Papua New Guinea at the Commonwealth Games

Papua New Guinea
 at the Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Games history (summary)
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British Commonwealth Games
  • 1970*
  • 1974
Commonwealth Games

*As Papua and New Guinea

Papua New Guinea made its Commonwealth Games début in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth. The country has competed in thirteen editions of the Games to date.

Papua New Guineans have won three medals in boxing, two in lawn bowls, one in shooting, one in swimming and one in weightlifting.

Geua Vada Tau won the country's first Commonwealth gold by defeating New Zealand's Millie Khan 25-18 in lawn bowls (women's singles) during the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Papua New Guinea's second gold medal came in 2006 Commonwealth Games, when Ryan Pini won the men's 100m butterfly event in swimming, with a time of 52.64 seconds.

Gold medallists

List of gold medallists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 GoldGeua Vada Tau1990 AucklandLawn BowlsSingles-Women
 GoldRyan Pini2006 MelbourneSwimmingMen's 100 metres butterfly
 GoldDika Toua2014 GlasgowWeightliftingWomen's 53 kg
 GoldSteven Kukuna Kari2014 GlasgowWeightliftingMen's 94 kg

Medal tally

                  Total
Papua New Guinea 45211

Papua New Guinea ranks thirty-first on the all-time medal tally of the Commonwealth Games.

Overall Medal Tally

[1][2]

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1962 Perth 0 0 1 1 17
1966 Kingston 0 1 0 1 20
1970 Edinburgh 0 0 0 0 -
1974 Christchurch 0 0 0 0 -
1978 Edmonton 0 1 0 1 18
1982 Brisbane 0 0 0 0 -
1990 Auckland 1 0 0 1 19
1994 Victoria 0 1 0 1 20
1998 Kuala Lumpur 0 0 1 1 32
2002 Manchester 0 0 0 0 -
2006 Melbourne 1 1 0 2 18
2010 Delhi 0 1 0 1 29
2014 Glasgow 2 0 0 2 16
Total 4 5 2 11 27

References

  1. ↑ "Papua New Guinea Official Results". Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Papua New Guinea Commonwealth Games History". Retrieved 13 May 2011.

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