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, powerlifting and triathlon, bowls is one of the EAD (Elite Athletes with a Disability) sports.

Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games
Tournament information
SportLawn bowls
LocationVarious
Established1930
AdministratorCommonwealth Games Federation

Editions

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Games Year Host city Host country Best Nation
I 1930 Hamilton, Ontario   Canada   England
II 1934 London   England   England
III 1938 Sydney, New South Wales   Australia   New Zealand
IV 1950 Auckland   New Zealand   New Zealand
V 1954 Vancouver, British Columbia   Canada   Southern Rhodesia,
  South Africa
VI 1958 Cardiff   Wales   South Africa
VII 1962 Perth, Western Australia   Australia   England
IX 1970 Edinburgh   Scotland   England
X 1974 Christchurch   New Zealand   England
XI 1978 Edmonton, Alberta   Canada   Hong Kong
XII 1982 Brisbane, Queensland   Australia   Scotland
XIII 1986 Edinburgh   Scotland   Wales
XIV 1990 Auckland   New Zealand   Australia
XV 1994 Victoria, British Columbia   Canada   Scotland
XVI 1998 Kuala Lumpur   Malaysia   South Africa
XVII 2002 Manchester   England   England
XVIII 2006 Melbourne, Victoria   Australia   Australia
XIX 2010 Delhi   India   South Africa
XX 2014 Glasgow   Scotland   South Africa
XXI 2018 Gold Coast, Queensland   Australia   Australia
XXII 2022 Birmingham   England   Australia

Commonwealth champions

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Commonwealth champions tabulated:[2]

Men's singles

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Men's pairs

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Men's triples

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Men's fours

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Women's singles

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Women's pairs

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Women's triples

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Women's fours

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Para-sport

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All-time Overall medal table

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*Note : From editions 1994 to 2002, two bronze medals were awarded in each event.

Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Overall table including All time Para-Lawn bowl medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  England21112355
2  Scotland18101341
3  Australia17251153
4  South Africa17121544
5  New Zealand16121846
6  Wales5111531
7  Northern Ireland551222
8  Malaysia45716
9  Hong Kong3249
10  Zimbabwe3126
11  India1102
  Papua New Guinea1102
13  Canada010313
14  Guernsey0202
15  Zambia0112
16  Ireland0101
  Namibia0101
18  Rhodesia and Nyasaland0044
19  Fiji0022
  Norfolk Island0022
21  Botswana0011
  Cook Islands0011
  Malta0011
Totals (23 entries)111111135357

Lawn Bowls All-Time Medal Table

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*Note : From editions 1994 to 2002, two bronze medals were awarded in each event.

Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  England20111950
2  Australia1522946
3  South Africa15111339
4  New Zealand15101742
5  Scotland1391133
6  Wales581427
7  Northern Ireland551222
8  Malaysia45514
9  Hong Kong3227
10  Zimbabwe3025
11  India1102
  Papua New Guinea1102
13  Canada010212
14  Guernsey0202
15  Zambia0112
16  Ireland0101
  Namibia0101
18  Rhodesia and Nyasaland0044
19  Fiji0022
  Norfolk Island0022
21  Botswana0011
  Cook Islands0011
  Malta0011
Totals (23 entries)100100118318

Para-Lawn Bowls All-time medal table

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*Note : From editions 1994 to 2002, two bronze medals were awarded in each event.
Para-Lawns bowls appeared in editions 1994, 2002, 2014-22
Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Scotland5106
2  Australia2327
3  South Africa2125
4  New Zealand1214
5  England1045
6  Wales0314
7  Zimbabwe0101
8  Hong Kong0022
  Malaysia0022
10  Canada0011
Totals (10 entries)11111537

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sports Results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "Results". The Commonwealth Games Federation Official Website.
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