Common Wealth Games

                                        Common Wealth games

The commonwealth Games were initially Known as the British Empire Games 9from 1930-19501954, thire name was modified to “British commonwealth Games “the name being retained till 1962 .from 1966to 1974 they took on the title “British commonwealth Games and from 1978 Onwards they were finally renamed the ”commonwealth Games” In 1930,the first Commonwealth Games were held at Hamilton, Canada where 400 athletes from,11 countries took part. Since 1930, the Games have been conducted at four year intervals excepting 1942 and 1946, because of World war II.In the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth games India stood in the 4^th place. Australia stood first place (84 Gold -69-Silver -68 Bronze) England stood second place (36 Gold _40 Silver_34 Bronze); Canada Stood third place (26 Gold -29 Silver-31 bronze)

                   

Games	Year	Host	Dates	Sports	Events	Nations
British Empire Games
I	1930	Hamilton, Canada	16 – 23 August	6	59	11
II	1934	London, England	4 – 11 August	6	68	16
III	1938	Sydney, Australia	5 – 12 February	7	71	15
IV	1950	Auckland, New Zealand	4 – 11 February	9	88	12
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
V	1954	Vancouver, Canada	30 July – 7 August	9	91	24
VI	1958	Cardiff, Wales	18 – 26 July	9	94	36
VII	1962	Perth, Australia	22 November – 1 December	9	104	35
VIII	1966	Kingston, Jamaica	4 – 13 August	9	110	34
British Commonwealth Games
IX	1970	Edinburgh, Scotland	16 – 25 July	9	121	42
X	1974	Christchurch, New Zealand	24 January – 2 February	9	121	38
Commonwealth Games
XI	1978	Edmonton, Canada	3 – 12 August	10	128	46
XII	1982	Brisbane, Australia	30 September — 9 October	10	142	46
XIII	1986	Edinburgh, Scotland	24 July – 2 August	10	163	26
XIV	1990	Auckland, New Zealand	24 January – 3 February	10	204	55
XV	1994	Victoria, Canada	18 – 28 August	10	217	63
XVI	1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	11 – 21 September	15	213	70
XVII	2002	Manchester, England	25 July – 4 August	171	281	72
XVIII	2006	Melbourne, Australia	15 – 26 March	162	245	71
XIX	2010	Delhi, India	3 – 14 October	17	272	71
XX	2014	Glasgow, Scotland	23 July – 3 August
XXI	2018	Gold Coast , Australia orHambantota, Sri Lanka	To be decided