Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games

Bowls is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since the inaugural edition of the event's precursor, the 1930 British Empire Games. It is a core sport and must be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games; however, it was not included in the programme of the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica due to no sufficient bowling greens being available. Along with swimming, athletics, cycling, table tennis, cycling, powerlifting and triathlon, bowls is one of the EAD (Elite Athletes with a Disability) sports.

Editions

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Games Year Host city Host country Best Nation
I1930Hamilton, Ontario Canada England
II1934London England England
III1938Sydney, New South Wales Australia New Zealand
IV1950Auckland New Zealand New Zealand
V1954Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Southern Rhodesia,
 South Africa
VI1958Cardiff Wales South Africa
VII1962Perth, Western Australia Australia England
IX1970Edinburgh Scotland England
X1974Christchurch New Zealand England
XI1978Edmonton, Alberta Canada Hong Kong
XII1982Brisbane, Queensland Australia Scotland
XIII1986Edinburgh Scotland Wales
XIV1990Auckland New Zealand Australia
XV1994Victoria, British Columbia Canada Scotland
XVI1998Kuala Lumpur Malaysia South Africa
XVII2002Manchester England England
XVIII2006Melbourne, Victoria Australia Australia
XIX2010Delhi India South Africa
XX2014Glasgow Scotland South Africa
XXI2018Gold Coast, Queensland Australia Australia

Commonwealth champions

Commonwealth champions tabulated:[2]

Men's singles

Men's pairs

Men's triples

Men's fours

Women's singles

Women's pairs

Women's triples

Women's fours

Para-sport

Men´s blind singles

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