Australia at the Commonwealth Games

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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. The cities of Adelaide, Canberra and the Gold Coast have all been speculated to bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Australia has held first position in the medal tally for 10 out of the 18 games (compared with England 7 and Canada 1), and has been in the top three for all meets except the first two games in 1930 and 1934.

After the 2006 Games, Australia was first in the All-time tally of medals, with an overall total of 1707 medals (643 Gold, 556 Silver and 508 Bronze).

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. [1]

[edit] List of Games Host Nation Bids

[edit] Bids won

Australia has won 4 bids to host the Commonwealth Games.

[edit] Future Bids

[edit] Medals

[edit] Overall Medal Tally

Figures 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.

Year				Total	Position
2006	84	69	68	221	1st
2002	82	62	63	207	1st
1998	82	61	57	200	1st
1994	87	53	43	183	1st
1990	52	54	58	164	1st
1986	40	46	35	121	3rd
1982	39	39	29	107	1st
1978	24	33	27	84	3rd
1974	29	28	25	82	1st
1970	36	24	22	82	1st
1966	23	28	22	73	2nd
1962	38	36	31	105	1st
1958	27	22	17	66	2nd
1954	21	11	17	49	2nd
1950	34	27	19	80	1st
1938	25	19	22	66	1st
1934	8	4	2	14	5th
1930	3	4	1	8	5th

[edit] Overall Medal Tally by Sport

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

Sport				Total
Archery	0	0	1	1
Athletics	148	130	108	386
Badminton	2	1	8	11
Boxing	11	14	28	53
Cricket	0	1	0	1
Cycling	64	47	30	141
Diving	25	24	20	69
Fencing	3	15	11	29
Gymnastics	27	25	32	84
Hockey	3	0	1	4
Judo	2	3	9	14
Lawn Bowls	6	15	6	27
Netball	2	0	0	2
Rowing	16	10	8	34
Rugby 7's	0	0	1	1
Shooting	49	42	29	120
Squash	3	4	7	14
Swimming	219	151	134	504
Table Tennis	0	2	2	4
Tenpin Bowling	5	1	1	7
Triathlon	0	1	1	2
Waterpolo	1	0	0	1
Weightlifting	51	44	39	134
Wrestling	13	21	14	48

[edit] Progressive Medal Tally

Year				Total
2006	734	620	558	1912
2002	650	551	490	1691
1998	568	489	427	1484
1994	486	428	370	1284
1990	399	375	327	1101
1986	347	321	269	937
1982	307	275	234	816
1978	268	236	205	709
1974	244	203	178	625
1970	215	175	153	543
1966	179	151	131	461
1962	156	123	109	388
1958	118	87	78	283
1954	91	65	61	217
1950	70	54	44	168
1938	36	27	25	88
1934	11	8	3	22
1930	3	4	1	8

[edit] 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.

[edit] Team & Individual Competitor Achievements

[edit] Notable Achievements

[edit] 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).

[edit] Best Individual Medal Achievements

[edit] Most gold medals won

• Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 10 gold medals at three successive Games (1990, 94, 98).
• Swimmer Michael Wenden holds the record for the most Commonwealth Games gold medals won by a male, being 9 gold at three successive games (1966, 70, 74).
• Swimmer Ian Thorpe won 9 gold medals at two successive Games (1998, 2002).

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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).

[edit] 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.

[edit] Youngest gold medal winner

• Jenny Turrell was 13 years and 8 months old when she won a gold medal in the 400 metres Freestyle Swimming at the 1974 Games.

[edit] 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 x 200 m (13 Games - 1954, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002)
• Swimming, Men's 4 x 100 m (6 Games - 1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002)
• Swimming, Women's 4 x 100 m Medley (5 Games - 1990, 94, 98, 2002, 06)

[edit] Australian Records Achieved at Commonwealth Games

Record Types listed follow this Key:

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 2002

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

[edit] 1998

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

[edit] 1994

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

[edit] 1990

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

[edit] 1986

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

[edit] 1978

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

[edit] 1974

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

[edit] 1970

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

[edit] 1966

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

[edit] 1962

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

[edit] 1958

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

[edit] 1950

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

[edit] 1934

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

• Commonwealth Games Federation
• Australian Commonwealth Games Association

[edit] Sources

• http://www.olympics.com.au/news.cfm?ArticleID=6524

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