New Zealand at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

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{{use New Zealand English|date=May 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{infobox country at games

| CGA = NZL

| CGAname = New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association

| games = Commonwealth Games

| year = 1986

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{url|www.olympic.org.nz }}

| location = Edinburgh, Scotland

| competitors = 127

| sports =

| flagbearer = Stephanie Foster

| rank = 4

| gold = 8

| silver = 16

| bronze = 14

| officials = 45

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| seealso =

}}

New Zealand at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 127 competitors and 45 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening and closing ceremonies was sculler Stephanie Foster.{{cite news |last1=Leggat |first1=David |title=Where is she now? Stephanie Foster |url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/lockerroom/where-is-she-now-stephanie-foster |access-date=20 November 2022 |work=Newsroom |date=22 March 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19860804.2.157.4 |title=Athletes turn closing into one big party |date=4 August 1986 |work=The Press |page=33 |access-date=17 September 2024 |via=PapersPast}} The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 38 medals, eight of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

{{Gold medal}}{{sortname|Jimmy|Peau|Jimmy Thunder}}BoxingMen's heavyweight
{{Gold medal}}{{sortname|Ian|Dickison}}Lawn bowlsMen's singles
{{Gold medal}}{{sortname|Robin|Clarke}}
Stephanie Foster
RowingWomen's double scull
{{Gold medal}}{{sortname|Stephanie|Foster}}RowingWomen's single scull
{{Gold medal}}{{sortname|Greg|Yelavich}}ShootingOpen air pistol
{{Gold medal}}{{sortname|Greg|Yelavich}}ShootingOpen free pistol
{{Gold medal}}{{sortname|Sylvia|Hume}}SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke
{{Gold medal}}{{sortname|Anthony|Mosse}}SwimmingMen's 200 m butterfly
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Anne|Audain}}AthleticsWomen's 10,000 m
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Lorraine|Moller}}AthleticsWomen's marathon
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Gary|Anderson|Gary Anderson (cyclist)}}CyclingMen's 1 km time trial
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Gary|Anderson|Gary Anderson (cyclist)}}
Russell Clune
Stephen Swart
Andrew Whitford
CyclingMen's 4000 m team pursuit
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Blair|Cox}}
Greg Fraine
Paul Leitch
Graeme Miller
CyclingMen's 100 km team time trial
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Brian|Fowler|Brian Fowler (cyclist)}}CyclingMen's individual road race
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Nigel|Atherfold}}
Andrew Bird
Bruce Holden
Greg Johnston
Chris White
RowingMen's coxed four
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Philippa|Baker|Philippa Baker (rower)}}
Andrew Bird
Bruce Holden
Greg Johnston
Chris White
RowingWomen's lightweight single scull
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Neil|Gibson|Neil Gibson (rower)}}
Shane O'Brien
Andrew Stevenson
Don Symon
RowingMen's coxless four
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Barrie|Mabbott}}
Ian Wright
RowingMen's coxless pair
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Paul|Kingsman}}SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Paul|Kingsman}}SwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Anthony|Mosse}}SwimmingMen's 100 m butterfly
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Clayton|Chelley}}WeightliftingMen's bantamweight
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Robert|Algie}}WrestlingMen's heavyweight
{{Silver medal}}{{sortname|Steve|Reinsfield}}WrestlingMen's bantamweight
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Gavin|Lovegrove}}AthleticsMen's javelin throw
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Simon|Poelman}}AthleticsMen's decathlon
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Kerrin|Harrison}}
Glenn Stewart
BadmintonMen's doubles
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Johnny|Wallace}}BoxingMen's featherweight
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Gary|Anderson|Gary Anderson (cyclist)}}CyclingMen's 10 mile scratch race
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Gary|Anderson|Gary Anderson (cyclist)}}CyclingMen's 4000 m individual pursuit
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Mike|Burrell}}
Neil Gibson
Andy Hay
Barrie Mabbott
Shane O'Brien
Andrew Stevenson
Don Symon
Carl Vincent
Ian Wright
RowingMen's eight
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Eric|Verdonk}}RowingMen's single scull
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|John|Farrell|John Farrell (sport shooter)}}
John Woolley
ShootingOpen skeet pairs
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Rex|Hamilton}}
Barry O'Neale
ShootingOpen centre-fire pistol pairs
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Barrie|Wickins}}
Greg Yelavich
ShootingOpen air pistol pairs
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Mike|Davidson}}SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Katie|Sadleir}}Synchronised
swimming
Women's solo
{{Bronze medal}}{{sortname|Stephen|Bell|Stephen Bell (wrestler)}}WrestlingMen's featherweight

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%"
style="background:#efefef;"

!colspan=7|Medals by sport

Sport

| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 |Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#dce5e5 |Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#ffdab9 |Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Total

style="text-align:left;"| Rowing

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |2

|8

style="text-align:left;"| Swimming

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |3

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|6

style="text-align:left;"| Shooting

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |3

|5

style="text-align:left;"| Boxing

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|2

style="text-align:left;"| Lawn bowls

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |1

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Cycling

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |4

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |2

|6

style="text-align:left;"| Athletics

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |2

|4

style="text-align:left;"| Wrestling

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |2

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|3

style="text-align:left;"| Weightlifting

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |1

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |0

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Badminton

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Synchronised swimming

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" |0

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" |0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" |1

|1

style="text-align:left;"| Total

! style="background:gold;" |8

! style="background:silver;" |16

! style="background:#c96;" |14

!38

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size:90%"
style="background:#efefef;"

!colspan=7|Medals by gender

Gender

| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 |Image:Gold medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#dce5e5 |Image:Silver medal icon.svg

| bgcolor=#ffdab9 |Image:Bronze medal icon.svg

|Total

style="text-align:left;"| Male

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 3

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 13

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 10

|26

style="text-align:left;"| Female

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 3

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 3

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1

|7

style="text-align:left;"| Mixed / open

| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2

| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0

| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 3

|5

style="text-align:left;"| Total

! style="background:gold;" |8

! style="background:silver;" |16

! style="background:#c96;" |14

!38

Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"

! width=150|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

align=left|Athletics

| 13

1225
align=left|Badminton

| 4

48
align=left|Boxing

| 5

{{n/a}}5
align=left|Cycling

| 15

{{n/a}}15
align=left|Diving

| 2

13
align=left|Lawn bowls

| 7

714
align=left|Rowing

| 21

223
align=left|Shooting

| 11

011
align=left|Swimming

| 9

413
align=left|Synchronised swimming

| {{n/a}}

11
align=left|Weightlifting

| 4

{{n/a}}4
align=left|Wrestling

| 5

{{n/a}}5
Total || 96 || 31 || 127

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games}}

=Track and road=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Result

!Rank{{efn-lr|Ranks given are within the heat}}

!Result

!Rank

align=center

| align=left |Anne Audain

| align=left |Women's 10,000 m

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 31:53.31

{{Silver2}}
align=center

| align=left |John Bowden

| align=left |Men's 10,000 m

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 29:25.65

9
align=center

| align=left |David Burridge

| align=left |Men's 5000 m

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 13:36.79

6
align=center

| align=left |John Campbell

| align=left |Men's marathon

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 2:21:25

13
align=center

| align=left |Murray Day

| align=left |Men's 30 km walk

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 2:15:11

6
align=center

| align=left |Debbie Elsmore

| align=left |Women's 10,000 m

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| colspan=2 | {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

align=center

| align=left |Terry Genge

| align=left |Women's 100 m hurdles

| 14.06

8

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 |Michael Gilchrist

| align=left |Men's 1500 m

| 3:45.91

6

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left |Men's 3000 m steeplechase

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 8:43.96

6
align=center

| align=left |Anne Hare

| align=left |Women's 1500 m

| 4:14.44

5 q

| 4:17.56

9
align=center

| align=left |Christine McMiken

| align=left |Women's 10,000 m

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| colspan=2 | {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 |Lorraine Moller

| align=left |Women's 3000 m

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 9:03.89

5
align=center

| align=left |Women's marathon

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 2:28:17

{{Silver2}}
align=center

| align=left |Mary O'Connor

| align=left |Women's marathon

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 2:46.48

9
align=center

| align=left |Wayne Paul

| align=left |Men's 5000 m

| 53.39

4

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 |Christine Pfitzinger

| align=left |Women's 1500 m

| 4:27.70

4 Q

| 4:16.81

6
align=center

| align=left |Women's 3000 m

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 9:09.35

6
align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 |Peter Renner

| align=left |Men's 1500 m

| 3:47.06

9

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left |Men's 3000 m steeplechase

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 8:27.12

4
align=center

| align=left |Kerry Rodger

| align=left |Men's 5000 m

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 13:52.04

11
align=center

| align=left |Graham Seatter

| align=left |Men's 30 km walk

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 2:22:48

9
align=center

| align=left |Lynette Stock

| align=left |Women's 100 m hurdles

| 13.67

5

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left |John Walker

| align=left |Men's 5000 m

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 13:35.34

5

{{notelist-lr}}

=Field=

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left |Gavin Lovegrove

|align=left |Men's javelin throw

| 76.22 m

{{Bronze3}}
align=center

|align=left |Jayne Mitchell

|align=left |Women's long jump

| 6.19 m

6
align=center

|align=left |Lyn Osmers

|align=left |Women's javelin throw

| 38.70 m

12
align=center

|align=left |John Stapylton-Smith

|align=left |Men's javelin throw

| 65.76 m

9
align=center

|align=left |Trudy Woodhead

|align=left |Women's high jump

| 1.86 m

6

=Combined=

;Men's decathlon

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!100 m

!Long jump

!Shot put

!High jump

!400 m

!110 m hurdles

!Discus throw

!Pole vault

!Javelin throw

!1500 m

!Overall points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Simon Poelman

| 10.80
906 pts

7.02 m
818 pts
14.32 m
748 pts
2.05 m
850 pts
51.07
766 pts
14.51
910 pts
44.40 m
754 pts
4.80 m
849 pts
56.68 m
688 pts
4:32.87
726 pts

| 8015 pts

{{Bronze3}}

;Women's heptathlon

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!100 m hurdles

!Shot put

!High jump

!200 m

!Long jump

!Javelin throw

!800 m

!Overall points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Terry Genge

| 13.92
990 pts

13.22 m
742 pts
1.61 m
747 pts
25.60
833 pts
6.02 m
856 pts
34.68 m
566 pts
2:14.62
898 pts
5632 pts6
align=center

|align=left|Lyn Osmers

| 15.21
814 pts

11.33 m
617 pts
1.79 m
966 pts
26.38
764 pts
5.75 m
774 pts
48.74 m
836 pts
2:26.29
740 pts
5511 pts7

Badminton

{{main|Badminton at the 1986 Commonwealth Games}}

=Singles=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

! rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Final / {{Abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

! rowspan="2" |Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

align=center

| align=left| Kerrin Harrison

| align=left| Men's singles

| {{Bye}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Rees|WAL|1986}}
W 9–15 15–10 15–5

| {{flagCGFathlete|Butler|CAN|1986}}
L 5–15 8–15

| colspan=4 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Phil Horne

| align=left| Men's singles

| {{Bye}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Sutton|WAL|1986}}
W 15–12 15–11

| {{flagCGFathlete|Scandolera|AUS|1986}}
W {{abbr|W/O|Walkover}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Yates|ENG|1986}}
L 2–15 2–15

| colspan=3 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Katrin Lockey

| align=left| Women's singles

| {{Bye}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Gammie|GUE|1986}}
W 11–0 11–0

| {{flagCGFathlete|Troke|ENG|1986}}
L 4–11 1–11

| colspan=4 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Karen Phillips

| align=left| Women's singles

| {{Bye}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Clark|ENG|1986}}
L 3–11 2–11

| colspan=5 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Graeme Robson

| align=left| Men's singles

| {{Bye}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Tse|HKG|1986}}
W 15–4 15–5

| {{flagCGFathlete|McKenna|GUE|1986}}
W 15–3 15–4

| {{flagCGFathlete|Baddeley|ENG|1986}}
L 5–15 9–15

| colspan=3 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Glenn Stewart

| align=left| Men's singles

| {{Bye}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Le Tisser|GUE|1986}}
W 15–0 15–5

| {{flagCGFathlete|Sze|AUS|1986}}
L 8–15 1–15

| colspan=4 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Toni Whittaker

| align=left| Women's singles

| {{Bye}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Tong|HKG|1986}}
W 12–9 11–5

| {{flagCGFathlete|Gowers|ENG|1986}}
L 2–11 8–11

| colspan=4 | did not advance

=Doubles=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

! rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Final / {{Abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

! rowspan="2" |Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

align=center

| align=left| Kerrin Harrison
Glenn Stewart

| align=left| Men's doubles

| {{flagCGFathlete|Sutton / Spencer|WAL|1986}}
W 15–10 15–9

| {{flagCGFathlete|Podger / Stuart|GUE|1986}}
W 15–1 15–5

| {{flagCGFathlete|De Belle / Bitten|CAN|1986}}
W 12–15 15–10 18–13

| {{flagCGFathlete|Goode / Tier|ENG|1986}}
L 9–15 5–15

| {{flagCGFathlete|Scandolera / Kong|AUS|1986}}
W 15–12 15–11

| {{Bronze3}}

align=center

| align=left| Phil Horne
Graeme Robson

| align=left| Men's doubles

| {{Bye}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Gilliland / Travers|SCO|1986}}
L 2–15 15–11 14–18

| colspan=4 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Katrin Lockey
Toni Whittaker

| align=left| Women's doubles

| {{n/a}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Chan / Poon|HKG|1986}}
W 18–14 15–7

| {{flagCGFathlete|Troke / Elliott|ENG|1986}}
L 12–15 5–15

| colspan=3 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Karen Phillips
Ann Stephens (NIR)

| align=left| Women's doubles

| {{n/a}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Troke / Elliott|ENG|1986}}
L 4–15 2–15

| colspan=4 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Phil Horne
Katrin Lockey

| align=left| Mixed doubles

| {{flagCGFathlete|Pringle / Allen|SCO|1986}}
L 15–11 13–18 5–15

| colspan=5 | did not advance

align=center
align=center

| align=left| Graeme Robson
Toni Whittaker

| align=left| Mixed doubles

| {{flagCGFathlete|Butler / Sharpe|CAN|1986}}
L 10–15 12–15

| colspan=5 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Glenn Stewart
Karen Phillips

| align=left| Mixed doubles

| {{flagCGFathlete|Keag / Stephens|NIR|1986}}
W 15–8 5–15 15–9

| {{flagCGFathlete|Goss / Skillings|CAN|1986}}
W 15–5 15–10

| {{flagCGFathlete|Gilliland / Heatly|SCO|1986}}
L 5–15 3–15

| colspan=3 | did not advance

=Teams=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

! rowspan="2"|Event

! colspan="4"|Group stage

!Semifinal

!Final / {{Abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

! rowspan="2" |Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

align=center

| align=left| Kerrin Harrison
Phil Horne
Katrin Lockey
Karen Phillips
Graeme Robson
Glenn Stewart
Toni Whittaker

| align=left| Mixed team

| {{flagCGF|ENG|1986}}
L 1–4

| {{flagCGF|AUS|1986}}
L 1–4

| {{flagCGF|NIR|1978}}
W 5–0

| {{flagCGF|WAL|1978}}
W 5–0

| colspan=3 | did not advance

Boxing

{{main|Boxing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

! rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Final

! rowspan="2" style="width:50px;"|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

align=center

| align=left| Shane Buckley

| align=left| Bantamweight

| {{flagCGFathlete|Evans|CAN|1986}}
L

| colspan=4 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Johnny Wallace

| align=left| Featherweight

| {{Bye}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Mkangala|MAW|1986}}
W

| {{flagCGFathlete|Downey|CAN|1986}}
L

| Did not advance

| {{Bronze3}}

align=center

| align=left| Apelu Ioane

| align=left| Light welterweight

| {{Bye}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Clencie|AUS|1986}}
L

| colspan=3 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Raeli Raeli

| align=left| Light heavyweight

| {{n/a}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|Kosolofski|CAN|1986}}
L

| colspan=3 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left| Jimmy Peau

| align=left| Heavyweight

| {{n/a}}

| {{Bye}}

| {{flagCGFathlete|D'Amico|CAN|1986}}
W

| {{flagCGFathlete|Young|SCO|1986}}
W

| {{Gold1}}

Cycling

{{main|Cycling at the 1986 Commonwealth Games}}

=Road=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Stephen Cox

|align=left| Men's individual road race

| 4:11:25

7
align=center

|align=left|Brian Fowler

|align=left | Men's individual road race

| 4:08:50

{{Silver2}}
align=center

|align=left|Craig Griffin

|align=left| Men's individual road race

| 4:12:47

11
align=center

|align=left|Graeme Miller

|align=left| Men's individual road race

| 4:11:19

5
align=center

|align=left|Blair Cox
Greg Fraine
Paul Leitch
Graeme Miller

|align=left| Men's 100 km team time trial

| 2:14:50

{{Silver2}}

=Track=

;Men's 1000 m sprint

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!Round 1

!First-round
repechages

!Round 2

!Second-round
repechages

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal race}}

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

style="text-align:left;"|Mike McRedmond

|L

|W

|L

|W

|{{flagCGFathlete|Neiwand|AUS|1986}}
L, L

|colspan=2 | did not advance

|6

style="text-align:left;"|William Rastrick

|W

|{{Bye}}

|L

|W

|{{flagCGFathlete|Alexander|SCO|1986}}
L, L

|colspan=2 | did not advance

|5

style="text-align:left;"|Murray Steele

|L

|W

|L

|L

|colspan=4 | did not advance

;Men's 1 km time trial

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
Athlete

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Gary Anderson

|1:06.334

{{Silver2}}
align=center

|align=left|Pierre Jordan

|1:08.633

9
align=center

|align=left|Murray Steele

|1:08.661

10

;Men's 4000 m pursuit

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal}}

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Opponent
Result

!Opponent
Result

!Opponent
Result

style="text-align:left;"|Gary Anderson

|style="text-align:left;"|Individual pursuit

| 4:54.87

4 Q

|{{flagCGFathlete|Patterson|AUS|1986}}
W 4:52.11

|{{flagCGFathlete|Sturgess|ENG|1986}}
L

|{{flagCGFathlete|Muzio|ENG|1986}}
W 4:51.073

|{{Bronze3}}

style="text-align:left;"|Stephen Swart

|style="text-align:left;"|Individual pursuit

| 5:04.27

10

|colspan=4 | did not advance

style="text-align:left;"|Andrew Whitford

|style="text-align:left;"|Individual pursuit

| 4:56.08

6 Q

|{{flagCGFathlete|Sturgess|ENG|1986}}
L

|colspan=2 | did not advance

|6

style="text-align:left;"|Gary Anderson
Russell Clune
Stephen Swart
Andrew Whitford

|style="text-align:left;"|Team pursuit

| 4:29.87

2 Q

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagCGF|ENG|1986}}
W 4:29.17

|{{flagCGF|AUS|1986}}
L

|{{Silver2}}

;Men's 10 miles scratch race

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
Athlete

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Gary Anderson

|

{{Bronze3}}
align=center

|align=left|Murray Steele

|

11

Diving

{{main|Diving at the 1986 Commonwealth Games}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
Athlete

!Event

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Nicky Cooney

|align=left|Women's 3 m springboard

| 469.62

| 5

align=center

|align=left|Mark Graham

|align=left|Men's 3 m springboard

| 478.14

| 13

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Raymond Vallance

|align=left|Men's 3 m springboard

| 528.21

| 9

align=center

|align=left|Men's 10 m platform

| 449.37

| 11

Lawn bowls

{{main|Lawn bowls at the 1986 Commonwealth Games}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;text-align:center"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=12|Round robin

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

style="text-align:left;"| Ian Dickison

|style="text-align:left;"| Men's singles

|{{flagCGFathlete|Young|MAW|1986}}
W 21–16

|{{flagCGFathlete|Thomson|ENG|1986}}
W 21–20

|{{flagCGFathlete|Bosley|HKG|1986}}
W 21–4

|{{flagCGFathlete|Smith|GUE|1986}}
W 21–8

|{{flagCGFathlete|Fong|FIJ|1986}}
W 21–14

|{{flagCGFathlete|Le Marquand|JER|1986}}
W 21–12

|{{flagCGFathlete|Wallace|CAN|1986}}
W 21–20

|{{flagCGFathlete|David|BOT|1986}}
W 21–16

|{{flagCGFathlete|Schuback|AUS|1986}}
W 21–10

|{{flagCGFathlete|Hill|WAL|1986}}
W 21–15

|{{flagCGFathlete|Corsie|SCO|1986}}
W 21–12

|{{flagCGFathlete|Espie|NIR|1986}}
L 18–21

| {{Gold1}}

style="text-align:left;"| Maurice Symes
Wayne Nairn

|style="text-align:left;"| Men's pairs

|{{flagCGF|JER|1986}}
D 21–21

|{{flagCGF|AUS|1986}}
W 23–18

|{{flagCGF|FIJ|1986}}
W 23–17

|{{flagCGF|NIR|1986}}
L 12–20

|{{flagCGF|ENG|1986}}
L 15–22

|{{flagCGF|CAN|1986}}
L 17–19

|{{flagCGF|BOT|1986}}
W 25–14

|{{flagCGF|WAL|1986}}
L 15–24

|{{flagCGF|GUE|1986}}
W 24–21

|{{flagCGF|MAW|1986}}
W 25–14

|{{flagCGF|SCO|1986}}
L 13–17

|{{flagCGF|HKG|1986}}
L 20–23

| 7

style="text-align:left;"| Stewart McConnell
Keith Slight
John Murtagh
Morgan Moffat

|style="text-align:left;"| Men's fours

|{{flagCGF|NIR|1986}}
L 13–27

|{{flagCGF|GUE|1986}}
W 17–13

|{{flagCGF|HKG|1986}}
W 21–18

|{{flagCGF|FIJ|1986}}
W 32–10

|{{flagCGF|ENG|1986}}
W 22–19

|{{flagCGF|CAN|1986}}
W 20–14

|{{flagCGF|BOT|1986}}
L 16–23

|{{flagCGF|AUS|1986}}
L 17–23

|{{flagCGF|WAL|1986}}
L 15–21

|{{flagCGF|SWZ|1986}}
W 29–14

|{{flagCGF|SCO|1986}}
W 25–17

| {{n/a}}

| 4

style="text-align:left;"| Rhoda Ryan

|style="text-align:left;"| Women's singles

|{{flagCGFathlete|Blattman|JER|1986}}
W 21–16

|{{flagCGFathlete|McCrone|SCO|1986}}
L 18–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Le Tissier|GUE|1986}}
W 21–10

|{{flagCGFathlete|Humphreys|HKG|1986}}
L 14–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Lum On|FIJ|1986}}
L 20–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Hunter|CAN|1986}}
W 21–7

|{{flagCGFathlete|Line|ENG|1986}}
L 4–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Anderson|BOT|1986}}
L 18–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Fahey|AUS|1986}}
L 19–21

|{{flagCGFathlete|Dainton|WAL|1986}}
W 21–5

|{{flagCGFathlete|Bell|NIR|1986}}
W 21–19

| {{n/a}}

| 9

style="text-align:left;"| Joyce Osborne
Millie Khan

|style="text-align:left;"| Women's pairs

|{{flagCGF|FIJ|1986}}
W 26–12

|{{flagCGF|HKG|1986}}
L 14–25

|{{flagCGF|GUE|1986}}
L 16–21

|{{flagCGF|NIR|1986}}
L

|{{flagCGF|ENG|1986}}
L

|{{flagCGF|CAN|1986}}
W 23–19

|{{flagCGF|BOT|1986}}
W 36–8

|{{flagCGF|AUS|1986}}
W 19–16

|{{flagCGF|WAL|1986}}
W 26–19

|{{flagCGF|SCO|1986}}
L 20–22

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 6

style="text-align:left;"| Daphne Le Breton
Vera Bindon
Denise Page
Jennifer Simpson

|style="text-align:left;"| Women's fours

|{{flagCGF|AUS|1986}}
L 13–27

|{{flagCGF|SCO|1986}}
L 18–22

|{{flagCGF|HKG|1986}}
W 28–19

|{{flagCGF|GUE|1986}}
W 21–12

|{{flagCGF|ENG|1986}}
L 9–32

|{{flagCGF|FIJ|1986}}
L 15–29

|{{flagCGF|CAN|1986}}
W 21–15

|{{flagCGF|BOT|1986}}
W 26–18

|{{flagCGF|MAW|1986}}
W 30–11

|{{flagCGF|WAL|1986}}
L 14–17

|{{flagCGF|NIR|1986}}
W 24–16

|{{flagCGF|SWZ|1986}}
W 33–10

| 5

Rowing

{{main|Rowing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

| align=left | Eric Verdonk

| align=left | Men's single scull

| 7:23.74

2 R

| 7:22.38

1 Q

| 7:39.11

{{Bronze3}}
align=center

| align=left | Stephanie Foster

| align=left | Women's single scull

| colspan=4 {{n/a}}

| 7:43.22 {{abbr|GR|Games record}}

{{Gold1}}
align=center

| align=left | Dale Maher
Eric Verdonk

| align=left | Men's double scull

| 7:24.70

2 R

| 6:46.44

2 Q

| 6:28.95

4
align=center

| align=left | Robin Clarke
Stephanie Foster

| align=left | Women's double scull

| colspan=4 {{n/a}}

| 7:21.52

{{Gold1}}
align=center

| align=left | Dale Maher

| align=left | Men's lightweight single scull

| 7:41.55

3 R

| 7:33.50

4 Q

| 7:44.14

6
align=center

| align=left | Philippa Baker

| align=left | Women's lightweight single scull

| colspan=4 {{n/a}}

| 7:45.82

{{Silver2}}
align=center

| align=left | Barrie Mabbott
Ian Wright

| align=left | Men's coxless pair

| 7:27.76

2 R

| 7:15.78

2 Q

| 6:42.63

{{Silver2}}
align=center

| align=left | Andrew Stevenson
Don Symon
Neil Gibson
Shane O'Brien

| align=left | Men's coxless four

| 6:42.41

1 Q

| colspan=2 {{Bye}}

| 6:00.85

{{Silver2}}
align=center

| align=left | Bruce Holden
Chris White
Greg Johnston
Nigel Atherfold
Andrew Bird
(cox)

| align=left | Men's coxed four

| 6:30.99

2 R

| 6:48.30

2 Q

| 6:09.89

{{Silver2}}
align=center

| align=left | Gary Hay
Martin Eade
Michael Westenra
Simon Koller

| align=left | Men's lightweight coxless four

| colspan=4 {{n/a}}

| 6:37.14

4
align=center

| align=left | Andrew Stevenson
Barrie Mabbott
Carl Vincent
Don Symon
Ian Wright
Mike Burrell
Neil Gibson
Shane O'Brien
Andy Hay
(cox)

| align=left | Men's eight

| colspan=4 {{n/a}}

| 5:47.97

{{Bronze3}}

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 1986 Commonwealth Games}}

=Pistol=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
Athlete

!Event

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Rex Hamilton

|align=left|Open centre-fire pistol

| 579

| 4

align=center

|align=left|Open free pistol

| 547

| 4

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Barry O'Neale

|align=left|Open centre-fire pistol

| 577

| 5

align=center

|align=left|Open rapid-fire pistol

| 567

| 14

align=center

|align=left|Barrie Wickins

|align=left|Open air pistol

| 570

| 6

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Greg Yelavich

|align=left|Open air pistol

| 575

| {{Gold1}}

align=center

|align=left|Open free pistol

| 551

| {{Gold1}}

align=center

|align=left|Barrie Wickins
Greg Yelavich

|align=left|Open air pistol pairs

| 1140

| {{Bronze3}}

align=center

|align=left|Rex Hamilton
Barry O'Neale

|align=left|Open centre-fire pistol pairs

| 1153

| {{Bronze3}}

align=center

|align=left|Rex Hamilton
Greg Yelavich

|align=left|Open free pistol pairs

| 1067

| 5

=Rifle=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
Athlete

!Event

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Eddie Adlam

|align=left|Open air rifle

| 574

| 8

align=center

|align=left|Open small-bore rifle 3 position

| 1136

| 6

align=center

|align=left|Chester Burt

|align=left|Open full-bore rifle

| 389

| 11

align=center

|align=left|Frank Godfrey

|align=left|Open full-bore rifle

| 388

| 14

align=center

|align=left|Roger Harvey

|align=left|Open small-bore rifle prone

| 593

| 13

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Stephen Petterson

|align=left|Open air rifle

| 561

| 13

align=center

|align=left|Open small-bore rifle prone

| 594

| 8

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Eddie Adlam
Stephen Petterson

|align=left|Open air rifle pair

| 1118

| 7

align=center

|align=left|Open small-bore rifle 3 position pair

| 2198

| 6

align=center

|align=left|Chester Burt
Frank Godfrey

|align=left|Open full-bore rifle pairs

| 582

| 5

align=center

|align=left|Roger Harvey
Stephen Petterson

|align=left|Open small-bore rifle prone pair

| 1162

| =4

=Shotgun=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
Athlete

!Event

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|John Farrell

|align=left|Open skeet

| 192

| 7

align=center

|align=left|John Woolley

|align=left|Open skeet

| 194

| 4

align=center

|align=left|John Farrell
John Woolley

|align=left|Open skeet pairs

| 189

| {{Bronze3}}

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 1986 Commonwealth Games}}

class=wikitable style=font-size:90%
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Heat

!colspan=2|Final

style=font-size:95%

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

| align=left rowspan=3 | Ross Anderson

| align=left | Men's 100 m butterfly

| 55.66

6 Q

| 55.93

7
align=center

| align=left | Men's 200 m butterfly

| 2:03.01

6 Q

| 2:02.96

8
align=center

| align=left | Men's 100 m freestyle

| 52.83

12

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left rowspan=3 | Carmel Clark

| align=left | Women's 100 m backstroke

| 1:05.49

7 Q

| 1:05.34

7
align=center

| align=left | Women's 200 m backstroke

| 2:19.36

4 Q

| 2:19.29

5
align=center

| align=left | Women's 200 m individual medley

| 2:24.43

11

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left rowspan=3 | Mike Davidson

| align=left | Men's 200 m freestyle

| 1:57.89

13

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left | Men's 400 m freestyle

| 3:58.96

6 Q

| 3:56.96

{{Bronze3}}
align=center

| align=left | Men's 1500 m freestyle

| 15:55.23

7 Q

| 15:38.54

6
align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 | Grant Forbes

| align=left | Men's 100 m breaststroke

| 1:05.89

8 Q

| 1:06.34

8
align=center

| align=left | Men's 200 m breaststroke

| 2:24.89

12

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left rowspan=4 | Brent Foster

| align=left | Men's 200 m freestyle

| 1:59.07

16

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left | Men's 400 m freestyle

| 4:15.75

14

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left | Men's 200 m individual medley

| 2:14.25

13

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left | Men's 400 m individual medley

| 4:43.33

11

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left rowspan=3 | Sylvia Hume

| align=left | Women's 100 m backstroke

| 1:05.02

3 Q

| 1:04.00

{{Gold1}}
align=center

| align=left | Women's 200 m backstroke

| 2:21.95

9

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left | Women's 100 m freestyle

| 1:01.83

22

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 | Gary Hurring

| align=left | Men's 100 m backstroke

| 58.97

11

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left | Men's 200 m backstroke

| 2:10.20

14

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 | Paul Kingsman

| align=left | Men's 100 m backstroke

| 57.76

2 Q

| 57.17

{{Silver2}}
align=center

| align=left | Men's 200 m backstroke

| 2:05.19

3 Q

| 2:02.90

{{Silver2}}
align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 | Richard Lockhart

| align=left | Men's 100 m breaststroke

| 1:06.74

13

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left | Men's 200 m breaststroke

| 2:25.50

13

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left rowspan=3 | Fiona McLay

| align=left | Women's 100 m freestyle

| 59.62

11

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left | Women's 200 m freestyle

| 2:04.95

4 Q

| 2:04.01

4
align=center

| align=left | Women's 400 m freestyle

| 4:32.52

14

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left rowspan=2 | Anthony Mosse

| align=left | Men's 100 m butterfly

| 54.61

2 Q

| 54.31

{{Silver2}}
align=center

| align=left | Men's 200 m butterfly

| 2:00.26

2 Q

| 1:57.27 {{abbr|GR|Commonwealth Games record}}

{{Gold1}}
align=center

| align=left rowspan=3 | Kirk Torrance

| align=left | Men's 100 m backstroke

| 58.81

9

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left | Men's 200 m backstroke

| 2:06.63

8 Q

| 2:07.79

8
align=center

| align=left | Men's 100 m butterfly

| 58.10

15

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left rowspan=4 | Kerrylyne Torrance

| align=left | Women's 100 m backstroke

| 1:06.16

10

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left | Women's 200 m backstroke

| 2:21.45

7 Q

| 2:19.87

6
align=center

| align=left | Women's 100 m butterfly

| 1:05.64

12

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left | Women's 100 m freestyle

| 1:02.44

24

| colspan=2 | did not advance

align=center

| align=left | Paul Kingsman
Anthony Mosse
Grant Forbes
Ross Anderson

| align=left | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

| 3:54.84

3 Q

| 3:48.58

4
align=center

| align=left | Carmel Clark
Fiona McLay
Kerrylyne Torrance
Sylvia Hume

| align=left | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

| colspan=2 {{n/a}}

| 4:02.43

5

Synchronised swimming

{{main|Synchronised swimming at the 1986 Commonwealth Games}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
Athlete

!Event

!Points

!Rank

align=center

| align=left | Katie Sadleir

| align=left | Women's solo

| 175.08

| {{Bronze3}}

Weightlifting

{{main|Weightlifting at the 1986 Commonwealth Games}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Athlete

! Event

! Snatch

! Clean and jerk

! Total

! Rank

style="text-align:left;"| Clayton Chelley

| style="text-align:left;"| Bantamweight

| 95.0 kg

| 122.5 kg

| 217.5 kg

| {{Silver2}}

style="text-align:left;"| Michael Bernard

| style="text-align:left;"| Light heavyweight

| {{abbr|NVL|No valid lift}}

| colspan=3 | {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

style="text-align:left;"| Allister Nalder

| style="text-align:left;"| Middle heavyweight

| 147.5 kg

| {{abbr|NVL|No valid lift}}

| colspan=2 | {{abbr|DNF|Did not finish}}

style="text-align:left;"| Kevin Blake

| style="text-align:left;"| Sub heavyweight

| 147.5 kg

| 175.0 kg

| 322.5 kg

| 5

Wrestling

{{main|Wrestling at the 1986 Commonwealth Games}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;text-align:center"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Group rounds

!Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal bout}}

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

style="text-align:left;"| Shane Stannett

|style="text-align:left;"| Flyweight

|{{flagCGFathlete|McAlary|AUS|1986}}
L

|{{flagCGFathlete|Giordmania|MLT|1986}}
W

|{{flagCGFathlete|Donohue|ENG|1986}}
L

|4

style="text-align:left;"| Steve Reinsfield

|style="text-align:left;"| Bantamweight

|{{flagCGFathlete|Farrugia|MLT|1986}}
W

|{{flagCGFathlete|Nedley|SCO|1986}}
W

|{{flagCGFathlete|Ostberg|CAN|1986}}
L

|{{Silver2}}

style="text-align:left;"| Stephen Bell

|style="text-align:left;"| Bantamweight

|{{flagCGFathlete|Bowman|NIR|1986}}
W

|{{flagCGFathlete|Hughes|CAN|1986}}
L

|{{flagCGFathlete|Beswick|ENG|1986}}
W

|{{Bronze3}}

style="text-align:left;"| Zane Coleman

|style="text-align:left;"| Welterweight

|{{flagCGFathlete|Marsh|AUS|1986}}
L

|{{flagCGFathlete|McNeil|SCO|1986}}
L

|colspan=2 | did not advance

style="text-align:left;"| Robert Algie

|style="text-align:left;"| Heavyweight

|{{flagCGFathlete|Kilpin|ENG|1986}}
W

|{{flagCGFathlete|Robertson|SCO|1986}}
W

|{{flagCGFathlete|Davis|CAN|1986}}
L

|{{Silver2}}

Officials

{{Incomplete section|date=September 2024}}

  • Team manager – Bruce Ullrich{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19861231.2.26 |title=New Zealanders honoured by Queen |date=31 December 1986 |work=The Press |page=3 |access-date=17 September 2024 |via=PapersPast}}

See also

References

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