Shooting at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was the fifth appearance of Shooting at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in north of Edinburgh near Carnoustie, Scotland, from 4 July to 2 August 1986 and featured contests in twenty disciplines.

The shooting events were held at the Barry Buddon Camp.

England topped the shooting medal table by virtue of winning eight gold medals.

Medal table

Medallists 50m Free Pistol 50m Free Pistol – Pairs Tom GuinnClaude Beaulieu Paul LeatherdaleRichard Wang Phil AdamsBen Sandstrom25m Centre-Fire Pistol25m Centre-Fire Pistol – PairsPhil AdamsRod HackBob NorthoverMichael CutlerRex HamiltonBarry O'Neale25m Rapid-Fire Pistol25m Rapid-Fire Pistol – PairsBrian GirlingTerry TurnerPat MurrayJack MastMark HowkinsAndré Chevrefils10m Air Pistol10m Air Pistol – Pairs Paul LeatherdaleIan Reid Phil AdamsBruce Favell Greg YelavichBarrie Wickins50m Rifle Prone50m Rifle Prone – Pairs Michael AshcroftGale Stewart Donald BrookAlan Smith Terry WakefieldColin Harris50m Rifle Three Positions50m Rifle Three Positions – PairsMalcolm CooperSarah Cooper Jean-François SénécalMichel Dion Alister AllanBill MacNeilFull Bore RifleFull Bore Rifle – PairsBill BaldwinAlain MarionJames CorbettStan GolinskiDavid CalvertMartin Millar10m Air Rifle10m Air Rifle – Pairs Guy LorionSharon Bowes Wolfgang JobstAnton Wurfel Malcolm CooperRobert SmithTrapTrap – Pairs Peter BodenIan Peel Tom HewittEamon Furphy Terry RumbelDomingo DiazSkeet Skeet – Pairs Joe NevilleKen Harman Brian GabrielDon Kwasyncia John WoolleyJeff Farrell

Results 50m Free pistol PosAthleteScore1 Greg Yelavich 5512 Phil Adams 5492 Ho Kar Fai 5494 Rex Hamilton 5475 Tom Guinn 5476 Ben Sandstrom 5457 Gilbert U 5408 Claude Beaulieu 5389 Richard Wang 53710 Ian Lang 536

50m Free pistol – pairs PosAthleteScore1 Tom Guinn & Claude Beaulieu 10992 Paul Leatherdale & Richard Wang 10903 Phil Adams & Ben Sandstrom 10854 Gilbert U & Ho Kar Fai 10855 Greg Yelavich & Rex Hamilton 1067

25m Centre-Fire pistol PosAthleteScore1 Bob Northover 5832 Phil Adams 582 3 Rod Hack 5804 Rex Hamilton 5795 Barry O'Neale 5776 Michael Cutler 5777 Stuart Rankine 5758 Jim Tollan 5759 Ken Stanford 57210 David Nash 571

25m Centre-Fire pistol – pairs PosAthleteScore1 Phil Adams & Rod Hack 11652 Bob Northover & Michael Cutler 11573 Rex Hamilton & Barry O'Neale 11534 Stuart Rankine & Jim Tollan 11395 David Nash & Steven Mitchell 1137

25m Rapid-Fire pistol PosAthleteScore1 Pat Murray 5912 Adrian Breton 5883 Mark Howkins 5854 Gareth Irving 5825 Brian Girling 5816 Andre Chevrefils 5817 Jack William Mast 5808 Hugh Love 5779 Hugh Hunter 57710 Michael Jay 576

25m Rapid-Fire pistol – pairs PosAthleteScore1 Brian Girling & Terry Turner 11692 Pat Murray & Jack Mast 11523 Mark Howkins & André Chevrefils 11504 Gareth Irving & Michael Jay 11505 Chung-Kin Ho & Gilbert U 1145

10m Air pistol PosAthleteScore1 Greg Yelavich 5752 Tom Guinn 5743 Gilbert U 5744 Phil Adams 5725 Paul Leatherdale 5716 Barrie Wickins 5707 Ian Reid 5698 Richard Horne 5659 Ian Lang 56210 Stuart Rankine 562

10m Air Pistol – pairs PosAthleteScore1 Paul Leatherdale & Ian Reid 11432 Phil Adams & Bruce Favell 11433 Greg Yelavich & Barrie Wickins 11404 Richard Horne & Tom Guinn 11365 Gilbert U & Kar-Fai Ho 1124

50m Rifle prone PosAthleteScore1 Alan Smith 5992 Alister Allan 5983 John Knowles 5974 Gale Stewart 5975 Terry Wakefield 5966 Colin Thomas Harris 596 7 Donald Brook 5958 Stephen Petterson 5949 Cliff Ogle 59410 Sarah Cooper 594

50m Rifle prone – pairs PosAthleteScore1 Michael Ashcroft & Gale Stewart 11752 Donald Brook & Alan Smith 11713 Terry Wakefield & Colin Harris 11654 Patrick Ryan & Stephen Le Couilliard 1162 4 Roger Harvey & Stephen Petterson 1162

50m Rifle three-positions PosAthleteScore1 Malcolm Cooper 11702 Alister Allan 11673 Jean-François Sénécal 11504 Michel Dion 11485 Matthew Guille 11396 Eddie Adlam 11367 Donald Brook 11348 Sarah Cooper 11289 Alan Smith 112510 David Arnold 1121

50m Rifle three-positions – pairs PosAthleteScore1 Malcolm Cooper & Sarah Cooper 22782 Jean-François Sénécal & Michel Dion 22763 Alister Allan & Bill MacNeil 22414 Donald Brook & Alan Smith 22345 Matthew Guille & Ian Donaldson 2207

Full Bore rifle Queens prize pair PosAthleteScore1 Stan John Golinski 3962 Alain Marion 3963 John Bloomfield 3954 James Corbett 3955 Richard Simpson 3946 Robert Courtney 3937 Barry le Cheminant 3938 Arthur Clarke 3919 Nick Crawshaw 39110 David Calvert 390

Full Bore Rifle Queens prize pair - pairs PosAthleteScore1 Bill Baldwin & Alain Marion 5832 James Corbett & Stan Golinski 5833 David Calvert & Martin Millar 5824 John Bloomfield & Nick Crawshaw 5825 Chester Burt & Frank Godfrey 582

10m Air rifle PosAthleteScore1 Guy Lorion 5882 Sharon Bowes 5833 Malcolm Cooper 5824 Anton Raymond Wurfel 5785 Matthew Guille 5786 Bill MacNeil 5777 David Arnold 5768 Eddie Adlam 5749 Stewart Daltrey 57310 Robert Smith 572

10m Air rifle – pairs PosAthleteScore1 Guy Lorion & Sharon Bowes 11672 Wolfgang Jobst & Anton Wurfel 11513 Malcolm Cooper & Robert Smith 11464 Matthew Guille & Ian Donaldson 1137 4 Alister Allan & Bill MacNeil 1137

Clay pigeon trap PosAthleteScore1 Ian Peel 1952 Peter Boden 1923 Roland Phillips 1924 Martin Girvan 1895 Terry Rumbel 1896 John Primrose 1887 George Leary 1888 Domingo Diaz 1879 Stuart Clubbe 18410 Tom Hewitt 184

Clay pigeon trap – pairs PosAthleteScore1 Peter Boden & Ian Peel 1852 Tom Hewitt & Eamon Furphy 1833 Terry Rumbel & Domingo Diaz 1834 John Primrose & George Leary 1835 Martin Girvan & Sandy Dunbar 180

Skeet PosAthleteScore1 Nigel Kelly 1962 Joe Neville 195 3 Brian Gabriel 1954 Laurence John Woolley 1945 Kenneth Harman 1936 Ian Marsden 1937 John Farrell 1928 Jim Dunlop 1909 Don Kwasnycia 19010 Albert Thompson 188

Skeet – pairs PosAthleteScore1 Joe Neville & Ken Harman 1952 Brian Gabriel & Don Kwasyncia 1933 John Woolley & Jeff Farrell 1894 Alec Crikis & Ian Hale 1885 Nigel Kelly & Andrew McKeown 187

References

See also List of Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting