Commonwealth Games 2010

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Commonwealth Games 2010

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Commonwealth Games

After Olympics, Commonwealth Games is the second largest sports festival in the world. The Games are held once in four years. The Games were originally known as the British Empire Games.

The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 at Hamilton, Canada.
The 10th Commonwealth Games were held at Christchurch, New Zealand in 1974 and the 15th in Victoria (Canada) in 1994; where about 3350 athletes from a record 64 nations participated.
Namibia also, which gained its independence in 1990, made its debut while Hong Kong made its final appearance in the Games before being ceded to China in 1997.
After the Olympics, Commonwealth Games are the second biggest sports event of the world. This event is organized in between two Olympic Games, which is also known as the Olympic year.
India, for the first time, participated in the second Commonwealth games held in London in 1934.

Common wealth Games since 1930:

Year	Places	Country	Prticipant Countries	Competitions	First Place	India's Medals
1930	Hamilton	Canada	11	6	England	Not participated
1934	London	England	16	6	England	1 Bronze medal
1938	Sydney	Australlia	15	7	Australia	No Medal
1950	Auckland	New Zealand	12	7	Australia	Not participated
1954	Vancouver	Canada	24	9	England	No Medal
1958	Cardiff	Britain	35	9	England	Gold-2, Silver-1
1962	Perth	Austrialia	35	9	Australia	Not participated
1966	Kingston	Jamaica	34	9	England	Gold-3, Silver-4, Bronze-5
1970	Edinburgh	U.K.	42	9	Australia	Gold-5, Silver-3
1974	Chistchurch	New Zealand	38	9	Australia	Gold-4, Silver-8, Bronze-3
1978	Edmonton	Canada	48	10	Canada	Gold-5, Silver-4, Bronze-6
1982	Bribane	Australia	47	10	Australia	Gold-5, Silver-4, Bronze-3
1986	Edinburgh	U.K.	26	10	England	Not participated
1990	Auckland	New Zealand	55	10	Australia	Gold-13, Silver 8, Bronze-7
1994	Victoria	Canada	64	-	Australia	Gold-6, Silver- 11, Bronze-10
1998	Kuala Lampur	Malaysia	70	16	Australia	Gold-7, Silver -10, Bronze-8
2002	Manchester	England	72	17	Australia	Gold-32, Siver-21, Bronze-19 Third Position
2006	Melbourne	Australia	71	-	Australia	Gold-22, Silver-17, Bronze- 11 Fourth Position
2010	Delhi	India	Scheduled	Scheduled	Scheduled	Scheduled