Editing Commonwealth Games (section)

==== Commonwealth Games ====

The [[1978 Commonwealth Games]] were held in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], Canada. This event was the first to bear the current day name of the Commonwealth Games, and also marked a new high as almost 1,500 athletes from 46 countries took part. They were boycotted by [[Nigeria]] in protest against [[New Zealand]]'s sporting contacts with [[apartheid]]-era [[South Africa]], as well as by [[Uganda]] in protest at alleged Canadian hostilities toward the government of [[Idi Amin]].<ref name="MacintoshHawes1994">{{cite book|author1=Donald Macintosh|author2=Michael Hawes|author3=Donna Ruth Greenhorn|author4=David Ross Black|title=Sport and Canadian Diplomacy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_TwFYjUfssC&pg=PA81|date=5 April 1994|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-1161-3|pages=81–|access-date=4 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320234758/https://books.google.com/books?id=G_TwFYjUfssC&pg=PA81|archive-date=20 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/games/edmonton-1978|title=Edmonton 1978|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|language=en|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407182816/https://thecgf.com/games/edmonton-1978|archive-date=7 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony - Brisbane 1982.jpg|thumb|Opening ceremony of the [[1982 Commonwealth Games]] at [[Brisbane]], Australia]]
The [[1982 Commonwealth Games]] were held in [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]], Australia. Forty-six nations participated in the [[Brisbane]] Games with a new record total of 1,583 athletes and 571 officials. As hosts, Australia headed the medal table leading the way ahead of England, Canada, Scotland and New Zealand respectively. [[Zimbabwe]] made its first appearance at the Games, having earlier competed as [[Southern Rhodesia]] and as part of [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland|Rhodesia and Nyasaland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/games/brisbane-1982|title=Brisbane 1982|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|language=en|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407182713/https://thecgf.com/games/brisbane-1982|archive-date=7 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The theme song for the 1982 Commonwealth Games was called "You're Here To Win".

The [[1986 Commonwealth Games]] were held in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland and were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Participation at the 1986 Games was affected by a boycott by 32 African, Asian and Caribbean nations in protest at British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s refusal to condemn sporting contacts of apartheid era South Africa in 1985, but the Games rebounded and continued to grow thereafter. Twenty-six nations did attend the second Edinburgh Games, and sent a total of 1,662 athletes and 461 officials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/games/edinburgh-1986|title=Edinburgh 1986|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|language=en|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407183027/https://thecgf.com/games/edinburgh-1986|archive-date=7 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The theme song for the 1986 Commonwealth Games was called "Spirit Of Youth".

The [[1990 Commonwealth Games]] were held in [[Auckland]], New Zealand. They were the fourteenth Commonwealth Games, the third to be hosted by [[New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games|New Zealand]] and Auckland's second. A new record of 55 nations participated in the second Auckland Games, sending 2,826 athletes and officials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/games/auckland-1990|title=Auckland 1990|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|language=en|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407120012/https://thecgf.com/games/auckland-1990|archive-date=7 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Pakistan returned to the Commonwealth in 1989 after withdrawing in 1972, and competed in the 1990 Games after an absence of twenty years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecgf.com/countries/intro.asp?loc=PAK|title=Pakistan|website=thecgf.com|access-date=12 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615134534/http://thecgf.com/countries/intro.asp?loc=PAK|archive-date=15 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The theme song for the 1990 Commonwealth Games was called "This Is The Moment".

The [[1994 Commonwealth Games]] were held in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[British Columbia]], Canada. This event was the fourth to take place in Canada. The games marked another point of [[South Africa]]'s return to the sporting atmosphere following the [[apartheid]] era, and over thirty years since the country last competed in the [[1958 Commonwealth Games|Games in 1958]]. [[Namibia]] made its Commonwealth Games debut following its independence from South Africa in 1990. It was also Hong Kong's last appearance at the games before the [[Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong|transfer of sovereignty]] from Britain to China. Sixty-three nations sent 2,557 athletes and 914 officials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/games/victoria-1994|title=Victoria 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|language=en|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407182604/https://thecgf.com/games/victoria-1994|archive-date=7 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The theme song for the 1994 Commonwealth Games was called "Let Your Spirit Take Flight".

The [[1998 Commonwealth Games]] were held in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia. For the first time in its 68-year history, the Commonwealth Games were held in Asia. The event was also the first Games to feature team sports (cricket,rugby 7's,netball and field hockey) along ten pin bowling and squash– an overwhelming success that added large numbers to both participant and TV audience numbers. A new record of 70 countries sent a total of 5,065 athletes and officials to the Kuala Lumpur Games. The top five countries in the medal standing were Australia, England, Canada, Malaysia (who made their best games' performance until that date) and South Africa. [[Nauru]] also achieved an impressive haul of three gold medals. [[Cameroon]], [[Mozambique]], [[Kiribati]] and [[Tuvalu]] debuted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/games/kuala-lumpur-1998|title=Kuala Lumpur 1998|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|language=en|access-date=12 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407120007/https://thecgf.com/games/kuala-lumpur-1998|archive-date=7 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The theme song for the 1998 Commonwealth Games was called "Forever As One".