Gymnastics is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games.
Artistic gymnastics was a core discipline of the Commonwealth Games between 2002 and 2022 and was required by the Commonwealth Games Federation to be included in each games' sporting program. It was first held as a demonstration sport in 1974 before being included in the main programme in 1978. It has appeared at every games since 1990.
Rhythmic gymnastics is an optional discipline and may, or may not, be included in the sporting program of each edition of the Games. It has been included in every edition since its 1990 debut, except the 2002 Games and the forthcoming slimmed-down 2026 Games.
Editions GamesYear Host cityHost countryWinner of the medal tableSecond in the medal tableThird in the medal table XI 1978 Edmonton XIV 1990 Auckland XV 1994 Victoria XVI 1998 Kuala Lumpur XVII 2002 Manchester XVIII 2006 Melbourne XIX 2010 Delhi XX 2014 Glasgow XXI 2018 Gold Coast XXII 2022 Birmingham XXIII 2026 Glasgow
All-time medal table Updated after the 2026 Commonwealth Games
Most successful Commonwealth Games gymnasts
The most successful gymnast in Commonwealth Games history is the Canadian rhythmic gymnast Alexandra Orlando. She is also the only gymnast to have won a clean sweep of every gold in her discipline - artistic or rhythmic - in a single Games since the introduction of individual apparatus to the Games.
The following gymnasts have won 4 or more gold medals at the Commonwealth Games:
NameDisciplineGoldSilverBronzeTotalNotes 1. Alexandra Orlando Rhythmic 6 0 0 6 Most golds won at a single Games in any sport. 2. Nile Wilson Artistic5 3 1 9 Most successful male and artistic gymnast. 3. Curtis Hibbert Artistic5 1 1 7 Most successful male gymnast in a single Games. 4= Kasumi Takahashi Rhythmic5 1 0 6 Erika-Leigh Stirton Rhythmic5 1 0 6 6. Patricia Bezzoubenko Rhythmic5 0 1 6 7. Claudia Fragapane Artistic5 0 0 5 Most successful female artistic gymnast 8. Max Whitlock Artistic4 4 2 10 Most decorated gymnast 9. Ellie Black Artistic4 4 1 9 10. Félix Dolci Artistic4 3 1 8 11. Lauren Mitchell Artistic4 3 0 7 12. Alan Nolet Artistic4 2 1 7 13. Lori Strong Artistic4 2 0 6 14. Joshua Jefferis Artistic4 1 2 7 15=. Diamanto Euripidou Rhythmic 4 1 1 6 Kyle Shewfelt Artistic 4 1 1 6 17=. Andrei Kravtsov Artistic 4 1 0 5 Courtney Tulloch Artistic 4 1 0 5 19. Jake Jarman Artistic 4 0 0 4
Best results by event and nation
Canada is the only nation to have won a gold in every event in the gymnastics program. Of the other two dominant nations in Commonwealth gymnastics, Australia has won gold in every event in the current gymnastics program; only in the rhythmic gymnastics discipline of Rope have they failed to do so, which was discontinued in 1994, and England have won gold in all artistic gymnastic disciplines but only one gold in rhythmic gymnastics. Traditionally Scotland and Cyprus have been successful in artistic gymnastics, while Malaysia and Wales have found medals in rhythmic gymnastics.
EventMAG Team Individual All-Around Floor Exercise Pommel Horse Rings Vault Parallel Bars Horizontal Bar WAG Team Individual All-Around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise RG Individual All-Around Team Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Rope
References
External links Commonwealth Games sport index