Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games

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 1990 debut, except the 2002 Games and the forthcoming slimmed-down 2026 Games.

Editions

Games Year Host city Host country Winner of the medal table Second in the medal table Third in the medal table
XI1978Edmonton Canada Canada England Australia
XIV1990Auckland New Zealand Canada Australia England
XV1994Victoria Canada Australia Canada England
XVI1998Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Australia Canada England
XVII2002Manchester England Australia Canada England
XVIII2006Melbourne Australia Canada Australia England
XIX2010Delhi India Australia England Cyprus
XX2014Glasgow Scotland England Canada Scotland
XXI2018Gold Coast Australia England Cyprus Canada
XXII2022Birmingham England England Australia Malaysia
XXIII2026Glasgow Scotland Canada Australia England

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2026 Commonwealth Games

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada655849172
2 Australia554956160
3 England464433123
4 Cyprus1171230
5 Malaysia5121431
6 Scotland44917
7 Wales310619
8 New Zealand20911
9 South Africa1348
10 Northern Ireland1102
11 Singapore0224
12 India0123
Totals (12 entries)193191196580

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:

NameDisciplineGoldSilverBronzeTotalNotes
1.Canada Alexandra OrlandoRhythmic6006Most golds won at a single Games in any sport.
2.England Nile WilsonArtistic5319Most successful male and artistic gymnast.
3.Canada Curtis HibbertArtistic5117Most successful male gymnast in a single Games.
4=Australia Kasumi TakahashiRhythmic5106
Canada Erika-Leigh StirtonRhythmic5106
6.Canada Patricia BezzoubenkoRhythmic5016
7.England Claudia FragapaneArtistic5005Most successful female artistic gymnast
8.England Max WhitlockArtistic44210Most decorated gymnast
9.Canada Ellie BlackArtistic4419
10.Canada Félix DolciArtistic4318
11.Australia Lauren MitchellArtistic4307
12.Canada Alan NoletArtistic4217
13.Canada Lori StrongArtistic4206
14.Australia Joshua JefferisArtistic4127
15=.Cyprus Diamanto EuripidouRhythmic4116
Canada Kyle ShewfeltArtistic4116
17=.Australia Andrei KravtsovArtistic4105
England Courtney TullochArtistic4105
19.England Jake JarmanArtistic4004

Best results by event and nation

Canada is the only nation to have won a gold in every event in the gymnastics program. Of the other two dominant nations in Commonwealth gymnastics, Australia has won gold in every event in the current gymnastics program; only in the rhythmic gymnastics discipline of Rope have they failed to do so, which was discontinued in 1994, 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
Team1st 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-Around1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Floor Exercise1st 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 Horse1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold 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)
Rings1st 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)
Vault1st 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 Bars1st 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 Bar1st 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
Team1st 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-Around1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Vault1st 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 Bars1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Balance Beam1st 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 Exercise1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
R
G
Individual All-Around1st 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)
Team1st 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)
Hoop1st 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)
Ball1st 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)
Clubs1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ribbon1st 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)
Rope2nd 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic History". thecgf.com. Retrieved 18 September 2021.