Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games is an optional sport for the Commonwealth Games. It was one of the six original sports to be featured on the programme during the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Canada. The events were male only until women's events were added at the 2010 games and wrestling was present at all editions of the games program until 1990 when it was replaced by judo and gymnastics. It returned in 1994 but was again removed in 1998, when Malaysian organisers replaced it with ten-pin bowling, as the sport lacked popular appeal in the country and medal chances were also low. It was removed for a third time in 2006 for the addition of basketball., but on its return in 2010, the Indian organisers chose to add Greco-Roman wrestling in addition to the traditional freestyle wrestling. The sport was present in the 2014, 2018 and 2022 editions. It was announced in October 2024 that wrestling had not been chosen for the 2026 games.
Editions GamesYear Host cityHost countryBest nation I 1930 Hamilton, Ontario II 1934 London III 1938 Sydney IV 1950 Auckland V 1954 Vancouver VI 1958 Cardiff VII 1962 Perth VIII 1966 Kingston IX 1970 Edinburgh X 1974 Christchurch XI 1978 Edmonton, Alberta XII 1982 Brisbane, Queensland XIII 1986 Edinburgh XV 1994 Victoria XVII 2002 Manchester XIX 2010 Delhi XX 2014 Glasgow XXI 2018 Gold Coast, Queensland XXII 2022 Birmingham
All-time medal table Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games
See also
Badminton at the Commonwealth Games Athletics at the Commonwealth Games Tennis at the Commonwealth Games Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games
References
External links Commonwealth Games sport index