Uganda at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Uganda at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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CGF code	UGA
CGA	Uganda Olympic Committee
Website	nocuganda.com
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	69 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Peace Proscovia (opening)
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 6
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Netball player Peace Proscovia was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei	Athletics	Men's 5000m	April 8
Gold	Stella Chesang	Athletics	Women's 10000m	April 9
Gold	Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei	Athletics	Men's 10000 m	April 13
Silver	Munyo Mutai	Athletics	Men's marathon	April 15
Bronze	Mercyline Chelangat	Athletics	Women's 10000m	April 9
Bronze	Juma Miiro	Boxing	Men's −49 kg	April 14

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	13	10	23
Badminton	2	2	4
Boxing	5	0	5
Cycling	2	0	2
Netball	0	12	12
Rugby sevens	12	0	12
Shooting	0	1	1
Squash	2	0	2
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	1	2
Weightlifting	3	1	4
Total	41	28	69

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pius Adome	100 m	10.70	5	Did not advance
	200 m	21.39	4	Did not advance
Alli Ngaimoko	400 m	50.35	7	Did not advance
Leonard Opiny		47.32	4	Did not advance
Ronald Musagala	1500 m	3:48.62	6	—	Did not advance
Thomas Ayeko	5000 m	—	13:54.78	4
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei		—	13:50.83
Phillip Kipyego		—	13:59.59	6
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei	10000 m	—	27:19.62
Jacob Kiplimo		—	27:30.25	4
Timothy Toroitich		—	27:47.35	7
Albert Chemutai	3000 m steeplechase	—	8:19.89	5
Robert Chemonges	Marathon	—	Did not finish
Alex Chesakit		—	2:23:06	7
Munyo Solomon Mutai		—	2:19:02

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Scovia Ayikoru	100 m	11.86	4 q	11.99	8	Did not advance
Scovia Ayikoru	400 m	54.65	7	Did not advance
Emily Nanziri		54.10	4 Q	54.10	6	Did not advance
Leni Shida		52.79	4 Q	54.50	8	Did not advance
Docus Ajok	800 m	2:00.53	4 q	—	2:01.22	6
Halima Nakaayi		2:01.69	5	—	Did not advance
Winnie Nanyondo		2:00.69	2 Q	—	2:00.36	4
Winnie Nanyondo	1500 m	4:08.49	2 Q	—	4:06.05	10
Juliet Chekwel	5000 m	—	15:30.17	4
Mercyline Chelangat		—	15:50.01	11
Juliet Chekwel	10000 m	—	31:57.97	7
Mercyline Chelangat		—	31:48.41
Stella Chesang		—	31:45.30
Scovia Ayikoru Halima Nakaayi Emily Nanziri Leni Shida	4 × 400 m	—	3:35.03	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Josephine Lalam	Javelin throw	48.92	8

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with four athletes (two men and two women)

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Edwin Ekiring	Men's singles	Coetzer (RSA) W 2 - 0	Ouseph (ENG) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Brian Kasirye		Clark (FAI) W 2 - 0	Bonkowsky (TTO) W 2 - 1	Lee (MAS) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Bridget Bangi	Women's singles	Bye	Yeo (SGP) L W/O	Did not advance
Aisha Nakiyemba		Bye	Wynter (JAM) L 0 - 2	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Edwin Ekiring Brian Kasirye	Men's doubles	—	Bignell / Hutchings (JER) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Bridget Bangi Aisha Nakiyemba	Women's doubles	—	Allet / Chan-Lam (MRI) L W/O	Did not advance
Bridget Bangi Edwin Ekiring	Mixed doubles	Dias / Hendahewa (SRI) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Aisha Nakiyemba Brian Kasirye		Molia / Gibson (FIJ) L 1 - 2	Did not advance

Mixed team

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team

Roster

• Bridget Bangi
• Edwin Ekiring
• Brian Kasirye
• Aisha Nakiyemba

Pool C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	0	+30	630	345	+285	3	Knockout stage
2	Australia	3	2	1	9	6	+3	19	12	+7	576	472	+104	2
3	South Africa	3	1	2	3	12	−9	6	24	−18	410	592	−182	1
4	Uganda	3	0	3	3	12	−9	6	25	−19	406	613	−207	0

Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2018. Source: GC2018

England 5	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 5 April v t e		Uganda 0
1 2 3 1 Chris Adcock / Gabby Adcock Brian Kasirye / Aisha Nakiyemba 21 5 21 9     2 Rajiv Ouseph Edwin Ekiring 21 11 21 15     3 Chloe Birch Shamim Bangi 21 12 21 10     4 Chris Langridge / Marcus Ellis Brian Kasirye / Edwin Ekiring 21 9 21 5     5 Jessica Pugh / Chloe Birch Aisha Nakiyemba / Shamim Bangi 21 12 21 12

Australia 4	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 6 April v t e		Uganda 1
1 2 3 1 Ross Smith / Leanne Choo Brian Kasirye / Aisha Nakiyemba 21 13 21 15     2 Anthony Joe Edwin Ekiring 21 23 21 19 10 21   3 Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu Shamim Bangi 21 5 21 12     4 Robin Middleton / Ross Smith Edwin Ekiring / Brian Kasirye 21 12 21 6     5 Leanne Choo / Renuga Veeran Shamim Bangi / Aisha Nakiyemba 21 7 21 5

South Africa 3	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast 6 April v t e		Uganda 2
1 2 3 1 Prakash Vijayanath / Michelle Butler-Emmett Brian Kasirye / Aisha Nakiyemba 21 16 21 15     2 Bongani von Bodenstein Edwin Ekiring 13 21 11 21     3 Johanita Scholtz Shamim Bangi 13 21 20 22     4 Prakash Vijayanath / Cameron Coetzer Edwin Ekiring / Brian Kasirye 21 16 21 16     5 Michelle Butler-Emmett / Elsie de Villiers Aisha Nakiyemba / Shamim Bangi 21 10 21 10

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with a team of 5 athletes (5 men).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Juma Miiro	−49 kg	—	Bye	Shaffi Hassan (KEN) W 3 - 2	Amit Panghal (IND) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Bashir Nasir	−56 kg	—	Zweli Dlamini (SWZ) L 1 - 4	Did not advance
Kavuma Ssemujju	−64 kg	Luke McCormack (ENG) L 0−5	Did not advance
Musa Bwogi	−69 kg	bye	Merven Clair (MRI) W 3 - 2	Pat McCormack (ENG) L 0 - 5	Did not advance
Regarn Simbwa	−81 kg	—	Lukmon Lawal (NGR) W 4 - 1	Sammy Lee (WAL) L 1 - 3	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Charles Kagimu	Road race	3:57:58	20
	Time trial	55:38.87	32
Viena Ssekanga	Road race	DNF

Netball

Main article: Netball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 (excluding the host nation, Australia) of the INF World Rankings on July 1, 2017. The country will be making its Commonwealth Games debut in the sport.^[3][4][5]

Roster

The following is the Uganda roster in the netball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[6][7]

Uganda national netball team – 2018 Commonwealth Games roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat. Ajio, Lilian - – Prisons Kizza, Betty - – NIC Meme, Ruth - – Nakabuye, Hadijah - – Prisons Nakachwa, Halima - – Prisons Nampungu, Joan - – NIC Namuwaya, Muhayimina - – Nanyonga, Florence - – Prisons Nanyonga, Racheal - – NIC Nanfuka, Stella - – Prisons Oyella, Stella - – Prisons Proscovia, Peace (C) - – Loughborough Lightning	Head coach Imelda Nyongesa Rashid Mubiru Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club Injured

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	5	5	0	0	342	202	+140	10	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	292	235	+57	6
3	Uganda	5	3	0	2	287	248	+39	6	Classification matches
4	Malawi	5	3	0	2	277	284	−7	6
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	195	289	−94	2
6	Wales	5	0	0	5	215	350	−135	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2018. Source: GC2018

5 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	New Zealand	64–51	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Kate Stephenson Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		Folau  22/22 (100%) Ekenasio  19/26 (73%) Selby-Rickit  13/14 (93%) Mes  10/17 (59%)		Proscovia  37/42 (88%) Nanyonga  14/16 (88%)

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7 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Uganda	54–52	Malawi		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Proscovia  35/38 (92%) Nanyonga  19/21 (90%)		Kumwenda  43/47 (91%) Chimaliro  8/10 (80%) Simtow  1/1 (100%)

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8 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	England	55–49	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Michelle Phippard Marc Henning Reserve umpire: Helen George
		Housby  30/34 (88%) Harten  11/11 (100%) Corbin  7/10 (70%) Haythornthwaite  7/7 (100%)		Proscovia  23/26 (88%) Nanyonga  22/27 (81%) Nakabuye  4/4 (100%)

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10 April 2018 20:30 v t e	Report	Wales	40–76	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Joshua Bowring Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Lewis  34/42 (81%) Rowe  6/7 (86%) Llewelyn  0/1 (0%)		Proscovia  56/63 (89%) Nanyonga  20/24 (83%)

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11 April 2018 16:00 v t e	Report	Uganda	57–37	Scotland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Angela Armstrong-Lush Reserve umpire: Theresa Prince
		Proscovia  32/34 (94%) Nanyonga  25/30 (83%)		Gallagher  19/21 (90%) Goodwin  16/25 (64%) McCall  2/8 (25%)

Fifth place match

12 April 2018 09:00 v t e	Report	South Africa	53–42	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Joshua Bowring Reserve umpire: Marc Henning
		Venter  42/46 (91%) Holtzhausen  11/12 (92%)		Oyella  22/25 (88%) Proscovia  19/19 (100%) Nanyonga  1/4 (25%)

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Uganda qualified a men's rugby sevens team of 12 athletes, by winning the 2017 Africa Cup Sevens.^[8]

Roster

• Desire Ayera
• Joseph Jadwong
• Adrian Kasito
• Timothy Kisiga
• Ivan Magomu
• James Odongo
• Aaron Ofoyrwoth
• Pius Ogena
• Solomon Okia
• Micheal Okorach
• Lawrence Ssebuliba
• Philip Wokorach

Pool D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji	3	3	0	0	138	22	+116	9	Semi-finals
2	Wales	3	2	0	1	90	38	+52	7	Classification semi-finals
3	Uganda	3	1	0	2	38	95	−57	5
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	27	138	−111	3

Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

14 April 2018 10:59 v t e

Wales	31–5	Uganda
Try: Jenkins 1' m Morgan 3' m Williams 8' c Treharne 9' c Amos 14' c Con: O'Brien (1/3) 9' Davies (2/2) 10', 14'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Odongo 11' m Con: Wokorach (0/1)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

14 April 2018 17:53 v t e

Fiji	54–0	Uganda
Try: Tuwai 1' c Sau 2' c Mocenacagi 4' c Ravouvou 6' m Nasilasila 10' c Nasoko 12' c Vakurinabili 13' c Dranisinukula 14' c Con: Ravouvou (3/4) 1', 2', 4' Nasilasila (3/3) 10', 14', 14' Naduva (1/1) 12'	(Gold Coast 2018)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

14 April 2018 21:11 v t e

Uganda	33–10	Sri Lanka
Try: Kisiga 1' m Wokorach 4' c Odongo 8' c Kasito 9' c Ogena 11' c Con: Wokorach (4/5) 4', 8', 10', 11'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Wijekoon (2) 1' m, 7' m Con: Ratwatte (0/2)

Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with 1 athlete (1 woman).

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Cleopatra Mungoma	Women's 50 metre rifle prone	571.9	20

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Michael Kawooya	Men's singles	Suari (PNG) W 3 - 0	Selby (ENG) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Ian Rukunya		Henry (FIJ) W 3 - 0	Matthew (ENG) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Michael Kawooya Ian Rukunya	Men's doubles	Selby / Waller (ENG) L 0 - 3	Kamal / Ng (MAS) L 0 - 3	3	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ekirikubinza Tibatemwa	Men's 50 m freestyle	24.93	47	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m butterfly	27.17	43	Did not advance
Avice Meya	Women's 50 m freestyle	29.09	35	Did not advance
	Women's 50 m butterfly	32.50	27	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Ronald Nyaika	Men's singles	Ashley Robinson (NIR) L 0 - 4	St. Louis (TTO) L 0 - 4	3	Did not advance
Halima Nambozo	Women's singles	Chang (MAS) L 0 - 4	Hursey (WAL) L 0 - 4	3	—	Did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Halima Nambozo Ronald Nyaika	Mixed doubles	Powell / Miao (AUS) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Uganda participated with 4 athletes (3 men and 1 woman).^[9]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Julius Ssekitoleko	Men's −56 kg	67	11	91	10	158	10
Hakim Ssempereza	Men's −69 kg	109	11	136	9	245	9
Kalidi Batuusa	Men's −94 kg	120	13	155	9	175	10
Irene Kasuubo	Women's −63 kg	71	11	85	11	156	10

See also

• Uganda at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics