Australia was represented at the 2002 Commonwealth Games by a team selected by the Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) and abbreviated AUS.
Australia officially became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1931 under the Statute of Westminster having become independent of the UK in 1901.
Australia is one of only six countries to have competed in all of the Commonwealth Games held since 1930, although they did attend the 1911 Inter-Empire Championships as part of an Australasian team. This impressive international record extends to its participation in every Olympic Games in the modern era.
At the first Games in 1930 Australia won only 8 medals against England's 61. However, by the first Games of the 21st century held in the city of Manchester, Australia's medal tally had moved to 207, ahead of any other country including England's 165.
Medals
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Athletics Men's 20 km walk Athletics Men's 50 km walk Athletics Men's shot put Athletics Women's marathon Athletics Women's 400 m hurdles Athletics Women's 20 km walk Cathy Freeman Tamsyn Lewis Jana Pittman Kylie Wheeler (heat) Athletics Women's 4 x 400 m relay Athletics Women's pole vault Athletics Women's heptathlon Boxing Bantamweight Boxing Welterweight Boxing Middleweight Cycling Men's sprint Sean Eadie Ryan Bayley Cycling Men's team sprint Cycling Men's individual pursuit Luke Roberts Mark Renshaw Peter Dawson Stephen Wooldridge Cycling Men's team pursuit Cycling Men's scratch race Cycling Men's road time trial Cycling Men's road race Cycling Women's sprint Cycling Women's 500 m time trial Cycling Women's points race Diving Women's 1 m springboard Diving Women's 3 m springboard Diving Women's 10 m platform Judo Women's 57- kg Gymnastics Men's high bar Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Gymnastics Men's pommel horse Gymnastics Women's floor Gymnastics Women's vault Allana Slater Jacqui Dunn Sarah Lauren Stephanie Moorhouse Gymnastics Women's team Hockey Men's team Judo Men's 73- kg Netball Women's team Shooting Men's trap Adam Vella Shooting Men's trap pairs Samuel Wieland Shooting Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions pairs Shooting Men's 50 m rifle prone Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Shooting Women's 25 m air pistol Linda Ryan Shooting Women's 25 m air pistol pairs Diane Reeves Shooting Women's trap pairs Shooting Women's skeet Natalia Rahman Shooting Women's skeet pairs Shooting Women's 50 m rifle prone Squash Women's singles SwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle EAD SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle EAD SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle SwimmingMen's 200 m freestyle SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle SwimmingMen's 1500 m freestyle SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke SwimmingMen's 200 m backstroke SwimmingMen's 200 m breaststroke SwimmingMen's 50 m butterfly SwimmingMen's 100 m butterfly SwimmingMen's 200 m butterfly SwimmingMen's 400 m individual medley SwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley Todd Pearson Grant Hackett Ian Thorpe Leon Dunne (heat) Adam Pine (heat) SwimmingMen's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay Leon Dunne Jason Cram Ian Thorpe SwimmingMen's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Jim Piper Geoff Huegill Ian Thorpe SwimmingMen's 4 x 100 m medley relay SwimmingWomen's 100 m freestyle SwimmingWomen's 50 m backstroke SwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke SwimmingWomen's 200 m breaststroke SwimmingWomen's 50 m butterfly SwimmingWomen's 100 m butterfly SwimmingWomen's 200 m butterfly SwimmingWomen's 400 m individual medley Jodie Henry Petria Thomas Sarah Ryan SwimmingWomen's 4 x 100 m freestyle relay Leisel Jones Petria Thomas Jodie Henry SwimmingWomen's 4 x 100 m medley relay Weightlifting Men's 62 kg snatch Weightlifting Men's 62 kg clean & jerk Weightlifting Men's 62 kg combined Weightlifting Men's 77 kg snatch Weightlifting Men's 94 kg snatch Weightlifting Men's 94 kg clean & jerk Weightlifting Men's 94 kg combined Weightlifting Women's 77+ kg snatch Athletics Men's 20 km walk Athletics Men's pole vault Athletics Men's decathlon Athletics Women's marathon Athletics Women's pole vault Athletics Women's javelin throw Athletics Women's hammer throw Athletics Women's heptathlon AthleticsWomen's 800 m wheelchair BowlsWomen's singles Cycling Men's sprint Cycling Men's points race Cycling Men's road time trial Cycling Men's road race Cycling Women's individual pursuit Cycling Women's points race Cycling Women's road time trial Gymnastics Men's high bar Gymnastics Men's all around Gymnastics Women's beam Gymnastics Women's beam Gymnastics Women's vault Shooting Men's 25 m center-fire pistol Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol David Moore Shooting Men's 25 m center-fire pistol pairs David Moore Shooting Men's 50 m free pistol pairs Shooting Men's trap Shooting Men's double trap Michael Diamond Shooting Men's double trap pairs David Cunningham Shooting Men's skeet pairs Shooting Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions Shooting Women's skeet Susannah Smith Shooting Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions Shooting Women's 25 m pistol Bruce Quick Shooting Open 25 m standard pistol pairs Anthony Ricketts Squash Men's doubles SwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle SwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle SwimmingMen's 200 m freestyle SwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle SwimmingMen's 100 m backstroke SwimmingWomen's 50 m freestyle SwimmingWomen's 400 m freestyle SwimmingWomen's 800 m freestyle SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke SwimmingWomen's 100 m breaststroke SwimmingWomen's 50 m butterfly SwimmingWomen's 200 m individual medley Giaan Rooney Rebecca Creedy Petria Thomas SwimmingWomen's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay Lay Jian Fang Table tennis Mixed doubles Cho Yuen-Wern Lay Jian Fang Peri Campbell-Innes Miao Miao Table tennis Women's team Triathlon Men's race Weightlifting Men's 105+ kg clean & jerk Weightlifting Men's bench press EAD Weightlifting Women's 53 kg snatch Weightlifting Women's 53 kg clean & jerk Weightlifting Women's 53 kg combined Weightlifting Women's 75 kg snatch Weightlifting Women's 75 kg clean & jerk Weightlifting Women's 75 kg combined Weightlifting Women's 75+ kg clean & jerk Weightlifting Women's 75+ kg combined Athletics Men's 800 m Athletics Men's 1500 m Paul di Bella David Baxter Patrick Johnson Athletics Men's 4 x 100 m relay Athletics Men's marathon Athletics Women's 200 metres Athletics Women's 10000 metres Athletics Women's marathon Athletics Women's pole vault Athletics Women's hammer throw AthleticsWomen's 800 m wheelchair Neville Read James Reynolds BowlsMen's para triples Boxing Light heavyweight Cycling Men's sprint Cycling Men's road time trial Cycling Men's road race Cycling Women's sprint Cycling Women's individual pursuit Cycling Women's mountain bike Diving Men's 1 m springboard Diving Men's 3 m springboard Gymnastics Men's floor Dane Smith Justin Kok Loong Ng Pavel Mamine Philippe RizzoGymnastics Men's team Gymnastics Women's beam Gymnastics Women's all around Hockey Women's team Judo Women's 52- kg Judo Men's 100- kg Judo Men's 100+ kg Shooting Men's 10 m air rifle Bruce Quick Shooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol pairs Shooting Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol Lalita Yauhleuskaya Shooting Women's 10 m air pistol pairs Suzie Trindall Shooting Women's trap pairs Squash Men's singles Squash Men's singles Squash Women's singles Paul Price Squash Men's doubles Natalie Grinham Squash Women's doubles Robyn Cooper Squash Mixed doubles SwimmingMen's 1500 m freestyle SwimmingMen's 100 m butterfly SwimmingWomen's 200 m freestyle SwimmingWomen's 200 m freestyle SwimmingWomen's 100 m backstroke SwimmingWomen's 50 m breaststroke SwimmingWomen's 200 m breaststroke SwimmingWomen's 400 m individual medley Table tennis Women's EAD Singles – Open Wheelchair Lay Jian Fang Table tennis Women's doubles Triathlon Women's race Synchronised swimming Women's solo Ashleigh Rudder Synchronised swimming Women's duet Wrestling Men's Freestyle 74 kg Wrestling Men's Freestyle 120 kg Weightlifting Men's 77 kg snatch Weightlifting Men's 105+ kg snatch Weightlifting Men's 105+ kg combined Weightlifting Women's 53 kg snatch Weightlifting Women's 53 kg clean & jerk Weightlifting Women's 53 kg combined Weightlifting Women's 75 kg snatch Weightlifting Women's 75 kg combined
| width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by sportSport Swimming2713848Shooting1113630Cycling107623Athletics991028Weightlifting810826Gymnastics65415Diving3025Boxing3014Judo2035Squash1168Hockey1012Netball1001Table Tennis0224Lawn Bowls0112Triathlon0112Synchronised swimming0022Wrestling0022Total826263207
Results by event
Athletics Women's 100 Metres Lauren Hewitt – 5th in Semi Final 2, 11.45 s
Women's 100 Metres Hurdles Jacquie Munro – 7th in Final, 13.31 s Fiona Cullen – 6th in Heat 1, 13.45 s
Women's 200 Metres Lauren Hewitt – Bronze, 22.69 s Sharon Cripps – 7th in Final 23.04 s
Men's 400 Metres Clinton Hill – 8th in Final, 46.00 s
Women's 400 Metres Hurdles Jana Pittman – Gold, 54.40 s Sonia Brito – 5th in Final, 57.79 s
Men's 800 Metres Kris McCarthy – Bronze, 1 min 46.79 s
Women's 800 Metres Tamsyn Lewis – 5th in Final, 1 min 59.73 s
Men's 1500 Metres Youcef Abdi – Bronze, 3 min 37.77 s
Women's 1500 Metres Sarah Jamieson – 5th in Final, 4 min 9.38 s Benita Johnson – 7th in Heat 1, 4 min 24.43 s
Men's 5 000 Metres Craig Mottram – 6th, 13 min 25.21 s Michael Power – 8th, 13 min 34.04 s
Women's 5 000 Metres Benita Johnson – 6th, 15 min 26.55 s Anna Thompson – 9th, 15 min 43.92 s Haley McGregor – 11th, 15 min 47.10 s
Men's 10 000 Metres Sisay Bezabeh – 9th, 28 min 37.12 s Dean Cavuoto – 16th, 29 min 18.38 s Brett Cartwright – 18th, 29 min 21.29 s
Women's 10 000 Metres Susie Power – Bronze, 31 min 32.20 s Kerryn McCann – Did Not Start
Men's Marathon Andrew Letherby – Bronze, 2 hours 13 min 23 s Lee Troop – 7th, 2 hours 16 min 44 s Shaun Creighton – 9th, 2 hours 18 min 19 s
Women's Marathon Kerryn McCann – Gold, 2 hours 30 mins5 s Krishna Stanton – Silver, 2 hours 34 min 52 s Jackie Gallagher – Bronze, 2 hours 36 min 37 s
Men's 4 x 100 Metres Relay Australia – Bronze, 38.87 s David Baxter Patrick Johnson Paul Di Bella Tim Williams
Women's 4 x 100 Metres Relay Australia – 4th in Final, 43.72 s Jodi Lambert Lauren Hewitt Melanie Kleeberg Sharon Cripps
Men's 4 x 400 Metres Relay Australia – 5th in Final, 3 min 2.22 s Clinton Hill Kris McCarthy Patrick "Pat" Dwyer Paul Pearce Tim Williams
Women's 4 x 400 Metres Relay Australia – Gold, 3 min 25.63 s Cathy Freeman Jana Pittman Kylie Wheeler Lauren Hewitt Tamsyn Lewis
Men's 20 Kilometre Walk Nathan Deakes – Gold, 1 hour 25 min 35 s Luke Adams – Silver, 1 hour 26 min 3 s
Women's 20 Kilometre Walk Jane Kara Saville – Gold, 1 hour 36 min 34 s Natalie Saville– 4th, 1 hour 42 min 38 s Simone Wolowiec – 5th, 1 hour 43 min 10 s
Men's 50 Kilometre Walk Nathan Deakes – Gold, 3 hours 52 min 40 s Duane Cousins – 4th, 4 hours 9 min 59 s Liam Murphy – Disqualified
Men's Shot Put Justin Anlezark – Gold, 20.91 metres Clay Cross – 6th, 18.10 metres
Men's Javelin William Hamlyn-Harris – 4th, 77.31 metres Andrew Currey – 5th, 76.98 metres
Women's Javelin Cecillia McIntosh – Silver, 57.42 metres
Men's Hammer Throw Stuart Rendell – 4th, 67.51 metres
Women's Hammer Throw Bronwyn Eagles – Silver, 65.24 metres Karyne di Marco – Bronze, 63.40 metres
Men's Long Jump Tim Parravicini – 9th, 7.60 metres
Men's High Jump Nick Moroney – 4th, 2.20 metres
Men's Triple Jump Andrew Murphy – 7th, 16.37 metres
Men's Pole Vault Paul Burgess – Silver, 5.70 metres Viktor Chistiakov – Equal 4th, 5.50 metres Dmitri Markov – Equal 4th, 5.50 metres
Women's Pole Vault Tatiana Grigorieva – Gold, 4.35 metres Kym Howe – Silver, 4.15 metres Bridgid Isworth – Equal Bronze, 4.10 metres
Women's Heptathlon Jane Jamieson – Gold, 6 059 points Kylie Wheeler – Silver, 5 962 points
Men's Decathlon Matthew McEwen – Silver, 7 685 points
Women's 800 Metres Wheelchair Louise Sauvage – Silver, 1 min 53.30 s