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Wrestling at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Wrestling at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
VenueBrisbane City Hall (main auditorium)
LocationKing George Square, Brisbane, Australia
Dates30 September to 9 October 1982

Wrestling at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was the 12th appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982 and featured contests in ten weight classes.[1]

The events took place in the 2,000 seater main auditorium of the Brisbane City Hall on King George Square.[2]

Canada topped the wrestling medal table by virtue of winning five gold medals.[3]

Brisbane City Hall in 2010

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada5139
2 India4419
3 England1001
4 Australia*0325
5 New Zealand0224
6 Nigeria0011
 Scotland0011
Totals (7 entries)10101030

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight 48kg India Ram Chander Sarang New Zealand Steve Reinsfield Canada Maldwyn Cooper
Flyweight 52kg India Mahabir Singh Canada Ray Takahashi Australia Ken Hoyt
Bantamweight 57kg England Brian Aspen India Ashok Kumar New Zealand Chris Maddock
Featherweight 62kg Canada Bob Robinson Australia Cris Brown Nigeria Augustine Atasie
Lightweight 68kg India Jagmander Singh Australia Zsigmund Kelevitz Canada Lloyd Renken
Welterweight 74kg India Rajinder Singh New Zealand Ken Reinsfield Canada Brian Renken
Middleweight 82kg Canada Chris Rinke Australia Wally Koenig India Jai Parkash Kangar
Light Heavyweight 90kg Canada Clark Davis India Kartar Singh New Zealand Nigel Sargeant
Heavyweight 100kg Canada Richard Deschatelets India Satpal Singh Australia Murray Avery
Super Heavyweight +100kg Canada Wyatt Wishart India Rajinder Singh Scotland Albert Patrick

Results

[4][5][6]

Light flyweight 48kg

Winner Loser Score
New Zealand Steve Reinsfield Australia Darren Steain 4–0
India Ram Chander Sarang Nigeria Amos Ojo 3.5–0.5
New Zealand Steve Reinsfield Canada Maldwyn Cooper 3.5–0.5
Canada Maldwyn Cooper Nigeria Amos Ojo 3-1
Canada Maldwyn Cooper Australia Darren Steain w/o
India Ram Chander Sarang New Zealand Steve Reinsfield fall 4-0

Final positions: 1. Chander Sarang 2. Reinsfield 3. Cooper 4. Ojo, Steain

Flyweight 52kg

Winner Loser Note
India Mahabir Singh Scotland Andrew Proctor 4–0
Canada Ray Takahashi Australia Ken Hoyt 4–0
New Zealand Graeme Hawkins Scotland Andrew Proctor 4–0
Australia Ken Hoyt New Zealand Graeme Hawkins disq
India Mahabir Singh Canada Ray Takahashi 3–1

Final positions: 1. Singh 2. Takahashi 3. Hoyt 4. Hawkins 5. Proctor

Bantamweight 57kg

Winner Loser Score
Nigeria Anthony Ubakha Scotland Donald Richardson 3-1
England Brian Aspen Canada Lawrence Holmes 4–0
India Ashok Kumar Australia Daniel Cumming fall
England Brian Aspen Nigeria Anthony Ubakha 4–0
India Ashok Kumar New Zealand Chris Maddock 3.5–0.5
New Zealand Chris Maddock Australia Daniel Cumming fall 4–0
England Brian Aspen Scotland Donald Richardson 4–0 fall
New Zealand Chris Maddock Nigeria Anthony Ubakha 3-1
England Brian Aspen India Ashok Kumar 3–1

Final positions: 1. Aspen 2. Kumar 3. Maddock 4. Ubakha 5. Richardson 6. Cumming 7. Holmes

Featherweight 62kg

Winner Loser Score
New Zealand Tony Goodrick England Mark Dunbar 3–1
Canada Bob Robinson India Satvir Singh fall
Nigeria Augustine Atasie Scotland Neil McKay 4–0
Canada Bob Robinson Scotland Neil McKay 4–0
Australia Cris Brown New Zealand Tony Goodrick 3–1
Canada Bob Robinson Nigeria Augustine Atasie] 3–0
Australia Cris Brown England Mark Dunbar 3-1
Nigeria Augustine Atasie New Zealand Tony Goodrick 3–1
Canada Bob Robinson Australia Cris Brown 3–1

Final positions: 1. Robinson 2. Brown 3. Atasie 4. Goodrick 5. Dunbar 6. McKay 7. Satvir

Lightweight 68kg

Winner Loser Score
Malta Renato Saliba Kenya Gabriel Mwita 4–0
India Jagmander Singh Scotland Michael Cavanagah 4–0
Australia Zsigmond Kelevitz Canada Lloyd Renken 3–0
Canada Lloyd Renken Malta Renato Saliba 4–0
England Joey Gilligan Scotland Michael Cavanagah 4–0
Australia Zsigmond Kelevitz Malta Renato Saliba 4–0
India Jagmander Singh England Joey Gilligan 4–0 fall
Canada Lloyd Renken England Joey Gilligan 3–1
India Jagmander Singh Australia Zsigmond Kelevitz 3–0

Final positions: 1. Jagmander 2. Kelevitz 3. Renken 4. Gilligan 5, Saliba 6 Canavagh 7. Mwita

Welterweight 74kg

Winner Loser Score
New Zealand Ken Reinsfield Scotland John Halpin 4–0
Australia Craig Green Kenya James Kihara 4–0
India Rajinder Singh England Fitzloyd Walker 3–0
Canada Brian Renken Malta Alex Zammit 4–0
New Zealand Ken Reinsfield Australia Craig Green 3–1
India Rajinder Singh Canada Brian Renken 3–1
Scotland John Halpin Kenya James Kihara 4–0
India Rajinder Singh Malta Alex Zammit 4–0
Canada Brian Renken England Fitzloyd Walker 3–1
Australia Craig Green Scotland John Halpin 4–0
Canada Brian Renken Australia Craig Green 4–0 fall
India Rajinder Singh New Zealand Ken Reinsfield 3–1

Final positions: 1. Rajinder 2. Reinsfield 3. Renken 4. Green 5. Halpin 6. Walker 7. Kihara, Zammit

Middleweight 82kg

Winner Loser Score
India Jai Parkash Kangar Nigeria Kally Agogo 3.5–0.0
Canada Chris Rinke India Jai Parkash Kangar 3.5–0.5
Australia Wally Koening England Stefan Kurpas 4–0
Canada Chris Rinke Nigeria Kally Agogo 3.5–0.0
India Jai Parkash Kangar England Stefan Kurpas 4–0 fall
Canada Chris Rinke Australia Wally Koening 3–1

Final positions: 1. Rinke 2. Koenig 3. Kangar 4. Kurpas 5. Agogo

Light Heavyweight 90kg

Winner Loser Score
Northern Ireland Ivan Weir Australia Ilias Lee Michail 3–1
Canada Clark Davis Nigeria Mubinu Balogun 4–0
India Kartar Singh Northern Ireland Ivan Weir 4–0
New Zealand Nigel Sargent Nigeria Mubinu Balogun 4–0
India Kartar Singh Australia Ilias Lee Michail 4–0 fall
Canada Clark Davis New Zealand Nigel Sargent 3.5–0.5
New Zealand Nigel Sargent Northern Ireland Ivan Weir injury w/o
Canada Clark Davis India Kartar Singh 3–1

Final positions: 1. Davis 2. Kartar 3. Sargent 4. Weir 5. Michail 6. Balogun

Heavyweight 100kg

Winner Loser Score
Canada Richard DesChatelets Australia Murray Avery 3–1
India Satpal Singh England Keith Peache 4–0
Australia Murray Avery England Keith Peache 4–0 fall
Canada Richard DesChatelets India Satpal Singh 3.5–0.5

Super Heavyweight +100kg

Winner Loser Score
Canada Wyatt Wishart Australia Arthur David Staples fall 0.18sec
India Rajinder Singh Scotland Albert Patrick 4–0
Scotland Albert Patrick Australia Arthur David Staples fall 0.57sec
Canada Wyatt Wishart India Rajinder Singh fall 4–0

Final positions: 1. Wishart 2. Rajinder Singh 3. Patrick 4. Staples

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Just the right price". The Australian Women's Weekly. 11 August 1982. p. 129. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Wrestling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Wrestling". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 6 October 1982. p. 38. Retrieved 11 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Wrestling". Western Daily Press. 7 October 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 11 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Wrestling". Manchester Evening News. 8 October 1982. p. 28. Retrieved 11 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

See also

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