2014 Commonwealth Games - Sports

Sports

The current regulations state that from the 26 approved sports administered by Commonwealth Governing Bodies, a minimum of ten and maximum of seventeen sports must be included in any Commonwealth Games schedule. The current approved sports include: athletics, aquatics, lawn bowls, netball (for women) and rugby sevens (for men). Integrated disabled competitions are also proposed for the Games in several events including: Swimming, Athletics, Cycling, Table Tennis and possibly Cycling, Powerlifting and Lawn Bowls, with the medals being added to the final tally for each nation. Twenty20 cricket was not able to make its Commonwealth Games debut in 2014, after International Cricket Council decided the international calendar was already too full to allow an additional tournament.

There are a total of 17 disciplines planned for the 2014 Commonwealth Games:

  • Aquatics
    • Diving (details)
    • Swimming (details)
  • Athletics (details)
  • Badminton (details)
  • Boxing (details)
  • Cycling (details)
    • Mountain biking
    • Road
    • Track
  • Field hockey (details)
  • Gymnastics (details)
    • Artistic gymnastics
    • Rhythmic gymnastics
  • Judo (details)
  • Lawn Bowls (details)
  • Netball (details)
  • Rugby sevens (details)
  • Shooting (details)
  • Squash (details)
  • Table tennis (details)
  • Triathlon (details)
  • Weightlifting (details)
  • Wrestling (details)
    • Freestyle

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