Archery at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Archery
at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
VenueMurarrie Recreation Reserve
Dates2–5 October 1982
Competitors36 from 15 nations

Archery at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was the debut appearance of Archery at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982.[1]

The archery events were held at the Murarrie Recreation Reserve. There were two events, one for men and one for women, both using recurve bows.

England and New Zealand topped the archery medal table by virtue of winning one gold each.[2] The final standings were decided by an aggregate score after four days of shooting. The women's champion, New Zealand's Neroli Fairhall, became the first paraplegic athlete to win a Commonwealth gold medal.[3]

These games marked the debut of archery as a Commonwealth sport; however, it would not appear again until the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Participating nations

36 archers from 15 nations participated at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[4][5]

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England1001
 New Zealand1001
3 Canada0112
4 Northern Ireland0101
5 Australia0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  Mark Blenkarne (ENG)  Roger Lamay (CAN)  Michael Coen (AUS)
Women's  Neroli Fairhall (NZL)  Janet Yates (NIR)  Lucille Lemay (CAN)

Results

Men's individual

Pos Athlete Pts
1 England Mark Blenkarne 2446
2 Canada Roger Lamay 2426
3 Australia Michael John Coen 2411
4 England Steven Hallard 2411
5 Canada Stan Siatkowski 2365
6 Australia Christopher Blake 2361
7 Scotland Brian Strachan 2339
8 England Peter Gillam 2335
9 Canada Ted Gamble 2331
10 Australia Geoffrey Lee Burnell-Jones 2329
11 Zimbabwe Lyle Heydenrych 2238
12 Scotland Christopher Elliott 2184
13 Zimbabwe David Milne 2120
14 Northern Ireland Eddie Graham 2115
15 Wales Tony Lewis 2104
16 Guernsey John Le Page 2024
17 Hong Kong Jimuel Lin 1906

Women's individual

Pos Athlete Score
1 New Zealand Neroli Fairhall 2373
2 Northern Ireland Janet Yates 2373
3 Canada Lucille Lemay 2349
4 New Zealand Anne Shurrock 2327
5 Malta Joanna Agius 2326
6 Australia Shirley Vera Chesshe 2317
7 Australia Terrry Donovan 2310
8 Canada Linda Kazienko 2307
9 Canada Lucille Lessard 2307
10 Wales Marion Workman 2304
11 England Eileen Robinson 2292
12 Scotland Moira Taylor 2287
13 Northern Ireland Freda Britton 2274
14 Australia Marilyn Janet Rumley 2262
15 England Brenda Thomas 2258
16 England Charlotte Calladine 2229
17 Northern Ireland Angela Goodall 2167
18 Zimbabwe Doreen Milne 2004
19 Scotland Sarah Miles 1068

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Archery". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  3. ^ "New Zealander Neroli Fairhall Tuesday became the first paraplegic..." United Press International. 5 October 1982. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Archery Individual - Men Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Archery Individual - Women Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.