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Uganda at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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Uganda at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Uganda
CGF codeUGA
CGAUganda Olympic Committee
Websitenocuganda.com
in Gold Coast, Australia
4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors69 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Peace Proscovia (opening)
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
6
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Uganda competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.[1]

Netball player Peace Proscovia was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[2]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei Athletics Men's 5000m April 8
 Gold Stella Chesang Athletics Women's 10000m April 9
 Gold Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei Athletics Men's 10000 m April 13
 Silver Munyo Mutai Athletics Men's marathon April 15
 Bronze Mercyline Chelangat Athletics Women's 10000m April 9
 Bronze Juma Miiro Boxing Men's −49 kg April 14

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 13 10 23
Badminton 2 2 4
Boxing 5 0 5
Cycling 2 0 2
Netball 0 12 12
Rugby sevens 12 0 12
Shooting 0 1 1
Squash 2 0 2
Swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis 1 1 2
Weightlifting 3 1 4
Total 41 28 69

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Pius Adome 100 m 10.70 5 Did not advance
200 m 21.39 4 Did not advance
Alli Ngaimoko 400 m 50.35 7 Did not advance
Leonard Opiny 47.32 4 Did not advance
Ronald Musagala 1500 m 3:48.62 6 — Did not advance
Thomas Ayeko 5000 m — 13:54.78 4
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei — 13:50.83 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Phillip Kipyego — 13:59.59 6
Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei 10000 m — 27:19.62 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jacob Kiplimo — 27:30.25 4
Timothy Toroitich — 27:47.35 7
Albert Chemutai 3000 m steeplechase — 8:19.89 5
Robert Chemonges Marathon — Did not finish
Alex Chesakit — 2:23:06 7
Munyo Solomon Mutai — 2:19:02 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Scovia Ayikoru 100 m 11.86 4 q 11.99 8 Did not advance
Scovia Ayikoru 400 m 54.65 7 Did not advance
Emily Nanziri 54.10 4 Q 54.10 6 Did not advance
Leni Shida 52.79 4 Q 54.50 8 Did not advance
Docus Ajok 800 m 2:00.53 4 q — 2:01.22 6
Halima Nakaayi 2:01.69 5 — Did not advance
Winnie Nanyondo 2:00.69 2 Q — 2:00.36 4
Winnie Nanyondo 1500 m 4:08.49 2 Q — 4:06.05 10
Juliet Chekwel 5000 m — 15:30.17 4
Mercyline Chelangat — 15:50.01 11
Juliet Chekwel 10000 m — 31:57.97 7
Mercyline Chelangat — 31:48.41 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Stella Chesang — 31:45.30 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Scovia Ayikoru
Halima Nakaayi
Emily Nanziri
Leni Shida 		4 × 400 m — 3:35.03 8
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Distance Rank
Josephine Lalam Javelin throw 48.92 8

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with four athletes (two men and two women)

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Edwin Ekiring Men's singles  Coetzer (RSA)
W 2 - 0 		 Ouseph (ENG)
L 0 - 2 		Did not advance
Brian Kasirye  Clark (FAI)
W 2 - 0 		 Bonkowsky (TTO)
W 2 - 1 		 Lee (MAS)
L 0 - 2 		Did not advance
Bridget Bangi Women's singles Bye  Yeo (SGP)
L W/O 		Did not advance
Aisha Nakiyemba Bye  Wynter (JAM)
L 0 - 2 		Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Edwin Ekiring
Brian Kasirye 		Men's doubles —  Bignell /
Hutchings (JER)
L 0 - 2 		Did not advance
Bridget Bangi
Aisha Nakiyemba 		Women's doubles —  Allet /
Chan-Lam (MRI)
L W/O 		Did not advance
Bridget Bangi
Edwin Ekiring 		Mixed doubles  Dias /
Hendahewa (SRI)
L 0 - 2 		Did not advance
Aisha Nakiyemba
Brian Kasirye 		 Molia /
Gibson (FIJ)
L 1 - 2 		Did not advance
Mixed team
Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team
Roster
Pool C
Pos Team
 Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 15 0 +15 30 0 +30 630 345 +285 3 Knockout stage
2  Australia 3 2 1 9 6 +3 19 12 +7 576 472 +104 2
3  South Africa 3 1 2 3 12 −9 6 24 −18 410 592 −182 1
4  Uganda 3 0 3 3 12 −9 6 25 −19 406 613 −207 0
Updated to match(es) played on 6 April 2018. Source: GC2018

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with a team of 5 athletes (5 men).

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Juma Miiro −49 kg — Bye  Shaffi Hassan (KEN)
W 3 - 2 		 Amit Panghal (IND)
L 0 - 5 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Bashir Nasir −56 kg —  Zweli Dlamini (SWZ)
L 1 - 4 		Did not advance
Kavuma Ssemujju −64 kg  Luke McCormack (ENG)
L 0−5 		Did not advance
Musa Bwogi −69 kg bye  Merven Clair (MRI)
W 3 - 2 		 Pat McCormack (ENG)
L 0 - 5 		Did not advance
Regarn Simbwa −81 kg —  Lukmon Lawal (NGR)
W 4 - 1 		 Sammy Lee (WAL)
L 1 - 3 		Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Charles Kagimu Road race 3:57:58 20
Time trial 55:38.87 32
Viena Ssekanga Road race DNF

Netball

Main article: Netball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 (excluding the host nation, Australia) of the INF World Rankings on July 1, 2017. The country will be making its Commonwealth Games debut in the sport.[3][4][5]

Roster
Pool B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 5 5 0 0 342 202 +140 10 Semi-finals
2  New Zealand 5 3 0 2 292 235 +57 6
3  Uganda 5 3 0 2 287 248 +39 6 Classification matches
4  Malawi 5 3 0 2 277 284 −7 6
5  Scotland 5 1 0 4 195 289 −94 2
6  Wales 5 0 0 5 215 350 −135 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2018. Source: GC2018


5 April 2018
18:30
 		Report New Zealand  64–51  Uganda    Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Helen George
Kate Stephenson
Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
Folau
Goals scored 22/22 (100%)
Ekenasio
Goals scored 19/26 (73%)
Selby-Rickit
Goals scored 13/14 (93%)
Mes
Goals scored 10/17 (59%) 		Proscovia
Goals scored 37/42 (88%)
Nanyonga
Goals scored 14/16 (88%)
7 April 2018
13:00
 		Report Uganda  54–52  Malawi    Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Joshua Bowring
Gary Burgess
Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
Proscovia
Goals scored 35/38 (92%)
Nanyonga
Goals scored 19/21 (90%) 		Kumwenda
Goals scored 43/47 (91%)
Chimaliro
Goals scored 8/10 (80%)
Simtow
Goals scored 1/1 (100%)
8 April 2018
15:00
 		Report England  55–49  Uganda    Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Michelle Phippard
Marc Henning
Reserve umpire: Helen George
Housby
Goals scored 30/34 (88%)
Harten
Goals scored 11/11 (100%)
Corbin
Goals scored 7/10 (70%)
Haythornthwaite
Goals scored 7/7 (100%) 		Proscovia
Goals scored 23/26 (88%)
Nanyonga
Goals scored 22/27 (81%)
Nakabuye
Goals scored 4/4 (100%)
10 April 2018
20:30
 		Report Wales  40–76  Uganda    Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Marc Henning
Joshua Bowring
Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush
Lewis
Goals scored 34/42 (81%)
Rowe
Goals scored 6/7 (86%)
Llewelyn
Goals scored 0/1 (0%) 		Proscovia
Goals scored 56/63 (89%)
Nanyonga
Goals scored 20/24 (83%)
11 April 2018
16:00
 		Report Uganda  57–37  Scotland    Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Helen George
Angela Armstrong-Lush
Reserve umpire: Theresa Prince
Proscovia
Goals scored 32/34 (94%)
Nanyonga
Goals scored 25/30 (83%) 		Gallagher
Goals scored 19/21 (90%)
Goodwin
Goals scored 16/25 (64%)
McCall
Goals scored 2/8 (25%)
Fifth place match
12 April 2018
09:00
 		Report South Africa  53–42  Uganda    Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre
Umpires: Jackie Mizon
Joshua Bowring
Reserve umpire: Marc Henning
Venter
Goals scored 42/46 (91%)
Holtzhausen
Goals scored 11/12 (92%) 		Oyella
Goals scored 22/25 (88%)
Proscovia
Goals scored 19/19 (100%)
Nanyonga
Goals scored 1/4 (25%)

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's tournament

Uganda qualified a men's rugby sevens team of 12 athletes, by winning the 2017 Africa Cup Sevens.[6]

Roster
  • Desire Ayera
  • Joseph Jadwong
  • Adrian Kasito
  • Timothy Kisiga
  • Ivan Magomu
  • James Odongo
  • Aaron Ofoyrwoth
  • Pius Ogena
  • Solomon Okia
  • Micheal Okorach
  • Lawrence Ssebuliba
  • Philip Wokorach
Pool D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji 3 3 0 0 138 22 +116 9 Semi-finals
2  Wales 3 2 0 1 90 38 +52 7 Classification semi-finals
3  Uganda 3 1 0 2 38 95 −57 5
4  Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 27 138 −111 3
Source: GC2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
14 April 2018
10:59
Wales 31–5 Uganda
Try: Jenkins 1' m
Morgan 3' m
Williams 8' c
Treharne 9' c
Amos 14' c
Con: O'Brien (1/3) 9'
Davies (2/2) 10', 14'		(Gold Coast 2018)Try: Odongo 11' m
Con: Wokorach (0/1)
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
14 April 2018
17:53
Fiji 54–0 Uganda
Try: Tuwai 1' c
Sau 2' c
Mocenacagi 4' c
Ravouvou 6' m
Nasilasila 10' c
Nasoko 12' c
Vakurinabili 13' c
Dranisinukula 14' c
Con: Ravouvou (3/4) 1', 2', 4'
Nasilasila (3/3) 10', 14', 14'
Naduva (1/1) 12'		(Gold Coast 2018)
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
14 April 2018
21:11
Uganda 33–10 Sri Lanka
Try: Kisiga 1' m
Wokorach 4' c
Odongo 8' c
Kasito 9' c
Ogena 11' c
Con: Wokorach (4/5) 4', 8', 10', 11'		(Gold Coast 2018)Try: Wijekoon (2) 1' m, 7' m
Con: Ratwatte (0/2)
Robina Stadium, Gold Coast
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with 1 athlete (1 woman).

Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Cleopatra Mungoma Women's 50 metre rifle prone 571.9 20

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Individual
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Michael Kawooya Men's singles  Suari (PNG)
W 3 - 0 		 Selby (ENG)
L 0 - 3 		Did not advance
Ian Rukunya  Henry (FIJ)
W 3 - 0 		 Matthew (ENG)
L 0 - 3 		Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Michael Kawooya
Ian Rukunya 		Men's doubles  Selby /
Waller (ENG)
L 0 - 3 		 Kamal /
Ng (MAS)
L 0 - 3 		3 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ekirikubinza Tibatemwa Men's 50 m freestyle 24.93 47 Did not advance
Men's 50 m butterfly 27.17 43 Did not advance
Avice Meya Women's 50 m freestyle 29.09 35 Did not advance
Women's 50 m butterfly 32.50 27 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Uganda participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Singles
Athletes Event Group stage Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Ronald Nyaika Men's singles  Ashley Robinson (NIR)
L 0 - 4 		 St. Louis (TTO)
L 0 - 4 		3 Did not advance
Halima Nambozo Women's singles  Chang (MAS)
L 0 - 4 		 Hursey (WAL)
L 0 - 4 		3 — Did not advance
Doubles
Athletes Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Halima Nambozo
Ronald Nyaika 		Mixed doubles  Powell /
Miao (AUS)
L 0 - 3 		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Uganda participated with 4 athletes (3 men and 1 woman).[7]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Julius Ssekitoleko Men's −56 kg 67 11 91 10 158 10
Hakim Ssempereza Men's −69 kg 109 11 136 9 245 9
Kalidi Batuusa Men's −94 kg 120 13 155 9 175 10
Irene Kasuubo Women's −63 kg 71 11 85 11 156 10

See also

References

  1. ^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ Kazibwe, Edgar (6 April 2018). "Peace Proscovia leads out Team Uganda at 2018 Commonwealth Games athlete procession". www.kawowo.com/. Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ^ Pavitt, Michael (25 July 2017). "Uganda to make Commonwealth Games netball debut at Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  4. ^ Dakin, Rebecca (24 July 2017). "Competing nations announced for GC2018 Netball Competition". www.mygc.com.au/. myGC. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  5. ^ "International Netball Federation: 2018 Commonwealth Games". Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. ^ Pavitt, Michael (8 October 2017). "Uganda and Zambia qualify for Gold Coast 2018 men's rugby sevens tournament". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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