Australia at the Commonwealth Games

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, England, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales. Australian athletes competed for Australasia at the 1911 Festival of the Empire, the forerunner to the British Empire Games.
Five of the 21 games have been hosted by Australia, with the city of Gold Coast hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Australia has placed first at 13 out of the 21 games and has been in the top three for all meets except the first games in 1930.
In all but one of the 18 Commonwealth Games held so far, the Australian flag bearer has gone on to win a gold medal.

List of Games Host Nation Bids

Games Staged

Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games on five 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.

Year	Host city, State	Years Between
2018 Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast, Queensland	12
2006 Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Victoria	24
1982 Commonwealth Games	Brisbane, Queensland	20
1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Perth, Western Australia	24
1938 British Empire Games	Sydney, New South Wales	-

Medals

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 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	1001	832	763	2596

Games Summary

1911 Festival of the Empire

Australasian athletes representation

Games

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Rank

Competitors

Officials

Flag Bearer Opening

Flag Bearer Closing

Che de Mission/General Manager

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Overall Medal Tally by Sport

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

Progressive Medal Tally

Note - 1911 Games includes medals won by all Australasia athletes

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

Team & Individual Competitor Achievements

Notable Achievements

Represented at most Games

Arthur Tunstall has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games.
Runner Steve Moneghetti has represented Australia as an athlete in four Games and an official at four Games
Donald Stockins has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games.
Badminton player Rhonda Cator has represented Australia as an athlete in five Games and an official at three Games
Shooter Bruce Quick has represented in 7 Commonwealth Games
Shooter Phillip Adams has represented in 6 Commonwealth Games.
Shooter Russell Mark has represented in 6 Commonwealth Games
Shooter James Corbett has represented in 6 Commonwealth Games
Squash player David Palmer has represented in 6 Commonwealth Games

Best Individual Medal Achievements

Most gold medals won

Swimmer Emma McKeon won 14 gold medals at three successive Games.
Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 10 gold medals at three successive Games.
Swimmer Ian Thorpe won 10 gold medals at two successive Games.
Swimmer Leisel Jones won 10 gold medals at three successive Games.

Most gold medals won at a single Games

Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 6 gold medals at the 1998 Games.
Swimmer Ian Thorpe won 6 gold medals at the 2002 Games.
Swimmer Emma McKeon won 6 gold medals at the 2022 Games.

Most medals won by a competitor

Swimmer Emma McKeon won 20 medals at three Games.
Shooter Phillip Adams has won 18 medals at five Games.
Swimmer Susie O'Neill has won 15 medals at three Games.
Swimmer Emily Seebohm has won 15 medals at three Games
Shooter Bruce Quick has won 14 medals at 6 games.

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 Turrall, was 13 years, 8 months old when she won a gold medal in the 400m freestyle at Christchurch, New Zealand in 1974. Jenny Turrall also won Silver medals in the 200m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle and the women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay at the 1974 Christchurch 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 × 200 m
Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley
Men's Hockey
Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle
Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m

Australian Records Achieved at Commonwealth Games

Record Types listed follow this Key:

WR: World Record
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 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	104			109	214
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	Team: Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Mark Renshaw, Luke Roberts	4:04.034
WR	Cycling	4,000 m Team Pursuit	Team: Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Mark Renshaw, Luke Roberts	3:59.583
WR	Swimming	50 m Freestyle Multi Disability	Ben Austin	27.48
WR	Swimming	100 m Freestyle Multi Disability	Ben Austin	1:00.21
WR	Swimming	100 m Freestyle Multi Disability	Ben Austin	1:00.27
WR	Swimming	400 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe	3:40.08
GR	Athletics	Men's 20 km Walk	Nathan Deakes	1:25.35
GR	Athletics	Women's 20 km Walk	Jane Saville	1:36.34
GR	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 m Relay	Australia	3:25.63
GR	Athletics	Men's 50 km Walk	Nathan Deakes	3:52.40
GR	Athletics	Women's Marathon	Kerryn McCann	2:30.05
GR	Athletics	Women's Pole Vault	Tatiana Grigorieva	4.35
GR	Athletics	Men's shot put	Justin Anlezark	20.91
GR	Cycling	Men's 20 km Scratch Race	Graeme Brown	24:14.660
GR	Cycling	Women's 25 km Points Race	Katherine Bates	37
GR	Cycling	Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit	Bradley "Brad" McGee	4:16.358
GR	Cycling	Women's 500 m Time Trial	Kerrie Meares	35.084
GR	Cycling	Men's Road Race	Stuart O'Grady	4:43:17
GR	Cycling	Men's Road Time Trial	Cadel Evans	1:00:53.50
GR	Cycling	Men's Team Sprint	Australia	44.506
GR	Shooting	Women's 25 m Standard Pistol	Lalita Yauhleuskaya	686.8
GR	Shooting	Women's 25 m Standard Pistol	Australia	1150
GR	Shooting	Men's 50 m Free Rifle-3 Position	Australia	2297
GR	Shooting	Women's 50 m Rifle Prone	Kim Frazer	588
GR	Shooting	Women's Skeet	Lauryn Ogilvie	93
GR	Shooting	Women's Skeet	Australia	95
GR	Shooting	Men's Trap	Australia	187
GR	Shooting	Women's Trap	Australia	90
GR	Swimming	Men's 100 m Backstroke	Matt Welsh	0:54.72
GR	Swimming	Men's 100 m Butterfly	Geoff Huegill	0:52.36
GR	Swimming	Women's 100 m Butterfly	Petria Thomas	0:58.57
GR	Swimming	Men's 100 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe	48.73
GR	Swimming	Men's 100 m Multi Disability Freestyle	Ben Austin
GR	Swimming	Men's 200 m Butterfly	Justin Norris	1:56.95
GR	Swimming	Men's 200 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe	1:44.71
GR	Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle	Ian Thorpe	3:40.08
GR	Swimming	Men's 400 m Individual Medley	Justin Norris	4:16.95
GR	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	Australia	3:16.42
GR	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay	Australia	3:40.41
GR	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay	Australia	3:36.05
GR	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay	Australia	4:03.70
GR	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay	Australia	7:11.69
GR	Swimming	Men's 50 m Backstroke	Matt Welsh	25.65
GR	Swimming	Women's 50 m Backstroke	Dyana Calub	28.98
GR	Swimming	Men's 50 m Butterfly	Geoff Huegill	23.57
GR	Swimming	Women's 50 m Butterfly	Petria Thomas	26.66
GR	Swimming	Men's 50 m Multi Disability Freestyle	Ben Austin
GR	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg+ Snatch	Caroline Pileggi	100.0
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg Snatch	Damian Brown	147.5
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg Snatch	Alex Karapetyn	167.5

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	43:57
GR	Cycling	Men's 184 km Road Race	Jay Sweet	4:31:56
GR	Cycling	Women's 24 km Points Race	Alayna Burns	34
GR	Cycling	Women's Road Race	Anna Wilson	37:34
GR	Cycling	Men's Sprint	Darryn Hill	10.533
GR	Shooting	Women's Air Pistol	Annemarie Forder	480.6
GR	Shooting	Women's Air Pistol	Australia	748
GR	Shooting	Men's Smallbore Rifle 3 Position	Timothy Lowndes	1235.3
GR	Shooting	Women's Smallbore Sport Rifle 3 Position	Susan McCready	667.3
GR	Shooting	Women's Smallbore Sport Rifle Prone	Australia	1174
GR	Shooting	Women's Sport Pistol	Australia	1140
GR	Swimming	Women's 200m Butterfly	Susie O'Neill	2:06.60
GR	Swimming	Men's 200m Individual Medley	Matthew Dunn	2:00.26
GR	Tenpin Bowling	Women's Doubles	Australia	3678
GR	Tenpin Bowling	Mixed Doubles	Australia	3605
GR	Tenpin Bowling	Women's Singles	Cara Honeychurch	6406
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg Clean and Jerk	Damian Brown	187.5
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg Combined	Damian Brown	327.5
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg Clean and Jerk	Kiril Kounev	205.0
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg Combined	Kiril Kounev	370.0

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	1:37.33
GR	Cycling	Men's 10 Mile	Stuart O'Grady	18:50.520
GR	Cycling	Men's 100 km Team Time Trial	Australia	1:53:19.13
GR	Cycling	Women's 25 km Team Time Trial	Australia	1:04:03.20
GR	Cycling	Men's 4000 m Team Pursuit	Australia	4:10.485
GR	Cycling	Men's 40 km Points Race	Brett Aitken	38
GR	Cycling	Women's Road Race	Kathryn "Kathy" Watt	2:48:04.73
GR	Shooting	Fullbore Rifle Queens Prize - Open	Australia	593
GR	Shooting	Men's Running Target	Bryan Wilson	657.9
GR	Shooting	Women's Smallbore Rifle Prone	Australia	1160
GR	Shooting	Women's Sport Pistol	Christine Trefry	679.4
GR	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke	Samantha Riley	1:08.02
GR	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S9	Melissa Carlton	1:09.61
GR	Swimming	Men's 1500 m Freestyle	Kieren Perkins	14:41.66
GR	Swimming	Women's 200 m Breaststroke	Samantha Riley	2:25.53
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg + Clean and Jerk	Stefan Botev	200.0
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg + Combined	Stefan Botev	360.0
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg + Snatch	Steven Kettner	165.0
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg Clean and Jerk	Nicu Vlad	220.0
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg Combined	Nicu Vlad	405.0
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 108 kg Snatch	Nicu Vlad	185.0
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 64 kg Combined	Sevdalin Marinov	277.5
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 76 kg Clean and Jerk	Damian Brown	182.5
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg Clean and Jerk	Kiril Kounev	200.0
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg Combined	Kiril Kounev	352.5
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 83 kg Snatch	Kiril Kounev	152.5
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg Clean and Jerk	Harvey Goodman	200.0
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg Combined	Harvey Goodman	362.5
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 91 kg Snatch	Harvey Goodman	162.5

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
GR	Athletics	Women's Heptathlon	Jane Flemming	6695
GR	Cycling	Men's 50 km Points Race	Robert Burns	81
GR	Cycling	Women's Road Race	Kathryn "Kathy" Watt	1:55:11.60
GR	Shooting	Men's 50 m/Free Pistol	Australia	1106
GR	Swimming	Women's 400 m Individual Medley	Hayley Lewis	4:42.65
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg Clean and Jerk	Ronald Laycock	177.5

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
GR	Athletics	Women's shot put	Gael Martin	19.00
GR	Rowing	Men's Eight Oared Shell	Australia	5:44.42
GR	Rowing	Women's Eight Oared Shell	Australia	6:43.69
GR	Rowing	Men's Lightweight Single Sculls	Peter Antonie	7:16.43
GR	Rowing	Women's Lightweight Single Sculls	Adair Ferguson	7:45.49

1978

2 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1978 Games.

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

1974

1 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1974 Games.

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

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
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 110 kg + Combined	Raymond Rigby	500
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 52 kg Combined	George Vasiliades	290

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
GR	Athletics	Men's 100 Yard Dash	Michael Van Der Velde	10.1
GR	Athletics	Women's 440 Yard Run/Quarter Mile	Judith Pollock	53.0
GR	Athletics	Women's 4x110 Yard Relay	Australia	45.3
GR	Athletics	Men's 880 Yard Run/Half-Mile	Noel Clough	1:46.9
GR	Swimming	Men's 110 Yards Breaststroke	Ian O'Brien	1:08.2
GR	Swimming	Men's 110 Yards Freestyle	Michael Wenden	54.0
GR	Swimming	Men's 220 Yard Backstroke	Peter Reynolds	2:12.0
GR	Swimming	Men's 220 Yards Breaststroke	Ian O'Brien	2:29.3
GR	Swimming	Men's 440 Yards Freestyle	Robert Windle	4:15.0
GR	Swimming	Women's 440 Yards Freestyle	Kathryn Wainwright	4:38.8
GR	Swimming	Men's 440 Yards Freestyle Relay	Australia	3:35.6
GR	Swimming	Men's 440 Yards Individual Medley	Peter Reynolds	4:50.8
GR	Swimming	Men's 880 Yards Freestyle Relay	Australia	7:59.5
GR	Weightlifting	Men's 82.5 kg Combined	George Vakakis	925.5

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
GR	Swimming	Men's 110 Yards Butterfly	Kevin Berry	0:59.5
GR	Swimming	Women's 110 Yards Freestyle	Dawn Fraser	0:59.5
GR	Swimming	Men's 1650 Yards Freestyle	Murray Rose	17:18.1
GR	Swimming	Men's 220 Yards Butterfly	Kevin Berry	2:10.8

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
GR	Athletics	Women's 80 m H	Norma Thrower	10.7
GR	Rowing	Men's Singles Sculls	Stuart Mackenzie	7:20.1

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
GR	Athletics	Women's 660 Yard Relay	Australia	1:13.4

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
GR	Swimming	Women's 200 Yards Breaststroke	Clare Dennis	2:50.2