Swimming at the Commonwealth Games

Swimming is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since the inaugural edition of the event's precursor, the 1930 British Empire Games. It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games. Synchronised swimming and Diving events are optional. Water polo is a recognised (i.e. not yet optional) sport.

Editions

Games	Year	Host city	Host country
I	1930	Hamilton	Canada
II	1934	London	England
III	1938	Sydney	Australia
IV	1950	Auckland	New Zealand
V	1954	Vancouver	Canada
VI	1958	Cardiff	Wales
VII	1962	Perth	Australia
VIII	1966	Kingston	Jamaica
IX	1970	Edinburgh	Scotland
X	1974	Christchurch	New Zealand
XI	1978	Edmonton	Canada
XII	1982	Brisbane	Australia
XIII	1986	Edinburgh	Scotland
XIV	1990	Auckland	New Zealand
XV	1994	Victoria	Canada
XVI	1998	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
XVII	2002	Manchester	England
XVIII	2006	Melbourne	Australia
XIX	2010	Delhi	India
XX	2014	Glasgow	Scotland

All-time medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	237	170	150	557
2	Canada	103	109	110	322
3	England	77	108	118	303
4	Scotland	15	21	25	61
5	South Africa	14	23	15	52
6	New Zealand	13	25	35	73
7	Wales	4	6	7	17
8	Zimbabwe	1	–	–	1
8	Papua New Guinea	1	–	–	1
9	Jamaica	–	1	2	3
10	Malaysia	–	1	1	2
11	British Guiana	–	1	–	1

• Events include Swimming, Water Polo and Synchronised Swimming

External links

• Commonwealth Games sport index