Commonwealth Games
List of Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games

Section Title: List of Commonwealth Games
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Edition	Year	Host City & Host Nation	Opened by	Start Date	End Date	Sports	Events	Nations	Competitors	Top Nation	Ref

Inter-Empire Championships

–	1911	United Kingdom London, United Kingdom	George V	12 May	1 June	4	9	4	Unknown	Canada

British Empire Games

I	1930	Canada Hamilton, Canada	Viscount Willingdon	16 August	23 August	6	59	11	400	England	[1]

II	1934	England London, England	–	4 August	11 August	6	68	16	500	England	[2]

III	1938	Australia Sydney, Australia	Lord Wakehurst	5 February	12 February	7	71	15	464	Australia	[3]

–	1942	Canada Montreal, Canada	Cancelled due to the Second World War

–	1946	Wales Cardiff, Wales

IV	1950	New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand	Sir Bernard Freyberg	4 February	11 February	9	88	12	590	Australia	[4]

British Empire and Commonwealth Games

V	1954	Canada Vancouver, Canada	Earl Alexander of Tunis	30 July	7 August	9	91	24	662	England	[5]

VI	1958	Wales Cardiff, Wales	Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	18 July	26 July	9	94	36	1122	England	[6]

VII	1962	Australia Perth, Australia	22 November	1 December	9	104	35	863	Australia	[7]

VIII	1966	Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica	4 August	13 August	9	110	34	1050	England	[8]

British Commonwealth Games

IX	1970	Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland	Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	16 July	25 July	9	121	42	1383	Australia	[9]

X	1974	New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand	24 January	2 February	9	121	38	1276	Australia	[10]

Commonwealth Games

XI	1978	Canada Edmonton, Canada	Elizabeth II	3 August	12 August	10	128	46	1474	Canada	[11]

XII	1982	Australia Brisbane, Australia	Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	30 September	9 October	10	142	46	1583	Australia	[12]

XIII	1986	Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland	Elizabeth II	24 July	2 August	10	163	26	1662	England	[13]

XIV	1990	New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand	Prince Edward	24 January	3 February	10	204	55	2073	Australia	[14]

XV	1994	Canada Victoria, Canada	Elizabeth II	18 August	28 August	10	217	63	2557	Australia	[15]

XVI	1998	Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Tuanku Jaafar	11 September	21 September	15	213	70	3633	Australia	[16]

XVII	2002	England Manchester, England	Elizabeth II	25 July	4 August	17	281	72	3679	Australia	[17]

XVIII	2006	Australia Melbourne, Australia	15 March	26 March	16	245	71	4049	Australia	[18]

XIX	2010	India Delhi, India	Pratibha Patil	3 October	14 October	17	272	71	4352	Australia	[19]

XX	2014	Scotland Glasgow, Scotland	Elizabeth II	23 July	3 August	17	261	71	4947	England	[20]

XXI	2018	Australia Gold Coast, Australia	Charles, Prince of Wales	4 April	15 April	19	275	71	4426	Australia	[21]

XXII	2022	England Birmingham, England	TBA	27 July	7 August	18

XXIII	2026	Election in 2019	TBA

Sentence(s)

In terms of sports and events, the 2002 Games were largest Commonwealth Games featuring 281 events across 17 sports.

final_sentence: In terms of sports and events, the 2002 Games were largest Commonwealth Games featuring 281 events across 17 sports.