Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, the athletics event were held in Victoria, BC, Canada, at the Centennial Stadium on the grounds of the University of Victoria. A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male 19 by female athletes. Furthermore, 2 men's disability events were held within the programme.

Athletics at the 15th Commonwealth Games
Dates	21–28 August 1994
Host city	Victoria, BC, Canada
Venue	Centennial Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	42 (+2 disability)
Participation	732 (+disabled) athletes from 54 nations
Records set	11 Games records
← 1990 Auckland 1998 Kuala Lumpur → 1994 Commonwealth Games

There were 126 medals decided in total with England topping the table with 36 medals in total. Australia were second with 22 and the host nation Canada came third with 15.

The competition saw both the rise and fall of Horace Dove-Edwin, a sprinter from Sierra Leone. He became his country's first Commonwealth medallist with an unexpected silver medal behind Linford Christie in the 100 metres. He had not attended the opening ceremony as his country did not have enough money for a uniform and his story attracted much public sympathy and attention from the press. His meteoric rise (improving from 10.34 seconds to 10.02 over two days) was swiftly punctured as he was banned for two years after his doping test came back positive for the steroid stanozolol.^[1]

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Linford Christie  England	9.91 GR	Michael Green[2]  Jamaica	10.05	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	10.06
200 metres details	Frankie Fredericks  Namibia	19.97 GR	John Regis  England	20.25	Daniel Effiong  Nigeria	20.40
400 metres details	Charles Gitonga  Kenya	45.00	Du'aine Ladejo  England	45.11	Sunday Bada  Nigeria	45.45
800 metres details	Patrick Konchellah  Kenya	1:45.18	Hezekiél Sepeng  South Africa	1:45.76	Savieri Ngidhi  Zimbabwe	1:46.06
1500 metres details	Reuben Chesang  Kenya	3:36.70	Kevin Sullivan  Canada	3:36.78	John Mayock  England	3:37.22
5000 metres details	Rob Denmark  England	13:23.00	Philemon Hanneck  Zimbabwe	13:23.20	John Nuttall  England	13:23.54
10,000 metres details	Lameck Aguta  Kenya	28:38.22	Tendai Chimusasa  Zimbabwe	28:47.72	Fackson Nkandu  Zambia	28:51.72
Marathon details	Steve Moneghetti  Australia	2:11:49	Sean Quilty  Australia	2:14:57	Mark Hudspith  England	2:15:11
110 metres hurdles details	Colin Jackson  Wales	13.08 GR	Tony Jarrett  England	13.22	Paul Gray  Wales	13.54
400 metres hurdles details	Samuel Matete  Zambia	48.67	Gideon Biwott  Kenya	49.43	Barnabas Kinyor  Kenya	49.50
3000 metres steeplechase details	Johnstone Kipkoech  Kenya	8:14.72 GR	Gideon Chirchir  Kenya	8:15.25	Graeme Fell  Canada	8:23.28
4 × 100 metres relay details	Canada (CAN) Donovan Bailey Glenroy Gilbert Carlton Chambers Bruny Surin	38.39 GR	Australia (AUS) Shane Naylor Tim Jackson Paul Henderson Damien Marsh Kyle Vander Kuyp	38.88	England (ENG) Jason John Toby Box Philip Goedluck Terry Williams Mark Smith	39.39
4 × 400 metres relay details	England (ENG) David McKenzie Peter Crampton Adrian Patrick Du'aine Ladejo Alex Fugallo Mark Smith	3:02.14 GR	Jamaica (JAM) Orville Taylor Dennis Blake Linval Laird Garth Robinson Roxbert Martin	3:02.32	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Patrick Delice Neil de Silva Hayden Stephen Ian Morris	3:02.78
30 kilometres walk details	Nick A'Hern  Australia	2:07:53	Tim Berrett  Canada	2:08:22	Scott Nelson  New Zealand	2:09:10
High jump details	Tim Forsyth  Australia	2.32 m	Steve Smith  England	2.32 m	Geoff Parsons  Scotland	2.31 m
Pole vault details	Neil Winter  Wales	5.40 m GR	Curtis Heywood  Canada	5.30 m	James Miller  Australia	5.30 m
Long jump details	Obinna Eregbu  Nigeria	8.05 m	David Culbert  Australia	8.00 m	Ian James  Canada	7.93 m
Triple jump details	Julian Golley  England	17.03 m	Jonathan Edwards  England	17.00 m	Brian Wellman  Bermuda	17.00 m
Shot put details	Matt Simson  England	19.49 m	Courtney Ireland  New Zealand	19.38 m	Chima Ugwu  Nigeria	19.26 m
Discus throw details	Werner Reiterer  Australia	62.76 m	Adewale Olukoju  Nigeria	62.46 m	Robert Weir  England	60.86 m
Hammer throw details	Sean Carlin  Australia	73.48 m	Paul Head  England	70.18 m	Peter Vivian  England	69.80 m
Javelin throw details	Steve Backley  England	82.74 m	Mick Hill  England	81.84 m	Gavin Lovegrove  New Zealand	80.42 m
Decathlon details	Mike Smith  Canada	8326 pts	Peter Winter  Australia	8074 pts	Simon Shirley  England	7980 pts

Men's EAD

(Elite athletes with a disability)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
800m wheelchair	Jeff Adams  Canada	1:44.94 GR	David Holding  England	1:45.13	Paul Wiggins  Australia	1:45.40
Marathon wheelchair	Paul Wiggins  Australia	1:37:33 GR	Ivan Newman  England	1:41:55	Ben Lucas  New Zealand	1:42:19

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Mary Onyali  Nigeria	11.06	Christy Opara-Thompson  Nigeria	11.22	Paula Thomas  England	11.23
200 metres details	Cathy Freeman  Australia	22.25 GR	Mary Onyali  Nigeria	22.35	Melinda Gainsford  Australia	22.68
400 metres details	Cathy Freeman  Australia	50.38 GR	Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria	50.53	Sandie Richards  Jamaica	50.69
800 metres details	Inez Turner  Jamaica	2:01.74	Charmaine Crooks  Canada	2:02.35	Gladys Wamuyu  Kenya	2:03.12
1500 metres details	Kelly Holmes  England	4:08.86	Paula Schnurr  Canada	4:09.65	Gwen Griffiths  South Africa	4:10.16
3000 metres details	Angela Chalmers  Canada	8:32.17 GR	Robyn Meagher  Canada	8:45.59	Alison Wyeth  England	8:47.98
10,000 metres details	Yvonne Murray  Scotland	31:56.97	Elana Meyer  South Africa	32:06.02	Jane Omoro  Kenya	32:13.01
Marathon details	Carole Rouillard  Canada	2:30:41	Lizanne Bussières  Canada	2:31:07	Yvonne Danson  England	2:32:24
100 metres hurdles details	Michelle Freeman  Jamaica	13.12	Jacqui Agyepong  England	13.14	Sam Farquharson  England	13.38
400 metres hurdles details	Sally Gunnell  England	54.51	Deon Hemmings  Jamaica	55.11	Debbie-Ann Parris  Jamaica	55.25
4 × 100 metres relay details	Nigeria (NGR) Faith Idehen Mary Tombiri Christy Opara-Thompson Mary Onyali	42.99	Australia (AUS) Monique Miers Cathy Freeman Melinda Gainsford Kathy Sambell	43.43	England (ENG) Stephi Douglas Geraldine McLeod Simmone Jacobs Paula Thomas	43.46
4 × 400 metres relay details	England (ENG) Phylis Smith Tracy Goddard Linda Keough Sally Gunnell	3:27.06 GR	Jamaica (JAM) Revoli Campbell Deon Hemmings Inez Turner Sandie Richards	3:28.63	Canada (CAN) Alanna Yakiwchuck Stacey Bowen Donalda Duprey Charmaine Crooks	3:33.52
10 kilometres walk details	Kerry Saxby-Junna  Australia	44:25	Anne Manning  Australia	44:37	Janice McCaffrey  Canada	44:54
High jump details	Alison Inverarity  Australia	1.94 m	Charmaine Weavers  South Africa	1.94 m	Debbie Marti  England	1.91 m
Long jump details	Nicole Boegman  Australia	6.82 m	Yinka Idowu  England	6.73 m	Christy Opara-Thompson  Nigeria	6.72 m
Shot put details	Judy Oakes  England	18.16 m	Myrtle Augee  England	17.64 m	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari  Australia	16.61 m
Discus throw details	Daniela Costian  Australia	63.72 m GR	Beatrice Faumuina  New Zealand	57.12 m	Lizette Etsebeth  South Africa	55.74 m
Javelin throw details	Louise McPaul  Australia	63.76 m	Kirsten Hellier  New Zealand	60.40 m	Sharon Gibson  England	58.20 m
Heptathlon details	Denise Lewis  England	6325 pts	Jane Flemming  Australia	6317 pts	Catherine Bond-Mills  Canada	6193 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Canada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	12	6	6	24
2	England	11	14	13	38
3	Canada*	6	6	4	16
4	Kenya	5	2	3	10
5	Nigeria	3	4	4	11
6	Jamaica	2	4	2	8
7	Wales	2	0	1	3
8	Namibia	1	0	1	2
	Scotland	1	0	1	2
	Zambia	1	0	1	2
11	New Zealand	0	3	3	6
12	South Africa	0	3	2	5
13	Zimbabwe	0	2	1	3
14	Bermuda	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		44	44	44	132

Participation

•  Antigua and Barbuda (3)
•  Australia (77)
•  Bahamas (12)
•  Bangladesh (2)
•  Barbados (8)
•  Belize (6)
•  Bermuda (7)
•  Botswana (8)
•  Brunei (4)
•  British Virgin Islands (7)
•  Canada (106)
•  Cyprus (10)
•  Dominica (6)
•  England (105)
•  Falkland Islands (1)
•  Gambia (4)
•  Ghana (23)
•  Guyana (2)
•  Hong Kong (3)
•  Isle of Man (4)
•  Jamaica (32)
•  Jersey (1)
•  Kenya (46)
•  Lesotho (7)
•  Malawi (3)
•  Maldives (1)
•  Malaysia (8)
•  Malta (1)
•  Mauritius (9)
•  Montserrat (2)
•  Namibia (8)
•  New Zealand (26)
•  Nauru (1)
•  Nigeria (25)
•  Northern Ireland (10)
•  Pakistan (2)
•  Papua New Guinea (7)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
•  Saint Lucia (3)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
•  Seychelles (4)
•  Scotland (33)
•  Sierra Leone (8)
•  Singapore (1)
•  South Africa (29)
•  Swaziland (4)
•  Tanzania (2)
•  Tonga (6)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (9)
•  Uganda (4)
•  Vanuatu (2)
•  Wales (16)
•  Zambia (4)
•  Zimbabwe (12)

See also

• Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• 1994 in athletics (track and field)
• 1995 World Championships in Athletics