Shooting at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Shooting at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
VenueWaitemata Gun Club, Mangatāwhiri Range, Ardmore Range
LocationAuckland, New Zealand
Dates24 January – 3 February 1990

Shooting at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was the sixth appearance of Shooting at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held at three venues outside of the host city Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 January to 3 February 1990 and featured contests in 22 disciplines (an increase of 2 from 1986).[1]

The shooting events were held at the Waitemata Gun Club in Kumeū to the north of the city,[2] the Mangatāwhiri Range in Mangatāwhiri and the Ardmore Range in Ardmore (both to the south).[3]

Australia topped the shooting medal table by virtue of winning seven gold medals.[4] Colin Mallett won the first Commonwealth Games gold medal for Jersey.[5]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia75315
2 Canada4318
3 England38617
4 New Zealand*3339
5 India1135
6 Bangladesh1012
 Jersey1012
 Scotland1012
9 Guernsey1001
10 Wales0112
11 Cyprus0101
12 Hong Kong0011
Totals (12 entries)22222165

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50m Free Pistol Phil Adams (AUS) Bengt Sandstrom (AUS) Gilbert U (HKG)
50m Free Pistol - Pairs Australia
Phil Adams
Bengt Sandström		 New Zealand
Brian Read
Greg Yelavich		 Bangladesh
Ateequr Rahman
Abdus Sattar
25m Centre-Fire Pistol Ashok Pandit (IND) Surinder Marwah (IND) Bruce Quick (AUS)
25m Centre-Fire Pistol - Pairs Australia
Phil Adams
Bruce Quick		 New Zealand
Barry O'Neale
Greg Yelavich		 India
Ashok Pandit
Surinder Marwah
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol Adrian Breton (GGY) Pat Murray (AUS) Michael Jay (WAL)
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol - Pairs Australia
Bruce Favell
Pat Murray		 Canada
Stanley Wills
Mark Howkins		 England
Brian Girling
John Rolfe
10m Air Pistol Bengt Sandström (AUS) Phil Adams (AUS) David Lowe (ENG)
10m Air Pistol - Pairs Bangladesh
Ateequr Rahman
Abdus Sattar		 Australia
Phil Adams
Bengt Sandström		 New Zealand
Julian Lawton
Greg Yelavich
50m Rifle Prone Roger Harvey (NZL) Stephen Petterson (NZL) Philip Scanlan (ENG)
50m Rifle Prone - Pairs New Zealand
Stephen Petterson
Roger Harvey		 Canada
Barry Sutherland
Michael Ashcroft		 England
Bob Jarvis
Philip Scanlan
50m Rifle Three Positions Mart Klepp (CAN) Malcolm Cooper (ENG) Soma Dutta (IND)
50m Small Bore Rifle Three Positions - Pairs Canada
Jean-François Sénécal
Mart Klepp		 England
Malcolm Cooper
Robert Smith		 Scotland
Bill Murray
Robin Law
Full Bore Rifle Colin Mallett (JER) Andrew Tucker (ENG) James Corbett (AUS)
Full Bore Rifle - Pairs England
Simon Belither
Andrew Tucker		 Australia
James Corbett
Barry Wood		 Jersey
Clifford Mallett
Colin Mallett
10m Air Rifle Guy Lorion (CAN) Chris Hector (ENG) Mart Klepp (CAN)
10m Air Rifle - Pairs Canada
Guy Lorion
Mart Klepp		 England
Chris Hector
Robert Smith		 India
Soma Dutta
Bhagirath Samai
10m Running Target Colin Robertson (AUS) John Maddison (ENG) Tony Clarke (NZL)
10m Running Target - Pairs New Zealand
Paul Carmine
Tony Clarke		 Canada
David Lee
Mark Bedlington		Not awarded
(only 4 entries)
Trap John Maxwell (AUS) Kevin Gill (ENG) Ian Peel (ENG)
Trap - Pairs England
Kevin Gill
Ian Peel		 Wales
Colin Evans
James Birkett-Evans		 Australia
Russell Mark
John Maxwell
Skeet Ken Harman (ENG) Georgios Sakellis (CYP) Andy Austin (ENG)
Skeet - Pairs Scotland
Ian Marsden
Jim Dunlop		 England
Andy Austin
Ken Harman		 New Zealand
Tim Dodds
John Woolley

Results

50m Free pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1Australia Phil Adams554
2Australia Ben Sandstrom549
2Hong Kong Gilbert U549
4England Paul Leatherdale546
5England David Lowe544
6New Zealand Greg Yelavich543
7New Zealand Brian Read543
8Canada Stanley Wills543
9Canada John Rochon537
10Bangladesh Ateequr Rahman534

50m Free pistol – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Australia Phil Adams & Ben Sandstrom1106
2New Zealand Brian Read & Greg Yelavich1084
3Bangladesh Ateequr Rahman & Abdus Sattar1078
4England David Lowe & Paul Leatherdale1075
5Hong Kong Gilbert U & Kar-Fai Ho1069

25m Centre-Fire pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1India Ashok Pandit583
2India Surinder Marwah577
2Australia Bruce Quick576
4Wales Michael Jay576
5Australia Phil Adams574
6England Collin Greenhough567
6New Zealand Greg Yelavich567
6New Zealand Barry O'Neale567
9Jersey Derek Bernard566
10Hong Kong Yiu-Kai Leung565

25m Centre-Fire pistol – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Australia Phil Adams & Bruce Quick1155
2New Zealand Barry O'Neale & Greg Yelavich1144
3India Ashok Pandit & Surinder Marwah1142
4England Collin Greenhough & David Levene1140
5Wales Michael Jay & Stephen Pengelly1136

25m Rapid-Fire pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1Guernsey Adrian Breton583
2Australia Pat Murray582
2Wales Michael Jay579
4England John Rolfe578
5Australia Bruce Ian Favell574
6Canada Mark Howkins571
7England Brian Girling566
8New Zealand Barry O'Neale565
9New Zealand Michael Smith555
10Canada Stanley Wills550

25m Rapid-Fire pistol – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Australia Bruce Favell & Pat Murray1153
2Canada Stanley Wills & Mark Howkins1138
3England Brian Girling & John Rolfe1133
4Wales Michael Jay & Stephen Pengelly1112
5Hong Kong Yiu-Kai Leung & Chung-Kin Ho1100

10m Air pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1Australia Ben Sandstrom580
2Australia Phil Adams574
2England David Lowe574
4England Paul Leatherdale573
5Scotland Jim Tollan572
6India Ashok Pandit568
7New Zealand Greg Yelavich568
8New Zealand Julian Lawton566
9Scotland Derek McIntosh565
10Hong Kong Gilbert U565

10m Air Pistol – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Bangladesh Ateequr Rahman & Abdus Sattar1138
2Australia Phil Adams & Ben Sandstrom1138
3New Zealand Julian Lawton & Greg Yelavich1137
4Hong Kong Gilbert U & Kar-Fai Ho1130
5England Paul Leatherdale & David Lowe1129

50m Rifle prone

Pos Athlete Score
1New Zealand Roger Harvey591
2New Zealand Stephen Petterson590
2England Philip Scanlan590
4Canada Barry Sutherland590
5Australia Barry Elwin Sturgess590
6Canada Michael Ashcroft587
7Wales John Dallimore586
8Guernsey Robert Courtney586
9Scotland John Knowles585
10Isle of Man Stewart W. Watterson585

50m Rifle prone – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1New Zealand Stephen Petterson & Roger Harvey1185
2Canada Barry Sutherland & Michael Ashcroft1184
3England Bob Jarvis & Philip Scanlan1180
4Australia Alan Keith Smith & Barry Elwin Sturgess1179
5Scotland Gordon Winch & John Knowles1173

50m Rifle three-positions

Pos Athlete Score
1Canada Mart Klepp1157
2England Malcolm Cooper1154
2India Soma Dutta1143
4Canada Jean-François Sénécal1142
5New Zealand Eddie Adlam1138
6Australia Alison Hittmann1135
7England Robert Smith1134
8Australia Anton Wurfel1134
9Scotland Robin Law1133
10Scotland Alister Allan1129

50m Rifle three-positions – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Canada Jean-François Sénécal & Mart Klepp2272
2England Malcolm Cooper & Robert Smith2268
3Scotland Robin Law & Bill Murray2258
4India Soma Dutta & T. C. Palangappa2245
5Australia Alison Hittmann & Anton Wurfel2234

Full Bore rifle Queens prize pair

Pos Athlete Score
1Jersey Colin Mallett394
2England Andrew Tucker390
2Australia James Corbett390
4England Simon Belither390
5Scotland Arthur Clarke389
6Jersey Clifford Mallett388
7Jamaica Hugh Tomlinson386
8Australia Barry James Wood384
9Wales Chris Hockley383
10Guernsey Robert Courtney383

Full Bore Rifle Queens prize pair - pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1England Simon Belither & Andrew Tucker580
2Australia James Corbett & Barry James Wood565
3Jersey Clifford Mallett & Colin Mallett564
4Northern Ireland David Calvert & Martin Millar563
5Scotland Arthur Clarke & James Scobie562

10m Air rifle

Pos Athlete Score
1Canada Guy Lorion583
2England Chris Hector578
2Canada Mart Klepp577
4India Soma Dutta576
5Australia Alison Hittmann575
6England Robert Smith573
7New Zealand Diana Preston572
8Scotland Robin Law571
9Jersey Melanie Clayden571
10Scotland Alister Allan570

10m Air rifle – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Canada Guy Lorion & Mart Klepp1163
2England Chris Hector & Robert Smith1155
3India Soma Dutta & Bhagirath Samai1148
4Australia Alison Hittmann & Wolfgang Jobst1145
5Scotland Robin Law & Alister Allan1143

10 metres running target

Pos Athlete Score
1Australia Colin Robertson539
2England John Maddison539
2New Zealand Tony Clarke535
4Canada Mark Bedlington534
5Canada David Lee532
6New Zealand Paul Carmine528
7England David Chapman527
8Australia Bryan Wilson524
9Papua New Guinea John Schofield395

10 metres running target - pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Australia Paul Carmine & Tony Clarke1091
2Canada David Lee & Mark Bedlington1070
3England David Chapman & John Maddison1064
4Australia Colin Robertson & Bryan Wilson1051

Clay pigeon trap

Pos Athlete Score
1Australia John Maxwell184
2England Kevin Gill183
2England Ian Peel179
4Australia Russell Mark178
5Scotland Peter Croft177
6Wales James Birkett-Evans177
7Scotland Gary Peacock176
8India Mansher Singh175
8Malta Joseph Attard175
8Wales Colin D. Evans175

Trap – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1England Kevin Gill & Ian Peel181
2Wales Colin Evans & James Birkett-Evans178
3Australia Russell Mark & John Maxwell178
4Scotland Peter Croft & Gary Peacock174
5New Zealand Brian Wistrand & Russell McGowan174

Skeet

Pos Athlete Score
1England Ken Harman187
2Cyprus Georgios Sakellis187
2England Andy Austin184
4Wales Desmond Davies184
5New Zealand John Woolley183
6Isle of Man Nigel Kelly182
7Scotland Ian Marsden180
8Australia Ian Hale179
9Scotland Jim Dunlop178
10Australia Craig Andrew Meuleman177

Skeet – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1Scotland Ian Marsden & Jim Dunlop189
2England Andy Austin & Ken Harman185
3New Zealand Tim Dodds & John Woolley183
4Cyprus Georgios Sakellis & Petros Kyrisis181
5Wales Desmond Davies & Antony Lewis181

References

  1. ↑ "Medal Standings Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  2. ↑ "By Murray Walker". Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. 1 February 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 18 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Gold medal boost". Leicester Daily Mercury. 24 January 1990. p. 39. Retrieved 18 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Shooting". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  5. ↑ Pilnick, Brent (25 July 2026). "Nowacki wins Jersey's first medal in 36 years". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 26 July 2026.

See also

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