Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was represented by Australian Commonwealth Games Association the (ACGA), and abbreviated AUS. Athletes from Australia were given automatic qualification in all sports due to the host status.

Australia first competed at the then-titled British Empire Games in 1930, and is one of only six countries to have sent athletes to every Commonwealth Games.

Australia entered the Melbourne Games as a strong favourite to win the medal tally after having won 207 medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester compared to England's 165 and Canada's 116. Its strongest sports are swimming and cycling.

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Australia was at the top of the medal tally with 221 medals: 84 Gold, 69 Silver and 68 Bronze. Jane Saville bore Australia's flag at the opening ceremony, while Leisel Jones bore the flag during the closing ceremony.

Medallists

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+Australian medalists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Name Medal Sport Event Date Cycling Women's 500 metres time trial Swimming Women's 200 metres individual medley Cycling Men's 1 kilometre time trial Daniel Repacholi Shooting Men's 50 metres pistol pairs Adam Vella Shooting Men's trap pairs Deserie Baynes Shooting Women's trap pairs Swimming Women's 50 metres butterfly Swimming Women's 50 metres breaststroke Cycling Women's points race Cycling Men's points race Cycling Men's keirin Hollie DykesNaomi RussellMonette RussoChloe Sims Gymnastics Women's artistic team all-around Triathlon Women's triathlon Triathlon Men's triathlon Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around Weightlifting Men's 69 kg Swimming Women's 100 metres freestyle Swimming Men's 50 metres EAD freestyle Swimming Women's 200 metres breaststroke Swimming Women's 100 metres backstroke Cycling Men's sprint Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Libby LentonLinda MackenzieKelly Stubbins Swimming Women's 4x200 metres freestyle relay Lalita Yauhleuskaya Shooting Women's 10 metres air pistol pairs Craig Trembath Shooting Men's double trap pairs Athletics Women's marathon Swimming Women's 100 metres butterfly Cycling Women's individual pursuit Natalia Rahman Shooting Women's skeet pairs Athletics Women's 20 kilometres walk Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk Athletics Women's 100 metres EAD (T37) Athletics Hammer throw Swimming Women's 50 metres freestyle Swimming Women's 200 metres backstroke Bill CornehlsWayne Turley Lawn bowls Men's triples Squash Women's singles Swimming Women's 100 metres breaststroke Swimming Men's 100 metres EAD freestyle Swimming Women's 50 metres backstroke Gymnastics Men's rings Libby LentonAlice MillsShayne Reese Swimming Women's 4x100 metres freestyle relay Shooting Women's 25 metres pistol Cycling Men's individual time trial Weightlifting Men's 94 kg Cycling Women's individual time trial Weightlifting Women's 75 kg Swimming Women's 200 metres butterfly Swimming Women's 400 metres individual medley Libby LentonLeisel JonesJessicah Schipper Swimming Women's 4x100 metres medley relay Andrew LautersteinKenrick MonkAdam PineBrenton RickardNicholas SprengerEamon SullivanMatt Welsh Swimming Men's 4x100 metres medley relay Gymnastics Women's floor Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Sharleen Stratton Diving Women's 3 metres synchronised springboard Karen Murphy Lawn bowls Women's pairs Loudy Tourky Diving Women's 10 metres synchronised platform Diving Women's 10 metres platform Athletics Men's 400 metres Australia women's national basketball team

Basketball Women's tournament Athletics Men's 200 metres EAD (T46) Athletics Men's discus throw Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles Weightlifting Men's +105 kg Australia men's national basketball team

Basketball Men's tournament Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk Athletics Men's pole vault Lawn bowls Men's singles Athletics Men's hammer throw Athletics Women's long jump Robert Newbery Diving Men's 10 metres platform synchronised Shooting Men's 50 metres rifle 3 position Shooting Open full bore rifle Boxing Middleweight 75 kg Tamsyn LewisJana PittmanCaitlin Willis Athletics Women's 4 x 400 metres relay Mark OrmrodJohn SteffensenChris TroodeSean Wroe* Athletics Men's 4 x 400 metres relay Athletics Women's pole vault Diving Men's 10 metres platform Boxing Heavyweight 91 kg Australia women's national field hockey team

Hockey Women's tournament Cycling Women's road race Rachael Grinham Squash Women's doubles Joe Kneipp Squash Mixed doubles Cycling Men's road race Australia men's national field hockey team

Hockey Men's tournament Swimming Women's 200 metres freestyle Swimming Women's 200 metres individual medley Swimming Men's 200 metres butterfly Brett HawkeMichael KlimEamon Sullivan Swimming Men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay Joshua JefferisSamuel OffordPhilippe RizzoPrashanth Sellathurai Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around Lalita Yauhleuskaya Shooting Women's 25 metres pistol pairs Swimming Women's 50 metres butterfly Cycling Women's points race Swimming Women's 50 metres breaststroke Bruce Quick Shooting Men's 25 metres standard pistol pairs Swimming Women's 100 metres freestyle Ashley HutchinsonMark JamiesonStephen Wooldridge Cycling Men's team pursuit Swimming Men's 50 metres butterfly Swimming Women's 100 metres backstroke Cycling Women's sprint Bruce Favell Shooting Men's 25 metres rapid fire pistol pairs Bruce Scott Shooting Open full bore rifle pairs Irena Olevsky Synchronised swimming Women's duet Swimming 100 metres butterfly Cycling Women's individual pursuit Swimming Women's 800 metres freestyle Cycling Men's scratch race Ben Burge Shooting Men's 50 metres rifle 3 positions pairs Shooting Men's 25m standard pisto Shooting Open full bore Shooting Women's 10m air pistol Shooting Women's skeet Shooting Men's skeet Shooting Women's 10m air pistol Athletics Women's 20 kilometres walk Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk Roma DunnNoi Tucker Lawn bowls Women's triples May ChoJian Fang LayMiao MiaoStephanie Sang Table tennis Women's team Athletics Women's 100 metres EAD (T37) Squash Women's singles Swimming Men's 100 metres butterfly Swimming Women's 50 metres freestyle Squash Women's singles Swimming Women's 100 metres breaststroke Swimming Men's 100 metres backstroke Gymnastics Men's pommel horse Swimming Women's 50 metres backstroke Gymnastics Men's rings Squash Men's singles Athletics Men's 5000 metres Cycling Men's individual time trial Weightlifting Men's 94 kg Cycling Women's individual time trial Swimming Women's 200 metres butterfly Swimming Men's 200 metres breaststroke Athletics Women's 1500 metres Gymnastics Women's beam Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Gymnastics Women's floor Weightlifting Men's 105 kg Athletics Women's 3000 metres steeplechase Melissa Wu Diving Women's 10 metres synchronised platform Diving Men's 3 metre springboard Diving Women's 10 metres platform Diving Women's 3 metres springboard Diving Women's 1 metres springboard Weightlifting Men's +105 kg Australia national netball team

Netball Tournament Anthony Ricketts Squash Men's doubles Table tennis Men's singles Gymnastics Women's rhythmic ball Cycling Women's road race Weightlifting Women's 48 kg Cycling Women's 500 metres time trial Swimming Women's 200 metres individual medley Swimming Men's 200 metres butterfly Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Swimming Women's 50 metres butterfly Swimming Women's 50 metres breaststroke Swimming Women's 50 metres EAD freestyle Daniel Repacholi Shooting Men's 10 metres air pistol pairs Weightlifting Women's 58 kg Triathlon Men's triathlon Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around Swimming Women's 100 metres freestyle Swimming Men's 50 metres butterfly Cycling Women's sprint Swimming Men's 100 metres breaststroke Gymnastics Women's artistic individual all-around Swimming Men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay Synchronised Swimming Women's solo Swimming Men's 400 metres individual medley Shane KellyShane Perkins Cycling Men's team sprint George Barton Shooting Men's skeet pairs Athletics Women's seated shot put EAD Athletics Women's 20 kilometres walk Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk Swimming Women's 50 metres freestyle Swimming Men's 50 metres breaststroke Gymnastics Women's vault Athletics Men's shot put Swimming Women's 400 metres freestyle Swimming Women's 50 metres backstroke Gymnastics Women's uneven bars Shooting Women's 25 metres pistol Cycling Women's individual time trial Swimming Men's 50 metres freestyle Swimming Men's 200 metres breaststroke Gymnastics Men's vault Swimming Women's 400 metres individual medley Athletics Men's decathlon Athletics Women's discus throw Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Nathan Rice Lawn bowls Men's pairs Diving Men's 1 metre springboard Athletics Men's long jump Athletics Women's 3000 metres steeplechase Boxing Featherweight 57 kg Boxing Light heavyweight 81 kg Boxing Super heavyweight +91 kg Boxing Lightweight 60 kg Diving Men's 3 metres springboard Weightlifting Open EAD powerlifting Amanda Lee SeeKimberly Mason Gymnastics Women's rhythmic team ranking Robert Newbery Diving Men's 3 metre springboard synchronised Diving Women's 1 metres springboard Diving Women's 3 metres springboard Miao Miao Table tennis Women's doubles Cycling Men's road race David Palmer Squash Men's doubles David Palmer Squash Mixed doubles Gymnastics Women's rhythmic clubs

* – Indicates the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final relay.

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Medals by sportSportTotalSwimming191817 54 Athletics1686 30Shooting986 23Cycling1185 24Diving555 15Gymnastics678 21Weightlifting434 11Squash332 8Lawn bowls311 5Boxing204 6Triathlon201 3Basketball200 2Hockey200 2Table tennis021 3Synchronized swimming011 2Netball010 1 Total846968 221

Athletics

Men Track AthleteEventsRound 1Round 2SemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAmbrose Ezenwa100 m10.533 Q10.473 Q10.508Did not advancePatrick Johnson10.501 Q10.332 Q10.263 Q10.266Joshua Ross10.362 Q10.233 Q10.285Did not advanceJonathan Bernard100 m EAD (T12)11.822 qcolspan=2 rowspan=2 12.072Did not advancePaul Harpur11.902 q12.203Did not advanceDaniel Batman200 m20.861 Q20.742 Q20.906Did not advanceAmbrose Ezenwa21.104 q20.874 q20.977Did not advancePatrick Johnson20.741 Q20.641 Q20.633 Q20.594Michael Armstrong200 m EAD (T46)24.245colspan=4 rowspan=3 Did not advanceHeath Francis22.801 Q22.96Tim Matthews23.763 Q24.246Clinton Hill400 m46.182 Qrowspan=3 colspan=2 45.865Did not advanceJohn Steffensen45.871 Q45.051 Q44.73Sean Wroe46.174 q46.478Did not advanceNick Bromley800 m1:47.742 Qcolspan=4 1:50.456Mark Fountain1500 m3:38.312 Qrowspan=3 colspan=4 3:39.33Craig Mottram3:38.021 Q3:44.379Jeremy Roff3:42.046 q3:41.508Craig Mottram5000 mrowspan=2 colspan=6 12:58.19Louis Rowan14:40.0718Gregory Eyears110 m hurdles14.004colspan=4 rowspan=2 Did not advanceKyle Vander Krup14.225Did not advanceBrendan Cole400 m hurdles49.852 Qrowspan=2 colspan=2 49.364 Q49.415Tristan Thomas49.883 Q50.565Did not advanceYoucef Abdi3000 m steeplechasecolspan=6 rowspan=3 9:02.2211Martin Dent8:28.984Peter Nowill8:30.596Daniel BatmanPatrick JohnsonAdam MillerMatt ShirvingtonJoshua Ross*Ambrose Ezenwa*4 × 100 m relay38.572 Qcolspan=4 DNFJohn SteffensenChris TroodeMark OrmrodClinton HillSean Wroe*4 × 400 m relay3:03.041 Qcolspan=4 3:00.93Andrew LetherbyMarathoncolspan=6 rowspan=3 2:17:115Shane Nankervis2:19:157Scott Westcott2:16:324Luke Adams20 km walkcolspan=6 rowspan=3 1:21:38Nathan Deakes1:19:55Jared Tallent1:23:32Duane Cousins50 km walkcolspan=6 rowspan=3 DSQNathan Deakes3:42:53Chris Erickson3:58:22

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