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Rowing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Rowing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was the seventh and last appearance of Rowing at the Commonwealth Games.

Rowing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
VenueWater Sports Centre, Strathclyde Country Park
LocationMotherwell, Scotland
Dates24 July to 2 August 1986
← 1962

The sport returned to the Games schedule 24 years after its last appearance in 1962. The rowing programme replaced archery, which made its debut in 1982 but it would be the last time that rowing featured at the Games.[1][2]

Competition featured 15 events, a large increase on the six held in 1962. The course was the artificial Strathclyde Loch at the Water Sports Centre in Strathclyde Country Park on the outskirts of Motherwell. The Strathclyde Reginal Council spent around £700,000 to bring the course up to international standard.[3]

England topped the rowing medal table by virtue of winning five gold medals.[4]

The rowing tower on the finish line was constructed for the 1986 Games

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England53614
2 Australia45211
3 Canada43411
4 New Zealand2428
5 Scotland0011
Totals (5 entries)15151545

Medallists

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls England Australia New Zealand
Double Sculls Canada Australia England
Coxless pair England New Zealand Scotland
Coxless four Canada New Zealand England
Coxed four England New Zealand Australia
Eights Australia England New Zealand
Lightweight single sculls Australia Canada England
Lightweight coxless four England Australia Canada

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls New Zealand Canada England
Double Sculls New Zealand Canada England
Coxless pair Canada England Australia
Coxed four Canada Australia England
Eights Australia England Canada
Lightweight single sculls Australia New Zealand Canada
Lightweight coxless four England Australia Canada

Men's finals

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Single sculls

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Pos Athlete Time
1England Steve Redgrave7:28.29
2Australia Richard Powell7:32.64
3New Zealand Eric Verdonk7:39.11
4Scotland Phillip Kittermaster7:45.67
5Canada Mike Hughes7:49.04
6Wales Chris Howell7:50.42

Double sculls

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Coxless pair

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Coxless four

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Coxed four

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Eights

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Pos Athlete Time
1Australia James Galloway, Malcolm Batten, Andrew Cooper, Mike McKay, Mark Doyle
James Tomkins, Ion Popa, Steve Evans, Dale Caterson (cox)		5:44.42
2England John Garrett, John Maxey, Jonathan Spencer-Jones, Mark Buckingham, Patrick Broughton
Richard Stanhope, Stephen Peel, Terence Dillon, Vaughan Thomas (cox)		5:46.35
3New Zealand Mike Burrell[5], Neil Gibson[6], Barrie Mabbott[7], Shane O'Brien[8], Andrew Stevenson[9]
Don Symon[10], Carl Vincent[11], Ian Wright[12], Andy Hay (cox)[13]		5:47.97
4Canada John Ossowski, Eric Kovits, John Houlding, Dave Ross, Andy Crosby
Mark Fortune, Jason Dorland, Don Telfer, Brian McMahon (cox)		5:47.99
5Scotland Charles Ivatt, John Bowie, Archie McConnell, Doug McFarlane, Martin Holmes
Quintin McKellar, William Brown, David Ivatt, Joe Kelly		5:54.50
6Wales Guy Thomas, Iestyn Roberts, Michael Hnatiw, Robin Roberts, Ivor Lloyd
Paul Taylor, Nicholas Hartland, Michael Partridge, Chris Jenkins		6:20.81

Lightweight single sculls

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Pos Athlete Time
1Australia Peter Antonie7:16.43
2Canada Peter Tattersall7:26.65
3England Carl Smith7:27.34
4Wales Robin Williams7:35.95
5Northern Ireland John Armstrong7:36.64
6New Zealand Dale Maher7:44.14

Lightweight coxless four

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Women's finals

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Single sculls

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Pos Athlete Time
1New Zealand Stephanie Foster7:43.22
2Canada Lisa Wright7:48.90
3England Gillian Bond7:52.82
4Australia Adair Ferguson7:56.49
5Wales Rhian Davies8:21.41

Double sculls

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Coxless pair

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Coxed four

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Eights

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Lightweight single sculls

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Pos Athlete Time
1Australia Adair Ferguson7:45.49
2New Zealand Philippa Baker7:45.82
3Canada Heather Hattin7:52.14
4England Beryl Crockford7:58.05
5Scotland Carol-Ann Wood8:06.46
6Wales Rhian Davies8:18.24

Lightweight coxless four

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References

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  1. ↑ "Medal Standings Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "1986 Commonwealth Games— Edinburgh Scotland". Australian Rowing History. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Plans are well on course for rowing event where athlets will go for gold". Motherwell Times. 20 February 1986. p. 12. Retrieved 14 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Rowing". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Mike Burrell". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Neil Gibson". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Barrie Mabbott". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Shane O'Brien". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Andrew Stevenson". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Don Symon". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Carl Vincent". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  12. ↑ "Ian Wright". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Andrew Hay". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  14. ↑ "Commonwealth Games". The Standard. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  15. ↑ "Results: Day Two". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 July 1986. p. 49. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
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