Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 15th Commonwealth Games

Host city	Victoria, BC, Canada
Main stadium	Centennial Stadium
Level	Senior
Participation	731 (+disabled) athletes from 54 nations
Events	42 (+2 disability)
Records set	6 Games records
← 1990 Auckland 1998 Kuala Lumpur → 1994 Commonwealth Games

At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, the athletics event were held in Victoria, BC, Canada, at the Centennial Stadium on the grounds of the University of Victoria. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male 19 by female athletes. Furthermore, 2 men's disability events were held within the programme.

There were 126 medals decided in total with England topping the table with 36 medals in total. Australia were second with 22 and the host nation Canada came third with 15.

The competition saw both the rise and fall of Horace Dove-Edwin, a sprinter from Sierra Leone. He became his country's first Commonwealth medallist with an unexpected silver medal behind Linford Christie in the 100 metres. He had not attended the opening ceremony as his country did not have enough money for a uniform and his story attracted much public sympathy and attention from the press. His meteoric rise (improving from 10.34 seconds to 10.02 over two days) was swiftly punctured as he was banned for two years after his doping test came back positive for the steroid stanozolol.^[1]

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Linford Christie England (ENG)	9.91	Michael Green^[2] Jamaica (JAM)	10.05	Frankie Fredericks Namibia (NAM)	10.06
200 metres	Frankie Fredericks Namibia (NAM)	19.97 GR	John Regis England (ENG)	20.25	Daniel Effiong Nigeria (NGR)	20.40
400 metres	Charles Gitonga Kenya (KEN)	45.00	Du'aine Ladejo England (ENG)	45.11	Sunday Bada Nigeria (NGR)	45.45
800 metres	Patrick Konchellah Kenya (KEN)	1:45.18	Hezekiél Sepeng South Africa (RSA)	1:45.76	Savieri Ngidhi Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1:46.06
1500 metres	Reuben Chesang Kenya (KEN)	3:36.70	Kevin Sullivan Canada (CAN)	3:36.78	John Mayock England (ENG)	3:37.22
5000 metres	Rob Denmark England (ENG)	13:23.00	Philemon Hanneck Zimbabwe (ZIM)	13:23.20	John Nuttall England (ENG)	13:23.54
10,000 metres	Lameck Aguta Kenya (KEN)	28:38.22	Tendai Chimusasa Zimbabwe (ZIM)	28:47.72	Fackson Nkandu Zambia (ZAM)	28:51.72
Marathon	Steve Moneghetti Australia (AUS)	2:11:49	Sean Quilty Australia (AUS)	2:14:57	Mark Hudspith England (ENG)	2:15:11
110 metres hurdles	Colin Jackson Wales (WAL)	13.08 GR	Tony Jarrett England (ENG)	13.22	Paul Gray Wales (WAL)	13.54
400 metres hurdles	Samuel Matete Zambia (ZAM)	48.67	Gideon Biwott Kenya (KEN)	49.43	Barnabas Kinyor Kenya (KEN)	49.50
3000 metres steeplechase	Johnstone Kipkoech Kenya (KEN)	8:14.72 GR	Gideon Chirchir Kenya (KEN)	8:15.25	Graeme Fell Canada (CAN)	8:23.28
4 × 100 metres relay	Canada (CAN) Donovan Bailey Glenroy Gilbert Carlton Chambers Bruny Surin	38.39	Australia (AUS) Shane Naylor Tim Jackson Paul Henderson Damien Marsh Kyle Vander Kuyp	38.88	England (ENG) Jason John Toby Box Philip Goedluck Terry Williams Mark Smith	39.39
4 × 400 metres relay	England (ENG) David McKenzie Peter Crampton Adrian Patrick Du'aine Ladejo Alex Fugallo Mark Smith	3:02.14	Jamaica (JAM) Orville Taylor Dennis Blake Linval Laird Garth Robinson Roxbert Martin	3:02.32	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Patrick Delice Neil de Silva Hayden Stephen Ian Morris	3:02.78
30 kilometres walk	Nick A'Hern Australia (AUS)	2:07:53	Tim Berrett Canada (CAN)	2:08:22	Scott Nelson New Zealand (NZL)	2:09:10
High jump	Tim Forsyth Australia (AUS)	2.32 m	Steve Smith England (ENG)	2.32 m	Geoff Parsons Scotland (SCO)	2.31 m
Pole vault	Neil Winter Wales (WAL)	5.40 m	Curtis Heywood Canada (CAN)	5.30 m	James Miller Australia (AUS)	5.30 m
Long jump	Obinna Eregbu Nigeria (NGR)	8.05 m	David Culbert Australia (AUS)	8.00 m	Ian James Canada (CAN)	7.93 m
Triple jump	Julian Golley England (ENG)	17.03 m	Jonathan Edwards England (ENG)	17.00 m	Brian Wellman Bermuda (BER)	17.00 m
Shot put	Matt Simson England (ENG)	19.49 m	Courtney Ireland New Zealand (NZL)	19.38 m	Chima Ugwu Nigeria (NGR)	19.26 m
Discus throw	Werner Reiterer Australia (AUS)	62.76 m	Adewale Olukoju Nigeria (NGR)	62.46 m	Robert Weir England (ENG)	60.86 m
Hammer throw	Sean Carlin Australia (AUS)	73.48 m	Paul Head England (ENG)	70.18 m	Peter Vivian England (ENG)	69.80 m
Javelin throw	Steve Backley England (ENG)	82.74 m	Mick Hill England (ENG)	81.84 m	Gavin Lovegrove New Zealand (NZL)	80.42 m
Decathlon	Mike Smith Canada (CAN)	8326 pts	Peter Winter Australia (AUS)	8074 pts	Simon Shirley Australia (AUS)	7980 pts

Men's disability events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
800m wheelchair	Jeff Adams Canada (CAN)	1:44.94 GR	David Holding England (ENG)	1:45.13	Paul Wiggins Australia (AUS)	1:45.40
Marathon wheelchair	Paul Wiggins Australia (AUS)	1:37:33 GR	Ivan Newman England (ENG)	1:41:55	Benjamin Lucas New Zealand (NZL)	1:42:19

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Mary Onyali Nigeria (NGR)	11.06	Christy Opara-Thompson Nigeria (NGR)	11.22	Paula Thomas England (ENG)	11.23
200 metres	Cathy Freeman Australia (AUS)	22.25 GR	Mary Onyali Nigeria (NGR)	22.35	Melinda Gainsford Australia (AUS)	22.68
400 metres	Cathy Freeman Australia (AUS)	50.38 GR	Fatima Yusuf Nigeria (NGR)	50.53	Sandie Richards Jamaica (JAM)	50.69
800 metres	Inez Turner Jamaica (JAM)	2:01.74	Charmaine Crooks Canada (CAN)	2:02.35	Gladys Wamuyu Kenya (KEN)	2:03.12
1500 metres	Kelly Holmes England (ENG)	4:08.86	Paula Schnurr Canada (CAN)	4:09.65	Gwen Griffiths South Africa (RSA)	4:10.16
3000 metres	Angela Chalmers Canada (CAN)	8:32.17 GR	Robyn Meagher Canada (CAN)	8:45.59	Alison Wyeth England (ENG)	8:47.98
10,000 metres	Yvonne Murray Scotland (SCO)	31:56.97	Elana Meyer South Africa (RSA)	32:06.02	Jane Omoro Kenya (KEN)	32:13.01
Marathon	Carole Rouillard Canada (CAN)	2:30:41	Lizanne Bussières Canada (CAN)	2:31:07	Yvonne Danson England (ENG)	2:32:24
100 metres hurdles	Michelle Freeman Jamaica (JAM)	13.12	Jacqui Agyepong England (ENG)	13.14	Sam Farquharson England (ENG)	13.38
400 metres hurdles	Sally Gunnell England (ENG)	54.51	Deon Hemmings Jamaica (JAM)	55.11	Debbie-Ann Parris Jamaica (JAM)	55.25
4 × 100 metres relay	Nigeria (NGR) Faith Idehen Mary Tombiri Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali	42.99	Australia (AUS) Monique Miers Cathy Freeman Melinda Gainsford Kathy Sambell	43.43	England (ENG) Stephi Douglas Geraldine McLeod Simmone Jacobs Paula Thomas	43.46
4 × 400 metres relay	England (ENG) Phylis Smith Tracy Joseph Linda Keough Sally Gunnell	3:27.06	Jamaica (JAM) Revoli Campbell Deon Hemmings Inez Turner Sandie Richards	3:28.63	Canada (CAN) Alanna Yakiwchuck Stacey Bowen Donalda Duprey Charmaine Crooks	3:33.52
10 kilometres walk	Kerry Saxby-Junna Australia (AUS)	44:25	Anne Manning Australia (AUS)	44:37	Janice McCaffrey Canada (CAN)	44:54
High jump	Alison Inverarity Australia (AUS)	1.94 m	Charmaine Weavers South Africa (RSA)	1.94 m	Debbie Marti England (ENG)	1.91 m
Long jump	Nicole Boegman Australia (AUS)	6.82 m	Yinka Idowu England (ENG)	6.73 m	Christy Opara-Thompson Nigeria (NGR)	6.72 m
Shot put	Judy Oakes England (ENG)	18.16 m	Myrtle Augee England (ENG)	17.64 m	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari Australia (AUS)	16.61 m
Discus throw	Daniela Costian Australia (AUS)	63.72 m	Beatrice Faumuina New Zealand (NZL)	57.12 m	Lisette Etzebeth South Africa (RSA)	55.74 m
Javelin throw	Louise McPaul Australia (AUS)	63.76 m	Kirsten Hellier New Zealand (NZL)	60.40 m	Sharon Gibson England (ENG)	58.20 m
Heptathlon	Denise Lewis England (ENG)	6325 pts	Jane Flemming Australia (AUS)	6317 pts	Catherine Bond-Mills Canada (CAN)	6193 pts

Medal table

Key

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	11	12	13	36
2	Australia (AUS)	11	6	5	22
3	Canada (CAN)	5	6	4	15
4	Kenya (KEN)	5	2	3	10
5	Nigeria (NGR)	3	4	3	10
6	Jamaica (JAM)	2	4	2	8
7	Wales (WAL)	2	0	1	3
8=	Namibia (NAM)	1	0	1	2
8=	Scotland (SCO)	1	0	1	2
8=	Zambia (ZAM)	1	0	1	2
11=	New Zealand (NZL)	0	3	2	5
11=	South Africa (RSA)	0	3	2	5
13	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	2	1	3
14=	Bermuda (BER)	0	0	1	1
14=	Nigeria (NGR)	0	0	1	1
14=	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	0	0	1	1
Total		42	42	42	126

Participation

Antigua and Barbuda (3)
Australia (77)
Bahamas (12)
Bangladesh (2)
Barbados (8)
Belize (6)
Bermuda (7)
Botswana (8)
Brunei (4)
British Virgin Islands (7)
Canada (106)
Cyprus (10)
Dominica (6)
England (106)
Falkland Islands (1)
Gambia (4)
Ghana (23)
Guyana (2)
Hong Kong (3)
Isle of Man (4)
Jamaica (31)
Jersey (1)
Kenya (46)
Lesotho (7)
Malawi (3)
Maldives (1)
Malaysia (8)
Malta (1)
Mauritius (9)
Montserrat (2)
Namibia (8)
New Zealand (26)
Nauru (1)
Nigeria (25)
Northern Ireland (10)
Pakistan (2)
Papua New Guinea (7)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
Saint Lucia (3)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
Seychelles (4)
Scotland (32)
Sierra Leone (8)
Singapore (1)
South Africa (29)
Swaziland (4)
Tanzania (2)
Tonga (6)
Trinidad and Tobago (9)
Uganda (4)
Vanuatu (2)
Wales (15)
Zambia (4)
Zimbabwe (13)

References

General

1994 Commonwealth Games (Victoria)
Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.
Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.

Specific

↑ Mackay, Duncan (1994-08-29). Commonwealth Games: Africa's hero tests positive for drugs: Runner-up to Christie in men's 100m final faces four-year ban from the sport after showing traces of steroids. The Independent. Retrieved on 2010-08-29.
↑ Horace Dove-Edwin of Sierra Leone originally won the silver medal in 10.02 seconds, but was disqualified for doping.

Athletics at the Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Games records

Sports at the 1994 Commonwealth Games (Victoria)

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