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 Medal Name Sport Event Babs Anderson Lawn bowls Women's Singles
Botswana at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Athletics
Men Track and road AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSunday Maweni100 metres11.016did not advanceSunday Maweni200 metres21.895 q22.216did not advanceZacharia Machangani400 metres49.756 q50.098did not advanceJoseph Ramotshabi800 metres1:50.375 q1:49.986did not advanceMbiganyi Thee1500 metrescolspan=2 3:46.138did not advanceZacharia MachanganiSunday MaweniJoseph RamotshabiMbiganyi Thee4 × 400 metres relaycolspan=4 DisqualifiedBigboy MatlapengMarathoncolspan=4 rowspan=3 2:24.0514Golekane Mosweu2:33.2317Johnson Mbangiwa2:36.1318
Women Track and road AthleteEventFinalTimeRankVanessa TilburyMarathon2:47.2410
Lawn bowls
The lawn bowls were held at Balgreen.
Men AthleteEventRound RobinRankScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreMel DavidSinglesL 21 - 4L 21 – 6L 21 – 7W 21 – 14L 21 – 16L 21 – 20L 21 – 19L 21 – 13W 21 – 14L 21 – 10L 21 – 19W 21 – 1411John ThackrayRay MascarenhasPairsL 24 - 13W 19 – 17L 28 – 14L 20 – 15L 18 – 16L 25 – 14W 19 – 17W 22 – 21L 25 – 11L 30 – 15L 20 – 17Not played12Dennis RoseDereck RhodesJames BensonJohnie KakakisFoursL 27 - 14L 24 – 19L 26 – 18L 25 – 17W 21 – 15W 23 – 16W 26 – 23W 27 – 22W 28 – 15L 17 – 15L 31 – 13 8
Women AthleteEventRound RobinRankScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreBabs AndersonSinglesW 21 - 4L 21 – 19L 21 – 7L 21 – 14L 21 – 15W 21 – 18W 21 – 16W 21 – 4W 21 – 14W 21 – 10 W 21 – 12Eve ThomasMargaret GreenPairsL 24 - 16L 33 – 6W 18 – 17L 38 – 14L 36 – 8D 19 – 19L 25 – 13L 23 – 16L 23 – 14W 20 – 18colspan=2 10Denise DavidJacqueline RhodesOlwen LeadbitterYvonne RichardsFoursW 22 – 13W 21 – 13L 25 – 14L 18 – 15L 22 – 10W 23 – 10L 22 – 18W 21 – 12L 26 – 18L 20 – 14LL 19 – 1310
References
Official results by country