1994 Commonwealth Games

15th Commonwealth Games
Host city	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Motto	Catch The Spirit
Nations participating	64
Athletes participating	2,557
Events	events in 10 sports
Opening ceremony	18 August 1994
Closing ceremony	28 August 1994
Main Stadium	Centennial Stadium

Countries that competed

The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 August to 28 August 1994.

The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years (1958) since the country last competed in the Games. It was also Hong Kong's last appearance at the games before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from Britain to China.

The official mascot of the Games was an anthropomorphic killer whale named "Klee Wyck".^[1] "Klee Wyck" – "the laughing one" – was a nickname given to Canadian painter and sculptor Emily Carr by the Ucluelet First Nation.^[2]

Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowling, shooting, weightlifting, and wrestling.

The "Lightweight Games"

Victoria 1994 was considered by many in the Commonwealth movement to be a version of a minimalistic games. Some considered them a mild letdown from the high memories of Auckland's games four years previously. Facilities were temporary and none more so than the large scaffolding built Stands that totally transformed the University of Victoria's Centennial Stadium. Still the games were successful and proved to many that smaller cities could manage hosting a large event such as a Commonwealth Games.

The Last "Original Games"

1994 was also the last time Team Sports were excluded, The Commonwealth Games Federation deemed the current set up of ten sports as obsolete and from 1998 allowed team sports such as Sevens, Basketball, and Hockey to be added. This was to encourage revenue streams from television by making the games more attractive to TV networks.

Opening Ceremony

A simple friendly atmosphere was the theme to the Opening Ceremonies. In the presence of HRH Prince Edward, the Athletes had a long march past to their seated area (an idea created four years previously but not emulated since). Welcome speeches and flag raisings were followed by a precision horse riding display by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A wonderful visual and theatrical display by the Four Nations Tribes culminated in a massive Thunderbird symbol covering the entire inner field. This was followed by a spectacular flypast by the "Snowbirds" Canadian Forces aerobatic display team.

Commonwealth Games Associations

64 teams competed at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria:

Antigua and Barbuda  Australia  Bahamas  Bangladesh  Barbados  Belize  Bermuda  Botswana  British Virgin Islands  Brunei  Canada  Cayman Islands  Cook Islands  Cyprus  Dominica  England  Falkland Islands  Gambia  Ghana  Gibraltar  Grenada

Guernsey  Guyana  Hong Kong  India  Isle of Man  Jamaica  Jersey  Kenya  Lesotho Malaŵi  Malaysia  Maldives  Malta  Mauritius  Montserrat  Namibia  Nauru  New Zealand  Nigeria  Norfolk Island  Northern Ireland

Pakistan  Papua New Guinea  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Scotland  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Singapore  Solomon Islands  South Africa  Sri Lanka  Swaziland  Tanzania  Tonga  Trinidad and Tobago  Uganda  Vanuatu  Wales Western Samoa  Zambia  Zimbabwe

Medals

This is a full table of the medal count of the 1994 Commonwealth Games. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.

This is the first time since the commencement of the British Empire Games (in 1930) that England did not achieve a medal ranking in the top 2.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	88	53	43	184
2	Canada	41	43	49	133
3	England	31	45	51	127
4	Nigeria	11	13	13	37
5	Kenya	7	4	8	19
6	India	6	12	7	25
7	Scotland	6	3	11	20
8	New Zealand	5	16	21	42
9	Wales	5	8	6	19
10	Northern Ireland	5	2	3	10
11	Nauru	3	0	0	3
12	South Africa	2	4	5	11
13	Jamaica	2	4	2	8
14	Malaysia	2	3	2	7
15	Cyprus	2	1	2	5
16	Sri Lanka	1	2	0	3
17	Zambia	1	1	2	4
18	Namibia	1	0	1	2
19	Zimbabwe	0	3	3	6
20	Papua New Guinea	0	1	0	1
	Western Samoa	0	1	0	1
22	Hong Kong	0	0	4	4
23	Pakistan	0	0	3	3
24	Ghana	0	0	2	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2	2
	Uganda	0	0	2	2
27	Bermuda	0	0	1	1
	Botswana	0	0	1	1
	Guernsey	0	0	1	1
	Norfolk Island	0	0	1	1
	Seychelles	0	0	1	1
	Tanzania	0	0	1	1
	Tonga	0	0	1	1
Total		219	219	249	687

Medals by event

Aquatics

Main article: Aquatics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

See also 1994 in athletics (track and field)

Badminton

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed
Mixed Team	England	Malaysia	Australia  Hong Kong
Mixed Doubles	England Chris Hunt Gillian Clark	England Simon Archer Julie Bradbury	Australia Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator  England Nick Ponting Joanne Wright
Men
Men's Singles	Rashid Sidek (MAS)	Ong Ewe Hock (MAS)	Nick Hall (NZL) Anders Nielsen (ENG)
Men's Doubles	Cheah Soon Kit & Soo Beng Kiang (MAS)	Simon Archer & Chris Hunt (ENG)	Peter Blackburn & Mark Nichols (AUS) Ong Ewe Hock & Tan Kim Her (MAS)
Women
Women's Singles	Lisa Campbell (AUS)	Si-An Deng (CAN)	Rhona Robertson (NZL) Song Yang (AUS)
Women's Doubles	Joanne Muggeridge & Joanne Wright (ENG)	Julie Bradbury & Gillian Clark (ENG)	Si-An Deng & Denyse Julien (CAN) Lee Wai Leng & Tan Lee Wai (MAS)

Bowls

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Singles	Richard Corsie (SCO)	Tony Allcock (ENG)	Rob Parrella (AUS) Ken Wallis (HKG)
Pairs	Cameron Curtis & Rex Johnston (AUS)	John Price & Robert Weale (WAL)	Gary Smith & Andy Thomson (ENG) Stephen Adamson & Sammy Allen (NIR)
Fours	South Africa (RSA)	Australia (AUS)	New Zealand(NZL)  Northern Ireland (NIR)
Visually Impaired Singles	Robert Brand (SCO)	John Hubbard (AUS)	Craig Nolan (NZL) Carlos Braga Antunes (HKG)
Women
Singles	Margaret Johnston (NIR)	Rita Jones (WAL)	Carmelia Anderson (NFI) Norma Shaw (ENG)
Pairs	Sarah Gourlay & Frances White (SCO)	Lyn Dwyer & Jo Peacock (RSA)	Brenda Atherton & Mary Price (ENG) Janet Ackland & Ann Dainton (WAL)
Fours	South Africa (RSA)	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	New Zealand (NZL)  Scotland (SCO)
Visually Impaired Singles	Catherine Portas (NZL)	Gloria Hopkins (WAL)	Margaret Lynne (ENG) Sunny Tank (HKG)

Boxing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight	Abdurahaman Ramadhani (KEN)	Victor Kasote (ZAM)	Sah Birju (IND) Domenic Figliomeni (CAN)
Flyweight	Paul Shepherd (SCO)	Duncan Karanja (KEN)	Bornface Makuka (ZAM) Danny Costello (ENG)
Bantamweight	Robert Peden (AUS)	Spencer Oliver (ENG)	Fred Mutuweta (UGA)
Featherweight	Casey Patton (CAN)	Jason Cook (WAL)	Matumla Hassan (TAN) James Swan (AUS)
Lightweight	Mike Strange (CAN)	Martin Renaghan (NIR)	Kalolo Fiaui (NZL) Hussain Arshad (PAK)
Light Welterweight	Peter Richardson (ENG)	Mark Winters (NIR)	Trevor Shailer (NZL) Timani Moro (GHA)
Welterweight	Neil Sinclair (NIR)	Albert Eromosele (NGR)	Richard Rowles (AUS) Wald Fleming (CAN)
Light Middleweight	Jimmy Webb (NIR)	Bob Gasio (SAM)	Joseph Townsley (SCO) Rival Cadeau (SEY)
Middleweight	Ron Donaldson (CAN)	Rasmus Ojemaye (NGR)	Peter Wanyoike (KEN) Mike Penniston-John (TRI)
Light Heavyweight	Dale Brown (CAN)	John Wilson (SCO)	France Mabiletsa (BOT) Odhiambo Opiyo (KEN)
Heavyweight	Omaar Ahmed (KEN)	Steve Gallinger (CAN)	Ezwell Ndlovu (ZIM) Charles Kizza (UGA)
Super Heavyweight	Duncan Dokiwari (NGR)	Miriambo Anyim (KEN)	Paea Wolfgramm (TON) Danny Williams (ENG)

Cycling

Track

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Time Trial	Shane Kelly (AUS)	00:01:05	Darryn Hill (AUS)	00:01:06	Tim O'Shannessey (AUS)	00:01:07
Sprint	Gary Neiwand (AUS)		Curt Harnett (CAN)		Darryn Hill (AUS)
Individual Pursuit	Brad McGee (AUS)	00:04:31	Shaun Wallace (ENG)	00:04:35	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	00:04:35
Team Pursuit	Australia Brett Aitken Brad McGee Stuart O'Grady Tim O'Shannessey	00:04:10	England Tony Doyle Rob Hayles Chris Newton Bryan Steel	caught	New Zealand Brendon Cameron Julian Dean Glen Thomson Lee Vertongen	00:04:22
10 Miles Scratch	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	00:18:51	Glenn McLeay (NZL)	00:18:51	Brian Walton (CAN)	00:18:51
Points Race	Brett Aitken (AUS)	38	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	37	Dean Woods (AUS)	23
Women
Sprint	Tanya Dubnicoff (CAN)		Michelle Ferris (AUS)		Donna Wynd (NZL)
Individual Pursuit	Kathy Watt (AUS)	00:03:49	Sarah Ulmer (NZL)	00:03:51	Jacqueline Nelson (NZL)	00:03:55
Points Race	Yvonne McGregor (ENG)	5	Jacqueline Nelson (NZL)	1+32	Sally Hodge (WAL)	1+28

Road

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Road Race	Mark Rendell (NZL)	04:46:08	Brian Fowler (NZL)	04:48:10	Willem Engelbrecht (RSA)	04:48:10
Team Time Trial	Australia Phil Anderson Dennis Brett Henk Vogels Damian McDonald	01:53:19	England Peter Longbottom Matt Illingworth Simon Lillistone Paul Jennings	01:56:41	New Zealand Brian Fowler Paul Leitch Tim Pawson Mark Rendell	01:56:53
Women
Road Race	Kathy Watt (AUS)	02:48:05	Linda Jackson (CAN)	02:48:35	Alison Sydor (CAN)	02:50:17
Team Time Trial	Australia	01:04:03	Canada	01:04:19	England	1:06:32.85

Gymnastics

Artistic

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
All-Around	Neil Thomas (ENG)	55.95	Brennon Dowrick (AUS)	55.525	Peter Hogan (AUS)	54.95
Team	Canada	164.7	Australia	164.5	England	09:00:00
Horizontal Bar	Alan Nolet (CAN)	9.512	Richard Ikeda (CAN)	9.5	Nathan Kingston (AUS)	9.325
Parallel Bars	Peter Hogan (AUS)	9.4	Kris Burley (CAN)	9.35	Brennon Dowrick (AUS)	9.25
Vault	Bret Hudson (AUS)	9.375	Kris Burley (CAN)	9.312	Neil Thomas (ENG)	9.306
Pommel Horse	Brennon Dowrick (AUS)	9.425	Nathan Kingston (AUS)	9.4	Richard Ikeda (CAN)	9.225
Rings	Lee McDermott (ENG)	9.475	Peter Hogan (AUS)	9.275	Brennon Dowrick (AUS)	9.15
Floor	Neil Thomas (ENG)	9.662	Kris Burley (CAN)	9.437	Alan Nolet (CAN)	9.15
Women
All-Around	Stella Umeh (CAN)	38.4	Rebecca Stoyal (AUS)	38.037	Zita Lusack (ENG)	37.725
Team	England	05:24:00	Canada	113.65	Australia	15:00:00
Asymmetric Bars	Rebecca Stoyal (AUS)	9.525	Stella Umeh (CAN)	9.45	Sara Thompson (NZL)	9.337
Beam	Salli Wills (AUS)	9.075	Zita Lusack (ENG)	8.987	Ruth Moniz (AUS)	8.9
Vault	Stella Umeh (CAN)	9.556	Sonia Lawrence (WAL)	9.543	Lisa Simes (CAN)	9.506
Floor	Annika Reeder (ENG)	9.75	Jackie Brady (ENG)	9.662	Lisa Simes (CAN)	9.55

Rhythmic

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women
All-Around	Kasumi Takahashi (AUS)	36.85	Camille Martens (CAN)	36.6	Debbie Southwick (ENG) Joanne Walker (SCO)	36.35
Team	Canada	106.9	Australia	105.3	England	103.3
Ball	Kasumi Takahashi (AUS)	9.2	Camille Martens (CAN)	9	Aicha McKenzie (ENG) Gretchen McLennan (CAN)	8.8
Clubs	Kasumi Takahashi (AUS)	9.4	Camille Martens (CAN)	9.15	Leigh Marning (AUS)	9
Hoop	Kasumi Takahashi (AUS)	9.3	Lindsay Richards (CAN)	9.05	Aicha McKenzie (ENG)	8.9
Ribbon	Kasumi Takahashi (AUS)	9.2	Camille Martens (CAN)	9.05	Gretchen McLennan (CAN)	9

Shooting

Pistol

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men/Open
Free Pistol	Michael Gault (ENG)	654.1	Phil Adams (AUS)	647	Bengt Sandstrom (AUS)	642.5
Free Pistol - Pairs	Phil Adams Bengt Sandström (AUS)	1104	Julian Lawton Greg Yelavich (NZL)	1094	Michael Gault Paul Leatherdale (ENG)	1082
Centre-Fire Pistol	Jaspal Rana (IND)	581	Michael Gault (ENG)	581	Greg Yelavich (NZL)	575
Centre-Fire Pistol - Pairs	Jaspal Rana Ashok Pandit (IND)	1168	Kelvin Vickers Phil Adams (AUS)	1149	Stanley Wills John Rochon (CAN)	1148
Rapid-Fire Pistol	Michael Jay (WAL)	670.2	Robert Dowling (AUS)	668.4	Pat Murray (AUS)	668.1
Rapid-Fire Pistol - Pairs	Pat Murray Robert Dowling (AUS)	1148	Richard Craven Michael Jay (WAL)	1142	Adrian Breton Graham La Maitre (GUE)	1129
Air Pistol	Jean-Pierre Huot (CAN)	672.4	Jaspal Rana (IND)	670.7	Greg Yelavich (NZL)	668.5
Air Pistol - Pairs	Mike Giustiniano Bengt Sandström (AUS)	1137	Jean-Pierre Huot John Rochon (CAN)	1135	Jaspal Rana Vivek Singh (IND)	1133
Women
Sport Pistol	Christine Trefry (AUS)	679.4	Margaret Thomas (ENG)	675	Annette Woodward (AUS)	674
Sport Pistol - Pairs	Christine Trefry Annette Woodward (AUS)	1134	Sharon Cozzarin Helen Smith (CAN)	1132	Margaret Thomas Carol Page (ENG)	1129
Air Pistol	Helen Smith (CAN)	474.2	Annette Woodward (AUS)	466.1	Sharon Cozzarin (CAN)	465.8
Air Pistol - Pairs	Annette Woodward Christine Trefry (AUS)	747	Jocelyn Lees Gerd Barkman (NZL)	745	Margaret Thomas Carol Page (ENG)	744

Rifle

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men/Open
Small Bore Rifle, Prone	Stephen Petterson (NZL)	698.4	Jim Cornish (ENG)	693.9	Michael Dion (CAN)	693.6
Small Bore Rifle, Prone - Pairs	Stephen Pettersson Lindsay Arthur (NZL)	1181	Dodangoda Chandrasiri Lakshman Rajasinghe (SRI)	1177	David Clifton Dean Turley (AUS)	1176
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions	Michael Dion (CAN)	1234.2	Wayne Sorensen (CAN)	1228.7	Alister Allan (SCO)	1224.8
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions - Pairs	Wayne Sorensen Michael Dion (CAN)	2300	Alister Allan William Murray (SCO)	2271	Chris Hector Trevor Langridge (ENG)	2259
Full Bore Rifle	David Calvert (NIR)	398	Geoffrey Smith (NZL)	398	Glyn Barnett (ENG)	397
Full Bore Rifle - Pairs	Bert Bowden Geoffrey Grenfell (AUS)	593	Glyn Barnett Anthony Ringer (ENG)	588	David Calvert Martin Millar (NIR)	584
Air Rifle	Chris Hector (ENG)	685.9	Jean-François Sénécal (CAN)	683	Nigel Wallace (ENG)	680
Air Rifle - Pairs	Jean-François Sénécal Wayne Sorensen (CAN)	1166	Chris Hector Nigel Wallace (ENG)	1161	David Rattray Robin Law (SCO)	1145
Running Target	Bryan Wilson (AUS)	657.9	Mark Bedlington (CAN)	656	Paul Carmine (NZL)	650.7
Running Target - Pairs	Mark Bedlington Matthew Bedlington (CAN)	1088	Bryan Wilson and Peter Zutenis (AUS)	1088	Paul Carmine and Anthony Clark (NZL)	1079
Women
Small Bore Rifle, Prone	Shirley McIntosh (SCO)	586	Sylvia Purdie (AUS)	585	Patricia Littlechild (SCO)	585
Small Bore Rifle, Prone - Pairs	Kim Frazer Sylvia Purdie (AUS)	1160	Shirley McIntosh Patricia Littlechild (SCO)	1158	Christina Ashcroft Linda Szulga (CAN)	1158
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions	Sharon Bowes (CAN)	666.4	Roopa Unnikrishnan (IND)	662.5	Christina Ashcroft (CAN)	661.6
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions - Pairs	Sharon Bowes Christina Ashcroft (CAN)	1143	Karen Morton Lindsay Volpin (ENG)	1132	Roopa Unnikrishnan Kuheli Gangulee (IND)	1110
Air Rifle	Photini Theophanous (CYP)	488.7	Malee Wickremasinghe (SRI)	488.5	Sharon Bowes (CAN)	488.4
Air Rifle - Pairs	Pushpamali Ramanayake Malee Wickremasinghe (SRI)	771	Karen Morton Louise Minett (ENG)	771	Christina Ashcroft Sharon Bowes (CAN)	766

Shotgun

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men/Open
Trap	Mansher Singh (IND)	141	George Leary (CAN)	140	Andreas Angelou (CYP)	137
Trap - Pairs	Tom Hewitt Samuel Allen (NIR)	188	Ron Bonotto George Leary (CAN)	187	Bob Borsley John Grice (ENG)	186
Skeet	Ian Hale (AUS)	144	Christos Kourtellas (CYP)	143	Andy Austin (ENG)	143
Skeet - Pairs	Antonis Andreou Christos Kourtellas (CYP)	189	Brian Thomson Geoffrey Jukes (NZL)	186	Michael Thomson Ian Marsden (SCO)	186

Weightlifting

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men
Flyweight	Snatch	Murgesan Veerasamy (IND)	105	Badathala Adisekhar (IND)	105	François Lagacé (CAN)	105
	Clean and Jerk	Badathala Adisekhar (IND)	132.5	Matin Guntali (MAS)	130	Murgesan Veerasamy (IND)	127.5
	Overall	Badathala Adisekhar (IND)	237.5	Murgesan Veerasamy (IND)	232.5	François Lagacé (CAN)	227.5
Bantamweight	Snatch	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	115	Chandersekaran Raghavan (IND)	110	Denis Aumais (CAN)	107.5
	Clean and Jerk	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	147.5	Chandersekaran Raghavan (IND)	145	Ben Devonshire (ENG)	132.5
	Overall	Marcus Stephen (NRU)	262.5	Chandersekaran Raghavan (IND)	255	Denis Aumais (CAN)	237.5
Featherweight	Snatch	Najite Ogbogu (NGR)	125	Sevdalin Marinov (AUS)	125	Oliver Toby (NGR)	120
	Clean and Jerk	Oliver Toby (NGR)	152.5	Sevdalin Marinov (AUS)	152.5	Najite Ogbogu (NGR)	150
	Overall	Sevdalin Marinov (AUS)	277.5	Najite Ogbogu (NGR)	275	Oliver Toby (NGR)	272.5
Lightweight	Snatch	Lawal Riliwan (NGR)	132.5	Stewart Cruikshank (ENG)	132.5	Moji Oluwa (NGR)	130
	Clean and Jerk	Moji Oluwa (NGR)	165	Satish Rai (IND)	165	Stewart Cruikshank (ENG)	160
	Overall	Moji Oluwa (NGR)	295	Satish Rai (IND)	292.5	Stewart Cruikshank (ENG)	292.5
Middleweight	Snatch	David Morgan (WAL)	147.5	Serge Trembley (CAN)	145	Damian Brown (AUS)	142.5
	Clean and Jerk	Damian Brown (AUS)	182.5	David Morgan (WAL)	180	Serge Trembley (CAN)	172.5
	Overall	David Morgan (WAL)	327.5	Damian Brown (AUS)	325	Serge Trembley (CAN)	317.5
Light Heavyweight	Snatch	Kiril Kounev (AUS)	152.5	Stephen Ward (ENG)	147.5	Jim Dan Corbett (CAN)	147.5
	Clean and Jerk	Kiril Kounev (AUS)	200	Stephen Ward (ENG)	187.5	Jim Dan Corbett (CAN)	182.5
	Overall	Kiril Kounev (AUS)	352.5	Stephen Ward (ENG)	335	Jim Dan Corbett (CAN)	330
Middle Heavyweight	Snatch	Harvey Goodman (AUS)	162.5	Peter May (ENG)	155	Collins Okoth (KEN)	120
	Clean and Jerk	Harvey Goodman (AUS)	200	Peter May (ENG)	190	Collins Okoth (KEN)	120
	Overall	Harvey Goodman (AUS)	362.5	Peter May (ENG)	345	Collins Okoth (KEN)	240
Sub Heavyweight	Snatch	Christopher Onyezie (NGR)	155	Andrew Saxton (AUS)	155	Phillip Christou (AUS)	152.5
	Clean and Jerk	Andy Callard (ENG)	197.5	Andrew Saxton (AUS)	192.5	Christopher Onyezie (NGR)	190
	Overall	Andy Callard (ENG)	347.5	Andrew Saxton (AUS)	347.5	Christopher Onyezie (NGR)	345
Heavyweight	Snatch	Nicu Vlad (AUS)	185	Innocent Chika (NGR)	160	Gareth Hives (WAL)	130
	Clean and Jerk	Nicu Vlad (AUS)	220	Innocent Chika (NGR)	200	Gareth Hives (WAL)	160
	Overall	Nicu Vlad (AUS)	405	Innocent Chika (NGR)	360	Gareth Hives (WAL)	290
Super Heavyweight	Snatch	Steven Kettner (AUS)	165	Stefan Botev (AUS)	160	Victor Edem (NGR)	155
	Clean and Jerk	Stefan Botev (AUS)	200	Steven Kettner (AUS)	195	Victor Edem (NGR)	190
	Overall	Stefan Botev (AUS)	360	Steven Kettner (AUS)	360	Victor Edem (NGR)	345

Wrestling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Light Flyweight	Jacob Isaac (NGR)	Paul Ragusa (CAN)	Ramesh Kumar (IND)
Flyweight	Selwyn Tam (CAN)	Andrew Hutchinson (ENG)	Kirpa Shankar (IND)
Bantamweight	Robert Dawson (CAN)	Ashok Kumar (IND)	Cory O'Brien (AUS)
Featherweight	Marty Calder (CAN)	John Melling (ENG)	Aroutioun Barseguian (CYP)
Lightweight	Chris Wilson (CAN)	Ibo Oziti (NGR)	Muhammad Umar (PAK)
Welterweight	David Hohl (CAN)	Rein Ozoline (AUS)	Calum McNeil (SCO)
Middleweight	Justin Abdou (CAN)	Randhir Singh (IND)	Muhammad Bhola (PAK)
Light Heavyweight	Scott Bianco (CAN)	Victor Kodei (NGR)	Graeme English (SCO)
Heavyweight	Greg Edgelow (CAN)	Noel Loban (ENG)	Subhash Verma (IND)
Super Heavyweight	Andrew Borodow (CAN)	Bidei Jackson (NGR)	Amerjit Singh (ENG)

Boxing committee

In preparation for 1994 Commonwealth Games, a boxing committee was formed in 1989. The chairperson of the boxing committee was Hassan Sunderani, and the initial members were Brian Zelley, Glyn Jones and Mike Sartori.

In the initial stages, of the committee one of the immediate tasks was to prepare a guide as to what was expected at the Games, and to document some history of amateur boxing in the Greater Victoria area. The primary work was done by chairperson Sunderani while the local boxing history was assigned to committee member Zelley, a previous news editor for the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Association in the mid-1980s and a contributor of boxing news to various news outlets in the 1970s and 80s.

The next order of business was to start the process of organizing volunteers. The first formal public meeting to begin this process took place in Victoria in the boardroom of the Victoria Commonwealth Games Society April 21, 1990. The meeting included three of the committee members, a VCHS official, and seven potential volunteers including two former Vancouver Island Amateur Boxing commissioners – Bert Wilkinson and Rick Brough.

The primary decision was to arrange a bigger meeting and consider reviving the Greater Victoria Amateur Boxing Association on a formal or informal basis and to have former experienced persons with some background in the sport of amateur boxing. That meeting took place on May 13, 1990 with twenty three persons in attendance and was listed as the "Greater Victoria Amateur Boxing Association Founding Meeting", and took place at the Princess Mary Restaurant. This would become an important meeting to begin the real work in preparation of volunteers; having a representative attend the 1990 Seattle Goodwill Games to observe; and plan and prepare for a test event in 1993. Preliminary coverage of the May 13th meeting included a piece a couple of days earlier titled Approaching Games to lift amateur boxing's profile.. The reporter Jeff Rud interviewed Games official John Stothart and boxing committee members Mike Sartori and Brian Zelley. ^[3]

Interim Boxing Chairman

During 1991 Hassan Sunderani resigned as the chairman and committee member Brian Zelley stepped-in for a one year period as the acting chairman of the committee. During this period, the primary role was to attend Sports Committee meetings^[4] while the local boxing community started to organize for potential boxing club activity. In 1992, Sunderani resumed his position and steps were taken to prepare for the pre-Commonwealth Games event in 1993. Also, some new members were appointed to the boxing committee such as Tom Black.^[5]

The 1993 test event was held in August and would include some top Canadian boxers such as Dale Brown of Calgary. Brown was highlighted in the local paper with the headlines Brown building impressive ring career;^[6] at the end of the tournament the local newspaper reported "Tournament was a perfect dry run" by Jeff Rud, August 29, 1993.^[7]

External links

References

1. ^ http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol21no6/revkleewyck.html
2. ^ http://bcheritage.ca/emilycarrhomework/writing/​klee.htm
3. ^ "Times-Colonist. Jeff Rud, May 11, 1990.
4. ^ Victoria Commonwealth Games Society, Sports Committee Meetings during 1991.
5. ^ Times-Colonist, May 17, 1993
6. ^ "Times-Colonist", August 27, 1993.
7. ^ "Times-Colonist, August 29, 1993.

• April 21, 1990, Minutes of a Meeting of Victoria Boxing Enthusiasts
• May 13, 1990, Minutes of Greater Victoria Amateur Boxing Association Founding Meeting