Papua New Guinea at the Commonwealth Games

Papua New Guinea at the Commonwealth Games
CGF code	PNG
CGA	Papua New Guinea Sports Federation and Olympic Committee
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Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1962 1966 British Commonwealth Games 1970 1974 Commonwealth Games 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Papua New Guinea made its Commonwealth Games début in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth. The country has competed in thirteen editions of the Games to date.

Papua New Guineans have won three medals in boxing, two in lawn bowls, one in shooting, one in swimming and one in weightlifting.

Geua Vada Tau won the country's first Commonwealth gold by defeating New Zealand's Millie Khan 25-18 in lawn bowls (women's singles) during the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Papua New Guinea's second gold medal came in 2006 Commonwealth Games, when Ryan Pini won the men's 100m butterfly event in swimming, with a time of 52.64 seconds.

Gold medallists

List of gold medallists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Geua Vada Tau	1990 Auckland	Lawn Bowls	Singles-Women
Gold	Ryan Pini	2006 Melbourne	Swimming	Men's 100 metres butterfly
Gold	Dika Toua	2014 Glasgow	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg
Gold	Steven Kukuna Kari	2014 Glasgow	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg

Medal tally

				Total
Papua New Guinea	4	5	2	11

Papua New Guinea ranks thirty-first on the all-time medal tally of the Commonwealth Games.

Overall Medal Tally

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Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1962 Perth	0	0	1	1	17
1966 Kingston	0	1	0	1	20
1970 Edinburgh	0	0	0	0	-
1974 Christchurch	0	0	0	0	-
1978 Edmonton	0	1	0	1	18
1982 Brisbane	0	0	0	0	-
1990 Auckland	1	0	0	1	19
1994 Victoria	0	1	0	1	20
1998 Kuala Lumpur	0	0	1	1	32
2002 Manchester	0	0	0	0	-
2006 Melbourne	1	1	0	2	18
2010 Delhi	0	1	0	1	29
2014 Glasgow	2	0	0	2	16
Total	4	5	2	11	27

References

1. "Papua New Guinea Official Results". Retrieved 13 May 2011.
2. "Papua New Guinea Commonwealth Games History". Retrieved 13 May 2011.

External links

• PNG country profile on the website of the Commonwealth Games
• Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee & Commonwealth Games Association