Cycling at the Commonwealth Games

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Cycling is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been a Commonwealth Games sport since the second edition of the event's precursor, the 1934 British Empire Games. It is an optional sport and may, or may not, be included in the sporting programme of each edition of the Games.

Editions

Games Year Host city Host country Best nation
II 1934 London  England Australia,
Canada
III 1938 Sydney, New South Wales  Australia Australia
IV 1950 Auckland  New Zealand Australia
V 1954 Vancouver, British Columbia  Canada England
VI 1958 Cardiff  Wales England
VII 1962 Perth, Western Australia  Australia Australia
VIII 1966 Kingston  Jamaica England
IX 1970 Edinburgh  Scotland Australia
X 1974 Christchurch  New Zealand England
XI 1978 Edmonton, Alberta  Canada Australia
XII 1982 Brisbane, Queensland  Australia Australia
XIII 1986 Edinburgh  Scotland Australia
XIV 1990 Auckland  New Zealand New Zealand
XV 1994 Victoria, British Columbia  Canada Australia
XVI 1998 Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia Australia
XVII 2002 Manchester  England Australia
XVIII 2006 Melbourne, Victoria  Australia Australia
XIX 2010 Delhi  India Australia
XX 2014 Glasgow  Scotland Australia
XXI 2018 Gold Coast, Queensland  Australia

Events

Track cycling events

Event 34 38 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 Games
Current program
Men's 1 km time trial X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 19
Men's 4000 m individual pursuit X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 17
Men's 4000 m team pursuit X X X X X X X X X X X 11
Men's keirin X X X 3
Men's points race X X X X X X X 7
Men's scratch race X X X X X 5
Men's sprint X X X X X 5
Men's team sprint X X X X 4
Women's 500 m time trial X X X X 4
Women's 3000 m individual pursuit X X X X X X X 7
Women's points race X X X X X X 6
Women's scratch race X X 2
Women's sprint X X X X X 5
Past events
Men's 1000 m match sprint X X X X X X X X X X X X X 13
Men's 10 mile scratch race X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 14
Men's tandem X X X 3
Women's 1000 m match sprint X X 2
Women's team sprint X 1
Events 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 5 5 8 9 9 11 12 14 13

Road cycling events

Event 38 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 Games
Current program
Men's individual time trial X X X X X 5
Men's road race X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 18
Women's individual time trial X X X X X 5
Women's road race X X X X X X X 7
Past events
Men's team time trial X X X X 4
Women's team time trial X 1
Events 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4

Mountain biking events

Event 02 06 14 Games
Current program
Men's cross-country X X X 3
Women's cross-country X X X 3
Events 2 2 2

Para-track

Event 14 Games
Current program
Men's tandem sprint B X 1
Men's tandem 1km time trial B X 1
Women's tandem sprint B X 1
Women's tandem 1km time trial B X 1
Events 4

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Australia 96 67 46 209
2 England 32 40 36 108
3 New Zealand 22 38 37 97
4 Canada 15 16 21 52
5 Scotland 5 5 8 18
6 Wales 3 3 10 16
7 South Africa 2 2 8 12
8 Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 3 6
9 Isle of Man 2 1 2 5
10 Malaysia 1 2 2 5
11 Northern Ireland 0 1 3 4
12 Jamaica 0 1 1 2
13 Barbados 0 0 1 1
Total 180 177 178 535

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