Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games

Northern Ireland has competed in nineteen of the twenty-one Commonwealth Games beginning with the second games, held in 1934. Northern Ireland did not compete in 1930 (when there was a single team from Ireland) and in 1950. It differs from the Olympic Games where although it officially competes with England, Scotland and Wales as part of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, many athletes have represented the Ireland team.

Northern Ireland at the
Commonwealth Games
CGF codeNIR
CGANorthern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council
Websitewww.teamni.org
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
37
Silver
46
Bronze
59
Total
142
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Ireland (1930)

Northern Ireland's participation in the Commonwealth Games is managed by the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council.[1]

Medal tally edit

Medals by Games edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
  1930 Hamilton Competed as part of Ireland team
  1934 London 0 1 2 3 9
  1938 Sydney 0 0 0 0 15
  1950 Auckland did not participate
  1954 Vancouver 2 1 0 3 9
  1958 Cardiff 1 1 3 5 12
  1962 Perth 0 0 1 1 17
  1966 Kingston 1 3 3 7 14
  1970 Edinburgh 3 1 5 9 10
  1974 Christchurch 3 1 2 6 9
  1978 Edmonton 2 1 2 5 10
  1982 Brisbane 0 3 3 6 17
  1986 Edinburgh 2 4 9 15 7
  1990 Auckland 1 3 5 9 13
  1994 Victoria 5 3 2 10 10
  1998 Kuala Lumpur 2 1 1 4 13
  2002 Manchester 2 2 1 5 17
  2006 Melbourne 0 2 0 2 24
  2010 Delhi 3 3 4 10 14
  2014 Glasgow 2 3 7 12 15
  2018 Gold Coast 1 7 4 12 20
  2022 Birmingham 7 7 4 18 11
Total 37 46 59 142 14

Flag and victory anthem edit

At the games the Northern Ireland team uses the flag of the former Government of Northern Ireland, the Ulster Banner, as its national flag. This flag is also used by the Northern Ireland national football team.

The team uses "Londonderry Air" as its victory anthem.

The team logo, and of the Commonwealth Games Council for Northern Ireland, features a stylised version of the Red Hand of Ulster, a traditional emblem of the province of Ulster of which Northern Ireland is a part.

The team goes by the abbreviation NIR.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Northern Ireland". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

External links edit