The Cook Islands competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1] The Cook Islands delegation consisted of 18 athletes (7 male and eleven female) that competed across four sports: athletics (track and field), lawn bowls, swimming and weightlifting.^[2] It was The Cook Islands's 11th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

On February 27, 2018, track and field athlete Patricia Taea was named as the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[3]

Taiki Paniani and Aidan Zittersteijn won the country's first ever Commonwealth Games medal, when they won bronze in the men's pairs lawn bowls event.^[4]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

The Cook Islands entered three athletes (one male and two female).^[2]

Track & road events

Field events

The Cook Islands entered ten lawn bowlers (five male and five female).^[2]

Men

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Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Taiki Paniani	Singles	Wilson (AUS) L 6 - 21	Jones (NFI) L 5 - 21	Breitenbach (RSA) L 19 - 21	Salmon (WAL) L 17 - 21	Aquilina (MLT) L 17 - 21	6	did not advance
Taiki Paniani Aidan Zittersteijn	Pairs	England W 15 - 13	Botswana W 15 - 14	New Zealand L 12 - 26	Papua New Guinea W 18 - 14	Fiji W 22 - 17	2 Q	South Africa W 15 - 14	Wales L 14 - 21	Malta W 17 - 11
Lawrence Paniani Munokokura Pita Adoni W-Rairoa	Triples	Scotland L 11 - 27	Malaysia W 16 - 10	Norfolk Island L 10 - 23	Northern Ireland W 18 - 17	—	3	did not advance
Lawrence Paniani Munokokura Pita Adoni W-Rairoa Aidan Zittersteijn	Fours	New Zealand L 4 - 21	Papua New Guinea D 14 - 14	Canada L 12 - 21	Wales L 4 - 14	—	5	did not advance

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Women

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Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nooroa Mataio	Singles	Anserson (NFI) L 9 - 21	Senna (BOT) W 21 - 18	Mckerihen (CAN) L 7 - 21	Wimp (PNG) L 7 - 21	Mbugua (KEN) W 19 - 18	5	did not advance
Emily Jim Nooroa Mataio	Pairs	Malaysia L 6 - 33	Botswana L 16 - 29	Scotland L 10 - 36	Brunei L 8 - 26	—	5	did not advance
Teokotai Jim Tiare Jim Jacquelin Purea	Triples	Malaysia L 14 - 20	Scotland L 10 - 28	Norfolk Island W 25 - 11	—		3	did not advance
Emily Jim Teokotai Jim Tiare Jim Jacqueline Purea	Fours	Malaysia L 8 - 22	Papua New Guinea L 11 - 15	Australia L 9 - 15	Namibia W 20 - 7	—	4	did not advance

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The Cook Islands entered three swimmers (two male and one female).^[2]

Men

Women

The Cook Islands entered two female weightlifters.^[2]

• Cook Islands at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics