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The Commonwealth Games are held every four years with competitors coming from the nations of the British Commonwealth. The next Commonwealth Games is in Delhi, India in 2010.

Australia's Record

Since 1930 Australia has won 1,894 medals, the most of any nation participating.

Year	Game		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Place in
Year	Game		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total Gold	Total Medals
2006	XVIII	Melbourne, Australia	84	69	68	1st	1st
2002	XVII	Manchester, England	82	62	62	1st	1st
1998	XVI	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	80	61	57	1st	1st
1994	XV	Victoria, Canada	87	52	43	1st	1st
1990	XIV	Auckland, New Zealand	52	54	56	1st	1st
1986	XIII	Edinburgh, Scotland	40	46	35	3rd	2nd
1982	XII	Brisbane, Australia	39	39	29	1st	2nd
1978	XI	Edmonton, Canada	24	33	27	3rd	3rd
1974	X	Christchurch, NZ	29	28	25	1st	1st
1970	IX	Edinburgh, Scotland	36	24	22	1st	2nd
1966	VIII	Kingston, Jamaica	23	28	22	2nd	2nd
1962	VII	Perth, W. Australia	38	36	31	1st	1st
1958	VI	Cardiff, Wales	27	22	17	2nd	2nd
1954	V	Vancouver, Canada	20	11	17	2nd	2nd
1950	IV	Auckland, New Zealand	34	27	19	1st	1st
1946	Cancelled due to World War II
1942	Cancelled due to World War II
1938	III	Sydney, Australia	24	19	22	1st	1st
1934	II	London, England	8	4	2	3rd	5th
1930	I	Hamilton, Ontario Canada	3	4	1	4th	6th

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