Northern Ireland at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Northern Ireland competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 24 July to 2 August 1986.

Northern Ireland finished 7th in the medal table with two gold medals, four silver medals and nine bronze medals.

The Northern Irish team was named on 16 June 1986 and consisted of 80 athletes.

Medalists Gold Phil Beattie (400 metres hurdles) Women's pairs (lawn bowls)

Silver Martin Girvan (hammer throw) Sharon McPeake (long jump) Roy Nash (boxing) Men's trap pairs (shooting)

Bronze Janet Boyle (high jump) Chris Carleton (boxing) Damien Denny (boxing) Brendan Lowe (boxing) Patrick Tinney (boxing) Johnston Todd (boxing) Men's team trial (cycling) Men's fullbore rifle pairs (shooting) Men's fours (lawn bowls)

Team Athletics

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Simon Herbert Baird 200m Phil Beattie 400m hurdles Martin Gerard Deane marathon Martin Girvan hammer throw Terence Peter Greene 5000m Mark Brian Kirk 800m, 1500m Floyd Manderson high jump Peter McColgan steeplechase, 5000m Kieran James Moore 110m hurdles John Robert Reynolds discus throw, shot put Stephen Wilson Martin 1500m Women AthleteEventsClubMedalsJanet Boyle high jump Jackie McKernan discus throw, shot put Elaine McLaughlin 400m hurdles Sharon McPeake high jump Moira O'Neill marathon Judith Robinson 100m, 100m hurdles

Badminton

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Peter Ferguson singles, doubles, team Alpha BC, Lisburn Rikki Keag singles, doubles, team Alpha BC, Lisburn George Stephens singles, doubles, team Alpha BC, Lisburn Bill Thompson singles, doubles, team Alpha BC, Lisburn Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Barbara Beckett singles, mixed, team Alpha BC, Lisburn Holly Lane singles, mixed, team CYM SC, Terenure, Dublin Ann Stephens singles, mixed, team Alpha BC, Lisburn

Boxing

AthleteEventsClubMedalsChris Carleton 57kg featherweight Oliver Plunkett ABC, Belfast Damien Denny 67kg welterweight Holy Trinity BC, Belfast Brendan Lowe 63.5kg light-welterweight Holy Family BC, Belfast Gerard McKenna 60kg lightweight Newington ABC, Belfast Roy Nash 54kg bantamweight St Mary's ABC, Derry Brendan O'Hara 71kg light-middleweight St Malachy's/George's ABC, Belfast Gerry Storey 81kg light-heavyweight Holy Family BC, Belfast Patrick Tinney 75kg middleweight Holy Family BC, Belfast Johnston Todd -48kg light-flyweight Holy Family BC, Belfast

Cycling

AthleteEventsClubMedalsJoe Barr team time trial Ian Chivers road race Séamus Downey road race Alastair Irvine road race, scratch, team time trial David McCall time trial, scratch Cormac McCann road race, team time trial Martin Quinn team time trial

Judo Demonstration event only

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals John Gibson 95kg half-heavyweight UUC Eric Gwynne 78kg half-middleweight Ards Shane McManus +95kg heavyweight UUC Aiden Mitchell 71kg lightweight Queen's Univ, Belfast Colin Savage 65kg half-lightweight Senshukwai JC Jim Toland 60kg extra-lightweight Long Tower Youth Club, Derry Terry Watt 86kg middleweight St Columbs, Derry Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Dympna Doherty 61kg half-middleweight Belfast Karen Gray 56kg lightweight Senshukwai JC Gilian Hughes 52kg half-lightweight Senshukwai JC Una Macmahon 48kg extra-lightweight Queen's Univ, Belfast Avril Malley 72kg half-heavyweight Ren bu Kwai, Dungannon Joyce Malley 66kg middleweight Univ of Ulster, Coleraine Ailsa Miller 61kg half-middleweight UUJ Vivienne Moorhouse +72kg heavyweight UUC Brona Ward 66kg middleweight Belfast

Lawn bowls

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Stan Espie singles Willowfield BC Davy Hamilton pairs Belmont BC Roy McCune fours Limavady BC Rodney McCutcheon pairs Bangor BC Billie Montgomery fours Falls BC Ernie Parkinson fours Ormeau BC Willie Watson fours Knock BC Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Nan Allely fours Donaghadee BC Eileen Bell singles Belfast BC Freda Elliott pairs Belmont BC Hilda Hamilton fours Belfast BC Margaret Johnston pairs Ballymoney BC Kathleen Megrath fours Belfast BC Maureen Mallon fours Lisnagarvey BC

Rowing

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals John Armstrong Ltwt single sculls, double scull Patrick Armstrong single sculls, double scull Mike Bailey coxswain, coxed four (men & women) Colin Dickson coxless fours, coxed four Colin Hunter coxless fours, coxed four Domhnall MacAuley coxless fours, coxed four Robert Storrs coxless fours, coxed four Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Kathryn Armstrong coxed four, ltw Coxless four Catherine Buchanan coxed four, ltw Coxless four Angela Darby coxed four, ltw Coxless four Alison Hamilton coxed four, ltw Coxless four

Shooting

Men AthleteEventsMedals David Calvert fullbore rifle, fullbore rifle pairs Eamon Furphy trap, trap pair Tom Hewitt trap, trap pair Martin Mace air rifle, rifle 3pos, prone Martin Millar fullbore rifle, fullbore rifle pairs Cliff Ogle air rifle, rifle 3pos, prone Ken Stanford air pistol, centre fire Albert Thompson skeet, skeet pair Trevor West skeet, skeet pair Robbie Williamson air pistol, free pistol

Swimming

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Richard Gheel 100, 200m backstroke Willie Johnston 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle Mark Miller 200m, 1500m freestyle Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Sharon Dugan 100, 200m breaststroke, 4x100 medley, 4x100 free Joanne Guiller 100m backstroke, 100m butterfly, 100m free, 4x100 medley, 4x100 free Marion Madine 100, 200m butterfly, 100, 200m, 400m free, 4x100 medley, 4x100 free Nuala McKibben 100, 200m breaststroke, 4x100 medley, 4x100 free

Wrestling

AthleteEventsMedals Mark Bowman featherweight 62kg Eddie Cusak middleweight 82kg Ivan Weir heavyweight 100kg

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