- Wales at the Commonwealth Games
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Wales
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CGF Code = WALCommonwealth Games history British Empire Games 1930 • 1934 • 1938 • 1950 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966 British Commonwealth Games 1970 • 1974 Commonwealth Games 1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 Wales is one of six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since 1930, the others being Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and Scotland. The Commonwealth Games is the only major sporting event that Wales takes part in, apart from the Rugby World Cup, as in other events, such as the Olympic Games, they compete under the banner of the United Kingdom.
The Commonwealth Games Council for Wales (Welsh: Cyngor Gemau Gymanwlad Cymru) manages the team's entry to the games and supports Welsh athletes in their participation.
Wales has hosted one Commonwealth Games to date, the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff.
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Overall medals tally
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Wales51 78 107 235 After the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Wales was ninth in the All-time tally of medals, with an overall total of 236 medals (51 gold, 78 silver and 107 bronze).
The most gold medals that Wales won in a Commonwealth Games was 10, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. The largest medal haul was at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, at which Wales won 31 medals including six gold.
Figures represented in bold are the highest scoring medal tally for each individual medal.
Year Total Position 2010 2 7 10 19 15th 2006 3 5 11 19 13th 2002 6 13 12 31 9th 1998 3 4 8 15 10th 1994 5 8 6 19 9th 1990 10 3 12 25 6th 1986 6 5 11 22 5th 1982 4 4 1 9 8th 1978 2 1 5 8 9th 1974 1 5 4 10 12th 1970 2 6 4 12 12th 1966 3 2 2 7 11th 1962 0 2 4 6 13th 1958 1 3 7 11 11th 1954 1 1 5 7 13th 1950 0 1 0 1 10th 1938 2 1 0 3 6th 1934 0 3 3 6 8th 1930 0 2 1 3 7th Flag and victory anthem
Logo of Team Wales
Team Wales uses the Welsh national flag, Y Ddraig Goch, at the Commonwealth Games. This flag is common for all sporting teams that represent Wales as an entity distinct from the United Kingdom.
The traditional Welsh national anthem Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau is used as the Welsh victory anthem at the Commonwealth games.
The team goes by the abbreviation WAL.
References
- Wales at the Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games Federation
External links
- The Commonwealth Games Council for Wales
- Cyngor Gemau Gymanwlad Cymru
- Team Wales 2010 - official Facebook group
Wales at the Commonwealth Games 
Associations at the Commonwealth Games Current Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Australia · Bahamas · Bangladesh · Barbados · Belize · Bermuda · Botswana · British Virgin Islands · Brunei Darussalam · Cameroon · Canada · Cayman Islands · Cook Islands · Cyprus · Dominica · England · Falkland Islands · Fiji · Gambia, The · Ghana · Gibraltar · Grenada · Guernsey · Guyana · India · Isle of Man · Jamaica · Jersey · Kenya · Kiribati · Lesotho · Malawi · Malaysia · Maldives · Malta · Mauritius · Montserrat · Mozambique · Namibia · Nauru · New Zealand · Nigeria · Niue · Norfolk Island · Northern Ireland · Pakistan · Papua New Guinea · Rwanda · Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Samoa · Scotland · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Singapore · Solomon Islands · South Africa · Sri Lanka · Swaziland · Tanzania · Tonga · Trinidad and Tobago · Turks and Caicos · Tuvalu · Uganda · Vanuatu · Wales · Zambia
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