| 12th Commonwealth Games | |
| Host city | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
|---|---|
| Nations participating | 45 Nations of the Commonwealth |
| Athletes participating | 1,580 |
| Events | 143 events in 12 sports |
| Opening ceremony | September 30, 1982 |
| Closing ceremony | October 9, 1982 |
| Officially opened by | The Duke of Edinburgh |
| Queen's Baton Final Runner | Raelene Boyle |
| Main Stadium | QEII Stadium |
| Motto | The Friendly Games |
The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September—9 October 1982. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Queen's Baton Relay, similar to the Olympic Torch Relay is a relay around the world held prior to the beginning of the Commonwealth Games. Raelene Ann Boyle, AM, MBE, (born 24 June 1951) Australian athlete, represented Australia at three Olympic Games The QSAC was formerly known as ANZ Stadium ANZ now holds the naming rights for Sydney's Stadium Australia. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Commonwealth Games is a multinational Multi-sport event. Held every four years it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named for Queen Elizabeth II). The QSAC was formerly known as ANZ Stadium ANZ now holds the naming rights for Sydney's Stadium Australia. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The stadium, which was later renamed the ANZ Stadium, is now called the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre. A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English is a place or venue for (mostly outdoor Sports Concerts or other events consisting The stadium, which is at the Brisbane suburb of Nathan, was also the venue which was used for the athletics and archery competitions during the Games. Nathan is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It was named in 1967 after Sir Matthew Nathan, Governor of Queensland from 1920 to 1926 Archery is the practice of using a bow or Crossbow to shoot Arrows Archery has historically been used in Hunting and Combat and has [1]
The Chairman of the 1982 Commonwealth Games was Sir Edward Williams KCMG, KBE. Sir Edward Stratten Williams KCMG KBE QC ( 1921 - 10 January 1999) was appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court of Sir Edward later became the Commissioner General of Expo '88. Expo '88, officially known as 'World Expo 88' was a World's Fair held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia during a six month period between He was also the Chairman of the Queensland Turf Club in the 80's until the early 90's. The Queensland Turf Club (QTC was founded in August 1863 It began on a piece of land at Eagle Farm (near Brisbane, Queensland) given to them by government
The 1982 Commonwealth Games Logo was designed by Hugh Edwards,[2] who was the winner of a nation-wide competition held in 1978. The symbol is derived from the form of a bounding kangaroo. The three bands, forming stylized A's (for Australia), are in colours which are common to flags of many Commonwealth countries.
Matilda the kangaroo mascot for the 1982 Commonwealth Games was represented by a cartoon kangaroo,[3] and a gigantic 13-metre (42 feet 8 inches) high mechanical "winking" kangaroo, who travelled around the stadium and winked at the crowd, and the Duke of Edinburgh. A kangaroo is a Marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods meaning 'large foot' The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common A wink is a Facial expression made by briefly closing one or both Eyes. A wink is a Facial expression made by briefly closing one or both Eyes.
Highlights
The 1982 Games were held from 30 September to 9 October, 1982, and included athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, lawn bowls, shooting, swimming and diving, weightlifting and wrestling. [4]
Opening Ceremony - 30 September
The ceremony at the QEII Stadium was held on a fine but extremely windy day. The Opening Ceremony of the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 30 September, 1982 at the QEII Stadium in Brisbane, The QSAC was formerly known as ANZ Stadium ANZ now holds the naming rights for Sydney's Stadium Australia.
Day 1 — (held on 1 October)
The first event of the Games was 100 km Road Trial in cycling. England won the Gold Medal in the event, and Australia won the Silver Medal — coming second to England by only six seconds. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Gold Medal is an Album by American band The Donnas, released in 2004 (see 2004 in music) A Silver medal is a Medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions such as the Olympic Games,
Other sports which were contested on the first day of competition included swimming and diving, weightlifting, shooting and bowls.
Day 2 — (held on 2 October)
Sports contested included swimming, diving, weightlifting, shooting, cycling, bowls and archery.
The day was marred by both Australia and Canada being disqualified in the 4 x 100 metres relay in swimming (both problems occurring during change-overs. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The medals awarded for this race went to England, Scotland and New Zealand. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
Day 3 — (held on 3 October)
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Day 4 — (held on 4 October)
Sports contested included swimming, diving, ŕcycling, athletics, archery, hammer throwing and shooting.
The day was marred when Canada was again disqualified, this time in the 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay. Canada protested against the winners, Australia, as well as against their own disqualification.
Day 5 — (held on 5 October)
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Day 6 — (held on 6 October)
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Day 7 — (held on 7 October)
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Day 8 — (held on 8 October)
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Day 9 — (held on 9 October)
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Queen Elizabeth closed the Games during a colourful ceremony, which included parachute jumpers (who had originally been also intended as part of the Opening Ceremony display) jumping and landing in a special target area within the stadium and red, white and blue balloons. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II Matilda the Kangaroo also winked at the Queen. Following the closing of the Games, the Queen and Duke left the stand to be driven from the stadium. However, nobody wanted the Games to end and the Australian team formed a 'guard of honour' and ran beside and behind the car in which Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were travelling, as the car circled the stadium several times before finally leaving. Team members from other countries also joined in the running after the royal car.
Sports
Sports contested during the 1982 Commonwealth Games included the following:
- Athletics | Archery | Badminton | Bowls | Boxing | Cycling |
- Shooting | Swimming | Diving | Weightlifting | Wrestling
Medals table
This is the full table of the medal count of the 1982 Commonwealth Games. Archery is the practice of using a bow or Crossbow to shoot Arrows Archery has historically been used in Hunting and Combat and has Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles or two opposing pairs (doubles who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court Bowls (also known as Lawn Bowls or Lawn Bowling) is a precision Sport in which the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical Balls Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, These page represents the results at the Cycling Competition at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane Australia. The shooting sports include those competitive sports involving tests of proficiency (accuracy and speed using various types of Guns such as Firearms and Airguns Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance Diving off a deck into the Great South Bay of Long Islandjpg|thumb|A man dives into the Great South Bay of Long Island. Weightlifting, also called Olympic weightlifting or Olympic-style weightlifting, is a sport in which participants attempt a maximum weight single lift of a barbell Wrestling is the act of physical engagement between two people in which each wrestler strives to get an advantage over or control of the opponent These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC. The International Association of Athletics Federations ( IAAF) is the international governing body for the sport of athletics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia |
39 | 39 | 29 | 107 |
| 2 |  England |
38 | 38 | 32 | 108 |
| 3 |  Canada |
26 | 23 | 33 | 82 |
| 4 |  Scotland |
8 | 6 | 12 | 26 |
| 5 |  New Zealand |
5 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 |  India |
5 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 |  Nigeria |
5 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
| 8 |  Wales |
4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 |  Kenya |
4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 10 |  Bahamas |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 |  Jamaica |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 |  Tanzania |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 |  Malaysia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Fiji |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Hong Kong |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Zimbabwe |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Northern Ireland |
0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 |  Uganda |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 |  Zambia |
0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 20 |  Guernsey |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 |  Bermuda |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Singapore |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Swaziland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 143 | 141 | 153 | 437 | |
Medals by Event
For information about individual medal winners and events, see:
- Australia at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Athletics medal winners at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Archery medal winners at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Badminton medal winners at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Swimmimg medal winners at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
See also
- 1982 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony
- Australia at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Australia at the Commonwealth Games
Participating Nations
| Commonwealth Games Associations at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
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Australia | Bahamas | Barbados | Bermuda | Botswana | Canada | Cayman Islands | Cyprus | England | |
- 45 Commonwealth nations and territories took part at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent sovereign English -speaking country consisting of two thousand Cays and Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Fiji (Matanitu ko Viti फ़िजी officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands (Matanitu Tu-Vaka-i-koya ko Viti फ़िजी द्वीप समूह गणराज्य Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. The Republic of Zambia (ˈzæmbɪə is a Landlocked country in Southern Africa. The Bailiwick of Guernsey (Bailliage de Guernesey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy. Ba (officially The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Singapore The Kingdom of Swaziland is a country located in Southern Africa centred at approximately 26o49'S 31o38'E Australia hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland and their team was abbreviated The following are the athletics medal winners at the 1982 Commonwealth Games: See also 1982 in athletics (track and field The following are the Archery medal winners at the 1982 Commonwealth Games: Badminton medal winners at the 1982 Commonwealth Games The Opening Ceremony of the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 30 September, 1982 at the QEII Stadium in Brisbane, Australia hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland and their team was abbreviated Australia became independent of the United Kingdom in 1901 and officially became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1931 under the Statute of Westminster The Commonwealth Games is a multinational Multi-sport event. Held every four years it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Australia hosted the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland and their team was abbreviated [5]
Bids for the 1982 Commonwealth Games
In 1976, the bidding cities for the XIIth Commonwealth Games were: Lagos (Nigeria), Brisbane (Australia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Birmingham (England). Brisbane won the rights to stage the Games.
References
- "XII Commonwealth Games - The Official Pictorial History" —Channel 9 "Today Nonight", O & B Holdings Pty. Ltd. , (1982)
Notes
External links
- Official website of the 1982 games
- Commonwealth Games Federation
- Australian Commonwealth Games Association