COMMONWEALTH GAMES

COMMONWEALTH GAMES

The Commonwealth Games is an un-international, multi-sport event involving athletes from theCommonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years. The Games are described as the third largest multi-sport event in the world after the Olympic Games and the Asian Games.

It was initially known as the British Empire Games .Although there are 54 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, 71 teams participate in the Commonwealth Games as a number of British overseas territories, Crown dependencies, and island states compete under their own flag. The four Home Nations of the United Kingdom – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – also send separate teams.The first Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978.

At the 1930 games, women competed in the swimming events only. From 1934, women also competed in some athletics events.

The Commonwealth Paraplegic Games were held alongside the Commonwealth Games from 1962 to 1974. In the regular Commonwealth Games, athletes with a disability were first included in exhibition events at the 1994 Victoria, Canada Games.^[5] At the 2002 Manchester Games they were included as full members of their national teams, making them the first fully inclusive international multi-sport games. This meant that results were included in the medal count.

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Start Date	End Date	Sports	Events	Nations	Competitors
British Empire Games
I	1930	Hamilton	Canada	16 August	23 August	6	59	11	400
II	1934	London	England	4 August	11 August	6	68	16	500
III	1938	Sydney	Australia	5 February	12 February	7	71	15	464
IV	1950	Auckland	New Zealand	4 February	11 February	9	88	12	590
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
V	1954	Vancouver	Canada	30 July	7 August	9	91	24	662
VI	1958	Cardiff	Wales	18 July	26 July	9	94	36	1122
VII	1962	Perth	Australia	22 November	1 December	9	104	35	863
VIII	1966	Kingston	Jamaica	4 August	13 August	9	110	34	1050
British Commonwealth Games
IX	1970	Edinburgh	Scotland	16 July	25 July	9	121	42	1383
X	1974	Christchurch	New Zealand	24 January	2 February	9	121	38	1276
Commonwealth Games
XI	1978	Edmonton	Canada	3 August	12 August	10	128	46	1474
XII	1982	Brisbane	Australia	30 September	9 October	10	142	46	1583
XIII	1986	Edinburgh	Scotland	24 July	2 August	10	163	26	1662
XIV	1990	Auckland	New Zealand	24 January	3 February	10	204	55	2073
XV	1994	Victoria	Canada	18 August	28 August	10	217	63	2557
XVI	1998	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	11 September	21 September	15	213	70	3633
XVII	2002	Manchester	England	25 July	4 August	171	281	72	3679
XVIII	2006	Melbourne	Australia	15 March	26 March	162	245	71	4049
XIX	2010	Delhi	India	3 October	14 October	173	272	71	6700
XX	2014	Glasgow	Scotland	23 July	3 August
XXI	2018	Gold Coast	Australia	4 April	15 April

2010

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	74	55	48	177
2	India	38	27	36	101

2011

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	37	24	16	77
2	Australia (AUS)	29	28	17	74
3	South Africa (RSA)	8	7	15	30
4	New Zealand (NZL)	6	6	8	20
5	Wales (WAL)	5	11	10	26
6	Scotland (SCO)	5	6	11	22
7	Kenya (KEN)	4	4	2	10
8	Malaysia (MAS)	4	2	1	7
9	India (IND)	3	3	3	9
10	Northern Ireland (NIR)	3	2	3	8
	Total	110	110	110	330

List of Commonwealth Youth Games

Edition	Year	Location	Sports
I	2000	Edinburgh	8
II	2004	Bendigo	10
III	2008	Pune	9
IV	2011	Isle of Man	7
V	2015	Apia	7
VI	2017	Castries	7

List of Commonwealth Winter Games

Edition	Year	Location	Sports
I	1958	St. Moritz, Switzerland
II	1962	St. Moritz, Switzerland
III	1966	St. Moritz, Switzerland
2010	2010	Gulmarg, India	cancelled

Commonwealth Paraplegic Games

Games	Year	Host	Dates	Nations	Competitors
I	1962	Perth, Australia	10 – 17 November	9	93
II	1966	Kingston, Jamaica		10	133
III	1970	Edinburgh, Scotland	26 July – 1 August	14	150
IV	1974	Dunedin, New Zealand	13 – 19 January	14	232 *