The first Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada, when they were called the British Empire Games.
The Commonwealth Games started in 1930.
The first Commonwealth Games to take place in Canada was the inaugural Games in 1930 when Hamilton hosted.
The 2018 Commonwealth Games will take place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Australia will host the next Commonwealth Games in 2018 when Gold Coast hosts for the first time.
2014 Edinburgh
The 2014 Commonwealth Games take place between 23rd July and 3rd August.
in Melbourne ,Australia in 2006
The games committee decide what events will take place.
The next Commonwealth Games in Australia will take place in 2018 on the Gold Coast. They will run from April 4th to April 15th.
1930 in HamiltonFirst British Empire Games, later to become the Commonwealth Games, held in Hamilton, Canada. The first Commonwealth Games were held in1930 in Hamilton, Canada, where 11 countries sent 400 athletes to take part in six sports and 59 events.
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.
The Commonwealth Youth Games are a small-scale version of the Commonwealth Games, designed for children and young people. The inaugural Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2000, and the second in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, in 2004. The third Games took place in Pune, India, in 2008, and were viewed in part as a test event for the 2010 main Commonwealth Games. The fourth Games are scheduled to take place in Douglas, Isle of Man, in 2011. From 2011 onwards the Games will revert to a four-yearly cycle. The hosting of the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games has been awarded to Apia, Samoa. Wrexham in Wales has so far expressed an interest in hosting the 2019 Commonwealth Youth Games
China is not a member of the Commonwealth. Only countries that are in the Commonwealth take part in the Commonwealth Games.