Papua New Guinea at the Commonwealth Games

Papua New Guinea at the; Commonwealth Games
CGF code	PNG
CGA	Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee
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Medals; Ranked 26th	Gold 5 Silver 7 Bronze 2 Total 14
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

Papua New Guinea made its Commonwealth Games début in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. The country has competed in fourteen editions of the Games to date.

Since 1962, Papua New Guinea have won a total of 14 medals in 5 sports. Weightlifting has been the most successful sport with 6 medals followed by Boxing with 3, Lawn bowls with 2, Swimming with 2, and Shooting with 1 medal.[1]

Medals

After the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Papua New Guinea ranks 26th on the All-time Commonwealth Games medal table.

				Total
Papua New Guinea	5	7	2	14

List of gold medallists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Geua Tau	1990 Auckland	Lawn Bowls	Singles-Women
Gold	Ryan Pini	2006 Melbourne	Swimming	Men's 100 metres butterfly
Gold	Dika Toua	2014 Glasgow	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg
Gold	Steven Kari	2014 Glasgow	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg
Gold	Steven Kari	2018 Gold Coast	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg

Games Summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank	Flag Bearer Opening
1962 Perth	0	0	1	1	17
1966 Kingston	0	1	0	1	20
1970 Edinburgh	0	0	0	0	-
1974 Christchurch	0	0	0	0	-
1978 Edmonton	0	1	0	1	18
1982 Brisbane	0	0	0	0	-
1990 Auckland	1	0	0	1	19
1994 Victoria	0	1	0	1	20
1998 Kuala Lumpur	0	0	1	1	32
2002 Manchester	0	0	0	0	-
2006 Melbourne	1	1	0	2	18
2010 Delhi	0	1	0	1	29	Barbara Stubbings
2014 Glasgow	2	0	0	2	16	Steven Kari
2018 Gold Coast	1	2	0	3	22	Vero Nime
2022 Birmingham	Future event
Total	5	7	2	14	26

Notable Achievements

First medal

Keneth Hopkins won Papua New Guinea's first ever Commonwealth Games medal in Boxing during the nation's debut commonwealth games in 1962. It was a bronze medal in the men's 71 kg category.

First gold medal

Geua Tau won the country's first Commonwealth games gold by defeating New Zealand's Millie Khan 25-18 in lawn bowls for the women's singles event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Most gold medals

Steven Kari has won the most gold medals for Papua New Guinea in Weightlifting. Kari has won 2 gold medals both in successive games in 2014, and 2018.

Most medals

Dika Toua is the country's most decorated athlete at the Commonwealth games with 3 medals (1 gold and 2 silvers) in Weightlifting. The weightlifter won gold in 2014 and silver medals 1 in 2006 and the other in 2018.

References

"Papua New Guinea". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

External links

Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee & Commonwealth Games Association

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[CGF-1] "Papua New Guinea". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2020.