Rowing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Rowing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
VenueWater Sports Centre, Strathclyde Country Park
LocationMotherwell, Scotland
Dates24 July to 2 August 1986

Rowing at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was the seventh and last appearance of Rowing at the Commonwealth Games.

The sport returned to the Games schedule 24 years after its last appearance in 1962. The rowing programme replaced archery, which made its debut in 1982 but it would be the last time that rowing featured at the Games.

Competition featured 15 events, a large increase on the six held in 1962. The course was the artificial Strathclyde Loch at the Water Sports Centre in Strathclyde Country Park on the outskirts of Motherwell. The Strathclyde Reginal Council spent around £700,000 to bring the course up to international standard.

England topped the rowing medal table by virtue of winning five gold medals.

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