Manchester 2002 The Commonwealth Games
Newcastle Herald
Tuesday August 6, 2002
THE big wheels were the cyclists, the boxers were a hit. We're jack of the bowlers, and rugby's in the ruck. Fairfax reporter SAM NORTH files his report card on the Aussies from Manchester, looking at how our athletes stacked up against the predictions.
ATHLETICS
Prediction: 22 medals - 7 gold, 7 silver, 8 bronze. Performance: 28 medals - 9 gold, 9 silver, 10 bronze.
Top of the class: Jana Pittman, Nathan Deakes. On the rise: Justin Anlezark, Lauren Hewitt, Kris McCarthy, Susie Power, Clinton Hill. On the way out: Andrew Currey, Stuart Rendell, Andrew Murphy.
Rating: 8/10
BADMINTON
Prediction: 2 medals - 2 bronze. Performance: No medals.
Top of the class: Peter Blackburn, Murray Hocking. On the way up: Stuart Brehaut, Travis Denney, Kate Wilson-Smith. On the way out: Rhonda Cator (retiring).
Rating: 4/10
BOWLS
Prediction: 6 medals - 1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze. Performance: 2 medals - 1 silver, 1 bronze.
Top of the class: Karen Murphy. On the way up: Andrew Smith. On the way out: Rex Johnston.
Rating: 2/10
BOXING
Prediction: 2 medals - 1 silver, 1 bronze. Performance: 4 medals - 3 gold, 1 bronze.
Top of the class: Daniel Geale. On the way up: Paul Miller. On the way out: Justin Kane (turning professional).
Rating: 9/10
CYCLING
Prediction: 17 medals - 6 gold, 6 silver, 5 bronze. Performance: 23 medals - 10 gold, 7 silver, 6 bronze.
Top of the class: 4000m team pursuit. On the rise: Kerrie Mears. On the way out: No-one. All in contention for Athens.
Rating: 9/10
DIVING
Prediction: 9 medals - 3 gold, 3 silver 3 bronze. Performance: 5 medals - 3 gold, 2 bronze.
Top of the class: Irina Lashko, Loudy Tourky. On the rise: Liesl Ischia, Matthew Cooper. On the way out: No-one. All in contention for Athens.
Rating: 8/10
GYMNASTICS
Prediction: 15 medals - 5 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze. Performance: 15 medals - 6 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze.
Top of the class: Women's team, Philippe Rizzo. On the rise: Sarah Lauren, Jacqui Dunn. On the way out: Pavel Mamin.
Rating: 8/10
HOCKEY
Prediction: 2 medals - 2 gold. Performance: 2 medals - 1 gold (men), 1 bronze (women).
Top of the class: Brent Livermore (men), Brooke Morrison (women). On the rise: Jamie Dwyer (men), Jo Banning (women). On the way out: Matthew Smith (retiring), Bianca Langham-Pritchard.
Rating: 9/10 men, 6/10 women
JUDO
Prediction: 5 medals - 1 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze. Performance: 5 medals - 2 gold, 3 bronze.
Top of the class: Tom Hill. On the rise: Daniel Rusitovic. On the way out: Judo itself, tossed from Melbourne 2006.
Rating: 8/10
NETBALL
Prediction: 1 medal - 1 gold. Performance: 1 medal - 1 gold.
Top of the class: Liz Ellis. On the rise: Sharelle McMahon. On the way out: No-one. All in contention for next year's World Cup.
Rating: 9/10
RUGBY 7s
Prediction: 1 medal - 1 bronze. Performance: No medal.
Top of the class: Scott Barton. On the rise: Peter Hynes. On the way out: Richard Graham.
Rating: 2/10
SHOOTING
Prediction: 24 medals - 8 gold, 9 silver, 7 bronze. Performance: 30 medals - 11 gold, 13 silver, 6 bronze.
Top of the class: Michael Diamond. On the rise: Ness Jenkins. On the way out: Phillip Adams.
Rating: 8/10
SQUASH
Prediction: 6 medals - 3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze. Performance: 8 medals - 1 gold, 1 silver, 6 bronze.
Top of the class: Sarah Fitz-Gerald. On the rise: Stewart Boswell, Anthony Ricketts. On the way out: Sarah Fitz-Gerald (possible retirement).
Rating: 7/10
SWIMMING
Prediction: 58 medals - 29 gold, 19
silver, 10 bronze. Performance: 48 medals - 27 gold, 13 silver, 8 bronze.
Top of the class: Ian Thorpe, Petria Thomas. On the rise: Jodie Henry, Alice Mills. On the way out: Veterans Sarah Ryan, Adam Pine and Robert van der Zant will have to decide whether to go on to Athens.
Rating: 7/10
SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
Prediction: 2 medals - 2 silver medals. Performance: 2 medals - 2 bronze.
Individual performances: Only two competitors.
Rating: 6/10
TABLE TENNIS
Prediction: 3 medals - 3 bronze. Performance: 4 medals - 2 silver, 2 bronze.
Top of the class: Miao Miao. On the rise: Tammy Gough. On the way out: No-one. All in contention for Athens.
Rating: 8/10
TRIATHLON
Prediction: 3 medals - 1 gold, 2 silver. Performance: 2 medals - 1 silver, 1 bronze.
Top of the class: Miles Stewart On the rise: None. Apart from Stewart and Nicole Hackett, all performed below expectations. On the way out: No-one.
Rating: 4/10
WEIGHTLIFTING
Prediction: 29 medals - 10 gold, 7
silver, 12 bronze. Performance: 25 medals - 8 gold, 10 silver, 7 bronze.
Top of the class: Alex Karapetyn. One the way up: Deborah Lovely. On the way out: Damian Brown.
Rating: 7/10
WRESTLING
Prediction: No medals. Performance: 2 medals - 2 bronze.
Top of the class: Mushtaq Rasem Abdullah. On the rise: Farshad Tarash. On the way out: Age must one day weary Reinold Ozoline.
Rating: 7/10
AUSTRALIAn medals at ManchEster
What was predicted
Gold Silver Bronze
Athletics 7 7 9
Badminton 0 0 2
Boxing 0 1 1
Cycling 6 6 5
Diving 3 3 3
Lawn Bowls 1 1 4
Gymnastics 7 10 6
Hockey 2 0 0
Judo 1 1 4
Netball 1 0 0
Rugby 7s 0 0 1
Shooting 8 9 7
Squash 3 1 2
Synch Swimming 0 2 0
Swimming 29 19 12
Table Tennis 0 0 3
Triathlon 1 2 0
Weightlifting 10 7 12
Wrestling 0 0 0
TOTAL 79 69 71
What we won
Gold Silver Bronze
Athletics 9 9 10
Badminton 0 0 0
Boxing 3 0 1
Cycling 10 7 6
Diving 3 0 2
Lawn Bowls 0 1 1
Gymnastics 6 5 4
Hockey 1 0 1
Judo 2 0 3
Netball 1 0 0
Rugby 7s 0 0 0
Shooting 11 13 6
Squash 1 1 6
Synch Swimming 0 0 2
Swimming 27 13 8
Table Tennis 0 2 2
Triathlon 0 1 1
Weightlifting 8 10 7
Wrestling 0 0 2
TOTAL 82 62 62
Australian medal winners at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
GOLD
Athletics (9)
Jana Pittman - 400m hurdles
Kerryn McCann - marathon
Jane Saville - 20km walk
Nathan Deakes - 20km walk, 50km walk
Tatiana Grigorieva - pole vault
Lauren Hewitt/Cathy Freeman (pictured) /Tamsyn Lewis/Jana Pittman - 4x400m relay
Justin Anlezark - shot put
Jane Jamieson, heptathlon
Boxing (3)
Paul Miller - 75kg
Daniel Geale - 67kg
Justin Kane - 54kg
Cycling (10)
Cadel Evans - road time trial
Kerrie Meares - 500m time trial
Katherine Bates - points race
Ryan Bayley - sprint
Brad McGee - 4000m individual pursuit
Kerrie Meares - sprint
Graeme Brown - 20km scratch race
Graeme Brown/Peter Dawson/Mark Renshaw/Luke Roberts - 4000m team pursuit
Sean Eadie/Jobie Dajka/Ryan Bayley - team sprint
Stuart O'Grady - road race
Diving (3)
Irina Lashko - 1m springboard, 3m springboard
Loudy Tourky - 10m platform
Gymnastics (6)
Australia (Allana Slater, Jacqui Dunn, Alexandra Croak, Stephanie Moorhouse, Sarah Lauren) - all-round women's team.
Philippe Rizzo - pommel horse, parallel bars, high bar
Sarah Lauren - floor
Allana Slater - vault
Hockey (1)
Australia - men
Judo (2)
Tom Hill - 73kg
Maria Pekli - 57kg
Netball (1)
Australia
Shooting (11)
Lauryn Ogilvie - skeet singles
Kim Frazer - 50m rifle prone
Michael Diamond - singles trap
Tim Lowndes - 50m rifle prone singles
Nessa Jenkins/Diane Reeves - trap pairs
Michael Diamond/Adam Vella - trap pairs
Lauren Ogilvie/Natalie Rahman - skeet pairs
Lalita Yauhleuskaya - 10m air pistol, 25m pistol
Lalita Yauhleuskaya/Linda Ryan - 25m sport pistol pairs
Timothy Lowndes/Samule Wieland - 50m rifles 3 positions pairs
Squash (1)
Sarah Fitz-Gerald - singles
Swimming (27)
Ian Thorpe - 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle
Petria Thomas - 50m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 200m butterfly
Justin Norris (pictured) - 200m butterfly, 200m IM, 400m IM
Matt Welsh - 50m backstroke, 100m backstroke
Geoff Huegill - 50m butterfly, 100m butterfly
Leisel Jones - 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke
Ben Austin - Disabled 50m freestyle, disabled 100m freestyle
Grant Hackett - 1500m freestyle
Jodie Henry - 100m freestyle
Dyana Calub - 50m backstroke
Jim Piper - 200m butterfly
Jennifer Reilly - 400IM
Alice Mills/Jodie Henry/Petria Thomas/Sarah Ryan - 4x100m relay
Grant Hackett/Leon Dunne/Jason Cram/Ian Thorpe - 4x200m freestyle relay
Ian Thorpe/Grant Hackett/Ashley Callus/Todd Pearson - 4x100m freestyle relay
Dyana Calub/Leisel Jones/Petria Thomas/Jodie Henry - 4x100m medley relay
Matt Welsh/Jim Piper/Geoff Huegill/Ian Thorpe - 4x100m medley relay
Weightlifting (8)
Yourik Sarkisian - 62kg, snatch, clean and jerk, overall
Damian Brown - 77kg, snatch
Alex Karapetyn - 94kg, snatch, clean and jerk, overall
Caroline Pileggi - over 75kg, snatch
SILVER
Athletics (9)
Bronwyn Eagles - hammer throw
Kylie Wheeler - pentathlon
Matt McEwen - decathlon
Cecilia McIntosh - javelin
Kym Howe - pole vault
Paul Burgess - pole vault
Krishna Stanton - marathon
Luke Adams - 20km walk
Louise Sauvage (pictured) - 800m wheelchair
Bowls (1)
Karen Murphy - singles
Cycling (7)
Anna Millward - road time trial
Michael Rogers - road time trial
Rochelle Gilmore - points race
Sean Eadie - sprint
Mark Renshaw - points race
Katherine Bates - 3000m individual pursuit
Cadel Evans - road race
Gymnastics (5)
Philippe Rizzo - individual all-round
Allana Slater - uneven bars, balance beam, vault
Damian Istria - high bar
Shooting (13)
Russell Mark - double trap
Bruce Quick - 25m rapid fire pistol
Natalia Rahman - skeet singles
Adam Vella - trap singles
Tim Lowndes - 50m rifle, 3 positions
Linda Ryan - 25m pistol
Bruce Quick - 25m centre fire pistol
David Moore/Bruce Quick - 50m pistol pairs
George Barton/David Cunningham - skeet pairs
Susan McCready/Susannah Smith - 50m rifle pairs
Phillip Adams/Bruce Quick - 25m pistol pairs
Michael Diamond/Russell Mark - double trap pairs
Bruce Quick/David Moore - 25m centre fire pistol pairs
Squash (1)
Stewart Boswell/Anthony Ricketts - doubles
Swimming (13)
Grant Hackett - 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle
Jennifer Reilly - 200m IM
Nicole Irving - 50m butterfly
Dyana Calub - 100m backstroke
Ashley Callus - 100m freestyle
Amanda Pascoe - 800m freestyle
Jodie Henry - 50m freestyle
Brooke Hanson - 100m breastroke
Ian Thorpe - 100m backstroke
Elka Graham (pictured) - 400m freestyle
Brett Hawke - 50m freestyle
Elka Graham/Giaan Rooney/Rebecca Creedy/Petria Thomas - 4x200m freestyle
Table tennis (2)
Miao Miao/Jiang Fang Lay/Tammy Gough/May Cho/Peri Campbell-Innes - team
Brett Clarke/Jian Fang Lay - mixed doubles
Triathlon (1)
Miles Stewart
Weightlifting (10)
Natasha Barker - 53kg, snatch, clean and jerk, overall
Corran Hocking - 105kg, clean and jerk
Deborah Lovely - 75kg, snatch, clean and jerk, overall
Caroline Pileggi - over-75kg, clean and jerk, overall
Richard Nicholson - powerlifting (disabled)
BRONZE
Athletics (10)
Kris McCarthy - 800m
Lauren Hewitt - 200m
Youcef Abdi - 1500m
Susie Power - 10,000m
Bridgit Isworth - pole vault
Karyne Di Marco - hammer throw
Jackie Gallagher - marathon
Andrew Letherby - marathon
Eliza-Jane Stankovic - 800m wheelchair
David Baxter/Paul Di Bella/Tim Williams/Patrick Johnson - 4x100m relay
Bowls (1)
Neville Read/Phillip Kearins/James Reynolds - disabled triples
Boxing (1)
Ben McEachran - 85kg
Cycling (6)
Nathan O'Neill, road time trial
Jobie Dajka - sprint
Anna Meares - sprint
Alison Wright - 3000m individual pursuit
Baden Cooke - road race
Mary Grigson - cross country
Diving (2)
Steven Barnett - 1m springboard
Robert Newbery - 3m springboard
Gymnastics (4)
Allana Slater - individual all-round
Philippe Rizzo (pictured)- floor
Jacqui Dunn - balance beam
Pavel Mamin/Philippe Rizzo/Damian Istria/Justin Ng/Dane Smith - all-round men's team
Hockey (1)
Australia - women
Judo (3)
Angela Raguz - 52kg
Martin Kelly - 100kg
Daniel Rustovic - over 100kg
Shooting (6)
Tim Lowndes - 10m air rifle
Annemarie Forder - 10m air pistol
Sam Wieland - 50m rifle 3 positions
Annemarie Forder/Lalita Yauhlevskaya - 10m air pistol pairs
Suzie Trindall/Suzanne Balogh - double trap pairs
Bruce Favell/Bruce Quick - 25m rapid fire pistol pairs
Sychronised swimming (2)
Naomi Young - solo
Naomi Young/Ashleigh Rudder - duet
Swimming (8)
Elka Graham - 200m freestyle
Petria Thomas - 200m freestyle
Tarnee White - 50m breastroke
Giaan Rooney
(pictured) - 100m backstroke
Kelli Waite - 200m breaststroke
Adam Pine - 100m butterfly
Jessica Abbott - 400m IM
Craig Stevens - 1500m freestyle
Squash (6)
David Palmer - squash
Rachael Grinham - squash
Stewart Boswell - squash
David Palmer/Paul Price - doubles
Natalie Grinham/Rachel Grinham - doubles
Joseph Kneipp/Robyn Cooper - mixed doubles
Table tennis (2)
Jian Fang Lay/Miao Miao - table tennis, doubles
Joy Boyd - wheelchair
Triathlon (1)
Nicole Hackett
Weightlifting (7)
Seen Lee - 53kg, snatch, clean and jerk, overall
Corran Hocking - 105kg,
overall
Chris Rae - 105kg, snatch
Saree Williams - 75kg, snatch, overall
Wrestling (62)
Mushtaq Abdullah - 120kg
Reinold Ozoline - 74kg
World records set in Manchester
Ian Thorpe (Aust): 400m freestyle 3min 40.08sec (3:40.17)
Zoe Baker (Eng): 50m breaststroke 30.57sec (30.83)
Men's 4000m team pursuit (Aust): 3min 59.583 (3:59.710)
what they said
'The sense of occasion and the pride that you feel when you're wearing your green and gold and you feel when you're part of a team, it's a feeling that gives you so much strength.'
- Cathy Freeman after winning gold in the 4x400m relay.
'You can do the brilliant stuff or really stuff it up, and I really stuffed it up.'
- Bronwyn Eagles explains why she only won silver in the hammer throw.
'I want to prove once and for all that I'm not trying to spoil (Thorpe's) party - he's trying to spoil mine.'
- Backstroker Matt Welsh before beating Ian Thorpe in the 100m backstroke.
'They're good time triallists, but they couldn't race their way out of a one-door room.'
- Australian sprint cyclist Sean Eadie, trying to stir up the English.
'When I saw him on the track I thought, "I've got to give it a go", so I did and I guess he had nothing left.'
- Australian marathon runner Andrew Letherby, who
sprinted past Kenya's Eric Wainana with 100m to go to
grab bronze.
'At the Commonwealth Games you always have the Great Brits supporting one another. And more power to them. We just don't have a lot of help in the Oceania region. We're out on our own.'
- Australian gymnastics coach Peggy Liddick accuses judges of bias.
'He didn't cheat today, that was the difference.'
- Australian squash player David Palmer explains how
he beat English rival Chris Walker.
'I didn't even grunt.'
- Aussie shot-putter Justin Anlezark describes his easy
passage through the qualifying rounds.
'I would have kept going even if my leg fell off.'
- Nathan Deakes, who endured agonising cramps to win
the 50km walk.
'There's only three triathletes on Norfolk Island, put it that way.'
- Norfolk Island triathlete Martin Cross explains how he got picked at the age of 46.
'I never had a problem with scumming and sweating and going through pain. It's not about the beauty, it's about how high you can jump.'
- Tatiana Grigorieva downplays her glamour-girl image after winning pole-vault gold.
'It's a country of love and freedom and peace, and I just wanted to win a medal for Australia to say thank you for giving me that chance to be part of that great country.'
- Algerian-born 1500m runner Youcef Abdi after winning bronze for his adopted country.
'Me knickers went up me bum.'
- English 400m hurdler Natasha Danvers had a good reason for her disappointing performance.
'The substance was proved not to be performance-enhancing - what was the problem?'
- Australian shooter Philip Adams after escaping punishment despite testing positive to a banned diuretic.
'Basically I've been given this body and I'm capable of anything. I'm only limited by my own imagination.'
- Australia's Jana Pittman, 19, after clocking the fastest 400-hurdles time by a teenager.
'I've just been tapped on the shoulder. I've got to leave the village now. I'm out. Out.'
- Brisbane runner Adrienne McIvor, dumped from the Northern Ireland team after being found ineligible to represent her adopted country.
Medal tally
G S B TOTAL
Australia 82 62 62 206
England 54 52 59 165
India 32 21 19 72
Canada 31 41 42 114
New Zealand 11 13 21 45
South Africa 9 20 17 46
Cameroon 9 1 2 12
Malaysia 7 9 18 34
Scotland 6 8 16 30
Nigeria 5 4 11 20
Wales 4 15 12 31
Kenya 4 8 4 16
Jamaica 4 6 7 17
Singapore 4 2 7 13
Bahamas 4 0 4 8
Nauru 2 3 10 15
Northern Ireland 2 2 1 5
Cyprus 2 1 1 4
Pakistan 1 3 3 7
Fiji 1 1 1 3
Zambia 1 1 1 3
Zimbabwe 1 1 0 2
Namibia 1 0 4 5
Tanzania 1 0 1 2
Bangladesh 1 0 0 1
Guyana 1 0 0 1
Mozambique 1 0 0 1
St Kitts and Nevis 1 0 0 1
Botswana 0 2 1 3
Uganda 0 2 0 2
Samoa 0 1 2 3
Trinidad and Tobago0 1 0 1
Barbados 0 0 1 1
Cayman Islands 0 0 1 1
Ghana 0 0 1 1
St Lucia 0 0 1 1
Lesotho 0 0 1 1
Malta 0 0 1 1
Mauritius 0 0 1 1
Medal tally
G S B TOTAL
Australia 82 62 62 206
England 54 52 59 165
India 32 21 19 72
Canada 31 41 42 114
New Zealand 11 13 21 45
South Africa 9 20 17 46
Cameroon 9 1 2 12
Malaysia 7 9 18 34
Scotland 6 8 16 30
Nigeria 5 4 11 20
Wales 4 15 12 31
Kenya 4 8 4 16
Jamaica 4 6 7 17
Singapore 4 2 7 13
Bahamas 4 0 4 8
Nauru 2 3 10 15
Northern Ireland 2 2 1 5
Cyprus 2 1 1 4
Pakistan 1 3 3 7
Fiji 1 1 1 3
Zambia 1 1 1 3
Zimbabwe 1 1 0 2
Namibia 1 0 4 5
Tanzania 1 0 1 2
Bangladesh 1 0 0 1
Guyana 1 0 0 1
Mozambique 1 0 0 1
St Kitts and Nevis 1 0 0 1
Botswana 0 2 1 3
Uganda 0 2 0 2
Samoa 0 1 2 3
Trinidad and Tobago0 1 0 1
Barbados 0 0 1 1
Cayman Islands 0 0 1 1
Ghana 0 0 1 1
St Lucia 0 0 1 1
Lesotho 0 0 1 1
Malta 0 0 1 1
Mauritius 0 0 1 1
AUSTRALIAn medals at ManchEster
What was predicted
Gold Silver Bronze
Athletics 7 7 9
Badminton 0 0 2
Boxing 0 1 1
Cycling 6 6 5
Diving 3 3 3
Lawn Bowls 1 1 4
Gymnastics 7 10 6
Hockey 2 0 0
Judo 1 1 4
Netball 1 0 0
Rugby 7s 0 0 1
Shooting 8 9 7
Squash 3 1 2
Synch Swimming 0 2 0
Swimming 29 19 12
Table Tennis 0 0 3
Triathlon 1 2 0
Weightlifting 10 7 12
Wrestling 0 0 0
TOTAL 79 69 71
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