Australia at the Commonwealth Games
CGF code	AUS
CGA	Commonwealth Games Australia
Website	commonwealthgames.com.au
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 1,001 Silver 832 Bronze 764 Total 2,597
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030

Australia first competed at the Games, then titled theBritish Empire Games, in 1930; and is one of only six countries to have sent athletes to every Commonwealth Games. The others areCanada,England,New Zealand,Scotland, andWales. Australian athletes competed for Australasia at the1911 Festival of the Empire, the forerunner to the British Empire Games.

Five of the 21 games have been hosted by Australia, with the city ofGold Coast hosting the2018 Commonwealth Games.

Australia has placed first at 13 out of the 21 games (compared with England 7 and Canada 1) and has been in the top three for all meets except the first games in 1930.

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.^[1]

Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games on five occasions 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 betweenAdelaide and Perth which Adelaide originally won at the1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Adelaide first won 13 votes to Perth's 3. Two years later that was overturned by the Australian Commonwealth Games Association prior to the 1958 British Empire Games inCardiff, Wales. A New Vote awarded Perth with a 9 to 7 vote.

Brisbane 1982 was awarded afterLagos, Nigeria;Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia andBirmingham, England all withdrew prior to the Bid vote that took place inMontreal, Quebec, Canada during the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Melbourne 2006 was awarded to the city afterWellington, New Zealand, withdrew their bid prior to the Bid Lodgement Deadline.

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.^[2] 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.

				Total
Australia	1001	832	763	2596

Australasian athletes representation

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank	Competitors	Officials	Flag Bearer Opening	Flag Bearer Closing	Che de Mission/General Manager
1911 London	2	2	4	8		7	1			Richard Coombes

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank	Competitors	Officials	Flag Bearer Opening	Flag Bearer Closing	Che de Mission/General Manager
1930 Hamilton	3	4	1	8	5	9	2	Bobby Pearce		Hugh Weir
1934 London	8	4	2	14	3	17	2	Noel Ryan		Herbert Maxwell
1938 Sydney	25	19	22	66	1	154	11	Edgar 'Dunc Gray		Wilfred Kent Hughes
1950 Auckland	34	27	19	80	1	144	20	Mervyn Wood		Harold Wikes
1954 Vancouver	20	11	17	48	2	78	13	Dick Garrard		Jim Eve
1958 Cardiff	27	22	17	66	2	104	14	Ivan Lund		Jim Eve
1962 Perth	38	36	31	105	1	207	30	Tony Madigan		Edgar Tanner
1966 Kingston	23	28	22	73	2	101	23	David Dickson		Bill Young
1970 Edinburgh	36	24	22	82	1	107	25	Pam Kilborn	Michael Wenden[3]	Arthur Tunstall
1974 Christchurch	29	28	25	82	1	162	34	Michael Wenden		Bill Young
1978 Edmonton	24	33	27	84	3	148	42	Remo Sansonetti and Salvatore Sansonetti	Tracey Wickham[4]	Les Martyn
1982 Brisbane	39	39	29	107	1	206	54	Rick Mitchell	Lisa Curry	Jim Barry
1986 Edinburgh	40	46	35	121	3	227	69	Michael Turtur	Gael Martin[5]	Arthur Tunstall
1990 Auckland	52	54	56	162	1	247	68	Lisa Curry-Kenny	Phillip Adams	Arthur Tunstall
1994 Victoria	87	52	43	182	1	245	92	Ian Hale	Gary Neiwand	Arthur Tunstall
1998 Kuala Lumpur	80	61	57	198	1	318	130	Kieren Perkins	Susan O'Neill	Don Stockins
2002 Manchester	82	62	63	207	1	352	131	Damian Brown	Ian Thorpe	Don Stockins
2006 Melbourne	84	69	68	221	1	417	168	Jane Saville	Leisel Jones	John Devitt
2010 Delhi	74	55	48	177	1	366	179	Sharelle McMahon	Alicia Coutts	Steve Mongehetti
2014 Glasgow	49	42	46	137	2	414	184	Anna Meares	Mark Knowles	Steve Mongehetti
2018 Gold Coast	80	59	59	198	1	473		Mark Knowles	Kurt Fearnley	Steve Mongehetti
2022 Birmingham	67	57	55	179	1	429		Eddie Ockenden &Rachael Grinham	Melissa Wu	Petria Thomas
Total	1001	832	764	2597	1[6]			[1][6]

Overall total of medals achieved for each individual Commonwealth Games sporting area from 1911-2018. Includes1911 Festival of the Empire.

Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	330	247	221	798
Athletics	206	171	141	518
Cycling	121	73	57	251
Shooting	70	59	42	171
Weightlifting[n 1]	59	53	48	160
Gymnastics	51	48	52	151
Diving	41	45	42	128
Lawn bowls	19	25	11	55
Boxing	18	19	38	75
Rowing	16	10	8	34
Wrestling	14	22	18	54
Squash	11	8	14	33
Hockey	11	2	1	14
Basketball	5	2	1	8
Judo	4	3	21	28
Netball	4	3	0	7
Fencing	3	15	10	28
Triathlon	3	4	8	15
Tennis	3	3	2	8
Ten-pin bowling	3	1	1	5
Beach volleyball	2	2	0	4
Badminton	2	1	9	12
Table tennis	1	6	5	12
Rugby sevens	1	2	2	5
Cricket	1	1	0	2
Archery	1	0	2	3
Water polo	1	0	0	1
Synchronised swimming	0	3	9	12
Powerlifting[n 1]	0	0	1	1
Totals (29 entries)	1,001	828	764	2,593

Commonwealth Games Progressive Medal Tally
Year		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2018		936	777	714	2427
2014		856	718	654	2228
2010		807	676	608	2091
2006		733	621	560	1914
2002		649	552	492	1693
1998		567	490	429	1486
1994		487	429	372	1288
1990		400	377	329	1106
1986		348	323	273	944
1982		308	277	238	823
1978		269	238	209	716
1974		245	205	182	632
1970		216	177	157	550
1966		180	153	135	468
1962		157	125	113	395
1958		119	89	82	290
1954		92	67	65	224
1950		72	56	48	176
1938		38	29	29	96
1934		13	10	17	40
1930		5	6	4	15
1911		2	2	4	8

Note - 1911 Games includes medals won by all Australasia athletes

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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• Arthur Tunstall has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games (1962, 66, 70, 74, 78, 86, 90, 94).
• RunnerSteve Moneghetti has represented Australia as an athlete in four Games (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998) and an official at four Games (2002, 2010, 2014, 2018)
• Donald Stockins has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games (1974, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002).
• Badminton playerRhonda Cator has represented Australia as an athlete in five Games (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002) and an official at three Games (2004, 2010, 2014)
• ShooterBruce Quick has represented in 7 Commonwealth Games (1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018)
• ShooterPhillip Adams has represented in 6 Commonwealth Games (1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002).
• ShooterRussell Mark has represented in 6 Commonwealth Games (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
• Shooter James Corbett has represented in 6 Commonwealth Games (1986, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014)
• Squash playerDavid Palmer has represented in 6 Commonwealth Games (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)

• SwimmerEmma McKeon won 14 gold medals at three successive Games (2014, 18, 22).
• SwimmerSusie O'Neill won 10 gold medals at three successive Games (1990, 94, 98).
• SwimmerIan Thorpe won 10 gold medals at two successive Games (1998, 2002).
• SwimmerLeisel Jones won 10 gold medals at three successive Games (2002, 06, 10).

• SwimmerSusie O'Neill won 6 gold medals at the 1998 Games.
• SwimmerIan Thorpe won 6 gold medals at the 2002 Games.
• SwimmerEmma McKeon won 6 gold medals at the 2022 Games.

• Swimmer Emma McKeon won 20 medals (14 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze) at three Games (2014, 18, 22).
• ShooterPhillip Adams has won 18 medals (7 gold, 9 silver, 2 bronze) at five Games (1982, 86, 90, 94, 2002).
• SwimmerSusie O'Neill has won 15 medals (10 gold, 5 silver) at three Games (1990, 94, 98).
• SwimmerEmily Seebohm has won 15 medals (7 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze) at three Games (2010, 14, 18)
• ShooterBruce Quick has won 14 medals (1 Gold, 9 Silver and 4 Bronze) at 6 games (1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014).

• 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.

• Jenny Turrall, was 13 years, 8 months old when she won a gold medal in the 400m freestyle at Christchurch, New Zealand in 1974.^[7] Jenny Turrall also won Silver medals in the 200m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle and the women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay at the 1974 Christchurch Games.^[8]

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, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley (9 Games - 1990, 94, 98, 2002, 06, 10, 14, 18, 22)
• Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m (6 Games - 1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002)
• Men's Hockey (7 Games - 1998, 2002, 06, 10, 14, 18, 22)

Record Types listed follow this Key:

• WR:World Record
• CR:Commonwealth Record
• AR:Australian Record
• GR:Games Record

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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