Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Dates	27 July – 2 August 2014
Host city	Glasgow, Scotland
Venue	Hampden Park
Events	50
Participation	– athletes from – nations
Records set	8 games records
← 2010 Delhi 2018 Gold Coast → 2014 Commonwealth Games

Athletics was one of ten core sports that appeared at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. As a founding sport, athletics has appeared consistently since its introduction at the 1911 Inter-Empire Games; the recognised precursor to the Commonwealth Games.

The competition took place between Sunday 27 July and Saturday 2 August at the temporarily modified Hampden Park, Scotland's national football stadium. The programme commenced with 42km195m marathon, which started and finished at Glasgow Green and included 6 parathletics events throughout. Racewalking events were dropped from the programme for 2014 – a move condemned by walking athletes.

The meet was dominated, in terms of golds won, by Kenya, Jamaica who won 10 gold medals apiece and Australia with eight gold medals, though gold and other medals were distributed among 21 teams, and England took away the most medals, 27 including 13 silver medals.

Kenya dominated the distance events, and Jamaica the sprint events, but both also won throwing events for the first time. Host nation Scotland won 4 medals, including gold for Libby Clegg in the T(12) 100 m for athletes with a vision impairment.

Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare took two golds and a silver medal in the three sprint events, the most successful individual athlete at the meet. Jamaican sprint Olympic and World champions Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce both decided to forgo the individual sprint events, but appeared on the final evening of the meet to win golds in the relays.

Preparation

In preparation for hosting the Commonwealth Games Athletics events, the modified Hampden Park held the full-test Sainsbury's Grand Prix Diamond League event, usually held in London, on Saturday 12 July and Sunday 13 July 2014.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Kemar Bailey-Cole  Jamaica	10.00	Adam Gemili  England	10.10	Nickel Ashmeade  Jamaica	10.12
200 metres	Rasheed Dwyer  Jamaica	20.14	Warren Weir  Jamaica	20.26	Jason Livermore  Jamaica	20.32
400 metres	Kirani James  Grenada	44.24 GR	Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa	44.68	Lalonde Gordon  Trinidad and Tobago	44.78
800 metres	Nijel Amos  Botswana	1:45.18	David Rudisha  Kenya	1:45.48	André Olivier  South Africa	1:46.03
1500 metres	James Kiplagat Magut  Kenya	3:39.31	Ronald Kwemoi  Kenya	3:39.53	Nick Willis  New Zealand	3:39.60
5000 metres	Caleb Ndiku  Kenya	13:12.07	Isiah Kiplangat Koech  Kenya	13:14.06	Zane Robertson  New Zealand	13:16.52
10,000 metres	Moses Kipsiro  Uganda	27:56.11	Josphat Bett Kipkoech  Kenya	27:56.14	Cameron Levins  Canada	27.56.23
110 metres hurdles	Andrew Riley  Jamaica	13.32	William Sharman  England	13.36	Shane Brathwaite  Barbados	13.49
400 metres hurdles	Cornel Fredericks  South Africa	48.50	Jehue Gordon  Trinidad and Tobago	48.75	Jeffery Gibson  Bahamas	48.78
3000 metres steeplechase	Jonathan Ndiku  Kenya	8:10.44	Jairus Birech  Kenya	8:12.68	Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi  Kenya	8:19.73
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica (JAM) Jason Livermore Kemar Bailey-Cole Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Kimmari Roach† Julian Forte†	37.58 GR	England (ENG) Adam Gemili Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Richard Kilty Danny Talbot James Ellington† Andrew Robertson†	38.02	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Keston Bledman Marc Burns Rondel Sorrillo Richard Thompson	38.10
4 × 400 metres relay	England (ENG) Conrad Williams Michael Bingham Daniel Awde Matthew Hudson-Smith Nigel Levine†	3:00.46	Bahamas (BAH) Latoy Williams Michael Mathieu Alonzo Russell Chris Brown Andretti Bain†	3:00.51	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Lalonde Gordon Jarrin Solomon Renny Quow Zwede Hewitt Jehue Gordon†	3:01.51
Marathon	Michael Shelley  Australia	2:11:15 PB	Stephen Chemlany  Kenya	2:11:58	Abraham Kiplimo  Uganda	2:12:23
High jump	Derek Drouin  Canada	2.31 m	Kyriakos Ioannou  Cyprus	2.28 m	Michael Mason  Canada	2.25 m
Pole vault	Steven Lewis  England	5.55 m	Luke Cutts  England	5.55 m	Shawnacy Barber  Canada	5.45 m
Long jump	Greg Rutherford  England	8.20 m	Zarck Visser  South Africa	8.12 m	Rushwahl Samaai  South Africa	8.08 m
Triple jump	Khotso Mokoena  South Africa	17.20 m	Tosin Oke  Nigeria	16.84 m	Arpinder Singh  India	16.63 m
Shot put	O'Dayne Richards  Jamaica	21.61 m GR	Tom Walsh  New Zealand	21.19 m	Tim Nedow  Canada	20.59 m
Discus throw	Vikas Gowda  India	63.64 m	Apostolos Parellis  Cyprus	63.32 m	Jason Morgan  Jamaica	62.34 m
Hammer throw	James Steacy  Canada	74.16 m	Nick Miller  England	72.99 m	Mark Dry  Scotland	71.64 m
Javelin throw	Julius Yego  Kenya	83.87 m	Keshorn Walcott  Trinidad and Tobago	82.67 m	Hamish Peacock  Australia	81.75 m
Decathlon	Damian Warner  Canada	8282 pts	Ashley Bryant  England	8109 pts	Kurt Felix  Grenada	8070 pts NR

• ^† = Athletes who ran in the heats of the relay, but not in the final

Men's para-sport

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (T37)	Fanie van der Merwe  South Africa	11.65	Charl Du Toit  South Africa	11.89	Rhys Jones  Wales	12.04
1500 metres (T54)	David Weir  England	3:21.67	Kurt Fearnley  Australia	3:23.08	Alex Dupont  Canada	3:23.26
Discus throw (F42/44)	Dan Greaves  England	59.21 m	Aled Davies  Wales	46.83 m	Richard Okigbazi  Nigeria	39.38 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria	10.85 GR	Veronica Campbell Brown  Jamaica	11.03	Kerron Stewart  Jamaica	11.07
200 metres	Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria	22.25	Jodie Williams  England	22.50	Bianca Williams  England	22.58
400 metres	Stephenie Ann McPherson  Jamaica	50.67	Novlene Williams-Mills  Jamaica	50.86	Christine Day  Jamaica	51.09
800 metres	Eunice Sum  Kenya	2:00.51	Lynsey Sharp  Scotland	2:01.34	Winnie Nanyondo  Uganda	2:01.38
1500 metres	Faith Kipyegon  Kenya	4:08.94	Laura Weightman  England	4:09.24	Kate Van Buskirk  Canada	4:09.41
5000 metres	Mercy Cherono  Kenya	15:07.21	Janet Kisa  Kenya	15:08.90	Joanne Pavey  England	15:08.96
10,000 metres	Joyce Chepkirui  Kenya	32:09.35	Florence Kiplagat  Kenya	32:09.48	Emily Chebet  Kenya	32:10.82
100 metres hurdles	Sally Pearson  Australia	12.67	Tiffany Porter  England	12.80	Angela Whyte  Canada	13.02
400 metres hurdles	Kaliese Spencer  Jamaica	54.10	Eilidh Child  Scotland	55.02	Janieve Russell  Jamaica	55.64
3000 metres steeplechase	Purity Kirui  Kenya	9:30.96	Milcah Cheywa  Kenya	9:31.30	Joan Kipkemoi  Kenya	9:33.34
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica (JAM) Kerron Stewart Veronica Campbell Brown Schillonie Calvert Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Elaine Thompson†	41.83 GR	Nigeria (NGR) Gloria Asumnu Blessing Okagbare Dominique Duncan Lawretta Ozoh Patience Okon George†	42.92	England (ENG) Asha Philip Bianca Williams Jodie Williams Ashleigh Nelson Anyika Onuora† Louise Bloor†	43.10
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica (JAM) Christine Day Novlene Williams-Mills Anastasia le-Roy Stephanie McPherson Janieve Russell† Shericka Williams†	3:23.82 GR	Nigeria (NGR) Patience Okon George Regina George Ada Benjamin Folashade Abugan Funke Oladoye† Omolara Omotoso†	3:24.71	England (ENG) Christine Ohuruogu Shana Cox Kelly Massey Anyika Onuora Emily Diamond† Margaret Adeoye†	3:27.24
Marathon	Flomena Cheyech Daniel  Kenya	2:26:45	Caroline Kilel  Kenya	2:27:10	Jessica Trengove  Australia	2:30:12 PB
High jump	Eleanor Patterson  Australia	1.94 m	Isobel Pooley  England	1.92 m PB	Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia	1.92 m
Pole vault	Alana Boyd  Australia	4.50 m	Sally Peake  Wales	4.25 m	Alysha Newman  Canada Sally Scott  England	3.80 m
Long jump	Ese Brume  Nigeria	6.56 m	Jazmin Sawyers  England	6.54 m	Christabel Nettey  Canada	6.49 m
Triple jump	Kimberly Williams  Jamaica	14.21 m	Laura Samuel  England	14.09 m	Ayanna Alexander  Trinidad and Tobago	14.01 m
Shot put	Valerie Adams  New Zealand	19.88 m	Cleopatra Borel  Trinidad and Tobago	18.57 m	Julie Labonte  Canada	17.58 m
Discus throw	Dani Samuels  Australia	64.88 m	Seema Antil Punia  India	61.61 m	Jade Lally  England	60.48 m
Hammer throw	Sultana Frizell  Canada	71.97 m GR	Julia Ratcliffe  New Zealand	69.96 m	Sophie Hitchon  England	68.72 m
Javelin throw	Kim Mickle  Australia	65.96 m GR	Sunette Viljoen  South Africa	63.19 m	Kelsey-Lee Roberts  Australia	62.95 m
Heptathlon	Brianne Theisen-Eaton  Canada	6597 pts	Jessica Zelinka  Canada	6270 pts	Jessica Taylor  England	5826 pts

• ^† = Athletes who ran in the heats of the relay, but not in the final

Women's para-sport

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (T12)	Libby Clegg  Scotland	12.20	Maria Muchavo  Mozambique	13.33	Lahja Ishitile  Namibia	13.48
1500 metres (T54)	Angela Ballard  Australia	3:59.20	Diane Roy  Canada	3:59.55	Jade Jones  England	4:00.19
Long jump (F37/38)	Jodi Elkington  Australia	4.39 m	Bethy Woodward  England	4.00 m	Johanna Benson  Namibia	3.82 m

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	10	10	3	23
2	Jamaica (JAM)	10	3	6	19
3	Australia (AUS)	8	1	3	12
4	England (ENG)	5	13	9	27
5	Canada (CAN)	5	2	10	17
6	South Africa (RSA)	3	4	2	9
7	Nigeria (NGR)	3	3	1	7
8	New Zealand (NZL)	1	2	2	5
9	Scotland (SCO)*	1	2	1	4
10	India (IND)	1	1	1	3
11	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	2	3
12	Grenada (GRN)	1	0	1	2
13	Botswana (BOT)	1	0	0	1
14	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	3	4	7
15	Wales (WAL)	0	2	1	3
16	Cyprus (CYP)	0	2	0	2
17	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	1	2
18	Mozambique (MOZ)	0	1	0	1
19	Namibia (NAM)	0	0	2	2
20	Barbados (BAR)	0	0	1	1
	Saint Lucia (LCA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		50	50	51	151

Schedule

Over the 10 days of competition there were 44 medal events plus an additional 6 para-sport disciplines.

Date	Time	Stage	Gender	Event
27 July 2014 (Sunday)	09:00–13:00	Classification	Both	Men's Marathon (09:00)
				Women's marathon (09:30)
	14:30–18:00	Preliminary	Men	100 m (Round 1 and 2)
				Shot Put
			Women	100 m (Round 1)
				400 m (Round 1)
				Hammer Throw
		Classification	Men	5000 m
			Women	Para-Sport Long Jump (F37/38)
28 July 2014 (Monday)	10:00–13:00	Preliminary	Men	Para-Sport 100 m (T37) (Round 1)
				400 m (Round 1)
				High Jump
				Hammer Throw
			Women	Para-Sport 100 m (T12) (Round 1)
				1500 m (Round 1)
		Classification	Men	Para-Sport Discus Throw (F42/44)
				Decathlon: 100 m, Long Jump & Shot Put
	19:00–22:00	Preliminary	Women	Triple Jump
		Classification	Men	100 m (semifinal & final)
				Para-Sport 100 m (T37)
				Shot Put
				Decathlon: 400 m & High Jump
			Women	100 m (semifinal & final)
				400 m (semifinal)
				Para-Sport 100 m (T12)
				Hammer Throw
29 July 2014 (Tuesday)	10:00–13:15	Preliminary	Men	Para-Sport 1500 m (T54) (Round 1)
				800 m (Round 1)
				110 m Hurdles (Round 1)
				400 m Hurdles (Round 1)
				Long Jump
			Women	Para-Sport 1500 m (T54) (Round 1)
				Shot Put
				Javelin Throw
		Classification	Men	Decathlon: 110 m Hurdles, Pole Vault & Discus Throw
			Women	Heptathlon: 100 m Hurdles & High Jump
	19:00–22:30	Classification	Men	400 m (semifinal)
				110 m Hurdles
				Hammer Throw
				Decathlon: 1500 m & Javelin Throw
			Women	400 m
				1500 m
				10,000 m
				Triple Jump
				Heptathlon: 200 m & Shot Put
30 July 2014 (Wednesday)	10:00–13:00	Preliminary	Men	200 m (Round 1)
				Pole Vault
				Discus Throw
			Women	400 m Hurdles (Round 1)
				High Jump
				Long Jump
		Classification	Men	400 m Hurdles (semifinal)
			Women	Heptathlon: Long Jump
	19:00–22:15	Preliminary	Men	200 m (Round 2)
			Women	200 m (Round 1)
		Classification	Men	800 m (semifinal)
				400 m
				High Jump
				Long Jump
			Women	3,000 m Steeplechase
				Shot Put
				Javelin Throw
				Heptathlon: 800 m & Javelin Throw
31 July 2014 (Thursday)	19:00–22:30	Preliminary	Women	800 m (Round 1)
				100 m Hurdles (Round 1)
				Pole Vault
				Discus Throw
		Classification	Men	200 m (semifinal & final)
				Para-Sport 1500 m (T54)
				800 m
				400 m Hurdles
				Discus Throw
			Women	200 m (semifinal & final)
				Para-Sport 1500 m (T54)
				400 m Hurdles
				Long Jump
1 August 2014 (Friday)	19:00–22:30	Preliminary	Men	1500 m (Round 1)
				4 × 100 m relay (Round 1)
				4 × 400 m relay (Round 1)
				Triple Jump
				Javelin Throw
			Women	4 × 100 m relay (Round 1)
				4 × 400 m relay (Round 1)
		Classification	Men	3,000 m Steeplechase
				10,000 m
				Pole Vault
			Women	100 m Hurdles
				800 m
				High Jump
				Discus Throw
2 August 2014 (Saturday)	19:00–22:30	Classification	Men	4 × 100 m relay
				4 × 400 m relay
				1500 m
				Triple Jump
				Javelin Throw
			Women	4 × 100 m relay
				4 × 400 m relay
				5000 m
				Pole Vault

Doping

Doping controls were undertaken on competing athletes during the games. Amantle Montsho, a Botswana 400 metres runner and defending Commonwealth Games champion, was the first competitor from the athletics programme to fail a drugs test. After finishing fourth in the 400 m final, her "A" sample came back positive for methylhexanamine, a banned stimulant, and she was provisionally suspended pending investigation.

External links

• Commonwealth Games Athletics Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
• Official results book – Athletics