Australia at the Commonwealth Games - wikipedia Australia at the Commonwealth Games Australia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games CGF code AUS CGA Commonwealth Games Australia Website commonwealthgames.org.au Medals Ranked 1st Gold 852 Silver 716 Bronze 650 Total 2,218 Commonwealth Games appearances ( overview ) British Empire Games 1930 1934 1938 1950 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1954 1958 1962 1966 British Commonwealth Games 1970 Commonwealth Games 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Australia has won 13 Commonwealth games. Australia first competed at the Games, then titled the British Empire Games, in 1930 ; and is one of only six countries to have sent athletes to every Commonwealth Games. The others are Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales. Six of the 21 games have been hosted by Australia, with the city of Gold Coast hosting the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Australia has placed first at 13 out of the 21 games ( compared with England 7 and Canada 1 ) and has been in the top three for all meets except the first games in 1930. After the 2006 Games, Australia was first in the all - time medal tally. In all but one of the 18 Commonwealth Games held so far ( excluding the 1978 Games ), the Australian flag bearer has gone on to win a gold medal. Contents 1 List of Games Host Nation Bids 1.1 Games Staged 1.2 Failed bid Results 2 Medals 2.1 Overall Medal Tally 3 Games Summary 3.1 Overall Medal Tally by Sport 3.2 Progressive Medal Tally 4 Numbers of athletes and sports 5 Team & Individual Competitor Achievements 5.1 Notable Achievements 5.1. 1 Represented at most Games 5.2 Best Individual Medal Achievements 5.2. 1 Most gold medals won 5.2. 2 Most gold medals won at a single Games 5.2. 3 Most medals won by a competitor 5.2. 4 Oldest gold medal winner 5.2. 5 Youngest gold medal winner 5.3 Winning Streaks 6 Australian Records Achieved at Commonwealth Games 6.1 Record Summary 6.2 2002 6.3 1998 6.4 1994 6.5 1990 6.6 1986 6.7 1978 6.8 1974 6.9 1970 6.10 1966 6.11 1962 6.12 1958 6.13 1950 6.14 1934 7 See also 8 References 9 External links 10 Sources List of Games host nation bids Games staged Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games on four occasions but have only won once via an international vote. That vote was for the host of the 2018 games, won by the Gold Coast. Sydney 1938 was simply awarded. Perth 1962 was a contest between Adelaide and Perth which Adelaide originally won at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Adelaide first won 13 votes to Perth 's 3. Two years later that was overturned by the Australian Commonwealth Games Association prior to the 1958 British Empire Games in Cardiff, Wales. A New Vote awarded Perth with a 9 to 7 vote. Brisbane 1982 was awarded after Lagos, Nigeria ; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Birmingham, England all withdrew prior to the Bid vote that took place in Montreal, Quebec, Canada during the 1976 Summer Olympics. Melbourne 2006 was awarded to the city after Wellington, New Zealand withdrew their bid prior to the Bid Lodgement Deadline. Year Host City, State Years Between 2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Queensland 12 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Victoria 24 1982 Commonwealth Games Brisbane, Queensland 20 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Perth, Western Australia 24 1938 British Empire Games Sydney, New South Wales - Failed bid Results Year Australian Candidate City Winning City Vote Tally 1974 Commonwealth Games Melbourne Christchurch 2 - 36 1998 Commonwealth Games Adelaide Kuala Lumpur 25 - 40 Medals Overall medal tally Positions are calculated by the number of gold medals earned, then the number of silvers is taken into consideration and then the number of bronze. Figures from Commonwealth Games Foundation website. Those represented in bold are the highest scoring medal tally for each individual medal. The 2006 Games saw the highest overall medal tally, including the highest number of silver and bronze medals. The 1994 Games remains the Games with the highest number of gold medals won for Australia. Total Australia 936 768 713 2427 Games summary Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Competitors Officials Flag Bearer Opening Flag Bearer Closing 1930 Hamilton 8 5 9 Bobby Pearce 1934 London 8 14 17 Noel Ryan 1938 Sydney 25 19 22 66 158 11 Edgar ' Dunc Gray 1950 Auckland 34 27 19 80 148 20 Mervyn Wood 1954 Vancouver 20 11 17 48 78 13 Dick Garrard 1958 Cardiff 27 22 17 66 105 14 Ivan Lund 1962 Perth 38 36 31 105 208 30 Tony Madigan 1966 Kingston 23 28 22 73 101 23 David Dickson 1970 Edinburgh 36 24 22 82 107 25 Pam Kilborn Michael Wenden 1974 Christchurch 29 28 25 82 168 34 Michael Wenden 1978 Edmonton 24 33 27 84 148 42 Remo Sansonetti and Salvatore Sansonetti Tracey Wickham 1982 Brisbane 39 39 29 107 208 54 Rick Mitchell Lisa Curry 1986 Edinburgh 40 46 35 121 235 69 Michael Turtur Gael Martin 1990 Auckland 52 54 56 162 247 68 Lisa Curry - Kenny Phillip Adams 1994 Victoria 87 52 42 181 241 92 Ian Hale Gary Neiwand 1998 Kuala Lumpur 80 61 57 198 311 130 Kieren Perkins Susan O'Neill 2002 Manchester 82 62 63 207 355 131 Damian Brown Ian Thorpe 2006 Melbourne 84 69 68 221 425 168 Jane Saville Leisel Jones 2010 Delhi 74 56 49 179 368 179 Sharelle McMahon Alicia Coutts 2014 Glasgow 49 42 46 137 409 184 Anna Meares Mark Knowles 2018 Gold Coast 80 59 59 198 Mark Knowles Kurt Fearnley 2022 Birmingham Future event Total 936 768 713 2427 Overall medal tally by sport Overall total of medals achieved for each individual Commonwealth Games sporting area from 1930 - 2006. Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Archery 0 Athletics 159 136 111 406 Badminton 9 12 Basketball 0 0 Boxing 11 14 28 53 Cricket 0 0 Cycling 78 50 34 162 Diving 27 31 26 84 Fencing 15 11 29 Gymnastics 38 28 36 102 Hockey 5 0 6 Judo 9 14 Lawn Bowls 6 18 7 31 Netball 0 5 Rowing 16 10 8 34 Rugby 7 's 0 Shooting 52 44 32 128 Squash 5 9 18 Swimming 241 167 150 558 Table Tennis 0 5 Tennis 8 Tenpin Bowling 5 7 Triathlon 0 Waterpolo 0 0 Weightlifting 53 46 40 139 Wrestling 14 22 15 51 Progressive Medal Tally Figures from Commonwealth Games Foundation website. Commonwealth Games Progressive Medal Tally Year Gold Silver Bronze Total 2018 932 778 709 2419 2014 852 716 650 2218 803 673 604 2080 2006 729 618 555 1902 2002 645 549 487 1681 1998 564 488 424 1476 1994 485 427 367 1279 1990 398 375 325 1098 1986 346 321 269 936 1982 306 275 234 815 1978 267 236 205 708 243 203 178 624 1970 214 175 153 542 1966 178 151 131 460 1962 155 123 109 387 1958 117 87 78 282 1954 90 65 61 216 1950 70 54 44 168 1938 36 27 25 88 1934 11 8 22 1930 8 Numbers of athletes and sports This list shows the total number of athletes, male and female, and the total sports they were selected to compete in. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Year Athletes Male Female Sports 2006 426 220 206 18 2002 371 1998 320 1994 250 1990 248 1986 235 1982 210 1978 148 1970 1966 1962 1958 1954 1950 1938 1934 1930 Team & individual competitor achievements Notable achievements Represented at most Games Arthur Tunstall has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games ( 1962, 66, 70, 74, 78, 86, 90, 94 ). Donald Stockins has represented Australia as an official at 8 Commonwealth Games ( 1974, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002 ). Shooter Bruce Quick has represented at 7 Commonwealth Games 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 Shooter Phillip Adams has competed in 6 Commonwealth Games ( 1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002 ). Best individual medal achievements Most gold medals won Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 10 gold medals at three successive Games ( 1990, 94, 98 ). Swimmer Ian Thorpe won 10 gold medals at two successive Games ( 1998, 2002 ). Swimmer Leisel Jones won 10 gold medals at three successive Games ( 2002, 06, 10 ). Most gold medals won at a single Games Swimmer Susie O'Neill won 6 gold medals at the 1998 Games. Swimmer Ian Thorpe won 6 gold medals at the 2002 Games. Most medals won by a competitor Shooter Phillip Adams has won 18 medals ( 7 gold, 9 silver, 2 bronze ) at five Games ( 1982, 86, 90, 94, 2002 ). Swimmer Susie O'Neill has won 15 medals ( 10 gold, 5 silver ) at three Games ( 1990, 94, 98 ). Shooter Bruce Quick has won 14 medals ( 1 Gold, 9 Silver and 4 Bronze ) at 6 games ( 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 ). Oldest gold medal winner Dorothy Roche, was 61 years and 10 months old when she won a gold medal in the women 's fours in Bowls at the 1990 Games. Youngest gold medal winner Jenny Turrall, was 13 years, 8 months old when she won a gold medal in the 400m freestyle at Christchurch, New Zealand in 1974. Jenny Turrall also won Silver medals in the 200m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle and the 4x100 Freestyle Relay - women at the 1974 Christchurch Games. Winning streaks Australia has won gold in the following events for each consecutive Games since the beginning of each individual streak. Swimming, Men 's 4 × 200 m ( 13 Games - 1954, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002 ) Swimming, Men 's 4 × 100 m ( 6 Games - 1982, 86, 90, 94, 98, 2002 ) Swimming, Women 's 4 × 100 m Medley ( 6 Games - 1990, 94, 98, 2002, 06, 10 ) Men 's Hockey ( 4 Games - 1998, 2002, 06, 10 ) Australian Records achieved at Commonwealth Games Record Types listed follow this Key : WR : World Record CR : Commonwealth Record AR : Australian Record GR : Games Record Record summary This list shows a summary of known Australian records and totals for each year and overall. A world record also covers all other records ( Commonwealth, Australian and Games ) but is not included in each individual tally. This also goes for each other section overlapping. The hierarchy is defined by the record key. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Year WR CR AR GR Total 2006 2002 6 44 50 1998 20 20 1994 29 29 1990 7 7 1986 6 6 1982 1978 1970 1966 14 14 1962 5 5 1958 0 0 1954 1950 1938 0 0 1934 1930 0 0 Total 6 139 145 2002 6 World Records were set during these Games. 44 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 2002 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin WR Cycling 4,000 m Team Pursuit ( Qualifying ) Team : Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Mark Renshaw, Luke Roberts 4 : 04.034 WR Cycling 4,000 m Team Pursuit Team : Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Mark Renshaw, Luke Roberts 3 : 59.583 WR Swimming 50 m Freestyle Multi Disability ( Heat ) James Austin 27.48 WR Swimming 100 m Freestyle Multi Disability ( Heat ) James Austin 1 : 00.21 WR Swimming 100 m Freestyle Multi Disability ( Final ) James Austin 1 : 00.27 WR Swimming 400 m Freestyle Ian Thorpe 3 : 40.08 GR Athletics Men 's 20 km Walk Nathan Deakes 1 : 25.35 ( hours ) GR Athletics Women 's 20 km Walk Jane Saville 1 : 36.34 ( hours ) GR Athletics Women 's 4 × 400 m Relay Australia 3 : 25.63 ( mins ) GR Athletics Men 's 50 km Walk Nathan Deakes 3 : 52.40 ( hours ) GR Athletics Women 's Marathon Kerryn McCann 2 : 30.05 ( hours ) GR Athletics Women 's Pole Vault Tatiana Grigorieva 4.35 ( meters ) GR Athletics Men 's Shot Put Justin Anlezark 20.91 ( meters ) GR Cycling Men 's 20 km Scratch Race Graeme Brown 24 : 14.660 ( mins ) GR Cycling Women 's 25 km Points Race Katherine Bates 37 ( points ) GR Cycling Men 's 4000 m Individual Pursuit Bradley `` Brad '' McGee 4 : 16.358 ( mins ) GR Cycling Women 's 500 m Time Trial Kerrie Meares 35.084 ( seconds ) GR Cycling Men 's Road Race ( 187.2 km ) Stuart O'Grady 4 : 43 : 17 ( hours ) GR Cycling Men 's Road Time Trial ( 46.8 km ) Cadel Evans 1 : 00 : 53.50 ( hours ) GR Cycling Men 's Team Sprint Australia 44.506 ( seconds ) GR Shooting Women 's 25 m Standard Pistol ( Ind ) Lalita Yauhleuskaya 686.8 ( points ) GR Shooting Women 's 25 m Standard Pistol ( Team ) Australia 1150 ( points ) GR Shooting Men 's 50 m Free Rifle - 3 Position ( Team ) Australia 2297 ( points ) GR Shooting Women 's 50 m Rifle Prone ( Ind ) Kim Frazer 588 ( points ) GR Shooting Women 's Skeet ( Ind ) Lauryn Ogilvie 93 ( points ) GR Shooting Women 's Skeet ( Team ) Australia 95 ( points ) GR Shooting Men 's Trap ( Team ) Australia 187 ( points ) GR Shooting Women 's Trap ( Team ) Australia 90 ( points ) GR Swimming Men 's 100 m Backstroke Matt Welsh 0 : 54.72 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 100 m Butterfly Geoff Huegill 0 : 52.36 ( mins ) GR Swimming Women 's 100 m Butterfly Petria Thomas 0 : 58.57 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 100 m Freestyle Ian Thorpe 48.73 ( seconds ) GR Swimming Men 's 100 m Multi Disability Freestyle Ben Austin ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 200 m Butterfly Justin Norris 1 : 56.95 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 200 m Freestyle Ian Thorpe 1 : 44.71 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 400 m Freestyle Ian Thorpe 3 : 40.08 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 400 m Individual Medley Justin Norris 4 : 16.95 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Australia 3 : 16.42 ( mins ) GR Swimming Women 's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Australia 3 : 40.41 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Australia 3 : 36.05 ( mins ) GR Swimming Women 's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Australia 4 : 03.70 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Australia 7 : 11.69 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 50 m Backstroke Matt Welsh 25.65 ( seconds ) GR Swimming Women 's 50 m Backstroke Dyana Calub 28.98 ( seconds ) GR Swimming Men 's 50 m Butterfly Geoff Huegill 23.57 ( seconds ) GR Swimming Women 's 50 m Butterfly Petria Thomas 26.66 ( seconds ) GR Swimming Men 's 50 m Multi Disability Freestyle Ben Austin ( seconds ) GR Weightlifting Women 's 75 kg+ Snatch Caroline Pileggi 100.0 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 77 kg Snatch Damian Brown 147.5 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 94 kg Snatch Alex Karapetyn 167.5 ( kg ) 1998 20 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1998 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin GR Athletics Women 's 10 km Road Walk Jane Saville 43 : 57 ( mins ) GR Cycling Men 's 184 km Road Race Jay Sweet 4 : 31 : 56 ( hours ) GR Cycling Women 's 24 km Points Race Alayna Burns 34 ( points ) GR Cycling Women 's Road Race ( 28 km ) Anna Wilson 37 : 34 ( mins ) GR Cycling Men 's Sprint Darryn Hill 10.533 ( seconds ) GR Shooting Women 's Air Pistol ( Ind ) Annemarie Forder 480.6 ( points ) GR Shooting Women 's Air Pistol ( Team ) Australia 748 ( points ) GR Shooting Men 's Smallbore Rifle 3 Position ( Ind ) Timothy Lowndes 1235.3 ( points ) GR Shooting Women 's Smallbore Sport Rifle 3 Position ( Ind ) Susan McCready 667.3 ( points ) GR Shooting Women 's Smallbore Sport Rifle Prone ( Team ) Australia 1174 ( points ) GR Shooting Women 's Sport Pistol ( Team ) Australia 1140 ( points ) GR Swimming Women 's 200 m Butterfly Susie O'Neill 2 : 06.60 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 200 m Individual Medley Matthew Dunn 2 : 00.26 ( mins ) GR Tenpin Bowling Women 's Doubles Australia 3678 ( points ) GR Tenpin Bowling Mixed Doubles Australia 3605 ( points ) GR Tenpin Bowling Women 's Singles Cara Honeychurch 6406 ( points ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 77 kg Clean and Jerk Damian Brown 187.5 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 77 kg Combined Damian Brown 327.5 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 94 kg Clean and Jerk Kiril Kounev 205.0 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 94 kg Combined Kiril Kounev 370.0 ( kg ) 1994 29 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1994 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin GR Athletics Men 's Marathon Wheelchair Paul Wiggins 1 : 37.33 ( hours ) GR Cycling Men 's 10 Mile Stuart O'Grady 18 : 50.520 ( mins ) GR Cycling Men 's 100 km Team Time Trial Australia 1 : 53 : 19.13 ( hours ) GR Cycling Women 's 25 km Team Time Trial Australia 1 : 04 : 03.20 ( mins ) GR Cycling Men 's 4000 m Team Pursuit Australia 4 : 10.485 ( mins ) GR Cycling Men 's 40 km Points Race Brett Aitken 38 ( points ) GR Cycling Women 's Road Race Kathryn `` Kathy '' Watt 2 : 48 : 04.73 ( seconds ) GR Shooting Fullbore Rifle Queens Prize - Open ( Pair ) Australia 593 ( points ) GR Shooting Men 's Running Target ( Ind ) Bryan Wilson 657.9 ( points ) GR Shooting Women 's Smallbore Rifle Prone ( Team ) Australia 1160 ( points ) GR Shooting Women 's Sport Pistol ( Ind ) Christine Trefry 679.4 ( points ) GR Swimming Women 's 100 m Breaststroke Samantha Riley 1 : 08.02 ( mins ) GR Swimming Women 's 100 m Freestyle S9 Melissa Carlton 1 : 09.61 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 1500 m Freestyle Kieren Perkins 14 : 41.66 ( mins ) GR Swimming Women 's 200 m Breaststroke Samantha Riley 2 : 25.53 ( mins ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 108 kg + Clean and Jerk Stefan Botev 200.0 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 108 kg + Combined Stefan Botev 360.0 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 108 kg + Snatch Steven Kettner 165.0 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 108 kg Clean and Jerk Nicu Vlad 220.0 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 108 kg Combined Nicu Vlad 405.0 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 108 kg Snatch Nicu Vlad 185.0 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 64 kg Combined Sevdalin Marinov 277.5 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 76 kg Clean and Jerk Damian Brown 182.5 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 83 kg Clean and Jerk Kiril Kounev 200.0 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 83 kg Combined Kiril Kounev 352.5 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 83 kg Snatch Kiril Kounev 152.5 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 91 kg Clean and Jerk Harvey Goodman 200.0 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 91 kg Combined Harvey Goodman 362.5 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 91 kg Snatch Harvey Goodman 162.5 ( kg ) 1990 7 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1990 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin GR Athletics Men 's Hammer Throw Sean Carlin 75.66 ( meters ) GR Athletics Women 's Heptathlon Jane Flemming 6695 ( points ) GR Cycling Men 's 50 km Points Race Robert Burns 81 ( points ) GR Cycling Women 's Road Race ( 72 km ) Kathryn `` Kathy '' Watt 1 : 55 : 11.60 ( hours ) GR Shooting Men 's 50 m / Free Pistol ( Team ) Australia 1106 ( points ) GR Swimming Women 's 400 m Individual Medley Hayley Lewis 4 : 42.65 ( mins ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 75 kg Clean and Jerk Ronald Laycock 177.5 ( kg ) 1986 6 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1986 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin GR Athletics Men 's 30 km Road Walk Simon Francis Baker 2 : 07.47 ( hours ) GR Athletics Women 's Shot Put Gael Martin ( née Mulhall ) 19.00 ( meters ) GR Rowing Men 's Eight Oared Shell Australia 5 : 44.42 ( mins ) GR Rowing Women 's Eight Oared Shell Australia 6 : 43.69 ( mins ) GR Rowing Men 's Lightweight Single Sculls Peter Antonie 7 : 16.43 ( mins ) GR Rowing Women 's Lightweight Single Sculls Adair Ferguson 7 : 45.49 ( mins ) 1978 2 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1978 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin GR Cycling Men 's Road Race ( 117 miles ) Phillip Anderson 4 : 22 : 34.41 ( hours ) GR Swimming Women 's 800 m Freestyle Tracey Wickham 8 : 24.62 ( mins ) 1 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1974 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin GR Cycling Men 's Road Race ( 114 miles ) Clyde Sefton 5 : 07 : 16.87 ( hours ) 1970 3 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1970 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin GR Athletics Men 's 20 Mile Walk Noel Freeman 2 : 33 : 33 ( hours ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 110 kg + Combined Raymond Rigby 500 ( kg ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 52 kg Combined George Vasiliades 290 ( kg ) 1966 14 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1966 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin GR Athletics Women 's 100 Yard Dash Dianne Burge 10.6 ( seconds ) GR Athletics Men 's 100 Yard Dash Michael Van Der Velde 10.1 ( seconds ) GR Athletics Women 's 440 Yard Run / Quarter Mile Judith Pollock 53.0 ( seconds ) GR Athletics Women 's 4x110 Yard Relay Australia 45.3 ( seconds ) GR Athletics Men 's 880 Yard Run / Half - Mile Noel Clough 1 : 46.9 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 110 Yards Breaststroke Ian O'Brien 1 : 08.2 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 110 Yards Freestyle Michael Wenden 54.0 ( seconds ) GR Swimming Men 's 220 Yard Backstroke Peter Reynolds 2 : 12.0 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 220 Yards Breaststroke Ian O'Brien 2 : 29.3 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 440 Yards Freestyle Robert Windle 4 : 15.0 ( mins ) GR Swimming Women 's 440 Yards Freestyle Kathryn Wainwright 4 : 38.8 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 440 Yards Freestyle Relay Australia 3 : 35.6 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 440 Yards Individual Medley Peter Reynolds 4 : 50.8 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 880 Yards Freestyle Relay Australia 7 : 59.5 ( mins ) GR Weightlifting Men 's 82.5 kg Combined George Vakakis 925.5 ( pounds ) 1962 5 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1962 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin GR Athletics Women 's 880 Yard Run / Half - Mile Dixie Willis 2 : 03.7 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 110 Yards Butterfly Kevin Berry 0 : 59.5 ( mins ) GR Swimming Women 's 110 Yards Freestyle Dawn Fraser 0 : 59.5 ( seconds ) GR Swimming Men 's 1650 Yards Freestyle Murray Rose 17 : 18.1 ( mins ) GR Swimming Men 's 220 Yards Butterfly Kevin Berry 2 : 10.8 ( mins ) 1958 3 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1958 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin GR Athletics Women 's 220 Yard Dash Marlene Mathews - Willard 23.6 ( seconds ) GR Athletics Women 's 80 m H Norma Thrower 10.7 ( seconds ) GR Rowing Men 's Singles Sculls Stuart MacKenzie 7 : 20.1 ( mins ) 1950 2 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1950 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin GR Athletics Women 's 440 yard relay Australia 47.9 ( seconds ) GR Athletics Women 's 660 Yard Relay Australia 1 : 13.4 ( mins ) 1934 2 Commonwealth Games Records were set in the 1934 Games. This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it. Type Sport Discipline Athlete / Team Record Margin GR Swimming Men 's 1500 Yards Freestyle Noel Ryan 18 : 25.4 ( mins ) GR Swimming Women 's 200 Yards Breaststroke Clare Dennis 2 : 50.2 ( mins ) See also Australia portal Commonwealth Games portal Commonwealth Games Australia List of Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia References Jump up ^ `` Saville to carry Commonwealth Games flag ''. Archived from the original on 2007 - 03 - 30. Retrieved 2006 - 03 - 30. CS1 maint : BOT : original - url status unknown ( link ) ^ Jump up to : Country Index Commonwealth Games Federation Jump up ^ `` COMMONWEALTH GAMES 36 golds, two records to Australia ''. The Canberra Times. 44, ( 12,684 ). 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Question: how many gold medals has australia won commonwealth games 2018
Answer: 80