Shooting at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Shooting at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
VenueWaitemata Gun Club, Mangatāwhiri Range, Ardmore Range
LocationAuckland, New Zealand
Dates24 January – 3 February 1990

Shooting at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was the sixth appearance of Shooting at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held at three venues outside of the host city Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 January to 3 February 1990 and featured contests in 22 disciplines (an increase of 2 from 1986).[1]

The shooting events were held at the Waitemata Gun Club in Kumeū to the north of the city,[2] the Mangatāwhiri Range in Mangatāwhiri and the Ardmore Range in Ardmore (both to the south).[3]

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

Medal table

  *   Host nation (New Zealand)

Medals won by nation with totals, ranked by number of golds—sortable
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia75315
2 Canada4318
3 England38718
4 New Zealand*3339
5 India1135
6 Bangladesh1012
 Jersey1012
 Scotland1012
9 Guernsey1001
10 Wales0112
11 Cyprus0101
12 Hong Kong0011
Totals (12 entries)22222266

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50m Free Pistol  Phil Adams (AUS)  Bengt Sandstrom (AUS)  Gilbert U (HKG)
50m Free Pistol - Pairs  Australia
Phil Adams
Bengt Sandström		  New Zealand
Brian Read
Greg Yelavich		  Bangladesh
Ateequr Rahman
Abdus Sattar
25m Centre-Fire Pistol  Ashok Pandit (IND)  Surinder Marwah (IND)  Bruce Quick (AUS)
25m Centre-Fire Pistol - Pairs  Australia
Phil Adams
Bruce Quick		  New Zealand
Barry O'Neale
Greg Yelavich		  India
Ashok Pandit
Surinder Marwah
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol  Adrian Breton (GGY)  Pat Murray (AUS)  Michael Jay (WAL)
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol - Pairs  Australia
Bruce Favell
Pat Murray		  Canada
Stanley Wills
Mark Howkins		  England
Brian Girling
John Rolfe
10m Air Pistol  Bengt Sandström (AUS)  Phil Adams (AUS)  David Lowe (ENG)
10m Air Pistol - Pairs  Bangladesh
Ateequr Rahman
Abdus Sattar		  Australia
Phil Adams
Bengt Sandström		  New Zealand
Julian Lawton
Greg Yelavich
50m Rifle Prone  Roger Harvey (NZL)  Stephen Petterson (NZL)  Philip Scanlan (ENG)
50m Rifle Prone - Pairs  New Zealand
Stephen Petterson
Roger Harvey		  Canada
Barry Sutherland
Michael Ashcroft		  England
Bob Jarvis
Philip Scanlan
50m Rifle Three Positions  Mart Klepp (CAN)  Malcolm Cooper (ENG)  Soma Dutta (IND)
50m Small Bore Rifle Three Positions - Pairs  Canada
Jean-François Sénécal
Mart Klepp		  England
Malcolm Cooper
Robert Smith		  Scotland
William Murray
Robert Law
Full Bore Rifle  Colin Mallett (JER)  Andrew Tucker (ENG)  James Corbett (AUS)
Full Bore Rifle - Pairs  England
Simon Belither
Andrew Tucker		  Australia
James Corbett
Barry Wood		 Jersey
Clifford Mallett
Colin Mallett
10m Air Rifle  Guy Lorion (CAN)  Chris Hector (ENG)  Mart Klepp (CAN)
10m Air Rifle - Pairs  Canada
Guy Lorion
Mart Klepp		  England
Chris Hector
Robert Smith		  India
Soma Dutta
Bhagirath Samai
10m Running Target  Colin Robertson (AUS)  John Maddison (ENG)  Tony Clarke (NZL)
10m Running Target - Pairs  New Zealand
Paul Carmine
Tony Clarke		  Canada
David Lee
Mark Bedlington		  England
David Chapman
John Maddison
Trap  John Maxwell (AUS)  Kevin Gill (ENG)  Ian Peel (ENG)
Trap - Pairs  England
Kevin Gill
Ian Peel		  Wales
Colin Evans
James Birkett-Evans		  Australia
Russell Mark
John Maxwell
Skeet  Ken Harman (ENG)  Georgios Sakellis (CYP)  Andy Austin (ENG)
Skeet - Pairs  Scotland
Ian Marsden
James Dunlop		  England
Andy Austin
Ken Harman		  New Zealand
Tim Dodds
John Woolley

Results

50m Free pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1 Phil Adams 554
2 Ben Sandstrom 549
2 Gilbert U 549
4 Paul Leatherdale 546
5 David Lowe 544
6 Greg Yelavich 543
7 Brian Read 543
8 Stanley Wills 543
9 John Rochon 537
10 Ateequr Rahman 534

50m Free pistol – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Phil Adams & Ben Sandstrom 1106
2 Brian Read & Greg Yelavich 1084
3 Ateequr Rahman & Abdus Sattar 1078
4 David Lowe & Paul Leatherdale 1075
5 Gilbert U & Kar-Fai Ho 1069

25m Centre-Fire pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1 Ashok Pandit 583
2 Surinder Marwah 577
2 Bruce Quick 576
4 Michael Jay 576
5 Phil Adams 574
6 Collin Greenhough 567
6 Greg Yelavich 567
6 Barry O'Neale 567
9 Derek Bernard 566
10 Yiu-Kai Leung 565

25m Centre-Fire pistol – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Phil Adams & Bruce Quick 1155
2 Barry O'Neale & Greg Yelavich 1144
3 Ashok Pandit & Surinder Marwah 1142
4 Collin Greenhough & David Levene 1140
5 Michael Jay & Stephen Pengelly 1136

25m Rapid-Fire pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1 Adrian Breton 583
2 Pat Murray 582
2 Michael Jay 579
4 John Rolfe 578
5 Bruce Ian Favell 574
6 Mark Howkins 571
7 Brian Girling 566
8 Barry O'Neale 565
9 Michael Smith 555
10 Stanley Wills 550

25m Rapid-Fire pistol – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Bruce Favell & Pat Murray 1153
2 Stanley Wills & Mark Howkins 1138
3 Brian Girling & John Rolfe 1133
4 Michael Jay & Stephen Pengelly 1112
5 Yiu-Kai Leung & Chung-Kin Ho 1100

10m Air pistol

Pos Athlete Score
1 Ben Sandstrom 580
2 Phil Adams 574
2 David Lowe 574
4 Paul Leatherdale 573
5 Jim Tollan 572
6 Ashok Pandit 568
7 Greg Yelavich 568
8 Julian Lawton 566
9 Derek McIntosh 565
10 Gilbert U 565

10m Air Pistol – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Ateequr Rahman & Abdus Sattar 1138
2 Phil Adams & Ben Sandstrom 1138
3 Julian Lawton & Greg Yelavich 1137
4 Gilbert U & Kar-Fai Ho 1130
5 Paul Leatherdale & David Lowe 1129

50m Rifle prone

Pos Athlete Score
1 Roger Harvey 591
2 Stephen Petterson 590
2 Philip Scanlan 590
4 Barry Sutherland 590
5 Barry Elwin Sturgess 590
6 Michael Ashcroft 587
7 John Dallimore 586
8 Robert Courtney 586
9 John Knowles 585
10 Stewart W. Watterson 585

50m Rifle prone – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Stephen Petterson & Roger Harvey 1185
2 Barry Sutherland & Michael Ashcroft 1184
3 Bob Jarvis & Philip Scanlan 1180
4 Alan Keith Smith & Barry Elwin Sturgess 1179
5 Gordon Winch & John Knowles 1173

50m Rifle three-positions

Pos Athlete Score
1 Mart Klepp 1157
2 Malcolm Cooper 1154
2 Soma Dutta 1143
4 Jean-François Sénécal 1142
5 Eddie Adlam 1138
6 Alison Hittmann 1135
7 Robert Smith 1134
8 Anton Wurfel 1134
9 Robert Law 1133
10 Alister Allan 1129

50m Rifle three-positions – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Jean-François Sénécal & Mart Klepp 2272
2 Malcolm Cooper & Robert Smith 2268
3 Robert Law & William Murray 2258
4 Soma Dutta & T. C. Palangappa 2245
5 Alison Hittmann & Anton Wurfel 2234

Full Bore rifle Queens prize pair

Pos Athlete Score
1 Colin Mallett 394
2 Andrew Tucker 390
2 James Corbett 390
4 Simon Belither 390
5 Arthur Clarke 389
6 Clifford Mallett 388
7 Hugh Tomlinson 386
8 Barry James Wood 384
9 Chris Hockley 383
10 Robert Courtney 383

Full Bore Rifle Queens prize pair - pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Simon Belither & Andrew Tucker 580
2 James Corbett & Barry James Wood 565
3 Clifford Mallett & Colin Mallett 564
4 David Calvert & Martin Millar 563
5 Arthur Clarke & James Scobie 562

10m Air rifle

Pos Athlete Score
1 Guy Lorion 583
2 Chris Hector 578
2 Mart Klepp 577
4 Soma Dutta 576
5 Alison Hittmann 575
6 Robert Smith 573
7 Diana Preston 572
8 Robert Law 571
9 Melanie Clayden 571
10 Alister Allan 570

10m Air rifle – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Guy Lorion & Mart Klepp 1163
2 Chris Hector & Robert Smith 1155
3 Soma Dutta & Bhagirath Samai 1148
4 Alison Hittmann & Wolfgang Jobst 1145
5 Robert Law & Alister Allan 1143

10 metres running target

Pos Athlete Score
1 Colin Robertson 539
2 John Maddison 539
2 Tony Clarke 535
4 Mark Bedlington 534
5 David Lee 532
6 Paul Carmine 528
7 David Chapman 527
8 Bryan Wilson 524
9 John Schofield 395

10 metres running target - pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Paul Carmine & Tony Clarke 1091
2 David Lee & Mark Bedlington 1070
3 David Chapman & John Maddison 1064
4 Colin Robertson & Bryan Wilson 1051

Clay pigeon trap

Pos Athlete Score
1 John Maxwell 184
2 Kevin Gill 183
2 Ian Peel 179
4 Russell Mark 178
5 Peter Croft 177
6 James Birkett-Evans 177
7 Gary Peacock 176
8 Mansher Singh 175
8 Joseph Attard 175
8 Colin D. Evans 175

Trap – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Kevin Gill & Ian Peel 181
2 Colin Evans & James Birkett-Evans 178
3 Russell Mark & John Maxwell 178
4 Peter Croft & Gary Peacock 174
5 Brian Wistrand & Russell McGowan 174

Skeet

Pos Athlete Score
1 Ken Harman 187
2 Georgios Sakellis 187
2 Andy Austin 184
4 Desmond Davies 184
5 John Woolley 183
6 Nigel Kelly 182
7 Ian Marsden 180
8 Ian Hale 179
9 James Dunlop 178
10 Craig Andrew Meuleman 177

Skeet – pairs

Pos Athlete Score
1 Ian Marsden & James Dunlop 189
2 Andy Austin & Ken Harman 185
3 Tim Dodds & John Woolley 183
4 Georgios Sakellis & Petros Kyrisis 181
5 Desmond Davies & Antony Lewis 181

References

  1. ^ "Medal Standings Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
  2. ^ "By Murray Walker". Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. 1 February 1990. p. 1. Retrieved 18 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Gold medal boost". Leicester Daily Mercury. 24 January 1990. p. 39. Retrieved 18 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Shooting". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 February 2026.

See also

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