Nauru at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Nauru was represented at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester by a team consisting solely of weight-lifters. Marcus Stephen, who would become President of Nauru five years later, competed for the fourth and last time. The 2002 Games were the first edition of the Commonwealth Games in which he failed to win a gold medal; Nauru's two golds were won by Reanna Solomon.

Nauru at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NRU
CGA	Nauru Olympic Committee
Website	oceaniasport.com/nauru
in Manchester, England
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 2 Silver 5 Bronze 8 Total 15
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

The 2002 Games marked Nauru's fourth participation in the Commonwealth Games, and the small country achieved by far its best result to date, with fifteen medals. It was also the first time that women had represented Nauru at the Games. Female athletes won ten of Nauru's fifteen medals, including its two gold.