Isle of Man at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Isle of Man competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.[1] Isle of Man announced it would send a squad of 32 athletes.[2] However, Mark Cavendish did not compete.

Isle of Man at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of the Isle of Man
CGF code	IOM
CGA	Commonwealth Games Association of the Isle of Man
Website	cga.im
in Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors	31 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Jake Kelly (opening)
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Cyclist Jake Kelly was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[3]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Tim Kneale	Shooting	Men's Double trap	11 April 2018

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	1	3
Badminton	1	3	4
Cycling	7	2	9
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Lawn bowls	2	0	2
Shooting	4	2	6
Swimming	1	4	5
Triathlon	0	1	1
Total	17	14	31

Athletics

Isle of Man announced a team of 3 athletes (2 men, 1 woman) would compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Joseph Reid	Men's 800 m	1:50.03	6	Did not advance
Erika Kelly	Women's 20 km walk	N/A		1:47:29	9

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Joe Harris	Men's Javelin throw	70.61	16	Did not advance

Badminton

Isle of Man announced a team of 4 athletes (1 man, 3 women) would compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Benjamin Li	Men's singles	Chongo Mulenga (ZAM) W 2-0	Lee Chong Wei (MAS) L 0-2	Did not advance
Kimberley Clague	Women's singles	Everlyn Siamupangila (ZAM) W 2-0	Michelle Li (CAN) L 0-2	Did not advance
Jessica Li		bye	Ogar Siamupangila (ZAM) W 2-0	Saina Nehwal (IND) L RET	Did not advance
Cristen Marritt		bye	Mahoor Shahzad (PAK) L 0-2	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kimberley Clague Cristen Marritt	Women's doubles	N/A	Hasini Ambalangodage (SRI)  Madushika Dilrukshi Beruwelage (SRI) L 0-2	Did not advance
Jessica Li Benjamin Li	Mixed doubles	bye	Emmanuel Donkor (GHA)  Stella Koteikai Amasah (GHA) L 0-2	Did not advance

Cycling

Isle of Man announced a team of 10 athletes (8 men, 2 women) would compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2] However, Mark Cavendish withdrew from the team due to an injury.[4]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Samuel Brand	Road race	DNF
Matthew Bostock		DNF
Nathan Draper		DNF
Jake Kelly		3:59:35	32
Leon Mazzone		3:59:35	34
Thomas Mazzone		4:08:16	50
Samuel Brand	Time trial	53:45.77	22
Nathan Draper		56:07.68	33
Jake Kelly		53:23.94	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anna Christian	Road race	3:08:16	28
	Time trial	39:28.87	9
Elizabeth Holden	Road race	3:03:32	18
	Time trial	40:07.94	10

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Matthew Draper	Men's pursuit	4:38.602	22	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matthew Bostock	Men's point race	7	9 Q	3	14
Matthew Draper		0	14	Did not advance

Scratch race

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final
Matthew Bostock	Men's scratch race	7 Q	6
Matthew Draper		12 Q	DNF

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Nicholas Corlett	Men's cross-country	1:26:20	10

Gymnastics

Isle of Man announced a team of 1 athlete (1 woman) would compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Artistic

Women

Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Nicole Burns	Qualification	12.250	10.600	11.900	10.375	45.125	19 Q

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Nicole Burns	All-around	10.250	10.900	11.650	11.500	44.300	15

Lawn bowls

Isle of Man announced a team of 2 athletes (2 men) would compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kenneth McGreal	Singles	Bester (CAN) L 8 – 21	Bazo (PNG) L 18 – 21	de Sousa (JER) L 8 – 21	Kelly (NIR) L 7 – 21	Gaborutwe (BOT) W 21 - 13	5	Did not advance
Kenneth McGreal Mark McGreal	Pairs	Wales L 11 - 22	Jamaica W 21 - 10	Northern Ireland L 6 - 20	South Africa L 13 - 19	N/A	4	Did not advance

Shooting

Isle of Man announced a team of 6 athletes (4 men, 2 women) would compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Neil Parsons	Trap	103	28	Did not advance
David Walton		109	20	Did not advance
Jake Keeling	Double trap	111	17	Did not advance
Tim Kneale		135	3 Q	70

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rachel Glover	50 metre rifle 3 positions	570	11	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle prone	N/A		615.4	6
Gemma Kermode	50 metre rifle 3 positions	559	15	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle prone	N/A		589.0	19

Swimming

Isle of Man announced a team of 5 athletes (1 man, 4 women) would compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Guy Davies	50 m breaststroke	29.82	18	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:04.88	14 Q	1:04.91	14	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stephanie Brew	50 m breaststroke	33.71	21	Did not advance
Laura Kinley		31.99	12 Q	32.15	14	Did not advance
Niamh Robinson		32.77	19	Did not advance
Stephanie Brew	100 m breaststroke	1:15.06	23	Did not advance
Laura Kinley		1:09.71	13 Q	1:10.93	16	Did not advance
Niamh Robinson		1:11.10	18	Did not advance
Niamh Robinson	200 m breaststroke	2:32.94	15	N/A		Did not advance
Charlotte Atkinson	50 m butterfly	27.72	14 Q	27.57	14	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	58.97	7 Q	58.04	4 Q	57.88	5
	200 m butterfly	2:09.95	6 Q	N/A		2:08.50	4
Niamh Robinson	200 m individual medley	2:19.62	12	N/A		Did not advance
Niamh Robinson Laura Kinley Charlotte Atkinson Stephanie Brew	4 × 100 m medley relay	N/A				4:20.25	8

Triathlon

Isle of Man announced a team of 1 athlete (1 woman) would compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Jennifer Newbery	Women's	11:08	0:42	33:28	0:27	21:33	1:07:18	19

References

1. "70 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. "Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Squad Announced". www.energyfm.net/. Energy FM. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
3. "Jake Kelly chosen as IOM flag bearer". www.energyfm.net/. Energy FM. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
4. "Cavendish forced out of Commonwealths". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 December 2020.