Swimming at the Commonwealth Games

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

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. The inclusion of events in this category has been inconsistent over the four Games where they have been included.

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	277	205	178	660
2	Canada	98	111	119	328
3	England	94	122	134	350
4	South Africa	24	29	26	79
5	Scotland	20	27	29	76
6	New Zealand	16	30	35	81
7	Wales	6	9	13	28
8	Papua New Guinea	1	1	0	2
9	Kenya	1	0	0	1
	Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1
11	Jamaica	0	2	3	5
12	Malaysia	0	1	1	2
13	Bahamas	0	1	0	1
	Guyana	0	1	0	1
	Singapore	0	1	0	1
16	India	0	0	1	1
	Isle of Man	0	0	1	1
Total		538	540	540	1618

Games records

External links

• Commonwealth Games sport index

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