1998 Commonwealth Games

XVI Commonwealth Games
Sukan Komanwel ke-16

Host city	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Motto	Bersama-sama Gemilangkannya (Together we'll glorify this moment)
Nations participating	69
Athletes participating	3638
Events	214 in 15 sports
Opening ceremony	11 September
Closing ceremony	21 September
Officially opened by	Tuanku Jaafar King of Malaysia
Officially closed by	Elizabeth II
Athlete's Oath	Shalin Zulkifli
Queen's Baton Final Runner	Koh Eng Tong
Main venue	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The 1998 Commonwealth Games (Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16), was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedented facts in the history of the event. The 1998 games were the first held in an Asian country and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th century. This was also the first time the games took place in a nation with a head of state other than the Head of the Commonwealth, and the first time the games were held in a country whose majority of the population did not have English as the first language. For the first time ever, the games included team sports. The other bid from the 1998 games came from Adelaide in Australia.^[1]

Malaysia was the eighth nation to host the Commonwealth Games after Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, Wales, Jamaica and Scotland. The games were held from 11 to 21 September 1998, although the first finals were held on September 7. Around 3638 athletes from 69 Commonwealth member nations participated at the games which featured 214 events in 15 sports with 34 of them collected medals. The games was opened by the King of Malaysia, Tuanku Jaafar at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.

The final medal tally was led by Australia, followed by Canada, England and host Malaysia. The games were deemed generally successful, with the rising standards of competition amongst the Commonwealth member nations.

Host selection[edit]

Kuala Lumpur was selected to stage the games at the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Games Federation in Barcelona, Spain during the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1]

1998 Commonwealth Games Bidding Results
City	CGA Name	Votes
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	40
Adelaide	Australia	25

Overview[edit]

Opening ceremony[edit]

The 16th Commonwealth Games opening ceremony took place on 11 September 1998 at 20:00 MST (UTC+08:00). During the ceremony, approximately 4,840 Soka Gakkai volunteers displayed coloured flip cards which depicted sporting images, flags of the Commonwealth nations and messages that heralded the first games in Asia in the 68 years since their inception. The ceremony was preceded by a pre-show concert by Malaysian pop singers such as Norzila Binti Haji Aminuddin, Shahrul Anuar Zain, Siti Roziana Binti Zain, Shaheila binti Abdul Majid, Amy Mastura Binti Suhaimi, Ning Baizura binti Sheikh Hamzah and Siti Nurhaliza Binti Tarudin, performance by local comedian Harith Iskander and 16 paratroopers who descended down the stadium.

The ceremony began with the arrival of dignitaries including the Chairman of Commonwealth Games Federation Mr Michael Fennel, Prince Edward, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister Dato Seri, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the Yang Dipertuan Agong and Malaysian minister of Youth and Sports Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. This was followed by the parade of nations — 69 participating nations, led by mascot Wira and previous games' mascots (Canada being the first country to come into the stadium as host country of the previous games, and Malaysia entering last as hosts).The Singaporean delegation was jeered by the crowd during the parade of nations.^[2] Then came a performance about a Malaysian rainforest by 2,000 school children who dressed as birds, bees and flowers.^[3]

After the performance, the Queen's message was delivered in the Queen's Baton, which arrived in the main stadium of Kuala Lumpur on elephant-back, and was run in relay to the stadium while the athletes marched in. 1978 Commonwealth Games badminton gold medal winner Sylvia Ng took the last lap with the baton and handed it off to Koh Eng Tong, a weightlifter who won a gold medal in weightlifting for Malaya in the 1950 British Empire Games, to take the final few feet to Prince Edward.

Contrary to tradition, the games were officially opened by the Malaysian head of state, Yang di Pertuan Agong Tuanku Jaafar by striking the gong three times. A burst of fireworks and blurring of the giant bunga raya and a 16-gun salute which represents 1998 Commonwealth Games being the 16th-edition games, signified the beginning of the games.^[4][5][6] The Commonwealth Games flag was then brought into the stadium raised to the theme song of the Games Forever As One written by local composer, Goh Boon Hoe. Malaysian bowler Shalin Zulkifli later take the oath on behalf of the athletes.

The ceremony concluded with a 40-minute performance, titled "Aur di Tebing" (Bamboo at the riverside) with the theme 'Unity towards Progress', which was conveyed through dance, music, and intricate human graphics. 2,000 performers swirled and danced carrying trays of bunga emas (golden flowers) on their heads during a mass silat display. The show told the Malaysian history from ancient Malacca to the present development in Malaysia, its political, economical and technological achievements as well as its people's vision of peace, prosperity and unity and lifestyle.^[7]

Logo[edit]

The logo of the 1998 Commonwealth Games is an image of the national flower of Malaysia, the hibiscus (the bunga raya), the first games logo to introduce the colour yellow. (All previous logos had been red, white and blue to reflect the colours of the British Union Flag.) The red, blue, white and yellow colours represents the colours of the Malaysian national flag and Malaysia as a confident, young, dynamic nation. The yellow pollens represent the six regions of the world that includes the 68 Commonwealth member nations.

Mascot[edit]

The official mascot of the 1998 Commonwealth Games is an orangutan named Wira (Malay for "warrior" or "hero"). It is said that the orangutan is the largest and probably the most intelligent primate in Asia which lives in the tropical rainforests of Malaysia. The adoption of orangutan as a games' mascot is to represent the friendly personality of Malaysia as the games' host as well as the charm, intelligence, and sporting ability of the participating athletes.^[8]

Sports overview[edit]

The host nation achieved its best-ever haul of ten gold medals which has since been surpassed by its achievement in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where Malaysia won twelve gold medals.

The 16th Commonwealth Games host newly introduced team sports of cricket, field hockey, netball and rugby sevens and individuals sports of ten-pin bowling and squash, while of athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowls, shooting, swimming and weightlifting to make a total of 15 sports contested.

In front of 20,000 fans at the Petaling Jaya Stadium, rugby sevens in particular were an enormous success with New Zealand collecting its 100th Commonwealth Games medal with a 21–12 win over plucky Fiji, (the reigning world champions). Man of the match was the giant Jonah Lomu who had worked tirelessly during the 10-minutes-each-way final.
Led by veteran star David Campese, Australia took the bronze beating Samoa 33–12.

In the squash event many had anticipated a close match between Michelle Martin and Sarah Fitz-Gerald who had both comfortably won their respective semi-finals. Fitz-Gerald had won the previous two years' World Opens and Martin the three prior to that and so it was with some surprise to many that Martin took the gold in three straight sets 9–0, 9–6, 9–5. Fitz-Gerald did avenge this defeat in the final of the world championship later that year, in what many people regard as the greatest women's final ever, coming back from 8–2 down in the fifth to retain her title.
Martin also teamed up with Craig Rowland to take the Commonwealth mixed doubles gold.

Erika-Leigh Stirton took five of the six available gold medals in the rhythmic gymnastics only being beaten into second place in the team event in the hosts took gold.^[9][10]

Closing ceremony[edit]

The closing ceremony took place on 21 September 1998 at 20:00 MST (UTC+08:00). The attendees of the ceremony included Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tuanku Najihah, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his wife, Commonwealth Games federation president (CGF), Michael Fennel; Commonwealth of Nations Secretary-general Chief Emeka Anyaoku; Minister of youth and sports Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Executive Chairman of Sukom Ninety Eight Berhad, Tan Sri Hashim Mohd. Ali.

The ceremony began with Queen Elizabeth and King Ja'afar's arrival in a limousine, for inspection of guards of honour of the Royal Malay Regiment. The British national anthem God Save The Queen was played followed by Malaysia's national anthem Negaraku. This was followed by a 3-part cultural performance led by a band performance by 400 school students from Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur followed by an upbeat song performance from local artist Jay Jay.

A 15-minute presentation from England, host of the 2002 edition was later staged which included songs from the group New Order, video-clippings of the city's interesting sites, its people view on the 2002 Games and a message from British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

A contemporary farewell dance performance by Malaysia, featured Siti Nurhaliza and Noraniza Idris concludes the cultural performance. Soon afterwards, all the participants, flag-bearers and the volunteers march into the stadium and Olympic council of Malaysia president Tan Sri Hamzah Abu Samah later declared the returning of the flags of all the participating nations.

Next, the flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation is lowered by Malaysian Armed Forces personnel to the games theme song, Forever as one and is paraded around the stadium before being handed over to the Games Federation president, Michael Fennel. Fennel handed over the flag to the mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Tan Sri Kamarulzaman Sharif who then handed it over to the Chief Citizen of Manchester city, Gordon Conquest. Queen Elizabeth went on to declared the games closed and after that leaves the stadium with King Jaafar and other dignitaries after the national anthem of Malaysia and the United Kingdom, was played again followed by Auld Lang Syne. Prime minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad later made an announcement to declare 28 September 1998 as a national public holiday to commemorate the nation's success in hosting the games. The ceremony concluded with a concert performed by Six Commonwealth Top Singers representing the six regions of the Commonwealth Federation and local artists.^[11][12][13]

Participating teams[edit]

Sixty-nine teams were represented at the 1998 Games. Nigeria did not participate as it was still banned from the Commonwealth due to the tyrannical dictatorship of Sani Abacha who had died earlier that year.^[14]

Participating Commonwealth countries and territories
Anguilla  Antigua and Barbuda  Australia  Bahamas  Bangladesh  Barbados  Belize  Bermuda  Botswana  British Virgin Islands  Brunei  Cameroon  Canada  Cayman Islands  Cook Islands  Cyprus  Dominica  England  Falkland Islands  Fiji  Ghana  Gibraltar  Grenada  Guernsey  Guyana  India  Isle of Man  Jamaica  Jersey  Kenya  Kiribati  Lesotho  Malawi  Malaysia  Maldives  Malta  Mauritius  Montserrat  Mozambique  Namibia  Nauru  New Zealand  Norfolk Island  Northern Ireland  Pakistan  Papua New Guinea  Saint Helena and Dependencies  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Samoa  Scotland  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Singapore  Solomon Islands  South Africa  Sri Lanka  Swaziland  Tanzania  The Gambia  Tonga  Trinidad and Tobago  Turks and Caicos Islands  Uganda  Vanuatu  Wales  Zambia  Zimbabwe
Debuting Commonwealth countries and territories
Cameroon  Kiribati  Mozambique  Namibia

Venues[edit]

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Kuala Lumpur

National Sports Complex, Malaysia

• National Stadium, Bukit Jalil – Opening/Closing Ceremony, Athletics (Track and field)
• Putra Stadium, (Indoor) Bukit Jalil – Gymnastics
• National Aquatic Centre – Aquatics (Swimming, Diving, Synchronised swimming)
• National Hockey Stadium – Hockey (men)
• National Squash Centre – Squash

Bukit Kiara Sports Complex

• Juara Stadium – Netball
• National Lawn Bowls Centre – Lawn Bowls

Other venues

• Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur – Athletics (Marathon)
• Titiwangsa Lake Gardens – Athletics (Race walking (outdoor))
• Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium – Badminton
• Cheras Veledrome, Kuala Lumpur – Cycling (Track)
• Royal Military College, Sungai Besi – Cricket (Heats)
• Victoria Institution – Cricket (Heats)
• Tenaga National Sports Complex – Cricket (Heats)
• Kelab Aman, Ampang – Cricket (Heats, Bronze playoff)
• Kuala Lumpur Hockey Stadium, Pantai – Hockey (Women)

Selangor

• Mines Convention Centre – Weightlifting
• Shah Alam – Cycling (Road)
• Malawati Stadium, Shah Alam – Boxing
• Sunway Pyramid, Subang Jaya – Bowling
• Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya – Rugby
• Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) Kelana Jaya – Cricket (Finals)
• Rubber Research Institute, Sungai Buloh – Cricket (Heats)

Kedah

• Langkawi International Shooting Range (Lisram) – Shooting

The athletes' village (Vista Kommanwel) is located beside the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil. It consists of three tower blocks of 30 storeys and six hillside blocks of 19 storeys with 1,300 condominiums and an International Shopping Zone.

Sponsors[edit]

A total of 55 companies and organisations sponsored the games, including Malaysian state-owned entreprises.

Calendar[edit]

Medal table[edit]

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Key

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	80	61	58	199
2	England (ENG)	36	47	53	136
3	Canada (CAN)	30	31	38	99
4	Malaysia (MAS)*	10	14	12	36
5	South Africa (RSA)	9	11	14	34
6	New Zealand (NZL)	8	7	20	35
7	Kenya (KEN)	8	5	4	17
8	India (IND)	7	10	8	25
9	Jamaica (JAM)	4	2	0	6
10	Wales (WAL)	3	4	8	15
11	Scotland (SCO)	3	2	7	12
12	Nauru (NRU)	3	0	0	3
13	Northern Ireland (NIR)	2	1	2	5
14	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	2	0	3	5
15	Ghana (GHA)	1	1	3	5
16	Mauritius (MRI)	1	1	2	4
17	Cyprus (CYP)	1	1	1	3
	Tanzania (TAN)	1	1	1	3
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	1	1	1	3
20	Bahamas (BAH)	1	1	0	2
	Mozambique (MOZ)	1	1	0	2
22	Barbados (BAR)	1	0	2	3
23	Lesotho (LES)	1	0	0	1
24	Cameroon (CMR)	0	3	3	6
25	Namibia (NAM)	0	2	1	3
26	Seychelles (SEY)	0	2	0	2
27	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	1	1	2
28	Bermuda (BER)	0	1	0	1
	Fiji (FIJ)	0	1	0	1
	Isle of Man (IOM)	0	1	0	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	1	0	1
32	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	0	0	1	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	0	1	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (34 nations)		214	214	245	673

Medals by event[edit]

Aquatics[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Badminton[edit]

Boxing[edit]

Weight	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light flyweight (48 kg)	Sapok Biki  Malaysia	Moses Kinyua  Kenya	Boudik Kazanijian  Cyprus Gary Jones  England
Flyweight (51 kg)	Richard Sunee  Mauritius	Liam Cunningham  Northern Ireland	Phumzile Matyhila  South Africa Jackson Asiku  Uganda
Bantamweight (54 kg)	Michael Yomba  Tanzania	Herman Ngoudjo  Cameroon	Adnan Yusoh  Malaysia Andrew Kooner  Canada
Featherweight (57 kg)	Alex Arthur  Scotland	Marty O'Donnell  Canada	Lynch Ipera  Papua New Guinea James Swan  Australia
Lightweight (60 kg)	Raymond Narh  Ghana	Ali Asghar  Pakistan	Andrew McLean  England Giovanni Frontin  Mauritius
Light welterweight (63.5 kg)	Michael Strange  Canada	Gerry Legras  Seychelles	Casey Johns  Australia Davis Mwale  Zambia
Welterweight (67 kg)	Jeremy Molitor  Canada	Absolom Okoth  Kenya	Colin McNeil  Scotland Lynden Hosking  Australia
Light middleweight (71 kg)	Chris Bessey  England	Scott MacIntosh  Canada	James Tony  Ghana Jackie Townsley  Scotland
Middleweight (75 kg)	John Pearce  England	Jitender Kumar  India	Trevor Stewardson  Canada Brian Magee  Northern Ireland
Light heavyweight (81 kg)	Courtney Fry  England	Troy Amos-Ross  Canada	Samuel Odindo  Kenya Charles Adamu  Ghana
Heavyweight (91 kg)	Mark Simmons  Canada	Roland Raforme  Seychelles	Kevin Evans  Wales Garth da Silva  New Zealand
Super heavyweight (over 91 kg)	Audley Harrison  England	Michael Macaque  Mauritius	Justin Whitehead  Australia Moyoyo Aloryi  Ghana

Cricket[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's cricket	South Africa	Australia	New Zealand

Cycling[edit]

Track cycling[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 1000 m individual sprint	Darryn Hill  Australia	Sean Eadie  Australia	Barry Forde  Barbados
Women's 1000 m individual sprint	Tanya Dubnicoff  Canada	Michelle Ferris  Australia	Lori-Ann Muenzer  Canada
Men's 1000m track time trial	Shane Kelly  Australia	Jason Queally  England	Joshua Kersten  Australia
Women's 3000 m individual pursuit	Sarah Ulmer  New Zealand	Alayna Burns  Australia	Yvonne McGregor  England
Men's 4000 m individual pursuit	Brad McGee  Australia	Luke Roberts  Australia	Matt Illingworth  England
Men's 4000 m team pursuit	Australia Brad McGee Brett Lancaster Luke Roberts Michael Rogers Timothy Lyons	England Bradley Wiggins Colin Sturgess Jon Clay Matt Illingworth Robert Hayles	New Zealand Brendon Cameron Greg Henderson Lee Vertongen Timothy Carswell
Men's 25 scratch race	Michael Rogers  Australia	Shaun Wallace  England	Timothy Barswell  New Zealand
Women's 24 km points race	Alayna Burns  Australia	Sarah Ulmer  New Zealand	Annie Gariepy  Canada
Men's 40 km points race	Glen Thomson  New Zealand	Rob Hayles  England	Greg Henderson  New Zealand

Road bicycle racing[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's 28 km individual time trial	Anna Wilson  Australia	Linda Jackson  Canada	Kathy Watt  Australia
Men's 42 km individual time trial	Eric Wohlberg  Canada	Stuart O'Grady  Australia	David George  South Africa
Women's 92 km road race	Lyne Bessette  Canada	Susy Pryde  New Zealand	Anna Wilson  Australia
Men's 184 km road race	Jay Sweet  Australia	Rosli Effandy  Malaysia	Eric Wohlberg  Canada

Gymnastics[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's balance beam	Trudy McIntosh  Australia	Zeena McLaughlin  Australia	Lisa Leveille  Canada
Women's floor exercise	Annika Reeder  England	Allana Slater  Australia	Zeena McLaughlin  Australia
Women's uneven bars	Lisa Skinner  Australia	Veronique Leeleve  Canada	Zeena McLaughlin  Australia
Women's vault	Lisa Mason  England	Trudy McIntosh  Australia	Annika Reeder  England
Women's all round individual	Zeena McLaughlin  Australia	Allana Slater  Australia	Trudy McIntosh  Australia
Women's all round team event	Australia Allana Slater Katarina Frketic Lisa Skinner Trudy McIntosh Zeena McLaughlin	England Annika Reeder Gemma Cuff Kelly Hackman Lisa Mason Melissa Wilcox	Canada Crystal Gilmore Emilie Fournier Katie Rowland Lise Leveille Veronique Leclerc
Men's floor exercise	Andrei Kravtsov  Australia	Christian Brezeanu  South Africa	John Smethurst  England David Phillips  New Zealand
Men's horizontal or high bar	Alexander Jeltkov  Canada	Kris Burley  Canada	Lee McDermott  England
Men's parallel bars	Andrei Kravtsov  Australia	Richard Ikede  Canada	Brett Hudson  Australia
Men's pommel horse	Andrei Kravtsov  Australia	Richard Ikede  Canada	Brennon Dowrick  Australia
Men's rings	Pavel Mamine  Australia	Andrew Atherton  England	Athol Myhill  South Africa
Men's vault	Simon Hutcheon  South Africa	Christian Brezeanu  South Africa	Brett Hudson  Australia
Men's all round individual	Andrei Kravtsov  Australia	Andrew Atherton  England	Brennon Dowrick  Australia
Men's all round team event	England Andrew Atherton Craig Heap John Smethurst Lee McDermott Ross Brewer	Australia Andrei Kravtsov Brennon Dowrick Brett Hudson Pavel Mamine Philippe Rizzo	Canada Alexander Jeltkov Grant Golding Kristan Burley Peter Schmid Richard Ikeda
Women's rhythmic clubs	Erika Leigh Stirton  Canada	Shaneez Johnston  Australia	Emilie Livingston  Canada
Women's rhythmic hoop	Erika Leigh Stirton  Canada	Thye Chee Kiat  Malaysia	Leigh Marning  Australia
Women's rhythmic ribbon	Erika Leigh Stirton  Canada	Shaneez Johnston  Australia	Carolyn Au Yong  Malaysia
Women's rhythmic rope	Erika Leigh Stirton  Canada	Leigh Marning  Australia	Thye Chee Kiat  Malaysia
Women's rhythmic all round individual	Erika Leigh Stirton  Canada	Leigh Marning  Australia	Shaneez Johnston  Australia
Women's rhythmic all round team	Malaysia Carolyn Au-Yong Chee Kiat Thye El Regina Tajudin Sarina Sundara Rajah	Canada Emilie Livingston Erika Leigh Stirton Katie Iafolla	Australia Danielle Leray Kristy Darrah Leigh Marning Shaneez Johnston

(Field) Hockey[edit]

Lawn bowls[edit]

Netball[edit]

Rugby sevens[edit]

Shooting[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's air pistol individual	Mick Gault  England	Jaspal Rana  India	Greg Yelavich  New Zealand
Women's air pistol individual	Annemarie Forder  Australia	Christine Trefry  Australia	Tania Corrigan  New Zealand
Men's air pistol team	Nick Baxter and Mick Gault  England	Jaspal Rana and Satendra Kumar  India	John Rochon and Jean-Pierre Huot  Canada
Women's air pistol pairs	Annemarie Forder and Christine Trefry  Australia	Tania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees  New Zealand	Kamisah Abdul Jalal and Suriani Othman  Malaysia
Men's air rifle individual	Chris Hector  England	Mohd Emran Zakaria  Malaysia	Zlatko Beneta  Australia
Women's air rifle individual	Nurul Huda Baharin  Malaysia	Sharon Bowes  Canada	Louise Minett  England
Men's air rifle team	Chris Hector and Nigel Wallace  England	Abdul Mutalib Abdul Razak and Mohammed Emran Zakaria  Malaysia	David Rattray and Robin Law  Scotland
Women's air rifle pirs	Christina Ashcroft and Sharon Bowes  Canada	Belinda Muehlberg and Noemi Rostas  Australia	Louise Minett and Rebecca Spicer  England
Men's 25 m centre-fire pistol individual	Jaspal Rana  India	Allan McDonald  South Africa	John Rochon  Canada
Men's 25 m centre-fire pistol pairs	Jaspal Rana and Ashok Pandit  India	John Rochon and Metodi Igorov  Canada	Mike Giustiniano and Bruce Quick  Australia
Men's Clay Pigeon trap individual	Michael Diamond  Australia	Ian Peel  England	Desmond Coe  New Zealand
Men's free pistol individual	Mick Gault  England	Francois Van Tonder  South Africa	Bruce Quick  Australia
Men's free pistol pairs	Nick Baxter and Mick Gault  England	David Moore and Bruce Quick  Australia	John Rochon and Jean-Pierre Huot  Canada
Fullbore rifle Queens prize open pair	David Calvert and Martin Millar  Northern Ireland	James Paton and Alain Marion  Canada	David Davies and Christopher Hockley  Wales
Fullbore rifle Queens prize open individual	James Paton  Canada	Zainal Abidin Md Zain  Malaysia	Andrew Luckman  England
Men's Olympic trap individual	Michael Diamond  Australia	Ian Peel  England	Desmond Coe  New Zealand
Men's Olympic trap team	Mansher Singh and Manavjit Singh  India	Michael Diamond and Ben Kelley  Australia	Bob Borsley and Ian Peel  England
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol individual	Metodi Igorov  Canada	Allan McDonald  South Africa	Bhanwar Dhaka  India
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol pairs	Mike Giustiniano and Pat Murray  Australia	Jason Wakeling and Alan Earle  New Zealand	Allan McDonald and André van Emmenis  South Africa
Men's skeet individual	Desmond Davies  Wales	Joe Trinci  Canada	David Cunningham  Australia
Men's skeet pairs	Costas Stratis and Antonis Nicolaides  Cyprus	Andy Austin and Drew Harvey  England	Douglas McCutcheon and Joe Trinci  Canada
Men's smallbore rifle three positions individual	Timothy Lowndes  Australia	Wayne Sorensen  Canada	Kenneth Parr  England
Men's free rifle three positions pairs	Michael Dion and Wayne Sorensen  Canada	Les Imgrund and Tim Lowndes  Australia	Chris Hector and Kenneth Parr  England
Men's free rifle prone individual	Stephen Petterson  New Zealand	David Moore  Isle of Man	Gavin van Rhyn  South Africa
Men's free rifle prone pairs	Gavin van Rhyn and Michael Thiele  South Africa	Philip Scanlan and Neil Day  England	Tim Lowndes and Warren Potent  Australia
Women's free rifle prone individual	Roopa Unnikrishnan  India	Carrie Quigley  Australia	Sally Johnston  New Zealand
Women's free rifle prone pairs	Carrie Quigley and Kim Frazer  Australia	Christina Ashcroft and Maureen Spinney  Canada	Susan Bell and Shirley McIntosh  Scotland
Women's smallbore sport rifle three positions individual	Susan McCready  Australia	Sharon Bowes  Canada	Roslina Bakar  Malaysia
Women's smallbore sport rifle Three positions pairs	Sharon Bowes and Christina Ashcroft  Canada	Val Martin and Donna Potgieter  South Africa	Shirley McIntosh and Janis Thomson  Scotland
Women's sport pistol individual	Christine Trefry  Australia	Bibiana Ng Pei Chin  Malaysia	Kim Eagles  Canada
Women's sport pistol pairs	Christine Trefry and Annette Woodward  Australia	Tania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees  New Zealand	Bibiana Ng Pei Chin and Norsita Mahmud  Malaysia

Squash[edit]

Ten-pin bowling[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Kenny Ang  Malaysia, 6046 points	Bill Rowe  Canada, 5946	Warren Rennox  Canada, 5850
Women's singles	Cara Honeychurch  Australia, 6406	Maxine Nable  Australia, 6028	Lai Kin Ngoh  Malaysia, 5920
Men's doubles	Kenny Ang and Ben Heng  Malaysia, 3522	Antoine Jones and Conrad Lister  Bermuda, 3329	Michael Muir and Frank Ryan  Australia, 3229
Women's doubles	Cara Honeychurch and Maxine Nable  Australia, 3678	Lai Kin Ngoh and Shalin Zulkifli  Malaysia, 3548	Pauline Buck and Gemma Burden  England, 3536
Mixed doubles	Frank Ryan and Cara Honeychurch  Australia, 3605	Richard Hood and Pauline Buck  England, 3560	Bill Rowe and Jane Amlinger  Canada, 3536

Weightlifting[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 56 kg snatch	Mehmey Yagci  Australia, 107.5 kg	Arumugam K. Pandian  India 107.5 kg	Matin Guntali  Malaysia, 105 kg
Men's 56 kg clean and jerk	Dharmaraj Wilson  India, 140 kg	Arumugam K. Pandian  India 137.5 kg	Matin Guntali  Malaysia, 135 kg
Men's 56 kg combined	Arumugam K. Pandian  India, 245 kg	Dharmaraj Wilson  India, 242.5 kg	Matin Guntali  Malaysia, 240 kg
Men's 62 kg snatch	Marcus Stephen  Nauru, 125 kg	Yurik Sarkisyan  Australia, 125 kg	Ganapathy Gnanasekar  India, 117.5 kg
Men's 62 kg clean and jerk	Marcus Stephen  Nauru, 167.5 kg	Yurik Sarkisyan  Australia, 157.5 kg	Murugesan Arun  India, 155 kg
Men's 62 kg combined	Marcus Stephen  Nauru, 292.5 kg	Yurik Sarkisyan  Australia, 282.5 kg	Murugesan Arun  India, 272.5 kg
Men's 69 kg snatch	Sebastien Groulx  Canada, 130 kg	Stewart Cruikshank  England, 130 kg	Tony Morgan  Wales, 130 kg,
Men's 69 kg clean and jerk	Muhamad Hidayat Hamidon  Malaysia, 167.5 kg	Sebastien Groulx  Canada, 167.5 kg	G. Vadivelu  India, 135.5 kg
Men's 69 kg combined	Sebastien Groulx  Canada, 297.5 kg	Muhamad Hidayat Hamidon  Malaysia, 295 kg	Sandip Kumar  India, 285 kg
Men's 77 kg snatch	Satheesha Rai  India, 147.5 kg	Dave Morgan  Wales, 145 kg	Damian Brown  Australia, 140 kg
Men's 77 kg clean and jerk	Damian Brown  Australia, 187.5 kg	Satheesha Rai  India, 175 kg	Alain Bilodeau  Canada, 167.5 kg
Men's 77 kg combined	Damian Brown  Australia, 327.5 kg	Satheesha Rai  India, 322.5 kg	Alain Bilodeau  Canada, 305 kg
Men's 85 kg snatch	Stephen Ward  England, 157.5 kg	Leon Griffin  England, 155 kg	David Matam Matam  Cameroon, 147.5 kg
Men's 85 kg clean and jerk	Leon Griffin  England, 192.5 kg	Stephen Ward  England, 187.5 kg	David Matam Matam  Cameroon, 180 kg
Men's 85 kg combined	Leon Griffin  England, 347.5 kg	Stephen Ward  England, 345 kg	David Matam Matam  Cameroon, 327.5 kg
Men's 94 kg snatch	Kiril Kounev  Australia, 165 kg	Anthony Arthur  England, 152.5	Simon Heffernan  Australia, 150 kg
Men's 94 kg clean and jerk	Kiril Kounev  Australia, 205 kg	Andrew Callard  England, 190 kg	Simon Heffernan  Australia, 185 kg
Men's 94 kg combined	Kiril Kounev  Australia, 370 kg	Andrew Callard  England, 340 kg	Simon Heffernan  Australia, 335 kg
Men's 105 kg snatch	Akos Sandor  Canada, 167.5 kg	Tommy Yule  England, 160 kg	Nigel Avery  New Zealand, 155 kg
Men's 105 kg clean and jerk	Akos Sandor  Canada, 192.5 kg	Tommy Yule  England, 190 kg	Karl Grant  England, 187.5 kg
Men's 105 kg combined	Akos Sandor  Canada, 360 kg	Tommy Yule  England, 350 kg	Nigel Avery  New Zealand, 340 kg
Men's 105+ kg snatch	Darren Liddel  New Zealand, 165 kg	Giles Greenwood  England, 162.5 kg	Christopher Rae  Australia, 160 kg
Men's 105+ kg clean and jerk	Darren Liddel  New Zealand, 202.5 kg	Jean Bilong  Cameroon, 192.5 kg	Christopher Rae  Australia, 192.5 kg
Men's 105+ kg combined	Darren Liddel  New Zealand, 367.5 kg	Christopher Rae  Australia, 352.5 kg	Giles Greenwood  England, 352.5 kg

See also[edit]

• 1998 Asian Games
• Sport in Malaysia

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Commonwealth Games Official Site
• Official Kuala Lumpur 98 – 16th Commonwealth Games Website
• Unofficial site
• KL 98 Games Archives
• 1998 Games nine msn (now nine.com.au) Australia coverage site

Preceded by Victoria

Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur XVI Commonwealth Games

Succeeded by Manchester