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Swimming is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since the inaugural edition of the event's precursor, the 1930 British Empire Games. It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games. Synchronised swimming and Diving events are optional. Water polo is a recognised (i.e. not yet optional) sport.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Best nation
I	1930	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada	England
II	1934	London	England	Canada
III	1938	Sydney, New South Wales	Australia	England
IV	1950	Auckland	New Zealand	Australia
V	1954	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Australia
VI	1958	Cardiff	Wales	Australia
VII	1962	Perth, Western Australia	Australia	Australia
VIII	1966	Kingston	Jamaica	Australia
IX	1970	Edinburgh	Scotland	Australia
X	1974	Christchurch	New Zealand	Australia
XI	1978	Edmonton, Alberta	Canada	Canada
XII	1982	Brisbane, Queensland	Australia	Australia
XIII	1986	Edinburgh	Scotland	Australia
XIV	1990	Auckland	New Zealand	Australia
XV	1994	Victoria, British Columbia	Canada	Australia
XVI	1998	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Australia
XVII	2002	Manchester	England	Australia
XVIII	2006	Melbourne, Victoria	Australia	Australia
XIX	2010	Delhi	India	Australia
XX	2014	Glasgow	Scotland	Australia
XXI	2018	Gold Coast, Queensland	Australia	Australia
XXII	2022	Birmingham	England	Australia
XXIII	2026	TBA

Events

Men's events

Women's events

Elite Athletes with a Disability events

From the 2002 Commonwealth Games a number of events have been included in the program to include elite athletes with disabilities. Para swimming have been included in every games since.

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	330	247	221	798
2	England	113	148	148	409
3	Canada	108	129	131	368
4	South Africa	34	36	31	101
5	New Zealand	24	32	38	94
6	Scotland	22	32	42	96
7	Wales	7	10	18	35
8	Northern Ireland	1	1	1	3
9	Papua New Guinea	1	1	0	2
10	Kenya	1	0	0	1
	Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1
12	Singapore	0	5	1	6
13	Jamaica	0	3	3	6
14	Malaysia	0	1	1	2
15	Bahamas	0	1	0	1
	Guyana	0	1	0	1
17	India	0	0	1	1
	Isle of Man	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		642	647	638	1,927

Games records

References

1. "Para-Sports at the Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

External links

• Commonwealth Games sport index

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