Australia at the Commonwealth Games

Australia at the Commonwealth Games
CGF code	AUS
CGA	Australian Commonwealth Games Association
Website	commonwealthgames.org.au
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Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
British Empire Games 1930 1934 1938 1950 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1954 1958 1962 1966 British Commonwealth Games 1970 1974 Commonwealth Games 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Australia became independent of the United Kingdom in 1901 and officially became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1931 under the Statute of Westminster.

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.

Four of the 18 games have been hosted by Australia, and the city of Gold Coast will be hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Australia has placed first at 12 out of the 19 games (compared with England 6 and Canada 1) and has been in the top three for all meets except the first games in 1930.

After the 2006 Games, Australia was first in the All-time medal tally.

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

Games Staged

Australia has hosted on four occasions the Commonwealth Games 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 over turned 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 with drew 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
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

Year	Australian Candidate City	Winning City	Vote Tally
1974 Commonwealth Games	Melbourne	Christchurch	2-36
1998 Commonwealth Games	Adelaide	Kuala Lumpur	25-40

Medals

Overall Medal Tally

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.

				Total
Australia	852	716	650	2218

Medal tally

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1930 Hamilton	3	4	1	8	5
1934 London	8	4	2	14	3
1938 Sydney	25	19	22	66	1
1950 Auckland	34	27	19	80	1
1954 Vancouver	20	11	17	48	2
1958 Cardiff	27	22	17	66	2
1962 Perth	38	36	31	105	1
1966 Kingston	23	28	22	73	2
1970 Edinburgh	36	24	22	82	1
1974 Christchurch	29	28	25	82	1
1978 Edmonton	24	33	27	84	3
1982 Brisbane	39	39	29	107	1
1986 Edinburgh	40	46	35	121	2
1990 Auckland	52	54	56	162	1
1994 Victoria	87	52	42	181	1
1998 Kuala Lumpur	79	61	57	191	1
2002 Manchester	81	61	63	205	1
2006 Melbourne	84	69	68	221	1
2010 Delhi	74	55	49	178	1
2014 Glasgow	49	42	46	137	2
Total	852	716	650	2218	1

Overall Medal Tally by Sport

Overall total of medals achieved for each individual Commonwealth Games sporting area from 1930-2006.

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Archery	1	0	2	3
Athletics	159	136	111	406
Badminton	2	1	9	12
Basketball	2	0	0	2
Boxing	11	14	28	53
Cricket	0	1	0	1
Cycling	78	50	34	162
Diving	27	31	26	84
Fencing	3	15	11	29
Gymnastics	38	28	36	102
Hockey	5	0	1	6
Judo	2	3	9	14
Lawn Bowls	6	18	7	31
Netball	2	0	0	2
Rowing	16	10	8	34
Rugby 7's	0	1	1	2
Shooting	52	44	32	128
Squash	4	5	9	18
Swimming	241	167	150	558
Table Tennis	0	3	2	5
Tennis	3	3	2	8
Tenpin Bowling	5	1	1	7
Triathlon	0	1	1	2
Waterpolo	1	0	0	1
Weightlifting	53	46	40	139
Wrestling	14	22	15	51

Progressive Medal Tally

Figures from Commonwealth Games Foundation website.^[2]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2014	852	716	650	2218
2010	803	673	604	2080
2006	729	618	555	1902
2002	645	549	487	1681
1998	564	488	424	1476
1994	485	427	367	1279
1990	398	375	325	1098
1986	346	321	269	936
1982	306	275	234	815
1978	267	236	205	708
1974	243	203	178	624
1970	214	175	153	542
1966	178	151	131	460
1962	155	123	109	387
1958	117	87	78	282
1954	90	65	61	216
1950	70	54	44	168
1938	36	27	25	88
1934	11	8	3	22
1930	3	4	1	8

Numbers of athletes and sports

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

Year	Athletes	Male	Female	Sports
2006	426	220	206	18
2002	371
1998	320
1994	250
1990	248
1986	235
1982	210
1978	148
1974
1970
1966
1962
1958
1954
1950
1938
1934
1930

Team & Individual Competitor Achievements

Notable Achievements

Represented at most Games

• Arthur Tunstall has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games (1962, 66, 70, 74, 78, 86, 90, 94).
• Donald Stockins has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games (1974, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002).
• Shooter Phillip Adams has competed in 6 Commonwealth Games (1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002).
• Shooter Bruce Quick has represented at 6 Commonwealth Games 1990, 1998, 2002,2006,2010 and 2014

Best Individual Medal Achievements

Most gold medals won

• 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

• Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 6 gold medals at the 1998 Games.
• Swimmer Ian Thorpe won 6 gold medals at the 2002 Games.

Most medals won by a competitor

• 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).
• 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

• 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

• Jenny Turrall, was 13 years, 8 months old when she won a gold medal in the 400m freestyle at Christchurch, New Zealand in 1974.^[3] Jenny Turrall also won Silver medals in the 200m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle and the 4x100 Freestyle Relay -women at the 1974 Christchurch Games.^[4]

Winning Streaks

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, Men's 4 × 100 m (6 Games - 1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002)
• Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley (6 Games - 1990, 94, 98, 2002, 06, 10)
• Men's Hockey (4 Games - 1998, 2002, 06, 10)

Australian Records Achieved at Commonwealth Games

Record Types listed follow this Key:

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

Record Summary

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.

Year	WR	CR	AR	GR	Total
2006
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

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
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)	James Austin	27.48
WR	Swimming	100 m Freestyle Multi Disability (Heat)	James Austin	1:00.21
WR	Swimming	100 m Freestyle Multi Disability (Final)	James 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

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
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 200 m Butterfly	Susie O'Neill	2:06.60 (mins)
GR	Swimming	Men's 200 m 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

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
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

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
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

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
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

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
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

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Cycling	Men's Road Race (114 miles)	Clyde Sefton	5:07:16.87 (hours)

1970

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
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

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
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

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
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

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
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

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
GR	Athletics	Women's 440 yard relay	Australia	47.9 (seconds)
GR	Athletics	Women's 660 Yard Relay	Australia	1:13.4 (mins)

1934

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

Type	Sport	Discipline	Athlete/Team	Record	Margin
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)

List of Ceremony Flag Bearers

Bearing the countries flag at a Games meet is often considered one of the greatest honours an athlete can be given. Listed are opening and closing ceremony flag bearers associated with each athlete's sport.

Year	Opening Ceremony	Closing Ceremony
2014	Anna Meares, Track Cycling	David Morris, Freestyle skiing
2010	Sharelle McMahon, Netball	Alicia Coutts, Swimming
2006	Jane Saville, Athletics	Leisel Jones, Swimming
2002	Damian Brown, Weightlifting
1998	Kieren Perkins, Swimming
1994	Ian Hale, Shooting
1990	Lisa Curry-Kenny, Swimming	Phil Adams, Shooting
1986	Michael Turtur, Cycling
1982	Rick Mitchell, Athletics	Lisa Curry, Swimming
1978	Remo and Salvatore Sansonetti, Cycling
1974	Michael Wenden, Swimming
1970	Pam Kilborn, Athletics
1966	David Dickson, Swimming
1962	Antony 'Tony' Madigan, Boxing
1958	Ivan Lund, Fencing
1954	Richard 'Dick' Garrard, Wrestling
1950	Mervyn Wood, Rowing
1938	Edgar 'Dunc' Gray, Cycling
1934	Noel Ryan, Swimming
1930	Henry 'Bobby' Pearce, Rowing

References

External links

• Commonwealth Games Federation
• Australian Commonwealth Games Association

Sources

"Australia at the Commonwealth Games". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2008-12-11.