Commonwealth Games 1998

Commonwealth Games 1998
venue	Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
participating countries	69
Participating athletes	3638
Competitions	215 in 15 sports
Opening ceremony	September 11, 1998
Closing ceremony	September 21, 1998

The 16th Commonwealth Games took place in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur from September 11 to 21, 1998 , for the first time ever in Asia. For the first time, team sports were also on the program.

215 competitions in badminton , bowling , bowls , boxing , cricket , weightlifting , hockey , athletics , netball , cycling , 7-a-side rugby , shooting , swimming (including diving ), squash and gymnastics (including rhythmic gymnastics ) were held. 3,638 athletes from 69 countries took part.

Competition gate

• Bukit Jalil National Stadium : athletics, opening and closing ceremonies
• Putra Stadium : gymnastics
• National Aquatic Center: swimming
• National Hockey Stadium: Hockey
• National Squash Center: Squash
• Bukit Kiara Sports Complex: netball, bowls
• Cheras Veledrome: Track cycling
• Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium: Badminton
• Mines Convention Center: Weightlifting
• Shah Alam : Bicycle Road Race
• Melawati Stadium, Shah Alam: Boxing
• Sunway Pyramid, Subang Jaya : Bowling
• Petaling Jaya Stadium , Petaling Jaya : 7-a-side rugby
• Langkawi International Shooting Range: Shooting

participating countries

Participating countries (purple: first participation)

Anguilla  Antigua and Barbuda  Australia  Bahamas  Bangladesh  Barbados  Belize  Bermuda  Botswana  British Virgin Islands  Brunei  Cook Islands  Dominica  England Falkland Islands  Fiji  Gambia  Ghana  Gibraltar  Grenada  guernsey  Guyana  India

Isle of Man  Jamaica  jersey  Cayman Islands  Cameroon  Canada  Kenya  Kiribati  Lesotho  Malawi  Malaysia  Maldives  Malta  Mauritius  Montserrat  Mozambique  Namibia  Nauru  New Zealand  Norfolk Island  Northern Ireland  Pakistan  Papua New Guinea

St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha  St. Kitts and Nevis  St. Lucia  St. Vincent and the Grenadines  Solomon Islands  Zambia  Samoa  Scotland  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Zimbabwe  Singapore  Sri Lanka  South Africa  Swaziland  Tanzania  Tonga  Trinidad and Tobago  Turks and Caicos Islands  Uganda  Vanuatu  Wales  Cyprus

Results

(The links lead to detailed results pages)

badminton bowling Bowls Boxing Cricket Weightlifting hockey athletics Netball

Cycling Rhythmic sports gymnastics 7-a-side rugby shoot swim squash do gymnastics Diving

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Australia	82	61	57	200
2	England	36	49	53	138
3	Canada	30th	31	40	101
4th	Malaysia	10	14th	12	36
5	South Africa	9	11	14th	34
6th	New Zealand	8th	6th	20th	34
7th	India	7th	10	8th	25th
8th	Kenya	7th	5	4th	16
9	Jamaica	4th	2	-	6th
10	Wales	3	4th	8th	15th
11	Scotland	3	2	7th	12
12	Nauru	3	-	-	3
13	Northern Ireland	2	1	1	4th
14th	Zimbabwe	2	-	3	5
15th	Ghana	1	1	3	5
16	Mauritius	1	1	2	4th
17th	Cyprus	1	1	1	3
	Tanzania	1	1	1	3
	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	1	3
20th	Bahamas	1	1	-	2
	Mozambique	1	1	-	2
22nd	Barbados	1	-	2	3
23	Lesotho	1	-	-	1
24	Cameroon	-	3	3	6th
25th	Namibia	-	2	1	3
26th	Seychelles	-	2	-	2
27	Sri Lanka	-	1	1	2
28	Bermuda	-	1	-	1
	Fiji	-	1	-	1
	Isle of Man	-	1	-	1
	Pakistan	-	1	-	1
32	Papua New Guinea	-	-	1	1
	Uganda	-	-	1	1
	Zambia	-	-	1	1

Web links

Commons : Commonwealth Games 1998  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Commonwealth Games Federation