Australia at the Commonwealth Games

Australia at the Commonwealth Games

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.

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. The cities of Adelaide, Canberra and the Gold Coast have all been speculated to bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Australia has held first position in the medal tally for 10 out of the 18 games (compared with England 7 and Canada 1), and has been in the top three for all meets except the first two games in 1930 and 1934.

After the 2006 Games, Australia was first in the All-time medal tally. Note though that the Progressive tally (below) of 1912 medals (734 Gold, 620 Silver and 558 Bronze) is higher than the tally given on All-time tally of medals, which gives an overall total of 1707 medals (643 Gold, 556 Silver and 508 Bronze).

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. [http://www.olympics.com.au/news.cfm?ArticleID=6524]

List of Games Host Nation Bids

Bids won

Australia has won 4 bids to host the Commonwealth Games.

Overall Medal Tally by Sport

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

Team & Individual Competitor Achievements

Notable Achievements

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).

Best Individual Medal Achievements

Most gold medals won

*Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 10 gold medals at three successive Games (1990, 94, 98).
*Swimmer Michael Wenden holds the record for the most Commonwealth Games gold medals won by a male, being 9 gold at three successive games (1966, 70, 74).
*Swimmer Ian Thorpe won 9 gold medals at two successive Games (1998, 2002).

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).

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 Turrell was 13 years and 8 months old when she won a gold medal in the 400 metres Freestyle Swimming at the 1974 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 x 200 m (13 Games - 1954, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002)
*Swimming, Men's 4 x 100 m (6 Games - 1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002)
*Swimming, Women's 4 x 100 m Medley (5 Games - 1990, 94, 98, 2002, 06)

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.

1994

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

1978

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

1966

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

1950

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

External links

* [http://www.commonwealthgames.com Commonwealth Games Federation]
* [http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/ Australian Commonwealth Games Association]

ources

*http://www.olympics.com.au/news.cfm?ArticleID=6524


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