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Australia at the Commonwealth Games

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Australian Commonwealth Games Association

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commonwealthgames.org.au

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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.

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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.

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, Quebec, 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.

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 tally, including the highest number of silver and bronze medals. The 1994 Games remains the Games with the highest number of gold medals won for Australia.

Overall Medal Tally by Sport

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

Progressive Medal Tally

Figures from Commonwealth Games Foundation website.

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.

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 Commonwealth Games 1990, 1998, 2002,2006,2010 and 2014

    • 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.

    2002

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

    • 1998

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

    • 1994

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

    • 1990

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

    • 1986

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

    • 1978

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

    • 1974

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

    • 1970

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

    • 1966

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

    • 1962

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

    • 1958

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

    • 1950

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

    • 1934

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

    • 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.

    References

    Australia at the Commonwealth Games Wikipedia
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