Wrestling at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

Wrestling at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Wrestling at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre
Location	Victoria, Canada
Dates	18 to 28 August 1994

Wrestling at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was the 14th appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Victoria, Canada, from 18 to 28 August 1994. The competition featured contests in ten weight classes.^[1]

The events took place in the Juan de Fuca Arena on the Juan de Fuca Recreation Centre, off 1767 Island Highway in the west of Victoria.^[2]

Canada topped the wrestling medal table for the fifth successive Games by virtue of winning nine of the ten gold medals on offer.^[3]

Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada*	9	1	0	10
2	Nigeria	1	3	0	4
3	England	0	3	1	4
4	India	0	2	3	5
5	Australia	0	1	1	2
6	Pakistan	0	0	2	2
6	Scotland	0	0	2	2
8	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		10	10	10	30

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light Flyweight 48kg	Jacob Isaac Nigeria	Paul Ragusa Canada	Ramesh Kumar India
Flyweight 52kg	Selwyn Tam Canada	Andrew Hutchinson England	Kripa Shankar Patel India
Bantamweight 57kg	Robert Dawson Canada	Ashok Kumar Garg India	Cory O'Brien Australia
Featherweight 62kg	Marty Calder Canada	John Melling England	Aroutioun Barseguian Cyprus
Lightweight 68kg	Chris Wilson Canada	Ibo Oziti Nigeria	Muhammad Umar Pakistan
Welterweight 74kg	David Hohl Canada	Rein Ozoline Australia	Calum McNeil Scotland
Middleweight 82kg	Justin Abdou Canada	Randhir Singh India	Muhammad Bhola Pakistan
Light Heavyweight 90kg	Scott Bianco Canada	Victor Kodei Nigeria	Graeme English Scotland
Heavyweight 100kg	Greg Edgelow Canada	Noel Loban England	Subhash Verma India
Super Heavyweight +100kg	Andy Borodow Canada	Bidei Jackson Nigeria	Amarjit Singh England

Results

^[4]^[5]^[6]

Light flyweight 48kg

Medal round	Winner	Loser	Score
Bronze	Ramesh Kumar	Hermanus Louw	10–0
Gold	Jacob Isaac	Paul Ragusa	inj 3–0

Final positions:

1. Jacob Isaac
2. Paul Ragusa
3. Ramesh Kumar
4. Hermanus Louw
5. Gregory Fitzgerald

Flyweight 52kg

Medal round	Winner	Loser	Score
Bronze medal	Kripa Shankar Patel	David Connelly	3–0
Gold medal	Selwyn Tam	Andrew Hutchinson	10–0

Final positions:

1. Selwyn Tam
2. Andrew Hutchinson
3. Kripa Shankar Patel
4. David Connelly
5. Shane Stannett
6 Hendrik Engelbrecht
7 Joe Oziti
8 Razi Gul
- Simon Lamach
- George Karipidis

Bantamweight 57kg

Medal round	Winner	Loser	Score
Bronze medal	Cory O'Brien	Paul Nedley	12–2
Gold medal	Robert Dawson	Ashok Kumar Garg	7–1

Final positions:

1. Robert Dawson
2. Ashok Kumar Garg
3. Cory O'Brien
4. Paul Nedley
5. Vickus Swanepoel

Featherweight 62kg

Medal round	Winner	Loser	Score
Bronze medal	Aroutioun Barseguian	Terry van Rensburg	3–0
Gold medal	Marty Calder	John Melling	3–1

Final positions:

1. Marty Calder
2. John Melling
3. Aroutioun Barseguian
4. Terry van Rensburg
5. Dharambir Singh
6. Stephen Bell
7. Musa Ilhan
8. James Breen
- Jacobus de Jager
- Igali Baraladei
- John O'Rawe

Lightweight 68kg

Medal round	Winner	Loser	Score
Bronze medal	Muhammad Umar	Sucha Singh	3–1
Gold medal	Chris Wilson	Ibo Oziti	5–0

Final positions:

1. Chris Wilson
2. Ibo Oziti
3. Muhammad Umar
4. Sucha Singh
5. Wiehahn Lesch
6. { Christopher Quinlan
7. Brian Aspen
8. Raymond Sharp
9. Mark Bowman
10. Gregor McNeil
=11. Paul Salbei
=11. Phillip Bean

Welterweight 74kg

Medal round	Winner	Loser	Score
Bronze medal	Calum McNeil	Bennie Labuschagne	4–2
Gold medal	David Hohl	Rein Ozoline	9–2

Final positions:

1. David Hohl
2. Rein Ozoline
3. Calum McNeil
4. Bennie Labuschagne
5. Tejbir Singh
6. Muhammad Fayyaz
7. Shane Rigby
8. Sigfried Kostens

Middleweight 82kg

Medal round	Winner	Loser	Score
Bronze medal	Muhammad Bhola	Enekpedekumoh Okporu	3–0
Gold medal	Justin Abdou	Randhir Singh	15–3

Final positions:

1. Justin Abdou
2. Randhir Singh
3. Muhammad Bhola
4. Enekpedekumoh Okporu
5. Willem Putter
6. Shaun Morley
7. John Andrew
8. Thomas Watson
9. Linus Masheti

Light Heavyweight 90kg

Medal round	Winner	Loser	Score
Bronze medal	Graeme English	Joe Mossford	7–0
Gold medal	Scott Bianco	Victor Kodei	4–3

Final positions:

1. Scott Bianco
2. Victor Kodei
3. Graeme English
4. Joe Mossford
5. Bob Renney
6. Sanjay Kumar
7. Richard Tanui

Heavyweight 100kg

Medal round	Winner	Loser	Score
Bronze medal	Subhash Verma	Iloanusi Christian	3–0
Gold medal	Greg Edgelow	Noel Loban	7–1

Final positions:

1. Greg Edgelow
2. Noel Loban
3. Subhash Verma
4. Iloanusi Christian
5. Shahid Pervaiz

Super Heavyweight +100kg

Medal round	Winner	Loser	Score
Bronze medal	Amarjit Singh	Jagdish Singh	5–0
Gold medal	Andy Borodow	Bidei Jackson	5–3

Final positions:

1. Andy Borodow
2. Bidei Jackson
3. Amarjit Singh
4. Jagdish Singh
5. Andrew William Renney
6. Douglas Thomson
7. Shahid Butt

References

^ "Medal Standings Victoria 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
^ "Wrestling". The Scotsman. 22 August 1994. p. 24. Retrieved 11 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Wrestling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
^ "Wrestling". Manchester Evening News. 20 August 1994. p. 45. Retrieved 12 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Wrestling". The Scotsman. 22 August 1994. p. 21. Retrieved 11 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Wrestling". Edinburgh Evening News. 22 August 1994. p. 18. Retrieved 11 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

Medal table

Medallists

Results

Light flyweight 48kg

Flyweight 52kg

Bantamweight 57kg

Featherweight 62kg

Lightweight 68kg

Welterweight 74kg

Middleweight 82kg

Light Heavyweight 90kg

Heavyweight 100kg

Super Heavyweight +100kg

References

See also