Australia at the Commonwealth Games

Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games on four occasions but have only won once via an international vote. That vote was for the host of the 2018 games, won by the Gold Coast.

Sydney 1938 was simply awarded.

Perth 1962 was a contest between Adelaide and Perth which Adelaide originally won at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Adelaide first won 13 votes to Perth's 3. Two years later that was overturned by the Australian Commonwealth Games Association prior to the 1958 British Empire Games in Cardiff, Wales. A New Vote awarded Perth with a 9 to 7 vote.

Brisbane 1982 was awarded after Lagos, Nigeria; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Birmingham, England all withdrew prior to the Bid vote that took place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada during the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Melbourne 2006 was awarded to the city after Wellington, New Zealand withdrew their bid prior to the Bid Lodgement Deadline.

Positions are calculated by the number of gold medals earned, then the number of silvers is taken into consideration and then the number of bronze.

Figures from Commonwealth Games Foundation website.[2] Those represented in bold are the highest scoring medal tally for each individual medal.

The 2006 Games saw the highest overall medal tally, including the highest number of silver and bronze medals. The 1994 Games remains the Games with the highest number of gold medals won for Australia.

				Total
Australia	936	777	713	2426

Overall total of medals achieved for each individual Commonwealth Games sporting area from 1911-2018. Includes 1911 Festival of the Empire.

Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	307	225	202	734
Athletics	196	164	140	500
Cycling	110	70	53	233
Shooting	70	59	42	171
Weightlifting	58	50	46	154
Gymnastics	47	43	49	139
Diving	37	42	39	118
Boxing	19	17	35	71
Rowing	16	10	8	34
Wrestling	14	22	16	52
Lawn bowls	14	22	11	47
Squash	11	8	14	33
Hockey	10	1	1	12
Basketball	4	0	0	4
Fencing	3	15	10	28
Triathlon	3	4	5	12
Tennis	3	3	2	8
Netball	3	3	0	6
Ten-pin bowling	3	1	1	5
Judo	2	3	13	18
Badminton	2	1	9	12
Table tennis	1	6	5	12
Beach volleyball	1	1	0	2
Archery	1	0	2	3
Water polo	1	0	0	1
Synchronised swimming	0	3	7	10
Rugby sevens	0	2	2	4
Powerlifting	0	1	1	2
Cricket	0	1	0	1
Totals (29 nations)	936	777	713	2426

Commonwealth Games Progressive Medal Tally
Year		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2018		936	777	713	2426
2014		856	718	654	2228
2010		807	676	608	2091
2006		733	621	560	1914
2002		649	552	492	1693
1998		567	490	429	1486
1994		487	429	372	1288
1990		400	377	329	1106
1986		348	323	273	944
1982		308	277	238	823
1978		269	238	209	716
1974		245	205	182	632
1970		216	177	157	550
1966		180	153	135	468
1962		157	125	113	395
1958		119	89	82	290
1954		92	67	65	224
1950		72	56	48	176
1938		38	29	29	96
1934		13	10	17	30
1930		5	6	4	16
1911		2	2	4	8

Note - 1911 Games includes medals won by all Australasia athletes

• Arthur Tunstall has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games (1962, 66, 70, 74, 78, 86, 90, 94).
• Runner Steve Moneghetti has represented Australia as an athlete in four Games (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998) and an official at four Games (2002, 2010, 2014, 2018)
• Donald Stockins has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games (1974, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002).
• Badminton player Rhonda Cator has represented Australia as an athlete in fiveGames (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002) and an official at three Games (2004, 2010, 2014)
• Shooter Bruce Quick has represented in 7 Commonwealth Games (1990, 1998, 2002,2006,2010,2014 and 2018)
• Shooter Phillip Adams has represented in 6 Commonwealth Games (1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002).
• Shooter Russell Mark has represented in 6 Commonwealth Games (1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014)
• Shooter James Corbett has represented in 6 Commonwealth Games (1986, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014)
• Squash player David Palmer has represented in 6 Commonwealth Games (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)

• Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 10 gold medals at three successive Games (1990, 94, 98).
• Swimmer Ian Thorpe won 10 gold medals at two successive Games (1998, 2002).
• Swimmer Leisel Jones won 10 gold medals at three successive Games (2002, 06, 10).

• Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 6 gold medals at the 1998 Games.
• Swimmer Ian Thorpe won 6 gold medals at the 2002 Games.

• 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).
• Swimmer Emily Seebohm has won 15 medals (7 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze) at three Games (2010, 14, 18)
• Shooter Bruce Quick has won 14 medals ( 1 Gold, 9 Silver and 4 Bronze) at 6 games ( 1990,1998,2002,2006,2010 and 2014).

• 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.

• Jenny Turrall, was 13 years, 8 months old when she won a gold medal in the 400m freestyle at Christchurch, New Zealand in 1974.[7] Jenny Turrall also won Silver medals in the 200m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle and the women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay at the 1974 Christchurch Games.[8]

Australia has won gold in the following events for each consecutive Games since the beginning of each individual streak.

• Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m (13 Games - 1954, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002)
• Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley (8 Games - 1990, 94, 98, 2002, 06, 10, 14, 18)
• Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m (6 Games - 1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002)
• Men's Hockey (6 Games - 1998, 2002, 06, 10, 14, 18)

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.

• 6 World Records were set during these Games.
• 44 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 2002 Games.

• 20 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1998 Games.

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

• 7 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1990 Games.

• 6 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1986 Games.

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

• 1 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1974 Games.

• 3 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1970 Games.

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

• 5 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1962 Games.

• 3 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1958 Games.

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

• 2 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1934 Games.