy Oakes	CLOSELY	18.75
3	Myrtle Augee	CLOSELY	17.52
4th	Melody Torcolacci	CAN	16.76
5	Yvonne Hanson-Nortey	CLOSELY	16.52
6th	Astra Etienne	OUT	16.33
7th	Rose touch	CAN	15.29
8th	Jackie McKernan	NIR	11.77

July 28th

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gael Martin	OUT	56.42
2	Venissa Head	WHALE	56.20
3	Karen Pugh	CLOSELY	54.72
4th	Julia Avis	CLOSELY	52.48
5	Gale Dolegiewicz	CAN	52.28
6th	Kathryn Farr	CLOSELY	51.08
7th	Michelle Brotherton	CAN	49.84
8th	Astra Etienne	OUT	49.80

July 27th

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Tessa Sanderson	CLOSELY	69.80
2	Fatima Whitbread	CLOSELY	68.54
3	Sue Howland	OUT	64.74
4th	Jeanette Kieboom	OUT	56.18
5	Celine Chartrand	CAN	55.80
6th	Karen Hough	WHALE	53.32
7th	Anna Lockton	CLOSELY	52.90
8th	Faye Roblin	CAN	50.92

July 31

Heptathlon

space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Judy Simpson	CLOSELY	6282
2	Jane Flemming	OUT	6278
3	Kim Hagger	CLOSELY	5823
4th	Joanne Mulliner	CLOSELY	5659
5	Linda Spenst	CAN	5634
6th	Terry Genge	NZL	5632
7th	Lyn Osmers	NZL	5511
8th	Val Walsh	SCO	5420

July 27th

Web links

• Results on the Commonwealth Games Federation website
• XIII Commonwealth Game, Edinburgh 1986 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• XIII Commonwealth Games on TOPS in athletics