Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games

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Gymnastics is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games.

Artistic gymnastics was a core discipline of the Commonwealth Games between 2002 and 2022 and was required by the Commonwealth Games Federation to be included in each games' sporting program.[1] It was first held as a demonstration sport in 1974[2] before being included in the main programme in 1978. It has appeared at every games since 1990.

Rhythmic gymnastics is an optional discipline and may, or may not, be included in the sporting program of each edition of the Games. It has been included in every edition since its 1994 debut, except the 2002 Games.

Editions

Games Year Host city Host country Winner of the medal table Second in the medal table Third in the medal table
XI
1978
Edmonton  Canada  Canada  England  Australia
XIV
1990
Auckland  New Zealand  Canada  Australia  England
XV
1994
Victoria  Canada  Australia  Canada  England
XVI
1998
Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia  Australia  Canada  England
XVII
2002
Manchester  England  Australia  Canada  England
XVIII 2006 Melbourne  Australia  Canada  Australia  England
XIX 2010 Delhi  India  Australia  England  Cyprus
XX 2014 Glasgow  Scotland  England  Canada  Scotland
XXI 2018 Gold Coast  Australia  England  Cyprus  Canada
XXII 2022 Birmingham  England  England  Australia  Malaysia

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada585345156
2 Australia514852151
3 England454031116
4 Cyprus1151127
5 Malaysia5121431
6 Scotland33814
7 Wales210416
8 New Zealand20911
9 South Africa1348
10 Northern Ireland1102
11 India0123
 Singapore0123
Totals (12 entries)179177182538

Most successful Commonwealth Games gymnasts

The most successful gymnast in Commonwealth Games history is the Canadian rhythmic gymnast Alexandra Orlando. She is also the only gymnast to have won a clean sweep of every gold in her discipline - artistic or rhythmic - in a single Games since the introduction of individual apparatus to the Games.

The following gymnasts have won 4 or more gold medals at the Commonwealth Games:

Name Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Total Notes
1. Canada Alexandra Orlando Rhythmic 6 0 0 6 Most golds won at a single Games in any sport.
2. England Nile Wilson Artistic 5 3 1 9 Most successful male and artistic gymnast.
3. Canada Curtis Hibbert Artistic 5 1 1 7 Most successful male gymnast in a single Games.
4= Australia Kasumi Takahashi Rhythmic 5 1 0 6
Canada Erika Leigh Stirton Rhythmic 5 1 0 6
6. Canada Patricia Bezzoubenko Rhythmic 5 0 1 6
7. England Claudia Fragapane Artistic 5 0 0 5 Most successful female artistic gymnast
8. England Max Whitlock Artistic 4 4 2 10 Most decorated gymnast
9. Australia Lauren Mitchell Artistic 4 3 0 7
10. Canada Alan Nolet Artistic 4 2 1 7
11. Canada Lori Strong Artistic 4 2 0 6
12. Australia Joshua Jefferis Artistic 4 1 2 7
13=. Cyprus Diamanto Euripidou Rhythmic 4 1 1 6
Canada Kyle Shewfelt Artistic 4 1 1 6
15=. Australia Andrei Kravtsov Artistic 4 1 0 5
England Courtney Tulloch Artistic 4 1 0 5
17. England Jake Jarman Artistic 4 0 0 4

Best results by event and nation

Australia is the only nation to have won a gold in every event currently in the gymnastics program; only in the rhythmic gymnastics discipline of Rope have they failed to do so, and the discipline was discontinued in 1994. Of the other two dominant nations in Commonwealth gymnastics, Canada have won gold in all rhythmic disciplines including rope, but no higher than silver on pommel horse, and England have won gold in all artistic gymnastic disciplines but only one gold in rhythmic gymnastics. Traditionally Scotland and Cyprus have been successful in artistic gymnastics, while Malaysia and Wales have found medals in rhythmic gymnastics.

Event  AUS  CAN  CYP  ENG  IND  MAS  NIR  NZL  RSA  SCO  SIN  WAL
M
A
G
Team 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Individual All-Around 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Floor Exercise 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pommel Horse 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rings 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vault 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Parallel Bars 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Horizontal Bar 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
W
A
G
Team 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Individual All-Around 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vault 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Uneven Bars 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Balance Beam 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Floor Exercise 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
R
G
Individual All-Around 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Team 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hoop 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ball 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Clubs 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ribbon 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rope 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Constitutional Documents of the Commonwealth Games Federation" (PDF). thecgf.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Gymnastics Artistic History". thecgf.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

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