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The 2018 Commonwealth Games (officially the XXI Commonwealth Games) are being held in Gold Coast, Australia, from 4 to 15 April 2018.
This article contains a chronological summary of major events from the Games.
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Gold medal events | CC | Closing ceremony |
| April | 4th Wed | 5th Thu | 6th Fri | 7th Sat | 8th Sun | 9th Mon | 10th Tue | 11th Wed | 12th Thu | 13th Fri | 14th Sat | 15th Sun | Events | |
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| Ceremonies | OC | CC | N/A | |||||||||||
| Aquatics |  Diving | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||
 Swimming | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 50 | |||||||
 Athletics | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 58 | |||||
 Badminton | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 5 | 6 | ||
 Basketball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Beach volleyball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||||
 Boxing | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Cycling | ||||||||||||||
 Mountain biking | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
 Road cycling | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||
 Track cycling | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 20 | |||||||||
| Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
 Artistic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||
 Rhythmic | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||
 Hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | |||
 Lawn bowls | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | ● | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||||
 Netball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||
 Powerlifting | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
 Rugby sevens | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
 Shooting | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | ||||||
 Squash | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
 Table tennis | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||
 Triathlon | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||
 Weightlifting | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||
 Wrestling | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Daily medal events | 19 | 17 | 22 | 31 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 24 | 27 | 44 | 17 | 275 | ||
| Cumulative total | 19 | 36 | 58 | 89 | 122 | 148 | 163 | 187 | 214 | 258 | 275 | |||
| April | 4th Wed | 5th Thu | 6th Fri | 7th Sat | 8th Sun | 9th Mon | 10th Tue | 11th Wed | 12th Thu | 13th Fri | 14th Sat | 15th Sun | Total events | |
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5 April 2018 — detailed results |
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5 April 2018 — summary table |
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