The first Commonwealth Games was held in 1930.
The Commonwealth Games has been held on twenty occasions from Hamilton 1930 to Glasgow 2014.
The 1974 Games were held in Christchurch, New Zealand, with the main stadium being QEII Park
Glasgow
because it was part of the commonwealth
The Bristish Commonweath Games were held in Christchurch January 24, 1974 through February 2, 1974. Nine sports were featured in the Christchurch Games: athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, lawn bowls, shooting, swimming and diving, weightlifting and wrestling. The complex that these games were held at was "Queen Elizabeth II Park" (Known locally as QEII) which was built specifically for the games.
Delhi, India hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
The first modern Olympic games were held in Athens in 1986 but the the first ancient olympic games were held in Olympia 776BC
The first Commonwealth Games were held in Hamilton in 1930.
The first Games held in Stockholm were the fifth Summer Games in 1912.
The first Winter Olympic games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
The first Winter Olympic games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
The first Commonwealth Games (then known as the British Empire Games) were held in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.