Rowing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was the seventh and last appearance of Rowing at the Commonwealth Games .
The sport returned to the Games schedule 24 years after its last appearance in 1962 . The rowing programme replaced archery, which made its debut in 1982 but it would be the last time that rowing featured at the Games.[ 1] [ 2]
Competition featured 15 events, a large increase on the six held in 1962. The course was the artificial Strathclyde Loch at the Water Sports Centre in Strathclyde Country Park on the outskirts of Motherwell . The Strathclyde Reginal Council spent around £700,000 to bring the course up to intenational standard.[ 3]
England topped the rowing medal table by virtue of winning five gold medals.[ 4]
The rowing tower on the finish line was constructed for the 1986 Games
Medal table
* Host nation (yes)
Medallists
Men
Women
Men's finals
Single sculls
Double sculls
Coxless pair
Coxless four
Pos
Athlete
Time
1
Grant Main , Kevin Neufeld , Paul Steele , Pat Turner
6:00.56
2
Andrew Stevenson , Shane O'Brien , Neil Gibson , Don Symon
6:00.85
3
Graham Faultless , Richard Ireland , Mostyn Field , Humphry Hatton
6:05.99
4
Craig Muller , David Doyle , Neil Myers, Jim Battersby
6:09.48
5
Douglas McFarlane, Martin Holmes, Quintin McKellar , William Brown
6:21.26
6
Colin Dickson, Colin Hunter, Domhnall MacAuley , Robert Storrs
6:32.42
Coxed four
Pos
Athlete
Time
1
Martin Cross , Adam Clift , Andy Holmes , Steve Redgrave , Adrian Ellison (cox)
6:08.13
2
Nigel Atherfold , Chris White , Greg Johnston , Bruce Holden , Andrew Bird (cox)
6:09.89
3
Mark Doyle , James Galloway , Mike McKay , James Tomkins , Dale Caterson (cox)
6:10.57
4
Bruce Robertson , Ian McKerlich , John Wallace , Darby Berhout, Tan Barkley (cox)
6:14.66
5
John Bowie, David Nolan, Charles Ivatt, David Ivatt
6:38.15
6
Nicholas Hartland, Paul Taylor, Ivor Lloyd , Michael Partridge, Chris Jenkins
6:41.07
Eights
Pos
Athlete
Time
1
James Galloway , Malcolm Batten , Andrew Cooper , Mike McKay , Mark Doyle James Tomkins , Ion Popa , Steve Evans , Dale Caterson (cox)
5:44.42
2
John Garrett , John Maxey , Jonathan Spencer-Jones , Mark Buckingham , Patrick Broughton Richard Stanhope , Stephen Peel , Terence Dillon , Vaughan Thomas (cox)
5:46.35
3
Mike Burrell[ 5] , Neil Gibson [ 6] , Barrie Mabbott [ 7] , Shane O'Brien [ 8] , Andrew Stevenson [ 9] Don Symon [ 10] , Carl Vincent[ 11] , Ian Wright [ 12] , Andy Hay (cox)[ 13]
5:47.97
4
John Ossowski , Eric Kovits, John Houlding , Dave Ross , Andy Crosby Mark Fortune, Jason Dorland , Don Telfer , Brian McMahon (cox)
5:47.99
5
Charles Ivatt, John Bowie, Archie McConnell, Doug McFarlane, Martin Holmes Quintin McKellar, William Brown, David Ivatt, Joe Kelly
5:54.50
6
Guy Thomas, Iestyn Roberts, Michael Hnatiw, Robin Roberts, Ivor Lloyd Paul Taylor, Nicholas Hartland, Michael Partridge, Chris Jenkins
6:20.81
Lightweight single sculls
Lightweight coxless four
Pos
Athlete
Time
1
Christopher Bates , Peter Haining , Neil Staite , Stuart Forbes
6:25.86
2
Simon Cook, Brian Digby , Merrick Howes, Joseph Joyce
6:27.71
3
Dave Henry, Brian Peaker , Bob Thomas, Ryan Tierney
6:35.66
4
Gary Hay, Martin Eade, Michael Westenra, Simon Koller
6:37.14
5
David Kidwell, Stephen Redwood, Jeremy Edwards , Martin Hyndman
6:43.83
6
Tom Baxter, Duncan Warwick, Auster McNaughton, David Nolan
6:52.48
Women's finals
Single sculls
Double sculls
Coxless pair
Coxed four
Pos
Athlete
Time
1
Tina Clarke , Tricia Smith , Lesley Thompson , Jane Tregunno , Jenny Wallinga
6:50.13
2
Deborah Bassett , Susan Chapman-Popa , Robyn Grey-Gardner , Marilyn Kidd , Kaylynn Fry (cox)
6:54.31
3
Joanne Gough , Ann Callaway , Kate Holroyd , Trish Reid , Alison Norrish (cox)
7:06.02
4
Angela Darby, Catherine Buchanan, Kathryn Armstrong, Alison Hamilton, Mike Bailey (cox)
7:24.72
5
Jo Treweek, Louise Kingsley, Katharine Hartland, Fiona Price
7:27.86
6
Karen Barton, Eleanor McNish, Christine Brown, Patricia McKellar
7:31.54
Eights
Pos
Athlete
Time
1
Annelies Voorthuis, Deborah Bassett , Vicki Spooner, Margot Foster , Marilyn Kidd Robyn Grey-Gardner , Susan Chapman , Urszula Anne Kay, Kaylynn Fry (cox)
6:43.69
2
Pauline Bird , Alison Bonner , Ann Callaway , Kate Grose , Joanne Gough Kate Holroyd , Flo Johnston , Trish Reid , Alison Norrish (cox)
6:45.62
3
Sandy Coppinger, Gil Saxby, Carla Pace, Cathy Harry, Angie Schneider Brenda Taylor , Sarah Ogilvy , Cathy Lund , Susan Beck
6:51.81[ 14] [ 15]
Lightweight single sculls
Lightweight coxless four
Pos
Athlete
Time
1
Alexa Forbes , Gillian Hodges , Lin Clark , Judith Burne
6:54.70
2
Deborah Clingeleffer , Amanda Cross , Virginia Lee , Gayle Toogood
6:59.68
3
Anne Drost, Marni Hamilton, Marlene van der Horst, Wendy Wiebe
7:01.18
4
Jo Treweek, Louise Kingsley, Katharine Hartland, Fiona Price
7:11.70
5
Karen Barton, Eleanor McNish, Christine Brown, Patricia McKellar
7:18.31
6
Angela Darby, Catherine Buchanan, Kathryn Armstrong, Alison Hamilton
7:45.22
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