Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games

Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games
Northern Ireland
 at the Commonwealth Games
Northern Ireland:
Flag of Northern Ireland

CGF Code = NIR
Commonwealth Games history
Commonwealth Games
1934 • 1938 • 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966 • 1970 • 1978 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014

Northern Ireland has competed in sixteen of the eighteen Commonwealth Games beginning with the second games, held in 1934. Northern Ireland did not compete in 1930 (when there was a single team from Ireland) and in 1950. It differs from the Olympic Games where although it officially competes with England, Scotland and Wales as part of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, many athletes have represented the Ireland team.

Northern Ireland's participation in the Commonwealth Games is managed by a body known as the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council.

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Medal tally

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Northern Ireland was twenty-fourth in the medal tally and was fourteenth in the All-time tally of medals, with an overall total of 78 medals (17 Gold, 23 Silver and 38 Bronze).

Medals by Summer Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
1934 London 0 1 2 3
1938 Sydeny 0 0 0 0
1950 Auckland did not participate
1954 Vancouver 2 1 0 3
1958 Cardiff 1 1 3 5
1962 Perth 0 0 1 1
1966 Kingston 1 3 3 7
1970 Edinburgh 3 1 5 9
1974 Christchurch 3 1 2 6
1978 Edmonton 2 1 2 5
1982 Brisbane 0 3 3 6
1986 Edinburgh 2 4 9 15
1990 Auckland 1 3 5 9
1994 Victoria 5 2 3 10
1998 Kuala Lumpar 2 1 1 4
2002 Manchester 2 2 1 5
2006 Melbourne 0 2 0 2
2010 Delhi 3 3 4 10
Total 27 29 44 100

Flag and victory anthem

Logo of Team NI

At the games the Northern Ireland team uses the flag of the former Government of Northern Ireland, the Ulster Banner as its national flag.[1] This flag is also used by the Northern Ireland national football team.

The team uses Londonderry Air as its victory anthem.

The team logo, and of the Commonwealth Games Council for Northern Ireland, features the Red Hand of Ulster, a traditional emblem of the province of Ulster.[2]

The team goes by the abbreviation NIR.

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