Boxing is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since the inaugural edition of the event's precursor, the 1930 British Empire Games. [1] It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games.
Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | England (ENG) | 62 | 31 | 43 | 136 |
2 | Canada (CAN) | 26 | 23 | 43 | 92 |
3 | Scotland (SCO) | 20 | 16 | 34 | 70 |
4 | Northern Ireland (NIR) | 18 | 20 | 30 | 68 |
5 | Australia (AUS) | 18 | 19 | 38 | 75 |
6 | South Africa (RSA) | 15 | 8 | 13 | 36 |
7 | Nigeria (NGR) | 13 | 7 | 22 | 42 |
8 | Kenya (KEN) | 12 | 13 | 23 | 48 |
9 | India (IND) | 11 | 13 | 20 | 44 |
10 | Ghana (GHA) | 9 | 12 | 15 | 36 |
11 | Wales (WAL) | 8 | 15 | 24 | 47 |
12 | Uganda (UGA) | 8 | 10 | 17 | 35 |
13 | New Zealand (NZL) | 7 | 6 | 25 | 38 |
14 | Zambia (ZAM) | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 |
15 | Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
16 | Namibia (NAM) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
17 | Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
18 | Mauritius (MRI) | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
19 | Pakistan (PAK) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
20 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
21 | Fiji (FIJ) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
22 | Guyana (GUY) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
24 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
25 | Samoa (SAM) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
26 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
27 | Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
30 | Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
31 | Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Swaziland (SWZ) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
33 | Lesotho (LES) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
34 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Malawi (MAW) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
36 | Barbados (BAR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Jersey (JER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Tanzania (TAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
39 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Niue (NIU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (41 entries) | 241 | 241 | 433 | 915 |
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