The 1990 Commonwealth Games were held in Auckland, New Zealand from, 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations.

Participants competed in ten sports: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, lawn bowls, shooting and weightlifting. Judo and gymnastics are added as optional sports effectively replacing wrestling, which was dropped from the Games for the first time and rowing which had been held for the last time.

Netball and the Triathlon were demonstration events.

Host selection

The event was awarded to Auckland on 27 July 1984 at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, USA. Perth, Australia, had withdrawn from the bid contest leaving New Delhi, India, as the sole opponent to Auckland's bid. New Delhi lost the hosting rights to Auckland by a margin of 1 vote, which made it the closest host selection vote in the history of Commonwealth Games.

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Venues

The primary venue was the Mount Smart Stadium, used for the opening and closing ceremonies and athletics events. The athletes' village was located in Glen Innes at the corner of Merton Road and Morrin Road, going south towards the base of Mount Wellington. It consisted of 17 acres of land owned by the University of Auckland and had a central dome for the catering facilities and around 300 houses were constructed and then relocated to various suburbs for state housing after the Games.

  • Badminton - Gillies Avenue Auckland Badminton Hall
  • Boxing - Logan Campbell Centre, Auckland Showgrounds
  • Cycling (track) - Manukau Velodrome, Clover Park
  • Cycling (team time trial) - Auckland Southern Motorway
  • Judo - East Pavilion, Expo Centre, Auckland Showgrounds
  • Lawn bowls - Pakuranga Bowls Centre
  • Shooting - Waitemata Gun Club, Mangatawhiri Range, Ardmore Range

Sports

  • At these games, the Triathlon was a demonstration event; won by Erin Baker (women) and Rick Wells (men), both from New Zealand.

References

The Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia

  • Commonwealth Games Official Site