Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	AUS
CGA	Australian Commonwealth Games Association
Website	commonwealthgames.org.au
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Competitors	311
Flag bearers	Opening: Kieren Perkins Closing:[1]
Officials	130
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 80 Silver 61 Bronze 57 Total 198
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Australia at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was abbreviated AUS. This was their sixteenth of 16 Commonwealth Games having participated in all Games meets up to these Games. The games took place in Kuala Lumpur, between the 11th - 21 September. Australia placed first, winning a total of 198, with 311 competitors.

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Nick A'hern Athletics Men's 20 km walk  Gold Peter Burge Athletics Men's long jump  Gold Stuart Rendell Athletics Men's hammer throw  Gold Jagan Hames Athletics Men's decathlon  Gold Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone Athletics Women's 200 m  Gold Kate Anderson-Richardson Athletics Women's 5000 m  Gold Heather Turland Athletics Women's marathon  Gold Jane Saville Athletics Women's 10 km walk  Gold Tania Van Heer Lauren Hewitt Nova Maree Peris-Kneebone Sharon Cripps Athletics Women's 4 × 100 m relay  Gold Susan Andrews Tamsyn Lewis Lee Naylor Tania van Heer Athletics Women's 4 × 400 m relay  Gold Emma George Athletics Women's pole vault  Gold Deborah Sosimenko Athletics Women's hammer throw  Gold Louise McPaul Athletics Women's javelin throw  Gold Brett Duprez Mark Jacobsen Bowls Men's pairs  Gold Darryn Hill Cycling Men's sprint  Gold Shane Kelly Cycling Men's 1000 m time trial  Gold Brad McGee Cycling Men's individual pursuit  Gold Brad McGee Brett Lancaster Luke Roberts Michael Rogers Timothy Lyons Cycling Men's team pursuit  Gold Michael Rogers Cycling Men's scratch race  Gold Jay Sweet Cycling Men's road race  Gold Alayna Burns Cycling Women's scratch race  Gold Anna Wilson Cycling Women's road time trial  Gold Trudy McIntosh Gymnastics Women's beam  Gold Shannon Roy Diving Men's 3 m springboard  Gold Chantelle Michell Diving Women's 1 m springboard  Gold Vyninka Arlow Diving Women's 10 m platform  Gold Lisa Skinner Gymnastics Women's uneven bars  Gold Zeena McLaughlin Gymnastics Women's individual allround  Gold Allana Slater Katarina Frketic Lisa Skinner Trudy McIntosh Zeena McLaughlin Gymnastics Women's team  Gold Andrei Kravtsov Gymnastics Men's floor  Gold Andrei Kravtsov Gymnastics Men's parallel bars  Gold Andrei Kravtsov Gymnastics Men's pommel horse  Gold Andrei Kravtsov Gymnastics Men's individual all round  Gold Pavel Mamine Gymnastics Men's rings  Gold Australia men's national field hockey team Michael Brennan Adam Commens Stephen Davies Damon Diletti Jason Duff James Elmer Paul Gaudoin Mark Hickman Jeremy Hiskins Stephen Holt Brent Livermore Matthew Smith Daniel Sproule Jay Stacy Lachlan Vivian-Taylor Michael York Hockey Men's team  Gold Australia women's national field hockey team Alison Peek Alyson Annan Bianca Langham Claire Mitchell-Taverner Juliet Haslam Justine Sowry Kate Starre Katie Allen Katrina Powell Kristen Towers Lisa Powell Louise Dobson Michelle Andrews Nikki Mott Rachel Imison Rechelle Hawkes Hockey Women's team  Gold Australia national netball team Carissa Tombs Liz Ellis Jenny Borlase Janine Ilitch Kathryn Harby-Williams Nicole Cusack Rebecca Sanders Simone McKinnis Shelley O'Donnell Sarah Sutter Sharelle McMahon Vicki Wilson Netball Women's team  Gold Michelle Martin Squash Women's singles  Gold Michelle Martin Craig Rowland Squash Mixed doubles  Gold Annemarie Forder Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol individual  Gold Annemarie Forder Christine Trefry Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol pairs  Gold Christine Trefry Shooting Women's 25 m sport pistol individual  Gold Christine Trefry Annette Woodward Shooting Women's 25 m sport pistol pairs  Gold Michael Diamond Shooting Men's trap  Gold Mike Giustiniano Pat Murray Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol pairs  Gold Timothy Lowndes Shooting Men's 50 m rifle three positions individual  Gold Carrie Quigley Kim Frazer Shooting Women's 50 m rifle prone pairs  Gold Susan McCready Shooting Women's 50 m rifle three positions individual  Gold Michael Klim Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle  Gold Ian Thorpe Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle  Gold Ian Thorpe Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle  Gold Grant Hackett Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle  Gold Simon Cowley Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke  Gold Simon Cowley Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke  Gold Geoff Huegill Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly  Gold Trent Steed Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley  Gold Matthew Dunn Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley  Gold Ashley Callus Chris Fydler Ian Thorpe Michael Klim Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay  Gold Daniel Kowalski Ian Thorpe Matthew Dunn Michael Klim Swimming Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay  Gold Josh Watson Geoff Huegill Simon Cowley Michael Klim Adrian Radley - heat Chris Fydler - heat Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay  Gold Susie O'Neill Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle  Gold Susie O'Neill Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle  Gold Rachel Harris Swimming Women's 800 m freestyle  Gold Giaan Rooney Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke  Gold Helen Denman Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke  Gold Samantha Riley Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke  Gold Petria Thomas Swimming Women's 100m butterfly  Gold Susie O'Neill Swimming Women's 200 m butterfly  Gold Lori Munz Rebecca Creedy Sarah Ryan Susie O'Neill Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay  Gold Anna Windsor Julia Greville Lori Munz Susie O'Neill Swimming Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay  Gold Giaan Rooney Helen Denman Petria Thomas Susie O'Neill Swimming Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay  Gold Cara Honeychurch Tenpin bowling Women's singles  Gold Cara Honeychurch Maxine Nabel Tenpin bowling Women's doubles  Gold Cara Honeychurch Frank Ryan Tenpin bowling Mixed doubles  Gold Mehmey Yagci Weightlifting Men's 56 kg snatch  Gold Damian Brown Weightlifting Men's 77 kg clean and jerk  Gold Damian Brown Weightlifting Men's 77 kg combined  Gold Kiril Kounev Weightlifting Men's 94 kg snatch  Gold Kiril Kounev Weightlifting Men's 94 kg combined  Gold Kiril Kounev Weightlifting Men's 94 kg clean and jerk  Silver Rohan Robinson Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles  Silver Duane Cousins Athletics Men's 50 km walk  Silver Paul Burgess Athletics Men's pole vault  Silver Jai Taurima Athletics Men's long jump  Silver Scott Ferrier Athletics Men's decathlon  Silver Kylie Risk Athletics Women's 10000 m  Silver Lisa Dick Athletics Women's marathon  Silver Kerry Saxby-Junna Athletics Women's 10 km walk  Silver Lisa-Marie Vizaniari Athletics Women's discus throw  Silver Jane Jamieson Athletics Women's heptathlon  Silver Adam Jeffery Kevin Walsh Rex Johnston Stewart Davies Bowls Men's fours  Silver Lee Poletti Karen Murphy Margaret Sumner Marilyn Peddell Bowls Women's fours  Silver Australia national cricket team Steve Waugh(c) Mark Waugh (vc) Michael Bevan Andy Bichel Damien Fleming Adam Gilchrist Brendon Julian Michael Kasprowicz Darren Lehmann Damien Martyn Tom Moody Ricky Ponting Gavin Robertson Brad Young || Cricket|| Men's team  Silver Sean Eadie Cycling Men's sprint  Silver Luke Roberts Cycling Men's individual pursuit  Silver Stuart O'Grady Cycling Men's road time trial  Silver Michelle Ferris Cycling Women's sprint  Silver Alayna Burns Cycling Women's individual pursuit  Silver Dean Pullar Diving Men's 1 m springboard  Silver Dean Pullar Diving Men's 3 m springboard  Silver Robert Newbery Diving Men's 10 m platform  Silver Chantelle Michell Diving Women's 3 m springboard  Silver Zeena McLaughlin Gymnastics Women's beam  Silver Allana Slater Gymnastics Women's floor  Silver Trudy McIntosh Gymnastics Women's vault  Silver Allana Slater Gymnastics Women's individual allround  Silver Andrei Kravtsov Brennon Dowrick Bret Hudson Pavel Mamine Philippe Rizzo Gymnastics Men's team  Silver Shaneez Johnston Gymnastics Women's rhythmic clubs  Silver Shaneez Johnston Gymnastics Women's rhythmic ribbon  Silver Leigh Marning Gymnastics Women's rhythmic rope  Silver Leigh Marning Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual allround  Silver Christine Trefry Shooting Women's 10m air pistol individual  Silver Belinda Muehlberg Noemi Rostas Shooting Women's 10 m air rifle pairs  Silver David Moore Bruce Quick Shooting Men's 50 m free pistol pairs  Silver Michael Diamond Ben Kelley Shooting Men's trap pairs  Silver Les Imgrund Timothy Lowndes Shooting Men's 50m rifle three positions pairs  Silver Carrie Quigley Shooting Women's 50m rifle prone individual  Silver Sarah Fitz-Gerald Squash Women's singles  Silver Robyn Cooper Rachael Grinham Squash Women's doubles  Silver Byron Davis Rodney Eyles Squash Men's doubles  Silver Chris Fydler Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle  Silver Michael Klim Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle  Silver Grant Hackett Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle  Silver Josh Watson Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke  Silver Adrian Radley Swimming Men's 200 m backstroke  Silver Phil Rogers Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke  Silver Ryan Mitchell Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke  Silver Adam Pine Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly  Silver Bill Kirby Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly  Silver Susie O'Neill Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle  Silver Meredith Smith Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke  Silver Samantha Riley Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke  Silver Susie O'Neill Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly  Silver Petria Thomas Swimming Women's 200 m butterfly  Silver Naomi Young Synchronised swimming Women's solo  Silver Irena Olevsky Naomi Young Synchronised swimming Women's duet  Silver Maxine Nabel Tenpin bowling Women's singles  Silver Yurik Sarkisyan Weightlifting Men's 62 kg snatch  Silver Yurik Sarkisyan Weightlifting Men's 62 kg clean and jerk  Silver Yurik Sarkisyan Weightlifting Men's 62 kg combined  Silver Chris Rae Weightlifting Men's 105+ kg combined  Bronze Steve Moneghetti Athletics Men's 10000 m  Bronze Nathan Deakes Athletics Men's 20km walk  Bronze Dominic McGrath Athletics Men's 50 km walk  Bronze Gavin Hunter Darryl Wohlsen Stephen Brimacombe Matt Shirvington Rodney Zuyderwyk - heat Athletics Men's 4 × 100 m relay  Bronze Tim Forsyth Athletics Men's high jump  Bronze Tania Van Heer Athletics Women's 100 m  Bronze Lauren Hewitt Athletics Women's 200 m  Bronze Clair Fearnley Athletics Women's 10000 m  Bronze Alison Inverarity Athletics Women's high jump  Bronze Nicole Boegman Athletics Women's long jump  Bronze Alison Lever Athletics Women's discus throw  Bronze Peter Blackburn Rhonda Cator Badminton Mixed doubles  Bronze Rhonda Cator Amanda Hardy Rayoni Head Sarah Hicks Kellie Lucas Kate Wilson-Smith Badminton Women's team  Bronze Gordana Baric Willow Fong Bowls Women's pairs  Bronze James Swan Boxing Men's featherweight  Bronze Casey Jones Boxing Men's light welterweight  Bronze Lynden Hosking Boxing Men's welterweight  Bronze Justin Whitehead Boxing Men's super heavyweight  Bronze Joshua Kersten Cycling Men's 1000m time trial  Bronze Kathy Watt Cycling Women's road time trial  Bronze Anna Wilson Cycling Women's road race  Bronze Robert Newbery Diving Men's 1 m springboard  Bronze Zeena McLaughlin Gymnastics Women's floor  Bronze Zeena McLaughlin Gymnastics Women's uneven bars  Bronze Trudy McIntosh Gymnastics Women's individual allround  Bronze Bret Hudson Gymnastics Men's parallel bars  Bronze Bret Hudson Gymnastics Men's vault  Bronze Brennon Dowrick Gymnastics Men's pommel horse  Bronze Brennon Dowrick Gymnastics Men's individual allround  Bronze Leigh Marning Gymnastics Women's rhythmic hoop  Bronze Shaneez Johnston Gymnastics Women's rhythmic individual allround  Bronze Danielle Le Ray Kristy Darrah Leigh Marning Shaneez Johnston Gymnastics Women's rhythmic team  Bronze Australia national rugby sevens team Brendan Williams Cameron Pither David Campese Ipolito Fenukitau Jim Williams Marc Stcherbina Matthew Dowling Richard Graham Rick Nalatu Tyron Mandrusiak Rugby sevens Men's team  Bronze Zlatko Beneta Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle individual  Bronze Mike Giustiniano Bruce Quick Shooting Men's 25 m centre-fire pistol pairs  Bronze Bruce Quick Shooting Men's 50 m free pistol individual  Bronze David Cunningham Shooting Men's skeet  Bronze Timothy Lowndes Warren Potent Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone pairs  Bronze Sarah Fitz-Gerald Carol Owens Squash Women's doubles  Bronze Michael Klim Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle  Bronze Daniel Kowalski Swimming Men's 200 m freestyle  Bronze Daniel Kowalski Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle  Bronze Kieren Perkins Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle  Bronze Michael Klim Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly  Bronze Robert van der Zant Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley  Bronze Zane King Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley  Bronze Rebecca Creedy Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle  Bronze Meredith Smith Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke  Bronze Kathryn Godfrey Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly  Bronze Jennifer Reilly Swimming Women's 400 m individual medley  Bronze Michael Muir Frank Ryan Tenpin bowling Men's doubles  Bronze Damian Brown Weightlifting Men's 77 kg snatch  Bronze Simon Heffernan Weightlifting Men's 94 kg snatch  Bronze Simon Heffernan Weightlifting Men's 94 kg clean and jerk  Bronze Simon Heffernan Weightlifting Men's 94 kg combined  Bronze Chris Rae Weightlifting Men's 105+ kg snatch  Bronze Chris Rae Weightlifting Men's 105+ kg clean and jerk

Medals by sport Sport Swimming 23 14 11 48 Athletics 13 10 11 34 Gymnastics 9 9 10 28 Shooting 9 6 5 20 Cycling 8 5 3 16 Weightlifting 6 4 6 16 Diving 3 4 1 8 Tenpin bowling 3 1 1 5 Squash 2 3 1 6 Hockey 2 0 0 2 Lawn bowls 1 2 1 4 Netball 1 0 0 1 Cricket 0 1 0 1 Synchronised swimming 0 2 0 2 Boxing 0 0 4 4 Badminton 0 0 2 2 Rugby sevens 0 0 1 1 Total 80 61 57 198

The 1998 commonwealth games was the first games that tea sports were played. Australia debuted teams in cricket, rugby sevens, hockey, and netball.

The 1998 games have been the only games which cricket has been played. Australia won a silver medal, losing gold to South Africa.^[2] Australia won a bronze medal in Rugby Sevens, defeating Samoa in the playoff. The gold and silver medals were lost to New Zealand and Fiji respectively. The Australian men's hockey team won gold, defeating Malaysia in the finals and the women's team won gold, defeating England in the finals. Australia won gold in the netball final against New Zealand, this was one of the first major netball tournaments that Australia took part in.^[3]

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Men

Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Heat	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Damien Marsh	100 m	10.06	DNS	Did not qualify		32
Matthew Shirvington		10.24	10.13	10.12	10.03	4
Gavin Hunter		10.40	10.38	10.49	Did not qualify	15
Stephen Brimacombe	200 m	20.68	20.77	20.80	Did not qualify	11
Darryl Wohlsen		20.68	20.84	20.59	20.48	5
Matthew Shirvington		20.96	20.78	20.55	20.53	6
Declan Stack	400 m	47.18	46.63	Did not qualify		21
Patrick Dwyer		46.58	45.71	46.12	Did not qualify	13
Casey Vincent		47.04	46.03	Did not qualify		17
Joseph Ischia	800 m	1:48.61	—	1:48.58	Did not qualify	13
Shaun Creighton	5000 m	14:23.38	—		DNS	15
Lee Troop		14:09.68	—		13:56.32	6
Stephen Moneghetti	10000 m	—			29:03.2
Lee Troop		—			29:34.23	7
Kyle Vander-Kuyp	110 m hurdles	13.63	—		13.67	5
Rod Zuyderwyk		14.09	—		Did not qualify	10
Declan Stack	400 m hurdles	47.18	46.63	Did not qualify		21
Patrick Dwyer		46.58	45.71	46.12	Did not qualify	13
Casey Vincent		47.04	46.03	Did not qualify		17
Christopher Unthank	3000 m steeplechase	—			8:37.24	5
Brent Vallance	20 km Walk	—			1:36:29	14
Nicholas A'Hern		—			1:24:59
Nathan Deakes		—			1:26:06
Duane Cousins	50 km Walk	—			4:20:30
Dominic McGrath		—			4:12:52
Dion Russell		—			DNF	—
Sean Quilty	Marathon	—			2:24:43	11
Patrick Carroll		—			2:25:14	7
Stephen Moneghetti		—			DNS	—

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final	Rank
Peter Burge	Long jump	8.05	8.22
Jai Taurima		7.80	8.22
Shane Hair		7.62	7.82	4
Timothy Forsyth	High jump	—	2.28
Paul Burgess	Pole vault		5.50
Clay Cross	Shot put		19.15	4
Aaron Neighbour			18.77	6
Adrian Hatcher			18.44	7
Justin Anlezark	Javelin throw		68.99	10
Andrew Currey			80.05	5
Stuart Rendell	Hammer throw		74.71

Combined Events - Decathlon

Athlete	Points	Rank
Jagan Hames	8,490
Scott Ferrier	8,307
Peter Banks	7,859	5

Women

Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Heat	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Nova Peris-Kneebone	100 m	11:42	11:41	11.41	6
Lauren Hewitt		11.43	11.44	11.37	4
Tania Van-Heer		11.36	11.35	11.29
Melinda Gainsford-Taylor	200 m	22.98	22.79	23.04	4
Nova Peris-Kneebone		23.15	23.05	22.77
Lauren Hewitt		23.44	23.05	22.83
Susan Andrews	400 m	52.98	52.65	Did not qualify	10
Lee Naylor		53.13	52.20	52.15	5
Tamsyn Lewis	800 m	2:02.97	2:03.56	2:01.71	6
Mandy Giblin	1500 m	—		4:20.15	11
Kate Anderson	5000 m	—		15:52.74
Anne Cross		—		16:14.98	7
Kylie Risk	10000 m	—		33:42.11
Clair-Louise Fearnley		—		33:52.13
Debbie Edwards	100 m hurdles	13.31	—	13.49	7
Jane Saville	10 km Walk	—		43:57
Kerry Saxby-Junna		—		44:27
Heather Turland	Marathon	—		2:41:24
Lisa Dick		—		2:41:48

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final	Rank
Nicole Boegman	Long Jump	—	6.58
Lisa Bruty	High Jump	1.88	4
Alison Inverarity		1.85	1.88
Emma George	Pole Vault	—	4.20
Rachael Dacy		4.00	5
Tracey Shepherd		3.90	7
Helen Toussis	Shot Put	15.65	6
Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	Discus Throw	62.14
Alison Lever		59.80
Louise McPaul	Javelin Throw	66.96
Joanna Stone		Did not compete	—
Deborah Sosimenko	Hammer Throw	66.56
Karyne Perkins		60.65	4
Denise Passmore		59.10	5

Combined Events - Heptathlon

Athlete	Points	Rank
Jane Jamieson	6,354

The 1998 Commonwealth Games was the first and only games that cricket has been included in. Matches were 50 overs a side. Australia came second , losing the gold medal to South Africa by 4 wickets. Australia placed first in pool B, against Antigua and Barbuda, India and Canada.^[5]

Roster

Steve Waugh scored the third most runs in the tournament with 215 and Damien Fleming and Brad Young took the 1st and 3rd spots for the most wickets, 14 and 10 respectively.^[6]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Australia men	Men's tournament	Canada W by 9 wickets	Antigua and Barbuda W by 7 wickets	India W by 146 runs	1 Q	New Zealand W by 9 wickets	South Africa L by 4 wickets

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
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

9 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Canada  60 (20 overs)	v	Australia 61/1 (14 overs)
Muneeb Diwan 14 Damien Fleming 4/21 (6 overs)		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.^[7]
• Points: Australia 2, Canada 0.

12 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Antigua and Barbuda  99 (30.1 overs)	v	Australia 101/3 (18 overs)
Eldine Baptiste 22 Damien Fleming 5/24 (9 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 43* Curtly Ambrose 2/29 (7 overs)

Australia won by 7 wickets Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Saleem Badar (Pak)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Damien Fleming (Aus) took his second and final List A five-wicket haul.^[8][9]
• Points: Australia 2, Antigua and Barbuda 0.
• Antigua and Barbuda were eliminated as a result of this match.

15 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Australia  255/5 (50 overs)	v	India 109 (37.2 overs)
Steve Waugh 100* (102) Debashish Mohanty 3/50 (10 overs)		Ajay Jadeja 27 (40) Brad Young 4/23 (8.2 overs)

Australia won by 146 runs Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• Amay Khurasiya was removed in stretcher after he collapsed due to dehydration while fielding. Rohan Gavaskar substituted for him. He couldn't bat during the Indian innings.^[10]
• Points: Australia 2, India 0.
• Australia qualified for the semi-finals and India were eliminated as a result of this match.

Semi-final

17 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

New Zealand  58 (26.4 overs)	v	Australia 62/1 (10.5 overs)
Stephen Fleming 20 (41) Brad Young 4/4 (4 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 42* (36) Alex Tait 1/17 (5 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets Tenaga National Sports Complex, Kuala Lumpur Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

Gold medal match

19 September 1998 10:00 Scorecard

Australia  183 (49.3 overs)	v	South Africa 184/6 (46 overs)
Steve Waugh 90* (109) Shaun Pollock 4/19 (9 overs)		Michael Rindel 67 (106) Darren Lehmann 3/14 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 4 wickets Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Sports Complex, Petaling Jaya Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Steve Bucknor (Jam)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• The crowd of 7,532 was the largest recorded crowd for a cricket match in Malaysia.^[11]
• This marked the first championship for South Africa at an ICC global event or a global multi-sport event. However, the matches did not have ODI status.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Stuart O'Grady	Road Race	32:27.0	15
Matthew White		37:32.0	29
Peter Rogers		DNF	—
Jay Sweet		4:31:56
Scott McGrory		4:32:19	8
Neil Stephens		DNF	—
Stuart O'Grady	Time Trial	53:30.00
Matthew White		54:05.00	4
Peter Rogers		55:17.00	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anna Wilson	Road Race	24:59.0
Kathryn Watt		26:38.0	5
Juanita Feldhahn		29:47.0	8
Elizabeth Tadich		2:33:14.00	11
Tracey Gaudry		2:29:41.00	7
Karen Barrow		DNF	—
Anna Wilson	Time Trail	37:34.00
Kathryn Watt		38:39.00
Juanita Feldhahn		39:55.00	7

Men

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Tony Lawson	10 m Platform	555.390	4
Robert Newbery		605.610
Robert Newbery	1 m Springboard	369.150
Shannon Roy		329.850	5
Dean Pullar		381.660
Shannon Roy	3 m Springboard	608.370
Dean Pullar		598.140
Robert Newbery		564.360	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Vyninka Arlow	10 m Platform	456.480
Lynda Folauhola		432.270	5
Loudy Tourky		419.580	6
Chantelle Michell	1 m Springboard	271.560
Rebecca Gilmore		239.370	4
Loudy Tourky	3 m Springboard	476.130	4
Chantelle Michell		506.520
Rebecca Gilmore		409.140	9

Men

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Bret Hudson	Individual All Around	48.850	12
Andrei Kravtsov		54.675
Brennon Dowrick		52.500
Andrei Kravtsov	Floor	9.325
Andrei Kravtsov	Pommel Horse	9.487
Brennon Dowrick		9.137
Pavel Mamin	Rings	9.337
Bret Hudson		8.687	4
Bret Hudson	Vault	9.268
Andrei Kravtsov	Parallel Bars	9.637
Bret Hudson		8.887
Philippe Rizzo	Horizontal Bar	8.525	5
Andrei Kravtsov		8.662	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Zeena McLaughlin	Individual All Around	37.917
Allana Slater		37.324
Trudy McIntosh		36.636
Allana Slater	Floor	9.587
Zeena McLaughlin		9.487
Trudy McIntosh	Vault	9.162
Lisa Skinner		8.943	6
Lisa Skinner	Uneven Bars	9.612
Zeena McLaughlin		9.512
Zeena McLaughlin	Beam	9.375
Trudy McIntosh		9.550

With a team captained by Vicki Wilson^[12] and coached by Jill McIntosh, Australia won the gold medal in the netball at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, defeating New Zealand 42–39 in the final.^[13][14][15] In the group stages, they won all five of their matches and in the semi-finals they defeated South Africa 68–38.^[16][17][18]

Group A

14 September 1998	Malaysia	17–85	Australia

15 September 1998	Australia	85–25	Canada

16 September 1998	Australia	71–36	Barbados

17 September 1998	Australia	70–38	Jamaica

18 September 1998	Australia	66–29	England

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia	5	5	0	0	377	145	+232	10
2	England	5	4	0	1	257	197	+60	8
3	Jamaica	5	3	0	2	317	223	-94	6
4	Barbados	5	2	0	3	219	267	-48	4
5	Canada	5	1	0	4	195	306	-111	2
6	Malaysia	5	0	0	5	120	347	-227	0

  Qualified for Semi-final 1
  Qualified for Semi-final 2

Playoffs

Semi-final 1

19 September 1998	Australia	68–38	South Africa

Gold Medal Match

21 September 1998	Australia	42–39	New Zealand

Squad

Sources:^[19]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Leigh Marning	Individual All Around	37.865
Nareen Johnston		37.673
Leigh Marning	Hoop	9.500
Danielle Le Ray		9.466	4
Nareen Johnston	Clubs	9.458
Kristy Darrah		9.324	4
Nareen Johnston	Ribbon	9.491
Kristy Darrah		9.350	4
Danielle Le Ray	Rope	9.358	5
Leigh Marning		9.500

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat	Final	Rank
Michael Klim	50 m freestyle	22.95	22.86
Nathan Rickard		23.10	22.99	4
Ashley Callus		23.01	23.03	5
Ian Thorpe	100 m freestyle	50.33	50.21	4
Christopher Fydler		50.05	49.51
Michael Klim		50.23	49.43 GR
Daniel Kowalski	200 m freestyle	1:49.86	1:48.26
Ian Thorpe		1:48.51	1:46.70 CR
Michael Klim		1:50.24	1:48.05
Grant Hackett	400 m freestyle	3:52.56	3:44.91
Daniel Kowalski		3:57.36	3:48.91
Ian Thorpe		3:55.20	3:44.88 GR
Kieren Perkins	1500 m freestyle	15:34.75	15:03.00
Grant Hackett		15.19.63	14:50.92
Daniel Kowalski		15:43.39	15:03.40	4
Robert Van Der Zant	100 m Backstroke	57.16	57.25	8
Adrian Radley		56.35	56.12	6
Joshua Watson		56.73	55.92
Zane King	200 m Backstroke	2:04.19	2:03.20	10
Adrian Radley		2:02.69	2:01.41
Joshua Watson		2:02.55	2:01.67	4
Simon Cowley	100 m Breaststroke	1:02.35	1:02.00
Ryan Mitchell		1:03.25	1:02.71	4
Philip Rogers		1:03.01	1:02.46
Simon Cowley	200 m Breaststroke	2:16.66	2:13.13
Ryan Mitchell		2:16.87	2:13.20
Philip Rogers		2:18.84	2:16.37	5
Adam Pine	100 m Butterfly	53.51	53.09
Geoffrey Huegill		53.34	52.81 GR}
Michael Klim		54.14	53.50
William Kirby	200 m Butterfly	2:00.51	1:59.57
Zane King		2:01.91	2:00.72	5
Ian Thorpe		2:01.46	2:00.28	4
Trent Steed	400 m Individual Medley	4:23.13	4:19.89
Robert Van Der Zant		4:28.87	4:25.72	6
Zane King		4:25.85	4:23.20

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat	Final	Rank
Julia Greville	50 m Freestyle	27.79	Did not qualify	—
Lori Munz		26.86	26.92	10
Rebecca Creedy		26.46	26.27	5
Susan O'Neill	100 m Freestyle	56.16	55.58
Sarah Ryan		56.77	56.63	6
Rebecca Creedy		56.61	56.07
Anna Windsor	200 m Freestyle	2:03.61	2:02.97	7
Susan O'Neill		2:02.56	2:00.24
Julia Greville		2:03.00	2:02.97	7
Emily Pedrazzini	400 m Freestyle	4:18.06	4:16.23	5
Susan O'Neill		4:18.68	4:12.39
Julia Greville		4:14.85	4:16.07	4
Rachel Harris	800 m Freestyle	8:48.42	8:42.23
Nadine Neumann		8:59.93	8:55.36	8
Emily Pedrazzini		8:52.24	8:45.24	4
Dyana Calub	100 m Backstroke	1:03.90	1:03.83	6
Meredith Smith		1:02.92	1:03.19
Giaan Rooney		1:04.20	1:02.43 GR
Richelle Jose	200 m Backstroke	2:18.33	1:19.73	12
Dyana Calub		2:23.36	2:20.42	13
Meredith Smith		2:15.70	2:13.19
Petria Thomas	100 m Butterfly	1:01.38	59.42 GR
Kathryn Godfrey		1:01.91	1:00.14
Susan O'Neill		1:00.87	59.61
Petria Thomas	200 m Butterfly	2:14.27	2:10.42
Kathryn Godfrey		2:16.38	2:12.04	4
Susan O'Neill		2:14.21	2:06.60 CR
Rachel Harris	200 m Individual Medley	2:22.14
Anna Windsor		2:18.14	2:16.55	4
Lori Munz		2:18.07	2:16.66	5
Jennifer Reilly	400 m Individual Medley	4:51.14	4:48.43
Rachel Harris		4:51.91	4:48.95	4
Nadine Neumann		4:55.54	4:51.02	5

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Naomi Young	Solo	90.933

• Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics

• Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database