About the Commonwealth Games (commonwealth game)

Commonwealth Games

(Commonwealth Games)

Formerly known as the British Empire Games, it was founded in 1930 and is held every four years. , a large-scale comprehensive sports meeting held alternately with the Olympic Games and limited to athletes from Commonwealth member states or its affiliated countries and regions.

The organizing and leading body of the Commonwealth Games is the Commonwealth Games Federation, with Prince Edward as chairman and Queen Elizabeth II as patron. According to the agreement, the games should be held in different Commonwealth countries on a rotating basis. In 1966, four years after independence, Jamaica became the first developing country to host the Games. As of September 1998, the Commonwealth Games Federation*** had 71 member associations. The hosting of the Commonwealth Games has played a certain role in maintaining the loose relationship between the member states of the Commonwealth and the member associations of the Commonwealth Games Federation.

The Commonwealth Games has a history of 70 years. As early as 1891, the Englishman J.A. Cooper wrote an article in The Times, proposing that the sports games between the mother country and the autonomous territories should be fixed and become organized competitions. The suggestion was later taken seriously. From 1911, the British court began to award the Empire Cup to the winning team, making the games take shape as the British Empire Games. In 1926, the full power status of each autonomous territory was clarified, laying the political foundation for the hosting of the British Empire Games. In 1928, at the Amsterdam Conference, M. M. Robinson, an official of the track and field team of the Canadian Olympic delegation, proposed that the British Empire Games be held and the proposal was passed.

In 1930, the first British Empire Games were held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. More than 400 athletes from Australia, Bermuda, British Guinea, Canada, England, Ireland, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa and Wales participated in track and field, bowls, boxing, rowing, swimming (including diving) and Wrestling competition in 6 categories.

The Second British Empire Games were held in London, England in 1934. India, Rhodesia and Jamaica participated for the first time. From this year onwards, women's events have been included in the Games. Since its inception, the Games have been held as scheduled every four years, except in 1942 and 1946 when they were suspended due to World War II. However, the names of the games have changed several times: the first four (1930-1950) were called the British Empire Games; the fifth to eighth (1954-1966) were called the British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Games); from the ninth session in 1970, it was renamed the British Commonwealth Games; in 1990, the English name was changed to the current Commonwealth Games.

Initially, there were only 6 prescribed competition events in the Games. Cycling was added in 1938, and fencing and weightlifting were added in 1958. According to the agreement, the host country has the right to choose two more competition events in addition to the prescribed events. Since then, many projects have been added and deleted over the decades. In 1985, the Commonwealth Games Federation made a decision: only track and field and swimming will be the prescribed events, and the remaining eight events can be determined by the host country from archery, badminton, bowling, boxing, canoeing, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, judo, rowing Choose from 16 sports including shooting, table tennis, tennis, weightlifting, wrestling and sailing. In 1991 and 1993, the Commonwealth Games Federation held two more representative conferences and significantly revised the project setting plan.

The 15th Commonwealth Games was held on August 18, 1994 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

67 member associations of the Commonwealth Games Federation sent athletes to participate in 11 events including swimming, track and field, badminton, boxing, gymnastics (including rhythmic gymnastics), tennis, lawn bowls, cycling, shooting, weightlifting, and wrestling. There are more than 2,500 news and media personnel involved in covering this Games, and the global TV audience reaches 300 million. Competition results: Australia won 87 gold medals, 52 silver medals and 43 bronze medals, ranking first in the gold medal list; the host Canada ranked second with 40 gold medals, 42 silver medals and 46 bronze medals; the United Kingdom won 31 gold medals and 45 silver medals. and 49 bronze medals, ranking third.

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