New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games

New Zealand has competed in all of the Commonwealth Games since the first in 1930, and has won a total of 656 medals including 159 gold.

New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 159 Silver 220 Bronze 278 Total 657
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

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

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 2014 Commonwealth Games, New Zealand has earned 159 gold medals, 220 silver medals and 278 bronze medals. In the all-time medal tally New Zealand is ranked 5th behind Australia, England, Canada and India.

  Host country (New Zealand)[1]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1930 Hamilton	3	4	2	9
1934 London	1	0	2	3
1938 Sydney	5	7	13	25
1950 Auckland*	10	22	22	54
1954 Vancouver	7	7	5	19
1958 Cardiff	4	6	9	19
1962 Perth	10	12	10	32
1966 Kingston	8	5	13	26
1970 Edinburgh	2	6	6	14
1974 Christchurch*	9	8	18	35
1978 Edmonton	5	6	9	20
1982 Brisbane	5	8	13	26
1986 Edinburgh	8	16	14	38
1990 Auckland*	17	14	27	58
1994 Victoria	5	16	20	41
1998 Kuala Lumpur	8	6	20	34
2002 Manchester	11	13	21	45
2006 Melbourne	6	12	14	32
2010 Delhi	6	22	8	36
2014 Glasgow	14	14	17	45
2018 Gold Coast	15	16	15	46
Totals (21 games)	159	220	278	657

By sport

Events in bold featured at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	37	48	51	136
Cycling	25	47	42	114
Swimming	18	30	36	84
Shooting	15	16	21	52
Lawn bowls	13	12	15	40
Weightlifting	12	12	16	40
Rowing	9	15	7	31
Boxing	7	6	24	37
Rugby sevens	6	1	0	7
Squash	5	4	4	13
Wrestling	3	9	17	29
Netball	2	3	0	5
Gymnastics	2	0	9	11
Judo	1	4	6	11
Hockey	1	3	3	7
Fencing	1	2	3	6
Table tennis	1	1	2	4
Archery	1	0	0	1
Badminton	0	2	9	11
Triathlon	0	2	3	5
Basketball	0	2	2	4
Water polo	0	1	0	1
Diving	0	0	4	4
Synchronised swimming	0	0	2	2
Beach volleyball	0	0	1	1
Cricket	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 sports)	159	220	278	657

Competitors

Notable competitors for New Zealand include Greg Yelavich in sports shooting, who has won 12 medals at 6 games from 1986 to 2010. 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.

References

1. "New Zealand Medals". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 18 July 2020.

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