Cycling at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Cycling at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Cycling at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Track: Manukau Velodrome; Road TTT: Auckland Southern Motorway; Road race:Blockhouse Bay, Green Bay, Lower Titirangi, Avondale
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Dates	24 January – 3 February 1990
	← 1986 1994 →

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]

Manukau Velodrome, circa 1989
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Medal table

* Host nation (New Zealand)

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

^ "Medal Standings Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2026.
^ 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.
^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
^ "Cycling". Wolverhampton Express and Star. 1 February 1990. p. 55. Retrieved 19 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Cycling". South Wales Daily Post. 29 January 1990. p. 28. Retrieved 19 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[1] "Medal Standings Auckland 1990". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 30 January 2026.

[BNL-2] "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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Cycling at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Venue	Track: Manukau Velodrome Road TTT: Auckland Southern Motorway Road race:Blockhouse Bay, Green Bay, Lower Titirangi, Avondale
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Dates	24 January – 3 February 1990
← 1986 1994 →

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	New Zealand*	6	3	3	12
2	Australia	4	5	3	12
3	Wales	1	0	0	1
4	Canada	0	2	2	4
5	England	0	1	2	3
6	Northern Ireland	0	0	1	1
7	Scotland	0	0	0	0
Totals (7 entries)		11	11	11	33

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