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Athletics at the 2026 Commonwealth Games

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Athletics was one of the sports held at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. As a founding sport, athletics had appeared consistently since its introduction at the 1911 Inter-Empire Games, the recognized precursor to the Commonwealth Games.[1]

Dates27 July−1 August 2026
Competitors923+2 guides from 71 nations
Quick facts Athletics at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, Venue ...
Athletics
at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
Pictogram for athletics & para-athletics
VenueScotstoun Stadium, Glasgow
Dates27 July−1 August 2026
Competitors923+2 guides from 71 nations
 2022
2030 
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Out-of-stadium events were dropped for this edition, but the Games saw the reintroduction of the mile race, branded as the Commonwealth Mile for both sexes, to link to the strong tradition of mile running and races in the Commonwealth and previous Commonwealth Games, as well as the introduction of a mixed 4 x 400 metres relay.

A record programme of 16 para-athletics events was included in the Games.[2]

Schedule

The competition schedule was as follows[3]:

Qualifying / Heats ½Semi-finals FFinal
More information DateEvent, Mon 27 ...
Men
Date
Event
Mon 27 Tue 28 Wed 29 Thu 30 Fri 31 Sat 1
Session → M E M E M E M E M E M E
100 m Q ½ F
100 m (T11/12) Q F
100 m (T37/38) F
100 m (T45/47) F
200 m Q ½ F
400 m Q ½ F
800 m Q ½ F
1500 m (T20) F
1500 m (T53/54) F
Mile Q F
5000 m F
10,000 m F
110 m hurdles Q F
400 m hurdles Q ½ F
3000 m steeplechase F
4 × 100 m relay Q F
10,000 m walk F
High jump F
Pole vault Q F
Long jump Q F
Long Jump (T20) F
Triple jump Q F
Shot put Q F
Shot Put (F55-57) F
Discus throw Q F
Discus throw (F42-44) F
Hammer throw F
Javelin throw Q F
Decathlon F
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More information DateEvent, Mon 27 ...
Women
Date
Event
Mon 27 Tue 28 Wed 29 Thu 30 Fri 31 Sat 1
Session → M E M E M E M E M E M E
100 m Q ½ F
100 m (T37/38) Q F
100 m (T45-47) F
200 m Q ½ F
200 m (T37/38) Q F
400 m Q ½ F
400 m (T53/54) Q F
800 m Q ½ F
1500 m (T53/54) F
Mile Q F
5000 m F
10,000 m F
100 m hurdles Q F
400 m hurdles Q F
3000 m steeplechase F
4 × 100 m relay Q F
10,000 m walk F
High jump Q F
Pole vault F
Long jump Q F
Long jump (T37/38) F
Triple jump Q F
Shot put Q F
Shot put (F55/57) F
Discus throw Q F
Discus throw (F42/44) F
Hammer throw Q F
Javelin throw F
Heptathlon F
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More information DateEvent, Fri 31 ...
Mixed
Date
Event
Fri 31 Sat 1
Session → M E M E
4 x 400 m relay Q F
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Venue

Track and field events were held exclusively at the Scotstoun Stadium in Glasgow. There were no out of stadium events in this edition of the Games.

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

More information Rank, CGA ...
RankCGAGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia12111134
2 Jamaica103518
3 England69621
4 Canada47516
5 Nigeria43613
6 Scotland*4037
7 India37616
8 Kenya34411
9 New Zealand2327
10 Wales2215
11 South Africa1214
12 Sri Lanka1102
13 Cameroon1012
 Malaysia1012
15 Bahamas1001
 British Virgin Islands1001
 Dominica1001
 Grenada1001
 Northern Ireland1001
20 Trinidad and Tobago0224
21 Mauritius0202
22 Cyprus0112
23 Barbados0101
 Ghana0101
25 Bermuda0011
 Isle of Man0011
 Rwanda0011
 Uganda0011
Totals (28 entries)595959177
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Men

More information Event, Gold ...
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details
Emmanuel Eseme
 Cameroon
9.83 GR, NR Lachlan Kennedy
 Australia
9.85 AR Kayinsola Ajayi
 Nigeria
9.90
200 metres
details
Sinesipho Dambile
 South Africa
19.96 Udodi Onwuzurike
 Nigeria
20.09 SB Christopher Taylor
 Jamaica
20.11 PB
400 metres
details
Samuel Ogazi
 Nigeria
44.25 Jereem Richards
 Trinidad and Tobago
44.82 Zakithi Nene
 South Africa
45.21
800 metres
details
Navasky Anderson
 Jamaica
1:45.33 Luke Boyes
 Australia
1:45.93 Wyclife Kinyamal
 Kenya
1:46.12
Mile
details
Josh Kerr
 Scotland
3:54.12 Cameron Myers
 Australia
3:55.26 Timothy Cheruiyot
 Kenya
3:55.41
5000 metres
details
Mathew Kipsang
 Kenya
13:23.61 Ky Robinson
 Australia
13:24.70 Gulveer Singh
 India
13:24.95
10,000 metres
details
Ky Robinson
 Australia
27:48.93 Gulveer Singh
 India
27:49.78 David Mullarkey
 Isle of Man
27:50.28
110 metres hurdles
details
Demario Prince
 Jamaica
13.17 Samuel Bennett
 England
13.30 PB Milan Trajkovic
 Cyprus
13.32 SB
400 metres hurdles
details
Ezekiel Nathaniel
 Nigeria
48.47 Jake Minshull
 England
48.99 Assinie Wilson
 Jamaica
49.22
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Edmund Serem
 Kenya
8:18.23 Simon Kiprop Koech
 Kenya
8:18.59 Leonard Kipkemoi Bett
 Kenya
8:21.63
4 × 100 metres relay
details
 Australia
Lachlan Kennedy
Joshua Azzopardi
Calab Law
Rohan Browning
38.07  Canada
Aaron Brown
Jerome Blake
Brendon Rodney
Andre De Grasse
38.11  Nigeria
Favour Ashe
Kayinsola Ajayi
Adekalu Fakorede
Udodi Onwuzurike
38.12 SB
10,000 metres walk
details
Isaac Beacroft
 Australia
38:45.51 SB Stephen Ndangiri Kihu
 Kenya
38:46.57 PB Evan Dunfee
 Canada
40:03.39
High jump
details
Romaine Beckford
 Jamaica
2.25 m Sarvesh Kushare
 India
2.25 m Kimani Jack
 England
2.20 m
Pole vault
details
Kurtis Marschall
 Australia
5.85 m GR Kyle Rademeyer
 South Africa
5.70 m Owen Heard
 England
5.70 m
Long jump
details
Tajay Gayle
 Jamaica
8.15 m Murali Sreeshankar
 India
8.09 m Stephen Mackenzie
 Scotland
8.08 m
Triple jump
details
Jordan Scott
 Jamaica
16.72 m Praveen Chithravel
 India
16.58 m Selva Prabhu
 India
16.52 m
Shot put
details
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi
 Nigeria
21.07 m Tom Walsh
 New Zealand
21.03 m Scott Lincoln
 England
20.99 m
Discus throw
details
Matthew Denny
 Australia
67.73 m Fedrick Dacres
 Jamaica
65.10 m Lawrence Okoye
 England
64.45 m
Hammer throw
details
Ethan Katzberg
 Canada
80.97 m GR Iosif Kesidis
 Cyprus
76.97 m Rowan Hamilton
 Canada
75.36 m
Javelin throw
details
Rumesh Tharanga
 Sri Lanka
89.75 m Neeraj Chopra
 India
85.83 m Yashvir Singh
 India
85.41 m
Decathlon
details
Lindon Victor
 Grenada
8096 pts SB Damian Warner
 Canada
8036 pts Tejaswin Shankar
 India
7976 pts
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Women

More information Event, Gold ...
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
details
Zoe Hobbs
 New Zealand
10.93 AR Amy Hunt
 England
10.98 Torrie Lewis
 Australia
10.99 NR
200 metres
details
Adaejah Hodge
 British Virgin Islands
22.07 Shaniqua Bascombe
 Trinidad and Tobago
22.35 Alana Reid
 Jamaica
22.56
400 metres
details
Dejanea Oakley
 Jamaica
50.21 Sada Williams
 Barbados
50.99 Ella Onojuvwevwo
 Nigeria
51.00
800 metres
details
Georgia Hunter Bell
 England
1:59.51 Lilian Odira
 Kenya
2:00.58 Sarah Billings
 Australia
2:00.61
Mile
details
Abbey Caldwell
 Australia
4:39.31 Jessica Hull
 Australia
4:39.86 Claudia Hollingsworth
 Australia
4:40.20
5000 metres
details
Rose Davies
 Australia
14:44.53 SB Jessica Hull
 Australia
14:45.01 SB Megan Keith
 Scotland
14:49.10 SB
10,000 metres
details
Rose Davies
 Australia
31:39.32 SB Diana Wanza
 Kenya
31:50.13 Florence Niyonkuru
 Rwanda
31:55.47
100 metres hurdles
details
Devynne Charlton
 Bahamas
12.33 Megan Simmonds
 Jamaica
12.41 Tobi Amusan
 Nigeria
12.60
400 metres hurdles
details
Sanique Walker
 Jamaica
54.00 PB Emily Newnham
 England
54.04 Savannah Sutherland
 Canada
54.16 SB
3000 metres steeplechase
details
Faith Cherotich
 Kenya
9:01.76 GR Elise Thorner
 England
9:05.45 PB Peruth Chemutai
 Uganda
9:09.96
4 × 100 metres relay
details
 Jamaica
Alana Reid
Jodean Williams
Lavanya Williams
Ashanti Moore
42.65  Canada
Sade McCreath
Marie-Éloïse Leclair
Frédérique Chiasson
Audrey Leduc
42.76  Trinidad and Tobago
Michelle-Lee Ahye
Shaniqua Bascombe
Leah Bertrand
Reese Webster
43.07 SB
10,000 metres walk
details
Jemima Montag
 Australia
42:13.40 PB Elizabeth McMillen
 Australia
42:39.87 SB Rebecca Henderson
 Australia
43:27.46
High jump
details
Eleanor Patterson
 Australia
1.96 m =GR Nicola Olyslagers
 Australia
1.93 m Temitope Adeshina
 Nigeria
1.90 m
Pole vault
details
Eliza McCartney
 New Zealand
4.65 m Nina Kennedy
 Australia
4.65 m Imogen Ayris
 New Zealand
4.55 m
Long jump
details
Jazmin Sawyers
 England
6.93 m Ruth Usoro
 Nigeria
6.87 m Brooke Buschkuehl
 Australia
6.80 m
Triple jump
details
Thea LaFond
 Dominica
14.60 m Ackelia Smith
 Jamaica
14.04 m Shantae Foreman
 Jamaica
13.96 m
Shot put
details
Sarah Mitton
 Canada
19.88 m Jessica Oji
 Nigeria
17.87 m Lloydricia Cameron
 Jamaica
17.87 m
Discus throw
details
Samantha Hall
 Jamaica
61.66 m Julia Tunks
 Canada
60.67 m Seema Kaliramna
 India
58.65 m
Hammer throw
details
Camryn Rogers
 Canada
74.91 m GR Lauren Bruce
 New Zealand
69.82 m Lara Roberts
 Australia
68.05 m
Javelin throw
details
Mackenzie Little
 Australia
61.88 m SB Tori Moorby
 New Zealand
60.04 m Irene Jepkemboi
 Kenya
57.85 m
Heptathlon
details
Kate O'Connor
 Northern Ireland
6569 pts Jade O'Dowda
 England
6278 pts Tori West
 Australia
6104 pts
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Mixed

Para-athletics

Men

More information Event, Gold ...
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres (T12)
details
Zachary Shaw
 England
10.89 Masala Makatu
 South Africa
11.04 George Quarcoo
 Canada
11.06
100 metres (T38)
details
Thomas Young
 England
11.11 GR, SB Ullrich Muller
 Australia
11.19 SB Zachary Gingras
 Canada
11.55 PB
100 metres (T47)
details
Dilip Gavit
 India
10.71 GR, SB Mohammed Basil
 India
10.83 SB Kevin Santos
 England
10.85 SB
1500 metres (T20)
details
Ben Sandilands
 Scotland
3:57.25 SB Michael Barber
 Canada
4:01.84 Steven Bryce
 Scotland
4:02.40 SB
1500 metres (T54)
details
Nathan Maguire
 England
3:17.65 SB Daniel Sidbury
 England
3:18.31 SB Sam Rizzo
 Australia
3:18.61 SB
Long jump (T20)
details
Abdul Latif Romly
 Malaysia
7.17 m SB Noah Vucsics
 Canada
6.66 m SB Eljoe Gotuoh
 Malaysia
6.51 m SB
Shot put (F57)
details
Soman Rana
 India
13.40 m SB Shubham Juyal
 India
13.28 m SB Cedric Lekezo Azamdzi
 Cameroon
12.57 m SB
Discus throw (F44)
details
Aled Davies
 Wales
48.38 m Palitha Halgahawela
 Sri Lanka
46.84 m PB Akeem Stewart
 Trinidad and Tobago
56.82 m SB
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Women

More information Event, Gold ...
Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres (T38)
details
Sophie Hahn
 England
12.79 Olivia Breen
 Wales
12.86 SB Maddie Down
 England
12.86 PB
100 metres (T47)
details
Sheriauna Haase
 Canada
12.23 PB Chloe Dunbar
 Canada
12.33 PB Anna Grimaldi
 New Zealand
12.46 SB
200 metres (T38)
details
Rhiannon Clarke
 Australia
26.92 SB Sophie Hahn
 England
27.53 Briseis Brittain
 Australia
27.66
400 metres (T54)
details
Melanie Woods
 Scotland
56.43 SB Noemi Alphonse
 Mauritius
57.89 SB Jessica Cooper Lewis
 Bermuda
59.31
1500 metres (T54)
details
Melanie Woods
 Scotland
3:32.20 GR, SB Noemi Alphonse
 Mauritius
3:32.98 SB Eliza Ault-Connell
 Australia
3:40.84 SB
Long jump (T38)
details
Olivia Breen
 Wales
5.09 m Layla Sharp
 Australia
5.06 m GR, AR Ayla Kowalczyk
 Australia
4.71 m
Shot put (F57)
details
Sharmila Dhankar
 India
9.81 SB Zinabu Issah
 Ghana
8.65 SB Shilpa Shyla
 India
7.26 PB
Discus throw (F44)
details
Goodness Nwachukwu
 Nigeria
39.66 WR Funmi Oduwaiye
 Wales
38.52 SB Bree Cronin
 Wales
36.00 SB
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Participating nations

There were 71 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) in athletics and para-athletics with a total of 923 athletes (518 men and 405 women). The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[4] Two guides competing in the men's T12 event are not included in the numbers below. A total of three CGAs did not compete in the sport of athletics: Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands and Norfolk Island.

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