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Rowing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was the seventh and last appearance of Rowing at the Commonwealth Games.

The sport returned to the Games schedule 24 years after its last appearance in 1962. The rowing programme replaced archery, which made its debut in 1982 but it would be the last time that rowing featured at the Games.[1][2]

Competition featured 15 events, a large increase on the six held in 1962. The course was the artificial Strathclyde Loch at the Water Sports Centre in Strathclyde Country Park on the outskirts of Motherwell. The Strathclyde Reginal Council spent around £700,000 to bring the course up to international standard.[3]

England topped the rowing medal table by virtue of winning five gold medals.[4]

The rowing tower on the finish line was constructed for the 1986 Games

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 England53614
2 Australia45211
3 Canada43310
4 New Zealand2428
5 Scotland0011
Totals (5 entries)15151444

Medallists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls England Australia New Zealand
Double Sculls Canada Australia England
Coxless pair England New Zealand Scotland
Coxless four Canada New Zealand England
Coxed four England New Zealand Australia
Eights Australia England New Zealand
Lightweight single sculls Australia Canada England
Lightweight coxless four England Australia Canada

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls New Zealand Canada England
Double Sculls New Zealand Canada England
Coxless pair Canada England Australia
Coxed four Canada Australia England
Eights Australia England not awarded
Lightweight single sculls Australia New Zealand Canada
Lightweight coxless four England Australia Canada

Men’s finals

Single sculls

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Steve Redgrave 7:28.29
2 Australia Richard Powell 7:32.64
3 New Zealand Eric Verdonk 7:39.11
4 Scotland Phillip Kittermaster 7:45.67
5 Canada Mike Hughes 7:49.04
6 Wales Chris Howell 7:50.42

Double sculls

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Bruce Ford, Pat Walter 6:19.43
2 Australia Paul Reedy, Brenton Terrell 6:21.17
3 England Carl Smith, Allan Whitwell 6:23.53
4 New Zealand Dale Maher, Eric Verdonk 6:28.95
5 Northern Ireland Patrick Armstrong, John Armstrong 6:33.84
6 Wales Lewis Hancock, Robert Luke 6:35.77

Coxless pair

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave 6:40.48
2 New Zealand Barrie Mabbott, Ian Wright 6:42.63
3 Scotland Ewan Pearson, David Riches 6:43.06
4 Canada Dave Johnson, Harold Backer 6:46.41
5 Australia Glenn Myler, Iain Belot 6:52.34
6 Wales Christopher Jones, Philip Gregory 7:00.32

Coxless four

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Grant Main, Kevin Neufeld, Paul Steele, Pat Turner 6:00.56
2 New Zealand Andrew Stevenson, Shane O’Brien, Neil Gibson, Don Symon 6:00.85
3 England Graham Faultless, Richard Ireland, Mostyn Field, Humphry Hatton 6:05.99
4 Australia Craig Muller, David Doyle, Neil Myers, Jim Battersby 6:09.48
5 Scotland Douglas McFarlane, Martin Holmes, Quintin McKellar, William Brown 6:21.26
6 Northern Ireland Colin Dickson, Colin Hunter, Domhnall MacAuley, Robert Storrs 6:32.42

Coxed four

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Martin Cross, Adam Clift, Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Adrian Ellison (cox) 6:08.13
2 New Zealand Nigel Atherfold, Chris White, Greg Johnston, Bruce Holden, Andrew Bird (cox) 6:09.89
3 Australia Mark Doyle, James Galloway, Mike McKay, James Tomkins, Dale Caterson (cox) 6:10.57
4 Canada Bruce Robertson, Ian McKerlich, John Wallace, Darby Berhout, Tan Barkley (cox) 6:14.66
5 Scotland John Bowie, David Nolan, Charles Ivatt, David Ivatt 6:38.15
6 Wales Nicholas Hartland, Paul Taylor, Ivor Lloyd, Michael Partridge, Chris Jenkins 6:41.07

Eights

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia James Galloway, Malcolm Batten, Andrew Cooper, Mike McKay, Mark Doyle
James Tomkins, Ion Popa, Steve Evans, Dale Caterson (cox)		 5:44.42
2 England John Garrett, John Maxey, Jonathan Spencer-Jones, Mark Buckingham, Patrick Broughton
Richard Stanhope, Stephen Peel, Terence Dillon, Vaughan Thomas (cox)		 5:46.35
3 New Zealand Mike Burrell[5], Neil Gibson[6], Barrie Mabbott[7], Shane O’Brien[8], Andrew Stevenson[9]
Don Symon[10], Carl Vincent[11], Ian Wright[12], Andy Hay (cox)[13]		 5:47.97
4 Canada John Ossowski, Eric Kovits, John Houlding, Dave Ross, Andy Crosby
Mark Fortune, Jason Dorland, Don Telfer, Brian McMahon (cox)		 5:47.99
5 Scotland Charles Ivatt, John Bowie, Archie McConnell, Doug McFarlane, Martin Holmes
Quintin McKellar, William Brown, David Ivatt, Joe Kelly		 5:54.50
6 Wales Guy Thomas, Iestyn Roberts, Michael Hnatiw, Robin Roberts, Ivor Lloyd
Paul Taylor, Nicholas Hartland, Michael Partridge, Chris Jenkins		 6:20.81

Lightweight single sculls

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Peter Antonie 7:16.43
2 Canada Peter Tattersall 7:26.65
3 England Carl Smith 7:27.34
4 Wales Robin Williams 7:35.95
5 Northern Ireland John Armstrong 7:36.64
6 New Zealand Dale Maher 7:44.14

Lightweight coxless four

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Christopher Bates, Peter Haining, Neil Staite, Stuart Forbes 6:25.86
2 Australia Simon Cook, Brian Digby, Merrick Howes, Joseph Joyce 6:27.71
3 Canada Dave Henry, Brian Peaker, Bob Thomas, Ryan Tierney 6:35.66
4 New Zealand Gary Hay, Martin Eade, Michael Westenra, Simon Koller 6:37.14
5 Wales David Kidwell, Stephen Redwood, Jeremy Edwards, Martin Hyndman 6:43.83
6 Scotland Tom Baxter, Duncan Warwick, Auster McNaughton, David Nolan 6:52.48

Women’s finals

Single sculls

Pos Athlete Time
1 New Zealand Stephanie Foster 7:43.22
2 Canada Lisa Wright 7:48.90
3 England Gillian Bond 7:52.82
4 Australia Adair Ferguson 7:56.49
5 Wales Rhian Davies 8:21.41

Double sculls

Pos Athlete Time
1 New Zealand Stephanie Foster, Robin Clarke 7:21.52
2 Canada Heather Clarke, Lisa Robertson 7:39.86
3 England Diane Prince, Claire Parker 7:54.71
4 Scotland Fiona Nowak, Amanda Towrie 7:56.03

Coxless pair

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Kathryn Barr, Andrea Schreiner 7:34.51
2 England Pauline Bird, Flo Johnston 7:42.23
3 Australia Catherine Hall, Alison Smith 7:53.09
4 Scotland Fiona Freckleton, Morag Simpson 8:10.47

Coxed four

Pos Athlete Time
1 Canada Tina Clarke, Tricia Smith, Lesley Thompson, Jane Tregunno, Jenny Wallinga 6:50.13
2 Australia Deborah Bassett, Susan Chapman-Popa, Robyn Grey-Gardner, Marilyn Kidd, Kaylynn Fry (cox) 6:54.31
3 England Joanne Gough, Ann Callaway, Kate Holroyd, Trish Reid, Alison Norrish (cox) 7:06.02
4 Northern Ireland Angela Darby, Catherine Buchanan, Kathryn Armstrong, Alison Hamilton, Mike Bailey (cox) 7:24.72
5 Wales Jo Treweek, Louise Kingsley, Katharine Hartland, Fiona Price 7:27.86
6 Scotland Karen Barton, Eleanor McNish, Christine Brown, Patricia McKellar 7:31.54

Eights

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Annelies Voorthuis, Deborah Bassett, Vicki Spooner, Margot Foster, Marilyn Kidd
Robyn Grey-Gardner, Susan Chapman, Urszula Anne Kay, Kaylynn Fry (cox)		 6:43.69
2 England Pauline Bird, Alison Bonner, Ann Callaway, Kate Grose, Joanne Gough
Kate Holroyd, Flo Johnston, Trish Reid, Alison Norrish (cox)		 6:45.62
3 Canada Sandy Coppinger, Gil Saxby, Carla Pace, Cathy Harry, Angie Schneider
Brenda Taylor, Sarah Ogilvy, Cathy Lund, Susan Beck		 6:51.81[14][15]

Lightweight single sculls

Pos Athlete Time
1 Australia Adair Ferguson 7:45.49
2 New Zealand Philippa Baker 7:45.82
3 Canada Heather Hattin 7:52.14
4 England Beryl Crockford 7:58.05
5 Scotland Carol-Ann Wood 8:06.46
6 Wales Rhian Davies 8:18.24

Lightweight coxless four

Pos Athlete Time
1 England Alexa Forbes, Gillian Hodges, Lin Clark, Judith Burne 6:54.70
2 Australia Deborah Clingeleffer, Amanda Cross, Virginia Lee, Gayle Toogood 6:59.68
3 Canada Anne Drost, Marni Hamilton, Marlene van der Horst, Wendy Wiebe 7:01.18
4 Wales Jo Treweek, Louise Kingsley, Katharine Hartland, Fiona Price 7:11.70
5 Scotland Karen Barton, Eleanor McNish, Christine Brown, Patricia McKellar 7:18.31
6 Northern Ireland Angela Darby, Catherine Buchanan, Kathryn Armstrong, Alison Hamilton 7:45.22

References

  1. ^ “Medal Standings Edinburgh 1986”. Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  2. ^ “1986 Commonwealth Games— Edinburgh Scotland”. Australian Rowing History. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  3. ^ “Plans are well on course for rowing event where athlets will go for gold”. Motherwell Times. 20 February 1986. p. 12. Retrieved 14 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ “Commonwealth Games Medallists – Rowing”. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  5. ^ “Mike Burrell”. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  6. ^ “Neil Gibson”. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  7. ^ “Barrie Mabbott”. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  8. ^ “Shane O’Brien”. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  9. ^ “Andrew Stevenson”. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  10. ^ “Don Symon”. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  11. ^ “Carl Vincent”. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 3 May 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  12. ^ “Ian Wright”. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  13. ^ “Andrew Hay”. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  14. ^ “Commonwealth Games”. The Standard. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
  15. ^ “Results: Day Two”. The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 July 1986. p. 49. Retrieved 13 April 2025.