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,
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.
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 Geua Tau1990 AucklandLawn BowlsSingles-Women Ryan Pini2006 MelbourneSwimmingMen's 100 metres butterfly Dika Toua2014 GlasgowWeightliftingWomen's 53 kgSteven Kari2014 GlasgowWeightliftingMen's 94 kg2018 Gold CoastWeightliftingMen's 94 kg
List of silver medallists Medal Name Games Sport Event Robert Stewart1966 KingstonRifleFullbore Rifle Queens Prize (Pair) - Open Tumat Sogolik1978 EdmontonBoxingBantamweight Division Cunera MonaluaElizabeth BureLinda AhmatWena Piande1994 VictoriaLawn BowlsWomen's Fours - round robinDika Toua2006 MelbourneWeightliftingWomen's 53 kg2018 Gold CoastWeightliftingWomen's −53 kg Ryan Pini2010 DelhiSwimmingMen's 100 metres butterflyMorea Baru2018 Gold CoastWeightliftingMen's −62 kg2022 BirminghamWeightliftingMen's 61 kg
List of Bronze medallists Medal Name Games Sport Event 1962 PerthBoxingMen's light middleweight Lynch Ipera1998 Kuala LumpurBoxingMen's featherweight
Games Summary
GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRankCompetitorsOfficialsFlag Bearer OpeningFlag 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 andJohn 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.
References
External links Papua New Guinea Olympic Committee & Commonwealth Games Association