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 then-titled British Empire Games in 1930, and is one of only six countries to have sent athletes to every Commonwealth Games. Australia has held first position in the medal tally for 10 out of the 18 games and has been in the top three for all meets except the first two games in 1930 and 1934. Four of the 18 games have been hosted by Australia. Adelaide is speculated to be the next bid city for the 2014 or 2018 Commonwealth Games.

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. [link]

List of Games Host Nation Bids

Bids won

Australia has won 4 bids to host the Commonwealth Games.

Year	Host City, State	Years Between
2006 Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Victoria	24
1982 Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Queensland	20
1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Perth, Western Australia	24
1938 British Empire Games	Sydney, New South Wales	-

Future Bids

Year	Bid Host City, State
2014 Commonwealth Games	Adelaide, South Australia
2018 Commonwealth Games	Adelaide, South Australia

Medals

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

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

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

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.

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Year	Athletes	Male	Female	Sports
2006	426	220	206	18
2002	371
1998	320
1994	250
1990	248
1986	235
1982	210
1978	148
1974
1970
1966
1962
1958
1954
1950
1938
1934
1930

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).

Best Individual Medal Achievements

Most gold medals won

• Swimmer Susan 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).

Most gold medals won at a single Games

• Swimmer Susan 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 Susan O'Neill has won 15 medals (10 gold, 5 silver) at three Games (1990, 94, 98).

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 Turrell was 13 years and 8 months old when she won a gold medal in the 400 metres Freestyle Swimming at the 1974 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 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 (4 Games - 1990, 94, 98, 2002)

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.

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Year	WR	CR	AR	GR	Total
2006
2002	6			44	50
1998				20	20
1994				29	29
1990				7	7
1986				6	6
1982				2	2
1978				1	1
1974				1	1
1970				3	3
1966				14	14
1962				5	5
1958				0	0
1954				3	3
1950				2	2
1938				0	0
1934				2	2
1930				0	0
Total	6			139	145

2002

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

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Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
WR	Cycling	4,000 m Team Pursuit (Qualifying)	Team: Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Mark Renshaw, Luke Roberts	4:04.034
WR	Cycling	4,000 m Team Pursuit	Team: Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Mark Renshaw, Luke Roberts	3:59.583
WR	Swimming	50 m Freestyle Multi Disability (Heat)	James Austin	27.48
WR	Swimming	100 m Freestyle Multi Disability (Heat)	James Austin	1:00.21
WR	Swimming	100 m Freestyle Multi Disability (Final)	James Austin	1:00.27
WR	Swimming	400 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe	3:40.08
GR	Athletics	Men's 20 km Walk	Nathan Deakes	1:25.35 (hours)
GR	Athletics	Women's 20 km Walk	Jane Saville	1:36.34 (hours)
GR	Athletics	Women's 4x400 m Relay	Australia	3:25.63 (mins)
GR	Athletics	Men's 50 km Walk	Nathan Deakes	3:52.40 (hours)
GR	Athletics	Women's Marathon	Kerryn McCann	2:30.05 (hours)
GR	Athletics	Women's Pole Vault	Tatiana Grigorieva	4.35 (meters)
GR	Athletics	Men's Shot Put	Justin Anlezark	20.91 (meters)
GR	Cycling	Men's 20 km Scratch Race	Graeme Brown	24:14.660 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Women's 25 km Points Race	Katherine Bates	37 (points)
GR	Cycling	Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit	Bradley "Brad" McGee	4:16.358 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Women's 500 m Time Trial	Kerrie Meares	35.084 (seconds)
GR	Cycling	Men's Road Race (187.2 km)	Stuart O'Grady	4:43:17 (hours)
GR	Cycling	Men's Road Time Trial (46.8 km)	Cadel Evans	1:00:53.50 (hours)
GR	Cycling	Men's Team Sprint	Australia	44.506 (seconds)
GR	Shooting	Women's 25 m Standard Pistol (Ind)	Lalita Yauhleuskaya	686.8 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's 25 m Standard Pistol (Team)	Australia	1150 (points)
GR	Shooting	Men's 50 m Free Rifle-3 Position (Team)	Australia	2297 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's 50 m Rifle Prone (Ind)	Kim Frazer	588 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Skeet (Ind)	Lauryn Ogilvie	93 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Skeet (Team)	Australia	95 (points)
GR	Shooting	Men's Trap (Team)	Australia	187 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Trap (Team)	Australia	90 (points)
GR	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke	Matt Welsh	0:54.72 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 100 m Butterfly	Geoff Huegill	0:52.36 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 100 m Butterfly	Petria Thomas	0:58.57 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe	48.73 (seconds)
GR	Swimming	Men's 100 m Multi Disability Freestyle	Ben Austin	(mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 200 m Butterfly	Justin Norris	1:56.95 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 200 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe	1:44.71 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe	3:40.08 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 400 m Individual Medley	Justin Norris	4:16.95 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	Australia	3:16.42 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	Australia	3:40.41 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	Australia	3:36.05 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay	Australia	4:03.70 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay	Australia	7:11.69 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 50 m Backstroke	Matt Welsh	25.65 (seconds)
GR	Swimming	Women's 50 m Backstroke	Dyana Calub	28.98 (seconds)
GR	Swimming	Men's 50 m Butterfly	Geoff Huegill	23.57 (seconds)
GR	Swimming	Women's 50 m Butterfly	Petria Thomas	26.66 (seconds)
GR	Swimming	Men's 50 m Multi Disability Freestyle	Ben Austin	(seconds)
GR	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg+ Snatch	Caroline Pileggi	100.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg Snatch	Damian Brown	147.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg Snatch	Alex Karapetyn	167.5 (kg)

1998

• 20 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1998 Games.
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Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Athletics	Women's 10 km Road Walk	Jane Saville	43:57 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Men's 184 km Road Race	Jay Sweet	4:31:56 (hours)
GR	Cycling	Women's 24 km Points Race	Alayna Burns	34 (points)
GR	Cycling	Women's Road Race (28 km)	Anna Wilson	37:34 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Men's Sprint	Darryn Hill	10.533 (seconds)
GR	Shooting	Women's Air Pistol (Ind)	Annemarie Forder	480.6 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Air Pistol (Team)	Australia	748 (points)
GR	Shooting	Men's Smallbore Rifle 3 Position (Ind)	Timothy Lowndes	1235.3 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Smallbore Sport Rifle 3 Position (Ind)	Susan McCready	667.3 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Smallbore Sport Rifle Prone (Team)	Australia	1174 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Sport Pistol (Team)	Australia	1140 (points)
GR	Swimming	Women's 200 m Butterfly	Susan O'Neill	2:06.60 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 200 m Individual Medley	Matthew Dunn	2:00.26 (mins)
GR	Tenpin Bowling	Women's Doubles	Australia	3678 (points)
GR	Tenpin Bowling	Mixed Doubles	Australia	3605 (points)
GR	Tenpin Bowling	Women's Singles	Cara Honeychurch	6406 (points)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg Clean and Jerk	Damian Brown	187.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg Combined	Damian Brown	327.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg Clean and Jerk	Kiril Kounev	205.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg Combined	Kiril Kounev	370.0 (kg)

1994

• 29 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1994 Games.
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Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Athletics	Men's Marathon Wheelchair	Paul Wiggins	1:37.33 (hours)
GR	Cycling	Men's 10 Mile	Stuart O'Grady	18:50.520 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	Australia	1:53:19.13 (hours)
GR	Cycling	Women's 25 km Team Time Trial	Australia	1:04:03.20 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Men's 4000 m Team Pursuit	Australia	4:10.485 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Men's 40 km Points Race	Brett Aitken	38 (points)
GR	Cycling	Women's Road Race	Kathryn "Kathy" Watt	2:48:04.73 (seconds)
GR	Shooting	Fullbore Rifle Queens Prize - Open (Pair)	Australia	593 (points)
GR	Shooting	Men's Running Target (Ind)	Bryan Wilson	657.9 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Smallbore Rifle Prone (Team)	Australia	1160 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Sport Pistol (Ind)	Christine Trefry	679.4 (points)
GR	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke	Samantha Riley	1:08.02 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S9	Melissa Carlton	1:09.61 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 1500 m Freestyle	Kieren Perkins	14:41.66 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 200 m Breaststroke	Samantha Riley	2:25.53 (mins)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg + Clean and Jerk	Stefan Botev	200.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg + Combined	Stefan Botev	360.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg + Snatch	Steven Kettner	165.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg Clean and Jerk	Nicu Vlad	220.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg Combined	Nicu Vlad	405.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg Snatch	Nicu Vlad	185.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 64 kg Combined	Sevdalin Marinov	277.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 76 kg Clean and Jerk	Damian Brown	182.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg Clean and Jerk	Kiril Kounev	200.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg Combined	Kiril Kounev	352.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg Snatch	Kiril Kounev	152.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg Clean and Jerk	Harvey Goodman	200.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg Combined	Harvey Goodman	362.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg Snatch	Harvey Goodman	162.5 (kg)

1990

• 7 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1990 Games.
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1986

• 6 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1986 Games.
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1978

• 2 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1978 Games.
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1974

• 1 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1974 Games.
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1970

• 3 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1970 Games.
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1966

• 14 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1966 Games.
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1962

• 5 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1962 Games.
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1958

• 3 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1958 Games.
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1950

• 2 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1950 Games.
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1934

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

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External links

• [Commonwealth Games Federation]
• [Australian Commonwealth Games Association]

Sources

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

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