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Swimming at the Commonwealth Games

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Swimming is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since the inaugural edition of the event's precursor, the 1930 British Empire Games. It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games. Synchronised swimming and Diving events are optional. Water polo is a recognised (i.e. not yet optional) sport.

Events

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Games	Year	Host city	Host country	Best nation
I	1930	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada	England
II	1934	London	England	Canada
III	1938	Sydney, New South Wales	Australia	England
IV	1950	Auckland	New Zealand	Australia
V	1954	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Australia
VI	1958	Cardiff	Wales	Australia
VII	1962	Perth, Western Australia	Australia	Australia
VIII	1966	Kingston	Jamaica	Australia
IX	1970	Edinburgh	Scotland	Australia
X	1974	Christchurch	New Zealand	Australia
XI	1978	Edmonton, Alberta	Canada	Canada
XII	1982	Brisbane, Queensland	Australia	Australia
XIII	1986	Edinburgh	Scotland	Australia
XIV	1990	Auckland	New Zealand	Australia
XV	1994	Victoria, British Columbia	Canada	Australia
XVI	1998	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Australia
XVII	2002	Manchester	England	Australia
XVIII	2006	Melbourne, Victoria	Australia	Australia
XIX	2010	Delhi	India	Australia
XX	2014	Glasgow	Scotland	Australia
XXI	2018	Gold Coast, Queensland	Australia	Australia
XXII	2022	Birmingham	England	Australia
XXIII	2026	TBA

Event	02	06	10	14	18	22	Games
Men's 50 metre freestyle multi-disability	X	X					2
Men's 50 metre freestyle S7					X	X	2
Men's 50 metre freestyle S9			X				1
Men's 50 metre freestyle S13						X	1
Men's 100 metre freestyle multi-disability	X	X					2
Men's 100 metre freestyle S8			X				1
Men's 100 metre freestyle S9				X	X		2
Men's 100 metre freestyle S10			X				1
Men's 200 metre freestyle S14				X	X	X	3
Men's 100 metre backstroke S9					X	X	2
Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB8					X	X	2
Men's 100 metre butterfly S10						X	1
Men's 200 metre individual medley SM8				X	X		2
Women's 50 metre freestyle multi-disability	X	X					2
Women's 50 metre freestyle S8					X		1
Women's 50 metre freestyle S9			X				1
Women's 50 metre freestyle S13						X	1
Women's 100 metre freestyle multi-disability	X	X					2
Women's 100 metre freestyle S8				X			1
Women's 100 metre freestyle S9			X		X	X	3
Women's 200 metre freestyle S14						X	1
Women's 100 metre backstroke S8						X	1
Women's 100 metre backstroke S9					X		1
Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB6						X	1
Women's 100 metre breaststroke SB9				X	X		2
Women's 50 metre butterfly S7					X		1
Women's 200 metre individual medley SM10				X	X	X	3
Events	4	4	5	6	12	12

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	330	247	221	798
2	England	113	148	148	409
3	Canada	108	129	131	368
4	South Africa	34	36	31	101
5	New Zealand	24	32	38	94
6	Scotland	22	32	42	96
7	Wales	7	10	18	35
8	Northern Ireland	1	1	1	3
9	Papua New Guinea	1	1	0	2
10	Kenya	1	0	0	1
10	Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1
12	Singapore	0	5	1	6
13	Jamaica	0	3	3	6
14	Malaysia	0	1	1	2
15	Bahamas	0	1	0	1
15	Guyana	0	1	0	1
17	India	0	0	1	1
	Isle of Man	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		642	647	638	1927