Northern Ireland competed at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 to 21 September 1998. It was Northern Ireland's 14th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.
Northern Ireland finished 13th in the medal table with two gold medals, one silver medals and two bronze medals.
The team was named on 15 June 1998 and included a cricket team, replacing England who withdrew from the 16 team event.
Medalists The following Northern Irish competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top" | Medal Name Sport Martin Millar Shooting (Fullbore rifle pair) Ian McClureMartin McHughNeil Booth Lawn bowls (fours) Boxing (flyweight) Boxing (middleweight) Lawn bowls (singles)
Team and events Athletics
Men AthleteEventsClubMedalsIan Craig 100, 200m Dermot Donnelly 10,000m Matthew Douglas 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, 4x400m relay Brian Forbes 400m, 4x400m relay Richard Thomas Girvan 800m Eddie King 800m, 1500m, 4x400m relay Paul McBurney 200m, 400m, 4x400m relay Neil Young pole vault Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Amanda Crowe 800m, 1500m Victoria Anne Jamison 400m hurdles Stephanie Llewellyn 200m, 400m Jackie McKernan discus throw
Badminton
Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Leslie Dewart singles, team Cavehill BC David Geddes singles, team Alpha BC, Lisburn Graham Henderson doubles, mixed Alpha BC, Lisburn Eugene McKenna doubles Alpha BC, Lisburn Bruce Topping singles, mixed, team Alpha BC, Lisburn Michael Watt singles, team Alpha BC, Lisburn Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Jayne Plunkett singles, doubles, mixed, team Alpha BC, Lisburn Claire Henderson singles, doubles, mixed, team Alpha BC, Lisburn
Boxing
AthleteEventsClubMedals Billy Cowan 67kg welterweight Liam Cunningham 51kg flyweight James Lowry 57kg featherweight Brian Magee 75kg middleweight Conor McAllister 60kg lightweight Ben McGarrigle 91kg heavyweight Paul McCloskey 63.5kg light-welterweight
Cricket
Northern Ireland named the below squad for the tournament. Roster
Alan Rutherford (c & wk) Neil Anderson Neil Carson Gordon Cooke Dekker Curry Ryan Eagleson Peter Gillespie Derek Heasley Kyle McCallan Paul McCrum Gary Neely Andrew Patterson Mark Patterson Stephen Smyth
Summary TeamEventGroup stage SemifinalFinal / OppositionResult OppositionResult OppositionResult Rank OppositionResult OppositionResult RankNorthern Ireland menMen's tournament L by 4 wickets (D/L) L by 176 runs W by 114 runs 3 did not advance 12
Group stage
Cycling
Men AthleteEventsClubMedals John Boone time trial Ian Chivers road race Denis Easton road race Tommy Evans road race Scott Hamilton time trial Conor Henry road race David McCall road race David McCann time trial Alwyn McMath time trial, sprint Neil Teggart road race, time trial
Gymnastics
Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Zoe Brown all-round, team Laura Dwyer all-round, team Debbie McLarnon rhythmic Holly Murdock all-round, vault, team
Lawn bowls
Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Sammy Allen pairs Ballymena BC Neil Booth fours Old Bleach BC Martin McHugh fours Whitehead BC Jeremy Henry singles Portrush BC Noel Graham pairs Lisnagarvey BC Ian McClure fours Portrush BC Gary McCloy fours Portrush BC Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Barbara Cameron pairs Ballymena BC Alicia Crangle fours Salisbury BC Patricia Horner fours NI Civil Service BC Donna McNally fours Ballymena BC Margaret Johnston singles Ballymoney BC Geraldine Law fours NI Civil Service BC Paula Montgomery pairs NI Civil Service BC
Shooting
Men AthleteEventsMedals David Calvert fullbore rifle, fullbore rifle pairs David Clarke air rifle, pair Robert Clarke air rifle, pair David Evans trap, pair Tom Hewitt trap, pair Alan Lewis rifle 3pos Mervyn McFarland air, free, centre fire pistol Martin Millar fullbore rifle, fullbore rifle pairs Cliff Ogle rifle 3pos, prone, pair Mark Stevenson rifle prone, pair
Squash
Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Steve Richardson singles, mixed Ballymena Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Madeline Perry singles, mixed Banbridge
Swimming
Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Andrew Bree 200m breaststroke, 200, 400 medley Neil Cameron 400 free Michael Williamson 200 medley Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Lorna Cardwell 100, 200m butterfly, relay x 2 Julie Douglas 50 free, relay x 2 Emma Robinson 100, 200m breaststroke, 50 free, relay x 2 Louise C. Robinson 100m breaststroke, 50 free, relay x 2
Tenpin bowling
Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Kenneth Donnelly singles, doubles Gary Stoops singles, doubles
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventsMedals James Power 62kg
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