Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games

Wrestling is an optional sport for men only that was 1 of 6 to be feature on the Programme in Hamilton 1930. Participation has risen from 3 countries to 17 sending athletes to Manchester 2002. Wrestling did not feature in Melbourne 2006 but makes a return to the Programme in Delhi 2010 and is included in Glasgow 2014.

Editions

Games Year Host city Host country Best nation
I 1930 Hamilton, Ontario  Canada Canada
II 1934 London  England Canada
III 1938 Sydney,  Australia Australia
IV 1950 Auckland  New Zealand Australia
V 1954 Vancouver  Canada  South Africa
VI 1958 Cardiff  Wales  South Africa
VII 1962 Perth  Australia Pakistan
VIII 1966 Kingston  Jamaica Pakistan
IX 1970 Edinburgh  Scotland India
X 1974 Christchurch  New Zealand Canada
XI 1978 Edmonton, Alberta  Canada Canada
XII 1982 Brisbane, Queensland  Australia Canada
XIII 1986 Edinburgh  Scotland Canada
XV 1994 Victoria,  Canada Canada
XVII 2002 Manchester  England Canada
XIX 2010 Delhi  India India
XX 2014 Glasgow  Scotland Canada

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2014 Commonwealth Games

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Canada 64 38 23 125
2 India 38 35 17 90
3 Pakistan 20 11 8 39
4 Australia 14 22 15 51
5 South Africa 12 8 11 31
6 Nigeria 6 9 19 34
7 England 5 22 36 63
8 New Zealand 3 9 17 29
9 Scotland 1 5 15 21
10 Cameroon 0 3 3 6
11 Cyprus 0 0 1 1
Northern Ireland 0 0 1 1
Wales 0 0 1 1
Zambia 0 0 1 1
Zimbabwe 0 0 1 1
Total 163 162 169 494
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