Five golds for New Zealand
New Zealand finished the Brisbane Commonwealth Games with five gold medals—the same haul as in Edmonton four years ago.
It was precisely half the record number of 10 winners New Zealand had at both the Auckland (1950) and Perth (1962) games. Eight silver and 13 bronze medals were also won. The New Zealand medallists were —
Gold: Craig Adair (cycling kilometre time trial). Anne Audain (3000 m Neroli Fairhall (women's double F.I.T.A. round archery), John Woolley (clay target skeet shooting), Mike O’Rourke (javelin). Silver: Barrie Wickins, Rex Hamilton (free pistol teams' shooting), Mike Mcßedmond (cycling sprint), cycling pursuit team, bowls four, bowls triple, Ken Reinsfield, Steve Reinsfield (both wrestling), John Walker (1500 m Bronze: Cycling road team time trial, 4 x 100 m freestyle swimming relay team, Mark Graham (springboard diving), Lorraine Moller (3000 m 1500 m), Murray Steele (cycling sprint), Kevin Barry (boxing), Stephen Walsh (long jump), Peter Beiliss (bowls singles), Robin Denton, Steve Wilson (badminton mixed doubles), Nigel Sargent (wrestling), Chris Maddock (wrestling), Roger Sumich
(cycling road race). England retained its position as the over-all champion medal winner.
Since the Games began in Hamilton, Canada, in 1930. England has won a total of 322 gold medals, with Australia in second place on 305 gold and Canada third with 200.
England is also well ahead on the total number of medals with 886, followed by Australia on 814 and Canada on 657.
During the Brisbane games, England and Australia each set personal records.
Australia's tally of 39 gold medals was the biggest in its history, with the previous best 38 gold at Perth in 1962.
The over-all Australian total of 107 medals was its greatest on record and two more than the previous best at Perth.
England exceeded the century for the first time to join Australia and Canada as the only nations to have won more than 100 medals at a games.
Its tally of 108 medals was only one behind the record established by Canada at Edmonton.
England set another personal best with 38 gold medals, which easily exceeded its previous highest total of 33 at Kingston, Jamaica in 1966.
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