New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games

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Since the first in 1930, New Zealand has competed in all 19 editions of the Commonwealth Games and has won a total of 564 medals including 130 gold.

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (known as The New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association prior to 1994) is the body in New Zealand responsible for selecting Athletes to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games. The NZOC is a member of the Commonwealth Games Federation.

In 1978 Nigeria boycotted the Commonwealth Games in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa

Host nation

New Zealand has hosted the Games three times:

• 1950 British Empire Games - Auckland
• 1974 British Commonwealth Games - Christchurch
• 1990 Commonwealth Games - Auckland

Medal tally

Historically, New Zealand has generally been 4th or 5th, though was up to 3rd (1950 & 1962), and down to 11th (1970 & 2010) and 9th (2006). At the first games in 1930, New Zealand's 4th position was ahead of Australia at 5th. At the conclusion of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, New Zealand has earned 130 gold medals, 189 silver medals and 245 bronze medals. In the all-time medal tally New Zealand is ranked 5th behind Australia, England, Canada and India

See also: All-time medal tally of Commonwealth Games

      Host country (New Zealand) ^[1]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1930	3	4	2	9	4
1934	1	0	2	3	6
1938	5	7	13	25	5
1950	10	22	22	54	3
1954	7	7	5	19	5
1958	4	6	9	19	5
1962	10	11	10	32	3
1966	8	5	13	26	4
1970	2	6	6	14	11
1974	9	8	18	35	4
1978	5	6	9	20	5
1982	5	8	13	26	5
1986	8	16	14	38	4
1990	17	14	27	58	4
1994	5	16	20	41	8
1998	8	6	20	34	6
2002	11	13	21	45	5
2006	6	12	13	31	9
2010	6	22	8	36	11
Total	130	189	245	564	5

Notable Competitors

Notable competitors for New Zealand include Greg Yelavich in sports shooting, who has won 11 medals at 6 games from 1986 to 2006. Rowan Brassey has also competed at 6 games, and has won 3 medals in lawn bowls. Greg Henderson has won 3 bronze and one gold medal for New Zealand Cycling. Athlete Valerie Young has won the most gold medals (5) of any New Zealand competitor.

References

1. ^ "New Zealand Commonwealth Games History". http://www.thecgf.com/countries/tally.asp. Retrieved 25 April 2011. 

External links

• New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
• Athletics in the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand has a paragraph on each Olympiad and Empire Games to 1964