Papua New Guinea at the Commonwealth Games

Papua New Guinea made its Commonwealth Games début in the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. The country has competed in 15 editions of the Games, as of 2022^[update]

Papua New Guinea at the Commonwealth Games
CGF code	PNG
CGA	Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee
Website	pngolympic.org
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 5 Silver 8 Bronze 2 Total 15
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030

Since 1962, Papua New Guinea have won a total of 14 medals in 5 sports. Weightlifting has been the most successful sport with 7 medals followed by Boxing with 3, Lawn bowls with 2, Swimming with 2, and Shooting with 1 medal.^[1]

Medals

After the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Papua New Guinea ranks 26th on the All-time Commonwealth Games medal table.

				Total
Papua New Guinea	5	8	2	15

List of gold medallists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Geua Tau	1990 Auckland	Lawn Bowls	Singles-Women
Gold	Ryan Pini	2006 Melbourne	Swimming	Men's 100 metres butterfly
Gold	Dika Toua	2014 Glasgow	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg
Gold	Steven Kari	2014 Glasgow	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg
		2018 Gold Coast	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg

List of silver medallists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Robert Stewart	1966 Kingston	Rifle	Fullbore Rifle Queens Prize (Pair) - Open
Silver	Tumat Sogolik	1978 Edmonton	Boxing	Bantamweight Division
Silver	Cunera Monalua Elizabeth Bure Linda Ahmat Wena Piande	1994 Victoria	Lawn Bowls	Women's Fours - round robin
Silver	Dika Toua	2006 Melbourne	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg
		2018 Gold Coast	Weightlifting	Women's −53 kg
Silver	Ryan Pini	2010 Delhi	Swimming	Men's 100 metres butterfly
Silver	Morea Baru	2018 Gold Coast	Weightlifting	Men's −62 kg
		2022 Birmingham	Weightlifting	Men's 61 kg

List of Bronze medallists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Kenneth Hopkins	1962 Perth	Boxing	Men's light middleweight
Bronze	Lynch Ipera	1998 Kuala Lumpur	Boxing	Men's featherweight

Games Summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank	Competitors	Officials	Flag Bearer Opening	Flag Bearer Closing
1962 Perth	0	0	1	1	17
1966 Kingston	0	1	0	1	20
1970 Edinburgh	0	0	0	0	-
1974 Christchurch	0	0	0	0	-
1978 Edmonton	0	1	0	1	18
1982 Brisbane	0	0	0	0	-
1990 Auckland	1	0	0	1	19
1994 Victoria	0	1	0	1	20			Geua Vada Tau
1998 Kuala Lumpur	0	0	1	1	32
2002 Manchester	0	0	0	0	-
2006 Melbourne	1	1	0	2	18
2010 Delhi	0	1	0	1	29			Barbara Stubbings
2014 Glasgow	2	0	0	2	16			Steven Kari
2018 Gold Coast	1	2	0	3	22			Vero Nime
2022 Birmingham	0	1	0	1	35			Rellie Kaputin and John Ume
Total	5	8	2	14	26

Notable achievements

First medal

• Kenneth Hopkins won Papua New Guinea's first ever Commonwealth Games medal in Boxing during the nation's debut commonwealth games in 1962. It was a bronze medal in the men's 71 kg category.

First gold medal

• Geua Tau won the country's first Commonwealth games gold by defeating New Zealand's Millie Khan 25-18 in lawn bowls for the women's singles event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Most gold medals

• Steven Kari has won the most gold medals for Papua New Guinea in Weightlifting. Kari has won 2 gold medals both in successive games in 2014, and 2018.

Most medals

• Dika Toua is the country's most decorated athlete at the Commonwealth games with 3 medals (1 gold and 2 silvers) in Weightlifting. The weightlifter won gold in 2014 and silver medals 1 in 2006 and the other in 2018.