Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 became independent of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 in 1901 and officially became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations

Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

 in 1931 under the Statute of Westminster.

Australia first competed at the Games, then titled the British Empire Games, in 1930; and is one of only six countries to have sent athletes to every Commonwealth Games. The others are Canada

Canada at the Commonwealth Games

Canada has participated in every Commonwealth Games since the first ever British Empire Games held in Hamilton, Ontario in 1930, one of only six countries to have done so...

, England, New Zealand

New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games

Since the first in 1930, New Zealand has competed in all 19 editions of the Commonwealth Games and has won a total of 564 medals including 130 gold....

, Scotland, and Wales

Wales at the Commonwealth Games

Wales is one of six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since 1930, the others being Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and Scotland...

.

Four of the 18 games have been hosted by Australia. The city of Gold Coast is bidding for the 2018 Commonwealth Games

2018 Commonwealth Games

The 2018 Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event that will be held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia between 4 to 15 April 2018...

.

Australia has placed first at 12 out of the 19 games (compared with England 6 and Canada 1) and has been in the top three for all meets except the first games in 1930.

After the 2006 Games

2006 Commonwealth Games

The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...

, Australia was first in the All-time medal tally.

In all but one of the 18 Commonwealth Games held so far (excluding the 1978 Games), the Australian flag bearer has gone on to win a gold medal.

Games Staged

Australia has hosted on 4 occasions the Commonwealth Games but have never won via an international vote.

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 over turned 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 with drew prior to the Bid vote that took place in Montreal, 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.

Year	Host City, State	Years Between
2006 Commonwealth Games 2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... , Victoria	24
1982 Commonwealth Games 1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September–9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium , in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the venue which was used for the athletics and archery competitions during the...	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of... , Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...	20
1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia from 22 November-1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North Perth....	Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... , Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...	24
1938 British Empire Games 1938 British Empire Games The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the Commonwealth Games being the modern-day equivalent. Held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from February 5–12, 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary...	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	-

Failed bid Results

Year	Australian Candidate City	Winning City	Vote Tally
1974 Commonwealth Games	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Christchurch Christchurch Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...	2-36
1998 Commonwealth Games 1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes...	Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...	Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...	25-40

Future Bids

Year	Bid Host City, State
2018 Commonwealth Games 2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games is an international multi-sport event that will be held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia between 4 to 15 April 2018...	Gold Coast Gold Coast, Queensland Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous... , Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

Overall Medal Tally

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. Those represented in bold are the highest scoring medal tally for each individual medal.

The 2006 Games saw the highest overall medal wins, including highest silver and bronze counts. The 1994 Games remains the highest gold medal wins for Australia.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Position
2010	74	55	49	178	1st
2006	84	69	68	221	1st
2002	81	61	63	205	1st
1998	79	61	57	197	1st
1994	87	52	42	181	1st
1990	52	54	56	162	1st
1986	40	46	35	121	3rd
1982	39	39	29	107	1st
1978	24	33	27	84	3rd
1974	29	28	25	82	1st
1970	36	24	22	82	1st
1966	23	28	22	73	2nd
1962	38	36	31	105	1st
1958	27	22	17	66	2nd
1954	20	11	17	48	2nd
1950	34	27	19	80	1st
1938	25	19	22	66	1st
1934	8	4	2	14	3rd
1930	3	4	1	8	5th

Overall Medal Tally by Sport

Overall total of medals achieved for each individual Commonwealth Games sporting area from 1930-2006.

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Archery	1	0	2	3
Athletics	159	136	111	406
Badminton	2	1	9	12
Basketball	2	0	0	2
Boxing	11	14	28	53
Cricket	0	1	0	1
Cycling	78	50	34	162
Diving	27	31	26	84
Fencing	3	15	11	29
Gymnastics	38	28	36	102
Hockey	5	0	1	6
Judo	2	3	9	14
Lawn Bowls	6	18	7	31
Netball	2	0	0	2
Rowing	16	10	8	34
Rugby 7's	0	1	1	2
Shooting	52	44	32	128
Squash	4	5	9	18
Swimming	241	167	150	558
Table Tennis	0	3	2	5
Tennis	3	3	2	8
Tenpin Bowling	5	1	1	7
Triathlon	0	1	1	2
Waterpolo	1	0	0	1
Weightlifting	53	46	40	139
Wrestling	14	22	15	51

Progressive Medal Tally

Figures from Commonwealth Games Foundation website.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2010	803	673	604	2080
2006	729	618	555	1902
2002	645	549	487	1681
1998	564	488	424	1476
1994	485	427	367	1279
1990	398	375	325	1098
1986	346	321	269	936
1982	306	275	234	815
1978	267	236	205	708
1974	243	203	178	624
1970	214	175	153	542
1966	178	151	131	460
1962	155	123	109	387
1958	117	87	78	282
1954	90	65	61	216
1950	70	54	44	168
1938	36	27	25	88
1934	11	8	3	22
1930	3	4	1	8

Numbers of athletes and sports

This list shows the total number of athletes, male and female, and the total sports they were selected to compete in.

Year	Athletes	Male	Female	Sports
2006	426	220	206	18
2002	371
1998	320
1994	250
1990	248
1986	235
1982	210
1978	148
1974
1970
1966
1962
1958
1954
1950
1938
1934
1930

Represented at most Games

• Arthur Tunstall has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games (1962, 66, 70, 74, 78, 86, 90, 94).
• Donald Stockins has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games (1974, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002).
• Shooter Phillip Adams has competed in 6 Commonwealth Games (1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002).

Most gold medals won

• Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 10 gold medals at three successive Games (1990, 94, 98).
• Swimmer Ian Thorpe
  Ian Thorpe
  Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...
  
   won 10 gold medals at two successive Games (1998, 2002).
• Swimmer Leisel Jones
  Leisel Jones
  Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold...
  
   won 10 gold medals at three successive Games (2002, 06, 10).

Most gold medals won at a single Games

• Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 6 gold medals at the 1998 Games.
• Swimmer Ian Thorpe
  Ian Thorpe
  Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...
  
   won 6 gold medals at the 2002 Games.

Most medals won by a competitor

• 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).

Oldest gold medal winner

• 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.

Youngest gold medal winner

• Jenny Turrell was 13 years and 8 months old when she won a gold medal in the 400 metres Freestyle Swimming at the 1974 Games.

Winning Streaks

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

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

Australian Records Achieved at Commonwealth Games

Record Types listed follow this Key:

• WR: World Record
  World record
  A world record is usually the best global performance ever recorded and verified in a specific skill or sport. The book Guinness World Records collates and publishes notable records of all types, from first and best to worst human achievements, to extremes in the natural world and beyond...
  
  
• CR: Commonwealth Record
• AR: Australian Record
• GR: Games Record

Record Summary

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.

Year	WR	CR	AR	GR	Total
2006
2002	6			44	50
1998				20	20
1994				29	29
1990				7	7
1986				6	6
1982				2	2
1978				1	1
1974				1	1
1970				3	3
1966				14	14
1962				5	5
1958				0	0
1954				3	3
1950				2	2
1938				0	0
1934				2	2
1930				0	0
Total	6			139	145

2002

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
WR	Cycling	4,000 m Team Pursuit (Qualifying)	Team: Graeme Brown Graeme Brown Graeme Allen Brown OAM is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.-Cycling career - road and track:... , Peter Dawson Peter Dawson (cyclist) Peter Dawson is an Australian professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2002Peter Dawson is an Australian professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2002... , Mark Renshaw Mark Renshaw Mark Renshaw is an Australian racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam , who is considered one of the best lead-out men in the world.- Early career :... , Luke Roberts Luke Roberts Luke Roberts is an Australian racing cyclist specialising in both track cycling and road bicycle racing, on for road racing....	4:04.034
WR	Cycling	4,000 m Team Pursuit	Team: Graeme Brown Graeme Brown Graeme Allen Brown OAM is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.-Cycling career - road and track:... , Peter Dawson Peter Dawson (cyclist) Peter Dawson is an Australian professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2002Peter Dawson is an Australian professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2002... , Mark Renshaw Mark Renshaw Mark Renshaw is an Australian racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam , who is considered one of the best lead-out men in the world.- Early career :... , Luke Roberts Luke Roberts Luke Roberts is an Australian racing cyclist specialising in both track cycling and road bicycle racing, on for road racing....	3:59.583
WR	Swimming	50 m Freestyle Multi Disability (Heat)	James Austin	27.48
WR	Swimming	100 m Freestyle Multi Disability (Heat)	James Austin	1:00.21
WR	Swimming	100 m Freestyle Multi Disability (Final)	James Austin	1:00.27
WR	Swimming	400 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...	3:40.08
GR	Athletics	Men's 20 km Walk	Nathan Deakes Nathan Deakes Nathan Deakes is an Australian race walker. Deakes trains with the Australian Institute of Sport....	1:25.35 (hours)
GR	Athletics	Women's 20 km Walk	Jane Saville Jane Saville Jane Kara Saville is an Australian race walker who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She was born in Sydney....	1:36.34 (hours)
GR	Athletics	Women's 4x400 m Relay	Australia	3:25.63 (mins)
GR	Athletics	Men's 50 km Walk	Nathan Deakes Nathan Deakes Nathan Deakes is an Australian race walker. Deakes trains with the Australian Institute of Sport....	3:52.40 (hours)
GR	Athletics	Women's Marathon	Kerryn McCann Kerryn McCann Kerryn McCann was an Australian athlete. She was best known for winning the marathon at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games.-Personal life:McCann was born Kerryn Hindmarsh in Bulli, New South Wales, in 1967....	2:30.05 (hours)
GR	Athletics	Women's Pole Vault	Tatiana Grigorieva Tatiana Grigorieva Tatiana Grigorieva is a retired Australian pole vaulter. She retired from the sport in 2007 after a 10 year career that saw her win Olympic, Commonwealth and World Championship medals...	4.35 (meters)
GR	Athletics	Men's Shot Put	Justin Anlezark Justin Anlezark Justin Anlezark is a male shot putter from Australia. His personal best throw is 20.96 metres, achieved in April 2003 in Brisbane....	20.91 (meters)
GR	Cycling	Men's 20 km Scratch Race	Graeme Brown Graeme Brown Graeme Allen Brown OAM is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.-Cycling career - road and track:...	24:14.660 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Women's 25 km Points Race	Katherine Bates Katherine Bates Katherine Bates is an Australian track and road cyclist. A multiple national champion, Bates has been riding as a professional since 2002. In 2007, she became the World Points Race Champion on the track...	37 (points)
GR	Cycling	Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit	Bradley "Brad" McGee	4:16.358 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Women's 500 m Time Trial	Kerrie Meares Kerrie Meares Kerrie Meares is an Australian professional racing cyclist. She is the older sister of Anna Meares. She was a contender for the 2004 Olympic team, but pulled out from competition due to nagging injuries, suffered during numerous crashes that occurred during competitions earlier that year.-Career...	35.084 (seconds)
GR	Cycling	Men's Road Race (187.2 km)	Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...	4:43:17 (hours)
GR	Cycling	Men's Road Time Trial (46.8 km)	Cadel Evans Cadel Evans Cadel Lee Evans is an Australian professional racing cyclist and winner of the 2011 Tour de France. Early in his career, Evans was a champion mountain biker, winning the World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and placing seventh in the men's cross-country mountain bike race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in...	1:00:53.50 (hours)
GR	Cycling	Men's Team Sprint	Australia	44.506 (seconds)
GR	Shooting	Women's 25 m Standard Pistol (Ind)	Lalita Yauhleuskaya	686.8 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's 25 m Standard Pistol (Team)	Australia	1150 (points)
GR	Shooting	Men's 50 m Free Rifle-3 Position (Team)	Australia	2297 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's 50 m Rifle Prone (Ind)	Kim Frazer	588 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Skeet (Ind)	Lauryn Ogilvie	93 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Skeet (Team)	Australia	95 (points)
GR	Shooting	Men's Trap (Team)	Australia	187 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Trap (Team)	Australia	90 (points)
GR	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke	Matt Welsh Matt Welsh Matthew "Matt" Welsh is an Australian swimmer who is the former world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. Welsh trained under coach Ian Pope at the Melbourne Vicentre Club. He took two golds in 50 metres butterfly and 50 metres backstroke, during one hour, at the World Championships in...	0:54.72 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 100 m Butterfly	Geoff Huegill Geoff Huegill Geoffrey Andrew Huegill , nicknamed Skippy and Skip, is an Australian butterfly swimmer...	0:52.36 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 100 m Butterfly	Petria Thomas Petria Thomas Petria Ann Thomas OAM is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby....	0:58.57 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...	48.73 (seconds)
GR	Swimming	Men's 100 m Multi Disability Freestyle	Ben Austin Ben Austin Benjamin James Austin OAM is an Elite Athlete with a Disability swimmer for Australia. His classification is S8 .-Personal:...	(mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 200 m Butterfly	Justin Norris Justin Norris Justin Neville Norris is an Australian butterfly and individual medley swimmer, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....	1:56.95 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 200 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...	1:44.71 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe Ian Thorpe Ian James Thorpe OAM , nicknamed the Thorpedo and Thorpey, is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and the individual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most...	3:40.08 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 400 m Individual Medley	Justin Norris Justin Norris Justin Neville Norris is an Australian butterfly and individual medley swimmer, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....	4:16.95 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	Australia	3:16.42 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay	Australia	3:40.41 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay	Australia	3:36.05 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay	Australia	4:03.70 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay	Australia	7:11.69 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 50 m Backstroke	Matt Welsh Matt Welsh Matthew "Matt" Welsh is an Australian swimmer who is the former world champion in the backstroke and butterfly. Welsh trained under coach Ian Pope at the Melbourne Vicentre Club. He took two golds in 50 metres butterfly and 50 metres backstroke, during one hour, at the World Championships in...	25.65 (seconds)
GR	Swimming	Women's 50 m Backstroke	Dyana Calub Dyana Calub Dyana Calub was an Australian backstroke swimmer of the 2000s, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics....	28.98 (seconds)
GR	Swimming	Men's 50 m Butterfly	Geoff Huegill Geoff Huegill Geoffrey Andrew Huegill , nicknamed Skippy and Skip, is an Australian butterfly swimmer...	23.57 (seconds)
GR	Swimming	Women's 50 m Butterfly	Petria Thomas Petria Thomas Petria Ann Thomas OAM is an Australian swimmer and Olympic gold medallist and a winner of 15 national titles. She was born in Lismore, New South Wales and grew up in the nearby town of Mullumbimby....	26.66 (seconds)
GR	Swimming	Men's 50 m Multi Disability Freestyle	Ben Austin Ben Austin Benjamin James Austin OAM is an Elite Athlete with a Disability swimmer for Australia. His classification is S8 .-Personal:...	(seconds)
GR	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg+ Snatch	Caroline Pileggi Caroline Pileggi Caroline Pileggi is an Australian weightlifter. She competed in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....	100.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg Snatch	Damian Brown	147.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg Snatch	Alex Karapetyn	167.5 (kg)

1998

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Athletics	Women's 10 km Road Walk	Jane Saville Jane Saville Jane Kara Saville is an Australian race walker who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She was born in Sydney....	43:57 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Men's 184 km Road Race	Jay Sweet	4:31:56 (hours)
GR	Cycling	Women's 24 km Points Race	Alayna Burns	34 (points)
GR	Cycling	Women's Road Race (28 km)	Anna Wilson Anna Millward Anna Millward, née Wilson, is an Australian female cycle racer. She holds an LLB/BSc degree from Monash University . During her cycling career, she won the overall UCI points title in 2001, and twice was UCI overall World Cup points champion, winning a total of 5 World Cup races in her career...	37:34 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Men's Sprint	Darryn Hill Darryn Hill Darryn William Hill is an Australian former racing cyclist, specialising in the sprint events of track cycling.- Palmarès :1994...	10.533 (seconds)
GR	Shooting	Women's Air Pistol (Ind)	Annemarie Forder Annemarie Forder Annemarie Forder is an Australian who competes in Olympic air pistol and won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics...	480.6 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Air Pistol (Team)	Australia	748 (points)
GR	Shooting	Men's Smallbore Rifle 3 Position (Ind)	Timothy Lowndes	1235.3 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Smallbore Sport Rifle 3 Position (Ind)	Susan McCready	667.3 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Smallbore Sport Rifle Prone (Team)	Australia	1174 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Sport Pistol (Team)	Australia	1140 (points)
GR	Swimming	Women's 200 m Butterfly	Susie O'Neill	2:06.60 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 200 m Individual Medley	Matthew Dunn Matthew Dunn Matthew Dunn is a former Olympic freestyle and medley swimmer swimmer who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992....	2:00.26 (mins)
GR	Tenpin Bowling	Women's Doubles	Australia	3678 (points)
GR	Tenpin Bowling	Mixed Doubles	Australia	3605 (points)
GR	Tenpin Bowling	Women's Singles	Cara Honeychurch	6406 (points)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg Clean and Jerk	Damian Brown	187.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg Combined	Damian Brown	327.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg Clean and Jerk	Kiril Kounev	205.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg Combined	Kiril Kounev	370.0 (kg)

1994

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Athletics	Men's Marathon Wheelchair	Paul Wiggins Paul Wiggins Paul Anthony Wiggins was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of Oregon and was drafted in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft....	1:37.33 (hours)
GR	Cycling	Men's 10 Mile	Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...	18:50.520 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	Australia	1:53:19.13 (hours)
GR	Cycling	Women's 25 km Team Time Trial	Australia	1:04:03.20 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Men's 4000 m Team Pursuit	Australia	4:10.485 (mins)
GR	Cycling	Men's 40 km Points Race	Brett Aitken Brett Aitken Brett Aitken is an Australian Olympic track cyclist. He has won a bronze, a silver, and a gold medal for his nation. He won gold in the Madison event at the 2000 Olympics. He retired from cycling in 2004, but returned in 2006 to ride on the Oceania Tour.-References:...	38 (points)
GR	Cycling	Women's Road Race	Kathryn "Kathy" Watt Kathy Watt Kathryn Ann Watt is an Australian racing cyclist who won two medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain ....	2:48:04.73 (seconds)
GR	Shooting	Fullbore Rifle Queens Prize - Open (Pair)	Australia	593 (points)
GR	Shooting	Men's Running Target (Ind)	Bryan Wilson	657.9 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Smallbore Rifle Prone (Team)	Australia	1160 (points)
GR	Shooting	Women's Sport Pistol (Ind)	Christine Trefry	679.4 (points)
GR	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke	Samantha Riley Samantha Riley Samantha Linette Riley is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of Aboriginal descent of the 1990s who competed for Australia in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, winning three medals...	1:08.02 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S9	Melissa Carlton Melissa Carlton Melissa Paula Carlton is an Australian paralympian. Born with no right leg and short fingers on her left hand, Melissa won gold, silver and bronze medals for Australia at both the Atlanta and Sydney Paralympics.-Competitive swimming:...	1:09.61 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 1500 m Freestyle	Kieren Perkins Kieren Perkins Kieren John Perkins OAM , is a former Australian professional swimmer. One of the world's best-ever long-distance swimmers, he won two Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in 2000....	14:41.66 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 200 m Breaststroke	Samantha Riley Samantha Riley Samantha Linette Riley is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of Aboriginal descent of the 1990s who competed for Australia in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, winning three medals...	2:25.53 (mins)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg + Clean and Jerk	Stefan Botev Stefan Botev Stefan Khristov Botev was an Olympic weightlifter for Bulgaria and later for Australia. He was coached by Ivan Abajiev.In 2007 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame....	200.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg + Combined	Stefan Botev Stefan Botev Stefan Khristov Botev was an Olympic weightlifter for Bulgaria and later for Australia. He was coached by Ivan Abajiev.In 2007 he was elected member of the International Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame....	360.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg + Snatch	Steven Kettner	165.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg Clean and Jerk	Nicu Vlad Nicu Vlad Nicolae Vlad is a retired weightlifter from Romania, who won three Olympic medals during his career...	220.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg Combined	Nicu Vlad Nicu Vlad Nicolae Vlad is a retired weightlifter from Romania, who won three Olympic medals during his career...	405.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg Snatch	Nicu Vlad Nicu Vlad Nicolae Vlad is a retired weightlifter from Romania, who won three Olympic medals during his career...	185.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 64 kg Combined	Sevdalin Marinov Sevdalin Marinov Sevdalin Marinov is a former Bulgarian weightlifter. He became Olympic Champion in 1988 in the Flyweight class.Sevdalin competed many times internationally and went on to win many olympic and commonwealth medals.- References :...	277.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 76 kg Clean and Jerk	Damian Brown	182.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg Clean and Jerk	Kiril Kounev	200.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg Combined	Kiril Kounev	352.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg Snatch	Kiril Kounev	152.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg Clean and Jerk	Harvey Goodman	200.0 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg Combined	Harvey Goodman	362.5 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg Snatch	Harvey Goodman	162.5 (kg)

1990

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Athletics	Men's Hammer Throw	Sean Carlin	75.66 (meters)
GR	Athletics	Women's Heptathlon	Jane Flemming	6695 (points)
GR	Cycling	Men's 50 km Points Race	Robert Burns	81 (points)
GR	Cycling	Women's Road Race (72 km)	Kathryn "Kathy" Watt	1:55:11.60 (hours)
GR	Shooting	Men's 50 m/Free Pistol (Team)	Australia	1106 (points)
GR	Swimming	Women's 400 m Individual Medley	Hayley Lewis	4:42.65 (mins)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg Clean and Jerk	Ronald Laycock	177.5 (kg)

1986

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Athletics	Men's 30 km Road Walk	Simon Francis Baker	2:07.47 (hours)
GR	Athletics	Women's Shot Put	Gael Martin (née Mulhall)	19.00 (meters)
GR	Rowing	Men's Eight Oared Shell	Australia	5:44.42 (mins)
GR	Rowing	Women's Eight Oared Shell	Australia	6:43.69 (mins)
GR	Rowing	Men's Lightweight Single Sculls	Peter Antonie	7:16.43 (mins)
GR	Rowing	Women's Lightweight Single Sculls	Adair Ferguson	7:45.49 (mins)

1978

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Cycling	Men's Road Race (117 miles)	Phillip Anderson	4:22:34.41 (hours)
GR	Swimming	Women's 800 m Freestyle	Tracey Wickham	8:24.62 (mins)

1974

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Cycling	Men's Road Race (114 miles)	Clyde Sefton	5:07:16.87 (hours)

1970

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Athletics	Men's 20 Mile Walk	Noel Freeman	2:33:33 (hours)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 110 kg + Combined	Raymond Rigby	500 (kg)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 52 kg Combined	George Vasiliades	290 (kg)

1966

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Athletics	Women's 100 Yard Dash	Dianne Burge	10.6 (seconds)
GR	Athletics	Women's 440 Yard Run/Quarter Mile	Judith Pollock	53.0 (seconds)
GR	Athletics	Women's 4x110 Yard Relay	Australia	45.3 (seconds)
GR	Athletics	Men's 880 Yard Run/Half-Mile	Noel Clough	1:46.9 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 110 Yards Breaststroke	Ian O'Brien	1:08.2 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 110 Yards Freestyle	Michael Wenden	54.0 (seconds)
GR	Swimming	Men's 220 Yard Backstroke	Peter Reynolds	2:12.0 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 220 Yards Breaststroke	Ian O'Brien	2:29.3 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 440 Yards Freestyle	Robert Windle	4:15.0 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 440 Yards Freestyle	Kathryn Wainwright	4:38.8 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 440 Yards Freestyle Relay	Australia	3:35.6 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 440 Yards Individual Medley	Peter Reynolds	4:50.8 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 880 Yards Freestyle Relay	Australia	7:59.5 (mins)
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 82.5 kg Combined	George Vakakis	925.5 (pounds)

1962

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Athletics	Women's 880 Yard Run/Half-Mile	Dixie Willis	2:03.7 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 110 Yards Butterfly	Kevin Berry	0:59.5 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 110 Yards Freestyle	Dawn Fraser	0:59.5 (seconds)
GR	Swimming	Men's 1650 Yards Freestyle	Murray Rose	17:18.1 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 220 Yards Butterfly	Kevin Berry	2:10.8 (mins)

1958

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Athletics	Women's 220 Yard Dash	Marlene Mathews-Willard	23.6 (seconds)
GR	Athletics	Women's 80 m H	Norma Thrower	10.7 (seconds)
GR	Rowing	Men's Singles Sculls	Stuart MacKenzie Stuart MacKenzie Stuart MacKenzie is an Australian competition rower and Olympic medalist, who also competed for Great Britain at the 1962 World Championships....	7:20.1 (mins)

1950

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Athletics	Women's 440 yard relay	Australia	47.9 (seconds)
GR	Athletics	Women's 660 Yard Relay	Australia	1:13.4 (mins)

1934

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Swimming	Men's 1500 Yards Freestyle	Noel Ryan	18:25.4 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Women's 200 Yards Breaststroke	Clare Dennis	2:50.2 (mins)

List of Ceremony Flag Bearers

Bearing the countries flag at a Games meet is often considered one of the greatest honours an athlete can be given. Listed are opening and closing ceremony flag bearers associated with each athlete's sport.

Year	Opening Ceremony	Closing Ceremony
2010	Sharelle McMahon Sharelle McMahon Sharelle Jane McMahon is an Australian netball player and former captain of the Australian national netball team... , Netball	Alicia Coutts Alicia Coutts Alicia Jayne Coutts is an Australian medley, butterfly and freestyle swimmer. She represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games .-Career:... , Swimming
2006	Jane Saville Jane Saville Jane Kara Saville is an Australian race walker who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She was born in Sydney.... , Athletics	Leisel Jones Leisel Jones Leisel Marie Jones OAM is an Australian Olympic gold medalist swimmer. A participant in the 2000 Summer Olympics – at just 15 years old – and 2004 Summer Olympics, she was part of gold medal winning Australian team in the women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay at the Athens Games in 2004 and a gold... , Swimming
2002	Damian Brown, Weightlifting
1998	Kieren Perkins Kieren Perkins Kieren John Perkins OAM , is a former Australian professional swimmer. One of the world's best-ever long-distance swimmers, he won two Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 in the 1500-metre freestyle, and a silver medal in 2000.... , Swimming
1994	Ian Hale, Shooting
1990	Lisa Curry-Kenny Lisa Curry-Kenny Lisa Gaye Curry AO MBE is a former Australian swimmer and is an Australian media personality.Curry was the chair of the National Australia Day Council from 2000 - 2008... , Swimming
1986	Michael Turtur Michael Turtur Mike Turtur is a former track cyclist, Olympic gold medallist, and current race director of the Tour Down Under.... , Cycling
1982	Rick Mitchell Rick Mitchell Richard Charles Mitchell is an Australian triple Olympian who competed in the 400 metres.Commencing in athletics at the relatively late age of seventeen, he joined the Waverley Athletics Club in Melbourne in 1972 with the aim of improving his fitness before the following rugby union season... , Athletics
1978	Remo and Salvatore Sansonetti, Cycling
1974	Michael Wenden Michael Wenden Michael Vincent Wenden AM MBE was a champion swimmer who represented Australia in the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics... , Swimming
1970	Pam Kilborn Pam Kilborn Pamela Kilborn-Ryan, MBE is a former Australian athlete who set world records as a hurdler. She was born in Melbourne... , Athletics
1966	David Dickson David Dickson (swimmer) David Dickson was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won three bronze medals in freestyle and medley relay events at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics in Rome and Tokyo respectively.-1960 Summer Olympics:Dickson was selected to make his international debut at... , Swimming
1962	Antony 'Tony' Madigan, Boxing
1958	Ivan Lund Ivan Lund Ivan Lund was an Australian Olympic fencer. He competed at four Olympic Games.He was a longstanding member of the Melbourne based VRI Fencing Club.-References:... , Fencing
1954	Richard 'Dick' Garrard Dick Garrard Richard "Dick" Edward Garrard, OBE was an Australian Olympic wrestler.Garrard was born on 21 January 1911 in Geelong, Victoria. In a thirty year career, from 1926 to 1956, Garrard lost only nine of 525 bouts, making him Australia's most successful sport wrestler ever... , Wrestling
1950	Mervyn Wood Mervyn Wood Mervyn Thomas Wood, LVO, MBE, QPM was an Australian rower of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was a four-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist. He later rose to become the Police Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force.-Biography:Wood was the youngest of four children born in... , Rowing
1938	Edgar 'Dunc' Gray Dunc Gray Edgar Laurence "Dunc" Gray was a track cyclist from Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia who won a bronze medal for the 1000m time trial at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam- Australia's first Olympic Games medal in cycling... , Cycling
1934	Noel Ryan Noel Ryan Noel Philip Ryan was an Australian freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics and the 1930 and 1934 British Empire Games.He was born in Manly, New South Wales died in Sydney.... , Swimming
1930	Henry 'Bobby' Pearce, Rowing

External links

• Commonwealth Games Federation
• Australian Commonwealth Games Association

Sources