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Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games 
Summary
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.
| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | Lawn bowls |
| Location | Various |
| Established | 1930 |
| Administrator | Commonwealth Games Federation |
Editions edit
| Games | Year | Host city | Host country | Best Nation |
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| I | 1930 | Hamilton, Ontario |  Canada |
 England
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| II | 1934 | London |  England |
England
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| III | 1938 | Sydney, New South Wales |  Australia |
 New Zealand
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| IV | 1950 | Auckland |  New Zealand |
New Zealand
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| V | 1954 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada |
 Southern Rhodesia, South Africa
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| VI | 1958 | Cardiff |  Wales |
South Africa
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| VII | 1962 | Perth, Western Australia | Australia |
England
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| IX | 1970 | Edinburgh |  Scotland |
England
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| X | 1974 | Christchurch | New Zealand |
England
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| XI | 1978 | Edmonton, Alberta |  Canada |
 Hong Kong
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| XII | 1982 | Brisbane, Queensland | Australia |
 Scotland
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| XIII | 1986 | Edinburgh | Scotland |
 Wales
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| XIV | 1990 | Auckland | New Zealand |
 Australia
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| XV | 1994 | Victoria, British Columbia | Canada |
Scotland
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| XVI | 1998 | Kuala Lumpur |  Malaysia |
 South Africa
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| XVII | 2002 | Manchester | England |
England
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| XVIII | 2006 | Melbourne, Victoria | Australia |
Australia
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| XIX | 2010 | Delhi |  India |
South Africa
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| XX | 2014 | Glasgow | Scotland |
South Africa
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| XXI | 2018 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Australia |
Australia
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| XXII | 2022 | Birmingham | England |
Australia
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Commonwealth champions edit
Commonwealth champions tabulated:[2]
Men's singles edit
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Men's pairs edit
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Men's triples edit
Men's fours edit
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Women's singles edit
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Women's pairs edit
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Women's triples edit
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Women's fours edit
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Para-sport edit
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Men's blind singles
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Men's Pairs
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Women's blind singles
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Women's Pairs
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Open triples
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Mixed fours B2 & B3
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All-time Overall medal table edit
*Note : From editions 1994 to 2002, two bronze medals were awarded in each event.
- Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | England | 21 | 11 | 23 | 55 |
| 2 | Scotland | 18 | 10 | 13 | 41 |
| 3 | Australia | 17 | 25 | 11 | 53 |
| 4 | South Africa | 17 | 12 | 15 | 44 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 16 | 12 | 18 | 46 |
| 6 | Wales | 5 | 11 | 15 | 31 |
| 7 |  Northern Ireland | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 |
| 8 |  Malaysia | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 |  Zimbabwe | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 11 |  India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Canada | 0 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 14 |  Guernsey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 |  Zambia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Namibia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 |  Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 19 |  Fiji | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Norfolk Island | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 21 |  Botswana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Cook Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Malta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 111 | 111 | 135 | 357 | |
Lawn Bowls All-Time Medal Table edit
*Note : From editions 1994 to 2002, two bronze medals were awarded in each event.
- Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | England | 20 | 11 | 19 | 50 |
| 2 | Australia | 15 | 22 | 9 | 46 |
| 3 | South Africa | 15 | 11 | 13 | 39 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 15 | 10 | 17 | 42 |
| 5 | Scotland | 13 | 9 | 11 | 33 |
| 6 | Wales | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 |
| 7 | Northern Ireland | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | Canada | 0 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 14 | Guernsey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Zambia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Namibia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 19 | Fiji | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Norfolk Island | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 21 | Botswana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cook Islands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Malta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 100 | 100 | 118 | 318 | |
Para-Lawn Bowls All-time medal table edit
*Note : From editions 1994 to 2002, two bronze medals were awarded in each event.
- Para-Lawns bowls appeared in editions 1994, 2002, 2014-22
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Scotland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | South Africa | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | England | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Wales | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 10 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 11 | 11 | 15 | 37 | |
See also edit
References edit
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lawn bowls at the Commonwealth Games.
- Commonwealth Games sport index