Papua New Guinea at the Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:PNG
Cganame:Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee
Games:Commonwealth Games
Rank:27
Gold:5
Silver:8
Bronze:2
App Begin Year:1962

Papua New Guinea made its Commonwealth Games début in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. The country has competed in 15 editions of the Games,

Since 1962, Papua New Guinea have won a total of 14 medals in 5 sports. Weightlifting has been the most successful sport with 7 medals followed by Boxing with 3, Lawn bowls with 2, Swimming with 2, and Shooting with 1 medal.

Medals

After the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Papua New Guinea ranks 26th on the All-time Commonwealth Games medal table.

List of gold medallists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Geua Tau1990 AucklandLawn BowlsSingles-Women
Ryan Pini2006 MelbourneSwimmingMen's 100 metres butterfly
Dika Toua2014 GlasgowWeightliftingWomen's 53 kg
Steven Kari2014 GlasgowWeightliftingMen's 94 kg
2018 Gold CoastWeightliftingMen's 94 kg

List of silver medallists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
Robert Stewart1966 KingstonRifleFullbore Rifle Queens Prize (Pair) - Open
Tumat Sogolik1978 EdmontonBoxingBantamweight Division
Cunera Monalua
Elizabeth Bure
Linda Ahmat
Wena Piande
1994 VictoriaLawn BowlsWomen's Fours - round robin
Dika Toua2006 MelbourneWeightliftingWomen's 53 kg
2018 Gold CoastWeightliftingWomen's −53 kg
Ryan Pini2010 DelhiSwimmingMen's 100 metres butterfly
Morea Baru2018 Gold CoastWeightliftingMen's −62 kg
2022 BirminghamWeightliftingMen's 61 kg

List of Bronze medallists

MedalNameGamesSportEvent
1962 PerthBoxingMen's light middleweight
Lynch Ipera1998 Kuala LumpurBoxingMen's featherweight

Games Summary

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRankCompetitorsOfficialsFlag Bearer OpeningFlag Bearer Closing
0 0 1 1 17
0 1 0 1 20
0 0 0 0 -
0 0 0 0 -
0 1 0 1 18
0 0 0 0 -
1 0 0 1 19
0 1 0 1 20
0 0 1 1 32
0 0 0 0 -
1 1 0 2 18
0 1 0 1 29
2 0 0 2 16
1 2 0 3 22 Vero Nime
0 1 0 1 35 Rellie Kaputin and
John Ume
Total 5 8 2 14 26

Notable achievements

First medal
First gold medal
Most gold medals
Most medals

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