Canada at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation

Canada at the
1998 Commonwealth Games

Flag of Canada

CGF code| CAN
CGA| Commonwealth Sport Canada
Website| commonwealthsport.ca
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
11 September 1998 (1998-09-11) – 21 September 1998 (1998-09-21)
Flag bearer (opening)| Marianne Limpert[1]
Flag bearer (closing)| Michael Strange[1]
Medals
Ranked 3rd|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

* 1930
* 1934
* 1938
* 1950
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026
* 2030

Other related appearances
Newfoundland (1930, 1934)

Canada competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 to 21 September 1998. It was Canada's 16th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

## Medalists

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The following Canadian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.[1]

| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Michael Strange | Boxing | Light welterweight
Gold | Jeremy Molitor | Boxing | Welterweight
Gold | Mark Simmons | Boxing | Heavyweight
Gold | Tanya Dubnicoff | Cycling | Women's sprint
Gold | Eric Wohlberg | Cycling | Men's road time trial
Gold | Lyne Bessette | Cycling | Women's individual road race
Gold | Alexandre Despatie | Diving | Men's 10 metre platform
Gold | Eryn Bulmer | Diving | Women's 3 metre springboard
Gold | Alexander Jeltkov | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar
Gold | Erika-Leigh Stirton | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic clubs
Gold | Erika-Leigh Stirton | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic hoop
Gold | Erika-Leigh Stirton | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic ribbon
Gold | Erika-Leigh Stirton | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic rope
Gold | Erika-Leigh Stirton | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic individual all-around
Gold | Christina Ashcroft
Sharon Bowes | Shooting | Women's 10 metre air rifle pairs
Gold | James Paton | Shooting | Fullbore rifle Queen's Prize open singles
Gold | Metodi Igorov | Shooting | Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
Gold | Michel Dion
Wayne Sorensen | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions pairs
Gold | Sharon Bowes
Christina Ashcroft | Shooting | Women's 50 metre rifle three positions pairs
Gold | Mark Versfeld | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke
Gold | Mark Versfeld | Swimming | Men's 200 metre backstroke
Gold | Marianne Limpert | Swimming | Women's 200 metre individual medley
Gold | Joanne Malar | Swimming | Women's 400 metre individual medley
Gold | Valérie Hould-Marchand | Synchronised swimming | Women's solo
Gold | Kasia Kulesza
Jacinthe Taillon | Synchronised swimming | Women's duet
Gold | Sébastien Groulx | Weightlifting | Men's 69 kg snatch
Gold | Sébastien Groulx | Weightlifting | Men's 69 kg combined
Gold | Akos Sandor | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg snatch
Gold | Akos Sandor | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg clean and jerk
Gold | Akos Sandor | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg combined
Silver | Arturo Huerta | Athletics | Men's 20 kilometres walk
Silver | Bradley McCuaig
Glenroy Gilbert
O'Brian Gibbons
Trevino Betty | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
Silver | Philomena Mensah | Athletics | Women's 100 metres
Silver | Marty O'Donnell | Boxing | Featherweight
Silver | Scott MacIntosh | Boxing | Light middleweight
Silver | Troy Ross | Boxing | Light heavyweight
Silver | Linda Jackson | Cycling | Women's road time trial
Silver | Blythe Hartley | Diving | Women's 1 metre springboard
Silver | Myriam Boileau | Diving | Women's 10 metre platform
Silver | Veronique Leeleve | Gymnastics | Women's uneven bars
Silver | Kris Burley | Gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar
Silver | Richard Ikede | Gymnastics | Men's parallel bars
Silver | Richard Ikede | Gymnastics | Men's pommel horse
Silver | Emilie Livingston
Erika-Leigh Stirton
Katie Iafolla | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic team all-around
Silver | Sharon Bowes | Shooting | Women's 10 metre air rifle
Silver | John Rochon
Metodi Igorov | Shooting | Men's 25 metre centre-fire pistol pairs
Silver | James Paton
Alain Marion | Shooting | Fullbore rifle Queen's Prize open pairs
Silver | Joe Trinci | Shooting | Men's skeet
Silver | Wayne Sorensen | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
Silver | Christina Ashcroft
Maureen Spinney | Shooting | Women's 50 metre rifle prone pairs
Silver | Sharon Bowes | Shooting | Women's 50 metre rifle three positions
Silver | Jonathon Power | Squash | Men's singles
Silver | Craig Hutchison
Garret Pulle
Robbie Taylor
Stephen Clarke | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Silver | Joanne Malar | Swimming | Women's 800 metre freestyle
Silver | Kelly Stefanyshyn | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke
Silver | Courtenay Chuy | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Silver | Joanne Malar | Swimming | Women's 200 metre individual medley
Silver | Elizabeth Warden | Swimming | Women's 400 metre individual medley
Silver | Kelly Stefanyshyn
Lauren van Oosten
Marianne Limpert
Sara Alroubaie | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
Silver | Bill Rowe | Ten-pin bowling | Men's singles
Silver | Sébastien Groulx | Weightlifting | Men's 69 kg clean and jerk
Bronze | Jason Tunks | Athletics | Men's discus throw
Bronze | Mike Smith | Athletics | Men's decathlon
Bronze | Keturah Anderson | Athletics | Women's 100 metres hurdles
Bronze | Karlene Haughton | Athletics | Women's 400 metres hurdles
Bronze | Karlene Haughton
Diane Cummins
LaDonna Antoine
Foy Williams | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Bronze | Trista Bernier | Athletics | Women's pole vault
Bronze | Caroline Wittrin | Athletics | Women's hammer throw
Bronze | Andrew Kooner | Boxing | Bantamweight
Bronze | Trevor Stewardson | Boxing | Middleweight
Bronze | Lori-Ann Muenzer | Cycling | Women's sprint
Bronze | Annie Gariepy | Cycling | Women's points race
Bronze | Eric Wohlberg | Cycling | Men's individual road race
Bronze | Eryn Bulmer | Diving | Women's 1 metre springboard
Bronze | Myriam Boileau | Diving | Women's 3 metre springboard
Bronze | Anne Montminy | Diving | Women's 10 metre platform
Bronze | Lise Leveille | Gymnastics | Women's balance beam
Bronze | Crystal Gilmore
Emilie Fournier
Katie Rowland
Lise Leveille
Veronique Leclerc | Gymnastics | Women's artistic team all-around
Bronze | Alexander Jeltkov
Grant Golding
Kris Burley
Peter Schmid
Richard Ikeda | Gymnastics | Men's artistic team all-around
Bronze | Emilie Livingston | Gymnastics | Women's rhythmic clubs
Bronze | John Rochon
Jean-Pierre Huot | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air pistol pairs
Bronze | John Rochon | Shooting | Men's 25 metre centre-fire pistol
Bronze | John Rochon
Jean-Pierre Huot | Shooting | Men's 50 metre free pistol pairs
Bronze | Douglas McCutcheon
Joe Trinci | Shooting | Men's skeet pairs
Bronze | Kim Eagles | Shooting | Women's 25 metre sport pistol
Bronze | Chris Renaud | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke
Bronze | Greg Hamm | Swimming | Men's 200 metre backstroke
Bronze | Andrew Chan
Chris Sawbridge
Craig Hutchison
Garret Pulle
Jason Flint
Mark Versfeld
Shamek Pietucha
Stephen Clarke | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay
Bronze | Jessica Deglau | Swimming | Women's 200 metre freestyle
Bronze | Joanne Malar | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle
Bronze | Lauren van Oosten | Swimming | Women's 100 metre breaststroke
Bronze | Lauren van Oosten | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke
Bronze | Jessica Deglau | Swimming | Women's 200 metre butterfly
Bronze | Jessica Deglau
Laura Nicholls
Marianne Limpert
Nicole Davey | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay
Bronze | Andrea Schwartz
Jessica Deglau
Joanne Malar
Laura Nicholls | Swimming | Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay
Bronze | Warren Rennox | Ten-pin bowling | Men's singles
Bronze | Bill Rowe
Jane Amlinger | Ten-pin bowling | Mixed doubles
Bronze | Alain Bilodeau | Weightlifting | Men's 77 kg clean and jerk
Bronze | Alain Bilodeau | Weightlifting | Men's 77 kg combined

## Cricket

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Main article: Cricket at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Canada named the below squad for the tournament.[2]

Roster

* Ingleton Liburd (c)
* George Codrington
* Muneeb Diwan
* Derick Etwaroo
* Joseph Harris
* Nigel Isaacs
* Davis Joseph
* Paul Prashad
* Brian Rajadurai
* Danny Ramnarais (wk)
* Barry Seebaran
* Sanjayan Thuraisingam
* Anand Varadarajan

Summary
Team  | Event  | Group stage  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Canada men | Men's tournament |  Australia
L by 9 wickets  |  India
L by 112 runs  |  Antigua and Barbuda
L by 121 runs  | 4  | did not advance  | 15

Group stage
Group B  Pos | Team

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1  |  Australia | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 3.299
2  |  Antigua and Barbuda | 3  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 0.079
3  |  India | 3  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 3  | −0.340
4  |  Canada | 3  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | −2.558

Source: ESPNcricinfo

9 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

Canada
60 (20 overs)

Australia
61/1 (14 overs)

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Muneeb Diwan 14
Damien Fleming 4/21 (6 overs)

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Mark Waugh 24*
Sanjayan Thuraisingam 1/14 (5 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets
Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya
Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and William Smith (Sco)

* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Danny Ramnarais (Can) made his List A debut.[3]
* Points: Australia 2, Canada 0.

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12 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

India
157/9 (50 overs)

Canada
45 (23.5 overs)

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Amay Khurasiya 83 (136)
Davis Joseph 2/18 (8 overs)

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Joseph Harris 13 (20)
Anil Kumble 4/11 (6.5 overs)

India won by 112 runs
Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: Ismail Khan (Mas) and Steve Bucknor (Jam)

* Canada won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: India 2, Canada 0.[4]
* Canada were eliminated as a result of this match.

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14 September 1998
10:00
Scorecard

Antigua and Barbuda
256/7 (50 overs)

Canada
135 (31.3 overs)

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Anthony Lake 54
Ingleton Liburd 1/41 (7 overs)

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Joseph Harris 48
Anthony Lake 4/17 (4.3 overs)

Antigua and Barbuda won by 121 runs
Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur
Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Syed Mahabubullah (Ban)

* Antigua and Barbuda won the toss and elected to bat.
* Anthony Lake (Ant) made his List A debut.[5]
* Nigel Isaacs (Can) played his only List A match.[5]
* Hayden Walsh Sr., Richie Richardson, Winston Benjamin (Ant) and Anand Varadarajan, Ingleton Liburd, Derick Etwaroo, Danny Ramnarais (Can) all played their final List A match.[5]
* Kenny Benjamin (Ant) took his 100th List A wicket.[5]
* Points: Antigua and Barbuda 2, Canada 0.

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Previous Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Sport Canada. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
2. ^ "Canada Squad". ESPNcricinfo. 16 June 1998. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
3. ^ "Australia v Canada - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group B)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
4. ^ "Canada v India - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group B)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
5. ^ a b c d "Antigua and Barbuda v Canada - Commonwealth Games 1998/99 (Group B)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

## External links

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* Official website

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Associations at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Australia
* Bahamas
* Bangladesh
* Barbados
* Belize
* Bermuda
* Botswana
* British Virgin Islands
* Brunei Darussalam
* Cameroon
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Cook Islands
* Cyprus
* Dominica
* England
* Falkland Islands
* Fiji
* Gambia, The
* Ghana
* Gibraltar
* Grenada
* Guernsey
* Guyana
* India
* Isle of Man
* Jamaica
* Jersey
* Kenya
* Kiribati
* Lesotho
* Malawi
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Malta
* Mauritius
* Montserrat
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Nauru
* New Zealand
* Norfolk Island
* Northern Ireland
* Pakistan
* Papua New Guinea
* Saint Helena
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Samoa
* Scotland
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Singapore
* Solomon Islands
* South Africa
* Sri Lanka
* Swaziland
* Tanzania, United Republic of
* Tonga
* Trinidad and Tobago
* Turks and Caicos Islands
* Tuvalu
* Uganda
* Vanuatu
* Wales
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

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Canada at the Commonwealth Games

* 1930
* 1934
* 1938
* 1950
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026
* 2030

Canada hosted the Games in 1930, 1954, 1978, and 1994.
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