Commonwealth Games
Table:
Sport

Type

Years

Para Lawn bowls

Core

1994, 2002, 2014–present[73]

Netball (Women)

Core

1998–present

Powerlifting

Core

2002–present[73]

Rugby sevens

Core

1998–present

Shooting

Optional

1966, 1974–2018

Squash

Core

1998–present

Swimming

Core

1930–present

Para Swimming

Core

2002–present[73]

Table tennis

Core[74]

2002–present

Para Table tennis

Optional[74]

2002–present

Triathlon

Core[74]

2002–2006, 2014–present

Volleyball (beach)

Optional

2018–present

Weightlifting

Core

1950–present

Wheelchair Basketball

Optional[74]

Never

Wrestling (Freestyle)

Core[74]

1930–1986, 1994, 2002, 2010–present

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Bowls 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 . It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games ; however , it was not included in the programme of the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston , Jamaica due to no sufficient bowling greens being available . Along with swimming , athletics , cycling , table tennis , cycling , powerlifting and triathlon , bowls is one of the EAD ( Elite Athletes with a Disability ) sports .
Netball is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition . It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since 1998 .
Weightlifting is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition . It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since 1950 . It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games . A total of 17 events were contested at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi , 8 for men 7 for women and two powerlifting events . The first women 's events were introduced in 2002 . Between 1990 and 2002 a medal was awarded for each of the snatch and clean and jerk phases and for the combined total , offering as many as 46 gold medals in 2002 . Since 2006 medals have only been awarded based on the combined total of both of these phases , as is the case at the Olympics . Since 2002 powerlifting events have been contested at the Commonwealth games and the sports results have counted under weightlifting ever since .
Rugby sevens has been played at every Commonwealth Games since its first appearance at the 1998 edition held in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . Rugby sevens was an optional sport that was included for 2002 and 2006 ; it was then made a 'Core ' sport by the Commonwealth Games Federation , necessitating its appearance at all future games from the 2010 Games onward . New Zealand dominated the men 's tournament at its inception until 2014 when they lost for the first time at the Games , playing South Africa in the gold medal match . Until the 2014 Games , rugby sevens was a male-only sport at the Commonwealth Games , but a female tournament was added to the programme for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia .
Shooting sports have been contested at the Commonwealth Games at every games since 1966 with the exception of the 1970 Commonwealth Games . Events were open until they were segregated by gender in 1994 for pistol and most rifle events and in 2002 for trap and skeet events ; the full bore rifle competitions remained open .
Squash is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition . It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since 1998 . It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games .
Swimming 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 . It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games . Synchronised swimming and Diving events are optional . Water polo is a recognised ( i.e . not yet optional ) sport .
Table tennis competition has been in the Commonwealth Games as an optional sport since 2002 , with singles and doubles events for both men and women . Wheelchair play has been also an optional event for elite athletes with a disability ( EAD ) since the inclusion of Para-Sports in 2002 .
Triathlon is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition . It was first granted Commonwealth Games sport status in 2002 . It is a core sport which has to be included in each competition 's sporting programme . A para triathlon was first included as an optional sport in the Gold Coast 2018 games . Currently there are five triathlon events in the Commonwealth Games ( Men 's , Women 's , Men 's Para , Women 's Para , and the Mixed Team Relay event ) . At the 1990 Commonwealth Games at Auckland , the Triathlon was a demonstration event ; won by Erin Baker ( women ) and Rick Wells ( men ) , both from New Zealand .
Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net . As in indoor volleyball , the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent 's side of the court , and to prevent the same effort by the opponent . Each team is allowed up to three touches to return the ball across the net , and individual players may not touch the ball twice consecutively except after making a block touch ( the block touch counting as one touch , leaving only two more touches before the ball must be hit over ) . The ball is put in play with a serve - a hit by the server from behind the rear court boundary over the net to the opponents . The rally continues until the ball is grounded on the playing court , goes out , or a fault is made in the attempt to return the ball . The team that wins the rally scores a point and serves to start the following rally . The four players serve in the same sequence throughout the match , changing server each time a rally is won by the receiving team . Beach volleyball most likely originated in 1915 on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii , while the modern two-player game originated in Santa Monica , California . It has been an Olympic sport since the 1996 Summer Olympics . The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball ( FIVB ) is the international governing body for the sport , and organizes the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour .
Basketball was first included in the Commonwealth Games in the 2006 games in Melbourne . Basketball will be a part of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast , again in Australia .
Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games is an optional sport for men only that was one of six to be featured on the Programme in Hamilton 1930 . Participation has risen from 3 countries to 17 sending athletes to Manchester 2002 . Wrestling did not feature in Melbourne 2006 but makes a return to the Programme in Delhi 2010 and is included in Glasgow 2014 .