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The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named for Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the venue which was used for the athletics and archery competitions during the Games.[1] Other events were held at the purpose-built Sleeman Sports Complex in Chandler.

The Chairman of the 1982 Commonwealth Games was Sir Edward Williams.[2]

The 1982 Commonwealth Games Logo was designed by Paulo Ferreira,[3] who was the winner of a nationwide competition held in 1978. The symbol is derived from the form of a bounding kangaroo. The three bands, forming stylized A's (for Australia), are in colours which are common to flags of many Commonwealth countries.

Matilda the kangaroo mascot for the 1982 Commonwealth Games was represented by a cartoon kangaroo,[4] and a gigantic 13-metre (42 feet 8 inches) high mechanical "winking" kangaroo, who travelled around the stadium and winked at the crowd.

The games were officially opened by The Duke of Edinburgh and closed by The Queen.

Host selection

Bidding for the XII Commonwealth Games was held in Montreal, Canada at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Lagos, Brisbane, Kuala Lumpur and Birmingham were the bidding cities. On 14 July 1976 it was announced that Brisbane had won the rights to stage the Games[5] after the other candidate cities withdrew bids earlier that year.

Brisbane was awarded by default of being the only Candidate City left at the bid election after Birmingham reversed its decision to submit an application.[5] Nigeria's boycott of the Montreal Summer Olympics made Lagos' bid lobbying impractical.[citation needed] The Montreal Summer Olympics were plagued with cost overruns and bidding on a sports festival anywhere in the world was not good politically.

Participating teams

Countries and places which competed at the 1982 games

46 Commonwealth nations and territories took part in the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[6] A total of 1,583 athletes and 571 officials participated in the event.[7] The Griffith University student dormitories in Gold Coast was used as an athletes' village.[8]

Participating Commonwealth countries and territories
Debuting Commonwealth countries and territories

^ Note: The Falkland Islands debut at the games was partially poignant coming less than four months after the Falklands War.

Sports

Sports contested during the 1982 Commonwealth Games included athletics, archery, badminton, lawn bowls, boxing, cycling, shooting, swimming, diving, weightlifting and wrestling.[9] Table tennis and Australian football were demonstration sports.[10]

Venues

Main article: Venues of the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Highlights

Opening Ceremony (30 September)

Main article: 1982 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
Opening ceremony of the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane with mascot Matilda winking to the crowd, 30 September 1982

The ceremony at the QEII Stadium was held on a fine but extremely windy day. The wind was so strong that skydivers who were going to descend into the stadium were cancelled.[7] Instead they made an entrance at the closing ceremony.

Day 1 (1 October)

The first event of the Games was 100 kilometres (62 mi) Road Trial in cycling. England won the Gold Medal in the event, and Australia won the Silver Medal—coming second to England by only six seconds.

Other sports which were contested on the first day of competition included swimming and diving, weightlifting, shooting and bowls.

Day 2 (2 October)

Sports contested included swimming, diving, weightlifting, shooting, cycling, bowls and archery.

The day was marred by both Australia and Canada being disqualified in the 4 × 100 metres relay in swimming, both problems occurring during change-overs. The medals awarded for this race went to England, Scotland and New Zealand.

Day 4 (4 October)

Sports contested included swimming, diving, cycling, athletics, archery, hammer throwing and shooting.

The day was marred when Canada was again disqualified, this time in the 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay. Canada protested against the winners, Australia, as well as against their own disqualification.

Closing Ceremony

Elizabeth II closed the Games during a colourful ceremony, which included parachute jumpers (who had originally been also intended as part of the Opening Ceremony display) jumping and landing in a special target area within the stadium and red, white and blue balloons. Matilda the Kangaroo also winked at the Queen. Following the closing of the Games, the Queen and Duke left the stand to be driven from the stadium. However, nobody wanted the Games to end and the Australian team formed a 'guard of honour' and ran beside and behind the car in which Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were travelling, as it circled the stadium several times before finally leaving.[12] Team members from other countries also joined in running after the royal car.

Medals by country

This is the full table of the medal count of the 1982 Commonwealth Games. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.

  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia (AUS)*393929107
2 England (ENG)383832108
3 Canada (CAN)26233382
4 Scotland (SCO)861226
5 New Zealand (NZL)581326
6 India (IND)58316
7 Nigeria (NGR)50813
8 Wales (WAL)4419
9 Kenya (KEN)42410
10 Bahamas (BAH)2226
11 Jamaica (JAM)2114
12 Tanzania (TAN)1225
13 Hong Kong (HKG)1012
 Malaysia (MAS)1012
15 Fiji (FIJ)1001
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)1001
17 Northern Ireland (NIR)0336
18 Uganda (UGA)0303
19 Zambia (ZAM)0156
20 Guernsey (GUE)0112
21 Bermuda (BER)0011
 Eswatini (SWZ)0011
 Singapore (SIN)0011
Totals (23 entries)143141154438

Medals by event

Aquatics

Main article: Aquatics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Bowls

Main article: Lawn Bowls at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Boxing

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight Men  Abraham Wachire (KEN)  John Lyon (ENG)  Lucky Siame (ZAM)
 Leonard Makhanya (SWZ)
Flyweight Men  Michael Mutua (KEN)  Joseph Kelly (SCO)  Grant Richards (AUS)
 Albert Musankabala (ZAM)
Bantamweight Men  Joe Orewa (NGR)  Roy Webb (NIR)  Ray Gilbody (ENG)
 Richard Reilly (AUS)
Featherweight Men  Peter Konyegwachie (NGR)  Peter Hanlon (ENG)  Rodney Harberger (AUS)
 Winfred Kabunda (ZAM)
Lightweight Men  Hussein Khalili (KEN)  James McDonnell (ENG)  Brian Tink (AUS)
 Steve Larrimore (BAH)
Light Welterweight Men  Christopher Ossai (NGR)  Charles Owiso (KEN)  Clyde McIntosh (ENG)
 David Chibuye (ZAM)
Welterweight Men  Chris Pyatt (ENG)  Laston Mukobe (ZAM)  Charles Nwokolo (NGR)
 Chenanda Machaiah (IND)
Light Middleweight Men  Shawn O'Sullivan (CAN)  Nick Croombes (ENG)  Roland Omoruyi (NGR)
 Tom Corr (NIR)
Middleweight Men  Jimmy Price (ENG)  Douglas Sam (AUS)  Jeremiah Okoroduddu (NGR)
 Kevin McDermott (CAN)
Light Heavyweight Men  Fine Sani (FIJ)  Jonathan Kirisa (UGA)  Kevin Barry (NZL)
 Joseph Poto (ZAM)
Heavyweight Men  Willie DeWit (CAN)  Harold Hylton (ENG)  William Isangura (TAN)
 Mohammed Abdallah (KEN)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Diving

Main article: Aquatics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Shooting

Pistol

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Free Pistol Men/Open  Tom Guinn (CAN) 553  Geoffrey Robinson (ENG) 543  Phil Adams (AUS) 540
Free Pistol - Pairs Men/Open  Phil Adams & John Tremelling (AUS) 1077  Barrie Wickins & Rex Hamilton (NZL) 1075  Geoffrey Robinson & Frank Wyatt (ENG) 1074
Centre-Fire Pistol Men/Open  John Cooke (ENG) 580  James Cairns (SCO) 579  Noel Ryan (AUS) 577
Centre-Fire Pistol - Pairs Men/Open  Noel Ryan & Alexander Taransky (AUS) 1151  Mohinder Lal & Ashok Pandit (IND) 1138  John Cooke & John Gough (ENG) 1131
Rapid-Fire Pistol Men/Open  Lee Kui Nang (HKG) 583  Jim Timmerman (CAN) 583  John Cooke (ENG) 582
Rapid-Fire Pistol - Pairs Men/Open  Peter Heuke & Alexander Taransky (AUS) 1160  James Cairns & Hugh Hunter (SCO) 1152  Sharad Chauran & Ramakrishnan Vijay (IND) 1151
Air Pistol Men/Open  George Darling (ENG) 576  Phil Adams (AUS) 573  Tom Guinn (CAN) 571
Air Pistol - Pairs Men/Open  Phil Adams & Gregory Colber (AUS) 1128  Geoffrey Robinson & George Darling (ENG) 1126  Jim Timmerman & Tom Guinn (CAN) 1125

Rifle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Small Bore Rifle, Prone Men/Open  Alan Smith (AUS) 1184  Malcolm Cooper (ENG) 1184  Bill Watkins (WAL) 1177
Small Bore Rifle, Prone - Pairs Men/Open  Malcolm Cooper & Mike Sullivan (ENG) 1187  Colin Harris & Bill Watkins (WAL) 1183  Patrick Vamplew & Ernest Sopsich (CAN) 1180
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions Men/Open  Alister Allan (SCO) 1146  Malcolm Cooper (ENG) 1145  Guy Lorion (CAN) 1144
Small Bore Rifle, Three Positions - Pairs Men/Open  Malcolm Cooper & Barry Dagger (ENG) 2301  Guy Lorion & Jean-François Sénécal (CAN) 2279  Alister Allan & Bill MacNeill (SCO) 2277
Full Bore Rifle Men/Open  Arthur Clarke (SCO) 387  Lord John Swansea (WAL) 385  Charles Trotter (GGY) 384
Full Bore Rifle - Pairs Men/Open  Keith Affleck & Geoffrey Ayling (AUS) 572  John Bloomfield & Dick Rosling (ENG) 570  David Calvert & Hazel Mackintosh (NIR) 563
Air Rifle Men/Open  Jean-François Sénécal (CAN) 574  Matthew Guille (GGY) 572  Malcolm Cooper (ENG) 570
Air Rifle - Pairs Men/Open  Alister Allan & Bill MacNeill (SCO) 1137  Malcolm Cooper & Barry Dagger (ENG) 1126  Norbert Jahn & Anton Wurfel (AUS) 1123

Shotgun

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Trap Men/Open  Peter Boden (ENG) 191  Terry Rumbel (AUS) 190  Peter Croft (ENG) 190
Trap - Pairs Men/Open  Jim Ellis & Terry Rumbel (AUS) 190  Peter Croft & Peter Boden (ENG) 186  James Young & Martin Girvan (SCO) 183
Skeet Men/Open  John Woolley (NZL) 197  Ian Hale (AUS) 196  Wally Sykes (ENG) 195
Skeet - Pairs Men/Open  Brian Gabriel & Fred Altmann (CAN) 191  Jim Sheffield & Wally Sykes (ENG) 190  Alex Crikis & Ian Hale (AUS) 190

Swimming

Main article: Aquatics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Weightlifting

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight - Overall Men  Nick Voukelatos (AUS) 207.5  Grunadan Kambiah (IND) 200  Lawrence Tom (NGR) 192.5
Bantamweight - Overall Men  Geoff Laws (ENG) 235  Bijay Kumar Satpathy (IND) 227.5  Lorenzo Orsini (AUS) 222.5
Featherweight - Overall Men  Dean Willey (ENG) 267.5  M Tamil Selvan (IND) 245  Chua Koon Siang (SIN) 242.5
Lightweight - Overall Men  David Morgan (WAL) 295  Bill Stellios (AUS) 285  Patrick Bassey (NGR) 277.5
Middleweight - Overall Men  Steve Pinsent (ENG) 312.5  Tony Pignone (AUS) 305  Jacques Demers (CAN) 302.5
Light Heavyweight - Overall Men  Newton Burrowes (ENG) 325  Guy Greavette (CAN) 320  Cosmas Idioh (NGR) 317.5
Middle Heavyweight - Overall Men  Robert Kabbas (AUS) 337.5  Peter Pinsent (ENG) 335  Mike Sabljak (AUS) 325
Sub Heavyweight - Overall Men  Oliver Orok (NGR) 350  Gary Langford (ENG) 350  Kevin Roy (CAN) 340
Heavyweight - Overall Men  John Burns (WAL) 347.5  Joe Kabalan (AUS) 325  Mario Leblanc (CAN) 315
Super Heavyweight - Overall Men  Dean Lukin (AUS) 377.5  Bob Edmond (AUS) 347.5  Bassey Ironbar (NGR) 320

Wrestling

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight Men  Ram Chander Sarang (IND)  Steve Reinsfield (NZL)  Maldwyn Cooper (CAN)
Flyweight Men  Mahabir Singh (IND)  Ray Takahashi (CAN)  Ken Hoyt (AUS)
Bantamweight Men  Brian Aspen (ENG)  Ashok Kumar (IND)  Chris Maddock (NZL)
Featherweight Men  Bob Robinson (CAN)  Cris Brown (AUS)  Augustine Atasie (NGR)
Lightweight Men  Jagminder Singh (IND)  Zsigmund Kelevitz (AUS)  Lloyd Renken (CAN)
Welterweight Men  Rajinder Singh (IND)  Ken Reinsfield (NZL)  Brian Renken (CAN)
Middleweight Men  Chris Rinke (CAN)  Wally Koenig (AUS)  Jai Parkash Kangar (IND)
Light Heavyweight Men  Clark Davis (CAN)  Kartar Singh (IND)  Nigel Sargeant (NZL)
Heavyweight Men  Richard Deschatelets (CAN)  Satpal Singh (IND)  Murray Avery (AUS)
Super Heavyweight Men  Wyatt Wishart (CAN)  Rajinder Singh (IND)  Albert Patrick (SCO)

Aboriginal movement protests

The Brisbane Commonwealth Games were also noted by large-scale protests by the Aboriginal rights movement in Australia, which brought to the centre of international media attention the lack of land rights, poor living condition and suppression of personal and political rights in Queensland in particular, and in Australia as a whole.[14] The protests, which were followed by large-scale arrests, are a significant event in the history of the Australian Aboriginal movement.[15]

Games identity

Mascot

Main article: Matilda (mascot)

The Matilda mascot from the opening ceremony was relocated to Wet'n'Wild Water World, a water park in the Gold Coast hinterland.

Legacy

In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, the 1982 Commonwealth Games were announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "Defining Moment".[16] Brisbane also bid for the 1992 Summer Olympics but lost to Barcelona. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on 9 December 2019 that the state will make an official bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics featuring venues across Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.[17][18]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Commemorating the life of Sir Edward Williams". 2004. Supreme Court of Queensland Library. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 June 2005. Retrieved 2007-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  5. ^ a b Cole, John R. (1984). Shaping a city. Albion, Queensland: William Brooks Queensland. pp. 350–353. ISBN 0-85568-619-7.
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  7. ^ a b Phil Lutton. "Could the Gold Coast ever beat Brisbane's Games?". Brisbane Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  8. ^ "Past Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 25 September 2013.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ a b McBride, Frank; et al. (2009). Brisbane 150 Stories. Brisbane City Council Publication. pp. 274–275. ISBN 978-1-876091-60-6.
  10. ^ "Provincial Councils". The Official Website of the Government of Sri Lanka. 3 September 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2009.
  11. ^ The XII Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, September 30 - October 9, 1982 : The Official History. Brisbane: The XIIth Commonwealth Games Australia Foundation. 1983. ISBN 0959220712.
  12. ^ "Could the Gold Coast ever beat Brisbane's Games?". Brisbanetimes.com.au. 11 November 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Boxing". Gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  14. ^ Spencer Reiss with Carl Robinson, "Aborigines Vs. Queensland", Newsweek: International Edition, 11 October 1982, p. 13
  15. ^ Foley, Gary. "A Short History of the Australian Indigenous Resistance 1950–1990". The Koori History Website. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  16. ^ Bligh, Anna (10 June 2009). "PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  17. ^ "Queensland government says 'yes' to bidding for 2032 Olympics". 7NEWS.com.au. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Australia's giant Olympic risk explained". NewsComAu. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

Other sources

  • "XII Commonwealth Games - The Official Pictorial History" —Channel 9 "Today Tonight", O & B Holdings Pty. Ltd., (1982)
Preceded by
Edmonton 		Commonwealth Games
Brisbane
XII Commonwealth Games 		Succeeded by
Edinburgh

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