Archery at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

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Archery
at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
VenueMurarrie Recreation Reserve
Dates2–5 October 1982
Competitors36 from 15 nations

Archery at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was the debut appearance of Archery at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982.[1]

The archery events were held at the Murarrie Recreation Reserve. There were two events, one for men and one for women, both using recurve bows.

England and New Zealand topped the archery medal table by virtue of winning one gold each.[2] The final standings were decided by an aggregate score after four days of shooting. The women's champion, New Zealand's Neroli Fairhall, became the first paraplegic athlete to win a Commonwealth gold medal.[3]

These games marked the debut of archery as a Commonwealth sport; however, it would not appear again until the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Participating nations

36 archers from 15 nations participated at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[4][5]

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England1001
 New Zealand1001
3 Canada0112
4 Northern Ireland0101
5 Australia0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  Mark Blenkarne (ENG)  Roger Lamay (CAN)  Michael Coen (AUS)
Women's  Neroli Fairhall (NZL)  Janet Yates (NIR)  Lucille Lemay (CAN)

Results

Men's individual

Pos Athlete Pts
1England Mark Blenkarne2446
2Canada Roger Lamay2426
3Australia Michael John Coen2411
4England Steven Hallard2411
5Canada Stan Siatkowski2365
6Australia Christopher Blake2361
7Scotland Brian Strachan2339
8England Peter Gillam2335
9Canada Ted Gamble2331
10Australia Geoffrey Lee Burnell-Jones2329
11Zimbabwe Lyle Heydenrych2238
12Scotland Christopher Elliott2184
13Zimbabwe David Milne2120
14Northern Ireland Eddie Graham2115
15Wales Tony Lewis2104
16Guernsey John Le Page2024
17Hong Kong Jimuel Lin1906

Women's individual

Pos Athlete Score
1New Zealand Neroli Fairhall2373
2Northern Ireland Janet Yates2373
3Canada Lucille Lemay2349
4New Zealand Anne Shurrock2327
5Malta Joanna Agius2326
6Australia Shirley Vera Chesshe2317
7Australia Terrry Donovan2310
8Canada Linda Kazienko2307
9Canada Lucille Lessard2307
10Wales Marion Workman2304
11England Eileen Robinson2292
12Scotland Moira Taylor2287
13Northern Ireland Freda Britton2274
14Australia Marilyn Janet Rumley2262
15England Brenda Thomas2258
16England Charlotte Calladine2229
17Northern Ireland Angela Goodall2167
18Zimbabwe Doreen Milne2004
19Scotland Sarah Miles1068

References

  1. "Medal Standings Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  2. "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Archery". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  3. "New Zealander Neroli Fairhall Tuesday became the first paraplegic..." United Press International. 5 October 1982. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  4. "Archery Individual - Men Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  5. "Archery Individual - Women Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.