Canada at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Canada competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 to 21 September 1998. It was Canada's 16th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

Canada at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
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CGF code	CAN
CGA	Commonwealth Sport Canada
Website	commonwealthsport.ca
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 11 September 1998 (1998-09-11) – 21 September 1998 (1998-09-21)
Flag bearer (opening)	Marianne Limpert[1]
Flag bearer (closing)	Michael Strange[1]
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 30 Silver 31 Bronze 38 Total 99
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 2026 2030
Other related appearances
Newfoundland (1930, 1934)

Medalists

The following Canadian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.^[1]

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Michael Strange Boxing Light welterweight  Gold Jeremy Molitor Boxing Welterweight  Gold Mark Simmons Boxing Heavyweight  Gold Tanya Dubnicoff Cycling Women's sprint  Gold Eric Wohlberg Cycling Men's road time trial  Gold Lyne Bessette Cycling Women's individual road race  Gold Alexandre Despatie Diving Men's 10 metre platform  Gold Eryn Bulmer Diving Women's 3 metre springboard  Gold Alexander Jeltkov Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar  Gold Erika-Leigh Stirton Gymnastics Women's rhythmic clubs  Gold Erika-Leigh Stirton Gymnastics Women's rhythmic hoop  Gold Erika-Leigh Stirton Gymnastics Women's rhythmic ribbon  Gold Erika-Leigh Stirton Gymnastics Women's rhythmic rope  Gold Erika-Leigh Stirton Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual all-around  Gold Christina Ashcroft Sharon Bowes Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle pairs  Gold James Paton Shooting Fullbore rifle Queen's Prize open singles  Gold Metodi Igorov Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol  Gold Michel Dion Wayne Sorensen Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions pairs  Gold Sharon Bowes Christina Ashcroft Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions pairs  Gold Mark Versfeld Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke  Gold Mark Versfeld Swimming Men's 200 metre backstroke  Gold Marianne Limpert Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley  Gold Joanne Malar Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley  Gold Valérie Hould-Marchand Synchronised swimming Women's solo  Gold Kasia Kulesza Jacinthe Taillon Synchronised swimming Women's duet  Gold Sébastien Groulx Weightlifting Men's 69 kg snatch  Gold Sébastien Groulx Weightlifting Men's 69 kg combined  Gold Akos Sandor Weightlifting Men's 105 kg snatch  Gold Akos Sandor Weightlifting Men's 105 kg clean and jerk  Gold Akos Sandor Weightlifting Men's 105 kg combined  Silver Arturo Huerta Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk  Silver Bradley McCuaig Glenroy Gilbert O'Brian Gibbons Trevino Betty Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay  Silver Philomena Mensah Athletics Women's 100 metres  Silver Marty O'Donnell Boxing Featherweight  Silver Scott MacIntosh Boxing Light middleweight  Silver Troy Ross Boxing Light heavyweight  Silver Linda Jackson Cycling Women's road time trial  Silver Blythe Hartley Diving Women's 1 metre springboard  Silver Myriam Boileau Diving Women's 10 metre platform  Silver Veronique Leeleve Gymnastics Women's uneven bars  Silver Kris Burley Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar  Silver Richard Ikede Gymnastics Men's parallel bars  Silver Richard Ikede Gymnastics Men's pommel horse  Silver Emilie Livingston Erika-Leigh Stirton Katie Iafolla Gymnastics Women's rhythmic team all-around  Silver Sharon Bowes Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle  Silver John Rochon Metodi Igorov Shooting Men's 25 metre centre-fire pistol pairs  Silver James Paton Alain Marion Shooting Fullbore rifle Queen's Prize open pairs  Silver Joe Trinci Shooting Men's skeet  Silver Wayne Sorensen Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions  Silver Christina Ashcroft Maureen Spinney Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle prone pairs  Silver Sharon Bowes Shooting Women's 50 metre rifle three positions  Silver Jonathon Power Squash Men's singles  Silver Craig Hutchison Garret Pulle Robbie Taylor Stephen Clarke Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay  Silver Joanne Malar Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle  Silver Kelly Stefanyshyn Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke  Silver Courtenay Chuy Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke  Silver Joanne Malar Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley  Silver Elizabeth Warden Swimming Women's 400 metre individual medley  Silver Kelly Stefanyshyn Lauren van Oosten Marianne Limpert Sara Alroubaie Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay  Silver Bill Rowe Ten-pin bowling Men's singles  Silver Sébastien Groulx Weightlifting Men's 69 kg clean and jerk  Bronze Jason Tunks Athletics Men's discus throw  Bronze Mike Smith Athletics Men's decathlon  Bronze Keturah Anderson Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles  Bronze Karlene Haughton Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles  Bronze Karlene Haughton Diane Cummins LaDonna Antoine Foy Williams Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay  Bronze Trista Bernier Athletics Women's pole vault  Bronze Caroline Wittrin Athletics Women's hammer throw  Bronze Andrew Kooner Boxing Bantamweight  Bronze Trevor Stewardson Boxing Middleweight  Bronze Lori-Ann Muenzer Cycling Women's sprint  Bronze Annie Gariepy Cycling Women's points race  Bronze Eric Wohlberg Cycling Men's individual road race  Bronze Eryn Bulmer Diving Women's 1 metre springboard  Bronze Myriam Boileau Diving Women's 3 metre springboard  Bronze Anne Montminy Diving Women's 10 metre platform  Bronze Lise Leveille Gymnastics Women's balance beam  Bronze Crystal Gilmore Emilie Fournier Katie Rowland Lise Leveille Veronique Leclerc Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around  Bronze Alexander Jeltkov Grant Golding Kris Burley Peter Schmid Richard Ikeda Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around  Bronze Emilie Livingston Gymnastics Women's rhythmic clubs  Bronze John Rochon Jean-Pierre Huot Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol pairs  Bronze John Rochon Shooting Men's 25 metre centre-fire pistol  Bronze John Rochon Jean-Pierre Huot Shooting Men's 50 metre free pistol pairs  Bronze Douglas McCutcheon Joe Trinci Shooting Men's skeet pairs  Bronze Kim Eagles Shooting Women's 25 metre sport pistol  Bronze Chris Renaud Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke  Bronze Greg Hamm Swimming Men's 200 metre backstroke  Bronze Andrew Chan Chris Sawbridge Craig Hutchison Garret Pulle Jason Flint Mark Versfeld Shamek Pietucha Stephen Clarke Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay  Bronze Jessica Deglau Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle  Bronze Joanne Malar Swimming Women's 400 metre freestyle  Bronze Lauren van Oosten Swimming Women's 100 metre breaststroke  Bronze Lauren van Oosten Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke  Bronze Jessica Deglau Swimming Women's 200 metre butterfly  Bronze Jessica Deglau Laura Nicholls Marianne Limpert Nicole Davey Swimming Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay  Bronze Andrea Schwartz Jessica Deglau Joanne Malar Laura Nicholls Swimming Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay  Bronze Warren Rennox Ten-pin bowling Men's singles  Bronze Bill Rowe Jane Amlinger Ten-pin bowling Mixed doubles  Bronze Alain Bilodeau Weightlifting Men's 77 kg clean and jerk  Bronze Alain Bilodeau Weightlifting Men's 77 kg combined

Cricket

Main article: Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Canada named the below squad for the tournament.^[2]

Roster

• Ingleton Liburd (c)
• George Codrington
• Muneeb Diwan
• Derick Etwaroo
• Joseph Harris
• Nigel Isaacs
• Davis Joseph
• Paul Prashad
• Brian Rajadurai
• Danny Ramnarais (wk)
• Barry Seebaran
• Sanjayan Thuraisingam
• Anand Varadarajan

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Canada men	Men's tournament	Australia L by 9 wickets	India L by 112 runs	Antigua and Barbuda L by 121 runs	4	did not advance		15

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	0	6	3.299
2	Antigua and Barbuda	3	1	1	0	1	3	0.079
3	India	3	1	1	0	1	3	−0.340
4	Canada	3	0	3	0	0	0	−2.558

Source: ESPNcricinfo

9 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Canada  60 (20 overs)	v	Australia 61/1 (14 overs)
Muneeb Diwan 14 Damien Fleming 4/21 (6 overs)		Mark Waugh 24* Sanjayan Thuraisingam 1/14 (5 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and William Smith (Sco)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Danny Ramnarais (Can) made his List A debut.^[3]
• Points: Australia 2, Canada 0.

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12 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

India  157/9 (50 overs)	v	Canada 45 (23.5 overs)
Amay Khurasiya 83 (136) Davis Joseph 2/18 (8 overs)		Joseph Harris 13 (20) Anil Kumble 4/11 (6.5 overs)

India won by 112 runs Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Ismail Khan (Mas) and Steve Bucknor (Jam)

• Canada won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: India 2, Canada 0.^[4]
• Canada were eliminated as a result of this match.

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14 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Antigua and Barbuda  256/7 (50 overs)	v	Canada 135 (31.3 overs)
Anthony Lake 54 Ingleton Liburd 1/41 (7 overs)		Joseph Harris 48 Anthony Lake 4/17 (4.3 overs)

Antigua and Barbuda won by 121 runs Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Syed Mahabubullah (Ban)

• Antigua and Barbuda won the toss and elected to bat.
• Anthony Lake (Ant) made his List A debut.^[5]
• Nigel Isaacs (Can) played his only List A match.^[5]
• Hayden Walsh Sr., Richie Richardson, Winston Benjamin (Ant) and Anand Varadarajan, Ingleton Liburd, Derick Etwaroo, Danny Ramnarais (Can) all played their final List A match.^[5]
• Kenny Benjamin (Ant) took his 100th List A wicket.^[5]
• Points: Antigua and Barbuda 2, Canada 0.