2018 Commonwealth Games medal table

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The 2018 Commonwealth Games (officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games), was a multi-sport event held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. 275 medal events were held at these games.

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Australia won the games with 78 gold, 59 silver and 59 bronze, for a total of 198 medals.

Firsts

The Solomon Islands won its first Commonwealth Games medal, a bronze won by Jenly Tegu Wini in the women's 58 kg weightlifting event. [1]

The Cook Islands won its first Commonwealth Games medal, a bronze won by Taiki Paniani and Aidan Zittersteijn in the men's pairs lawn bowls event. [2]

Vanuatu won its first Commonwealth Games medal, a bronze won by para athlete Friana Kwevira in the women's javelin throw (F46) event. [3]

Dominica won its first Commonwealth Games medal when Thea LaFond won a bronze medal in the women's triple jump event. [4] [5] A few days later, Dominica won its first ever silver medal when Yordanys Duranona Garcia came second in the men's triple jump event.

British Virgin Islands won its first Commonwealth Games medal when Kyron McMaster won a gold in the men's 400m hurdles. [6] [7]

Saint Lucia won its first Commonwealth Games gold medal when Levern Spencer won the women's high jump event.

Medal table

The ranking in this table is consistent with the International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a Commonwealth Games Association). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their three-letter country code. Australia came in first in the medal table rank with 78 gold, the second being England with 45 gold, and the third being India with 26 gold.

Two bronze medals were awarded in boxing. In four events of wrestling, only five nations entered the event, per Commonwealth Games regulations, only one bronze medal was available. No bronze medal was awarded in the women's 50 metre butterfly S7, women's powerlifting heavyweight, and women's wrestling freestyle 50 kg, as only four athletes competed in the event, and per Commonwealth Games regulations, the bronze medal was not available. At women's tandem sprint B and women's tandem 1 km time trial B only one gold medal was available, as only three nations entered the event.

Additionally, two silver medals were awarded in the men's gymnastics horizontal bar, men's 100 metre freestyle, and the women's 50 metre freestyle as a result of a tie between two athletes. Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals.

Key

  *   Host nation

RankCGAGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia*785959196
2Flag of England.svg  England 454546136
3Flag of India.svg  India 26202066
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 15402782
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 15161546
6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 13111337
7Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 10121436
8Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 9132244
9Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 99624
10Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 81514
11Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 791127
12Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 751224
13Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 5229
14Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 47617
15Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 3126
16Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 3115
17Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 2305
18Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 2103
19Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 2002
20Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland 17412
21Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 1304
22Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1203
23Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1124
24Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1045
25Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 1012
26Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 1001
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands 1001
Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 1001
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 1001
30Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 0202
31Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 0156
32Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 0123
33Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 0112
34Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 0101
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0101
Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 0101
37Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 0022
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 0022
39Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 0011
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0011
Flag of Norfolk Island.svg  Norfolk Island 0011
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 0011
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 0011
Totals (43 entries)273276289838

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