The

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(officially known as the XXI

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), was a

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held in

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, between 4 and 15 April 2018. 275 medal events were held at these games. Australia won the games with 78 gold, 59 silver and 59 bronze, for a total of 198 medals.

Firsts

The

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won its first

medal, a bronze won by Jenly Tegu Wini in the women's 58 kg weightlifting event. The

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won its first Commonwealth Games medal, a bronze won by Taiki Paniani and Aidan Zittersteijn in the men's pairs lawn bowls event.

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won its first Commonwealth Games medal, a bronze won by para athlete Friana Kwevira in the women's javelin throw (F46) event.

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won its first Commonwealth Games medal when

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won a bronze medal in the women's triple jump event. A few days later, Dominica won its first ever silver medal when Yordanys Duranona Garcia came second in the men's triple jump event.

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won its first Commonwealth Games medal when Kyron McMaster won a gold in the men's 400m hurdles.

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won its first Commonwealth Games gold medal when

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won the women's high jump event.

Medal table

The ranking in this table is consistent with the

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convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a

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). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their three-letter country code. Australia came in first in the medal table rank with 78 gold, the second being England with 45 gold, and the third being India with 26 gold. Two bronze medals were awarded in

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. In four events of

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, only five nations entered the event, per Commonwealth Games regulations, only one bronze medal was available. No bronze medal was awarded in the women's 50 metre butterfly S7, women's powerlifting heavyweight, and women's wrestling freestyle 50 kg, as only four athletes competed in the event, and per Commonwealth Games regulations, the bronze medal was not available. At women's tandem sprint B and women's tandem 1 km time trial B only one gold medal was available, as only three nations entered the event. Additionally, two silver medals were awarded in the men's gymnastics horizontal bar, men's 100 metre freestyle, and the women's 50 metre freestyle as a result of a tie between two athletes. Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals. ;Key Host nation

References

External links

Official medal table
{{Commonwealth Games Medal Counts 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medal tables Queensland-related lists

Firsts

Medal table

See also

References

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