Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games
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Gymnastics is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games.
Artistic gymnastics was a core discipline of the Commonwealth Games between 2002 and 2022 and was required by the Commonwealth Games Federation to be included in each games' sporting program.[1] It was first held as a demonstration sport in 1974[2] before being included in the main programme in 1978. It has appeared at every games since 1990.
Rhythmic gymnastics is an optional discipline and may, or may not, be included in the sporting program of each edition of the Games. It has been included in every edition since its 1990 debut, except the 2002 Games and the forthcoming slimmed-down 2026 Games.
| Games | Year | Host city | Host country | Winner of the medal table | Second in the medal table | Third in the medal table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XI | 1978 | Edmonton |  Canada | Canada |  England |  Australia |
| XIV | 1990 | Auckland |  New Zealand | Canada | Australia | England |
| XV | 1994 | Victoria | Canada | Australia | Canada | England |
| XVI | 1998 | Kuala Lumpur |  Malaysia | Australia | Canada | England |
| XVII | 2002 | Manchester | England | Australia | Canada | England |
| XVIII | 2006 | Melbourne |  Australia | Canada | Australia | England |
| XIX | 2010 | Delhi |  India | Australia | England |  Cyprus |
| XX | 2014 | Glasgow |  Scotland | England | Canada | Scotland |
| XXI | 2018 | Gold Coast | Australia | England | Cyprus | Canada |
| XXII | 2022 | Birmingham | England | England | Australia |  Malaysia |
| XXIII | 2026 | Glasgow | Scotland |
All-time medal table
Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 58 | 53 | 45 | 156 |
| 2 | Australia | 51 | 48 | 52 | 151 |
| 3 | England | 45 | 40 | 31 | 116 |
| 4 | Cyprus | 11 | 5 | 11 | 27 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 5 | 12 | 14 | 31 |
| 6 | Scotland | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 7 |  Wales | 2 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 8 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| 9 |  South Africa | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 |  Northern Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | India | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Singapore | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 179 | 177 | 182 | 538 | |
Most successful Commonwealth Games gymnasts
The most successful gymnast in Commonwealth Games history is the Canadian rhythmic gymnast Alexandra Orlando. She is also the only gymnast to have won a clean sweep of every gold in her discipline - artistic or rhythmic - in a single Games since the introduction of individual apparatus to the Games.
The following gymnasts have won 4 or more gold medals at the Commonwealth Games:
| Name | Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alexandra Orlando | Rhythmic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Most golds won at a single Games in any sport. |
| 2. | Nile Wilson | Artistic | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | Most successful male and artistic gymnast. |
| 3. | Curtis Hibbert | Artistic | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Most successful male gymnast in a single Games. |
| 4= | Kasumi Takahashi | Rhythmic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Erika-Leigh Stirton | Rhythmic | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 6. | Patricia Bezzoubenko | Rhythmic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 7. | Claudia Fragapane | Artistic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Most successful female artistic gymnast |
| 8. | Max Whitlock | Artistic | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | Most decorated gymnast |
| 9. | Lauren Mitchell | Artistic | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| 10. | Alan Nolet | Artistic | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 11. | Lori Strong | Artistic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 12. | Joshua Jefferis | Artistic | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 13=. | Diamanto Euripidou | Rhythmic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Kyle Shewfelt | Artistic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 15=. | Andrei Kravtsov | Artistic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Courtney Tulloch | Artistic | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 17. | Jake Jarman | Artistic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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