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Commonealth Games

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Motto Humanity Equality Destiny

Headquarters London, United Kingdom

President Prince Tunku Imran

Website Commonwealth Games Federation

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Commonealth GamesFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Commonealth Games is an international, multi-sport

event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.

The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four

years.

It was initially known as the British Empire Games and

was renamed to the British Empire and Commonealth

Games in 1954 and the British Commonealth Games in

1970, before finally gaining its current title for the 1978

edition. The Games are overseen by the Commonwealth

Games Federation (CGF), which also controls the sporting

programme and selects the host cities. A host city is selected

for each edition and eighteen cities in seven countries have

hosted the event.

As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include

some sports that are played mainly in Commonwealth

countries, such as lawn bowls, rugby sevens and netball.[1]

Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games:

Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. Australia has been the highest achieving team for

eleven games, England for seven and Canada for one.

Although there are 54 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, 71 teams participate in the Commonwealth

Games as a number of British overseas territories, Crown dependencies, and island states compete under their ow

flag. The four Home Nations of the United Kingdom England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland also sendseparate teams.

Contents

1 History

2 Traditions

3 Editions

3.1 Total Commonwealth Games by country

4 Approved sports

5 Participation

5.1 Nations/dependencies that have competed

5.2 Commonwealth nations/dependencies/disputed territories yet to send teams

6 Notable competitors

7 Other cultural references

8 See also

9 References

10 External links





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Rank Countr Region Editions hosted

1 Australia Oceania 5 (1938, 1962, 1982, 2006, 2018)

2 Canada Americas 4 (1930, 1954, 1978, 1994)

3New Zealand Oceania 3 (1950, 1974, 1990)

Scotland Europe 3 (1970, 1986, 2014)

5 England Europe 2 (1934, 2002)

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India Asia 1 (2010)

Malaysia Asia 1 (1998)

Jamaica Caribbean 1 (1966)

Wales Europe 1 (1958)

Approved sports

Further information: Commonealth Games sports and Commonealth Games records

There are a total of 21 sports (with two multi-disciplinary sports) and a further seven para-sports which are

approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation. They are categorised into three types. Core sports must be

included on each programme. A number of optional sports may be picked by the host nation, which may include

some team sports such as basketball. Recognised sports are sports which have been approved by the CGF but

which are deemed to need expansion; host nations may not pick these sports for their programme until the CGF's

requirements are fulfilled.[6]

Sport Tpe Years

Archery Optional 1982, 2010

Association

footballCore 2014

Athletics Core 1930present

Badminton Core 1966present

Basketball Optional 2006

Billiards Recognised Never

Boxing Core 1930present

Canoeing Recognised Never [7]

Cricket Recognised 1998

Cycling Optional 1934present

Diving Optional 1930present

Fencing Recognised 19501970

Golf Recognised Never

Sport Tpe Years

Netball Core 1998present

Rowing Optional 1930, 193862, 1986

Rugby sevens Core 1998present

Sailing Recognised Never

Shooting Optional 1966, 1974present

Softball Recognised Never

Squash Core 1998present

Swimming Core 1930present

Synchronized

swimmingOptional 1986, 2006

Table tennis Optional 2002present

Taekwondo Optional Never

Tennis Optional 2010

Ten-pin Bowling Recognised 1998





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(Artistic and

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Handball Recognised 1930

Hockey Core 1998present

Judo Optional1990, 2002,

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Lawn bowls Core1930present

(except 1966)

Life saving Recognised Never

Triathlon Optional 2002, 2006, 201

Volleyball Recognised Never

Water polo Recognised 1950

Weightlifting Core 1950present

Wrestling Optional1930present (except

1990,1998 and 2006)

Participation

Nations/dependencies that hae competed

Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland

and Wales. Australia has been the highest scoring team for ten games, England for seven and Canada for one.

Aden1 1962

Anguilla 1982, 1998

Antigua and Barbuda 1966

1970, 1978, 1994

Australia 1930

Bahamas 19541970, 1978

1982, 1990

Bangladesh 1978, 1990

Barbados 19541966, 1970

1982, 1990

Belize 1978, 1994

Bermuda 19301938, 1954

1982, 1990

Botswana 1974, 1982

British Guiana2 19301938,19541962

British Honduras3 19621966

British Virgin Islands 1990

Brunei Darussalam 1958, 1990

Cameroon 1998

Canada 1930

Cayman Islands 1978

Ceylon4 19381950, 19581970

Malta 19581962, 1970, 1982

Mauritius 1958, 19661982, 1990

Montserrat 1994

Mozambique 1998

Namibia 1994

Nauru 1990

Newfoundland11 19301934

New Zealand 1930

Nigeria 19501958, 19661974, 1982, 1990

1994, 2002

Niue 2002

Norfolk Island 1986

North Borneo10 19581962

Northern Ireland8 19341938, 1954

Northern Rhodesia12 1954

Pakistan 19541970, 1990

Papua New Guinea 19621982, 19902010

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Rhodesia and Nyasaland12 19581962

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Cook Islands 19741978, 1986

Cyprus 19781982, 1990

Dominica 19581962, 1970,

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England 1930

Falkland Islands 1982

Fiji5 1938, 19541986, 1998

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Ghana 19581982, 1990

Gibraltar 1958

Gold Coast6 1954

Grenada 19701974, 1994

Guernsey 1970

Guyana 19661970, 19781982,

1990

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India 19341938, 19541958,

19661982, 1990

Ireland8 1930[8]

Irish Free State8 1934

Isle of Man 1958

Jamaica 1934, 19541982,

1990

Jersey 1958

Kenya 19541982, 1990

Kiribati 1998

Lesotho 1974

Malawi9 1970

Malaya10 1950, 19581962

Malaysia 19661982, 1990

Maldives 1986

Anguilla 1978), 1990

Saint Lucia 1962, 1970, 1978, 1994

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1958, 1966

1978, 1994

Samoa and Ween Samoa 1974

Sarawak 10 19581962

Scotland 1930

Seychelles 1990 Sierra Leone 19661970, 1978, 1990

Singapore10 1958

Solomon Islands 1982, 1990

South Africa 19301958, 1994

South Arabia1 1966

Southern Rhodesia12 1954

Sri Lanka 19741982, 1990

Swaziland 1970

Tanganyika14 1962Tanzania 19661982, 1990

Tonga 1974, 1982, 1990

Trinidad and Tobago 19341982, 1990

Turks and Caicos Islands 1978, 1998

Tuvalu 1998

Uganda 19541982, 1990

Vanuatu 1982

Wales 1930

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1. Aden became South Arabia which left the Commonwealth in 1968.

2. Became Guyana in 1966.

3. Became Belize in 1973.

4. Became Sri Lanka in 1972.

5. Suspended from the Commonwealth and Games in 2009.[9]

6. Became Ghana in 1957.

7. Left the Commonwealth when handed over to China in 1997.

8. Ireland was represented as a team from the whole of Ireland in 1930, and from both the Irish Free State





and Northern Ireland in 1934. The Irish Free State became Ireland in 1937 (but also known by its name in

Irish ire), formally left the Commonwealth when it declared that it was a Republic on 1 January 1949.

9. ^ Competed from 19581962 as part of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

10. ^ Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore federated as Malaysia in 1963. Singapore left the

federation in 1965.

11. ^ Joined Canada in 1949.

12. ^ Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia federated with Nyasaland from 1953 as Rhodesia and

Nyasaland which lasted till 1963.13. ^ Divided into Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia in 1953.

14. ^ Zanzibar and Tanganyika federated to form Tanzania in 1964.

15. ^ Withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003.

Commonwealth nations/dependencies/disputed territories et to send teams

Very few Commonwealth dependencies and nations have yet to take part:

Tokelau was expected to take part in the 2010 Games in Delhi but did not do so.

The Pitcairn Islands' tiny population (currently 50 to 60 people) would appear to prevent this Britishoverseas territory from competing.

The British Indian Ocean Territory currently has no permanent population although there is a sizeable

population who were born in the BIOT but currently live in Mauritius and the United Kingdom and so

would be eligible to compete on birth criteria.

The lack of a permanent population would seem to prevent the British overseas territories of South

Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory, the New Zealand territory of

Ross Dependency and the Australian external territories of Australian Antarctic Territory, Ashmore and

Cartier Islands, Coral Sea Islands and Heard Island and McDonald Islands from competing.

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has made applications to the CGF to send teams.

Other states, territories and territorial autonomies with native populations within the Commonwealth tha

may be eligible include Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Rodrigues, Nevis and Zanzibar.

It is also conceivable that any future members of the Commonwealth such as applicants (for example

Sudan and Yemen) may participate in future games. The Colony of Aden and Federation of South

Arabia, precursors to modern Yemen, have participated before in 1962 and in 1966. Sudan was an

Anglo-Egyptian protectorate until independence in 1956.

South Sudan has applied to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[10]

Cornwall, represented by the Cornwall Commonwealth Games Association (CCGA), sent a bid for

participation in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, however, their application was rejected by the CGF,

who stated that the constitutional status of Cornwall was not an issue that should be resolved through thmedium. However, in 2010, the CCGA sought to launch a legal challenge to the decision of the CGF,

stating that the Cornish bid of 2006 fulfilled the entire criterion of the CGF, and by rejecting the bid, the

CGF had violated their own code, failing to follow their own criteria for participation. The Cornwall tea

will therefore seek competition in the 2014 games.[11]

Notable competitors

Lawn bowler Willie Wood from Scotland is the first competitor to have competed in seven Commonwealth Game





from 1974 to 2002. Also, Greg Yelavich, a sports shooter from New Zealand, has won 12 medals in seven game

from 1986 to 2010.

Ohe clal efeence

The Empire Games are referred to in The Kinks song "Daylight" from their album Preservation Act 1.

See alo

All-time medal tally of Commonwealth Games

All-Africa Games

Asian Games

Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships

Indian Empire Games

Jeux de la Francophonie

Kingdom Games

Lusophony Games

Olympic Games

Pan American Games

Universiade

World Games

Refeence

1. ^ Harold, Perkin (September 1989). "Teaching the nations how to play: sport and society in the British Empire and

Commonwealth". International Journal of the Histor of Sport 6 (2): pp. 145155.

doi:10.1080/09523368908713685 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080%2F09523368908713685) .2. ^ "The story of the Commonwealth Games" (http://www.thecgf.com/games/story.asp) . Commonwealth

Games Federation. http://www.thecgf.com/games/story.asp. Retrieved 20 January 2008.

3. ^ "1930 British Empire Games Introduction" (http://www.thecgf.com/games/intro.asp) . Commonwealth Game

Federation. http://www.thecgf.com/games/intro.asp. Retrieved 29 October 2009.

4. ^ High Achievers (http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/templates/Games_HighAchievers.htm) . Australian

Commonwealth Games Association. Retrieved on 2010-04-05.

5. ^ Growth of the Commonwealth Games (http://www.thecgf.com/games/growth.asp) . Commonwealth

Games Federation. Retrieved on 2010-04-05.

6. ^ Sports Programme (http://www.thecgf.com/sports/) . Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved on 26 June

2009.

7. ^ 5 hours ago (2010-06-11). ""Canoeing closer to being a full-medal event"

(http://commonwealthdelhi2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/canoeing-closer-to-being-full-medal.html) .

Commonwealthdelhi2010.blogspot.com. http://commonwealthdelhi2010.blogspot.com/2010/06/canoeing-closer-to

being-full-medal.html. Retrieved 2011-10-26.

8. ^ contemporary illustrations show Green Flag used for the Irish team

9. ^ "Fiji suspended from Commonwealth" (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?

c_id=2&objectid=10594683) . The New Zealand Herald . 2 September 2009.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10594683. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

10. ^ "South Sudan faces race against time to make it to start line for London 2012"

(http://insidethegames.biz/olympics/summer-olympics/2012/13536-south-sudan-faces-race-against-time-to-make-

it-to-start-line-for-london-2012) . Insidethegames.biz. 10 July 2011. http://insidethegames.biz/olympics/summer-




wikipedia org/wiki/Commonwealth Games

olympics/2012/13536-south-sudan-faces-race-against-time-to-make-it-to-start-line-for-london-2012. Retrieved 26

October 2011.

11. ^ "Campaign Kernow" (http://www.campaignkernow.com) . Campaign Kernow.

http://www.campaignkernow.com. Retrieved 26 October 2011.

Eternal links

Commonwealth Games official website (http://www.commonwealthgames.com/)

Statistics (1911 to 2006)

(http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/Templates/Games_Results_StatisticsTable.htm)

Flags and emblems of the Commonwealth Games (http://www.commonwealthgamesflags.com/)

evolution of the emblems of the Games

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