Wales at the Commonwealth Games 


Wales at the Commonwealth Games

Wales made its Commonwealth Games debut in Hamilton in 1930 and is one of only six nations to have taken part in every Games since that time. 

Having made our debut in the inaugural Games with 3 medals, Wales won its first Gold medals at the 1938 gathering in Sydney with athletics and boxing providing the honours. Cardiff hosted the Games in 1958 and the gold medal hero was Howard Winstone who won the men's bantamweight division in the boxing ring.  

Since 1930 Wales has won 215 medals with 49 gold medals. Wales currently holds 15 Games records including those held by cyclist Nicole Cooke, runner Iwan Thomas, hurdler Colin Jackson, and weightlifters Michela Breeze and Dave Morgan.

At the 2006 Games in Melbourne Team Wales, captained by one of the world's leading paralympians, Dame Tani Grey-Thompson, enjoyed a haul of 19 medals. 

Since Wales cannot compete at the Olympic Games as a separate nation, the Commonwealth Games provides the Principality with its only opportunity to compete in a major international multi-sport event. Wales traditionally punches above its weight at the Commonwealth Games, more medals per head of population were won by Wales than any other home country at Melbourne 2006.

Wales Medal Table   

1930 British Empire Games - Hamilton
Gold 2, Silver 1 and Bronze 3

1934 British Empire Games - London
Gold 3, Silver 3,  Bronze 6

1938 British Empire Games - Sydney
Gold 2, Silver 1, Bronze 3

1950 British Empire Games - Auckland
Gold 1, Silver 1, Bronze 1

1954 British Empire & Commonwealth Games  - Vancouver 
Gold 1, Silver 5, Bronze 7
 
1958 British Empire & Commonwealth Games  - Cardiff 
Gold 1, Silver 3, Bronze 7 

1962 British Empire & Commonwealth Games  - Perth Australia
Gold 2, Silver 4, Bronze 6    

1966 British Empire & Commonwealth Games  - Kingston Jamaica
Gold 3, Silver 2, Bronze 2    

1970 British Commonwealth Games  - Edinburgh
Gold 2, Silver 6, Bronze 4

1974 British Commonwealth Games - Christchurch NZ 
Gold 1, Silver 5, Bronze 4   

1978 Commonwealth Games - Edmonton 
Gold 2, Silver 1, Bronze 5 

1982 Commonwealth Games - Brisbane 
Gold 4, Silver 4, Bronze 1 

1986 Commonwealth Games - Edinburgh 
Gold 6, Silver 5, Bronze 12 

1990 Commonwealth Games - Auckland 
Gold 10, Silver 3, Bronze 12 

1994 Commonwealth Games - Victoria Canada 
Gold 5, Silver 8, Bronze 6 

1998 Commonwealth Games - Kuala Lumpur 
Gold 3, Silver 4, Bronze 8 

2002 Commonwealth Games - Manchester 
Gold 6, Silver 13, Bronze 12 

2006 Commonwealth Games - Melbourne 
Gold 3, Silver 5, Bronze 11 

Total Gold 49 
Total Silver 69 
Total Bronze 97