Australia at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Australia at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	AUS
CGA	Australian Commonwealth Games Association
Website	commonwealthgames.org.au
in Brisbane, Australia
Competitors	208 in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Opening: Rick Mitchell[1] Closing:Lisa Curry[2]
Officials	54
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 39 Silver 39 Bronze 29 Total 107
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Australia hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane from 30 September to 9 October 1982. It was Australia's third time hosting the Games and twelfth appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930. Australia won medals in eleven of the eleven sports that it entered.

Medalists

The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Peter Bourke Athletics Men's 800 metres  Gold Rob de Castella Athletics Men's marathon  Gold Garry Brown Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles  Gold Ray Boyd Athletics Men's pole vault  Gold Gary Honey Athletics Men's long jump  Gold Raelene Boyle Athletics Women's 400 metres  Gold Debbie Flintoff Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles  Gold Sue Howland Athletics Women's javelin throw  Gold Glynis Nunn Athletics Women's heptathlon  Gold Michael Turtur Cycling Men's 4000m individual pursuit  Gold Kenrick Tucker Cycling Men's sprint  Gold Michael Turtur Cycling Men's 4000m individual pursuit  Gold Gary West Kevin Nichols Michael Grenda Michael Turtur Cycling Men's 4000m team pursuit  Gold Kevin Nichols Cycling Men's 10 mile scratch race  Gold Jenny Donnet Diving Women's 3 metres springboard  Gold Valerie Beddoe Diving Women's 10 metres platform  Gold Rob Dobbins Keith Poole Bert Sharp Don Sherman Lawn bowls Men's fours  Gold Phil Adams John Tremelling Shooting Men's free pistol – Pairs  Gold Phil Adams Gregory Colber Shooting Men's air pistol – Pairs  Gold Noel Ryan Alexander Taransky Shooting Men's centre-fire pistol – Pairs  Gold Peter Heuke Alexander Taransky Shooting Men's rapid-fire pistol – Pairs  Gold Keith Affleck Geoffrey Ayling Shooting Men's small bore rifle, prone  Gold Alan Smith John Tremelling Shooting Men's full bore rifle – Pairs  Gold Jim Ellis Terry Rumbel Shooting Men's trap – Pairs  Gold Neil Brooks Swimming Men's 100 metres freestyle  Gold Max Metzker Swimming Men's 1500 metres freestyle  Gold Greg Fasala Michael Delany Graeme Brewer Neil Brooks Swimming Men's 4 x 100 metres freestyle  Gold Graeme McGufficke Ron McKeon Paul Rowe Graeme Brewer Swimming Men's 4 x 200 metres freestyle  Gold David Orbell Peter Evans Jon Sieben Neil Brooks Swimming Men's 4 x 100 metres medley  Gold Tracey Wickham Swimming Women's 400 metres freestyle  Gold Tracey Wickham Swimming Women's 800 metres freestyle  Gold Lisa Forrest Swimming Women's 100 metres backstroke  Gold Lisa Forrest Swimming Women's 200 metres backstroke  Gold Lisa Curry Swimming Women's 100 metres butterfly  Gold Michelle Ford Swimming Women's 200 metres butterfly  Gold Lisa Curry Swimming Women's 200 metres individual medley  Gold Lisa Curry Swimming Women's 400 metres individual medley  Gold Nick Voukelatos Weightlifting Men's flyweight  Gold Robert Kabbas Weightlifting Men's middle heavyweight  Gold Dean Lukin Weightlifting Men's super heavyweight  Silver Rick Mitchell Athletics Men's 400 metres  Silver Gary Minihan John Fleming Greg Parker Rick Mitchell Athletics Men's 4 x 400 metres  Silver Ken Lorraway Athletics Men's triple jump  Silver Leanne Evans Denise Boyd Debbie Flintoff Raelene Boyle Athletics Women's 4 x 400 metres  Silver Christine Stanton Athletics Women's high jump  Silver Robyn Strong Athletics Women's long jump  Silver Gael Mulhall Athletics Women's shot put  Silver Gael Mulhall Athletics Women's discus throw  Silver Petra Rivers Athletics Women's javelin throw  Silver Douglas Sam Boxing Men's middleweight  Silver John Watters Remo Sansonetti Ricky Flood Michael Lynch Cycling Men's team trial  Silver Chris Wilson Cycling Men's individual time trial  Silver Gary Hammond Cycling Men's 10 mile scratch race  Silver Steve Foley Diving Men's 3 metres springboard  Silver Steve Foley Diving Men's 10 metres platform  Silver Robert Parrella Lawn bowls Men's singles  Silver Phil Adams Shooting Men's air pistol  Silver Terry Rumbel Shooting Men's trap  Silver Ian Hale Shooting Men's skeet  Silver Greg Fasala Swimming Men's 100 metres freestyle  Silver Tim Ford Swimming Men's 1500 metres freestyle  Silver David Orbell Swimming Men's 200 metres backstroke  Silver Glen Beringen Swimming Men's 200 metres breaststroke  Silver Paul Rowe Swimming Men's 200 metres butterfly  Silver Angela Russell Swimming Women's 100 metres freestyle  Silver Tracey Wickham Swimming Women's 200 metres freestyle  Silver Michelle Ford Swimming Women's 800 metres freestyle  Silver Georgina Parkes Swimming Women's 100 metres backstroke  Silver Georgina Parkes Swimming Women's 200 metres backstroke  Silver Janet Tibbits Swimming Women's 100 metres butterfly  Silver Janet Tibbits Swimming Women's 200 metres butterfly  Silver Michelle Pearson Swimming Women's 400 metres individual medley  Silver Bill Stellios Weightlifting Men's lightweight  Silver Tony Pignone Weightlifting Men's middleweight  Silver Joe Kabalan Weightlifting Men's heavyweight  Silver Bob Edmond Weightlifting Men's Super heavyweight  Silver Cris Brown Wrestling Men's featherweight  Silver Zsigmund Kelevitz Wrestling Men's lightweight  Silver Wally Koenig Wrestling Men's middleweight  Bronze Michael Coen Archery Men's event  Bronze Gary Minihan Athletics Men's 400 metres  Bronze Don Wright Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles  Bronze Colleen Pekin Athletics Women's 100 metres  Bronze Jenny Cunningham Maxine Evans Jane Forrest Audrey Swaby Mark Harry Paul Morgan Trevor James Mark Scandolera Badminton MixedTeam  Bronze Grant Richards Boxing Men's flyweight  Bronze Richard Reilly Boxing Men's bantamweight  Bronze Rodney Harberger Boxing Men's featherweight  Bronze Brian Tink Boxing Men's lightweight  Bronze Michael Turtur Cycling Men's 10 mile scratch race  Bronze Valerie Beddoe Diving Women's 3 metres springboard  Bronze Denis Dalton Peter Rheuben Lawn bowls Men's pairs  Bronze Phil Adams Shooting Men's free pistol  Bronze Noel Ryan Shooting Men's centre-fire pistol  Bronze Norbert Jahn Anton Wurfel Shooting Men's air rifle – Pairs  Bronze Alex Crikis Ian Hale Shooting Men's skeet- Pairs  Bronze Michael Delany Swimming Men's 100 metres freestyle  Bronze Ron McKeon Swimming Men's 200 metres freestyle  Bronze Peter Evans Swimming Men's 100 metres breaststroke  Bronze Jon Sieben Swimming Men's 200 metres butterfly  Bronze Lisa Curry Swimming Women's 100 metres freestyle  Bronze Susie Baumer Swimming Women's 200 metres freestyle  Bronze Audrey Moore Swimming Women's 100 metres backstroke  Bronze Michelle Pearson Swimming Women's 200 metres individual medley  Bronze Lorenzo Orsini Weightlifting Men's bantamweight  Bronze Mike Sabljak Weightlifting Men's middle heavyweight  Bronze Ken Hoyt Wrestling Men's flyweight  Bronze Murray Avery Wrestling Men's heavyweight

Medals by sport Sport Swimming 13 13 8 34 Athletics 9 9 4 22 Shooting 7 3 4 14 Cycling 4 3 1 8 Weightlifting 3 4 2 9 Diving 2 2 1 5 Lawn bowls 1 1 1 3 Wrestling 0 3 2 4 Archery 0 0 1 1 Badminton 0 0 1 1 Total 39 39 29 107

Officials

General Manager – James Barry
Manageress – Marjorie Nelson
Assistant Managers – Will Hoffman, Sol Spitalnic
Administrayive Officer – Bob Hemery
Office Assistants – Jeanette Brown, Anne Marie Harrison
Attache – Edward Thomson
Medical – Team Doctors – Dr Christopher Gale, DR Anthony Millar, Physiotherapist – Thomas Dobson, Masseur – Michael Kewley
Section Officials – Archer Manager – Russell Barter, Achery Coach – Gordon Pawson ; Athletics Manager – Wendy Ey, Assistant Managers – William Kitt, Margaret Mahoney, Coaches – Anthony Rice, Jean Roberts, Neville Sillitoe, Pamela Turney, Physiotherapist – Peter Duras, Masseur – Frederick Warwick ; Badminton Manager – Don Stockins, Coach – Joy Twining ; Lawn Bowls Manager – Edward Singleton, Coach – Clarence Watkins ; Boxing Manager/Trainer – Paul Thompson, Assistant Trainer – Barry Parnell ; Cycling Manager – Ray Godkin, Track Coach – Charlie Walsh, Road Coach – Alexander Fulcher, Mechanic – John Beasley ; Shooting Manager – Peter Anderson, Coach – Tibor Gonczol, Assistant Coach – Donald Jones ; Swimming Manager – Geoffrey Hare, Assistant Managers – Dr Diana Bendeich, Margaret Cain, Head Coach – Terry Buck, Coaches – Joe King, Lawrie Lawrence, John Rodgers, Bill Sweetenham, Ken Wood ; Diving Manager – Col Hanlin, Coach – Peter Panayi ; Weightlifting Manager – Ronald Nylander, Coaches – Paul Coffa, Bruce Walsh ; Wrestling Manager – James Sinclair, Coach – Samuel Parker, Assistant Coach – Raymond Barry^[3]

See also

• Australia at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Australia at the 1984 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database