- Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games
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Northern Ireland
at the Commonwealth Games:
Flag of Northern Ireland
CGF Code = NIRCommonwealth 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
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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Northern Ireland did not compete in Games in 1950. Northern Ireland competed as part of an Ireland team in 1930. Associations at the Commonwealth Games Current Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Australia · Bahamas · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Bermuda · Botswana · British Virgin Islands · Brunei Darussalam · Cameroon · Canada · Cayman Islands · Cook Islands · Cyprus · Dominica · England · Falkland Islands · Fiji · Gambia, The · Ghana · Gibraltar · Grenada · Guernsey · Guyana · India · Isle of Man · Jamaica · Jersey · Kenya · Kiribati · Lesotho · Malawi · Malaysia · Maldives · Malta · Mauritius · Montserrat · Mozambique · Namibia · Nauru · New Zealand · Nigeria · Niue · Norfolk Island · Northern Ireland · Pakistan · Papua New Guinea · Rwanda · Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Scotland · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Singapore · Solomon Islands · South Africa · Sri Lanka · Swaziland · Tanzania · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos · Tuvalu · Uganda · Vanuatu · Wales · Zambia
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