New Zealand at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the
1982 Commonwealth Games
New Zealand at the; 1982 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Brisbane, Australia
Competitors	112
Flag bearers	Opening: Robin Tait; Closing:
Officials	43
Medals; Ranked 5th	Gold 5 Silver 8 Bronze 13 Total 26
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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New Zealand at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 112 competitors and 43 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Brisbane, Australia, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was veteran discus thrower Robin Tait. The New Zealand team finished fifth on the medal table, winning a total of 26 medals, five of which were gold.

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

Medal tables

New Zealand was fifth on the medal table in 1982, with a total of 26 medals, including five gold.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Neroli Fairhall	Archery	Women's individual
Gold	Anne Audain	Athletics	Women's 3000 m
Gold	Mike O'Rourke	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Gold	Craig Adair	Cycling	Men's 1 km time trial
Gold	John Woolley	Shooting	Open skeet
Silver	John Walker	Athletics	Men's 1500 m
Silver	Clem Captein Brian Fowler Graeme Miller Murray Steele	Cycling	Men's 4000 m team pursuit
Silver	Mike McRedmond	Cycling	Men's 1000 m sprint
Silver	Rowan Brassey Morgan Moffat Danny O'Connor Jim Scott	Lawn bowls	Men's fours
Silver	Pearl Dymond Joyce Osborne Jennie Simpson	Lawn bowls	Women's triples
Silver	Rex Hamilton Barrie Wickins	Shooting	Open free pistol pairs
Silver	Ken Reinsfield	Wrestling	Men's welterweight
Silver	Steve Reinsfield	Wrestling	Men's light flyweight
Bronze	Lorraine Moller	Athletics	Women's 1500 m
Bronze	Lorraine Moller	Athletics	Women's 3000 m
Bronze	Stephen Walsh	Athletics	Men's long jump
Bronze	Robin Denton Steve Wilson	Badminton	Mixed doubles
Bronze	Kevin Barry	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
Bronze	Stephen Carton Stephen Cox Blair Stockwell Jack Swart	Cycling	Men's 100 km team time trial
Bronze	Murray Steele	Cycling	Men's 1000 m sprint
Bronze	Roger Sumich	Cycling	Men's road race
Bronze	Mark Graham	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
Bronze	Peter Belliss	Lawn bowls	Men's singles
Bronze	Pamela Croad Kim Dewar Melanie Jones Gail Jonson	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Bronze	Chris Maddock	Wrestling	Men's bantamweight
Bronze	Nigel Sargent	Wrestling	Men's light heavyweight

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	2	1	3	6
Cycling	1	2	3	6
Shooting	1	1	0	2
Archery	1	0	0	1
Wrestling	0	2	2	4
Lawn bowls	0	2	1	3
Badminton	0	0	1	1
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Diving	0	0	1	1
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	5	8	13	26

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	2	6	9	17
Female	2	1	3	6
Mixed / open	1	1	1	3
Total	5	8	13	26

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	2	2
Athletics	20	12	32
Badminton	5	3	8
Boxing	6	—	6
Cycling	12	—	12
Diving	2	2	4
Lawn bowls	7	3	10
Shooting	10	0	10
Swimming	9	6	15
Weightlifting	7	—	7
Wrestling	6	—	6
Total	84	28	112

Archery

Athlete	Event	Total score	Rank
Neroli Fairhall	Women's individual	2373 pts
Ann Shurrock	Women's individual	2327 pts	4

Athletics

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^{[lower-roman 1]}	Result	Rank^{[lower-roman 2]}	Result	Rank
Anne Audain	Women's 3000 m	—				8:45.53 GR
Terry Genge	Women's 100 m hurdles	13.86	6	—		did not advance
Terry Genge	Women's 400 m hurdles	1:00.18	6	—		did not advance
Michael Gilchrist	Men's 1500 m	3:46.08	3 Q	—		3:44.50	7
Don Greig	Men's marathon	—				DNF
Christine Hughes	Women's 800 m	2:06.52	3 Q	—		2:04.87	7
Neil Lowsley	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	—				8:47.23	11
Neil Lowsley	Men's 5000 m	—				13:45.70	9
Lorraine Moller	Women's 1500 m	4:17.45	2 Q	—		4:12.67
Lorraine Moller	Women's 3000 m	—				8:55.76
Jenny Overall	Women's 1500 m	4:33.23	9	—		did not advance
Gary Palmer	Men's marathon	—				DNF
Mike Parker	Men's 30 km walk	—				2:26:07	11
Peter Renner	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	—				8:34.32	5
Peter Renner	Men's 5000 m	—				13:45.00	8
Kim Robertson	Women's 200 m	DNS		—		did not advance
Kim Robertson	Women's 400 m	53.39	4 Q	52.94	4 Q	53.02	5
Janine Robson	Women's 400 m hurdles	1:01.17	5	—		did not advance
Dianne Rodger	Women's 1500 m	4:16.87	5 q	—		4:13.10	4
Dianne Rodger	Women's 3000 m	—				9:06.05	4
Tony Rogers	Men's 1500 m	3:45.70	4 q	—		3:45.11	8
Kevin Ryan	Men's marathon	—				2:13:42	5
Tim Soper	Men's 110 m hurdles	DNF		—		did not advance
Kevin Taylor	Men's 30 km walk	—				2:37:37	15
John Walker	Men's 800 m	1:54.67	4 Q	1:51.68	4 Q	1:46.23	4
	Men's 1500 m	3:47.26	1 Q	—		3:43.11
	Men's 5000 m	—				DNS
Christine Hughes Janine Robson Kim Robertson Terry Genge	Women's 4 × 400 m relay	—				3:40.63	6

↑ Ranks given are within the heat
↑ Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pamela Hendren	Women's long jump		Q	6.33 m	8
Noeline Hodgins	Women's long jump		Q	6.27 m	9
David Hookway	Men's javelin throw	—		69.72 m	8
Glenda Hughes	Women's shot put	—		14.13 m	9
Terry Lomax	Men's high jump	—		2.10 m	11
Kieran McKee	Men's pole vault	—		4.70 m	7
Mike O'Rourke	Men's javelin throw	—		89.48 m GR
Mark Robinson	Men's discus throw	—		NM	–
Robin Tait	Men's discus throw	—		54.22 m	8
Roger Te Puni	Men's high jump	—		2.13 m	8
Stephen Walsh	Men's long jump	—		7.75 m

Combined

Men's decathlon

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
Peter Dyer	11.42 705 pts	6.96 m 812 pts	11.92 m 594 pts	1.83 m 707 pts	49.38 833 pts	16.38 714 pts	41.76 m 720 pts	4.30 m 884 pts	59.20 m 751 pts	4:28.99 596 pts	7316 pts	5

Women's heptathlon

Athlete	100 m hurdles	Shot put	High jump	200 m	Long jump	Javelin throw	800 m	Overall points	Rank
Karen Forbes	15.05 743 pts	11.00 m 656 pts	1.65 m 885 pts	25.55 799 pts	5.80 m 862 pts	26.52 m 534 pts	2:18.42 809 pts	5288 pts	9
Terry Genge	14.11 852 pts	12.42 m 745 pts	1.62 m 854 pts	25.33 818 pts	5.91 m 886 pts	34.02 m 669 pts	2:14.96 855 pts	5679 pts	5

Badminton

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chris Bullen	Men's singles	Bye	Shaylor (SCO) W 15–5 15–7	Sutton (WAL) W 15–12 15–7	Yates (ENG) L 3–15 6–15	did not advance
Robin Denton	Women's singles	Underwood (NIR) L 7–11 4–11	did not advance
John Miles	Men's singles	Moore (IOM) W 15–4 15–3	White (SCO) L 7–15 15–4 5–15	did not advance
Graeme Robson	Men's singles	Bye	Gandhe (IND) L 9–15 9–15	did not advance
Allison Sinton	Women's singles	Bye	Cannell (IOM) W 11–3 11–1	Ghia (IND) L 10–12 8–11	did not advance
Toni Whittaker	Women's singles	Bye	Andrews (NIR) W 11–2 11–0	Beckman (ENG) L 3–11 2–11	did not advance
Steve Wilson	Men's singles	Bridge (ENG) L 4–15 8–15	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chris Bullen Graeme Robson	Men's doubles	—	Bye	Dew / Yates (ENG) L 13–15 7–15	did not advance
Phil Horne Steve Wilson	Men's doubles	—	Gallagher / Hamilton (SCO) W 15–8 15–10	Freitag / MacDougall (CAN) L 7–15 15–6 14–18	did not advance
Robin Denton Toni Whittaker	Women's doubles	—	Bye	Crossan / Underwood (NIR) W 15–9 5–15 15–6	Chapman / Podger (ENG) L 11–15 3–15	did not advance
Robin Denton Steve Wilson	Mixed doubles	Wong / Chan (HKG) W 18–16 18–16	Underwood / McIlwaine (NIR) W 15–4 15–6	Singh / Singh (IND) W 15–6 15–2	Backhouse / Johnson (CAN) W 15–9 13–18 15–3	Chapman / Dew (ENG) L 11–15 10–15	Cunningham / James (AUS) W 15–5 15–1
Allison Sinton Phil Horne	Mixed doubles	Bye		did not advance
Toni Whittaker Graeme Robson	Mixed doubles	Bye	Tong / Kwok (HKG) W 15–10 15–2	Cunningham / James (AUS) L 15–5 10–15 3–15	did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chris Bullen Robin Denton Phil Horne John Miles Graeme Robson Allison Sinton Toni Whittaker Steve Wilson	Mixed team	Canada L 1–4	Malaysia W 4–1	Isle of Man W 5–0	Zimbabwe W 5–0	Hong Kong W 5–0	England L 0–5	Australia L 2–3	4

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Peter Warren	Bantamweight	—	Webb (NIR) L	did not advance
Billy Meehan	Featherweight	—	Ruru (PNG) W	Konyegwachie (NGR) L	did not advance
Michael Sykes	Lightweight	—	Tink (AUS) L	did not advance
Apelu Ioane	Light welterweight	Bye	Ossai (NGR) L	did not advance
Steven Renwick	Welterweight	—	Pyatt (ENG) L	did not advance
Kevin Barry	Light heavyweight	—	Ah Hoy (SAM) W	Mudire (KEN) W	Kirisa (UGA) L WO	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stephen Cox	Men's individual road race	4:36:36.32	14
Blair Stockwell	Men's individual road race	4:40:27.42	20
Roger Sumich	Men's individual road race	4:34:41.35
Jack Swart	Men's individual road race	4:36:36.45	15
Stephen Carton Stephen Cox Blair Stockwell Jack Swart	Men's 100 km team time trial	2:10:55.96

Track

Men's 1000 m sprint

Athlete	Round 1	First-round repechages	Round 2	Second-round repechages	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Clem Captein	Wilson (AUS) L	Altwasser (CAN) L	did not advance
Mike McRedmond	Altwasser (CAN) W 11.668	Bye	Lacouline (CAN) W 11.635	Bye	Tinsley (ENG) W 11.532, W 11.393	Weller (JAM) W 11.703, W 11.624	Tucker (AUS) L, L
Murray Steele	Ongaro (CAN) L	Cockerton (ZIM) W 13.136	Weller (JAM) W 12.159	Bye	Wilson (AUS) W 12.249, L, W 12.189	Tucker (AUS) L, L	Weller (JAM) W 11.520, W 11.473

Men's 1 km time trial

Athlete	Time	Rank
Craig Adair	1:06.954
Anthony Cuff	1:10.362	9
Murray Steele	1:07.984	5

Men's 4000 m pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
Craig Adair	Individual pursuit	4:57.287	5 Q	Wallace (ENG) L	did not advance		5
Anthony Cuff	Individual pursuit	4:58.088	6 Q	Stieda (CAN) L	did not advance		6
Brian Fowler	Individual pursuit	4:58.362	8 Q	Turtur (AUS) L	did not advance		8
Clem Captein Brian Fowler Graeme Miller Murray Steele	Team pursuit	4:36.038	2 Q	—	Canada W 4:30.623	Australia L

Men's 10 miles scratch race

Athlete	Time	Rank
Craig Adair	19:57.190	5
Anthony Cuff	20:09.110	23
Graeme Miller	19:57.924	10

Diving

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Kay Cummings	Women's 3 m springboard	351.09	13
Kay Cummings	Women's 10 m platform	301.08	8
Ann Fargher	Women's 3 m springboard	377.55	11
Mark Graham	Men's 3 m springboard	551.46
Gary Lamb	Men's 3 m springboard	463.32	8

Lawn bowls

Athlete	Event	Round robin															Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Belliss	Men's singles	Corkill (NIR) W 21–3	Tso (HKG) W 21–10	Gaunder (FIJ) W 21–11	Beare (ZIM) L 15–21	Parrella (AUS) W 21–18	Hankey (ZAM) W 21–15	Thackray (BOT) W 21–10	Gill (CAN) W 21–15	Green (SWZ) W 21–10	Windsor (ENG) W 21–15	Croft (PNG) W 21–6	Wood (SCO) L 7–21	—
Ian Dickison Phil Skoglund	Men's pairs	Wales L 17–24	Fiji L 19–21	Botswana W 40–8	Zimbabwe W 21–17	Zambia W 47–5	Australia D 16–16	Canada W 28–10	Scotland L 21–24	Papua New Guinea W 30–9	Northern Ireland L 16–20	England W 25–19	Kenya W 50–5	Hong Kong L 16–19	Jersey D 17–17	—	6
Rowan Brassey Morgan Moffat Danny O'Connor Jim Scott	Men's fours	Northern Ireland L 13–21	Fiji W 27–11	Wales W 29–11	Papua New Guinea W 20–16	Botswana W 27–20	Hong Kong W 27–14	England W 20–19	Canada W 39–7	Australia L 14–28	Zambia W 25–8	Zimbabwe W 24–11	Swaziland W 41–8	Scotland W 19–12	—
Pearl Dymond Jennifer Simpson Joyce Osborne	Women's triples	Kenya W 26–7	Scotland W 23–19	Zambia L 13–18	Samoa L 14–15	Wales W 18–14	Papua New Guinea W 18–16	Swaziland W 28–17	Canada W 20–12	Botswana W 23–5	England W 30–10	Hong Kong W 26–12	Fiji W 23–7	Zimbabwe W 24–14	Northern Ireland L 14–20	Australia L 11–20

Shooting

Pistol

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Rex Hamilton	Open air pistol	562	10
	Open free pistol	537	5
	Open centre-fire pistol	545	16
Barrie Wickins	Open air pistol	559	13
Barrie Wickins	Open free pistol	532	6
Rex Hamilton Barrie Wickins	Open air pistol pairs	1113	4
Rex Hamilton Barrie Wickins	Open free pistol pairs	1075

Rifle

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Leon Griebel	Open small-bore rifle prone	1169	12
John Hastie	Open full-bore rifle	375	19
Jack Scott	Open small-bore rifle prone	1162	18
John Whiteman	Open full-bore rifle	383	5
Leon Griebel Jack Scott	Open small-bore rifle prone pairs	1167	9
John Hastie John Whiteman	Open full-bore rifle pairs	557	6

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Robin Collins	Open trap	178	11
Graham Geater	Open trap	169	18
Paul McGowan	Open skeet	181	14
John Woolley	Open skeet	197 GR
Robin Collins Graham Geater	Open trap pairs	176	6
Paul McGowan John Woolley	Open skeet pairs	187	4

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Brett Austin	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:06.48	7 Q	1:06.62	8
Brett Austin	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:26.91	14	did not advance
Pamela Croad	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:07.81	12	did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:00.34	10	did not advance
	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:13.17	12	did not advance
Ursula Cross	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:06.12	10	did not advance
Ursula Cross	Women's 100 m backstroke	2:24.38	11	did not advance
Mike Davidson	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:01.85	10	did not advance
Mike Davidson	Men's 1500 m freestyle	16:06.05	11	did not advance
Kim Dewar	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:16.48	11	did not advance
	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:44.26	12	did not advance
	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:14.39	12	did not advance
Grant Forbes	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:06.56	8 Q	1:05.86	6
Grant Forbes	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:25.59	11	did not advance
Melanie Jones	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:07.95	11	did not advance
Melanie Jones	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:22.29	10	did not advance
Gail Jonson	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:25.24	9	did not advance
Gail Jonson	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:10.06	11	did not advance
Mark Kalaugher	Men's 100 m breaststroke	1:06.73	10	did not advance
Mark Kalaugher	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:23.32	6 Q	2:22.24	6
Paul Kingsman	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:00.45	9	did not advance
Paul Kingsman	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:09.31	8 Q	2:10.65	8
Anthony Mosse	Men's 100 m butterfly	56.40	16	did not advance
Anthony Mosse	Men's 200 m butterfly	2:03.32	8 Q	2:02.76	7
Murray Parker	Men's 100 m butterfly	58.92	24	did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	54.77	22	did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:57.33	15	did not advance
Barry Salisbury	Men's 100 m freestyle	54.03	19	did not advance
Barry Salisbury	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:10.64	8 Q	2:11.79	8
Megan Tohill	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:05.04	8 Q	1:05.03	8
Megan Tohill	Women's 200 m butterfly	2:24.06	10	did not advance
Rick Wells	Men's 100 m freestyle	54.16	20	did not advance
Rick Wells	Men's 200 m freestyle	1:55.05	13	did not advance
Murray Parker Barry Salisbury Mike Davidson Rick Wells	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		3:35.50	6
Rick Wells Mike Davidson Murray Parker Anthony Mosse	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		7:46.83	4
Paul Kingsman Brett Austin Anthony Mosse Barry Salisbury	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	—		3:56.58	5
Pamela Croad Melanie Jones Kim Dewar Gail Jonson	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—		4:07.14
Ursula Cross Kim Dewar Megan Tohill Pamela Croad	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	—		4:33.97	4

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean and jerk	Total	Rank
Kevin Judson	Featherweight	100.0 kg	127.5 kg	227.5 kg	5
Terry Williams	Lightweight	110.0 kg	145.0 kg	255.0 kg	7
Michael Bernard	Middleweight	125.0 kg	165.0 kg	290.0 kg	5
Phillip Sue	Middleweight	125.0 kg	160.0 kg	285.0 kg	6
Allister Nalder	Light heavyweight	132.5 kg	165.0 kg	297.5 kg	6
Peter Back	Middle heavyweight	130.0 kg	172.5 kg	302.5 kg	7
John Callaghan	Middle heavyweight	145.0 kg	172.5 kg	317.5 kg	6

Wrestling

Athlete	Event	Elimination rounds			Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Steve Reinsfield	Light flyweight	Steain (AUS) W 4–0	Cooper (CAN) W 3.5–0.5		Sarang (IND) L 0–4
Graeme Hawkins	Flyweight		Proctor (SCO) W 4–0		Hoyt (AUS) L 0–2	4
Chris Maddock	Bantamweight		Kumar (IND) L 0.5–3.5	Cumming (AUS) W 4–0	Ubakha (NGR) W 3–1
Tony Goodrick	Featherweight	Dunbar (ENG) W 3–1	Brown (AUS) L 1–3		Atasie (NGR) L 1–3	4
Ken Reinsfield	Welterweight	Halpin (SCO) W 4–0	Green (AUS) W 3–1		Singh (IND) L 1–3
Nigel Sargent	Light heavyweight		Davis (CAN) L 0.5–3.5	Balogun (NGR) W 4–0	Weir (NIR) W 4–0

Officials

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[1] Ranks given are within the heat

[2] Ranks given are within the semifinal

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