Commonwealth Games fast facts

Steve Larkin |

Australian swimming great Susie O’Neill won six gold medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
Australian swimming great Susie O’Neill won six gold medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

FAST FACTS ABOUT AUSTRALIA AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES:-

* Australia’s team in Birmingham: 430 athletes

* Australia has topped the medal table at 11 editions of 19 Commonwealth Games

* Four years ago, Australia won 80 gold, 61 silver and 60 bronze medals at the Gold Coast Games

* Measured by gold medals, the Gold Coast was Australia’s third-best Games behind 1994 Victoria, Canada (87 golds) and 2006 Melbourne (84 golds)

* Swimmers Susie O’Neill (1998) and Ian Thorpe (2002) hold the Australian record for most golds at a single Games – six

* O’Neill, Thorpe and fellow swimmer Leisel Jones have the most career Commonwealth Games gold medals by an Australian – 10

* Shooter Phillip Adams holds the Australian record for most career Commonwealth Games medals – 18 (seven golds, nine silver and two bronze)

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