Commonwealth Games venues

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Commonwealth Games venues The first Inter-Empire Sports meeting was held at Crystal Palace, London in 1911.

Games	Year	Venue
¹ British Empire Games
² British Empire and Commonwealth Games
³ British Commonwealth Games
⁴ Commonwealth Games
II¹	1934	London, England
III¹	1938	Sydney, Australia
IV¹	1950	Auckland, New Zealand
V²	1954	Vancouver, Canada
VI²	1958	Cardiff, Wales
VII²	1962	Perth, Australia
VIII²	1966	Kingston, Jamaica
IX³	1970	Edinburgh, Scotland
X³	1974	Christchurch, New Zealand
XI⁴	1978	Edmonton, Canada
XII⁴	1982	Brisbane, Australia
XIII⁴	1986	Edinburgh, Scotland
XIV⁴	1990	Auckland, New Zealand
XV⁴	1994	Victoria, Canada
XVI⁴	1998	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
XVII⁴	2002	Manchester, England
XVIII⁴	2006	Melbourne, Australia

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Commonwealth Games

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Commonwealth Games Sporting event originating as the British Empire Games (1930). Competitors are members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Based on the Olympic Games, they are held every four years.

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