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Template:Infobox Commonwealth Games Australia Australia became independent of the United Kingdom in 1901 and officially became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1931 under the Statute of Westminster.

Australia first competed at the Games, then titled the British Empire Games, in 1930; and is one of only six countries to have sent athletes to every Commonwealth Games. The others are Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales.

Four of the 18 games have been hosted by Australia, and the city of Gold Coast will be hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Australia has placed first at 12 out of the 19 games (compared with England 6 and Canada 1) and has been in the top three for all meets except the first games in 1930.

After the 2006 Games, Australia was first in the All-time medal tally.

In all but one of the 18 Commonwealth Games held so far (excluding the 1978 Games), the Australian flag bearer has gone on to win a gold medal.

List of Games Host Nation Bids

Games Staged

Australia has hosted on four occasions the Commonwealth Games but have only won once via an international vote. that vote was for the host of the 2018 games, won by the Gold Coast

Sydney 1938 was simply awarded

Perth 1962 was a contest between Adelaide and Perth which Adelaide originally won at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Adelaide first won 13 votes to Perth's 3 two years later that was over turned by the Australian Commonwealth Games Association prior to the 1958 British Empire Games in Cardiff, Wales. A New Vote awarded Perth with a 9 to 7 vote.

Brisbane 1982 was awarded after Lagos, Nigeria; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Birmingham, England all with drew prior to the Bid vote that took place in Montreal, Canada during the 1976 Summer Olympics

Melbourne 2006 was awarded to the city after Wellington, New Zealand withdrew their bid prior to the Bid Lodgement Deadline.

Failed bid Results

Medals

Overall Medal Tally

Positions are calculated by the number of gold medals earned, then the number of silvers is taken into consideration and then the number of bronze.

Figures from Commonwealth Games Foundation website. Those represented in bold are the highest scoring medal tally for each individual medal.

The 2006 Games saw the highest overall medal wins, including highest silver and bronze counts. The 1994 Games remains the highest gold medal wins for Australia.

				Total
Australia	853	714	650	2217

Medal tally

Rank
1930 Hamilton	3	4	1	8	5
1934 London	8	4	2	14	3
1938 Sydney	25	19	22	66	1
1950 Auckland	34	27	19	80	1
1954 Vancouver	20	11	17	48	2
1958 Cardiff	27	22	17	66	2
1962 Perth	38	36	31	105	1
1966 Kingston	23	28	22	73	2
1970 Edinburgh	36	24	22	82	1
1974 Christchurch	29	28	25	82	1
1978 Edmonton	24	33	27	84	3
1982 Brisbane	39	39	29	107	1
1986 Edinburgh	40	46	35	121	2
1990 Auckland	52	54	56	162	1
1994 Victoria	87	52	42	181	1
1998 Kuala Lumpur	79	61	57	191	1
2002 Manchester	81	61	63	205	1
2006 Melbourne	84	69	68	221	1
2010 Delhi	74	55	49	178	1
2014 Glasgow	49	42	46	137	2
Total	852	716	650	2218	1

Overall Medal Tally by Sport

Overall total of medals achieved for each individual Commonwealth Games sporting area from 1930-2006.

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Archery	1	0	2	3
Athletics	159	136	111	406
Badminton	2	1	9	12
Basketball	2	0	0	2
Boxing	11	14	28	53
Cricket	0	1	0	1
Cycling	78	50	34	162
Diving	27	31	26	84
Fencing	3	15	11	29
Gymnastics	38	28	36	102
Hockey	5	0	1	6
Judo	2	3	9	14
Lawn Bowls	6	18	7	31
Netball	2	0	0	2
Rowing	16	10	8	34
Rugby 7's	0	1	1	2
Shooting	52	44	32	128
Squash	4	5	9	18
Swimming	241	167	150	558
Table Tennis	0	3	2	5
Tennis	3	3	2	8
Tenpin Bowling	5	1	1	7
Triathlon	0	1	1	2
Waterpolo	1	0	0	1
Weightlifting	53	46	40	139
Wrestling	14	22	15	51

Progressive Medal Tally

Figures from Commonwealth Games Foundation website.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2014	855	717	651	2223
2010	803	673	604	2080
2006	729	618	555	1902
2002	645	549	487	1681
1998	564	488	424	1476
1994	485	427	367	1279
1990	398	375	325	1098
1986	346	321	269	936
1982	306	275	234	815
1978	267	236	205	708
1974	243	203	178	624
1970	214	175	153	542
1966	178	151	131	460
1962	155	123	109	387
1958	117	87	78	282
1954	90	65	61	216
1950	70	54	44	168
1938	36	27	25	88
1934	11	8	3	22
1930	3	4	1	8

Numbers of athletes and sports

This list shows the total number of athletes, male and female, and the total sports they were selected to compete in.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Team & Individual Competitor Achievements

Notable Achievements

Represented at most Games

• Arthur Tunstall has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games (1962, 66, 70, 74, 78, 86, 90, 94).
• Donald Stockins has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games (1974, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002).
• Shooter Phillip Adams has competed in 6 Commonwealth Games (1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002).
• Shooter Bruce Quick has represented at 6 Comonwealth Games 1990, 1998, 2002,2006,2010 and 2014

Best Individual Medal Achievements

Most gold medals won

• Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 10 gold medals at three successive Games (1990, 94, 98).
• Swimmer Ian Thorpe won 10 gold medals at two successive Games (1998, 2002).
• Swimmer Leisel Jones won 10 gold medals at three successive Games (2002, 06, 10).

Most gold medals won at a single Games

• Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 6 gold medals at the 1998 Games.
• Swimmer Ian Thorpe won 6 gold medals at the 2002 Games.

Most medals won by a competitor

• Shooter Phillip Adams has won 18 medals (7 gold, 9 silver, 2 bronze) at five Games (1982, 86, 90, 94, 2002).
• Swimmer Susie O'Neill has won 15 medals (10 gold, 5 silver) at three Games (1990, 94, 98).
• Shooter Bruce Quick has won 14 medals ( 1 Gold, 9 Silver and 4 Bronze) at 6 games ( 1990,1998,2002,2006,2010 and 2014).

Oldest gold medal winner

• Dorothy Roche, was 61 years and 10 months old when she won a gold medal in the women's fours in Bowls at the 1990 Games.

Youngest gold medal winner

• Jenny Turrall, was 13 years, 8 months old when she won a gold medal in the 400m freestyle at Christchurch, New Zealand in 1974. Jenny Turrall also won Silver medals in the 200m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle and the 4x100 Freestyle Relay -women at the 1974 Christchurch Games.

Winning Streaks

Australia has won gold in the following events for each consecutive Games since the beginning of each individual streak.

• Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m (13 Games - 1954, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002)
• Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m (6 Games - 1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002)
• Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley (6 Games - 1990, 94, 98, 2002, 06, 10)
• Men's Hockey (4 Games - 1998, 2002, 06, 10)

Australian Records Achieved at Commonwealth Games

Record Types listed follow this Key:

• WR: World Record
• CR: Commonwealth Record
• AR: Australian Record
• GR: Games Record

Record Summary

This list shows a summary of known Australian records and totals for each year and overall. A world record also covers all other records (Commonwealth, Australian and Games) but is not included in each individual tally. This also goes for each other section overlapping. The hierarchy is defined by the record key.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

2002

• 6 World Records were set during these Games.
• 44 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 2002 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1998

• 20 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1998 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1994

• 29 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1994 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1990

• 7 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1990 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1986

• 6 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1986 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1978

• 2 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1978 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1974

• 1 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1974 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1970

• 3 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1970 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1966

• 14 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1966 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1962

• 5 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1962 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1958

• 3 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1958 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1950

• 2 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1950 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

1934

• 2 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1934 Games.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

List of Ceremony Flag Bearers

Bearing the countries flag at a Games meet is often considered one of the greatest honours an athlete can be given. Listed are opening and closing ceremony flag bearers associated with each athlete's sport.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

References

1. Archived 2007-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Country Index Commonwealth Games Federation
3. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sports/othersports/commonwealthgames/10995110
4. <http://www.thecgf.com.sports/medals_event.asp swimming 400m Freestyle Women-Gold Medals

External links

• Commonwealth Games Federation
• Australian Commonwealth Games Association

Sources

"Australia at the Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2008-12-11.

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