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Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Field	Value
Name	Athletics at the 13th Commonwealth Games
Logo	Meadowbank-track-and-field.jpg
Size	220px
Caption	The track at the host stadium in Edinburgh (shown in 2007)
Colour	#F5D0A9
Host city	Edinburgh, Scotland
Dates	26 July–2 August 1986
Stadium	Meadowbank Stadium
Nations participating	19
Athletes participating	417
Events	41
Records set	5 Games records
Level	Senior
Previous	1982 Brisbane
Next	1990 Auckland
Games	1986 Commonwealth Games

At the 1986 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. A total of 41 events were contested, of which 23 by male and 18 by female athletes.

The majority of African, Asian and Caribbean countries boycotted the event due to the United Kingdom's sporting links with apartheid-era South Africa. As a result, the medallists came from only seven nations, comprising the four constituent countries of the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. England easily topped the medal table with eighteen gold medals and 48 medals in total. Canada was second, with ten golds and 28 medals overall, while Australia took third place with nine golds and a total of 26 medals. The hosts Scotland won one gold and six medals while Northern Ireland (typically weak in the sport) had one of their best games, with one gold and four medals overall.

Medal summary

Men

[[Steve Cram]] did an 800/1500 m middle-distance double for England.

	Daley Thompson	8663 pts GR	Dave Steen	8173 pts	Simon Poelman	8015 pts

Women

	Judy Simpson	6282 pts	Jane Flemming	6278 pts	Kim Hagger	5823 pts

Medal table

[[Robert de Castella]] (right) won the marathon title for Australia.

[[Tessa Sanderson]] set a Games record for the javelin gold medal.

Participation

(60)
(8)
(79)
(1)
(109)
(6)
(3)
Hong Kong (1)
Guernsey (4)
(5)
Jersey (2)
Lesotho (5)
(3)
(25)
(17)
(56)
Swaziland (3)
(4)
(26)

References

Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.
Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-07-21.

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