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Medal counts

Medal counts in the Commonwealth Games tend to be heavily slanted towards the largest, industralized nations such as England, Australia and Canada, making the games somewhat one-sided. The limited success of the smaller nations are a source of national pride, and give them a feeling of being part of the greater Commonwealth group.
Out of the previous 17 Games, Australia has lead the medal count 10 times, with England 6 times and Canada 1 time.

The following list includes the first four ranked teams for each year. The full ranking list from the years 2002 and 2006 is available.
See also Medal Trivia

List of the top medal winning countries for each Games

Year	Country	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
1930	England Canada South Africa New Zealand Australia	25 20 6 3 3	23 15 4 4 4	13 19 7 2 1	61 54 17 9 8
1934	England Canada Australia South Africa	29 17 8 7	20 25 4 10	24 9 2 5	73 51 14 22
1938	Australia England Canada South Africa	24 15 13 10	19 14 16 10	22 10 15 6	65 39 44 26
1950	Australia England New Zealand Canada	34 19 10 8	27 16 22 9	19 13 20 14	80 48 52 31
1954	England Australia South Africa Canada	23 20 16 9	24 11 6 20	20 17 13 14	67 48 35 43
1958	England Australia South Africa Canada	29 27 13 1	22 22 10 10	29 17 8 16	80 66 31 27
1962	Australia England New Zealand Canada	38 29 10 4	36 22 12 12	31 27 10 15	105 78 32 31
1966	England Australia Canada New Zealand	33 23 14 8	24 28 20 5	23 22 23 13	80 73 57 26
1970	Australia England Canada Scotland	36 27 18 6	24 25 24 8	22 32 24 11	82 84 66 25
1974	Australia England Canada New Zealand	29 28 25 9	28 31 19 8	25 21 18 18	82 80 62 35
1978	Canada England Australia Kenya	45 27 24 7	31 28 33 6	33 32 27 5	109 87 84 18
1982	Australia England Canada New Zealand	39 38 26 5	39 38 23 8	29 32 33 13	107 108 82 26
1986	England Canada Australia New Zealand	52 51 40 8	43 35 46 16	49 31 35 14	144 117 121 38
1990	Australia England Canada New Zealand	52 47 35 17	54 40 41 14	56 42 37 27	162 129 113 58
1994	Australia Canada England Nigeria	87 40 31 11	52 42 45 13	43 46 49 13	182 128 125 37
1998	Australia England Canada Malaysia	80 36 30 10	61 47 31 14	57 53 38 12	198 136 99 36
2002	Australia England Canada India	82 54 31 30	62 51 41 22	63 60 44 17	207 165 116 69
2006	Australia England Canada India	84 36 26 22	69 40 29 17	68 34 31 11	221 110 86 50

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