Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was the 20th appearance of lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games. The lawn bowls competition was held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club in the Gold Coast, Australia, from April 5 to 13.[1][2]
| Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games | |
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| Venue | Broadbeach Bowls Club |
| Dates | 5 – 13 April 2018 |
| Competitors | 240 from 28 nations |
Lawn bowls is one of ten core sports at the Commonwealth Games and has been continuously held at every Games since the 1930 British Empire Games, with the exception of the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. A total of four events per gender were contested, along with two open para-sport events, which meant a total of ten medal events were contested.
Schedule
The following is the Lawn bowls schedule:
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | G | Gold medal match |
| Date → | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sun 8 | Mon 9 | Tue 10 | Wed 11 | Thu 12 | Fri 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Event ↓ | M | A | E | M | A | E | M | A | E | M | A | E | M | A | E | M | A | E | M | A | E | M | A | E | M | A | E |
| Men's singles | G | ¼ | ½ | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Men's pairs | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Men's triples | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Men's fours | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Women's singles | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Women's pairs | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Women's triples | G | G | G | ½ | B | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Women's fours | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mixed B2/B3 pairs | G | G | G | G | ½ | B | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Open B6/B7/B8 triples | G | G | G | G | G | ½ | B | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal table
* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Australia* | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 |  Scotland | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Wales | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  South Africa | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  England | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 |  Cook Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Malta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Norfolk Island | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Medallists
Men
Women
Para-sport
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed para-sport pairs |
Australia Jake Fehlberg Lynne Seymour |
South Africa Philippus Walker Nozipho Schroeder |
Wales Gilbert Miles Julie Thomas |
| Open para-sport triples |
Australia Josh Thornton Ken Hanson Tony Bonnell |
New Zealand Barry Wynks Bruce Wakefield Mark Noble |
South Africa Christopher Patton Tobias Botha Willem Viljoen |
Participating nations
There are 28 participating nations in the lawn bowls with a total of 240 athletes.[3] The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
Australia (15)
Botswana (7)
Brunei (8)
Canada (10)
Cook Islands (10)
England (15)
Fiji (10)
Guernsey (4)
India (10)
Isle of Man (2)
Jamaica (2)
Jersey (8)
Kenya (2)
Malta (6)
Malaysia (10)
Namibia (8)
New Zealand (15)
Niue (10)
Norfolk Island (10)
Northern Ireland (10)
Papua New Guinea (10)
Samoa (2)
Scotland (15)
Singapore (4)
Tonga (2)
South Africa (15)
Wales (15)
Zambia (5)
