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Auckland, New Zealand 1990

Trivia

• Auckland has hosted the Games twice (1950 and 1990)

• The Games were held bewteen 24 January - 3 February, 1990

• The XIV Commonwealth Games, the third to be hosted by New Zealand and Auckland’s second, witnessed a fantastic opening ceremony comprising a magnificent and moving portrayal of the forces that led to the formation of New Zealand society and culture.

• Thankfully, the perennially threatened boycott gave way to a new positive spirit of co-operation far more in keeping with the image of “The Friendly Games” and a new record of 54 nations participated in the second Auckland Games.
  

Sports

• Ten sports featured in the second Auckland Games – athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, lawn bowls, shooting and weightlifting.

Medal Count

• Twenty-nine of the competing nations succeeded in winning medals from a total of 639 medals available. Australia headed the medals table with New Zealand claiming fourth place behind England and Canada.

• The following list includes the first four ranked teams. The ranking list for all years is available here.
  

Related Pages

• List of Commonweath Games Host Cities