ATHLETICS AT THE 2014 COMMONWEALTH GAMES

Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Dates	27 July – 2 August 2014
Host city	Glasgow, Scotland
Venue	Hampden Park
Events	50
Participation	– athletes from ; – nations
Records set	8 games records
	← 2010 Delhi 2018 Gold Coast → ; 2014 Commonwealth Games

Athletics was one of ten core sports that appeared at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. As a founding sport, athletics has appeared consistently since its introduction at the 1911 Inter-Empire Games; the recognised precursor to the Commonwealth Games.^[1]

The competition took place between Sunday 27 July and Saturday 2 August at the temporarily modified Hampden Park, Scotland's national football stadium. The programme commenced with the 26.2 mile marathon, which started and finished at Glasgow Green and included numerous para-sport events throughout. Racewalking events were dropped from the programme for 2014 – a move condemned by walking athletes.^[2]

The meet was dominated, in terms of golds won, by Kenya, Jamaica who won 10 gold medals apiece and Australia with eight gold medals, though gold and other medals were distributed among 21 teams, and England took away the most medals, 27 including 13 silver medals.

Kenya dominated the distance events, and Jamaica the sprint events, but both also won throwing events for the first time. Host nation Scotland won 4 medals, including gold for Libby Clegg in the T(12) 100 m for athletes with a vision impairment.

Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare took two golds and a silver medal in the three sprint events, the most successful individual athlete at the meet. Jamaican sprint Olympic and World champions Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce both decided to forgo the individual sprint events, but appeared on the final evening of the meet to win golds in the relays.

Preparation

In preparation for hosting the Commonwealth Games Athletics events, the modified Hampden Park held the full-test Sainsbury's Grand Prix Diamond League event, usually held in London, on Saturday 12 July and Sunday 13 July 2014.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Kemar Bailey-Cole Jamaica	10.00	Adam Gemili England	10.10	Nickel Ashmeade Jamaica	10.12
200 metres details	Rasheed Dwyer Jamaica	20.14	Warren Weir Jamaica	20.26	Jason Livermore Jamaica	20.32
400 metres details	Kirani James Grenada	44.24 GR	Wayde van Niekerk South Africa	44.68	Lalonde Gordon Trinidad and Tobago	44.78
800 metres details	Nijel Amos Botswana	1:45.18	David Rudisha Kenya	1:45.48	André Olivier South Africa	1:46.03
1500 metres details	James Kiplagat Magut Kenya	3:39.31	Ronald Kwemoi Kenya	3:39.53	Nick Willis New Zealand	3:39.60
5000 metres details	Caleb Ndiku Kenya	13:12.07	Isiah Kiplangat Koech Kenya	13:14.06	Zane Robertson New Zealand	13:16.52
10,000 metres details	Moses Kipsiro Uganda	27:56.11	Josphat Bett Kipkoech Kenya	27:56.14	Cameron Levins Canada	27.56.23
110 metres hurdles details	Andrew Riley Jamaica	13.32	William Sharman England	13.36	Shane Brathwaite Barbados	13.49
400 metres hurdles details	Cornel Fredericks South Africa	48.50	Jehue Gordon Trinidad and Tobago	48.75	Jeffery Gibson Bahamas	48.78
3000 metres steeplechase details	Jonathan Ndiku Kenya	8:10.44	Jairus Birech Kenya	8:12.68	Ezekiel Kemboi Cheboi Kenya	8:19.73
4 × 100 metres relay details	Jamaica (JAM) Jason Livermore Kemar Bailey-Cole Nickel Ashmeade Usain Bolt Kimmari Roach^† Julian Forte^†	37.58 GR	England (ENG) Adam Gemili Harry Aikines-Aryeetey Richard Kilty Danny Talbot James Ellington^† Andrew Robertson^†	38.02	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Keston Bledman Marc Burns Rondel Sorrillo Richard Thompson	38.10
4 × 400 metres relay details	England (ENG) Conrad Williams Michael Bingham Daniel Awde Matthew Hudson-Smith Nigel Levine^†	3:00.46	Bahamas (BAH) Latoy Williams Michael Mathieu Alonzo Russell Chris Brown Andretti Bain^†	3:00.51	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) Lalonde Gordon Jarrin Solomon Renny Quow Zwede Hewitt Jehue Gordon^†	3:01.51
Marathon details	Michael Shelley Australia	2:11:15 PB	Stephen Chemlany Kenya	2:11:58	Abraham Kiplimo Uganda	2:12:23
High jump details	Derek Drouin Canada	2.31 m	Kyriakos Ioannou Cyprus	2.28 m	Michael Mason Canada	2.25 m
Pole vault details	Steven Lewis England	5.55 m	Luke Cutts England	5.55 m	Shawnacy Barber Canada	5.45 m
Long jump details	Greg Rutherford England	8.20 m	Zarck Visser South Africa	8.12 m	Rushwahl Samaai South Africa	8.08 m
Triple jump details	Khotso Mokoena South Africa	17.20 m	Tosin Oke Nigeria	16.84 m	Arpinder Singh India	16.63 m
Shot put details	O'Dayne Richards Jamaica	21.61 m GR	Tom Walsh New Zealand	21.19 m	Tim Nedow Canada	20.59 m
Discus throw details	Vikas Gowda India	63.64 m	Apostolos Parellis Cyprus	63.32 m	Jason Morgan Jamaica	62.34 m
Hammer throw details	James Steacy Canada	74.16 m	Nick Miller England	72.99 m	Mark Dry Scotland	71.64 m
Javelin throw details	Julius Yego Kenya	83.87 m	Keshorn Walcott Trinidad and Tobago	82.67 m	Hamish Peacock Australia	81.75 m
Decathlon details	Damian Warner Canada	8282 pts	Ashley Bryant England	8109 pts	Kurt Felix Grenada	8070 pts NR

^† = Athletes who ran in the heats of the relay, but not in the final

Men's para-sport

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (T37) details	Fanie van der Merwe South Africa	11.65	Charl Du Toit South Africa	11.89	Rhys Jones Wales	12.04
1500 metres (T54) details	David Weir England	3:21.67	Kurt Fearnley Australia	3:23.08	Alex Dupont Canada	3:23.26
Discus throw (F42/44) details	Dan Greaves England	59.21 m	Aled Davies Wales	46.83 m	Richard Okigbazi Nigeria	39.38 m

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres details	Blessing Okagbare Nigeria	10.85 GR	Veronica Campbell Brown Jamaica	11.03	Kerron Stewart Jamaica	11.07
200 metres details	Blessing Okagbare Nigeria	22.25	Jodie Williams England	22.50	Bianca Williams England	22.58
400 metres details	Stephenie Ann McPherson Jamaica	50.67	Novlene Williams-Mills Jamaica	50.86	Christine Day Jamaica	51.09
800 metres details	Eunice Sum Kenya	2:00.51	Lynsey Sharp Scotland	2:01.34	Winnie Nanyondo Uganda	2:01.38
1500 metres details	Faith Kipyegon Kenya	4:08.94	Laura Weightman England	4:09.24	Kate Van Buskirk Canada	4:09.41
5000 metres details	Mercy Cherono Kenya	15:07.21	Janet Kisa Kenya	15:08.90	Joanne Pavey England	15:08.96
10,000 metres details	Joyce Chepkirui Kenya	32:09.35	Florence Kiplagat Kenya	32:09.48	Emily Chebet Kenya	32:10.82
100 metres hurdles details	Sally Pearson Australia	12.67	Tiffany Porter England	12.80	Angela Whyte Canada	13.02
400 metres hurdles details	Kaliese Spencer Jamaica	54.10	Eilidh Child Scotland	55.02	Janieve Russell Jamaica	55.64
3000 metres steeplechase details	Purity Kirui Kenya	9:30.96	Milcah Cheywa Kenya	9:31.30	Joan Kipkemoi Kenya	9:33.34
4 × 100 metres relay details	Jamaica (JAM) Kerron Stewart Veronica Campbell Brown Schillonie Calvert Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Elaine Thompson^†	41.83 GR	Nigeria (NGR) Gloria Asumnu Blessing Okagbare Dominique Duncan Lawretta Ozoh Patience Okon George^†	42.92	England (ENG) Asha Philip Bianca Williams Jodie Williams Ashleigh Nelson Anyika Onuora^† Louise Bloor^†	43.10
4 × 400 metres relay details	Jamaica (JAM) Christine Day Novlene Williams-Mills Anastasia le-Roy Stephanie McPherson Janieve Russell^† Shericka Williams^†	3:23.82 GR	Nigeria (NGR) Patience Okon George Regina George Ada Benjamin Folashade Abugan Funke Oladoye^† Omolara Omotoso^†	3:24.71	England (ENG) Christine Ohuruogu Shana Cox Kelly Massey Anyika Onuora Emily Diamond^† Margaret Adeoye^†	3:27.24
Marathon details	Flomena Cheyech Daniel Kenya	2:26:45	Caroline Kilel Kenya	2:27:10	Jessica Trengove Australia	2:30:12 PB
High jump details	Eleanor Patterson Australia	1.94 m	Isobel Pooley England	1.92 m PB	Levern Spencer Saint Lucia	1.92 m
Pole vault details	Alana Boyd Australia	4.50 m	Sally Peake Wales	4.25 m	Alysha Newman Canada Sally Scott England	3.80 m
Long jump details	Ese Brume Nigeria	6.56 m	Jazmin Sawyers England	6.54 m	Christabel Nettey Canada	6.49 m
Triple jump details	Kimberly Williams Jamaica	14.21 m	Laura Samuel England	14.09 m	Ayanna Alexander Trinidad and Tobago	14.01 m
Shot put details	Valerie Adams New Zealand	19.88 m	Cleopatra Borel Trinidad and Tobago	18.57 m	Julie Labonte Canada	17.58 m
Discus throw details	Dani Samuels Australia	64.88 m	Seema Antil Punia India	61.61 m	Jade Lally England	60.48 m
Hammer throw details	Sultana Frizell Canada	71.97 m GR	Julia Ratcliffe New Zealand	69.96 m	Sophie Hitchon England	68.72 m
Javelin throw details	Kim Mickle Australia	65.96 m GR	Sunette Viljoen South Africa	63.19 m	Kelsey-Lee Roberts Australia	62.95 m
Heptathlon details	Brianne Theisen-Eaton Canada	6597 pts	Jessica Zelinka Canada	6270 pts	Jessica Taylor England	5826 pts

^† = Athletes who ran in the heats of the relay, but not in the final

Women's para-sport

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (T12) details	Libby Clegg Scotland	12.20	Maria Muchavo Mozambique	13.33	Lahja Ishitile Namibia	13.48
1500 metres (T54) details	Angela Ballard Australia	3:59.20	Diane Roy Canada	3:59.55	Jade Jones England	4:00.19
Long jump (F37/38) details	Jodi Elkington Australia	4.39 m	Bethy Woodward England	4.00 m	Johanna Benson Namibia	3.82 m

Medal table

* Host nation ( Scotland)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya (KEN)	10	10	3	23
2	Jamaica (JAM)	10	3	6	19
3	Australia (AUS)	8	1	3	12
4	England (ENG)	5	13	9	27
5	Canada (CAN)	5	2	10	17
6	South Africa (RSA)	3	4	2	9
7	Nigeria (NGR)	3	3	1	7
8	New Zealand (NZL)	1	2	2	5
9	Scotland (SCO)*	1	2	1	4
10	India (IND)	1	1	1	3
11	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	2	3
12	Grenada (GRN)	1	0	1	2
13	Botswana (BOT)	1	0	0	1
14	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	3	4	7
15	Wales (WAL)	0	2	1	3
16	Cyprus (CYP)	0	2	0	2
17	Bahamas (BAH)	0	1	1	2
18	Mozambique (MOZ)	0	1	0	1
19	Namibia (NAM)	0	0	2	2
20	Barbados (BAR)	0	0	1	1
20	Saint Lucia (LCA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		50	50	51	151

Schedule

Over the 10 days of competition there were 44 medal events plus an additional 6 para-sport disciplines.

Date	Time	Stage	Gender	Event
27 July 2014 (Sunday)	09:00–13:00	Classification	Both	Men's Marathon (09:00)
	09:00–13:00	Classification	Both	Women's marathon (09:30)
	14:30–18:00	Preliminary	Men	100 m (Round 1 and 2)
			Men	Shot Put
			Women	100 m (Round 1)
				400 m (Round 1)
				Hammer Throw
		Classification	Men	5000 m
		Classification	Women	Para-Sport Long Jump (F37/38)
28 July 2014 (Monday)	10:00–13:00	Preliminary	Men	Para-Sport 100 m (T37) (Round 1)
				400 m (Round 1)
				High Jump
				Hammer Throw
			Women	Para-Sport 100 m (T12) (Round 1)
			Women	1500 m (Round 1)
		Classification	Men	Para-Sport Discus Throw (F42/44)
		Classification	Men	Decathlon: 100 m, Long Jump & Shot Put
	19:00–22:00	Preliminary	Women	Triple Jump
		Classification	Men	100 m (semifinal & final)
				Para-Sport 100 m (T37)
				Shot Put
				Decathlon: 400 m & High Jump
			Women	100 m (semifinal & final)
				400 m (semifinal)
				Para-Sport 100 m (T12)
				Hammer Throw
29 July 2014 (Tuesday)	10:00–13:15	Preliminary	Men	Para-Sport 1500 m (T54) (Round 1)
				800 m (Round 1)
				110 m Hurdles (Round 1)
				400 m Hurdles (Round 1)
				Long Jump
			Women	Para-Sport 1500 m (T54) (Round 1)
				Shot Put
				Javelin Throw
		Classification	Men	Decathlon: 110 m Hurdles, Pole Vault & Discus Throw
		Classification	Women	Heptathlon: 100 m Hurdles & High Jump
	19:00–22:30	Classification	Men	400 m (semifinal)
				110 m Hurdles
				Hammer Throw
				Decathlon: 1500 m & Javelin Throw
			Women	400 m
				1500 m
				10,000 m
				Triple Jump
				Heptathlon: 200 m & Shot Put
30 July 2014 (Wednesday)	10:00–13:00	Preliminary	Men	200 m (Round 1)
				Pole Vault
				Discus Throw
			Women	400 m Hurdles (Round 1)
				High Jump
				Long Jump
		Classification	Men	400 m Hurdles (semifinal)
		Classification	Women	Heptathlon: Long Jump
	19:00–22:15	Preliminary	Men	200 m (Round 2)
		Preliminary	Women	200 m (Round 1)
		Classification	Men	800 m (semifinal)
				400 m
				High Jump
				Long Jump
			Women	3,000 m Steeplechase
				Shot Put
				Javelin Throw
				Heptathlon: 800 m & Javelin Throw
31 July 2014 (Thursday)	19:00–22:30	Preliminary	Women	800 m (Round 1)
				100 m Hurdles (Round 1)
				Pole Vault
				Discus Throw
		Classification	Men	200 m (semifinal & final)
				Para-Sport 1500 m (T54)
				800 m
				400 m Hurdles
				Discus Throw
			Women	200 m (semifinal & final)
				Para-Sport 1500 m (T54)
				400 m Hurdles
				Long Jump
1 August 2014 (Friday)	19:00–22:30	Preliminary	Men	1500 m (Round 1)
				4 × 100 m relay (Round 1)
				4 × 400 m relay (Round 1)
				Triple Jump
				Javelin Throw
			Women	4 × 100 m relay (Round 1)
			Women	4 × 400 m relay (Round 1)
		Classification	Men	3,000 m Steeplechase
				10,000 m
				Pole Vault
			Women	100 m Hurdles
				800 m
				High Jump
				Discus Throw
2 August 2014 (Saturday)	19:00–22:30	Classification	Men	4 × 100 m relay
				4 × 400 m relay
				1500 m
				Triple Jump
				Javelin Throw
			Women	4 × 100 m relay
				4 × 400 m relay
				5000 m
				Pole Vault

Doping

Doping controls were undertaken on competing athletes during the games. Amantle Montsho, a Botswana 400 metres runner and defending Commonwealth Games champion, was the first competitor from the athletics programme to fail a drugs test. After finishing fourth in the 400 m final, her "A" sample came back positive for methylhexanamine, a banned stimulant, and she was provisionally suspended pending investigation.^[3]

References

^ "Athletics". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
^ Race walking snub Archived 8 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Weekly (2013-11-28). Retrieved on 2014-08-07.
^ Amantle Montsho fails doping test at Glasgow 2014. Athletics Weekly (2014-08-02). Retrieved on 2014-08-02.

External links

Commonwealth Games Athletics Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
Official results book – Athletics

[1] "Athletics". Glasgow 2014. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2014.

[2] Race walking snub Archived 8 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Weekly (2013-11-28). Retrieved on 2014-08-07.

[3] Amantle Montsho fails doping test at Glasgow 2014. Athletics Weekly (2014-08-02). Retrieved on 2014-08-02.

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v t e Commonwealth Games results
Archery	1982 2010
Athletics	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Badminton	1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Basketball	2006 2018 2022
Boxing	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Cricket	1998 2022
Cycling	1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Diving	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Fencing	1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970
Gymnastics	1978 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hockey	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Judo	1990 2002 2014 2022
Lawn bowls	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Netball	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Rowing	1930 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1986
Rugby sevens	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Shooting	1966 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Squash	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Swimming	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Synchronised swimming	1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010
Table tennis	2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Tennis	2010
Triathlon	2002 2006 2014 2018 2022
Weightlifting	1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Wrestling	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1994 2002 2010 2014 2018 2022

v t e Commonwealth Games results
Archery	1982 2010
Athletics	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Badminton	1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Basketball	2006 2018 2022
Boxing	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Cricket	1998 2022
Cycling	1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Diving	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Fencing	1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970
Gymnastics	1978 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Hockey	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Judo	1990 2002 2014 2022
Lawn bowls	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Netball	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Rowing	1930 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1986
Rugby sevens	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Shooting	1966 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Squash	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Swimming	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Synchronised swimming	1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010
Table tennis	2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Tennis	2010
Triathlon	2002 2006 2014 2018 2022
Weightlifting	1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Wrestling	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1994 2002 2010 2014 2018 2022

Preparation

Medal summary