Commonwealth Games 2002

Commonwealth Games 2002
venue	Manchester , England
participating countries	72
Participating athletes	3679
Competitions	281 in 17 sports
Opening ceremony	July 25, 2002
Closing ceremony	August 4, 2002

The 17th Commonwealth Games took place from July 25th to August 4th, 2002 in the English city ​​of Manchester . It was the largest sporting event in England to date and even surpassed the 1948 Summer Olympics in terms of participating nations .

There were 281 competitions in badminton , bowls , boxing , weightlifting , hockey , judo , athletics , netball , cycling , wrestling , 7-a-side rugby , shooting , swimming (including synchronized swimming and water jumping ), squash , table tennis , triathlon and gymnastics ( including rhythmic gymnastics ). 3,679 athletes from 72 countries took part.

A special feature was the first-time complete integration of individual competitions of disabled sports into the rest of the event program (athletics, bowls, swimming, table tennis and weightlifting).

Highlights

• The netball final between Australia and New Zealand, which was sold out with 12,000 spectators, ended in a draw after regular time. Two extensions of seven minutes each followed, but they did not result in a decision. After three minutes in the third extension ( with sudden death ), Australia finally won 57:55.
• The Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe set a new world record in the 400 meters freestyle. However, he narrowly missed his intended goal of winning seven gold medals.
• The English athlete Paula Radcliffe won her first ever international gold medal in the 5000 meter run, with over 20 seconds ahead of the Kenyan Edith Masai .
• In the final of the men's 100-meter race, the two English favorites Dwain Chambers and Mark Lewis-Francis suffered injuries and were eliminated. The race was won by Kim Collins , who secured the first Commonwealth title for St. Kitts and Nevis .
• The English triple jumper Jonathan Edwards was world champion, Olympic champion, European champion and Commonwealth champion after his victory in Manchester and also held the world record.
• At the track bike races, the Australian team set a new world record in the 4,000 meter team pursuit.
• The 18-year-old South African disabled athlete Natalie du Toit not only won the competitions intended for her, but also made it into the final of the regular 800-meter freestyle competition.
• Compared to the population, the small Pacific state of Nauru was disproportionately successful . The 15 medals won correspond to one medal per 800 inhabitants.
• The opening ceremony was attended by King Gurcharan Mall designed

Competition gate

City of Manchester Stadium : athletics, rugby 7, opening and closing ceremonies Belle Vue Complex: Hockey Bolton Arena ( Bolton ): badminton G-MEX Center: gymnastics, judo, wrestling Heaton Park: Bowls Manchester International Convention Center: Weightlifting Manchester Aquatics Center: swimming, synchronized swimming, diving

Manchester Evening News Arena : netball, boxing National Cycling Center : Track cycling National Shooting Center ( Bisley , Surrey): Shooting National Squash Center: Squash Rivington (Bolton): mountain biking, road racing Salford Quays ( Salford ): walking, triathlon Table Tennis Center: table tennis Wythenshawe Forum: Boxing

participating countries

Participating countries (purple: first participation)

Anguilla  Antigua and Barbuda  Australia  Bahamas  Bangladesh  Barbados  Belize  Bermuda  Botswana  British Virgin Islands  Brunei  Cook Islands  Dominica  England  Falkland Islands  Fiji  Gambia  Ghana  Gibraltar  Grenada  guernsey  Guyana  India  Isle of Man

Jamaica  jersey  Cayman Islands  Cameroon  Canada  Kenya  Kiribati  Lesotho  Malawi  Malaysia  Maldives  Malta  Mauritius  Montserrat  Mozambique  Namibia  Nauru  New Zealand  Nigeria  Niue  Norfolk Island  Northern Ireland  Pakistan  Papua New Guinea

St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha  St. Kitts and Nevis  St. Lucia  St. Vincent and the Grenadines  Solomon Islands  Zambia  Samoa  Scotland  Seychelles  Sierra Leone  Zimbabwe  Singapore  Sri Lanka  South Africa  Swaziland  Tanzania  Tonga  Trinidad and Tobago  Turks and Caicos Islands  Tuvalu  Uganda  Vanuatu  Wales  Cyprus

Results

(The links lead to detailed results pages)

badminton Bowls Boxing hockey Weightlifting Judo athletics Netball Cycling Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Wrestling 7-a-side rugby shoot swim squash Synchronized swimming Table tennis Triathlon do gymnastics Diving

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Australia	82	62	63	207
2	England	54	52	60	166
3	Canada	31	41	46	118
4th	India	30th	22nd	17th	69
5	New Zealand	11	13	21st	45
6th	South Africa	9	20th	17th	46
7th	Cameroon	9	1	2	12
8th	Malaysia	7th	9	18th	34
9	Wales	6th	13	12	31
10	Scotland	6th	8th	16	30th
Complete medal table

Web links

• Commonwealth Games Federation
• Review of the 2002 Commonwealth Games