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Brisbane-Commonweath-Games-Opening-Ceremony-1982.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The music soundtrack of the Opening Ceremony of the 1982 Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, Queensland — (Audio tape cover). The pictures are of the 1982 Commonwealth Games Logo and Matilda, the 1982 Commonwealth Games Mascot]]
The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named for Queen Elizabeth II). The stadium, which was later renamed the ANZ Stadium, is now called the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre. The stadium is at the Brisbane suburb of Nathan.
The 1982 Commonwealth Games Logo was designed by Hugh Edwards, who was the winner of a nation-wide competition held in 1978. The symbol is derived from the form of a bounding kangaroo. The three bands, forming stylized A's (for Australia), are in colours which are common to flags of many Commonwealth countries.
Matilda the kangaroo mascot for the 1982 Commonwealth Games was represented by a cartoon kangaroo, and a gigantic 13-metre (42 feet 8 inches) high mechanical "winking" kangaroo, who travelled around the stadium and winked at the crowd, and the Duke of Edinburgh.
Opening Ceremony
- The ceremony at the QEII Stadium was held on a fine but extremely windy day
- For information about the full ceremony, click on the above link.
Sports
Sports contested during the 1982 Commonwealth Games included the following:
- Athletics | Archery | Badminton | Bowls | Boxing | Cycling |
- Shooting | Swimming | Diving | Weightlifting | Wrestling
Medals table
This is the full table of the medal count of the 1982 Commonwealth Games. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.
| Pos | Country | Total | |||
| 39 | 39 | 29 | 107 | ||
| 38 | 38 | 32 | 108 | ||
| 26 | 23 | 33 | 82 | ||
| 8 | 6 | 12 | 26 | ||
| 5 | 8 | 13 | 26 | ||
| 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 8 | 13 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 143 | 141 | 153 | 437 |
Medals by Event
- For information about individual medal winners and events, see:
Closing Ceremony
Queen Elizabeth closed the Games during a colourful ceremony, which included parachute jumpers (who had originally been also intended as part of the Opening Ceremony display) jumping and landing in a special target area within the stadium and red, white and blue balloons. Matilda the Kangaroo also winked at the Queen. Following the closing of the Games, the Queen and Duke left the stand to be driven from the stadium. However, nobody wanted the Games to end and the Australian team formed a 'guard of honour' and ran beside and behind the car in which Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were travelling, as the car circled the stadium several times before finally leaving. Team members from other countries also joined in the running after the royal car.
See also
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Participating Nations
45 Commonwealth nations and territories took part at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.
For an official listing of the participating countries, see *.
See also: Gallery of Logos of Commonwealth Games Associations at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
| Commonwealth Games Associations at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Australia | Bahamas | Barbados | Bermuda | Botswana | Canada | Cayman Islands | Cyprus | England | Falkland Islands | Fiji | The Gambia | |
Bids for the 1982 Commonwealth Games
In 1976, the bidding cities for the XIIth Commonwealth Games were: Lagos (Nigeria), Brisbane (Australia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Birmingham (England). Brisbane won the rights to stage the Games.
Trivia
The commemorative poster, with the picture of Matilda during the Opening Ceremony of 1982 Commonwealth Games, was published by "The Courier-Mail".
The black and white photo of Matilda winking at spectactors during the Opening Ceremony of 1982 Commonwealth Games, was published by "The Weekend Australia".
External links
- 1982 Commonwealth Games - Commonwealth Games official website
- 1982 Commonwealth Games Sports Program - Commonwealth Games official website
- Queen's Baton relay - Commonwealth Games official website
- 1982 Commonwealth Games - Host Cities and Countries of the Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games Federation
- Australian Commonwealth Games Association
- Archery Gold Medal winner at the 1982 Commonwealth Games - MSN Encarta Encyclopedia
- 1982 Commonwealth Games - including information about the Opening Ceremony - Australian Rowing History
- The ABC coverage of the 1982 Commonwealth Games - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- 1982 Commonwealth Games - The Games History
- About the former QEII Stadium, which was used for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and for the Atletics competition - Australian Stadiums website
- The Commonwealth Games - unofficial website
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