1998 Commonwealth Games

XVI Commonwealth Games

Host city	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Motto	Bersama-sama Gemilangkannya (Together we'll glorify this moment)
Nations	70
Athletes	3638
Events	214 in 15 sports
Opening	11 September 1998
Closing	21 September 1998
Opened by	Tuanku Jaafar King of Malaysia
Closed by	Elizabeth II
Athlete's Oath	Shalin Zulkifli
Queen's Baton Final Runner	Koh Eng Tong
Anthem	Forever as One (Roy) Standing in the Eyes of the World (Ella)
Main venue	Bukit Jalil National Stadium

The 1998 Commonwealth Games (Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th century. For the first time ever, the games included team sports. The other bid from the 1998 games came from Adelaide in Australia. Malaysia was the eighth nation to host the Commonwealth Games after Canada, England, Australia, New Zealand, Wales, Jamaica and Scotland. Around 3638 athletes from 70 Commonwealth member nations participated at the games which featured 214 events in 15 sports with 34 of them collected medals.

Host selection

Kuala Lumpur was selected to stage the games at the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Games Federation in Barcelona, Spain during the 1992 Summer Olympics.

1998 Commonwealth Games Bidding Results

City	CGA Name	Votes
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	40
Adelaide	Australia	25

Preparation

Venues

Kuala Lumpur

Selangor

Kedah

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1998 Commonwealth Games host stages

Kuala Lumpur

National Sports Complex, Malaysia

National Stadium Bukit Jalil

• National Stadium, Bukit Jalil – Opening/Closing Ceremony, Athletics (Track and field)
• Putra Indoor Stadium – Gymnastics
• National Aquatic Centre – Aquatics (Swimming, Diving, Synchronised swimming)
• National Hockey Stadium – Hockey (men)
• National Squash Centre – Squash

Bukit Kiara Sports Complex

• Juara Stadium – Netball
• National Lawn Bowls Centre – Lawn Bowls

Other venues

• Merdeka Square, Kuala Lumpur – Athletics (Marathon)
• Titiwangsa Lake Gardens – Athletics (Race walking (outdoor))
• Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium – Badminton
• Cheras Velodrome, Kuala Lumpur – Cycling (Track)
• Royal Military College, Sungai Besi – Cricket (Group stage)
• Victoria Institution – Cricket (Group stage)
• Tenaga National Sports Complex – Cricket (Group stage)
• Kelab Aman, Ampang – Cricket (Group stage, Bronze playoff)
• Kuala Lumpur Hockey Stadium, Pantai – Hockey (Women)

Selangor

• Mines Convention Centre – Weightlifting
• Shah Alam Circuit – Cycling (Road)
• Malawati Stadium, Shah Alam – Boxing
• Sunway Pyramid, Subang Jaya – Bowling
• Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya – Rugby
• Selangor state Development Corporation (PKNS) Kelana Jaya – Cricket (Finals)
• Rubber Research Institute, Sungai Buloh – Cricket (Group stage)

Kedah

• Langkawi International Shooting Range (Lisram) – Shooting

The athletes' village (Vista Kommanwel) with a capacity of 6,000 people is located beside the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil. It consists of three tower blocks of 30 storeys and six hillside blocks of 19 storeys with 1,300 condominiums and an International Shopping Zone. The International Broadcast Centre was constructed at Angkasapuri, Kuala Lumpur, while Mint Hotel (now Nouvelle Hotel) served as the Main Press Centre. stage broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia was the host broadcaster of the event.

Opening ceremony

The 16th Commonwealth Games opening ceremony took place on 11 September 1998 at 20:00 MST (UTC+08:00). During the ceremony, approximately 4,840 Soka Gakkai Malaysia volunteers displayed coloured flip cards which depicted sporting images, flags of the Commonwealth nations and messages that heralded the first games in Asia in the 68 years since their inception. The ceremony was preceded by a pre-show concert by Malaysian pop singers such as Noraniza Idris, Jamal Abdillah, Amy Search, Saleem, Zamani, Ella, Anuar Zain, Ziana Zain, Sheila Majid, Amy Mastura, Ning Baizura and Siti Nurhaliza, performance by local comedian Harith Iskander and 16 paratroopers who descended down the stadium.

The ceremony began with the arrival of dignitaries including the Chairman of Commonwealth Games Federation Michael Fennel, Prince Edward, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, the Yang Dipertuan Agong and Malaysian minister of Youth and Sports Muhyiddin Yassin. This was followed by the parade of nations — 69 participating nations, led by mascot Wira and previous games' mascots (Canada being the first country to come into the stadium as host country of the previous games, and Malaysia entering last as hosts).The Singaporean delegation was jeered by the crowd during the parade of nations. Then came a performance about a Malaysian rainforest by 2,000 school children who dressed as birds, bees and flowers.

After the performance, the Queen's message was delivered in the ceremonial baton, which had begun the final stages of its journey on the back of an elephant. 1978 Commonwealth Games badminton gold medal winner Sylvia Ng took the last lap with the baton and handed it off to Koh Eng Tong, a weightlifter who won a gold medal in weightlifting for Malaya in the 1950 British Empire Games, to take the final few feet to Prince Edward.

Contrary to tradition, the games were officially opened by the Malaysian head of stage, Yang di Pertuan Agong Tuanku Jaafar by striking the gong three times. A burst of fireworks and blurring of the giant bunga raya and a 16-gun salute which represents 1998 Commonwealth Games being the 16th-edition games, signified the beginning of the games. The Commonwealth Games flag was then brought into the stadium raised to the theme song of the Games Forever As One written by local composer, Goh Boon Hoe. Malaysian bowler Shalin Zulkifli later take the oath on behalf of the athletes.

The ceremony concluded with a 40-minute performance, titled "Aur di Tebing" (Bamboo at the riverside) with the theme 'Unity towards Progress', which was conveyed through dance, music, and intricate human graphics. 2,000 performers swirled and danced carrying trays of bunga emas (golden flowers) on their heads during a mass silat display. The show told the Malaysian history from ancient Malacca to the present development in Malaysia, its political, economical and technological achievements as well as its people's vision of peace, prosperity and unity and lifestyle.

Closing ceremony

The closing ceremony took place on 21 September 1998 at 20:00 MST (UTC+08:00). The attendees of the ceremony included Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tuanku Najihah, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his wife, Commonwealth Games Federation President (CGF), Sir Michael Fennel; Commonwealth of Nations Secretary-general Chief Emeka Anyaoku; Minister of youth and sports Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Executive Chairman of Sukom Ninety Eight Berhad, Tan Sri Hashim Mohd. Ali.

The ceremony began with Queen Elizabeth and King Ja'afar's arrival in a limousine, for inspection of guards of honour of the Royal Malay Regiment. The British national anthem God Save The Queen was played followed by Malaysia's national anthem Negaraku. This was followed by a 3-part cultural performance led by a band performance by 400 school students from Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur followed by an upbeat song performance from local artist Jay Jay.

As the protocol says, a 15-minute presentation from Manchester, England, host city of the 2002 edition, was staged which included songs, videos and a live performance from the group New Order at the Albert Square, also the main moment was when message from British Prime Minister Tony Blair was delivered.

A contemporary farewell dance performance by local artists, featured Siti Nurhaliza and Noraniza Idris concludes the cultural performance. Soon afterwards, all the participants, flag-bearers and the volunteers march into the main ground of the stadium and Olympic council of Malaysia president Tan Sri Hamzah Abu Samah later declared the returning of the flags of all the participating nations.

Then the protocol was resumed and the 69 Commonwealth Games Associations flagbearers positioned themselves in a rostrum and the Commonwealth Games flag was lowered by the Malaysian armed forces. Next, the flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation is lowered by Malaysian Armed Forces personnel to the games theme song, Forever as one and is paraded around the stadium before being folded and handed over to the mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Tan Sri Kamarulzaman Sharif, who handed it over to the president of the Commonwealth Games Federation, Jamaican Michael Fennel.Fennel handed the flag to the Chief Citizen of Manchester city, Gordon Conquest. Following, the official speeches were delivered and Queen Elisabeth was invited to declare the Games closed. In a new protocol step, the Queen has withdrawn from the stadium alongside the King of Malaysia and other authorities, after the guard of honour march song has played, followed by Auld Lang Syne. The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad, later made an announcement to declare 28 September 1998 as a national public holiday to commemorate the nation's success in hosting the games. The ceremony concluded with a concert performed by Six Commonwealth Top Singers representing the six regions of the Commonwealth Federation and local artists.

Participating teams

Participating countries. Countries who made their debut at the games are coloured in purple.

Sixty-nine countries appeared at the 1998 Games. The only absent country was Nigeria, suspended from the Commonwealth due to the tyrannical dictatorship of Sani Abacha who had died earlier that year.

Participating Commonwealth Games Associations
Anguilla (3) Antigua and Barbuda (5) Australia (311) Bahamas (9) Bangladesh (25) Barbados (6) Belize (11) Bermuda (13) Botswana (40) British Virgin Islands (8) Brunei (10) Cameroon (19) Canada (245) Cayman Islands (2) Cook Islands (2) Cyprus (15) Dominica (3) England (265) Falkland Islands (6) Fiji (50) Ghana (42) Gibraltar (4) Grenada (5) Guernsey (14) Guyana (19) India (195) Isle of Man (1) Jamaica (28) Jersey (8) Kenya (103) Kiribati (29) Lesotho (34) Malawi (10) Malaysia (host) (240) Maldives (12) Malta (13) Mauritius (2) Montserrat (1) Mozambique (17) Namibia (21) Nauru (4) New Zealand (125) Norfolk Island (5) Northern Ireland (49) Pakistan (54) Papua New Guinea (37) Saint Helena and Dependencies (3) Saint Kitts and Nevis (2) Saint Lucia (2) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (5) Samoa (16) Scotland (110) Seychelles (7) Sierra Leone (30) Singapore (71) Solomon Islands (6) South Africa (8) Sri Lanka (47) Swaziland (28) Tanzania (40) The Gambia (24) Tonga (11) Trinidad and Tobago (23) Turks and Caicos Islands (4) Tuvalu (8) Uganda (14) Vanuatu (1) Wales (232) Zambia (32) Zimbabwe (38)
Debuting Commonwealth countries and territories
Cameroon Kiribati Mozambique Tuvalu

Calendar

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Gold medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

September		7th Mon	8th Tue	9th Wed	10th Thu	11th Fri	12th Sat	13th Sun	14th Mon	15th Tue	16th Wed	17th Thu	18th Fri	19th Sat	20th Sun	21st Mon	Events
Ceremonies						OC										CC	—
Aquatics	Diving												2	2	2		6
	Swimming						5	5	5	5	6	6					32
	Artistic Swimming						●	●	1	1							2
Athletics											2	8	7	11	7	11	46
Badminton				●	●		●	●	2		●	●	●	●	3	2	7
Bowling								2	1	●	2						5
Boxing							●	●	●	●	●	●	●		12		12
Cricket				●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1			1
Cycling							1	1	●	2		1	3	2	3		13
Gymnastics							1	1	2		10			1	1	4	20
Hockey				●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●		●	2		2
Lawn bowls							●	●	●	●	1	1	1	1	2		6
Netball									●	●	●	●	●	●		1	1
Rugby sevens							●	●	1								1
Shooting		●	●	●	●			5	4	4	2	4	5	3	4		31
Squash					●		●	●	●	●	2	●	●	●	3		5
Weightlifting											6	6	6	6			24
Daily medal events							7	14	16	12	31	26	24	27	39	18	214
Cumulative total							7	21	37	49	80	106	130	157	196	214
September		7th Mon	8th Tue	9th Wed	10th Thu	11th Fri	12th Sat	13th Sun	14th Mon	15th Tue	16th Wed	17th Thu	18th Fri	19th Sat	20th Sun	21st Mon	Events

Sports overview

The host nation achieved its best-ever haul of ten gold medals which has since been surpassed by its achievement in the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where Malaysia won twelve gold medals.

This is an edition marked by several unprecedented facts in the history of the Commonwealth Games. Not only because it is the first in Asia and the first that was not opened by a member of the royal family.And taking advantage of these factors, the Commonwealth Games Federation decided in 1994 that from this edition onwards, team sports could enter the Games program.As a result, the number of sports played rose from 10 to 16.The case studies determined that three team sports were eligible to become mandatory: field hockey (men and women), netball (women) and rugby 7's (men). Adding to aquatics (swimming) (athletics), boxing, badminton, cycling (road), weightlifting, and lawn bowls as compulsory sports. As decided also in 1994, the Organizing Committee could choose up to six sports from a list previously approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and which reflect their respective popularity in the organizing country. And they were the following: aquatics (synchronized swimming and diving), cricket, cycling (track), gymnastics (artistic and rhythmic), and shooting sports. Another spot was reserved for squash, which was an evaluation sport and could become mandatory in the next edition. There was still a spot for a local sport and the organizers chose ten-pin bowling because of the local infrastructure. Which was included as an extra sport because of its popularity in the country and also because of infrastructure spending. However, there was some controversy surrounding the removal of wrestling that had been present in all previous editions because of its low popularity in Malaysia.

In front of 20,000 fans at the Petaling Jaya Stadium, rugby sevens in particular were an enormous success with New Zealand collecting its 100th Commonwealth Games medal with a 21–12 win over plucky Fiji, (the reigning world champions). Man of the match was the giant Jonah Lomu who had worked tirelessly during the 10-minutes-each-way final. Led by veteran star David Campese, Australia took the bronze beating Samoa 33–12. In the squash event many had anticipated a close match between Michelle Martin and Sarah Fitz-Gerald who had both comfortably won their respective semi-finals. Fitz-Gerald had won the previous two years' World Opens and Martin the three prior to that and so it was with some surprise to many that Martin took the gold in three straight sets 9–0, 9–6, 9–5. Fitz-Gerald did avenge this defeat in the final of the world championship later that year, in what many people regard as the greatest women's final ever, coming back from 8–2 down in the fifth to retain her title.
Martin also teamed up with Craig Rowland to take the Commonwealth mixed doubles gold. Erika-Leigh Stirton took five of the six available gold medals in the rhythmic gymnastics only being beaten into second place in the team event in the hosts took gold.

Medal table

Only the top ten successful nations are displayed here.

The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a Commonwealth Games Association). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their three-letter country code.

Key

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	80	61	57	198
2	England	36	47	53	136
3	Canada	30	31	38	99
4	Malaysia*	10	14	12	36
5	South Africa	9	11	14	34
6	New Zealand	8	6	20	34
7	India	7	10	8	25
8	Kenya	7	5	4	16
9	Jamaica	4	2	0	6
10	Wales	3	4	8	15
11	Scotland	3	2	7	12
12	Nauru	3	0	0	3
13	Northern Ireland	2	1	2	5
14	Zimbabwe	2	0	3	5
15	Ghana	1	1	3	5
16	Mauritius	1	1	2	4
17	Cyprus	1	1	1	3
	Tanzania	1	1	1	3
	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	1	3
20	Bahamas	1	1	0	2
	Mozambique	1	1	0	2
22	Barbados	1	0	2	3
23	Lesotho	1	0	0	1
24	Cameroon	0	3	3	6
25	Namibia	0	2	1	3
26	Seychelles	0	2	0	2
27	Sri Lanka	0	1	1	2
28	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
	Fiji	0	1	0	1
	Isle of Man	0	1	0	1
	Pakistan	0	1	0	1
32	Papua New Guinea	0	0	1	1
	Uganda	0	0	1	1
	Zambia	0	0	1	1
Totals (34 entries)		213	213	244	670

Marketing

Logo

Wira, the orangutan, the official mascot of the games.

The logo of the 1998 Commonwealth Games is an image of the national flower of Malaysia, the hibiscus (the bunga raya), the first games logo to introduce the colour yellow. (All previous logos had been red, white and blue to reflect the colours of the British Union Flag.) The red, blue, white and yellow colours represents the colours of the Malaysian national flag and Malaysia as a confident, young, dynamic nation. The yellow pollens represent the six regions of the world that includes the 68 Commonwealth member nations.

Mascot

The official mascot of the 1998 Commonwealth Games is an orangutan named Wira (Malay for "warrior" or "hero"). It is said that the orangutan is the largest and probably the most intelligent primate in Asia which lives in the tropical rainforests of Malaysia. The adoption of orangutan as a games' mascot is to represent the friendly personality of Malaysia as the games' host as well as the charm, intelligence, and sporting ability of the participating athletes.

Sponsors

A total of 55 companies and organisations sponsored the games, including Malaysian state-owned enterprises.

• Astro
• Bank Bumiputra Berhad
• Canon Inc.
• DRB-HICOM
• Leopex Sporting Goods
• Kodak
• Malaysia Airlines
• MasterCard
• Maybank
• Pensonic Group
• Nestlé
• PepsiCo
• Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad
• Petronas
• Siemens
• Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme
• Faber-Castell
• Aramas Utama Holdings
• Extol Corporation
• Clipsal
• Electcoms
• Goldtronics
• Grace Distribution
• Permanis
• Macroworld
• Microsoft
• NetCard Corporation
• P.K. Electronics
• Royal Selangor
• Perodua
• Permodalan Nasional Berhad
• Selvex
• Sema Group
• Teknologi Ikram
• Unilever
• Konsortium Perkapalan Berhad
• Pos Malaysia
• Telekom Malaysia
• TH Alliance Asia Pacific
• Genting Group
• Sime Darby
• Antah Group
• Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
• Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad
• Colgate-Palmolive
• Island & Peninsular Berhad
• Sungei Way Group
• Ajinomoto
• Tenaga Nasional
• Chiyoda Corporation
• BP
• Tourism Publications Corporation
• IOI Group
• Golden Hope

Medals by event

Aquatics

Main article: Aquatics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Boxing

Weight	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light flyweight (48 kg)	Sapok Biki Malaysia	Moses Kinyua Kenya	Boudik Kazanijian Cyprus Gary Jones England
Flyweight (51 kg)	Richard Sunee Mauritius	Liam Cunningham Northern Ireland	Phumzile Matyhila South Africa Jackson Asiku Uganda
Bantamweight (54 kg)	Michael Yomba Tanzania	Herman Ngoudjo Cameroon	Adnan Yusoh Malaysia Andrew Kooner Canada
Featherweight (57 kg)	Alex Arthur Scotland	Marty O'Donnell Canada	Lynch Ipera Papua New Guinea James Swan Australia
Lightweight (60 kg)	Raymond Narh Ghana	Ali Asghar Pakistan	Andrew McLean England Giovanni Frontin Mauritius
Light welterweight (63.5 kg)	Michael Strange Canada	Gerry Legras Seychelles	Casey Johns Australia Davis Mwale Zambia
Welterweight (67 kg)	Jeremy Molitor Canada	Absolom Okoth Kenya	Colin McNeil Scotland Lynden Hosking Australia
Light middleweight (71 kg)	Chris Bessey England	Scott MacIntosh Canada	James Tony Ghana Jackie Townsley Scotland
Middleweight (75 kg)	John Pearce England	Jitender Kumar India	Trevor Stewardson Canada Brian Magee Northern Ireland
Light heavyweight (81 kg)	Courtney Fry England	Troy Amos-Ross Canada	Samuel Odindo Kenya Charles Adamu Ghana
Heavyweight (91 kg)	Mark Simmons Canada	Roland Raforme Seychelles	Kevin Evans Wales Garth da Silva New Zealand
Super heavyweight (over 91 kg)	Audley Harrison England	Michael Macaque Mauritius	Justin Whitehead Australia Moyoyo Aloryi Ghana

Cricket

Main article: Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's cricket	South Africa	Australia	New Zealand

Cycling

Track cycling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 1000 m individual sprint	Darryn Hill Australia	Sean Eadie Australia	Barry Forde Barbados
Women's 1000 m individual sprint	Tanya Dubnicoff Canada	Michelle Ferris Australia	Lori-Ann Muenzer Canada
Men's 1000m track time trial	Shane Kelly Australia	Jason Queally England	Joshua Kersten Australia
Women's 3000 m individual pursuit	Sarah Ulmer New Zealand	Alayna Burns Australia	Yvonne McGregor England
Men's 4000 m individual pursuit	Brad McGee Australia	Luke Roberts Australia	Matt Illingworth England
Men's 4000 m team pursuit	Australia Brad McGee Brett Lancaster Luke Roberts Michael Rogers Timothy Lyons	England Bradley Wiggins Colin Sturgess Jon Clay Matt Illingworth Robert Hayles	New Zealand Brendon Cameron Greg Henderson Lee Vertongen Timothy Carswell
Men's 25 scratch race	Michael Rogers Australia	Shaun Wallace England	Timothy Barswell New Zealand
Women's 24 km points race	Alayna Burns Australia	Sarah Ulmer New Zealand	Annie Gariepy Canada
Men's 40 km points race	Glen Thomson New Zealand	Rob Hayles England	Greg Henderson New Zealand

Road bicycle racing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's 28 km individual time trial	Anna Wilson Australia	Linda Jackson Canada	Kathy Watt Australia
Men's 42 km individual time trial	Eric Wohlberg Canada	Stuart O'Grady Australia	David George South Africa
Women's 92 km road race	Lyne Bessette Canada	Susy Pryde New Zealand	Anna Wilson Australia
Men's 184 km road race	Jay Sweet Australia	Rosli Effandy Malaysia	Eric Wohlberg Canada

Gymnastics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's balance beam	Trudy McIntosh Australia	Zeena McLaughlin Australia	Lise Leveille Canada
Women's floor exercise	Annika Reeder England	Allana Slater Australia	Zeena McLaughlin Australia
Women's uneven bars	Lisa Skinner Australia	Veronique Leeleve Canada	Zeena McLaughlin Australia
Women's vault	Lisa Mason England	Trudy McIntosh Australia	Annika Reeder England
Women's all round individual	Zeena McLaughlin Australia	Allana Slater Australia	Trudy McIntosh Australia
Women's all round team event	Australia Allana Slater Katarina Frketic Lisa Skinner Trudy McIntosh Zeena McLaughlin	England Annika Reeder Gemma Cuff Kelly Hackman Lisa Mason Melissa Wilcox	Canada Crystal Gilmore Emilie Fournier Katie Rowland Lise Leveille Veronique Leclerc
Men's floor exercise	Andrei Kravtsov Australia	Christian Brezeanu South Africa	John Smethurst England David Phillips New Zealand
Men's horizontal or high bar	Alexander Jeltkov Canada	Kris Burley Canada	Lee McDermott England
Men's parallel bars	Andrei Kravtsov Australia	Richard Ikede Canada	Bret Hudson Australia
Men's pommel horse	Andrei Kravtsov Australia	Richard Ikede Canada	Brennon Dowrick Australia
Men's rings	Pavel Mamine Australia	Andrew Atherton England	Athol Myhill South Africa
Men's vault	Simon Hutcheon South Africa	Christian Brezeanu South Africa	Bret Hudson Australia
Men's all round individual	Andrei Kravtsov Australia	Andrew Atherton England	Brennon Dowrick Australia
Men's all round team event	England Andrew Atherton Craig Heap John Smethurst Lee McDermott Ross Brewer	Australia Andrei Kravtsov Brennon Dowrick Bret Hudson Pavel Mamine Philippe Rizzo	Canada Alexander Jeltkov Grant Golding Kristan Burley Peter Schmid Richard Ikeda
Women's rhythmic clubs	Erika Leigh Stirton Canada	Shaneez Johnston Australia	Emilie Livingston Canada
Women's rhythmic hoop	Erika Leigh Stirton Canada	Thye Chee Kiat Malaysia	Leigh Marning Australia
Women's rhythmic ribbon	Erika Leigh Stirton Canada	Shaneez Johnston Australia	Carolyn Au Yong Malaysia
Women's rhythmic rope	Erika Leigh Stirton Canada	Leigh Marning Australia	Thye Chee Kiat Malaysia
Women's rhythmic all round individual	Erika Leigh Stirton Canada	Leigh Marning Australia	Shaneez Johnston Australia
Women's rhythmic all round team	Malaysia Carolyn Au-Yong Chee Kiat Thye El Regina Tajudin Sarina Sundara Rajah	Canada Emilie Livingston Erika Leigh Stirton Katie Iafolla	Australia Danielle Le Ray Kristy Darrah Leigh Marning Shaneez Johnston

(Field) Hockey

Main article: Hockey at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Lawn bowls

Main article: Bowls at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Netball

Main article: Netball at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Shooting

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 10m air pistol individual	Mick Gault England	Jaspal Rana India	Greg Yelavich New Zealand
Women's 10m air pistol individual	Annemarie Forder Australia	Christine Trefry Australia	Tania Corrigan New Zealand
Men's 10m air pistol team	Nick Baxter and Mick Gault England	Jaspal Rana and Satendra Kumar India	John Rochon and Jean-Pierre Huot Canada
Women's 10m air pistol pairs	Annemarie Forder and Christine Trefry Australia	Tania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees New Zealand	Kamisah Abdul Jalal and Suriani Othman Malaysia
Men's 10m air rifle individual	Chris Hector England	Mohd Emran Zakaria Malaysia	Zlatko Beneta Australia
Women's 10m air rifle individual	Nurul Huda Baharin Malaysia	Sharon Bowes Canada	Louise Minett England
Men's 10m air rifle team	Chris Hector and Nigel Wallace England	Abdul Mutalib Abdul Razak and Mohd Emran Zakaria Malaysia	David Rattray and Robin Law Scotland
Women's 10m air rifle pairs	Christina Ashcroft and Sharon Bowes Canada	Belinda Muehlberg and Noemi Rostas Australia	Louise Minett and Becky Spicer England
Men's 25 m centre-fire pistol individual	Jaspal Rana India	Allan McDonald South Africa	John Rochon Canada
Men's 25 m centre-fire pistol pairs	Jaspal Rana and Ashok Pandit India	John Rochon and Metodi Igorov Canada	Mike Giustiniano and Bruce Quick Australia
Men's 50m free pistol individual	Mick Gault England	Francois Van Tonder South Africa	Bruce Quick Australia
Men's 50m free pistol pairs	Nick Baxter and Mick Gault England	David Moore and Bruce Quick Australia	John Rochon and Jean-Pierre Huot Canada
Fullbore rifle Queens prize open pair	David Calvert and Martin Millar Northern Ireland	James Paton and Alain Marion Canada	David Davies and Christopher Hockley Wales
Fullbore rifle Queens prize open individual	James Paton Canada	Mohd Zainal Abidin Mohd Zain Malaysia	Andrew Luckman England
Men's Olympic trap individual	Michael Diamond Australia	Ian Peel England	Desmond Coe New Zealand
Men's Olympic trap team	Mansher Singh and Manavjit Singh India	Michael Diamond and Ben Kelley Australia	Bob Borsley and Ian Peel England
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol individual	Metodi Igorov Canada	Allan McDonald South Africa	Bhanwar Dhaka India
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol pairs	Mike Giustiniano and Pat Murray Australia	Jason Wakeling and Alan Earle New Zealand	Allan McDonald and André van Emmenis South Africa
Men's skeet individual	Desmond Davies Wales	Joe Trinci Canada	David Cunningham Australia
Men's skeet pairs	Costas Stratis and Antonis Nicolaides Cyprus	Andy Austin and Drew Harvey England	Douglas McCutcheon and Joe Trinci Canada
Men's 50m rifle three positions individual	Timothy Lowndes Australia	Wayne Sorensen Canada	Kenneth Parr England
Men's 50m rifle three positions pairs	Michael Dion and Wayne Sorensen Canada	Les Imgrund and Tim Lowndes Australia	Chris Hector and Kenneth Parr England
Men's 50m rifle prone individual	Stephen Petterson New Zealand	David Moore Australia	Gavin van Rhyn South Africa
Men's 50m rifle prone pairs	Gavin van Rhyn and Michael Thiele South Africa	Philip Scanlan and Neil Day England	Tim Lowndes and Warren Potent Australia
Women's 50m rifle prone individual	Roopa Unnikrishnan India	Carrie Quigley Australia	Sally Johnston New Zealand
Women's 50m rifle prone pairs	Carrie Quigley and Kim Frazer Australia	Christina Ashcroft and Maureen Spinney Canada	Susan Bell and Shirley McIntosh Scotland
Women's 50m rifle three positions individual	Susan McCready Australia	Sharon Bowes Canada	Roslina Bakar Malaysia
Women's 50m rifle three positions pairs	Sharon Bowes and Christina Ashcroft Canada	Val Martin and Donna Potgieter South Africa	Shirley McIntosh and Janis Thomson Scotland
Women's 25m sport pistol individual	Christine Trefry Australia	Bibiana Ng Pei Chin Malaysia	Kim Eagles Canada
Women's 25m sport pistol pairs	Christine Trefry and Annette Woodward Australia	Tania Corrigan and Jocelyn Lees New Zealand	Bibiana Ng Pei Chin and Norsita Mahmud Malaysia

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Bowling

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Kenny Ang Malaysia, 6046 points	Bill Rowe Canada, 5946	Warren Rennox Canada, 5850
Women's singles	Cara Honeychurch Australia, 6406	Maxine Nable Australia, 6028	Lai Kin Ngoh Malaysia, 5920
Men's doubles	Kenny Ang and Ben Heng Malaysia, 3522	Antoine Jones and Conrad Lister Bermuda, 3329	Michael Muir and Frank Ryan Australia, 3229
Women's doubles	Cara Honeychurch and Maxine Nable Australia, 3678	Lai Kin Ngoh and Shalin Zulkifli Malaysia, 3548	Pauline Buck and Gemma Burden England, 3536
Mixed doubles	Frank Ryan and Cara Honeychurch Australia, 3605	Richard Hood and Pauline Buck England, 3560	Bill Rowe and Jane Amlinger Canada, 3536

Weightlifting

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 56 kg snatch	Mehmey Yagci Australia, 107.5 kg	Arumugam K. Pandian India 107.5 kg	Matin Guntali Malaysia, 105 kg
Men's 56 kg clean and jerk	Dharmaraj Wilson India, 140 kg	Arumugam K. Pandian India 137.5 kg	Matin Guntali Malaysia, 135 kg
Men's 56 kg combined	Arumugam K. Pandian India, 245 kg	Dharmaraj Wilson India, 242.5 kg	Matin Guntali Malaysia, 240 kg
Men's 62 kg snatch	Marcus Stephen Nauru, 125 kg	Yurik Sarkisyan Australia, 125 kg	Ganapathy Gnanasekar India, 117.5 kg
Men's 62 kg clean and jerk	Marcus Stephen Nauru, 167.5 kg	Yurik Sarkisyan Australia, 157.5 kg	Murugesan Arun India, 155 kg
Men's 62 kg combined	Marcus Stephen Nauru, 292.5 kg	Yurik Sarkisyan Australia, 282.5 kg	Murugesan Arun India, 272.5 kg
Men's 69 kg snatch	Sebastien Groulx Canada, 130 kg	Stewart Cruickshank England, 130 kg	Tony Morgan Wales, 130 kg,
Men's 69 kg clean and jerk	Muhamad Hidayat Hamidon Malaysia, 167.5 kg	Sebastien Groulx Canada, 167.5 kg	G. Vadivelu India, 135.5 kg
Men's 69 kg combined	Sebastien Groulx Canada, 297.5 kg	Muhamad Hidayat Hamidon Malaysia, 295 kg	Sandeep Kumar India, 285 kg
Men's 77 kg snatch	Satheesha Rai India, 147.5 kg	Dave Morgan Wales, 145 kg	Damian Brown Australia, 140 kg
Men's 77 kg clean and jerk	Damian Brown Australia, 187.5 kg	Satheesha Rai India, 175 kg	Alain Bilodeau Canada, 167.5 kg
Men's 77 kg combined	Damian Brown Australia, 327.5 kg	Satheesha Rai India, 322.5 kg	Alain Bilodeau Canada, 305 kg
Men's 85 kg snatch	Stephen Ward England, 157.5 kg	Leon Griffin England, 155 kg	David Matam Matam Cameroon, 147.5 kg
Men's 85 kg clean and jerk	Leon Griffin England, 192.5 kg	Stephen Ward England, 187.5 kg	David Matam Matam Cameroon, 180 kg
Men's 85 kg combined	Leon Griffin England, 347.5 kg	Stephen Ward England, 345 kg	David Matam Matam Cameroon, 327.5 kg
Men's 94 kg snatch	Kiril Kounev Australia, 165 kg	Anthony Arthur England, 152.5	Simon Heffernan Australia, 150 kg
Men's 94 kg clean and jerk	Kiril Kounev Australia, 205 kg	Andy Callard England, 190 kg	Simon Heffernan Australia, 185 kg
Men's 94 kg combined	Kiril Kounev Australia, 370 kg	Andy Callard England, 340 kg	Simon Heffernan Australia, 335 kg
Men's 105 kg snatch	Akos Sandor Canada, 167.5 kg	Tommy Yule England, 160 kg	Nigel Avery New Zealand, 155 kg
Men's 105 kg clean and jerk	Akos Sandor Canada, 192.5 kg	Tommy Yule England, 190 kg	Karl Grant England, 187.5 kg
Men's 105 kg combined	Akos Sandor Canada, 360 kg	Tommy Yule England, 350 kg	Nigel Avery New Zealand, 340 kg
Men's 105+ kg snatch	Darren Liddel New Zealand, 165 kg	Giles Greenwood England, 162.5 kg	Christopher Rae Australia, 160 kg
Men's 105+ kg clean and jerk	Darren Liddel New Zealand, 202.5 kg	Jean Bilong Cameroon, 192.5 kg	Christopher Rae Australia, 192.5 kg
Men's 105+ kg combined	Darren Liddel New Zealand, 367.5 kg	Christopher Rae Australia, 352.5 kg	Giles Greenwood England, 352.5 kg

Controversy

1998 Klang Valley Water Crisis

The 1998 Klang Valley water crisis was a water shortage that affected the biggest metropolitan region of the country. This water shortage affected almost all the residents in the Klang Valley, causing the government to impose water rationing prior to the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.

This crisis was blamed on El Niño despite actual rainfall in the months leading up to February 1998 in Federal Territory not being significantly below average. In fact in November 1997, Klang Gates Dam had its highest recorded rainfall. Similarly in October 1997 the Kajang station not far from the Semenyih dam had its highest rainfall in record.

See also

• Sport in Malaysia

External links

• Media related to 1998 Commonwealth Games at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Official Kuala Lumpur 98 – 16th Commonwealth Games Website Archived 17 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine
• Unofficial site
• KL 98 Games Archives
• 1998 Games nine msn (now nine.com.au) Australia coverage site

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