Australia Claims First Place At The Commonwealth Games
Australia topped the medal table at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, winning 70 gold medals out of 171 medals overall, its fourth-best result in Commonwealth Games history.
England finished second with 110 medals, including 29 gold, while Canada placed third with 62 medals, including 19 gold.
At 76, Louise Hoskins became the oldest Commonwealth Games gold medallist, winning gold in the Para-Women’s pairs bowls alongside her partner, Serena Bonnell.
Australia’s most successful sport was Swimming and Para Swimming, winning 76 medals overall and 37 gold medals, the highest number of gold medals won since 2018.
Swimmer Meg Harris was Australia's most successful individual competitor, winning six gold medals across the 11-day competition.
Australia’s next best sport was Athletics, taking home a total of 12 out of 34 gold medals, followed by Track Cycling and Para Track Cycling with 28 medals total, including 10 gold medals.
The Athletics team included the youngest ever Australian athlete, Lexie Brown, at 15 years old, along with eight other teenagers and a record number of 23 Para Athletes.
Para-cyclist Tara Neyland broke two world records, completing the women’s C4 4000 metre individual pursuit in four minutes and 50 seconds during qualifying.
She later completed the C4-C5 1000 metre time trial in one minute and nine seconds, breaking her previous record of one minute and 10 seconds set at the 2025 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.
Gymnastics secured nine medals, four gold. Georgia Godwin leading the women’s team won a gold medal after returning from an injury that pulled her out of the 2024 Olympics.
“The Albanese Government is incredibly proud of all our athletes,” Sports Minister Anika Wells said at the beginning of the games.
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