Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Northern Ireland competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 to August 3, 2014.^[2][3]

Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NIR
CGA	Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council
Website	nicgc.org
in Glasgow, Scotland
Flag bearer	Martyn Irvine[1]
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 7 Total 12
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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
Ireland (1930)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Paddy Barnes	Boxing	Men's light flyweight	2 August
Gold	Michael Conlan	Boxing	Men's bantamweight	2 August
Silver	Paul Daly Neil Mulholland Neil Booth	Lawn Bowls	Men's triples	28 July
Silver	Joe Fitzpatrick	Boxing	Men's lightweight	2 August
Silver	Michaela Walsh	Boxing	Women's flyweight	2 August
Bronze	Lisa Kearney	Judo	Women's 52 kg	24 July
Bronze	Mandy Cunningham Barbara Cameron	Lawn Bowls	Women's pairs	1 August
Bronze	Sean Duffy	Boxing	Men's light welterweight	2 August
Bronze	Steven Donnelly	Boxing	Men's welterweight	2 August
Bronze	Connor Coyle	Boxing	Men's middleweight	2 August
Bronze	Sean McGlinchy	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	2 August
Bronze	Alanna Audrey-Murphy	Boxing	Women's lightweight	2 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Key

• Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Leon Reid	100 m	DQ		did not advance
Jason Smyth		10.66	5	did not advance
Leon Reid	200 m	20.97	3 q	21.03	8	did not advance
Daniel Mooney	1500 m	3:45.79	10	—		did not advance
Paul Pollock	10,000 m	—				29:11.46	19
Ben Reynolds	110 m hurdles	13.96	6	—		did not advance
Jason Harvey	400 m hurdles	52.06	5	—		did not advance

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Dempsey McGuigan	Hammer throw	66.16	6 q	64.79	11

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Peter Glass	Result	11.20	6.74	13.69	1.93	52.52	14.94	45.11	4.50	56.05	5:10.51	7287	12
	Points	817	1570	2279	3019	3721	4578	5347	6107	6786	7287

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Amy Foster	100 m	11.62	2 Q	11.54	5	did not advance
Katie Kirk	800 m	2.03.00	2 Q	2:02.63	6	did not advance
Christine McMahon	400 m hurdles	58.67	4	—		did not advance
Kerry O'Flaherty	3000 m steeplechase	—				9:55.94	11
Gladys Ganiel	Marathon	—				2:40:29	12

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Zoe Brown	Pole vault	—		No Mark

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Tony Stephenson	Men's singles	M Haque (BAN) W 2–0	P Vijayanath (RSA) W 2–0	C W Feng (MAS) L 0–2	did not advance
Tony Murphy		K Ghislain (SEY) W 2–0	M Bhatti (PAK) W 2–1	K Merrilees (SCO) L 0–2	did not advance
Alannah Stephenson	Women's singles	E Cann (JER) L 0–2	did not advance
Sinead Chambers		J Snell (NFI) W 2–1	P C Thulasi (IND) L 0–2	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Tony Murphy & Tony Stephenson	Men's doubles	Bye	D March & V Smeed (SHN) W 2–0	C Adcock & A Ellis (ENG) L 0–2	did not advance
Caroline Black & Sinead Chambers	Women's doubles	—	M Fu & V Neo (SIN) L 0–2	did not advance
Tony Murphy & Alannah Stephenson	Mixed doubles	G Cupidon & J Ah-Wan (SEY) W 2–1	C Adcock & G Adcock (ENG) L 0–2	did not advance
Ciaran Chambers & Sinead Chambers		H Zaki & M Ismali (MDV) W 2–0	D Ng & P Chan (CAN) L 0–2	did not advance
Tony Stephenson & Caroline Black		A Lubah & N Chan Lam (MRI) W 2–0	G Henry & G Henry (JAM) W 2–0	T Ng & A Bruce (CAN) L 0–2	did not advance

Mixed team

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team

Pool F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	30	1	+29	638	305	+333	3	Quarterfinals
2	Jersey	3	2	1	20	12	+8	558	518	+40	2
3	Northern Ireland	3	1	2	11	23	−12	528	629	−101	1
4	Mauritius	3	0	3	4	29	−25	412	684	−272	0

Source: glasgow2014.com

England 5	Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow 24 July v t e		Northern Ireland 0
1 2 3 1 Chris Adcock / Gabby Adcock Ciaran Chambers / Sinead Chambers 21 8 21 17     2 Rajiv Ouseph Tony Stephenson 21 5 21 9     3 Sarah Walker Alannah Stephenson 21 9 8 21 21 13   4 Peter Mills / Chris Langridge Tony Stephenson / Tony Murphy 21 11 21 9     5 Kate Robertshaw / Heather Olver Sinead Chambers / Caroline Black 21 7 21 10

Mauritius 1	Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow 25 July v t e		Northern Ireland 4
1 2 3 1 Julien Paul Tony Stephenson 13 21 9 21     2 Kate Foo Kune Alannah Stephenson 19 21 21 19 9 21   3 Julien Paul / Aatish Lubah Tony Stephenson / Tony Murphy 19 21 16 21     4 Nicki Chan-Lam / Yeldy Louison Sinead Chambers / Caroline Black 8 21 16 21     5 Kate Foo Kune / Aatish Lubah Ciaran Chambers / Sinead Chambers 12 21 21 19 21 17

Jersey 5	Commonwealth Arena, Glasgow 26 July v t e		Northern Ireland 0
1 2 3 1 Alexander Hutchings / Mariana Agathangelou Ciaran Chambers / Sinead Chambers 21 14 21 16     2 Mark Constable Tony Stephenson 21 16 21 8     3 Elizabeth Cann Alannah Stephenson 21 12 21 15     4 Alexander Hutchings / Mark Constable Ciaran Chambers / Tony Murphy 21 18 17 21 21 18   5 Elizabeth Cann / Mariana Agathangelou Sinead Chambers / Caroline Black 21 9 21 18

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Northern Ireland has qualified boxers for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paddy Barnes	Light flyweight	Bye	H Furahisha (TAN) W KO3	C Keama (PNG) W KO3	F Kaggwa (UGA) W 3–0	D Singh (IND) W 3–0
Ruairi Dalton	Flyweight	C Katanga (ZAM) W 3–0	E Mwanjwango (TAN) W 3–0	A Moloney (AUS) L 0–3	did not advance
Michael Conlan	Bantamweight	M Martin (NRU) W 3–0	S Thapa (IND) W 3–0	B Nasir (UGA) W 3–0	S McGoldrick (WAL) W 3–0	Q Ashfaq (ENG) W 3–0
Joe Fitzpatrick	Lightweight	Bye	Q Mohlerepe (LES) W 2–1	N O Okoth (KEN) W 3–0	M Alexander (TRI) W 3–0	C Flynn (SCO) L 0–3
Sean Duffy	Light welterweight	D Mohamed (SRI) W 3–0	F Pius (TAN) W 2–1	K Azmi (MAS) W 3–0	J Jonas (NAM) L 0–3	Did not advance
Steven Donnelly	Welterweight	H Asif (PAK) W KO1	O Finau (TON) W 3–0	C Clayton (CAN) W 3–0	M Jangra (IND) L 1–2	Did not advance
Connor Coyle	Middleweight	L Dyamdeki (LES) W 3–0	D Thomas (GUY) W 2–1	S Lusizi (RSA) W 3–0	V Singh (IND) L 0–3	Did not advance
Sean McGlinchy	Light heavyweight	Bye	C Clarke (JAM) W 2–1	E A Ochola (KEN) W 3–0	D Nyika (NZL) L 0–3	Did not advance
Steven Ward	Heavyweight	W Baister (ENG) L 1–2	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michaela Walsh	Flyweight	T Dumas (MRI) W 3–0	S J Rae (JAM) W 3–0	P Rani (IND) W 2–0	N Adams (ENG) L 1–2
Alanna Audrey-Murphy	Lightweight	Bye	V Spicer (DMA) W 2–1	S Watts (AUS) L 0–3	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Roger Robert Aiken	Men's cross-country	LAP	26
Claire Oakley	Women's cross-country	1:58.27	15

Road

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lydia Helene Boylan	Road race	2:50:55	21
Claire Oakley	Road race	DNF

Track

Points race

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Martyn Irvine	Men's point race	3	12 Q	DNF
Lydia Helene Boylan	Women's points race	—		0	16

Scratch race

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final
		Rank	Rank
Martyn Irvine	Men's scratch race	5 Q	14
Lydia Helene Boylan	Women's scratch race	—	14

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
James Brown Dave Readle (Pilot)	Men's tandem sprint B	11.406	5	—			did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
James Brown Dave Readle (Pilot)	Men's tandem time trial B	1:09.413	5

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

• Luke Carson

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Sarah Beck	Team	12.700	11.466	11.233	10.966	46.365	Did not advance
Nicole Mawhinney		13.266	10.700	11.533	12.433	47.932	21 Q
India McPeak		12.266	10.200	11.233		—
Ciara Roberts		12.433	9.333	9.008	12.166	42.940	Did not advance
Total		38.399	32.366	33.999	35.565	140.329	9

Individual all around final

Athlete	Event	Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Nicole Mawhinney	Individual	13.300	11.266	11.733	12.266	48.565	17

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eoin Flemming	−73 kg	Bye	Jeanne (SEY) W 0101–0003	Williams (ENG) L 0002-1001	Did not advance	Ganzo (KEN) W 1000-0002	van Zyl (RSA) L 1010-0002	5
Caoimhin Thompson		Gosiewski (ENG) L 000–100	did not advance
Mark Montgomery	−100 kg	Dugasse (SEY) L 1001-0001	did not advance
Gavin McNeill	+100 kg	—	Bye	Sherrington (SCO) L 0000-1000	Did not advance	Kumar (IND) L 0100-1001	Did not advance	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lisa Kearney	−52 kg	Bye	Mva (RSA) W1000-0000	K Edwards (ENG) L0001-0000	Bye	Francis-Méthot (CAN) W0100-0003
Kirsty Kee	−63 kg	Béatrice Valois-Fortier (CAN) L 0000-1000	did not advance

Netball

Main article: Netball at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

The Northern Ireland national netball team made their debut at the Commonwealth Games in 2014.^[4] They eventually finished seventh after defeating Wales by 58–36 in a classification match.^[5]

Squad

• Niamh Cooper
• Michelle Drayne
• Gemma Gibney
• Noleen Lennon
• Nordia Masters
• Lisa McCaffrey
• Oonagh McCullough
• Caroline O'Hanlon
• Lisa Somerville
• Fionnuala Toner
• Máire Toner
• Hannah Willis

Pool A

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
New Zealand	5	5	0	337	151	+186	10	Semi-finals
Jamaica	5	4	1	344	184	+160	8
Malawi	5	3	2	299	244	+55	6
Northern Ireland	5	2	3	211	286	−75	4
Scotland	5	1	4	165	268	−103	2
Saint Lucia	5	0	5	141	364	−223	0

Source: glasgow2014.com

24 July 2014 11:30 v t e	Report	Malawi	71 – 50	Northern Ireland		SECC Precinct Umpires: Gary Burgess (ENG) Rachael Ayre (AUS) Reserve umpire: Clare McCabe (AUS)
		Chimaliro  6/7 (86%) Kumwenda  44/47 (94%) Simtowe  21/21 (100%)		Lennon  20/21 (95%) McCullough  9/18 (50%) Somerville  21/26 (81%)

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25 July 2014 19:00 v t e	Report	Jamaica	65 – 34	Northern Ireland		SECC Precinct Umpires: Tracy Smith (ENG) Clare McCabe (AUS) Reserve umpire: Yvonne Morgan (NZL)
		Beckford  12/16 (75%) Harwood  4/7 (57%) Reid  19/55 (35%)		Lennon  13/21 (62%) McCullough  9/16 (56%) Somerville  12/17 (71%)

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27 July 2014 19:00 v t e	Report	Northern Ireland	29 – 78	New Zealand		SECC Precinct Umpires: Michelle Phippard (AUS) Marie-Louw van der Merve (RSA) Reserve umpire: Clare McCabe (AUS)
		Lennon  17/22 (77%) McCullough  5/14 (36%) Somerville  7/9 (78%)		Brown  45/52 (87%) Francois  0/1 (0%) Latu  32/34 (94%) Tutaia  1/2 (50%)

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28 July 2014 17:00 v t e	Report	Northern Ireland	61 – 40	Saint Lucia		SECC Precinct Umpires: Terrence Peart (JAM) Clare McCabe (AUS) Reserve umpire: Theresa Prince (RSA)
		Lennon  35/38 (92%) McCullough  14/20 (70%) Somerville  11/14 (79%)		Altifois-Fenelon  7/12 (58%) Laurencin  9/11 (82%) Maxwell  24/32 (75%) Toner  1/3 (33%)

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30 July 2014 17:00 v t e	Report	Scotland	32 – 37	Northern Ireland		SECC Precinct Umpires: Rachael Ayre (AUS) Joshua Bowring (AUS) Reserve umpire: Tracy Smith (ENG)
		Gallagher  19/24 (79%) MacDonald  13/16 (81%) Pettitt  0/1 (0%)		Lennon  32/48 (67%) McCullough  5/10 (50%)

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Seventh place match

1 August 2014 09:30 v t e	Report	Northern Ireland	58 – 36	Wales		SECC Precinct Umpires: Yvonne Morgan (NZL) Michelle Phippard (AUS) Reserve umpire: Marie-Louw Van Der Merve (RSA)
		McCullough  12/17 (71%) Somerville  46/53 (87%)		James  7/9 (78%) Lewis  21/27 (78%) Moseley  7/14 (50%) Thomas  1/3 (33%)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Pistol/Small bore

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gary Duff	50 m rifle prone	619.7	5 Q	98.4	7
Samuel Kelly		615.3	15	did not advance

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final/BM
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
David Beattie	Trap	101	21	did not advance
David Henning		103	20	did not advance
Clement Buchanan	Skeet	108	17	did not advance
David Christie		112	15	did not advance

Full bore

Athlete	Event	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Total
		Points	Points	Points	Points	Rank
Jack Alexander	Individual	103-9v	149-18v	140-5v	392-32v	5
David Calvert		104-12v	148-19v	141-7v	393-38v	4
David Calvert Jack Alexander	Pairs	298-32v	283-19v	—	581-51v	9

Women

Pistol/Small bore

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Louise Kathryn Aiken	50 m rifle prone	—				603.5	20
Claudia Mcclung		—				606.5	18

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final/BM
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kirsty Barr	Trap	69	3 Q	9	6	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Curtis Coulter	50 m freestyle	23.23	16 Q	23.02	14	did not advance
Conor Munn		23.88	24	did not advance
David Thompson		23.79	21	did not advance
Curtis Coulter	100 m freestyle	50.63	12 Q	50.48	12	did not advance
Conor Munn		53.30	30	did not advance
David Thompson		51.15	18	did not advance
Jordan Sloan	200 m freestyle	1:50.01	12	—		did not advance
Jordan Sloan	50 m backstroke	26.25	11 Q	26.28	12	did not advance
Jordan Sloan	100 m backstroke	58.01	16 Q	57.03	16	did not advance
Michael Dawson	50 m breaststroke	28.92	14 Q	28.87	=12	did not advance
Michael Dawson	100 m breaststroke	1:04.37	13 Q	1:04.65	16	did not advance
Curtis Coulter	50 m butterfly	25.73	21	did not advance
Conor Munn		25.57	20	did not advance
Curtis Coulter	100 m butterfly	57.20	21	did not advance
Curtis Coulter Conor Munn Jordan Sloan David Thompson	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:23.84	9	—		did not advance
Curtis Coulter Michael Dawson Jordan Sloan David Thompson	4×100 m medley relay	3:47.83	8 Q	—		3:51.39	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rachel Bethel	50 m freestyle	27.70	32	did not advance
Bethany Firth		27.61	31	did not advance
Danielle Hill		27.23	22	did not advance
Rachel Bethel	100 m freestyle	did not start		did not advance
Bethany Firth		59.24	26	did not advance
Rachel Bethel	200 m freestyle	2:07.01	22	—		did not advance
Danielle Hill		2:10.82	26	—		did not advance
Sycerika McMahon		did not start		—		did not advance
Rachel Bethel	400 m freestyle	4:34.30	21	—		did not advance
Sycerika McMahon		4:16.21	14	—		did not advance
Bethany Firth	50 m backstroke	32.80	26	did not advance
Danielle Hill		30.77	14 Q	30.87	13	did not advance
Bethany Firth	100 m backstroke	1:08.30	19	did not advance
Danielle Hill		1:07.18	=16 Q[a]	1:06.17	15	did not advance
Danielle Hill	200 m backstroke	2:26.52	14	—		did not advance
Sycerika McMahon	50 m breaststroke	31.12	5 Q	31.56	9	did not advance
Sycerika McMahon	100 m breaststroke	1:10.07	10 Q	1:09.41	13	did not advance
Sycerika McMahon	200 m breaststroke	2:31.98	12	—		did not advance
Bethany Firth	50 m butterfly	28.51	22	did not advance
Gemma Kane		28.22	20	did not advance
Gemma Kane	100 m butterfly	1:02.51	16 Q	1:02.74	16	did not advance
Gemma Kane	200 m butterfly	2:18.39	17	—		did not advance
Sycerika McMahon		2:15.53	14	—		did not advance
Bethany Firth	200 m individual medley	did not start		—		did not advance
Sycerika McMahon		2:16.14	11	—		did not advance
Rachel Bethel Bethany Firth Danielle Hill Sycerika McMahon	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:54.53	8 Q	—		3:52.88	8
Rachel Bethel Bethany Firth Danielle Hill Gemma Kane	4×200 m freestyle relay	DSQ		—		did not advance
Rachel Bethel Danielle Hill Gemma Kane Sycerika McMahon	4×100 m medley relay	4:22.34	8 Q	—		DSQ

^a Danielle Hill finished in equal 16th position in the heats alongside Kenya's Talisa Lanoe. A swim-off was held between the two competitors which Hill won and was awarded with the 16th and last qualification place in to the semifinal.

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

• Madeline Perry
• Michael Craig

Table Tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Team Northern Ireland consisted of 7 table tennis players.

Men's Team

• Ashley Robinson
• Paul McCreery
• Peter Graham

Women's Team

• Amanda Mogey
• Ashley Givan
• Emma Ludlow
• Hannah Lynch-Dawson

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Bike (40 km)	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Conor Murphy	Men's	18:35	59:20	33:40	1:52:29	12
Harry Speers		20:13	1:08:32	42:43	2:12:29	27
Russell White		18:48	1:02:31	37:00	1:59:20	23
Aileen Reid	Women's	19:39	1:03:57	35:11	1:59:46	6
Emma Sharkey		did not finish

Mixed Relay

Athletes	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250 m, Bike 6 km, Run 1.6 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Aileen Reid Conor Murphy Eimear Mullan Russell White	Mixed relay	18:59 17:48 20:14 18:51	1:15:52	6

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Norik Koczarian	65 kg	—	M Tarash (AUS) L 2–5	did not advance
Hugh McCloskey	97 kg	—	Bye	A Gill (CAN) L 5–16	Did not advance	Bye	Bronze final  S Belkin (NZL) L 5–16	4