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2002 Commonwealth Games
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{{Commonwealth Games |
Name = 17th Commonwealth Games |
Logo = Manchester CW Games logo.gif |
Size = 250 |
Host city =
Manchester,
England |
Optional caption = |
Nations participating = 72 Nations of the
Commonwealth|
Athletes participating = 3,600 |
Events = 14 individual and 3 team sports |
Opening ceremony =
July 25,
2002 |
Closing ceremony =
August 4,
2002 |
Officially opened by =
Queen Elizabeth II|
Queen's Baton =
David Beckham and
Kirsty Howard |
Stadium =
City of Manchester Stadium |
}}
The '''
2002 Commonwealth Games''' were held in
Manchester,
England from
July 25 to
August 4.
72 nations competed in 14 individual sports and 3 team sports events.
Image:Manchester_Commonwealth_Games_logo.png right|frame|Spirit of Friendship Festival logo
Image:Commonwealth games 2002 countries map.PNG thumb|250px|Countries that competed
List of Sports
There were the maximum of 17 sports included in the schedule for the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
{{see|2002 Commonwealth Games results}}
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Aquatics aquatics
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Diving diving
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Swimming swimming
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Synchronised swimming synchronized swimming
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Athletics athletics
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Badminton badminton
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Boxing boxing
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Cycling cycling
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Gymnastics gymnastics
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Field hockey field hockey
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Judo judo
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Lawn bowls lawn bowls
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Netball netball
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Rugby Sevens Rugby Sevens
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Shooting shooting
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Squash squash
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Table tennis table tennis
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Triathlon triathlon
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Weightlifting weightlifting
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2002 Commonwealth Games results#Wrestling wrestling
After experimenting with it on a smaller scale at the
1994 Commonwealth Games and dropping it at the
1998 Commonwealth Games 1998 Games,
Disabled sports disabled competitions were held in swimming, athletics, bowls, table tennis and weightlifting (
powerlifting). The medals were added to the final tally for each nation.
'''Participating Teams'''
There were 72 participating countries, territories and Commonwealth regions at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In alphabetical order, these included:
{|
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Image:Flag of Anguilla.svg 20px Anguilla at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Anguilla
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Image:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg 20px Antigua and Barbuda at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Antigua & Barbuda
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Image:Flag of Australia.svg 20pxAustralia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Australia
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Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg 20pxBahamas at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Bahamas
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Image:Flag of Bangladesh.svg 20pxBangladesh at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Bangladesh
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Image:Flag of Barbados.svg 20pxBarbados at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Barbados
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Image:Flag of Belize.svg 20pxBelize at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Belize
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Image:Flag of Bermuda.svg 20pxBermuda at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Bermuda
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Image:Flag of Botswana.svg 20pxBotswana at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Botswana
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Image:Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg 20pxBritish Virgin Islands at the 2002 Commonwealth Games British Virgin Islands
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Image:Flag of Brunei.svg 20pxBrunei Darussalam at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Brunei Darussalam
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Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg 20pxCameroon at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cameroon
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Image:Flag of Canada.svg 20pxCanada at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Canada
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Image:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg 20pxCayman Islands at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cayman Islands
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Image:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg 20pxCook Islands at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cook Islands
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Image:Flag of Cyprus.svg 20pxCyprus at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Cyprus
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Image:Flag of Dominica.svg 20pxDominica at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Dominica
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Image:Flag of England.svg 20pxEngland at the 2002 Commonwealth Games England
|valign=top width="230px"|
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Image:Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg 20pxFalkland Islands at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Falkland Islands
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Image:Flag of Fiji.svg 20pxFiji at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Fiji
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Image:Flag of The Gambia.svg 20pxThe Gambia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games The Gambia
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Image:Flag of Ghana.svg 20pxGhana at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Ghana
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Image:Flag of Gibraltar.svg 20pxGibraltar at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Gibraltar
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Image:Flag of Grenada.svg 20pxGrenada at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Grenada
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Image:Flag of Guernsey.svg 20pxGuernsey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Guernsey
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Image:Flag of Guyana.svg 20pxGuyana at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Guyana
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Image:Flag of India.svg 20pxIndia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games India
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Image:Flag of the Isle of Man.svg 20pxIsle of Man at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Isle of Man
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Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg 20pxJamaica at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Jamaica
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Image:Flag of Jersey.svg 20pxJersey at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Jersey
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Image:Flag of Kenya.svg 20pxKenya at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Kenya
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Image:Flag of Kiribati.svg 20pxKiribati at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Kiribati
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Image:Flag of Lesotho.svg 20pxLesotho at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Lesotho
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Image:Flag of Malawi.svg 20pxMalawi at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Malawi
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Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg 20pxMalaysia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Malaysia
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Image:Flag of Maldives.svg 20pxMaldives at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Maldives
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Image:Flag of Malta.svg 20pxMalta at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Malta
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Image:Flag of Mauritius.svg 20pxMauritius at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Mauritius
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Image:Flag of Montserrat.svg 20pxMontserrat at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Montserrat
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Image:Flag of Mozambique.svg 20pxMozambique at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Mozambique
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Image:Flag of Namibia.svg 20pxNamibia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Namibia
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Image:Flag of Nauru.svg 20pxNauru at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Nauru
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Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg 20pxNew Zealand at the 2002 Commonwealth Games New Zealand
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Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg 20pxNigeria at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Nigeria
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Image:Flag of Niue.svg 20pxNiue at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Niue
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Image:Flag of Norfolk Island.svg 20pxNorfolk Island at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Norfolk Island
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Image:Flag of Northern Ireland.svg 20pxNorthern Ireland at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland
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Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg 20pxPakistan at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Pakistan
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Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg 20pxPapua New Guinea at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Papua New Guinea
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Image:Flag of Saint Helena.svg 20pxSaint Helena at the 2002 Commonwealth Games St Helena
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Image:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg 20pxSaint Kitts and Nevis at the 2002 Commonwealth Games St Kitts and Nevis
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Image:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg 20pxSaint Lucia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Saint Lucia
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Image:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg 20pxSaint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2002 Commonwealth Games St Vincent and the Grenadines
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Image:Flag of Samoa.svg 20pxSamoa at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Samoa
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Image:Flag of Scotland.svg 20pxScotland at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Scotland
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Image:Flag of the Seychelles.svg 20pxSeychelles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Seychelles
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Image:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg 20pxSierra Leone at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Sierra Leone
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Image:Flag of Singapore.svg 20pxSingapore at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Singapore
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Image:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg 20pxSolomon Islands at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Solomon Islands
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Image:Flag of South Africa.svg 20pxSouth Africa at the 2002 Commonwealth Games South Africa
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Image:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg 20pxSri Lanka at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Sri Lanka
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Image:Flag of Swaziland.svg 20pxSwaziland at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Swaziland
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Image:Flag of Tanzania.svg 20pxUnited Republic of Tanzania at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Tanzania
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Image:Flag of Tonga.svg 20pxTonga at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Tonga
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Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 20pxTrinidad and Tobago at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Trinidad & Tobago
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Image:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg 20pxTurks and Caicos Islands at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Turks and Caicos Islands
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Image:Flag of Tuvalu.svg 20pxTuvalu at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Tuvalu
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Image:Flag of Uganda.svg 20pxUganda at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Uganda
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Image:Flag of Vanuatu.svg 20pxVanuatu at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Vanuatu
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Image:Flag of Wales.svg 20pxWales at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Wales
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Image:Flag of Zambia.svg 20pxZambia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Zambia
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Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 20px Zimbabwe at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Zimbabwe
|}
Memorable events
* The
netball final between
Australia and
New Zealand. Played before a capacity crowd of 12,000 people, the game see-sawed throughout the four quarters, both teams pulling out to significant leads only to be clawed back to level pegging. New Zealand were one goal up with only 30 seconds to go, and in attack, when called for stepping, Australia taking advantage to score and tying the game at 46-all at full time. Two seven minute periods of overtime were played, with the game becoming increasingly more frantic and scrappy as the score was levelled again at 55-all after overtime, with the situation that the first team to get two goals ahead won the game. After three minutes of sudden-death extra time Australia won the game 57-55, in one of the most exciting games of netball ever played.
* In a slightly underwhelming Australian performance at the pool,
Ian Thorpe still managed to set yet another world record in his pet event, the 400 metre freestyle
swimming. His quest for seven gold medals was ended by team-mate Matt Welsh in the 100 m backstroke.
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England English track athlete
Paula Radcliffe won her first major gold medal with a dominant, front running performance in the 5,000 metres, to record a time of 14:31.42, over 20 seconds ahead of silver medallist
Edith Masai of
Kenya and a massive 1 minute 21 seconds faster than the inaugural running of the event four years earlier.
* In the final of the 100 m for men (
athletics), the two
England English favourites (
Dwain Chambers &
Mark Lewis-Francis) both pulled up with injuries. The race was won by
Kim Collins of
Saint Kitts and Nevis, winning the country's first Commonwealth title.
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Simon Whitfield of
Canada, the 2000 Olympic champion, won gold in the
triathlon.
* On the last day of track competition, England won gold in both the men's 4x100 and 4x400 relays by tiny margins, recording the same time (38.62) as the
Jamaican quartet in sprint relay and holding off a fast finishing
Wales Welsh team by 1/100th of a second in the longer race, with a winning time of 3:00.40. The women's 4x400 relay was won by Australia in a major upset after the favoured Jamaican team dropped the baton, with
Cathy Freeman, out of condition as she looks after her ill husband, nevertheless ran the second leg to assist the team to victory.
* In winning the triple jump England's
Jonathan Edwards (sports) Jonathan Edwards simultaneously held the World, Olympic, European and Commonwealth championships and the World record. He would lose the European title a week later in Munich.
* Another world record was set in the 4000 metre team pursuit at the
track cycling by the Australian team.
Scotland Scot Chris Hoy took the
individual time trial and 19-year old prodigy
Nicole Cooke of Wales won the women's cycling road race in a sprint finish, having seemed out of contention after a mistake on the last lap.
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South African swimmer
Natalie du Toit created history. As well as winning her events in the newly-included
disabled swimming event, the 18-year-old, missing the lower section of her left leg, made the final of the 800 metre able-bodied freestyle event. The integration of a small number of elite disabled sporting events into the games was regarded as a success.
*In gymnastics England's Beth Tweddle and Kanukai Jackson gave the home crowd something to cheer about taking gold in the
asymmetric bars and all around events respectively.
Herodotos Giorgallas also won the first gymnastics gold ever for
Cyprus when tying with
Scotland's
Steve Frew. The
rhythmic gymnastics event was held in
Slough a few months prior to the Games proper.
* Manchester's famously grey weather, which had largely behaved itself for the games, got its revenge in the closing ceremony as it drenched those dignitaries, spectators and athletes who turned up (many stayed in the village and watched on television). Australian singer
Vanessa Amorosi managed to keep a straight face, but only just, as she sang her signature tune, "Shine" and a song about the city of Melbourne ´´I Always be a Melbourne Girl´´
Medal Table by Country
(''Host nation is highlighted'')
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan=5 style="border-right:0px;";| 2002 Commonwealth Games medal count
| style="border-left:0px"; |
Image:Commgamesfed.gif 50px
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
| '''Pos'''
| '''Country'''
| bgcolor="gold" |
Image:Med_1.png Gold
| bgcolor="silver" |
Image:Med_2.png Silver
| bgcolor="CC9966" |
Image:Med_3.png Bronze
| '''Total'''
|-
|-
|1.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Australia.svg 20pxAustralia
|82
|62
|62
|206
|- style="background:#ccccff"
|2.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of England.svg 20pxEngland
|54
|51
|60
|165
|-
|3.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Canada.svg 20pxCanada
|31
|41
|42
|114
|-
|-
|4.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of India.svg 20pxIndia
|30
|22
|17
|69
|-
|5.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg 20pxNew Zealand
|11
|13
|21
|45
|-
|6.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of South Africa.svg 20pxSouth Africa
|9
|20
|17
|46
|-
|7.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg 20pxCameroon
|9
|1
|2
|12
|-
|8.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg 20pxMalaysia
|7
|9
|18
|34
|-
|9.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Wales 2.svg 20pxWales
|6
|13
|12
|31
|-
|10.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Scotland.svg 20pxScotland
|6
|8
|16
|30
|-
|11.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg 20pxNigeria
|5
|4
|11
|20
|-
|12.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Kenya.svg 20pxKenya
|4
|8
|4
|16
|-
|13.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Jamaica.svg 20pxJamaica
|4
|6
|7
|17
|-
|14.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Singapore.svg 20pxSingapore
|4
|2
|7
|13
|-
|15.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg 20pxBahamas
|4
|0
|4
|8
|-
|16.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Nauru.svg 20pxNauru
|2
|5
|8
|15
|-
|17.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Northern Ireland.svg 20pxNorthern Ireland
|2
|2
|1
|5
|-
|18.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Cyprus.svg 20pxCyprus
|2
|1
|1
|4
|-
|19.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg 20pxPakistan
|1
|3
|3
|7
|-
|20.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Fiji.svg 20pxFiji
|1
|1
|1
|3
|-
|21.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Zambia.svg 20pxZambia
|1
|1
|1
|3
|-
|22.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg 20pxZimbabwe
|1
|1
|0
|2
|-
|23.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Namibia.svg 20pxNamibia
|1
|0
|4
|5
|-
|24.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Tanzania.svg 20pxTanzania
|1
|0
|1
|2
|-
|25.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Bangladesh.svg 20pxBangladesh
|1
|0
|0
|1
|-
|26.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Guyana.svg 20pxGuyana
|1
|0
|0
|1
|-
|27.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Mozambique.svg 20pxMozambique
|1
|0
|0
|1
|-
|28.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg 20pxSaint Kitts and Nevis St Kitts & Nevis
|1
|0
|0
|1
|-
|29.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Botswana.svg 20pxBotswana
|0
|2
|1
|3
|-
|30.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Uganda.svg 20pxUganda
|0
|2
|0
|2
|-
|31.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Samoa.svg 20pxSamoa
|0
|1
|2
|3
|-
|32.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg 20pxTrinidad and Tobago Trindad & Tobago
|0
|1
|0
|1
|-
|33.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Barbados.svg 20pxBarbados
|0
|0
|1
|1
|-
|34.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg 20pxCayman Islands
|0
|0
|1
|1
|-
|35.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Ghana.svg 20pxGhana
|0
|0
|1
|1
|-
|36.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Lesotho.svg 20pxLesotho
|0
|0
|1
|1
|-
|37.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Malta.svg 20pxMalta
|0
|0
|1
|1
|-
|38.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Mauritius.svg 20pxMauritius
|0
|0
|1
|1
|-
|39.
|style="text-align:left" |
Image:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg 20pxSaint Lucia
|0
|0
|1
|1
|-
|}
Cultureshock
Image:Manchester_Mela2002.jpg right|frame|Manchester Mela 2002
Cultureshock was the Commonwealth Games Cultural Programme which ran alongside the Games themselves. The events ranged from images of the athlete as hero in sculpture and photography ('''Go! Freeze''', which ran at Turton Tower in
Bolton to a
Zulu performance at
The Lowry. There was an exhibition at the
Whitworth Art Gallery called '''Tales of Power: West African Textiles''', and a performance of the film
Monsoon Wedding at
Clwyd Theatr Cymru. The geographical range was from Cheshire in the south to Blackburn and Cumbria in the north, and included that year the various
Melas that take place around the region.
{{see|Cultureshock at the 2002 Commonwealth Games}}
External links
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Games Legacy - Manchester commonwealth games 2002
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THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES - An independent site about the Commonwealth Games
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Frozen reference site for the XVII Commonwealth Games.
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BBC coverage - Excellent for checking times/positions
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2002 Commonwealth Games - Commonwealth Games official website
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