The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was. Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games – Official large flag with autographs This items remains for sale until this listing is removed from Gumtree. For sale is an official and genuine official Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games flag with signatures. Autographs include Russell Mark (shooting). The other autographs I can’t decipher or recall. The last BE&C Games were held in Kingston in 1966, the first time they had been held outside of Britain, Australia, Canada or New Zealand. Renamed the Commonwealth Games for the 1978 Edmonton event. COMMONWEALTH GAMES. Copyrgt 2018 OR ACHERS or udents The 1930 Games cost £20,000 (approx. $33,000) to run. The Melbourne Games in 2006 cost approximately $300,000,000 and this amount didn’t even include the cost of building the facilities! The 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham is the 22nd Games to be held. The Games were scheduled to take place in Trinidad and Tobago from August 1 to 7 next year. Dates for the Games now clash with the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which will now be held from July.
The 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[change | change source]
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.
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Medals table[change | change source]
| 2006 Commonwealth Games medal count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Country | Total | |||
| 1 | Australia | 84 | 69 | 68 | 221 |
| 2 | England | 36 | 40 | 34 | 110 |
| 3 | Canada | 26 | 29 | 31 | 86 |
| 4 | IndiaIndia | 22 | 17 | 11 | 50 |
| 5 | South Africa | 12 | 13 | 13 | 38 |
| 6 | Scotland | 11 | 7 | 11 | 29 |
| 7 | Jamaica | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 7 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 6 | 12 | 13 | 31 |
| 10 | Kenya | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| 11 | Singapore | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 12 | Nigeria | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 |
| 13 | Wales | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 |
| 14 | Cyprus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | Ghana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Uganda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 17 | Pakistan | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Isle of Man | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Namibia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 22 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Mauritius | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Bahamas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 26 | Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 27 | Botswana | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Malta | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Nauru | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grenada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lesotho | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | Barbados | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fiji | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Samoa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Swaziland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 245 | 244 | 254 | 743 | ||
Calendar[change | change source]
| ● | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | ● | Event finals | ● | Closing ceremony |
| March | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| Athletics | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||
| Badminton | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Basketball | ● | |||||||||||
| Boxing | ● | |||||||||||
| Cycling | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||
| Diving | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Gymnastics | ● | ● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●● | ● | ●●●● | |||||
| Hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| Lawn Bowls | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||
| Netball | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| Rugby Sevens | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| Shooting | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| Squash | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| Swimming | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||
| Synchronised Swimming | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Table tennis | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Triathlon | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Weightlifting | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| March | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th |
Venues[change | change source]
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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[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- Ballarat
- Ballarat Minerdome: Basketball
- Bendigo
- Bendigo Stadium: Basketball
Wellsford 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[change | change source]
Melbourne's public transport system (Metlink) - train, tram and bus - had changed timetables for the Games.
Other websites[change | change source]
The Commonwealth Games are a sports competition that is held every four years. The participants must be amateurs (meaning they are not paid to play), and they must be from a Commonwealth country. The Commonwealth is a group of countries, most of which were once associated with the British Empire.
More than 50 countries send athletes to participate in the Commonwealth games. The sports include archery, athletics (track and field), badminton, basketball, boxing, cricket, cycling, diving, fencing, gymnastics, field hockey, judo, rugby, rowing, squash, swimming, table tennis, triathlon, weight lifting, and wrestling. Most of the sports have both men’s and women’s events.
The Commonwealth Games started in 1930 as the British Empire Games. The games have been held every four years since then except for the years 1942 and 1946. The first games took place in Hamilton, Canada. Athletes from 11 countries participated in six sports and 59 events. The games have gone through many changes since that time. The name has changed several times, and many sports have been added. The first team sports entered the competition for the 1998 games in Kuala Lumpur. In 2000 the games started a new tradition of Youth Games for athletes 18 years of age and under. These are also held every four years. In the 2002 games held in Manchester, England, athletes with a disability were able to compete for the first time in certain sports.