Commonwealth Games: the sports programme

Sports contested at each edition of the Commonwealth Games, as recorded in open data. A dot marks a sport on the programme; the right-hand column counts its editions.

23editions

44sports & disciplines

1930–2026years

28most sports at one edition

Sport by edition

Programme chart

Sport	1930	1934	1938	1950	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	2022	2026	Editions
Athletics																								23
Boxing																								23
Cycle sport																								20
Weightlifting																								20
Wrestling																								19
Badminton																								16
Competitive swimming																								16
Diving																								15
Shooting sports																								14
Gymnastics																								10
Netball																								9
Bowls																								8
Field hockey																								7
Rowing																								7
Squash																								7
Artistic gymnastics																								6
Fencing																								6
Judo																								6
Table tennis																								6
Rhythmic gymnastics																								5
Triathlon																								5
Road bicycle racing																								4
Rugby sevens																								4
Para athletics																								3
Marathon																								3
Powerlifting																								3
Rugby union																								3
Synchronized swimming																								3
3x3 basketball																								2
Archery																								2
Basketball																								2
Beach volleyball																								2
Cricket																								2
100 metres																								1
Para powerlifting																								1
Bocce																								1
Cycling																								1
Long jump																								1
Rugby																								1
Ten-pin bowling																								1
Tennis																								1
Track cycling																								1
Volleyball																								1
Windsurfing																								1

Hosts

Editions

Year	Edition	Host	Sports	Medal events
2026	2026 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow	12	145
2022	2022 Commonwealth Games	Birmingham	22	265
2018	2018 Commonwealth Games	Gold Coast	28	318
2014	2014 Commonwealth Games	Glasgow	25	290
2010	2010 Commonwealth Games	Delhi	25	244
2006	2006 Commonwealth Games	Melbourne	21	111
2002	2002 Commonwealth Games	Manchester	22	86
1998	1998 Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur	13	55
1994	1994 Commonwealth Games	Victoria	8	48
1990	1990 Commonwealth Games	Auckland	9	48
1986	1986 Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh	9	48
1982	1982 Commonwealth Games	Brisbane	10	48
1978	1978 Commonwealth Games	Edmonton	10	44
1974	1974 British Commonwealth Games	Christchurch	9	42
1970	1970 British Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh	9	41
1966	1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Kingston	10	39
1962	1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Perth	9	33
1958	1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Cardiff	9	33
1954	1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games	Vancouver	9	30
1950	1950 British Empire Games	Auckland	9	28
1938	1938 British Empire Games	Sydney	5	30
1934	1934 British Empire Games	London	4	30
1930	1930 British Empire Games	Hamilton	5	21