Cycling at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
VenueTrack: Meadowbank Velodrome
Road: Edinburgh City Bypass
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland
Dates24 July to 2 August 1986

Cycling at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was the 12th appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 24 July to 2 August 1986.[1]

The track events were held at the Meadowbank Velodrome, which had also hosted the track cycling at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games. The track was 250 metres in circumference and was six metres in width with 45 degree banking.[2][3] A refurbishment of the track was required on the velodrome for the 1986 Games at the cost of £400,000.[4]

The road race was a 105 miles route, consisting of 16 laps of approximately 7 miles, centered on the dual carriageway of the Edinburgh City Bypass.[5][6]

Australia topped the cycling medal table, by virtue of winning all of the five track gold medals available.[7]

The Meadowbank Velodrome in 2015

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia5128
2 England2114
3 New Zealand0426
4 Canada0101
5 Northern Ireland0011
 Scotland*0011
Totals (6 entries)77721

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Time trial  Martin Vinnicombe (AUS)  Gary Anderson (NZL)  Max Rainsford (AUS)
Sprint  Gary Neiwand (AUS)  Alex Ongaro (CAN)  Eddie Alexander (SCO)
Individual pursuit  Dean Woods (AUS)  Colin Sturgess (ENG)  Gary Anderson (NZL)
Team pursuit  Australia
Glenn Clarke
Brett Dutton
Bill Hardy
Wayne McCarney
Dean Woods		  New Zealand
Gary Anderson
Russell Clune
Stephen Swart
Andrew Whitford		  England
Chris Boardman
Gary Coltman
Rob Muzio
Jon Walshaw
Guy Rowland
10 miles scratch  Wayne McCarney (AUS)  Dean Woods (AUS)  Gary Anderson (NZL)
Road race  Paul Curran (ENG)  Brian Fowler (NZL)  Jeff Leslie (AUS)
Road team time trial  England
Alan Gornall
Deno Davie
Keith Reynolds
Paul Curran		  New Zealand
Blair Cox
Graeme Miller
Greg Fraine
Paul Leitch		  Northern Ireland
Alastair Irvine
Cormac McCann
Joe Barr
Martin Quinn

Results

[8][9]

Individual road race

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Paul Curran 4:08:50
2 New Zealand Brian Fowler 4:08:50
3 Australia Jeff Leslie 4:08:50
4 England Deno Davie 4:10:79
5 New Zealand Graeme Miller 4:10:79
6 Australia Stephen Hodge 4:10:81
7 New Zealand Stephen Cox 4:10:85
8 Scotland Andrew Wilson 4:11:79
9 England Alan Gornall 4:11:95
10 England Chris Lillywhite 4:12:06
11 New Zealand Craig Griffin 4:12:07
12 Wales Stuart Coles 4:12:56
13 Northern Ireland Cormac McCann 4:12:68
14 Scotland Brian Smith 4:13:68
15 Wales Ian Keith Jones 4:13:85
16 Isle of Man Stephen Porter 4:13:86
17 Guernsey Philip Sheard 4:13:86
18 Isle of Man Richard Fletcher 4:13:87
19 Canada Gervais Rioux 4:13:88
20 Jersey Tony Cornic 4:13:88
21 Australia Ronald Christian Versteegh 4:13:90
22 Northern Ireland Séamus Downey 4:13:90
23 Scotland Bob Melrose 4:14:06
24 Northern Ireland Alastair Irvine 4:18:74
25 Isle of Man Andrew Nicholson 4:33:04
26 Guernsey Ian Brown 4:33:04
27 Northern Ireland Ian Chivers 4:33:04
28 Jersey Toby Aubert 4:34:98
29 Scotland Michael Lawson 4:36:95

Road team time trial

Pos Team Time
1 England Gornall, Davie, Reynolds, Curran 2:13:16
2 New Zealand Cox, Miller, Fraine, Leitch 2:14:50
3 Northern Ireland Irvine, McCann, Barr, Quinn 2:16:13
4 Australia Donald, Dwiar, Leslie, Rooney 2:16.41
5 Canada Spicer, Deslongchamps, Murray, Waddell 2:18.19
6 Isle of Man Kelly, Kennaugh, Fletcher, Porter 2:20.75
7 Scotland Hannah, Clark, Little, Melrose 2:22.49
8 Wales Coles, Evans, Hughes, Jones 2:26.27
9 Hong Kong Chak Bor Hui, Siu On Law, Tai-Ming, Yiu Chung Choy 2:30.39
10 Guernsey Brown, Rhodes, Sheard, Davies 2:30.47

1,000 metres match sprint

Pos Athlete
1 Australia Gary Neiwand
2 Canada Alex Ongaro
3 Scotland Eddie Alexander
4 England Paul McHugh
5 New Zealand William Rastrick
6 New Zealand Mike McRedmond
7 Canada Curtis Harnett
8 Scotland Stewart Brydon
- Cayman Islands Aldyn Wint
- Isle of Man Gary Colin Hinds
- Isle of Man Adrian Martin Mooney
- New Zealand Murray Steele
- Wales Steve Paulding
- Wales Norton Davies
- Wales Mike Murphy

Quarter finals

  • Neiwand bt McRedmond 2–0
  • McHugh bt Harnett 2–1
  • Ongaro bt Brydon 2–0
  • Alexander bt Rastrick 2–0

Semi finals

  • Neiwand bt McHugh 2–0
  • Ongaro bt Alecander 2–1

Bronze

  • Alexander bt McHugh 2–0

Final

  • Neiwand bt Ongaro 2–1

One kilometre time trial

  • Main article: Cycling at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1 km time trial

Individual pursuit

Pos Athlete
1 Australia Dean Woods
2 England Colin Sturgess
3 New Zealand Gary Anderson
4 England Rob Muzio
5 Australia Rik Patterson
6 New Zealand Andrew Whitford
7 Australia Mike Turtur
8 England Chris Boardman

Quarter finals

  • Anderson 4.52.11 bt Patterson 4.53.93
  • Muzio 4.57.35 bt Turtur 5.01.21
  • Sturgess 4.49.80 bt Whitford 4.58.26
  • Woods 4.44.72 bt Boardman caught 12 laps

Semi finals

  • Sturgess 4.45.15 bt Anderson 4.45.33
  • Woods bt Muzio caught 7 laps

Bronze

  • Anderson 4.54.35 bt Muzio 4.54.87

Final

  • Woods 4.43.92 bt Sturgess 4.51.23

Team pursuit

Pos Team
1 Australia Clarke, Dutton, Hardy, McCarney,Woods
2 New Zealand Anderson, Clune, Swart, Whitford
3 England Boardman, Coltman, Muzio, Walshaw, Rowland
4 Canada Beauchemin, Manson, McNutt, Vignaduzzi
5 Wales Westwood, Murphy, N. Davies, T. Davies

Semi finals

  • New Zealand 4.29.17 bt England 4.31.37
  • Australia bt Canada caught after 7 laps

Bronze medal

  • England bt Canada caught after 15 laps[10]

Final

  • Australia 4.26.94 bt New Zealand 4.34.03

Ten miles scratch race (64 laps)

[11]

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Wayne McCarney 19:40.61
2 Australia Dean Woods
3 New Zealand Gary Anderson
4 England Jon Walshaw
5 Canada Patrick Beauchemin
6 Canada Gianni Vignaduzzi
7 Australia Mike Turtur
8 Scotland Ken Clark
9 Northern Ireland Alastair Irvine
10 Northern Ireland David McCall
11 New Zealand Murray Steele
12 England Adrian Adgar
13 Isle of Man Gary Colin Hinds

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Edinburgh - Meadowbank Velodrome". Old Velodromes. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Facilities for evey sport". The Scotsman. 2 May 1970. p. 9. Retrieved 13 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "High cost of hospitality". Edinburgh Evening News. 26 March 1986. p. 5. Retrieved 13 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Commonwealth Games - Road Race Championship". Paul Curran Bike. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Cycling". Glenrothes Gazette. 31 July 1986. p. 22. Retrieved 13 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  8. ^ "Cycling Road Road Race - Men Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Cycling". Edinburgh Evening News. 28 July 1986. p. 10. Retrieved 13 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Yesterday's Games results". South Wales Echo. 1 August 1986. p. 20. Retrieved 13 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "1986 Commonwealth Games 10 Mile Scratch Race (Full Version) with Interviews and Presentation". You Tube. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
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