Shooting at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Shooting at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
VenueBarry Buddon Camp
LocationCarnoustie, Scotland
Dates24 July to 2 August 1986

Shooting at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was the fifth appearance of Shooting at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in north of Edinburgh near Carnoustie, Scotland, from 4 July to 2 August 1986 and featured contests in twenty disciplines.[1]

The shooting events were held at the Barry Buddon Camp.[2][3]

England topped the shooting medal table by virtue of winning eight gold medals.[4]

The rifle ranges at Barry Buddon in 2009

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England84315
2 Canada55414
3 Australia47314
4 New Zealand2035
5 Isle of Man1001
6 Scotland*0224
7 Hong Kong0112
 Northern Ireland0112
9 Guernsey0101
10 Wales0022
Totals (10 entries)20211960

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50m Free Pistol Greg Yelavich (NZL) Phil Adams (AUS) Ho Kar Fai (HKG)
50m Free Pistol – Pairs Canada
Tom Guinn
Claude Beaulieu		 England
Paul Leatherdale
Richard Wang		 Australia
Phil Adams
Ben Sandstrom
25m Centre-Fire Pistol Bob Northover (ENG) Phil Adams (AUS) Rod Hack (AUS)
25m Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs Australia
Phil Adams
Rod Hack		 England
Bob Northover
Michael Cutler		 New Zealand
Rex Hamilton
Barry O'Neale
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol Pat Murray (AUS) Adrian Breton (GGY) Mark Howkins (CAN)
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol – Pairs England
Brian Girling
Terry Turner		 Australia
Pat Murray
Jack Mast		 Canada
Mark Howkins
André Chevrefils
10m Air Pistol Greg Yelavich (NZL) Tom Guinn (CAN) Gilbert U (HKG)
10m Air Pistol – Pairs England
Paul Leatherdale
Ian Reid		 Australia
Phil Adams
Bruce Favell		 New Zealand
Greg Yelavich
Barrie Wickins
50m Rifle Prone Alan Smith (AUS) Alister Allan (SCO) John Knowles (SCO)[5]
50m Rifle Prone – Pairs Canada
Michael Ashcroft
Gale Stewart		 Australia
Donald Brook
Alan Smith		 Wales
Terry Wakefield
Colin Harris
50m Rifle Three Positions Malcolm Cooper (ENG) Alister Allan (SCO) Jean-François Sénécal (CAN)
50m Rifle Three Positions – Pairs England
Malcolm Cooper
Sarah Cooper		 Canada
Jean-François Sénécal
Michel Dion		 Scotland
Alister Allan
Bill MacNeil
Full Bore Rifle Stan Golinski (AUS) Alain Marion (CAN) John Bloomfield (ENG)
Full Bore Rifle – Pairs Canada
Bill Baldwin
Alain Marion		 Australia
James Corbett
Stan Golinski		 Northern Ireland
David Calvert
Martin Millar
10m Air Rifle Guy Lorion (CAN) Sharon Bowes (CAN) Malcolm Cooper (ENG)
10m Air Rifle – Pairs Canada
Guy Lorion
Sharon Bowes		 Australia
Wolfgang Jobst
Anton Wurfel		 England
Malcolm Cooper
Robert Smith
Trap Ian Peel (ENG) Peter Boden (ENG) Roland Phillips (WAL)
Trap – Pairs England
Peter Boden
Ian Peel		 Northern Ireland
Tom Hewitt
Eamon Furphy		 Australia
Terry Rumbel
Domingo Diaz
Skeet Nigel Kelly (IOM) Joe Neville (ENG) Brian Gabriel (CAN)[6]
Skeet – Pairs England
Joe Neville
Ken Harman		 Canada
Brian Gabriel
Don Kwasyncia		 New Zealand
John Woolley
Jeff Farrell

Results

50m Free pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1New Zealand Greg Yelavich551
2Australia Phil Adams549
2Hong Kong Ho Kar Fai549
4New Zealand Rex Hamilton547
5Canada Tom Guinn547
6Australia Ben Sandstrom545
7Hong Kong Gilbert U540
8Canada Claude Beaulieu538
9England Richard Wang537
10Scotland Ian Lang536

50m Free pistol – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Canada Tom Guinn & Claude Beaulieu1099
2England Paul Leatherdale & Richard Wang1090
3Australia Phil Adams & Ben Sandstrom1085
4Hong Kong Gilbert U & Ho Kar Fai1085
5New Zealand Greg Yelavich & Rex Hamilton1067

25m Centre-Fire pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1England Bob Northover583
2Australia Phil Adams582
3Australia Rod Hack580
4New Zealand Rex Hamilton579
5New Zealand Barry O'Neale577
6England Michael Cutler577
7Scotland Stuart Rankine575
8Scotland Jim Tollan575
9Northern Ireland Ken Stanford572
10Wales David Nash571

25m Centre-Fire pistol – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Australia Phil Adams & Rod Hack1165
2England Bob Northover & Michael Cutler1157
3New Zealand Rex Hamilton & Barry O'Neale1153
4Scotland Stuart Rankine & Jim Tollan1139
5Wales David Nash & Steven Mitchell1137

25m Rapid-Fire pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1Australia Pat Murray591
2Guernsey Adrian Breton588
3Canada Mark Howkins585
4Wales Gareth Irving582
5England Brian Girling581
6Canada Andre Chevrefils581
7Australia Jack William Mast580
8Scotland Hugh Love577
9Scotland Hugh Hunter577
10Wales Michael Jay576

25m Rapid-Fire pistol – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1England Brian Girling & Terry Turner1169
2Australia Pat Murray & Jack Mast1152
3Canada Mark Howkins & André Chevrefils1150
4Wales Gareth Irving & Michael Jay1150
5Hong Kong Chung-Kin Ho & Gilbert U1145

10m Air pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1New Zealand Greg Yelavich575
2Canada Tom Guinn574
3Hong Kong Gilbert U574
4Australia Phil Adams572
5England Paul Leatherdale571
6New Zealand Barrie Wickins570
7England Ian Reid569
8Canada Richard Horne565
9Scotland Ian Lang562
10Scotland Stuart Rankine562

10m Air Pistol – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1England Paul Leatherdale & Ian Reid1143
2Australia Phil Adams & Bruce Favell1143
3New Zealand Greg Yelavich & Barrie Wickins1140
4Canada Richard Horne & Tom Guinn1136
5Hong Kong Gilbert U & Kar-Fai Ho1124

50m Rifle prone

Pos Athlete Score
1Australia Alan Smith599
2Scotland Alister Allan598
3Scotland John Knowles597
4Canada Gale Stewart597
5Wales Terry Wakefield596
6Wales Colin Thomas Harris596
7Australia Donald Brook595
8New Zealand Stephen Petterson594
9Northern Ireland Cliff Ogle594
10England Sarah Cooper594

50m Rifle prone – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Canada Michael Ashcroft & Gale Stewart1175
2Australia Donald Brook & Alan Smith1171
3Wales Terry Wakefield & Colin Harris1165
4Jersey Patrick Ryan & Stephen Le Couilliard1162
4New Zealand Roger Harvey & Stephen Petterson1162

50m Rifle three-positions

Pos Athlete Score
1England Malcolm Cooper1170
2Scotland Alister Allan1167
3Canada Jean-François Sénécal1150
4Canada Michel Dion1148
5Guernsey Matthew Guille1139
6New Zealand Eddie Adlam1136
7Australia Donald Brook1134
8England Sarah Cooper1128
9Australia Alan Smith1125
10Wales David Arnold1121

50m Rifle three-positions – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1England Malcolm Cooper & Sarah Cooper2278
2Canada Jean-François Sénécal & Michel Dion2276
3Scotland Alister Allan & Bill MacNeil2241
4Australia Donald Brook & Alan Smith2234
5Guernsey Matthew Guille & Ian Donaldson2207

Full Bore rifle Queens prize pair

Pos Athlete Score
1Australia Stan John Golinski396
2Canada Alain Marion396
3England John Bloomfield395
4Australia James Corbett395
5Scotland Richard Simpson394
6Guernsey Robert Courtney393
7Jersey Barry le Cheminant393
8Scotland Arthur Clarke391
9England Nick Crawshaw391
10Northern Ireland David Calvert390

Full Bore Rifle Queens prize pair - pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Canada Bill Baldwin & Alain Marion583
2Australia James Corbett & Stan Golinski583
3Northern Ireland David Calvert & Martin Millar582
4England John Bloomfield & Nick Crawshaw582
5New Zealand Chester Burt & Frank Godfrey582

10m Air rifle

Pos Athlete Score
1Canada Guy Lorion588
2Canada Sharon Bowes583
3England Malcolm Cooper582
4Australia Anton Raymond Wurfel578
5Guernsey Matthew Guille578
6Scotland Bill MacNeil577
7Wales David Arnold576
8New Zealand Eddie Adlam574
9Wales Stewart Daltrey573
10England Robert Smith572

10m Air rifle – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Canada Guy Lorion & Sharon Bowes1167
2Australia Wolfgang Jobst & Anton Wurfel1151
3England Malcolm Cooper & Robert Smith1146
4Guernsey Matthew Guille & Ian Donaldson1137
4Scotland Alister Allan & Bill MacNeil1137

Clay pigeon trap

Pos Athlete Score
1England Ian Peel195
2England Peter Boden192
3Wales Roland Phillips192
4Scotland Martin Girvan189
5Australia Terry Rumbel189
6Canada John Primrose188
7Canada George Leary188
8Australia Domingo Diaz187
9Wales Stuart Clubbe184
10Northern Ireland Tom Hewitt184

Clay pigeon trap – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1England Peter Boden & Ian Peel185
2Northern Ireland Tom Hewitt & Eamon Furphy183
3Australia Terry Rumbel & Domingo Diaz183
4Canada John Primrose & George Leary183
5Scotland Martin Girvan & Sandy Dunbar180

Skeet

Pos Athlete Score
1Isle of Man Nigel Kelly196
2England Joe Neville195
3Canada Brian Gabriel195
4New Zealand Laurence John Woolley194
5England Kenneth Harman193
6Scotland Ian Marsden193
7New Zealand John Farrell192
8Scotland Jim Dunlop190
9Canada Don Kwasnycia190
10Northern Ireland Albert Thompson188

Skeet – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1England Joe Neville & Ken Harman195
2Canada Brian Gabriel & Don Kwasyncia193
3New Zealand John Woolley & Jeff Farrell189
4Australia Alec Crikis & Ian Hale188
5Isle of Man Nigel Kelly & Andrew McKeown187

References

  1. ↑ "Medal Standings Edinburgh 1986". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "Shooting fans - aim for Barry Buddon!". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 23 July 1986. p. 22. Retrieved 16 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Barry Buddon Training Centre from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Shooting". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Results:Day Five". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 July 1986. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Day Eight: All the Results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 August 1986. Retrieved 19 March 2024.

See also

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