Commonwealth Games
1. Headquarters London,
United Kingdom
2.Motto HUMANITY
– EQUALITY – DESTINY
3.Commonwealth Games Federation seal, adopted in 200
4.Commonwealth Secretariat Hon.
Michael Fennell OJ, CD
5.The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event
involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.
6.The event was first held in 1930 under the title of the
British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
7.The event was renamed as the British Empire and
Commonwealth Games in 1954, the British Commonwealth Games in 1970, and gained
its current title in 1978.
8.There are currently 54 members of the Commonwealth of
Nations
9.71 teams participate in the Games.
10.The current name of the Commonwealth Games - 1978.
11.British Commonwealth Games
Games Year Host Dates
1930 Hamilton,
Canada 16 – 23 August
1934 London,
England 4 – 11 August
1938 Sydney,
Australia 5 – 12 February
1950 Auckland,
New Zealand 4 – 11 February
12.British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1954 Vancouver,
Canada 30 July – 7 August
1958 Cardiff,
Wales 18 – 26 July
1962 Perth,
Australia 22 November – 1 December
1966 Kingston,
Jamaica 4 – 13 August
13.British Commonwealth Games
1970 Edinburgh,
Scotland 16 – 25 July
1974
Christchurch, New Zealand 24 January – 2 February
Commonwealth Games
1978 Edmonton,
Can ada 3 – 12 August
1982 Brisbane,
Australia 30 September — 9 October
1986 Edinburgh,
Scotland 24 July – 2 August
1990 Auckland,
New Zealand 24 January – 3
February
1994 Victoria,
Canada 18 – 28 August
1998 Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia 11 – 21
September
2002 Manchester,
England 25 July – 4 August
2006 Melbourne,
Australia 15 – 26 March
2010 Delhi,
India 3
– 14 October
2014 Glasgow,
Scotland
2018 Gold Coast,
