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Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was represented by Australian Commonwealth Games Association the (ACGA), and abbreviated AUS. Athletes from Australia were given automatic qualification in all sports due to the host status.

Australia first competed at the then-titled British Empire Games in 1930, and is one of only six countries to have sent athletes to every Commonwealth Games.

Australia entered the Melbourne Games as a strong favourite to win the medal tally after having won 207 medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester compared to England's 165 and Canada's 116. Its strongest sports are swimming and cycling.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Australia was at the top of the medal tally with 221 medals: 84 Gold, 69 Silver and 68 Bronze. Jane Saville bore Australia's flag at the opening ceremony, while Leisel Jones bore the flag during the closing ceremony.

Medallists

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<sup>*</sup> – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final relay.

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Athletics

Men
Track
Field
;Decathlon
Women
Track
Field
Heptathlon

Badminton

Men's

Women's

Mixed

Basketball

Men's tournament

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Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend:
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes club at the time of the competition
Group play
Semifinal
Gold medal match

Women's tournament

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Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend:
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes club at the time of the competition
Group play
Semifinal
Gold medal match

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Men
Women

Track

Team sprint
Sprint
Pursuit
Keirin
Time trial
Points race
Scratch race

Mountain bike

Diving

Men
Women

Field hockey

Men's tournament

  1. <li value=1>Jamie Dwyer</li>
  2. <li value=2>Liam de Young</li>
  3. <li value=4>Michael McCann</li>
  4. <li value=6>Robert Hammond</li>
  5. <li value=7>Nathan Eglington</li>
  6. <li value=9>Mark Knowles</li>
  7. <li value=13>Luke Doerner</li>
  8. <li value=14>Grant Schubert</li>
  9. <li value=15>Bevan George</li>
  10. <li value=18>Stephen Lambert</li>
  11. <li value=21>Aaron Hopkins</li>
  12. <li value=23>Matthew Wells</li>
  13. <li value=24>Travis Brooks</li>
  14. <li value=25>Brent Livermore</li>
  15. <li value=26>Dean Butler</li>
  16. <li value=30>Stephen Mowlam</li>
Group play
Semifinal
Gold medal match

Women's tournament

  1. <li value=1>Toni Cronk</li>
  2. <li value=2>Suzie Faulkner</li>
  3. <li value=3>Karen Smith</li>
  4. <li value=7>Kim Walker</li>
  5. <li value=9>Rebecca Sanders</li>
  6. <li value=10>Kate Hollywood</li>
  7. <li value=11>Emily Halliday</li>
  8. <li value=12>Madonna Blyth</li>
  9. <li value=13>Wendy Beattie</li>
  10. <li value=14>Nicole Arrold</li>
  11. <li value=15>Kobie McGurk</li>
  12. <li value=17>Rachel Imison</li>
  13. <li value=24>Angie Skirving</li>
  14. <li value=25>Melanie Twitt</li>
  15. <li value=30>Sarah Taylor</li>
  16. <li value=32>Nikki Hudson</li>
Group play
Semifinal
Gold medal match

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
Team
Individual finals
Women
Team
Individual finals

Rhythmic

Team
Individual finals

Lawn bowls

Men
Women

Netball

With a team captained by Sharelle McMahon and coached by Norma Plummer, Australia finished as silver medallists in the netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In the gold medal match they lost 60–55 to New Zealand.

Pool 2
Table
Semi-final
Gold medal match
Squad

Rugby sevens

Preliminary rounds
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal match

Shooting

Men
Women
Open

Squash

Men
Singles
Doubles
Women
Singles
Doubles
Mixed
Doubles

Swimming

Men
Women

Synchronised swimming

Table tennis

Men
Women
Mixed

Triathlon

Weightlifting

Men
Women

Officials

  • President: Mr. Sam Coffa AM JP
  • Vice President: Mr. Donald Stockins OAM
  • Vice President: Mrs. Susan Taylor AM
  • Chief Executive Officer / Games General Manager : Mr. Perry Crosswhite AM
  • Chef de Mission – Mr John Devitt

References

External links