Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

was represented at the 2002 Commonwealth Games by a team selected by the

Australian Commonwealth Games Association Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) is the Commonwealth Games Association for Australia, and is responsible for representing and promoting the Commonwealth Sport movement in the country, and organises the participation of Australia at the Commonwe ...

(ACGA) and abbreviated AUS. Australia officially became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1931 under the Statute of Westminster having become independent of the UK in 1901. Australia is one of only six countries to have competed in all of the Commonwealth Games held since 1930, although they did attend the 1911 Inter-Empire Championships as part of an Australasian team. This impressive international record extends to its participation in every Olympic Games in the modern era. At the first Games in 1930 Australia won only 8 medals against England's 61. However, by the first Games of the 21st century held in the city of Manchester, Australia's medal tally had moved to 207, ahead of any other country including England's 165.

Medals

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Results by event

Athletics

Women's 100 Metres *

Lauren Hewitt Lauren Katherine Hewitt (born 25 November 1978 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is a track and field sprinter from Australia. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, and won the bronze medal in the women's 2 ...

– 5th in Semi Final 2, 11.45 s Women's 100 Metres Hurdles * Jacquie Munro – 7th in Final, 13.31 s *

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– 6th in Heat 1, 13.45 s Women's 200 Metres *

– Bronze, 22.69 s * Sharon Cripps – 7th in Final 23.04 s Men's 400 Metres * Clinton Hill – 8th in Final, 46.00 s Women's 400 Metres Hurdles *

Jana Pittman Jana Pittman (born 9 November 1982) is an Australian former athlete. During her athletic career Pittman specialised in the 400 metres run and 400-metre hurdles events. She is a two-time world champion in the 400 m hurdles, from 2003 and 200 ...

– Gold, 54.40 s * Sonia Brito – 5th in Final, 57.79 s Men's 800 Metres * Kris McCarthy – Bronze, 1 min 46.79 s Women's 800 Metres * Tamsyn Lewis – 5th in Final, 1 min 59.73 s Men's 1500 Metres * Youcef Abdi – Bronze, 3 min 37.77 s Women's 1500 Metres * Sarah Jamieson – 5th in Final, 4 min 9.38 s *

Benita Johnson Benita Jaye Willis (born on 6 May 1979 in Mackay, Queensland) is an Australian long-distance runner, who is a three-time national champion in the women's 5,000 metres. Her foremost achievement is a gold medal in the long race at the 2004 IAAF ...

– 7th in Heat 1, 4 min 24.43 s Men's 5 000 Metres *

Craig Mottram Craig Mottram (born 18 June 1980) is a former Australian long and middle-distance runner who specialised in the 5000 meter event. Early years Mottram was born on 18 June 1980 in Frankston, Victoria. He attended Geelong Grammar School. Car ...

– 6th, 13 min 25.21 s * Michael Power – 8th, 13 min 34.04 s Women's 5 000 Metres *

– 6th, 15 min 26.55 s * Anna Thompson – 9th, 15 min 43.92 s * Haley McGregor – 11th, 15 min 47.10 s Men's 10 000 Metres *

Sisay Bezabeh Sisay Bezabeh (born 9 September 1977 in Asella, Oromia Region, Ethiopia) is an Australian athlete of Ethiopian descent who specialized in the 10,000 metres and the marathon. He participated in the Olympic Games twice but did not place. Biogra ...

– 9th, 28 min 37.12 s * Dean Cavuoto – 16th, 29 min 18.38 s * Brett Cartwright – 18th, 29 min 21.29 s Women's 10 000 Metres * Susie Power – Bronze, 31 min 32.20 s *

Kerryn McCann Kerryn McCann ( Hindmarsh, 2 May 1967 – 7 December 2008) was an Australian athlete. She was best known for winning the marathon at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games. Personal life McCann was born Kerryn Hindmarsh in Bulli, New South ...

– Did Not Start Men's Marathon *

Andrew Letherby Andrew Letherby (born 19 September 1973) is an Australian former long-distance runner who won a bronze medal in the marathon at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Biography Early life Letherby, originally from Adelaide, later lived in Queensland, b ...

– Bronze, 2 hours 13 min 23 s * Lee Troop – 7th, 2 hours 16 min 44 s *

Shaun Creighton Shaun William Creighton (born 14 May 1967 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian retired long-distance runner. Achievements Personal bests *1500 metres - 3:38.59 min (1993) *Mile run - 3:59.46 min (1995) *3000 metres - 7:41.60 min (1995) ...

– 9th, 2 hours 18 min 19 s Women's Marathon *

– Gold, 2 hours 30 mins5 s *

Krishna Stanton Krishna Lee Stanton ( née Wood; born 18 May 1966) is an Australian former distance runner. She finished fourth in the 3000 metres at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships and went on to win the silver medal in the marathon The mara ...

– Silver, 2 hours 34 min 52 s * Jackie Gallagher – Bronze, 2 hours 36 min 37 s Men's 4 x 100 Metres Relay * Australia – Bronze, 38.87 s ** David Baxter ** Patrick Johnson ** Paul Di Bella ** Tim Williams Women's 4 x 100 Metres Relay * Australia – 4th in Final, 43.72 s ** Jodi Lambert **

Melanie Kleeberg Melanie is a feminine given name derived from the Greek language, Greek μελανία (melania), "blackness" and that from μέλας (melas), meaning "dark".Sharon Cripps Men's 4 x 400 Metres Relay * Australia – 5th in Final, 3 min 2.22 s ** Clinton Hill ** Kris McCarthy ** Patrick "Pat" Dwyer ** Paul Pearce ** Tim Williams Women's 4 x 400 Metres Relay * Australia – Gold, 3 min 25.63 s **

Cathy Freeman Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman (born 16 February 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the ninth-fastest woman of all time, set ...

** Kylie Wheeler **

** Tamsyn Lewis Men's 20 Kilometre Walk *

Nathan Deakes Nathan Deakes (born 17 August 1977 in Geelong) is an Australian former race walker. Deakes trained with the Australian Institute of Sport. By performances, Deakes is Australia's best and most successful ever race walker, winning several in ...

– Gold, 1 hour 25 min 35 s * Luke Adams – Silver, 1 hour 26 min 3 s Women's 20 Kilometre Walk * Jane Kara Saville – Gold, 1 hour 36 min 34 s *

Natalie Saville Natalie Saville (born 7 September 1978) is an Australian race walker. She finished second in the 20 km race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games behind her sister, Jane, after finishing 4th at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and 36th in the sam ...

– 4th, 1 hour 42 min 38 s * Simone Wolowiec – 5th, 1 hour 43 min 10 s Men's 50 Kilometre Walk *

– Gold, 3 hours 52 min 40 s * Duane Cousins – 4th, 4 hours 9 min 59 s *

Liam Murphy Liam Murphy is a character (arts), fictional character from the Australian Seven Network, Channel Seven soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Axle Whitehead. The character debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 5 March 2009. Whitehead ...

– Disqualified Men's Shot Put * Justin Anlezark – Gold, 20.91 metres *

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– 6th, 18.10 metres Men's Javelin * William Hamlyn-Harris – 4th, 77.31 metres *

Andrew Currey Andrew Bruce Currey (born 7 February 1971 in Wee Waa, New South Wales) is a retired javelin thrower from Australia, who was the nation's leading javelin specialist in the 1990s. His main rival was training partner Adrian Hatcher. Currey repres ...

– 5th, 76.98 metres Women's Javelin * Cecillia McIntosh – Silver, 57.42 metres Men's Hammer Throw * Stuart Rendell – 4th, 67.51 metres Women's Hammer Throw * Bronwyn Eagles – Silver, 65.24 metres * Karyne di Marco – Bronze, 63.40 metres Men's Long Jump * Tim Parravicini – 9th, 7.60 metres Men's High Jump * Nick Moroney – 4th, 2.20 metres Men's Triple Jump * Andrew Murphy – 7th, 16.37 metres Men's Pole Vault * Paul Burgess – Silver, 5.70 metres * Viktor Chistiakov – Equal 4th, 5.50 metres *

Dmitri Markov Dmitri Markov ( be, Дзьмітры Маркаў; born 14 March 1975 in Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR) is a retired Belarusian-Australian pole vaulter. He is a former World Champions in athletics (men), world champion and current Oceanian record ho ...

– Equal 4th, 5.50 metres Women's Pole Vault * Tatiana Grigorieva – Gold, 4.35 metres * Kym Howe – Silver, 4.15 metres * Bridgid Isworth – Equal Bronze, 4.10 metres Women's Heptathlon *

Jane Jamieson Jane Jamieson (born 23 June 1975) is a track and field athlete from Australia. Jamieson has competed in the heptathlon in the Olympic Games, World Championships and Commonwealth Games, finishing with Top-10 results at each level, incl ...

– Gold, 6 059 points * Kylie Wheeler – Silver, 5 962 points Men's Decathlon * Matthew McEwen – Silver, 7 685 points Women's 800 Metres Wheelchair *

Louise Sauvage Alix Louise Sauvage, OAM (born 18 September 1973) is an Australian paralympic wheelchair racer and leading coach. Sauvage is often regarded as the most renowned disabled sportswoman in Australia. She won nine gold and four silver medals at f ...

– Silver, 1 min 53.30 s * Eliza Jane Stankovic – Bronze, 1 min 54.20 s Men's 100 Metres EAD * Paul Harpur – 3rd in Semi Final 1, 12.57 s

Boxing

Men's Bantamweight Division (54 kg) * Justin Kane – Gold Men's Welterweight Division (67 kg) * Daniel Geale – Gold Men's Middleweight Division (75 kg) * Paul Miller – Gold Men's Light Heavyweight Division (81 kg) * Ben McEachran – Equal Bronze

Cycling

Men's 20 km

Scratch Race A scratch race is a track cycling race in which all riders start together and the objective is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. UCI regulations specify that a scratch race should be held over 15 km for ...

Graeme Brown Graeme Allen Brown OAM (born 9 April 1979) is an Australian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2002 and 2016 for the , and teams. A former Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder, Brown's greatest suc ...

– Gold, 24 min 14.660 s Women's 25 km Points Race * Katherine Bates – Gold, 37 points *

Rochelle Gilmore Rochelle Gilmore (born 14 December 1981) is an Australian former racing cyclist, owner and manager of the professional cycling team . Career Born in Sutherland, New South Wales, Gilmore competed in track cycling in her teens, before specialisi ...

– Silver, 23 points Women's 3 000 Metres Individual Pursuit * Katherine Bates – Silver, 3 min 34.193 s *

Alison Wright Alison Wright (born 12 July 1976) is an English actress. She is best known for her starring role as Martha Hanson on the FX period spy drama series ''The Americans'' (2013–2017), for which she received critical acclaim and earned a Primeti ...

– Bronze, 3 min 40.409 s Men's 30K Points Race *

Mark Renshaw Mark Renshaw (born 22 October 1982) is a retired Australian racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the , , , , and teams. His most notable wins are the general classification of the 2011 Tour of Qatar, and the one ...

– Silver, 27 points Men's 4 000 Metres Individual Pursuit * Bradley "Brad" McGee – Gold, 4 min 16.358 s Men's 4 000 Metres Team Pursuit * Australia – Gold, 3 min 59.583 s **

Luke Roberts Luke Justin Roberts (born 25 January 1977) is a sports director and former Australian racing cyclist specialising in both track cycling and road bicycle racing. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, he resides both in Adelaide and in Cologne, ...

** Peter Dawson ** Stephen Wooldridge Women's 500 Metres Time Trial * Kerrie Meares – Gold, 35.084 s Women's Cross Country (Mountain Bike) *

Mary Grigson Mary Grigson (born 3 June 1971) is an Australian cross-country mountain biker. Grigson participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta coming 15th in the women's Cross-country event. She also competed in the women's Cross-country event a ...

– Bronze, 1 hour 32 min 49 s Men's Road Race (187.2 km) *

Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady (born 6 August 1973) is a retired Australian professional road bicycle racer, who rode as a professional between 1995 and 2013. A former track cyclist, O'Grady and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in the Men's Madison at the 2004 ...

– Gold, 4 hours 43 min 17 s *

Cadel Evans Cadel Lee Evans (; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing. A four-time Olympian, Evans is one of three non-Europeans – along wi ...

– Silver, 4 hours 45 min 25 s * Baden Cooke – Bronze, 4 hours 45 min 45 s Men's Road Time Trial (46.8 km) *

– Gold, 1 hour 53.50 s * Michael Rogers – Silver, 1 hour 2 min 50.36 s *

Nathan O'Neill Nathan O'Neill (born 23 November 1974) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. During his career, O'Neill became an eight-time winner of the Australian National Time Trial Championships and an Olympian in ...

– Bronze, 1 hour 3 min 20.69 s Men's Sprint *

Ryan Bayley Ryan Neville Bayley OAM (born 9 March 1982) is an Australian professional track cyclist and double Olympic gold medallist. Biography Born in Perth, Western Australia, Bayley started competitive cycling in 1997 at fifteen years of age. He is ...

– Gold, 10.659 s *

Sean Eadie Sean Eadie (born 15 April 1969 in Sydney, Australia) is a retired professional track cyclist. He lives in Como, New South Wales. He started cycling at 10 and became a professional in 1990. Despite competitive aggression on the track, he is a ...

– Silver, xxx s *

Jobie Dajka Jobie Lee Dajka (11 December 1981 – 4 April 2009) was an Australian professional track cyclist from Adelaide, South Australia. Biography Dajka received an AIS Junior Athlete of the Year award in 1999, and an Achievement Award in 2002 ...

– Bronze, xxx s

Aquatics

Swimming

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Triathlon

Officials

References

External links

Commonwealth Games Australia Results Database
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