Cycling at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
VenueTrack: Manukau Velodrome
Road TTT: Auckland Southern Motorway
Road race:Blockhouse Bay, Green Bay, Lower Titirangi, Avondale
LocationAuckland, New Zealand
Dates24 January – 3 February 1990

Cycling at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was the 13th appearance of Cycling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 January – 3 February 1990.[1]

The track events were held at the Manukau Velodrome in Clover Park.[2]

The road team time trial centered around the Auckland Southern Motorway,[2] while the road race consisted of a circuit taking in Blockhouse Bay, Green Bay, Lower Titirangi and Avondale.[2]

New Zealand topped the cycling medal table, by virtue of winning six gold medals.[3]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 New Zealand*63312
2 Australia45312
3 Wales1001
4 Canada0224
5 England0123
6 Northern Ireland0011
7 Scotland0000
Totals (7 entries)11111133

Medallists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Time Trial  Martin Vinnicombe (AUS)  Gary Anderson (NZL)  Jon Andrews (NZL)
Sprint  Gary Neiwand (AUS)  Curt Harnett (CAN)  Jon Andrews (NZL)
Individual Pursuit  Gary Anderson (NZL)  Mark Kingsland (AUS)  Darren Winter (AUS)
Team Pursuit  New Zealand
Gary Anderson
Nigel Donnelly
Glenn McLeay
Stuart Williams		  Australia
Brett Aitken
Steve McGlede
Shaun O'Brien
Darren Winter		  England
Chris Boardman
Simon Lillistone
Bryan Steel
Glen Sword
10 Miles Scratch  Gary Anderson (NZL)  Shaun O'Brien (AUS)  Steve McGlede (AUS)
Points Race  Robert Burns (AUS)  Craig Connell (NZL)  Alastair Irvine (NIR)
Road Race  Graeme Miller (NZL)  Brian Fowler (NZL)  Scott Goguen (CAN)
Road TTT  New Zealand
Brian Fowler
Gavin Stevens
Graeme Miller
Ian Richards		  Canada
Christopher Koberstein
David Spears
Peter Verhesen
Sean Way		  England
Chris Boardman
Peter Longbottom
Ben Luckwell
Wayne Randle

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint  Louise Jones (WAL)  Julie Speight (AUS)  Sue Golder (NZL)
Individual Pursuit  Madonna Harris (NZL)  Kathy Watt (AUS)  Kelly-Ann Way (CAN)
Road Race  Kathryn Watt (AUS)  Lisa Brambani (ENG)  Kathleen Shannon (AUS)

Results

[4][5]

Individual road race

Pos Athlete Time
1 Graeme Miller 4:34:00.19
2 Brian Fowler 4:34:00.39
3 Scott Goguen 4:34:05.45
4 David Spears 4:34:25.04
5 Peter Longbottom 4:34:25.46
6 Andrew Young 4:34:25.85
7 Wayne Randle 4:36:06.70
8 Matthew John Bazzano 4:36:10.39
9 Stephen Porter 4:36:15.77
10 Andrew Nicholson 4:36:15.78
11 Andrew Matheson 4:36:19.03
12 Kumaresan Murugayan 4:36:19.50
13 David McCall 4:36:19.66
14 Sean Way 4:36:19.74
15 Matthew Postle 4:36:19.77
16 Ian Richards 4:36:23.41
17 Andrew Moss 4:36:24.54
18 Andrew Roche 4:48:01.00
19 Cormac McCann 4:48:01.00
20 Norman Hughes 4:48:01.00
21 Chak Bor Hui 4:48:01.00
22 Yuk Kwong Chan 4:48:01.00
23 Hung Tak Leung 4:48:01.00
24 Kau Wai Yu 4:48:14.81
25 Malcolm Kane 4:50:19.00
26 Ian Brown 4:58:19.00

Road team time trial

Pos Team Time
1 Stevens, Miller, Richards, Fowler 2:06:46.55
2 Spears, Koberstein, Verhesen, Way 2:09:19.59
3 Boardman, Longbottom, Luckwell, Randle 2:09:33.71
4 Ferry, Matheson, B. Smith, D. Smith 2:10:56.16
5 Keech, Grindal, Logan, Lancaster 2:15:19.77
6 Irvine, McCann, Barr, McCall 2:18:51.22
7 Postle, Evans, N. Hughes, R. Hughes 2:20:04.83
8 Mandy, Stewart, Gouws, Draver 2:23:42.48
9 Nicholson, Roche, Harrison, Porter 2:24:34.21
10 Chak Bor Hui, Chi Kwong Suen, Hung Tak Leung, Kau Wai Yu 2:29:35.20

Ten miles scratch race

Pos Athlete Time
1 Gary Anderson 19:44.20
2 Shaun O'Brien 19:44.22
3 Stephen McGlede 19:44.26
4 Brett Aitken 19:44.35
5 Yannick Cojan 19:44.39
6 Glen Sword 19:44.45
7 Richard Hughes 19:44.65
8 Simon Lillistone 19:44.82
9 Glenn McLeay 19:51.64

One kilometre time trial

Pos Athlete
1 Martin Vinnicombe 1:05.572
2 Gary Anderson 1:06.196
3 Jon Andrews 1:06.516
4 Anthony Graham 1:06.530
5 David Ronald Dew 1:08.099
6 Anthony Ward 1:08.184
7 Adrian Hawkins 1:08.560
8 Richard Young 1:08.665
9 Steve Paulding 1:08.878
10 David Baker 1:09.241

4,000m individual pursuit

Pos Athlete
1 Gary Anderson
2 Mark Kingsland
3 Darren Anthony Winter
4 Craig Connell
5 Jason Smith
5 Jacques Naubert
5 Shaun O'Brien
5 Bryan Steel

Quarter finals

  • Connell bt Smith 4.48.900 / +1.550
  • Winter bt O'Brien 4.50.512 / +5.340
  • Anderson bt Naubert 4.48.310 / +4.570
  • Kingsland bt Steel 4.48.130 / +8.120

Semi finals

  • Anderson bt Connell 4.52.150 / +3.100
  • Kingsland bt Winter 4.48.660 / +2.950

Final

  • Anderson bt Kingsland 4.44.610 / +8.140

Team pursuit

Pos Team
1 Anderson, Donnelly, McLeay, Williams
2 Aitken, McGlede, O'Brien, Winter
3 Boardman, Lillistone, Steel, Sword
4 Naubert, Gauthier, Scaletta, Cojan

Semi finals

  • New Zealand bt England 4.26.410 / +0.075
  • Australia bt Canada 4.31.580 / +9.360

Final

  • New Zealand bt Australia 4.22.7 / +2.820

1,000m match sprint

Pos Athlete
1 Gary Neiwand
2 Curt Harnett
3 Jon Andrews
4 David Joseph Spessot
5 Eddie Alexander
6 Russell Ownsworth
7 Maxwell Cheesman
8 Stewart Brydon

Quarter finals

  • Harnett bt Ownsworth
  • Neiwand bt Cheesman
  • Andrews bt Brydon
  • Spessot bt Alexander

Semi finals

  • Harnett bt Andrews
  • Newiand bt Spessot

Bronze

  • Andrews bt Spessot

Final

  • Neiwand bt Harnett

Points race

Pos Athlete Time
1 Robert Burns 81
2 Craig Connell 72
3 Alastair Irvine 39
4 Richard Hughes 26
5 Stephen Porter 25
6 Peter Aldridge 23
7 Spencer Wingrave 12
8 Brett Aitken 42 (1 lap down)
9 David McCall 20 (1 lap down)
10 Perry Scaletta 18 (1 lap down)
11 Mark Lucas 14 (1 lap down)
12 David Baker 9 (1 lap down)
13 Yannick Cojan 8 (1 lap down)
14 Mitchell Smith 1 (1 lap down)

Women's individual road race

Pos Athlete Time
1 Kathy Watt 1:55:11.60
2 Lisa Brambani 1:55:11.88
3 Kathleen Shannon 1:55:12.06
4 Madonna Harris 1:55:12.23
5 Sara Neill 1:55:12.24
6 Denise Kelly 1:55:12.60
7 Kelly-Ann Way 1:55:12.89
8 Donna Gould 1:55:12.98
9 Kathy Lynch 1:55:14.25
10 Clare Greenwood 1:55:14.41
11 Sally Fraser 1:55:16.34
12 Maria Blower 2:01:10.3
13 Susan Matthews 2:01:42.22
14 Marie Purvis 2:01:42.24
15 Jane Slack-Smith 2:04:15.98
16 Alison Sydor 2:07:22.08
17 Vanda McVicker 2:16:09.00

Women's 3,000m individual pursuit

Pos Athlete
1 Madonna Harris
2 Kathy Watt
3 Kelly-Ann Way
4 Donna Gould
5 Kelly Ann Carter-Erdman
6 Alison Sydor
7 Maxine Johnson
8 Sally McKenzie

Quarter finals

  • Watt bt Johnson 3.52.740 / +17.510
  • Harris bt Sydor 3.52.670 / +
  • Gould bt Erdman 3.55.500 / +
  • Way bt McKenzie 3.55.570 / +3.990

Semi finals

  • Watt bt Gould 3.55.850 / +5.080
  • Harris bt Way 3.57.050 / +3.010

Final

  • Harris bt Watt 3.54.670 / +3.900

Women's 1,000m match sprint

Pos Athlete
1 Louise Jones
2 Julie Speight
3 Sue Golder
4 Tania Duff
5 Samantha Deutscher
6 Roberta Rushworth
7 Jacqueline Harris
8 Alison Sydor

Quarter finals

  • Speight bt Harris
  • Jones bt Rushworth
  • Duff bt Sydor
  • Golder bt Deutscher

Semi finals

  • Speight bt Duff
  • Jones bt Golder

Bronze

  • Golder bt Duff

Final

  • Jones bt Speight

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
  2. ^ a b c "Cycling squad in Games warm-up". Belfast News-Letter. 12 January 1990. p. 27. Retrieved 17 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Cycling". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 1 February 1990. p. 55. Retrieved 19 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Cycling". South Wales Daily Post. 29 January 1990. p. 28. Retrieved 19 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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