Everything about 1982 Commonwealth Games totally explained
The
1982 Commonwealth Games were held in
Brisbane,
Queensland,
Australia from
30 September—
9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the
QEII Stadium (named for
Queen Elizabeth II). The stadium, which was later renamed the ANZ
Stadium, is now called the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre. The stadium, which is at the Brisbane suburb of
Nathan, was also the venue which was used for the
athletics and
archery competitions during the Games.
The Chairman of the 1982 Commonwealth Games was
Sir Edward Williams KCMG, KBE. Sir Edward later became the Commissioner General of
Expo '88. He was also the Chairman of the
Queensland Turf Club in the 80's until the early 90's.
The 1982 Commonwealth Games Logo was designed by
Hugh Edwards, who was the winner of a nation-wide competition held in 1978. The symbol is derived from the form of a bounding kangaroo. The three bands, forming stylized A's (for Australia), are in colours which are common to flags of many Commonwealth countries.
Matilda the
kangaroo mascot for the 1982 Commonwealth Games was represented by a cartoon kangaroo, and a gigantic 13-metre (42 feet 8 inches) high mechanical "
winking" kangaroo, who travelled around the stadium and
winked at the crowd, and the
Duke of Edinburgh.
Highlights
The 1982 Games were held from 30 September to 9 October, 1982, and included athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, lawn bowls, shooting, swimming and diving, weightlifting and wrestling.
Opening Ceremony - 30 September
The ceremony at the
QEII Stadium was held on a fine but extremely windy day.
Day 1 — (held on 1 October)
The first event of the Games was 100 km Road Trial in cycling.
England won the
Gold Medal in the event, and Australia won the
Silver Medal — coming second to England by only six seconds.
Other sports which were contested on the first day of competition included swimming and diving, weightlifting, shooting and bowls.
Day 2 — (held on 2 October)
Sports contested included swimming, diving, weightlifting, shooting, cycling, bowls and archery.
The day was marred by both Australia and
Canada being disqualified in the 4 x 100 metres relay in swimming (both problems occurring during change-overs. The medals awarded for this race went to England, Scotland and
New Zealand.
Day 3 — (held on 3 October)
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Day 4 — (held on 4 October)
Sports contested included swimming, diving, ŕcycling, athletics, archery, hammer throwing and shooting.
The day was marred when Canada was again disqualified, this time in the 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay. Canada protested against the winners, Australia, as well as against their own disqualification.
Day 5 — (held on 5 October)
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Day 6 — (held on 6 October)
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Day 7 — (held on 7 October)
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Day 8 — (held on 8 October)
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Day 9 — (held on 9 October)
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Queen Elizabeth closed the Games during a colourful ceremony, which included parachute jumpers (who had originally been also intended as part of the Opening Ceremony display) jumping and landing in a special target area within the stadium and red, white and blue balloons. Matilda the Kangaroo also winked at the Queen. Following the closing of the Games, the Queen and Duke left the stand to be driven from the stadium. However, nobody wanted the Games to end and the Australian team formed a 'guard of honour' and ran beside and behind the car in which Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were travelling, as the car circled the stadium several times before finally leaving. Team members from other countries also joined in the running after the royal car.
Sports
Sports contested during the 1982 Commonwealth Games included the following:
» Athletics |
Archery |
Badminton |
Bowls |
Boxing |
Cycling |
Shooting |
Swimming |
Diving |
Weightlifting |
Wrestling
Medals table
This is the full table of the
medal count of the
1982 Commonwealth Games. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they're listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the
IOC,
IAAF and
BBC.
| 1 |
|
39 |
39 |
29 |
107 |
| 2 |
|
38 |
38 |
32 |
108 |
| 3 |
|
26 |
23 |
33 |
82 |
| 4 |
|
8 |
6 |
12 |
26 |
| 5 |
|
5 |
8 |
13 |
26 |
| 6 |
|
5 |
8 |
3 |
16 |
| 7 |
|
5 |
0 |
8 |
13 |
| 8 |
|
4 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
| 9 |
|
4 |
2 |
4 |
10 |
| 10 |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
| 11 |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| 12 |
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
| 13 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| 14 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 17 |
|
0 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
| 18 |
|
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| 19 |
|
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
| 20 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| 21 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Total |
143 |
141 |
153 |
437 |
Medals by Event
For information about individual medal winners and events, see:
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