AUSTRALIA HOLDS THE TOP position in the medal tally for 10 out of the 18 Commonwealth Games held. England held the top position for 7 Games and Canada for 1 Game. Australia has also won gold in every Commonwealth Game except for 1978.
Records Held By Australia
Australia has a rich sporting history and it have a significant impact on the Commonwealth Games.
p = points, h = hours, m = minutes, s = seconds, mt = meters, lb = pounds, kg = kilograms
Event | Games | Athlete / Team | Record | |
ATHLETICS | ||||
Men’s 20 Mile Walk | 1970 | Noel F. Freeman | 2:33:33 | (h) |
Men’s 20 km Walk | 2002 | Nathan Deakes | 1:25.35 | (h) |
Men’s 50 km Walk | 2002 | Nathan Deakes | 3:52.40 | (h) |
Men’s 30 km Road Walk | 1986 | Simon F. Baker | 2:07.47 | (h) |
Men’s 200 m EAD T46 | 2006 | Heath Francis | 22.96 | (s) |
Men’s 880 Yard Run/Half-Mile | 1966 | Noel S. Clough | 1:46.9 | (m) |
Men’s Hammer Throw | 2006 | Stuart Rendell | 77.53 | (mt) |
Men’s Marathon Wheelchair | 1994 | Paul Wiggins | 1:37.33 | (h) |
Men’s Pole Vault | 2006 | Steve Hooker | 5.8 | (mt) |
Men’s Shot Put | 2002 | Justin Anlezark | 20.91 | (mt) |
Women’s 20 km Walk | 2002 | Jane K. Saville | 1:36.34 | (h) |
Women’s 10 km Road Walk | 1998 | Jane K. Saville | 43:57 | (m) |
Women’s 100 Yard Dash | 1966 | Dianne M. Burge | 10.6 | (s) |
Women’s 100 m EAD T38 | 2006 | Elizabeth McIntosh | 14.38 | (s) |
Women’s 220 Yard Dash | 1958 | Marlene Mathews-Willard | 23.6 | (s) |
Women’s 80 m H | 1958 | Norma C. Thrower | 10.7 | (s) |
Women’s 400 m H | 2006 | Jana Pittman | 53.82 | (s) |
Women’s 880 Yard Run/Half-Mile | 1962 | Dixie I. Willis | 2:03.7 | (m) |
Women’s Hammer Throw | 2006 | Brooke Krueger | 67.90 | (mt) |
Women’s Heptathlon | 1990 | Jane C. Flemming | 6695 | (p) |
Women’s Long Jump | 2006 | Bronwyn Thompson | 6.97 | (mt) |
Women’s Marathon | 2002 | Kerryn Ann McCann | 2:30.05 | (h) |
Women’s Pole Vault | 2006 | Kym Howe | 4.62 | (mt) |
Women’s 4×110 Yard Relay | 1966 | Australia | 45.3 | (s) |
Women’s 4×400 m Relay | 2002 | Australia | 3:25.63 | (m) |
Women’s 440 Yard relay | 1950 | Australia | 47.9 | (s) |
Women’s 660 Yard Relay | 1950 | Australia | 1:13.4 | (m) |
CYCLING | ||||
Men’s 10 Mile Scratch Race | 1994 | Stuart P. O’Grady | 18:50.520 | (m) |
Men’s 4000 m Individual Pursuit | 2002 | Bradley J. McGee | 4:16.358 | (m) |
Men’s Keirin | 2006 | Ryan Bayley | ||
Men’s Sprint | 1998 | Darryn W. Hill | 10.533 | (s) |
Men’s Points Race – 40 km | 2006 | Sean Finning | 137 | (p) |
Men’s Points Race – 50 km | 1990 | Robert Burns | 81 | (p) |
Men’s Road Race – 114 miles | 1974 | Clyde Sefton | 5:07:16.87 | (h) |
Men’s Road Race – 117 miles | 1978 | Phillip G. Anderson | 4:22:34.41 | (h) |
Men’s Road Race – 184 km | 1998 | Jay Sweet | 4:31:56 | (h) |
Men’s Road Race – 187.2 km | 2002 | Stuart P. O’Grady | 4:43:17 | (h) |
Men’s Road Time Trial – 46.8 km | 2002 | Cadel L. Evans | 1:00:53.50 | (h) |
Men’s Team Time Trial – 100 km | 1994 | Australia | 1:53:19.13 | (h) |
Women’s Points Race – 24 km | 1998 | Alayna Burns | 34 | (p) |
Women’s Points Race – 25 km | 2002 | Katherine Bates | 37 | (p) |
Women’s Road Race – 100 km | 2006 | Natalie Bates | (h) | |
Women’s Road Race – 28 km | 1998 | Anna Wilson | 37:34 | (m) |
Women’s Road Race – 72 km | 1990 | Kathryn A. Watt | 1:55:11.60 | (h) |
Women’s Road Race – 93.6 km | 1994 | Kathryn A. Watt | 2:48:04.73 | |
Women’s 500 m Time Trial | 2006 | Anna Meares | 34.326 | (s) |
Women’s Team Time Trial – 25 km | 1994 | Australia | 1:04:03.20 | (m) |
Women’s Road Time Trial – 29 km | 2006 | Oenone Wood | 37:40:87 | (m) |
ROWING | ||||
Men’s Singles Sculls | 1958 | Stuart A. MacKenzie | 7:20.1 | (m) |
Men’s Lightweight Single Sculls | 1986 | Peter T. Antonie | 7:16.43 | (m) |
Men’s Eight Oared Shell | 1986 | Australia | 5:44.42 | (m) |
Women’s Lightweight Single Sculls | 1986 | Adair J. Ferguson | 7:45.49 | (m) |
Women’s Eight Oared Shell | 1986 | Australia | 6:43.69 | (m) |
SHOOTING | ||||
Men’s Running Target | 1994 | Bryan K. Wilson | 657.9 | (p) |
Men’s Smallbore Rifle 3 Position | 1998 | Timothy Q. Lowndes | 1235.3 | (p) |
Men’s Fullbore Rifle Queens Prize- Open | 2006 | Bruce Scott | 403.6 | (p) |
Men’s Team 50 m Rifle 3 Position | 2002 | Australia | 2297 | (p) |
Men’s Team 50 m / Free Pistol | 1990 | Australia | 1106 | (p) |
Men’s Team Clay Pigeon Trap | 2006 | Australia | 189 | (p) |
Men’s Team Double Trap | 2006 | Australia | 186 | (p) |
Women’s Skeet | 2002 | Lauryn Ogilvie | 93 | (p) |
Women’s Air Pistol | 2006 | Lalita Yauhleuskaya | 484.8 | (p) |
Women’s Sport Pistol | 2006 | Lalita Yauhleuskaya | 781.5 | (p) |
Women’s 50 m Rifle Prone | 2002 | Kim Frazer | 588 | (p) |
Women’s 25 m Standard Pistol | 2002 | Lalita Yauhleuskaya | 686.8 | (p) |
Women’s Smallbore Sport Rifle 3 Position | 1998 | Susan McCready | 667.3 | (p) |
Women’s Team Skeet | 2002 | Australia | 95 | (p) |
Women’s Team Air Pistol | 2006 | Australia | 770 | (p) |
Women’s Team Sport Pistol | 1998 | Australia | 1140 | (p) |
Women’s Team 25 m Standard Pistol | 2002 | Australia | 1150 | (p) |
Women’s Team Clay Pigeon Trap | 2002 | Australia | 90 | (p) |
Women’s Team Smallbore Rifle Prone | 1994 | Australia | 1160 | (p) |
Women’s Team Smallbore Sport Rifle Prone | 1998 | Australia | 1174 | (p) |
SWIMMING | ||||
Men’s 100 m Butterfly | 2002 | Geoff Huegill | 0:52.36 | (m) |
Men’s 110 Yards Butterfly | 1962 | Kevin J. Berry | 0:59.5 | (m) |
Men’s 220 Yards Butterfly | 1962 | Kevin J. Berry | 2:10.8 | (m) |
Men’s 220 Yards Backstroke | 1966 | Peter A. Reynolds | 2:12.0 | (m) |
Men’s 220 Yards Breaststroke | 1966 | Ian O’Brien | 2:29.3 | (m) |
Men’s 110 Yards Breaststroke | 1966 | Ian O’Brien | 1:08.2 | (m) |
Men’s 110 Yards Freestyle | 1966 | Michael V. Wenden | 54.0 | (s) |
Men’s 200 m Freestyle | 2002 | Ian J. Thorpe | 1:44.71 | (m) |
Men’s 400 m Freestyle | 2002 | Ian J. Thorpe | 3:40.08 | (m) |
Men’s 440 Yards Freestyle | 1966 | Robert G. Windle | 4:15.0 | (m) |
Men’s 1500 Yards Freestyle | 1934 | Noel P. Ryan | 18:25.4 | (m) |
Men’s 1500 m Freestyle | 1994 | Kieren J. Perkins | 14:41.66 | (m) |
Men’s 1650 Yards Freestyle | 1962 | Murray Rose | 17:18.1 | (m) |
Men’s 50 m Multi Disability Freestyle | 2006 | Matthew J. Cowdrey | 26.06 | (s) |
Men’s 100 m Multi Disability Freestyle | 2006 | Matthew J. Cowdrey | 56.73 | (m) |
Men’s 4×100 m Medley Relay | 2006 | Australia | 03:34.4 | (m) |
Men’s 4×200 m Freestyle Relay | 2002 | Australia | 7:11.69 | (m) |
Men’s 200 m Individual Medley | 1998 | Matthew S. Dunn | 2:00.26 | (m) |
Men’s 440 Yards Individual Medley | 1966 | Peter A. Reynolds | 4:50.8 | (m) |
Men’s 440 Yards Freestyle Relay | 1966 | Australia | 3:35.6 | (m) |
Men’s 880 Yards Freestyle Relay | 1966 | Australia | 7:59.5 | (m) |
Women’s 50 m Butterfly | 2006 | Danni Miatke | 26.43 | (s) |
Women’s 100 m Butterfly | 2006 | Jessicah Schipper | 57.48 | (m) |
Women’s 200 m Butterfly | 2006 | Jessicah Schipper | 02:06.1 | (m) |
Women’s 50 m Breaststroke | 2006 | Leisel Jones | 30.55 | (s) |
Women’s 100 m Breaststroke | 2006 | Leisel Jones | 01:05.1 | (m) |
Women’s 200 m Breaststroke | 2006 | Leisel Jones | 02:20.7 | (m) |
Women’s 200 Yards Breaststroke | 1934 | Clare Dennis | 2:50.2 | (m) |
Women’s 50 m Backstroke | 2006 | Sophie Edington | 28.42 | (s) |
Women’s 200 m Backstroke | 2006 | Joanna Fargus | 02:10.4 | (m) |
Women’s 50 m Freestyle | 2006 | Lisbeth Lenton | 24.61 | (s) |
Women’s 100 m Freestyle | 2006 | Lisbeth Lenton | 53.54 | (s) |
Women’s 100 m Freestyle S9 | 1994 | Melissa Carlton | 1:09.61 | (m) |
Women’s 110 Yards Freestyle | 1962 | Dawn Fraser | 0:59.5 | (s) |
Women’s 440 Yards Freestyle | 1966 | Kathryn K. Wainwright | 4:38.8 | (m) |
Women’s 800 m Freestyle | 1978 | Tracey L. Wickham | 8:24.62 | (m) |
Women’s 200 m Individual Medley | 2006 | Stephanie Rice | 02:12.9 | (m) |
Women’s 400 m Individual Medley | 2006 | Stephanie Rice | 04:41.9 | (m) |
Women’s 4×100 m Medley Relay | 2006 | Australia | 03:56.3 | (m) |
Women’s 4×100 m Freestyle Relay | 2006 | Australia | 03:36.5 | (m) |
Women’s 4×200 m Freestyle Relay | 2006 | Australia | 07:56.7 | (m) |
TENPIN BOWLING | ||||
Women’s Singles | 1998 | Cara J. Honeychurch | 6406 | (p) |
Women’s Doubles | 1998 | Australia | 3678 | (p) |
Mixed Doubles | 1998 | Australia | 3605 | (p) |
TRIATHLON | ||||
Men’s Triathlon | 2006 | Bradley Kahlefeldt | 49:16.3 | (h) |
Women’s Triathlon | 2006 | Emma Snowsill | 58:02.6 | (h) |
WEIGHTLIFTING | ||||
Men’s 52 kg Combined | 1970 | George Vasiliades | 290 | (kg) |
Men’s 64 kg Combined | 1994 | Sevdalin Marinov | 277.5 | (kg) |
Men’s -69 kg Combined | 2006 | Benjamin A. Turner | 294 | (kg) |
Men’s 75 kg Clean and Jerk | 1990 | Ronald Laycock | 177.5 | (kg) |
Women’s 75 kg+ Snatch | 2002 | Caroline Pileggi | 100.0 | (kg) |
Men’s 76 kg Clean and Jerk | 1994 | Damian G. Brown | 182.5 | (kg) |
Men’s -77 kg Snatch | 2002 | Damian G. Brown | 147.5 | (kg) |
Men’s 77 kg Clean and Jerk | 1998 | Damian G. Brown | 187.5 | (kg) |
Men’s 77 kg Combined | 1998 | Damian G. Brown | 327.5 | (kg) |
Men’s 82.5 kg Combined | 1966 | George Vakakis | 925.5 | (lb) |
Men’s 83 kg Snatch | 1994 | Kiril Kounev | 152.5 | (kg) |
Men’s 83 kg Clean and Jerk | 1994 | Kiril Kounev | 200.0 | (kg) |
Men’s 83 kg Combined | 1994 | Kiril Kounev | 352.5 | (kg) |
Men’s 91 kg Snatch | 1994 | Harvey Goodman | 162.5 | (kg) |
Men’s 91 kg Clean and Jerk | 1994 | Harvey Goodman | 200.0 | (kg) |
Men’s 91 kg Combined | 1994 | Harvey Goodman | 362.5 | (kg) |
Men’s 94 kg Snatch | 2002 | Aleksan Karapetyn | 167.5 | (kg) |
Men’s 94 kg Clean and Jerk | 1998 | Kiril Kounev | 205.0 | (kg) |
Men’s 94 kg Combined | 1998 | Kiril Kounev | 370.0 | (kg) |
Men’s 108 kg Snatch | 1994 | Nicu Vlad | 185.0 | (kg) |
Men’s 108 kg Clean and Jerk | 1994 | Nicu Vlad | 220.0 | (kg) |
Men’s 108 kg Combined | 1994 | Nicu Vlad | 405.0 | (kg) |
Men’s 108 kg + Snatch | 1994 | Steven Kettner | 165.0 | (kg) |
Men’s 108 kg + Clean and Jerk | 1994 | Stefan Botev | 200.0 | (kg) |
Men’s 108 kg + Combined | 1994 | Stefan Botev | 360.0 | (kg) |
Men’s 110 kg + Combined | 1970 | Raymond E. Rigby | 500 | (kg) |