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Botswana at the
1986 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeBOT
CGABotswana National Olympic Committee
Websitebnoc.org.bw
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Competitors22 in 2 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Botswana competed at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. They sent twenty-two athletes in two sports, including their first woman in athletics. They also won their first medal.

Medals

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Bronze Babs Anderson Lawn bowls Women's Singles

Botswana at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

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Athletics

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Men
Track and road
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Sunday Maweni 100 metres 11.01 6 did not advance[1]
Sunday Maweni 200 metres 21.89 5 q[2] 22.21 6 did not advance[3]
Zacharia Machangani 400 metres 49.75 6 q[1] 50.09 8 did not advance[4]
Joseph Ramotshabi 800 metres 1:50.37 5 q 1:49.98 6 did not advance[5]
Mbiganyi Thee 1500 metres — 3:46.13 8 did not advance[6]
Zacharia Machangani
Sunday Maweni
Joseph Ramotshabi
Mbiganyi Thee 		4 × 400 metres relay — Disqualified[7][8]
Bigboy Matlapeng Marathon — 2:24.05 14[9]
Golekane Mosweu 2:33.23 17[9]
Johnson Mbangiwa 2:36.13 18[9]
Women
Track and road
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Vanessa Tilbury Marathon 2:47.24 10[9]

Lawn bowls

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The lawn bowls were held at Balgreen.[10]

Men
Athlete Event Round Robin Rank
Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score
Mel David Singles  Schuback (AUS)
L 21 - 4[11] 		 Hill (WAL)
L 21 – 6[1] 		 Corsie (SCO)
L 21 – 7[4] 		 Espie (NIR)
W 21 – 14 		 Dickison (CAN)
L 21 – 16[5] 		 Le Marquand (JER)
L 21 – 20 		 Young (MAW)
L 21 – 19[12] 		 Bosley (HKG)
L 21 – 13 		 Smith (GUE)
W 21 – 14[13] 		 Fong (FIJ)
L 21 – 10 		 Thomson (ENG)
L 21 – 19[14] 		 Wallace (CAN)
W 21 – 14 		11[9]
John Thackray
Ray Mascarenhas 		Pairs  Australia (AUS)
L 24 - 13[11] 		 Wales (WAL)
W 19 – 17 		 Scotland (SCO)
L 28 – 14[1] 		 England (ENG)
L 20 – 15[4] 		 Northern Ireland (NIR)
L 18 – 16 		 New Zealand (NZL)
L 25 – 14[5] 		 Malawi (MAW)
W 19 – 17 		 Canada (CAN)
W 22 – 21[12] 		 Fiji (FIJ)
L 25 – 11[13] 		 Guernsey (GUE)
L 30 – 15[14] 		 Jersey (JER)
L 20 – 17 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
Not played 		12[9]
Dennis Rose
Dereck Rhodes
James Benson
Johnie Kakakis 		Fours  Australia (AUS)
L 27 - 14[11] 		 Swaziland (SWZ)
L 24 – 19[1] 		 Scotland (SCO)
L 26 – 18 		 Wales (WAL)
L 25 – 17[4] 		 Northern Ireland (NIR)
W 21 – 15[5] 		 New Zealand (NZL)
W 23 – 16 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
W 26 – 23[12] 		 Guernsey (GUE)
W 27 – 22 		 Fiji (FIJ)
W 28 – 15[13] 		 Canada (CAN)
L 17 – 15[14] 		 England (ENG)
L 31 – 13[9] 		— 8[7]
Women
Athlete Event Round Robin Rank
Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score Score
Babs Anderson Singles  Fahey (AUS)
W 21 - 4[11] 		 Dainton (WAL)
L 21 – 19[1] 		 McCrone (SCO)
L 21 – 7 		 Line (ENG)
L 21 – 14[4] 		 Bell (NIR)
L 21 – 15[5] 		 Ryan (NZL)
W 21 – 18 		 Hunter (CAN)
W 21 – 16[12] 		 Blattman (JER)|
W 21 – 4 		 Humphreys (HKG)
W 21 – 14[13] 		 le Tissier (GUE)
W 21 – 10[14] 		 Lum On (FIJ)
W 21 – 12 		— 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[9]
Eve Thomas
Margaret Green 		Pairs  Australia (AUS)
L 24 - 16[11] 		 Wales (WAL)
L 33 – 6 		 Scotland (SCO)
W 18 – 17[1] 		 Northern Ireland (NIR)
L 38 – 14 		 New Zealand (NZL)
L 36 – 8[5] 		 Guernsey (GUE)
D 19 – 19 		 Fiji (FIJ)
L 25 – 13[13] 		 England (ENG)
L 23 – 16 		 Canada (CAN)
L 23 – 14[14] 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
W 20 – 18 		— 10[9]
Denise David
Jacqueline Rhodes
Olwen Leadbitter
Yvonne Richards 		Fours  Malawi (MAW)
W 22 – 13[15] 		 Wales (WAL)
W 21 – 13 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
L 25 – 14 		 Swaziland (SWZ)
L 18 – 15[1] 		 England (ENG)
L 22 – 10 		 Canada (CAN)
W 23 – 10[4] 		 Northern Ireland (NIR)
L 22 – 18 		 Scotland (SCO)
W 21 – 12[12] 		 New Zealand (NZL)
L 26 – 18 		 Australia (AUS)
L 20 – 14[13] 		 Guernsey (GUE)
L 		 Fiji (FIJ)
L 19 – 13[9] 		10[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Results: Day Two". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 July 1986. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Monday's results". The Odessa American. 29 July 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Results". Daily Post. No. 1 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Results: Day Three". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 July 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Results: Day Four". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Track and Field". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 2 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  7. ^ a b c "Results: Day Nine". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Games Results". Sunday Mercury. 3 August 1986. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Day Eight: All the Results". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 August 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  10. ^ Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.
  11. ^ a b c d e "All The Results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Results: Day Five". The Sydney Morning Herald. 31 July 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  13. ^ a b c d e f "Results: Day Six". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 August 1986. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Results: Day Seven". Sydney Morning Herald. 2 August 1986. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Medals: Bowls". South Wales Echo. No. 26 July 1986. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
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