Grenada at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Grenada
CGF codeGRN
CGAThe Grenada Olympic Committee
Websitegrenadaolympic.com
in Gold Coast, Australia
4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors14 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 25th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Grenada competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.[1] It was Grenada's 10th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

The Grenadian team consisted of 15 athletes (11 men and four women) that competed across four sports.[2] However, only 14 competed.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Lindon Victor Athletics Men's Decathlon April 10
 Bronze Anderson Peters Athletics Men's Javelin Throw April 14

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 7 1 8
Beach volleyball 0 2 2
Boxing 2 0 2
Swimming 1 1 2
Total 10 4 14

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Grenada participated with 8 athletes (7 men and 1 woman).

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Royan Marcelle 200 m 21.58 7 did not advance
Royan Marcelle 400 m 46.78 5 q 48.62 8 did not advance
Bralon Taplin 45.11 1 Q 45.44 1 Q 45.38 5
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Melvin Echard Long jump 7.29 20 did not advance
Gennard Paul Javelin throw 60.16 20 did not advance
Anderson Peters 80.44 3 Q 82.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Kurt Felix Result 11.20 7.26 15.24 1.95 50.49 15.25 48.04 4.20 67.47 5:04.32 7756 4
Points 817 876 804 758 792 820 830 673 851 535
Lindon Victor Result 10.70 7.24 15.79 2.01 49.48 14.87 52.32 4.60 71.10 5:04.75 8303 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Points 929 871 838 813 839 865 919 790 906 533
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Kanika Beckles 400 m 53.34 4 Q 53.80 6 did not advance

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Grenada received a wildcard for a women's beach volleyball team of two athletes.[3]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Standing Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Renisha Stafford
Thornia Williams 		Women's Pool A
 Beattie – Coutts (SCO)
L 0 - 2 (8 - 21, 11 - 21)
 Del Solar – Clancy (AUS)
L 0 - 2 (2 - 21, 11 - 21)
 Konstantinou – Angelopoulou (CYP)
L 0 - 2 (3 - 21, 14 - 21) 		4 did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Grenada participated with a team of 2 athletes (2 men)

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Jonathan Francois −69 kg  Boniface (SEY)
W 5 - 0 		 McCormack (ENG)
L KO 		did not advance
Joshua Redhead −75 kg  Sommerville (AUS)
L RSC 		did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Corey Ollivierre 50 m freestyle 25.71 52 did not advance
50 m breaststroke 29.85 20 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:08.59 24 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Oreoluwa Cherebin 50 m freestyle 28.38 26 did not advance
50 m breaststroke 34.86 23 did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:17.29 25 did not advance
50 m butterfly 30.43 24 did not advance

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. ^ "Grenada Announces A Team To The Commonwealth Games". www.weefmgrenada.com. Radio Grenada. 18 March 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Gold Coast 2018 beach volleyball competition pools announced". www.fivb.org/. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). 23 January 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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