Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games
Wrestling is an optional sport for men only that was 1 of 6 to be feature on the Programme in Hamilton 1930. Participation has risen from 3 countries to 17 sending athletes to Manchester 2002. Wrestling did not feature in Melbourne 2006 but makes a return to the Programme in Delhi 2010 and is included in Glasgow 2014.
Editions
Games | Year | Host city | Host country | Best nation |
---|---|---|---|---|
I | 1930 | Hamilton, Ontario | Canada | Canada |
II | 1934 | London | England | Canada |
III | 1938 | Sydney, | Australia | Australia |
IV | 1950 | Auckland | New Zealand | Australia |
V | 1954 | Vancouver | Canada | South Africa |
VI | 1958 | Cardiff | Wales | South Africa |
VII | 1962 | Perth | Australia | Pakistan |
VIII | 1966 | Kingston | Jamaica | Pakistan |
IX | 1970 | Edinburgh | Scotland | India |
X | 1974 | Christchurch | New Zealand | Canada |
XI | 1978 | Edmonton, Alberta | Canada | Canada |
XII | 1982 | Brisbane, Queensland | Australia | Canada |
XIII | 1986 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Canada |
XV | 1994 | Victoria, | Canada | Canada |
XVII | 2002 | Manchester | England | Canada |
XIX | 2010 | Delhi | India | India |
XX | 2014 | Glasgow | Scotland | Canada |
All-time medal table
Updated after the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Canada | 64 | 38 | 23 | 125 |
2 | India | 38 | 35 | 17 | 90 |
3 | Pakistan | 20 | 11 | 8 | 39 |
4 | Australia | 14 | 22 | 15 | 51 |
5 | South Africa | 12 | 8 | 11 | 31 |
6 | Nigeria | 6 | 9 | 19 | 34 |
7 | England | 5 | 22 | 36 | 63 |
8 | New Zealand | 3 | 9 | 17 | 29 |
9 | Scotland | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 |
10 | Cameroon | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
11 | Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Wales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Zambia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 163 | 162 | 169 | 494 |
External links
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 24, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.