New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games

Since the first in 1930, New Zealand has competed in all 20 editions of the Commonwealth Games and has won a total of 609 medals including 144 gold.

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (known as The New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association prior to 1994) is the body in New Zealand responsible for selecting Athletes to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games. The NZOC is a member of the Commonwealth Games Federation.

In 1978 Nigeria boycotted the Commonwealth Games in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apartheid-era South Africa

Host nation

New Zealand has hosted the Games three times:

• 1950 British Empire Games – Auckland
• 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Christchurch
• 1990 Commonwealth Games – Auckland

Medal tally

See also: All-time medal tally of Commonwealth Games

Historically, New Zealand has generally been 4th or 5th, though was up to 3rd (1950 & 1962), and down to 11th (1970 & 2010) and 9th (2006). At the first games in 1930, New Zealand's 4th position was ahead of Australia at 5th. At the conclusion of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, New Zealand has earned 144 gold medals, 203 silver medals and 262 bronze medals. In the all-time medal tally New Zealand is ranked 5th behind Australia, England, Canada and India.

  Host country (New Zealand)

Rank
1930 Hamilton	3	4	2	9	4th
1934 London	1	0	2	3	6th
1938 Sydney	5	7	13	25	5th
1950 Auckland	10	22	22	54	3rd
1954 Vancouver	7	7	5	19	5th
1958 Cardiff	4	6	9	19	5th
1962 Perth	10	11	10	32	3rd
1966 Kingston	8	5	13	26	4th
1970 Edinburgh	2	6	6	14	11th
1974 Christchurch	9	8	18	35	4th
1978 Edmonton	5	6	9	20	5th
1982 Brisbane	5	8	13	26	5th
1986 Edinburgh	8	16	14	38	4th
1990 Auckland	17	14	27	58	4th
1994 Victoria	5	16	20	41	8th
1998 Kuala Lumpur	8	6	20	34	6th
2002 Manchester	11	13	21	45	5th
2006 Melbourne	6	12	13	31	9th
2010 Delhi	6	22	8	36	11th
2014 Glasgow	14	14	17	45	6th
Total	144	203	262	609	5th

By sport

Events in bold featured at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Athletics	35	44	51	130
Cycling	22	38	37	97
Swimming	16	30	35	81
Shooting	15	16	21	52
Lawn bowls	12	11	15	38
Weightlifting	11	12	16	39
Rowing	9	14	7	30
Boxing	6	7	20	33
Rugby sevens	4	1	0	5
Wrestling	3	9	17	29
Squash	3	3	3	9
Netball	2	3	0	5
Gymnastics	2	0	9	11
Judo	1	4	6	11
Fencing	1	2	3	6
Table tennis	1	1	2	4
Archery	1	0	0	1
Badminton	0	2	8	10
Hockey	0	2	3	5
Triathlon	0	2	2	4
Basketball	0	2	0	2
Water polo	0	1	0	1
Diving	0	0	4	4
Synchronised swimming	0	0	2	2
Cricket	0	0	1	1

Competitors

Notable competitors for New Zealand include Greg Yelavich in sports shooting, who has won 11 medals at 6 games from 1986 to 2006. Rowan Brassey has also competed at 6 games, and has won 3 medals in lawn bowls. Gary Anderson won 3 golds, 2 silvers and 3 bronze medals for New Zealand in cycling. Athlete Valerie Young has won the most gold medals (5) of any New Zealand competitor.

External links

• New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
• Athletics in the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand has a paragraph on each Olympiad and Empire Games to 1964