Commonwealth Games

January 5, 2007

Commonwealth Games

The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada. They are conducted like Olympics once in four years.

Commonwealth Games – Where and When Year Venue Countries Participated No. of Participants No. of Disciplines

1930 Hamilton, Canada 11 400 6

1934 London,Britain 16 500 6

1938 Sydney, Australia 15 467 7

1950 Auckland, New Zealand 12 590 9

1954 Vancouver, Canada 24 662 9

1958 Cardiff, U.K. 35 1130 9

1962 Perth, Australia 35 863 9

1966 Kingston, Jamaica 34 1050 9

1970 Edinburgh, U.K. 42 1383 9

1974 Christchurch, New Zealand 39 1276 9

1978 Edmonton, Canada 46 1500 10

1982 Brisbane, Australia 46 2193 10

1986 Edinburgh, U.K. 26 2240 10

1990 Auckland, New Zealand 29 2900 10

1994 Victoria, Canada 34 3350 13

1998 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 70 4000+ 16 200 Manchester, U.K. 70 4500+ 16