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The 2022 Commonwealth Games was accompanied by a six-month long cultural event called the Birmingham 2022 Festival. It had been billed as "the biggest celebration of creativity ever seen in the region" and was taking place in the host city and throughout the West Midlands. With more than 200 events planned, it was one of the biggest cultural ...
3x3 basketball. The first day of matches in the group stage of the men's, women's, men's wheelchair and women's wheelchair tournaments.; Aquatics – Swimming. Lara van Niekerk (South Africa) set a new Commonwealth Games record time of 29.82 in the women's 50m breaststroke heats, before beating her own record by 0.02 seconds in the semi-finals to set another Commonwealth Games record.
The 2022 Commonwealth Games coincided with the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II and the tenth anniversary of the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Paralympics, both staged in London. The 2022 Commonwealth Games was the last edition to be held under Queen Elizabeth II, before her death on 8 September 2022.
Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. The only Commonwealth members to have never taken part are Gabon and Togo , both of which joined the organisation in June 2022, although several territories of Commonwealth nations (such as Ascension Island , the Pitcairn Islands ...
The 2022 Commonwealth Games (officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games) was a multi-sport event held in Birmingham, England, from 28 July to 8 August 2022. [1] It was the first time that Birmingham hosted the games and also marked England's third time hosting the Commonwealth Games after London 1934 and Manchester 2002, and the seventh Games in the United Kingdom after London and ...
Alexander Stadium during the athletics events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Track and field events (including the race walks events start and the finish) were held at the Alexander Stadium, [3] which was also the chosen venue for the opening and closing ceremonies. [4]
The opening ceremony for the 2022 Commonwealth Games took place on the evening of Thursday 28 July in the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham.As mandated by the Commonwealth Games Charter, the proceedings of the ceremony combined the formal opening of the sporting event (including hoisting of the flags, parade of the athletes and welcome speeches) with an artistic performance to showcase the host ...
This page shows the all-time medal table for the Commonwealth Games since the first British Empire Games in 1930. The table is updated as of 8 August 2022, the day the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham ended. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country.