Commonwealth Games Fact File

Contributed By- Vishal Suri

Commonwealth Games Are Being Organized In Our Own City, Delhi

So how many of us actually know about the Commonwealth Games?

Motto	Humanity-Equality-Destiny
Headquarters	London, England
Commonwealth Secretariat	Hon. Michael Fennell, OJ, CD

History:

The first such event, then known as the British Empire Games, was held in 1930 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The name changed to British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, to British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and assumed the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978

Participants:

• There are currently 54 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and 71 teams participate in the Games.
• At the 1930 games, women competed in the Swimming events only. From 1934, women also competed in some Athletics events
• Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. Australia has been the highest scoring team for ten games, England for seven and Canada for one.

What's Unique About The CWG?

• The four constituent countries of the United Kingdom – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – send separate teams to the Commonwealth Games (unlike at the Olympic Games, where the United Kingdom sends a single team), and individual teams are also sent from the British Crown dependencies – Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man – and many of the British overseas territories.
• The Australian external territory of Norfolk Island also sends its own team, as do the Cook Islands and Niue, two states in free association with New Zealand

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In 2014 the Games will be held in Glasgow, Scotland