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.

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2002 – Manchester 1998 – Kuala Lumpur 1994 – Victoria 1990 – Auckland 1986 – Edinburgh

1982 – Brisbane 1978 – Edmonton 1974 – Christchurch 1970 – Edinburgh 1966 – Kingston

1962 – Perth 1958 – Cardiff 1954 – Vancouver 1950 – Auckland 1946 – Cancelled

1942 – Cancelled 1938 – Sydney 1934 – London 1930 – Hamilton

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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)