Gymnastics is one of the sports at the quadrennialCommonwealth Games.
Artistic gymnastics was a core discipline of the Commonwealth Games between 2002 and 2022 and was required by theCommonwealth Games Federation to be included in each games' sporting program.[1] It was first held as a demonstration sport in 1974[2] before being included in the main programme in1978. It has appeared at every games since1990.
Rhythmic gymnastics is an optional discipline and may, or may not, be included in the sporting program of each edition of the Games. It has been included in every edition since its1994 debut, except the2002 Games.
| Games | Year | Host city | Host country | Winner of the medal table | Second in the medal table | Third in the medal table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XI | 1978 | Edmonton | ||||
| XIV | 1990 | Auckland | ||||
| XV | 1994 | Victoria | ||||
| XVI | 1998 | Kuala Lumpur | ||||
| XVII | 2002 | Manchester | ||||
| XVIII | 2006 | Melbourne | ||||
| XIX | 2010 | Delhi | ||||
| XX | 2014 | Glasgow | ||||
| XXI | 2018 | Gold Coast | ||||
| XXII | 2022 | Birmingham | ||||
| XXIII | 2026 | Glasgow |
Updated after the2022 Commonwealth Games
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 58 | 53 | 45 | 156 | |
| 2 | 51 | 48 | 52 | 151 | |
| 3 | 45 | 40 | 31 | 116 | |
| 4 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 27 | |
| 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 31 | |
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |
| 7 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 16 | |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Totals (12 entries) | 179 | 177 | 182 | 538 | |
The most successful gymnast in Commonwealth Games history is the Canadian rhythmic gymnastAlexandra Orlando. She is also the only gymnast to have won a clean sweep of every gold in her discipline - artistic or rhythmic - in asingle Games since the introduction of individual apparatus to the Games.
The following gymnasts have won 4 or more gold medals at the Commonwealth Games:
| Name | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rhythmic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Most golds won at a single Games in any sport. | |
| 2. | Artistic | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | Most successful male and artistic gymnast. | |
| 3. | Artistic | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Most successful male gymnast in a single Games. | |
| 4= | Rhythmic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rhythmic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 6. | Rhythmic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 7. | Artistic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Most successful female artistic gymnast | |
| 8. | Artistic | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | Most decorated gymnast | |
| 9. | Artistic | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 10. | Artistic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 11. | Artistic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 12. | Artistic | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 13=. | Rhythmic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Artistic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 15=. | Artistic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Artistic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 17. | Artistic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Australia is the only nation to have won a gold in every event currently in the gymnastics program; only in therhythmic gymnastics discipline of Rope have they failed to do so, and the discipline was discontinued in 1994. Of the other two dominant nations in Commonwealth gymnastics,Canada have won gold in all rhythmic disciplines including rope, but no higher than silver onpommel horse, andEngland have won gold in all artistic gymnastic disciplines but only one gold in rhythmic gymnastics. Traditionally Scotland and Cyprus have been successful in artistic gymnastics, while Malaysia and Wales have found medals in rhythmic gymnastics.
| Event | |||||||||||||
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| M A G | |||||||||||||
| Team | |||||||||||||
| Individual All-Around | |||||||||||||
| Floor Exercise | |||||||||||||
| Pommel Horse | |||||||||||||
| Rings | |||||||||||||
| Vault | |||||||||||||
| Parallel Bars | |||||||||||||
| Horizontal Bar | |||||||||||||
| W A G | |||||||||||||
| Team | |||||||||||||
| Individual All-Around | |||||||||||||
| Vault | |||||||||||||
| Uneven Bars | |||||||||||||
| Balance Beam | |||||||||||||
| Floor Exercise | |||||||||||||
| R G | |||||||||||||
| Individual All-Around | |||||||||||||
| Team | |||||||||||||
| Hoop | |||||||||||||
| Ball | |||||||||||||
| Clubs | |||||||||||||
| Ribbon | |||||||||||||
| Rope | |||||||||||||
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