Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 15th Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the 15th Commonwealth Games
Dates	21–28 August 1994
Host city	Victoria, BC, Canada
Venue	Centennial Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	42 (+2 disability)
Participation	732 (+disabled) athletes from ; 54 nations
Records set	11 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 details	Linford Christie England	9.91 GR	Michael Green^[2] Jamaica	10.05	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	10.06
200 metres details	Frankie Fredericks Namibia	19.97 GR	John Regis England	20.25	Daniel Effiong Nigeria	20.40
400 metres details	Charles Gitonga Kenya	45.00	Du'aine Ladejo England	45.11	Sunday Bada Nigeria	45.45
800 metres details	Patrick Konchellah Kenya	1:45.18	Hezekiél Sepeng South Africa	1:45.76	Savieri Ngidhi Zimbabwe	1:46.06
1500 metres details	Reuben Chesang Kenya	3:36.70	Kevin Sullivan Canada	3:36.78	John Mayock England	3:37.22
5000 metres details	Rob Denmark England	13:23.00	Philemon Hanneck Zimbabwe	13:23.20	John Nuttall England	13:23.54
10,000 metres details	Lameck Aguta Kenya	28:38.22	Tendai Chimusasa Zimbabwe	28:47.72	Fackson Nkandu Zambia	28:51.72
Marathon details	Steve Moneghetti Australia	2:11:49	Sean Quilty Australia	2:14:57	Mark Hudspith England	2:15:11
110 metres hurdles details	Colin Jackson Wales	13.08 GR	Tony Jarrett England	13.22	Paul Gray Wales	13.54
400 metres hurdles details	Samuel Matete Zambia	48.67	Gideon Biwott Kenya	49.43	Barnabas Kinyor Kenya	49.50
3000 metres steeplechase details	Johnstone Kipkoech Kenya	8:14.72 GR	Gideon Chirchir Kenya	8:15.25	Graeme Fell Canada	8:23.28
4 × 100 metres relay details	Canada (CAN) Donovan Bailey Glenroy Gilbert Carlton Chambers Bruny Surin	38.39 GR	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 details	England (ENG) David McKenzie Peter Crampton Adrian Patrick Du'aine Ladejo Alex Fugallo Mark Smith	3:02.14 GR	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 details	Nick A'Hern Australia	2:07:53	Tim Berrett Canada	2:08:22	Scott Nelson New Zealand	2:09:10
High jump details	Tim Forsyth Australia	2.32 m	Steve Smith England	2.32 m	Geoff Parsons Scotland	2.31 m
Pole vault details	Neil Winter Wales	5.40 m GR	Curtis Heywood Canada	5.30 m	James Miller Australia	5.30 m
Long jump details	Obinna Eregbu Nigeria	8.05 m	David Culbert Australia	8.00 m	Ian James Canada	7.93 m
Triple jump details	Julian Golley England	17.03 m	Jonathan Edwards England	17.00 m	Brian Wellman Bermuda	17.00 m
Shot put details	Matt Simson England	19.49 m	Courtney Ireland New Zealand	19.38 m	Chima Ugwu Nigeria	19.26 m
Discus throw details	Werner Reiterer Australia	62.76 m	Adewale Olukoju Nigeria	62.46 m	Robert Weir England	60.86 m
Hammer throw details	Sean Carlin Australia	73.48 m	Paul Head England	70.18 m	Peter Vivian England	69.80 m
Javelin throw details	Steve Backley England	82.74 m	Mick Hill England	81.84 m	Gavin Lovegrove New Zealand	80.42 m
Decathlon details	Mike Smith Canada	8326 pts	Peter Winter Australia	8074 pts	Simon Shirley England	7980 pts

Men's EAD

(Elite athletes with a disability)

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

Women

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

Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	12	6	6	24
2	England	11	14	13	38
3	Canada*	6	6	4	16
4	Kenya	5	2	3	10
5	Nigeria	3	4	4	11
6	Jamaica	2	4	2	8
7	Wales	2	0	1	3
8	Namibia	1	0	1	2
	Scotland	1	0	1	2
	Zambia	1	0	1	2
11	New Zealand	0	3	3	6
12	South Africa	0	3	2	5
13	Zimbabwe	0	2	1	3
14	Bermuda	0	0	1	1
14	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		44	44	44	132