Cycling at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Cycling at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Track: Meadowbank Velodrome; Road: Edinburgh City Bypass
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Dates	24 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]

Medal table

* Host nation (Scotland)

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

Road team time trial

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

1,000 metres match sprint

Pos	Athlete
1	Gary Neiwand
2	Alex Ongaro
3	Eddie Alexander
4	Paul McHugh
5	William Rastrick
6	Mike McRedmond
7	Curtis Harnett
8	Stewart Brydon
-	Aldyn Wint
-	Gary Colin Hinds
-	Adrian Martin Mooney
-	Murray Steele
-	Steve Paulding
-	Norton Davies
-	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

Individual pursuit

Pos	Athlete
1	Dean Woods
2	Colin Sturgess
3	Gary Anderson
4	Rob Muzio
5	Rik Patterson
6	Andrew Whitford
7	Mike Turtur
8	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	Clarke, Dutton, Hardy, McCarney,Woods
2	Anderson, Clune, Swart, Whitford
3	Boardman, Coltman, Muzio, Walshaw, Rowland
4	Beauchemin, Manson, McNutt, Vignaduzzi
5	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)

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

References

↑ "Medal Standings Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
↑ "Edinburgh - Meadowbank Velodrome". Old Velodromes. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
↑ "Facilities for evey sport". The Scotsman. 2 May 1970. p. 9. Retrieved 13 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "High cost of hospitality". Edinburgh Evening News. 26 March 1986. p. 5. Retrieved 13 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Commonwealth Games - Road Race Championship". Paul Curran Bike. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
↑ "Cycling". Glenrothes Gazette. 31 July 1986. p. 22. Retrieved 13 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
↑ "Cycling Road Road Race - Men Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "Cycling". Edinburgh Evening News. 28 July 1986. p. 10. Retrieved 13 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Yesterday's Games results". South Wales Echo. 1 August 1986. p. 20. Retrieved 13 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "1986 Commonwealth Games 10 Mile Scratch Race (Full Version) with Interviews and Presentation". You Tube. Retrieved 13 February 2026.

[1] "Medal Standings Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. 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. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[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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