Gymnastics was first held at the Commonwealth Games as a demonstration sport in 1974, before being included in the main programme in 1978. After a break it reappeared in 1990 and gymnastics has appeared at every games since.

Glasgow 2026 Artistic Gymnastics

Artistic gymnastics at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games was held from 24 to 28 July 2026 in Glasgow, and was one of the ten sports on the reduced Games program. There were 14 medal events, covering the men's and women's team and individual all-around competitions and the individual apparatus finals.

Results and Highlights

Canada dominated the artistic gymnastics program, topping the medal table with 16 medals (seven gold, five silver and four bronze). Félix Dolci was the star of the meet, winning six medals including golds on the rings, vault and horizontal bar, while Ellie Black made history as the first gymnast to win two Commonwealth Games individual all-around titles. Canada also claimed the men's team title, their first in 20 years, ending England's run of victories.

Australia finished second with nine medals (four gold, one silver and four bronze), the women's team winning gold for the first time since Delhi 2010 and Jesse Moore taking the men's parallel bars. Among the home nations, Wales’s Ruby Evans won gold on the floor, and Scotland celebrated a home pommel-horse podium. The leading nations on the artistic gymnastics medal table are shown below.

Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
Canada 7 5 4 16
Australia 4 1 4 9
England 1 4 2 7
Scotland 1 1 1 3

Competition

The Artistic Gymnastics program features men and women performing feats of fitness, skill, concentration, flexibility and artistic flair.

Women can contest in the following apparatus:

  • Vault
  • Uneven Bars
  • Balance Beam
  • Floor Exercise

Men can contest in the following apparatus:

  • Vault
  • Parallel Bars
  • Horizontal Bar
  • Floor Exercise
  • Still Rings
  • Pommel Horse

Athletes also compete in a team event, and in the individual all-around and individual apparatus finals.

Trivia

  • An outstanding performance by an Australian was by Andrei Kravtsov in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics at the 1998 Games - winning four Gold (Men’s Individual All Around; Floor; Pommel; Parallel Bars) and 1 Silver (Men’s Artistic Team).
  • At Glasgow 2026, Canada topped the artistic gymnastics medal table with 16 medals (seven gold), including their first men's team title in 20 years.
  • Canada’s Ellie Black became the first gymnast to win two Commonwealth Games individual all-around titles, at Glasgow 2026.
  • Australia’s women won the team title at Glasgow 2026, their first Commonwealth women’s team gold since Delhi 2010.