Cycling at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
VenueTrack: Chandler Velodrome
Road: Chandler, Belmont, Mackenzie
LocationBrisbane, Australia
Dates30 September to 9 October 1982

Cycling at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was the 11th appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982.[1]

The track events were held at the outdoor Chandler Velodrome[2] on the Chandler Sports Complex.[3] The track was concrete and featured a 3,000 seating capacity grandstand. The circuit was 333 metres with 30 degrees banking.[4]

The road race consisted of 13 laps of approxmately 14.2 kilometres. It was effectively a loop around Mount Petrie, reaching Chandler, Belmont and Mackenzie, for a tital of 183 kilmometres.[5]

Australia topped the cycling medal table, by virtue of winning four gold medals.[6]

The Chandler Velodrome in 2014

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia*4318
2 England2125
3 New Zealand1236
4 Canada0112
Totals (4 entries)77721

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Time trial New Zealand Craig Adair Australia Chris Wilson England Terence Tinsley
Sprint Australia Kenrick Tucker New Zealand Mike McRedmond New Zealand Murray Steele
Individual pursuit Australia Mike Turtur England Shaun Wallace Canada Alex Stieda
Team pursuit Australia Australia New Zealand New Zealand England England
10 miles scratch Australia Kevin Nichols Australia Gary Hammond Australia Mike Turtur
Road race England Malcolm Elliott Canada Steve Bauer New Zealand Roger Sumich
Road team time trial England England Australia Australia New Zealand New Zealand

Results

[7][8]

Individual road race (183 km)

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Malcolm Elliott 4:34:40.06
2 Canada Steve Bauer 4:34:41.00
3 New Zealand Roger Sumich 4:34:41.35
4 England Steve Lawrence 4:34:41.55
5 Wales Russell Harrington 4:34:42.01
6 Wales Keith Jones 4:36:34.58
7 Isle of Man Steve Joughin 4:36:35.02
8 Northern Ireland David Gardiner 4:36:35.20
9 England Mark Bell 4:36:35.42
10 Canada Louis Garneau 4:36:35.58
11 Jersey Tony Cornic 4:36:36.05
12 Scotland Bob Melrose 4:36:36.10
13 Australia Remo Sansonetti 4:36:36.21
14 New Zealand Stephen Cox 4:36:36.32
15 New Zealand Jack Swart 4:36:36.45
16 England Jeff Williams 4:36:36.58
17 Isle of Man Mark Gage 4:36:49.72
18 Australia Ricky Thomas Flood 4:38:47.10
19 Canada Eon D'Ornellas 4:40:27.39
20 New Zealand Blair Stockwell 4:40:27.42
21 Canada Gervais Rioux 4:43:12.13
22 Scotland James McGahan 4:45:08.65
23 Wales Colin Thornton 4:49:25.64
24 Hong Kong Chung-Yam Hung 4:49:26.40

Road team time trial (100 km)

RANK 1982 CG TEAM TIME TRIAL TIME
 Joseph Waugh (ENG)
 Malcolm Elliott (ENG)
 Bob Downs (ENG)
 Steve Lawrence (ENG) 		2:09:27.00
 John Watters (AUS)
 Remo Sansonetti (AUS)
 Ricky Flood (AUS)
 Michael Lynch (AUS) 		2:09:33.620
 Blair Stockwell (NZL)
 Jack Swart (NZL)
 Stephen Carton (NZL)
 Stephen Cox (NZL) 		2:10:55.960
4  David Gardiner (NIR)
 Alastair Irvine (NIR)
 Len Kirk (NIR)
 Billy Kerr (NIR) 		2:11:23.380
5  Ken Clark (SCO)
 William Gibb (SCO)
 James McGahan (SCO)
 Bob Melrose (SCO) 		2:11:31.670
6  Louis Garneau (CAN)
 Robert Pulfer (CAN)
 Bruce Spicer (CAN)
 Bernie Willock (CAN) 		2:12:27.300
7  Peter Hamilton (WAL)
 Russell Harrington (WAL)
 John Pritchard (WAL)
 Colin Thornton (WAL) 		2:14:00.870

1,000m time trial

Pos Athlete Time
1 New Zealand Craig Adair 1:06.954
2 Australia Christopher Ernest Wilson 1:07.926
3 England Terence Tinsley 1:07.932
4 Jamaica David Weller 1:07.955
5 New Zealand Murray Steele 1:07.984
6 Canada Jocelyn Lovell 1:09.111
7 England Mark Barry 1:09.356
8 Australia Gary Ronald Hammond 1:09.730
9 New Zealand Anthony Cuff 1:10.362
10 Isle of Man Stephen Joughin 1:10.911
11 Jamaica Robert Ford 1:11.013
12 England Gary Sadler 1:11.132
13 Canada Alex Ongaro 1:11.358
14 Australia Frank William Parker 1:11.446
15 Jamaica Peter Aldridge 1:11.467
16 Isle of Man Gary Colin Hinds 1:13.549
17 Jersey Martin Koester 1:13.966
18 Jersey Tony Cornic 1:14.017
19 Zimbabwe Graham Cockerton 1:14.483
20 Isle of Man Stephen Porter 1:14.683
21 Northern Ireland Gordon Scott 1:15.285

1,000 metres match sprint

RANK 1982 CG 1.000 MATCH SPRINT TIME
 Kenrick Tucker (AUS) —
 Mike McRedmond (NZL) —
 Murray Steele (NZL) —
4.  David Weller (JAM) —
5.  Terrence Tinsley (ENG) —
6.  Mark Barry (ENG) —
7.  Alex Ongaro (CAN) —
8.  Christopher Ernest Wilson (AUS) —

Quarter finals

  • Tucker bt Ongaro 2–0
  • McRedmond bt Tinsley 2–0
  • Steele bt Wilson 2–1
  • Weller bt Barry 2–1

Semi finals

  • Tucker bt Steele 2–0
  • McRedmond bt Weller 2–0

Bronze

  • Steele bt Weller 2–0

'Gold

  • Tucker bt McRedmond 2–0

4,000m individual pursuit

RANK 1982 CG 4.000 INDIVIDUAL PURSUIT
 Michael Turtur (AUS)
 Shaun Wallace (ENG)
 Alex Stieda (CAN)
4.  Michael Grenda (AUS)
5.  Craig Adair (NZL)
6.  Anthony Cuff (NZL)
7.  David Whitehall (SCO)
8.  Brian Fowler (NZL)

Quarter finals

  • Wallace 4.52.675 bt Adair 4.53.560
  • Turtur 4.52.374 bt Fowler 4.58.716
  • Stieda 4.53.153 bt Cuff 4.54.995
  • Grenda 4.53.877 bt Whitehall 4.57.435

Semi finals

  • Wallace 4.51.855 bt Grenda 5.04.930
  • Turtur 4.50.298 bt Stieda 4.52.648

Bronze

  • Stieda 4.45.254 bt Grenda 4.55.869

'Gold

  • Turtur 4.50.990 bt Wallace 4.51.347

4,000 metres team pursuit

RANK 1982 CG 4.000 TEAM PURSUIT
 Gary West (AUS)
 Kevin Nichols (AUS)
 Michael Grenda (AUS)
 Michael Turtur (AUS)
 Brian Fowler (NZL)
 Clem Captein (NZL)
 Graeme Miller (NZL)
 Murray Steele (NZL)
 Tony Mayer (ENG)
 Darryl Webster (ENG)
 Gary Sadler (ENG)
 Paul Curran (ENG)
 Shaun Wallace (ENG)
4  Gary Trevisiol (CAN)
 Steve Bauer (CAN)
 Gary Altwasser (CAN)
 Alex Stieda (CAN)
5  Alastair Irvine (NIR)
 Len Kirk (NIR)
 David Gardiner (NIR)
 Gordon Scott (NIR)

Qualifying

  • Australia 4.32.356
  • New Zealand 4.36.038
  • Canada 4.37.891
  • England 4.38.253
  • Northern Ireland 4.58.715

Semi finals

  • Australia 4.27.097 bt England 4.33.925
  • New Zealand 4.30.623 bt Canada 4.3?.295

Bronze

  • England 4.34.783 bt Canada 4.37.464

'Gold

  • Australia 4.26.090 bt New Zealand 4.29.733

10 mile scratch race

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Kevin Nichols 19:56.559
2 Australia Gary Ronald Hammond 19:56.639
3 Australia Mike Turtur 19:56.660
4 Canada Steve Bauer 19:56.672
5 New Zealand Craig Adair 19:57.190
6 Canada Gary Altwasser 19:57.380
7 Jamaica Christopher Chong-Tenn 19:57.615
8 England Terence Tinsley 19:57.730
9 England Shaun Wallace 19:57.765
10 New Zealand Graeme Miller 19:57.924
11 Canada Alex Stieda 19:58.765
12 Scotland David Whitehall 20:00.120
13 Isle of Man Gary Colin Hinds 20:03.358
14 Northern Ireland Len Kirk 20:04.358
15 Zimbabwe Graham Cockerton 20:04.835
16 Jamaica Peter Aldridge 20:04.925
17 Zimbabwe Gavin Young 20:05.125
18 Northern Ireland Gordon Scott 20:06.312
19 Isle of Man Stephen Porter 20:06.671
20 England Paul Curran 20:07.108
21 Jersey Martin Koester 20:07.288
22 Scotland David Miller 20:08.882
23 New Zealand Anthony Cuff 20:09.110
24 Wales Peter Hamilton 20:12.268
25 Jamaica David Weller 20:18.301
26 Northern Ireland Alastair Irvine 20:19.680

References

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  3. ^ "Just the right price". The Australian Women's Weekly. 11 August 1982. p. 129. Retrieved 13 February 2026 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Cell Bikes fixie at Chandler Velodrome". Bloke's Lens. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  5. ^ "1982 Commonwealth Games Road Race Loop". Velo Viewer. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
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