Shooting at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

Shooting at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
VenueBelmont Shooting Complex
Location1485 Old Cleveland Road, Brisbane, Australia
Dates30 September to 9 October 1982

Shooting at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was the fourth appearance of Shooting at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982 and featured contests in twenty disciplines, compared to just six in 1978.[1]

The events took place at the Belmont Shooting Complex.[2][3]

Australia topped the shooting medal table by virtue of winning seven gold medals.[4]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Australia)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia*73414
2 England58619
3 Canada3249
4 Scotland3227
5 New Zealand1102
6 Hong Kong1001
7 Wales0213
8 Guernsey0112
 India0112
10 Northern Ireland0011
Totals (10 entries)20202060

Medallists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
50m free pistol Tom Guinn Geoffrey Robinson Phil Adams
50m free pistol
pairs		 Phil Adams
John Tremelling		 Barrie Wickins
Rex Hamilton		 Geoffrey Robinson
Frank Wyatt
25m centre-fire pistol John Cooke James Cairns Noel Ryan
25m centre-fire pistol
pairs		 Noel Ryan
Alexander Taransky		 Mohinder Lal
Ashok Pandit		 John Cooke
John Gough
25m rapid-fire pistol Lee Kui Nang Jim Timmerman John Cooke
25m rapid-fire pistol
pairs		 Peter Heuke
Alexander Taransky		 James Cairns
Hugh Hunter		 Sharad Chauhan
Ramakrishnan Vijay
10m air pistol George Darling Phil Adams Tom Guinn
10m air pistol
pairs		 Phil Adams
Gregory Colber		 Geoffrey Robinson
George Darling		 Jim Timmerman
Tom Guinn
50m rifle prone Alan Smith Malcolm Cooper Bill Watkins
50m rifle prone
pairs		 Malcolm Cooper
Mike Sullivan		 Colin Harris
Bill Watkins		 Patrick Vamplew
Ernest Sopsich
50m rifle 3-pos Alister Allan Malcolm Cooper Guy Lorion
50m rifle 3-pos
pairs		 Malcolm Cooper
Barry Dagger		 Guy Lorion
Jean-François Sénécal		 Alister Allan
Bill MacNeill
Full bore rifle Arthur Clarke John Vivian Charles Trotter
Full bore rifle
pairs		 Keith Affleck
Geoffrey Ayling		 John Bloomfield
Dick Rosling		 David Calvert
Hazel Mackintosh
10m air rifle Jean-François Sénécal Matthew Guille Malcolm Cooper
10m air rifle
pairs		 Alister Allan
Bill MacNeill		 Malcolm Cooper
Barry Dagger		 Norbert Jahn
Anton Wurfel
Trap Peter Boden Terry Rumbel Peter Croft
Trap
pairs		 Jim Ellis
Terry Rumbel		 Peter Croft
Peter Boden		 James Young
Martin Girvan
Skeet John Woolley Ian Hale Wally Sykes
Skeet
pairs		 Brian Gabriel
Fred Altmann		 Jim Sheffield
Wally Sykes		 Alec Crikis
Ian Hale

Results

50m free pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1 Tom Guinn 553
2 Geoffrey Robinson 543
3 Phil Adams 540
4 Shuaib Adam 538
5 Rex Hamilton 537
6 Barrie Wickins 532
7 Gilbert U 532
8 Ian Redmond 531
9 Frank Wyatt 531
10 Ken Stanford 530

50m free pistol pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Adams & Tremelling 1077
2 Wickins & Hamilton 1075
3 Robinson & Wyatt 1074
4 Guinn & Jans 1071
5 Redmond & Reichert 1048

25m centre-fire pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1 John Cooke 580
2 James Cairns 579
3 Noel Ryan 577
4 Mohinder Lal 575
5 Alexander Taransky 570
6 Hugh Hunter 568
7 Ian Redmond 568
8 Ken Stanford 568
9 Peter Dawson 562
10 Ashok Pandit 561

25m centre-fire pistol pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Ryan & Taransky 1151
2 Lal & Pandit 1138
3 Cooke & Gough 1131
4 Hunter & Cairns 1130
5 Dawson & Lee 1101

25m rapid-fire pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1 Solomon Lee 583
2 Jim Timmerman 583
3 John Cooke 582
4 Chris Godwin 579
5 Thomas Craig 578
6 Hugh Hunter 578
7 Adrian Breton 576
8 Tony Bowden 576
9 Sharad Chauhan 575
10 Robert Bayly 574

25m rapid-fire pistol pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Heuke & Taransky 1160
2 Cairns & Hunter 1152
3 Chauhan & Vijay 1151
4 Cooke & Godwin 1142
5 Bayly & Craig 1138

10m air pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1 George Darling 576
2 Phil Adams 573
3 Tom Guinn 571
4 Geoffrey Robinson 567
5 Ken Stanford 565
6 Sharad Chauhan 564
7 Jim Timmerman 563
8 Ian Redmond 562
9 Gregory Colbert 562
10 Rex Hamilton 562

10m air pistol pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Adams & Colbert 1128
2 Robinson & Darling 1126
3 Timmerman & Guinn 1125
4 Hamilton & Wickins 1113
5 Redmond & Reichert 1108

50m rifle prone

Pos Athlete Score
1 Alan Smith 1184
2 Malcolm Cooper 1184
3 Bill Watkins 1177
4 Alister Allan 1176
5 Charles Trotter 1174
6 Colin Thomas Harris 1173
7 Yvonne Hill 1173
8 Cliff Ogle 1171
9 John Knowles 1171
10 Patrick Ryan 1170

50m rifle prone pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Cooper & Sullivan 1187
2 Harris & Watkins 1183
3 Vamplew & Sopsich 1180
4 Smith & Hill 1179
5 Allan, Knowles 1177

50m rifle three-positions

Pos Athlete Score
1 Alister Allan 1146
2 Malcolm Cooper 1145
3 Guy Lorion 1144
4 Barry Dagger 1143
5 Anton Raymond Wurfel 1138
6 Alan Smith 1133
7 David Arnold 1125
8 Jean-François Sénécal 1123
9 Bill Macneil 1121
10 Matthew Guille 1111

50m rifle three-positions pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Cooper & Dagger 2301
2 Lorion & Sénécal 2279
3 Allan & MacNeill 2277
4 Smith & Wurfel 2272
5 Ablitt & Hardman 2116

Full bore rifle Queens prize pair

Pos Athlete Score
1 Arthur Clarke 387
2 John Vivian 385
3 Charles Trotter 384
4 Barry le Cheminant 383
5 John Whiteman 383
6 John Bloomfield 383
7 Graeme Norris 382
8 Dick Winney 381
9 Keith Affleck 381
10 Pat Vamplew 381

Full bore rifle Queens prize pair (pairs)

Pos Athlete Score
1 Affleck & Ayling 572
2 Bloomfield & Rosling 570
3 Calvert & Mackintosh 563
4 Clarke & R. Allan 560
5 Vamplew & Peden 558

10m air rifle

Pos Athlete Score
1 Jean-François Sénécal 574
2 Matthew Guille 572
3 Malcolm Cooper 570
4 Alister Allan 565
5 Guy Lorion 565
6 David Arnold 565
7 Barry Dagger 563
8 Ian Donaldson 561
9 Bill Macneil 560
10 Anton Raymond Wurfel 554

10m air rifle pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Allan & MacNeill 1137
2 Cooper & Dagger 1126
3 Jahn & Wurfel 1123
4 Donaldson & Guille 1117
5 Lorion & Sénécal 1116

Clay pigeon trap

Pos Athlete Score
1 Peter Boden 191
2 Terry Rumbel 190
3 Peter Croft 190
4 Jim Ellis 188
5 John Primrose 187
6 George Leary 185
7 James Young 184
8 Denis Brown 184
9 Martin Girvan 183
10 Mansher Singh 181

Clay pigeon trap pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Ellis & Rumbel 190
2 Croft & Boden 186
3 Young & Girvan 183
4 Leary & Primrose 182
5 Gordon & Conolly 181

Skeet

Pos Athlete Score
1 John Woolley 197
2 Ian Hale 196
3 Wally Sykes 195
4 Brian Gabriel 191
5 Trevor West 191
6 Jim Sheffield 189
7 Alec Crikis 188
8 Hari S. Sandhu 188
9 Fred Altman 187
10 Mikhalakis Tymbios 187

Skeet pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Gabriel & Altmann 191
2 Sheffield & Sykes 190
3 Crikis & Hale 190
4 McGowan & Woolley 187
5 Willis & West 183

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Brisbane 1982". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Brisbane 82". The Scotsman. 29 September 1982. p. 19. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Just the right price". The Australian Women's Weekly. 11 August 1982. p. 129. Retrieved 9 February 2026 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Shooting". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 February 2026.

See also

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