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2006 Commonwealth Games- Melbourne, Australia

The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. 

The sports on the programme were Aquatics (diving, swimming & synchronised swimming), Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Bowls, Boxing, Cycling, Gymnastics, Hockey, Netball, Rugby 7s, Shooting, Squash, Table Tennis, Triathlon and Weightlifting. Approximately 5,766 athletes and team officials participated in the games with the home nation having the largest team with 535 athletes and officials. 

Gold medallist Samaresh Jung of India was named as the winner of the David Dixon Award for the most outstanding athlete of the 2006 Commonwealth Games. The Indian team came first in the Shooting medal tally, winning 16 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze medals at the Games.

    Medals Tally by Country
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
  Anguilla 0 0 0 0
  Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0
  Australia 84 69 68 221
  Bahamas 0 2 0 2
  Bangladesh 0 1 0 1
  Barbados 0 0 1 1
  Belize 0 0 0 0
  Bermuda 0 0 0 0
  Botswana 0 1 1 2
  British Virgin Islands 0 0 0 0
  Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0 0
  Cameroon 0 1 2 3
  Canada 26 30 31 87
  Cayman Islands 0 0 0 0
  Cook Islands 0 0 0 0
  Cyprus 3 1 2 6
  Dominica 0 0   0
  England 36 40 37 113
  Falkland Islands 0 0 0 0
  Fiji 0 0 1 1
  Ghana 2 0 1 3
  Gibraltar 0 0 0 0
  Grenada 0 1 0 1
  Guernsey 0 0 0 0
  Guyana 0 0 0 0
  India (4th place) 22 17 10 49
  Isle of Man 1 0 1 2
  Jamaica 10 4 8 22
  Jersey 0 0 0 0
  Kenya 6 5 7 18
  Kiribati 0 0 0 0
  Lesotho 0 1 0 1
  Malawi 0 0 0 0
  Malaysia 7 12 10 29
  Maldives 0 0 0 0
  Malta 0 1 1 2
  Mauritius 0 3 0 0
  Montserrat 0 0 0 0
  Mozambique 0 0 1 1
  Namibia 1 0 1 2
  Nauru 0 1 1 2
  New Zealand 6 12 14 32
  Nigeria 4 6 7 17
  Niue 0 0 0 0
  Norfolk Island 0 0 0 0
  Northern Ireland 0 2 0 2
  Pakistan 1 3 1 5
  Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 1
  Samoa 0 0 1 1
  Scotland 11 7 11 29
  Seychelles 0 0 2 2
  Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0
  Singapore 5 6 7 18
  Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0
  South Africa 12 13

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  Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1
  St. Helena 0 0 0 0
  St. Kitts & Nevis 0 0 0 0
  St. Lucia 0 0 0 0
  St. Vincent & The Grenadines 0 0 0 0
  Swaziland 0 0 1 1
  Tanzania 1 0 1 2
  The Gambia 0 0 0 0
  Tonga 0 0 0 0
  Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 3 3
  Turks & Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0
  Tuvalu 0 0 0 0
  Uganda 2 0 1 3
  Vanuatu 0 0 0 0
  Wales 3 5 11 19
  Zambia 0 0 0 0
Total Medals  245 245 257 747