The ten core sports are Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Field Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rugby Sevens, Squash, Swimming and Weightlifting.
1. Aquatics2. Archery3. Atheletics4. Badminton5. Boxing6. Cycling7. Gymnastics8. Hockey9. Lawn bowl10. Netball11. Rugby sevens12. Shooting13. Squash14. Table tennis15. Tennis16. Weightlifting17. WrestlingThere are a total of 31 sports which are approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation. They are categorised into three types: * Core sports must be included on each programme. * Otional sports may be picked by the host nation, which may include some team sports such as basketball. * Recognised sports are sports which have been approved by the CGF but which are deemed to need expansion; host nations may not pick these sports for their programme until the CGF's requirements are fulfilled The sports are: * Archery - Optional * Athletics - Core * Badminton - Core * Basketball - Optional * Billiards - Recognised * Boxing - Core * Canoeing - Recognised * Cycling - Optional * Diving - Optional * Fencing - Recognised * Golf - Recognised * Gymnastics (Artistic and Rhythmic) - Optional * Handball - Recognised * Hockey - Core * Judo - Optional * Lawn bowls - Core * Life saving - Recognised * Netball - Core * Rowing - Recognised * Rugby sevens - Core * Sailing - Recognised * Shooting - Optional * Softball - Recognised * Squash - Core * Swimming - Core * Synchronized swimming - Optional * Table tennis - Optional * Tennis - Optional * Tenpin bowling - Recognised * Triathlon - Optional * Volleyball - Recognised * Water polo - Recognised * Weightlifting - Core * Wrestling - Optional
Australia has finished in the top two at all editions of the Commonwealth Games.
England has finished in the top two except the 1994 Commonwealth Games where they finished third.
England finished in the top two except at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.
England has finished in the top two in all Commonwealth Games except at the 1994 Games where they finished third.
England ended their run of finishing in the top two at the 1994 Commonwealth Games when they came third in the medal tally.
England has finished in the top two in all but the 1994 Commonwealth Games where they finished third.
The nation that has finished in the top two in every Commonwealth Games except in 1994 is England. The British nation finished third behind Canada and Australia.England finished third at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and in the process ended their top two finishing streak which spanned from the inaugural Games in 1930.
England has placed in the top two leading up to the 1994 Commonwealth Games. At the conclusion of the Victoria Games they finished third in the medal standings.
England finished for the first time out of the top two in the Medal Tally at the 1994 Commonwealth Games when they came in third.
England finished for the first time out of the top two in the Medal Tally at the 1994 Commonwealth Games when they came in third.
England finished third at the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games, so in the process finished outside the top two in the medal tally for the first time.