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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.
Contents
- Games Staged
- Overall Medal Tally
- Overall Medal Tally by Sport
- Progressive Medal Tally
- Numbers of athletes and sports
- Represented at most Games
- Most gold medals won
- Most gold medals won at a single Games
- Most medals won by a competitor
- Oldest gold medal winner
- Youngest gold medal winner
- Winning Streaks
- Australian Records Achieved at Commonwealth Games
- Record Summary
- 2002
- 1998
- 1994
- 1990
- 1986
- 1978
- 1974
- 1970
- 1966
- 1962
- 1958
- 1950
- 1934
- List of Ceremony Flag Bearers
- References
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
Most gold medals won
Most gold medals won at a single Games
Most medals won by a competitor
Oldest gold medal winner
Youngest gold medal winner
Winning Streaks
Australia has won gold in the following events for each consecutive Games since the beginning of each individual streak.
Australian Records Achieved at Commonwealth Games
Record Types listed follow this Key:
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
1998
1994
1990
1986
1978
1974
1970
1966
1962
1958
1950
1934
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.