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| Host city | Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Motto | This is the Moment (Māori:Ko te moma tenei) |
| Nations | 55 |
| Athletes | 2,074 |
| Events | 213 events in 10 sports |
| Opening | 24 January 1990 |
| Closing | 3 February 1990 |
| Opened by | Prince Edward |
| Closed by | Elizabeth II |
| Queen's Baton Final Runner | Mark Todd andPeter Snell |
| Main venue | Mount Smart Stadium |
The1990 Commonwealth Games (Māori:1990 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held inAuckland,New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14thCommonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990sesquicentennial celebrations. Participants competed in ten sports: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, lawn bowls, shooting and weightlifting.Netball[1][2] and theTriathlon were demonstration events.
The main venue was theMount Smart Stadium.
The event was awarded to Auckland on 27 July 1984 at the1984 Summer Olympics inLos Angeles,United States.Perth, Australia, had withdrawn from the bid contest leavingNew Delhi, India, as the sole opponent to Auckland's bid. New Delhi lost the hosting rights to Auckland by a margin of 1 vote, which made it the closest host selection vote in the history of Commonwealth Games.
| City | Round 1 |
|---|---|
 Auckland | 20 |
 New Delhi | 19 |
The opening of the games comprised a variety of events, including the arrival ofThe Queen's representativePrince Edward (her youngest son), the arrival of theQueen's Baton, and manyMāori ceremonial stories. The Queens Baton was carried across the Auckland Harbour by the vessel "Ceduna".
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The opening ceremony itself started off with theAucklandCommonwealth Games Choir singing theSong of Welcome. Upon the arrival of Prince Edward, the Māori in attendance, gave him aChallenge of a welcome. This is conducted by a Māori placing a wooden baton on the ground. To see if the visitor comes in peace or not, the visitor must pick it up.
TheNew Zealand national anthem "God Defend New Zealand" was sung during a ceremonial fourteen gun salute from nearbyOne Tree Hill. This was followed by theNew Zealand Army Guard Commander allowing Prince Edward to inspect theguard of honour. After which was the introduction of the participating countries of the Commonwealth,Scotland entering first as the hosts of theprevious games, andNew Zealand entering last as hosts. During the introduction of the countries, the choir would display the flag of the announced country with boards.
When all the athletes finally sat down, the cultural segment ceremonies began. The first act was the Māori women performing a "Song of Welcome" for the athletes with the use ofPoi. The Māori women then gave some of the athletes aHongi. Next was the Māori story of how New Zealand was formed according to legend; it a narration of how thePolynesians found their way to what was to become New Zealand, and how New Zealand was formed betweenRangi and Papa, thesky father andearth mother. The story then moved on to the coming of religion and European migration. This was demonstrated with a formation of theUnion Jack, to show the colonisation by the British. DameWhina Cooper then made a speech about theTreaty of Waitangi signed in 1840 that brought about peace and stability of modern New Zealand.
Introduction of the European communities was next with music and native dancing from European countries such asItaly,Poland,Greece,Netherlands,Scotland,Ireland,Austria,Wales andEngland, and music and native dancing also from Asian countries such asChina,Sri Lanka andIndia. From here, many of the neighbouringPacific Islanders made their entrance with the rhythmic tempo of the Pacific Island drum beat.This was to show the then complete migration of people to New Zealand.
SirHoward Morrison then lead New Zealand in singing the folk song Tukua-a-hau. After Morrison, the Queen's Baton arrived at the stadium where Prince Edward announced the opening of the games which was followed by theAthletes Pledge.
Fireworks followed and was capped off with a night time flyover by nineA-4 Skyhawk jets of theRoyal New Zealand Air Forces75 Squadron. The ceremony was concluded by the singing of the game's motto "This is the moment" as performers and athletes exited the stadium.
A more relaxed affair was held for the 14th Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. Attended byHM The Queen of New Zealand, formality and respect played their due part in the beginning with protocolar segment with the handover to the Commonwealth Games flag to the next host city,Victoria, Canada. This was followed by a First Nations and modern Canadian dancing display.
Next, thousands of children entered the stadium with a mass skipping rope demonstration, followed by the athletes. The Queen then made the traditional closing speech and called for all the Commonwealth's athletes to assemble in four years time in Victoria. As the evening wore on DameKiri Te Kanawa sang "Now is the Hour", a favourite New Zealand hymn, as theRoyal New Zealand Air Force’sA4 Skyhawks made one final swooping flyover of Mount Smart Stadium followed by fireworks. The Queen,Duke of Edinburgh, and Prince Edward then exited the stadium standing in open top vehicles.
The mascot of the games was Goldie, representing New Zealand's national symbol thekiwi bird.
55 teams were represented at the 1990 Games.
(Teams competing for the first time are shown inbold).
This is the full table of themedal count of the1990 Commonwealth Games. 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 theIOC,IAAF andBBC.
Figures from Commonwealth Games Foundation website.[3]
* Host nation (New Zealand)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia (AUS) | 52 | 54 | 56 | 162 |
| 2 |  England (ENG) | 46 | 40 | 42 | 128 |
| 3 |  Canada (CAN) | 35 | 41 | 37 | 113 |
| 4 | New Zealand (NZL)* | 17 | 14 | 27 | 58 |
| 5 | India (IND) | 13 | 8 | 11 | 32 |
| 6 |  Wales (WAL) | 10 | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 7 |  Kenya (KEN) | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 5 | 13 | 7 | 25 |
| 9 |  Scotland (SCO) | 5 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 10 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
 Uganda (UGA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 13 |  Northern Ireland (NIR) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 14 |  Nauru (NRU) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 |  Cyprus (CYP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 |  Bangladesh (BAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Jersey (JEY) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 |  Bermuda (BER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Guernsey (GUE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 22 |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 |  Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 |  Tanzania (TAN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 |  Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 |  Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Western Samoa (WSM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 28 |  Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Malta (MLT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (29 entries) | 204 | 203 | 231 | 638 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ||||||
| Time Trial | Martin Vinnicombe (AUS) | 00:01:06 | Gary Anderson (NZL) | 00:01:07 | Jon Andrews (NZL) | 00:01:07 |
| Sprint | Gary Neiwand (AUS) | Curt Harnett (CAN) | Jon Andrews (NZL) | |||
| Individual Pursuit | Gary Anderson (NZL) | 00:04:45 | Mark Kingsland (AUS) | 00:04:53 | Darren Winter (AUS) | 00:04:52 |
| Team Pursuit | New Zealand Gary Anderson Nigel Donnelly Glenn McLeay Stuart Williams | 00:04:23 | Australia Brett Aitken Steve McGlede Shaun O'Brien Darren Winter | 00:04:26 | England Chris Boardman Simon Lillistone Bryan Steel Glen Sword | 00:04:27 |
| 10 Miles Scratch | Gary Anderson (NZL) | 00:19:44 | Shaun O'Brien (AUS) | 00:19:44 | Steve McGlede (AUS) | 00:19:44 |
| Points Race | Robert Burns (AUS) | 81 | Craig Connell (NZL) | 72 | Alistair Irvine (NIR) | 39 |
| Women | ||||||
| Sprint | Louise Jones (WAL) | Julie Speight (AUS) | Sue Golder (NZL) | |||
| Individual Pursuit | Madonna Harris (NZL) | 00:03:55 | Kathy Watt (AUS) | 00:03:55 | Kelly-Ann Way (CAN) | 00:04:00 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ||||||
| Road Race | Graeme Miller (NZL) | 04:34:00 | Brian Fowler (NZL) | 04:34:00 | Scott Goguen (CAN) | 04:34:05 |
| Team Time Trial | New Zealand Brian Fowler Gavin Stevens Graeme Miller Ian Richards | 02:06:47 | Canada Christopher Koberstein David Spears Peter Verhesen Sean Way | 02:09:20 | England Chris Boardman Peter Longbottom Ben Luckwell Wayne Randle | 02:09:33 |
| Women | ||||||
| Road Race | Kathryn Watt (AUS) | 01:55:11.60 | Lisa Brambani (ENG) | 1:55:11.88 | Kathleen Shannon (AUS) | 1:55:12.06 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | ||||||
| All-Around | Mary Fuzesi (CAN) | 37.65 | Madonna Gimotea (CAN) | 37.25 | Angela Walker (NZL) | 36.9 |
| Ball | Madonna Gimotea (CAN) | 9.45 | Mary Fuzesi (CAN) | 9.4 | Angela Walker (NZL) | 9.25 |
| Hoop | Mary Fuzesi (CAN) | 9.4 | Madonna Gimotea (CAN) | 9.2 | Raewyn Jack (NZL) Alitia Sands (ENG) Viva Seifert (ENG) | 9.1 |
| Ribbon | Mary Fuzesi (CAN) | 9.4 | Madonna Gimotea (CAN) | 9.3 | Raewyn Jack (NZL) Viva Seifert (ENG) Angela Walker (NZL) | 9.2 |
| Rope | Angela Walker (NZL) | 9.3 | Madonna Gimotea (CAN) | 9.275 | Mary Fuzesi (CAN) | 9.25 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men/Open | ||||||
| 50m Free Pistol | Phil Adams (AUS) | 554 | Bengt Sandstrom (AUS) | 549 | Gilbert U (HKG) | 549 |
| 50m Free Pistol - Pairs | Australia Phil Adams Bengt Sandström | 1106 | New Zealand Brian Read Greg Yelavich | 1084 | Bangladesh Ateequr Rahman Abdus Sattar | 1078 |
| 25m Centre-Fire Pistol | Ashok Pandit (IND) | 583 | Surinder Marwah (IND) | 577 | Bruce Quick (AUS) | 576 |
| 25m Centre-Fire Pistol - Pairs | Australia Phil Adams Bruce Quick | 1155 | New Zealand Barry O'Neale Greg Yelavich | 1144 | India Ashok Pandit Surinder Marwah | 1142 |
| 25m Rapid-Fire Pistol | Adrian Breton (GGY) | 583 | Pat Murray (AUS) | 582 | Michael Jay (WAL) | 579 |
| 25m Rapid-Fire Pistol - Pairs | Australia Bruce Favell Pat Murray | 1153 | Canada Stanley Wills Mark Howkins | 1138 | England Brian Girling John Rolfe | 1133 |
| 10m Air Pistol | Bengt Sandström (AUS) | 580 | Phil Adams (AUS) | 574 | David Lowe (ENG) | 574 |
| 10m Air Pistol - Pairs | Bangladesh Ateequr Rahman Abdus Sattar | 1138 | Australia Phil Adams Bengt Sandström | 1138 | New Zealand Julian Lawton Greg Yelavich | 1137 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men/Open | ||||||
| Trap | John Maxwell (AUS) | 184 | Kevin Gill (ENG) | 183 | Ian Peel (ENG) | 179 |
| Trap - Pairs | England Kevin Gill Ian Peel | 181 | Wales Colin Evans James Birkett-Evans | 178 | Australia Russell Mark John Maxwell | 178 |
| Skeet | Ken Harman (ENG) | 187 | Georgios Sakellis (CYP) | 187 | Andy Austin (ENG) | 184 |
| Skeet - Pairs | Scotland Ian Marsden James Dunlop | 189 | England Andy Austin Ken Harman | 185 | New Zealand Tim Dodds John Woolley | 183 |
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