List of Commonwealth Games venues

The following are lists of all Commonwealth Games venues, starting with the first Commonwealth Games in 1930, j alphabetically, by sport, and byl year.

As a multi-sport event, competitions held during a given the Commonwealth Games usually take placed in different venues located across the host city and its metropolitan area. However, some Commonwealth competitions may be held outside the host metropolitan area, and instead in other regions of the host country.

One venue is designated as the big centrepiece stadium of the games. Traditionally as at the Summer Olympic Games, the opening and closing ceremonies and the Athletics competitions are held in this Stadium.

There were also 3 Commonwealth Winter Games held in St Moritz 2 years after the summer Commonwealth Games, and 4 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games held immediately before and after the summer Commonwealth Games. Both events have now been discontinued, but since 2002 athletes with a disability have competed as full members of their nation teams at the Commonwealth Games.

Commonwealth Games

YearCityState/provinceCountry
1930HamiltonOntarioCanada
1934LondonEnglandUnited Kingdom
1938SydneyNew South WalesAustralia
1950AucklandNew Zealand
1954VancouverBritish ColumbiaCanada
1958CardiffWalesUnited Kingdom
1962PerthWestern AustraliaAustralia
1966KingstonJamaica
1970EdinburghScotlandUnited Kingdom
1974ChristchurchNew Zealand
1978EdmontonAlbertaCanada
1982BrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
1986EdinburghScotlandUnited Kingdom
1990AucklandNew Zealand
1994VictoriaBritish ColumbiaCanada
1998Kuala LumpurMalaysia
2002ManchesterEnglandUnited Kingdom
2006MelbourneVictoriaAustralia
2010DelhiIndia
2014GlasgowScotlandUnited Kingdom
2018Gold CoastQueenslandAustralia
2022BirminghamEnglandUnited Kingdom
2026TBA

Youth games

YearCityState/provinceCountry
2000EdinburghScotlandUnited Kingdom
2004BendigoVictoriaAustralia
2008PuneIndia
2011Isle of ManCrown dependencies
2015ApiaTuamasagaSamoa
2017NassauThe Bahamas

Commonwealth Paraplegic Games

YearCityCountry
1962PerthAustralia
1966KingstonJamaica
1970EdinburghScotland
1974DunedinNew Zealand

Commonwealth Winter Games

YearCityCountry
1958St. MoritzSwitzerland
1962St. MoritzSwitzerland
1966St. MoritzSwitzerland
2010 (cancelled)GulmargIndia

See also

References

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