2006 Commonwealth Games

The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Australia between 15 and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, since the 1956 Summer Olympics.

The site for the opening and closing ceremonies was the Melbourne Cricket Ground which was also used during Melbourne's 1956 Olympic Games.

The mascot for the games was Karak, a Red-tailed Black Cockatoo.

Sports 
The 2006 Commonwealth Games included 16 sports, with 12 individual sports and 4 team sports. In total there are 247 events at the Games.
Four of these sports are further broken down into separate disciplines, making a total of 24 disciplines:
 Aquatics: diving, swimming, synchronised swimming.
 Cycling: track, road, mountain bike.
 Gymnastics: artistic, rhythmic.
 Shooting: clay target, pistol, small bore and air rifle, full bore rifle.

Medals table

Calendar 

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Venues 
The following venues were used at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The sport(s) which were played at that venue is listed after it.

Melbourne venues 
 Docklands Precinct: Walks
 Melbourne Cricket Ground: Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and Athletics
 Melbourne Exhibition Centre: Badminton, Boxing and Weightlifting
 Melbourne Gun Club: Clay Target Shooting
 Melbourne International Shooting Club: Small Bore and Pistol Shooting
 Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre: Aquatics, Squash and Table tennis
 Multi Purpose Venue (Melbourne Park): Basketball Finals, Track Cycling and Netball Finals
 Rod Laver Arena (Melbourne Park): Gymnastics
 Royal Botanic Gardens Circuit: Cycling Road Race events
 State Lawn Bowls Centre: Lawn Bowls
 State Netball Hockey Centre: Netball and Hockey
 St Kilda Foreshore and Beach Road: Triathlon and Cycling Time Trial
 Telstra Dome: Rugby 7s

Other venues 
 Ballarat Ballarat Minerdome: Basketball
 Bendigo Bendigo Stadium: BasketballWellsford Rifle Range: Full Bore Shooting
 Geelong Geelong Arena: Basketball
 Lysterfield Park State Mountain Bike Course: Mountain Bike Cycling
 Traralgon Traralgon Sports Stadium: Basketball

Other Notees 
Melbourne's public transport system (Metlink) - train, tram and bus - had changed timetables for the Games.

Other websites 
 Official website

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