Australia at the Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation

Australia at the
Commonwealth Games

CGF code| AUS
CGA| Commonwealth Games Australia
Website| commonwealthgames.com.au
Medals
Ranked 1st|

Gold
1,001
Silver
832
Bronze
764
Total
2,597
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

* 1930
* 1934
* 1938
* 1950
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026
* 2030

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 (compared with England 7 and Canada 1) 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 (excluding the 1978 Games), the Australian flag bearer has gone on to win a gold medal.[1]

## List of Games Host Nation Bids

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### Games Staged

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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

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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 | \-

### Failed bid Results

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Year | Australian Candidate City | Winning City | Vote Tally

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1974 Commonwealth Games | Melbourne | Christchurch | 2-36
1998 Commonwealth Games | Adelaide | Kuala Lumpur | 25-40

## Medals

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### Overall Medal Tally

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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.

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Australia | 1001 | 832 | 763 | 2596

## Games Summary

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### 1911 Festival of the Empire

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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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1911 London | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |  | 7 | 1 |  |  | Richard Coombes

### Commonwealth Games

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  | Rank  | Competitors  | Officials  | Flag Bearer Opening  | Flag Bearer Closing  | Che de Mission/General Manager

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1930 Hamilton | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 2 | Bobby Pearce |  | Hugh Weir
1934 London | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2 | Noel Ryan |  | Herbert Maxwell
1938 Sydney | 25 | 19 | 22 | 66 | 1 | 154 | 11 | Edgar 'Dunc Gray |  | Wilfred Kent Hughes
1950 Auckland | 34 | 27 | 19 | 80 | 1 | 144 | 20 | Mervyn Wood |  | Harold Wikes
1954 Vancouver | 20 | 11 | 17 | 48 | 2 | 78 | 13 | Dick Garrard |  | Jim Eve
1958 Cardiff | 27 | 22 | 17 | 66 | 2 | 104 | 14 | Ivan Lund |  | Jim Eve
1962 Perth | 38 | 36 | 31 | 105 | 1 | 207 | 30 | Tony Madigan |  | Edgar Tanner
1966 Kingston | 23 | 28 | 22 | 73 | 2 | 101 | 23 | David Dickson |  | Bill Young
1970 Edinburgh | 36 | 24 | 22 | 82 | 1 | 107 | 25 | Pam Kilborn | Michael Wenden[3] | Arthur Tunstall
1974 Christchurch | 29 | 28 | 25 | 82 | 1 | 162 | 34 | Michael Wenden |  | Bill Young
1978 Edmonton | 24 | 33 | 27 | 84 | 3 | 148 | 42 | Remo Sansonetti and
Salvatore Sansonetti | Tracey Wickham[4] | Les Martyn
1982 Brisbane | 39 | 39 | 29 | 107 | 1 | 206 | 54 | Rick Mitchell | Lisa Curry | Jim Barry
1986 Edinburgh | 40 | 46 | 35 | 121 | 3 | 227 | 69 | Michael Turtur | Gael Martin[5] | Arthur Tunstall
1990 Auckland | 52 | 54 | 56 | 162 | 1 | 247 | 68 | Lisa Curry-Kenny | Phillip Adams | Arthur Tunstall
1994 Victoria | 87 | 52 | 43 | 182 | 1 | 245 | 92 | Ian Hale | Gary Neiwand | Arthur Tunstall
1998 Kuala Lumpur | 80 | 61 | 57 | 198 | 1 | 318 | 130 | Kieren Perkins | Susan O'Neill | Don Stockins
2002 Manchester | 82 | 62 | 63 | 207 | 1 | 352 | 131 | Damian Brown | Ian Thorpe | Don Stockins
2006 Melbourne | 84 | 69 | 68 | 221 | 1 | 417 | 168 | Jane Saville | Leisel Jones | John Devitt
2010 Delhi | 74 | 55 | 48 | 177 | 1 | 366 | 179 | Sharelle McMahon | Alicia Coutts | Steve Mongehetti
2014 Glasgow | 49 | 42 | 46 | 137 | 2 | 414 | 184 | Anna Meares | Mark Knowles | Steve Mongehetti
2018 Gold Coast | 80 | 59 | 59 | 198 | 1 | 473 |  | Mark Knowles | Kurt Fearnley | Steve Mongehetti
2022 Birmingham | 67 | 57 | 55 | 179 | 1 | 429 |  | Eddie Ockenden & Rachael Grinham | Melissa Wu | Petria Thomas
Total | 1001 | 832 | 764 | 2597 | 1[6] |  |  | [1][6] |

### Overall Medal Tally by Sport

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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

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Swimming | 330| 247| 221| 798
Athletics | 206| 171| 141| 518
Cycling | 121| 73| 57| 251
Shooting | 70| 59| 42| 171
Weightlifting  [n 1]| 59| 53| 48| 160
Gymnastics | 51| 48| 52| 151
Diving | 41| 45| 42| 128
Lawn bowls | 19| 25| 11| 55
Boxing | 18| 19| 38| 75
Rowing | 16| 10| 8| 34
Wrestling | 14| 22| 18| 54
Squash | 11| 8| 14| 33
Hockey | 11| 2| 1| 14
Basketball | 5| 2| 1| 8
Judo | 4| 3| 21| 28
Netball | 4| 3| 0| 7
Fencing | 3| 15| 10| 28
Triathlon | 3| 4| 8| 15
Tennis | 3| 3| 2| 8
Ten-pin bowling | 3| 1| 1| 5
Beach volleyball | 2| 2| 0| 4
Badminton | 2| 1| 9| 12
Table tennis | 1| 6| 5| 12
Rugby sevens| 1| 2| 2| 5
Cricket | 1| 1| 0| 2
Archery | 1| 0| 2| 3
Water polo | 1| 0| 0| 1
Synchronised swimming | 0| 3| 9| 12
Powerlifting  [n 1]| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (29 entries)| 1,001| 828| 764| 2,593

### Progressive Medal Tally

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Commonwealth Games Progressive Medal Tally

Year |  |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total
2018  |  | 936 | 777 | 714 | 2427
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 | 40
1930  |  | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15
1911  |  | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8

Note - 1911 Games includes medals won by all Australasia athletes

## Numbers of athletes and sports

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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2006 | 426 | 220 | 206 | 18
2002 | 371 |  |  |
1998 | 320 |  |  |
1994 | 250 |  |  |
1990 | 248 |  |  |
1986 | 235 |  |  |
1982 | 210 |  |  |
1978 | 148 |  |  |
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## Team & Individual Competitor Achievements

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### Notable Achievements

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#### Represented at most Games

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* 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 five Games (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)

### Best Individual Medal Achievements

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#### Most gold medals won

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* Swimmer Emma McKeon won 14 gold medals at three successive Games (2014, 18, 22).
* 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).

#### Most gold medals won at a single Games

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* 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

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* Swimmer Emma McKeon won 20 medals (14 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze) at three Games (2014, 18, 22).
* 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).

#### Oldest gold medal winner

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* 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

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* 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]

### Winning Streaks

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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 (9 Games - 1990, 94, 98, 2002, 06, 10, 14, 18, 22)
* Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m (6 Games - 1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002)
* Men's Hockey (7 Games - 1998, 2002, 06, 10, 14, 18, 22)

## Australian Records Achieved at Commonwealth Games

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Record Types listed follow this Key:

* WR: World Record
* CR: Commonwealth Record
* AR: Australian Record
* GR: Games Record

### Record Summary

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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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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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

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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Type | Sport | Discipline | Athlete/Team | Record | Margin

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WR | Cycling | 4,000 m Team Pursuit (qualifying) | 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 (Heat) | Ben Austin | 27.48 |
WR | Swimming | 100 m Freestyle Multi Disability (Heat) | Ben Austin | 1:00.21 |
WR | Swimming | 100 m Freestyle Multi Disability (final) | 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 (hours) |
GR | Athletics | Women's 20 km Walk | Jane Saville | 1:36.34 (hours) |
GR | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 m Relay | Australia | 3:25.63 (mins) |
GR | Athletics | Men's 50 km Walk | Nathan Deakes | 3:52.40 (hours) |
GR | Athletics | Women's Marathon | Kerryn McCann | 2:30.05 (hours) |
GR | Athletics | Women's Pole Vault | Tatiana Grigorieva | 4.35 (meters) |
GR | Athletics | Men's shot put | Justin Anlezark | 20.91 (meters) |
GR | Cycling | Men's 20 km Scratch Race | Graeme Brown | 24:14.660 (mins) |
GR | Cycling | Women's 25 km Points Race | Katherine Bates | 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 | 35.084 (seconds) |
GR | Cycling | Men's Road Race (187.2 km) | Stuart O'Grady | 4:43:17 (hours) |
GR | Cycling | Men's Road Time Trial (46.8 km) | Cadel Evans | 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 | 0:54.72 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 100 m Butterfly | Geoff Huegill | 0:52.36 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Women's 100 m Butterfly | Petria Thomas | 0:58.57 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 100 m Freestyle | Ian Thorpe | 48.73 (seconds) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 100 m Multi Disability Freestyle | Ben Austin | (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 200 m Butterfly | Justin Norris | 1:56.95 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 200 m Freestyle | Ian Thorpe | 1:44.71 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 400 m Freestyle | Ian Thorpe | 3:40.08 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 400 m Individual Medley | Justin Norris | 4:16.95 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay | Australia | 3:16.42 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay | Australia | 3:40.41 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay | Australia | 3:36.05 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay | Australia | 4:03.70 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay | Australia | 7:11.69 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 50 m Backstroke | Matt Welsh | 25.65 (seconds) |
GR | Swimming | Women's 50 m Backstroke | Dyana Calub | 28.98 (seconds) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 50 m Butterfly | Geoff Huegill | 23.57 (seconds) |
GR | Swimming | Women's 50 m Butterfly | Petria Thomas | 26.66 (seconds) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 50 m Multi Disability Freestyle | Ben Austin | (seconds) |
GR | Weightlifting | Women's 75 kg+ Snatch | Caroline Pileggi | 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

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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GR | Athletics | Women's 10 km Road Walk | Jane Saville | 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 | 37:34 (mins) |
GR | Cycling | Men's Sprint | Darryn Hill | 10.533 (seconds) |
GR | Shooting | Women's Air Pistol (Ind) | Annemarie Forder | 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 200m Butterfly | Susie O'Neill | 2:06.60 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 200m Individual Medley | Matthew Dunn | 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

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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GR | Athletics | Men's Marathon Wheelchair | Paul Wiggins | 1:37.33 (hours) |
GR | Cycling | Men's 10 Mile | Stuart O'Grady | 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 | 38 (points) |
GR | Cycling | Women's Road Race | Kathryn "Kathy" Watt | 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 | 1:08.02 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Women's 100 m Freestyle S9 | Melissa Carlton | 1:09.61 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Men's 1500 m Freestyle | Kieren Perkins | 14:41.66 (mins) |
GR | Swimming | Women's 200 m Breaststroke | Samantha Riley | 2:25.53 (mins) |
GR | Weightlifting | Men's 108 kg + Clean and Jerk | Stefan Botev | 200.0 (kg) |
GR | Weightlifting | Men's 108 kg + Combined | Stefan Botev | 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 | 220.0 (kg) |
GR | Weightlifting | Men's 108 kg Combined | Nicu Vlad | 405.0 (kg) |
GR | Weightlifting | Men's 108 kg Snatch | Nicu Vlad | 185.0 (kg) |
GR | Weightlifting | Men's 64 kg Combined | Sevdalin Marinov | 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

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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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

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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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

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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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

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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GR | Cycling | Men's Road Race (114 miles) | Clyde Sefton | 5:07:16.87 (hours) |

### 1970

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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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

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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GR | Athletics | Women's 100 Yard Dash | Dianne Burge | 10.6 (seconds) |
GR | Athletics | Men's 100 Yard Dash | Michael Van Der Velde | 10.1 (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

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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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

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

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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 | 7:20.1 (mins) |

### 1950

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

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GR | Athletics | Women's 440 yard relay | Australia | 47.9 (seconds) |
GR | Athletics | Women's 660 Yard Relay | Australia | 1:13.4 (mins) |

### 1934

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

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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) |

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Australia won 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in Powerlifting started from 2006 to 2014 when medals in Powerlifting were awarded under Weightlifting sport category. From 2018, Medals in Powerlifting were awarded separately under individual category name.

## See also

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* Australia portal
* Sports portal

* Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
* Commonwealth Games Australia

## References

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1. ^ a b "Australia's flag bearer history". April 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
2. ^ "Australia". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
3. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES 36 golds, two records to Australia". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12, 684. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 27 July 1970. p. 12. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
4. ^ "Wickham to carry flag at closing ceremony". The Canberra Times. Vol. 52, no. 15, 666. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 August 1978. p. 27. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
5. ^ "A closing honour to 'our Gael'". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 568. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 August 1986. p. 23. Retrieved 11 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
6. ^ a b "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Commonwealth Games Australia. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
7. ^ "Jenny Wetton". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
8. ^ "Jenny Turrall". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

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