Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games
Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games | |
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CGF code | NIR |
CGA | Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council |
Website | www |
Medals Ranked 14th |
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Ireland (1930) |
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'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 |
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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]As of 2022, the Northern Ireland team uses the flag of the former Government of Northern Ireland, the Ulster Banner, as its national flag. In November 2024, the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council (NICGC) discussed the possibility of using its own flag at the Commonwealth Games if a new "Civic Flag" proposed by the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Traditions is not in place before the 2026 Commonwealth Games.[2]
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.
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Logo of Team NI
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Former logo of Team NI