England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE). The country went by the abbreviation ENG and used the St George's Cross as flag and Land of Hope and Glory as the national anthem.
Diver Tony Ally bore England's flag at the opening ceremony whilst shooter Mick Gault bore the flag during the closing ceremony, both chosen by a vote of England team managers from a list of nominations.
England finished second in the medal table behind Australia with 36 gold medals, 40 silver medals and 34 bronze medals.
Expectations England entered these Games, held in Melbourne; Australia, after playing hosts to the previous Games in Manchester in Manchester 2002. The medal tally was not expected to be a large as at the 2002 Games, where England had a home advantage and achieved a total of 166 medals including 54 Gold, 51 Silver and 60 Bronze to finish in second place behind Australia. A strong second place in the medal tally was, however, still expected.
The country sent a large team, with competitors taking part in every sport in the schedule. The largest teams were sent in athletics and swimming and it was in these sports, along with cycling and shooting that the team hoped to win most medals. Though there were medal hopes across most sports.
Medals
Medal table (top three)
Medals by sport SportTotalSwimming811423Shooting68519Athletics64818Boxing5128Cycling45211Gymnastics2226Badminton2125Squash2125Table Tennis1113Diving0213Lawn Bowls0112Rugby Sevens0101Synchronised Swimming0101Weightlifting0101Basketball0022Hockey0011Netball0011Triathlon0000364035111
Medallists
Medal Name Sport Event Athletics Women's 1,500m Athletics Men's Triple Jump Athletics Men's Decathlon Athletics Men's Javelin Athletics Women's 400m Athletics Women's Heptathlon Badminton Women's Singles & Badminton Mixed Doubles Boxing Men's Flyweight 51 kg Boxing Men's Featherweight 57 kg Boxing Men's Lightweight 60 kg Boxing Men's Light Welterweight 64 kg Boxing Men's Super Heavyweight +91 kg Cycling Men's Mountain Bike Cycling Men's 4,000m Individual Pursuit Cycling Women's Sprint , , & Cycling Men's Team Pursuit Gymnastics Women's Vault Gymnastics Men's Pommel Horse Shooting Men's 25m Standard Pistol Shooting Women's Double Trap & Shooting Men's 50m Rifle Prone Pairs & Shooting Open Full Bore Pairs & Shooting Women's 50m Rifle 3 Position Pairs & Shooting Women's Double Trap Pairs Squash Men's Singles & Squash Men's Doubles Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Swimming Men's 50m Backstroke Swimming Men's 100m Breaststroke Swimming Men's 50m Breaststroke Swimming Women's 800m Freestyle Swimming Men's 200m Freestyle Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke , , & Swimming Men's 4x00m Freestyle Relay Table Tennis Women's Singles EAD
Silver Athletics: Martyn Bernard, Men's High Jump Natasha Danvers, Women's 400 m Hurdles Joanne Pavey, Women's 5000 m Emma Ania, Anyika Onuora, Laura Turner & Kim Wall, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Badminton: Mixed Team
Boxing: Darran Langley, Light Flyweight 48 kg
Cycling: Rob Hayles, Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit Victoria Pendleton, Women's 500 m Time Trial Jason Queally, Men's 1 km Time Trial Oli Beckinsale, Men's Mountain Bike Men's Team Sprint
Diving: Peter Waterfield, Men's 10 Platform Men's Synchronised 3 m Springboard
Gymnastics: Shavahn Church, Women's Uneven Bars Women's Artistic Team
Lawn Bowls: Men's Pairs
Rugby Sevens: Men's
Shooting: Mike Babb, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone Mick Gault, Men's 50 m Pistol Rachel Parish, Women's Double Trap Patel Parag, Open Full Bore Men's 10 m Air Pistol Pairs Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol Pairs Men's Skeet Pairs Women's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs
Squash: Vicky Botwright & James Willstrop, Mixed Doubles
Swimming: Simon Burnett, Men's 200 m Freestyle Rebecca Cooke, Women's 400 m Individual Medley James Gibson, Men' 100 m Breaststroke Joanne Jackson, Women's 400 m Freestyle Melanie Marshall, Women's 200 m Backstroke Darren Mew, Men's 50 m Breaststroke Liam Tancock, Men's 50 m Backcrawl Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Synchronised Swimming: Jenna Randall, Synchronised Swimming Solo
Table Tennis: Andrew Baggaley & Andrew Rushton, Men's Doubles
Weightlifting: Jason Irving, Open EAD Powerlifting
Bronze Athletics: Jessica Ennis, Women's Heptathlon Stephen Lewis, Men's Pole Vault Dan Robinson, Men's Marathon Lorraine Shaw, Women's Hammer Andrew Turner, Men's 110 m Hurdles Nadia Williams, Women's Triple Jump Mara Yamauchi, Women's 10000 m Elizabeth Yelling, Women's Marathon
Badminton: Robert Blair & Anthony Clark, Men's Doubles Gail Emms & Donna Kellogg, Women's Doubles
Basketball: Men's basketball Women's basketball
Boxing: Neil Perkins, Welterweight 69 kg James Degale, Middleweight 75 kg
Cycling: Stephen Cummings, Men's Individual Pursuit Emma Jones, Women's Individual Pursuit
Diving: Women's Synchronised 3 m Springboard
Gymnastics: Becky Downie, Women's Beam Men's Artistic Team
Hockey: Women's Hockey
Lawn Bowls: Women's Triples
Netball: Women's Netball
Shooting: Pinky Le Grelle, Women's Skeet Men's 50 m Pistol Pairs Men's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions Pairs Men's Double Trap Pairs Women's 10 m Air Pistol Pairs
Squash: Lee Beachill, Men's Singles Tania Bailey & Vicky Botwright, Women's Doubles
Swimming: Terri Dunning, Women's 200 m Butterfly Melanie Marshall, Women's 200 m Freestyle Melanie Marshall, Women's 100 m Backstroke Matthew Benedict Walker, Men's 50 m EAD Freestyle
Table Tennis: Catherine Mitton, Women's Singles EAD
Athletics
Team England sent a team of 89 athletes to compete in the Commonwealth Games Athletics meet. The team won 18 medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletics Meet; six gold, four silver and eight bronze.
Men Track AthleteEventsHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAndrew Baddeley1500 m3:40.607 Q4:24.1412Adam Bowden3000 m steeplechase8:43.089Darren Campbell200 m20.9414 QDSQ –did not advanceMatt Cliff100 m EAD (T12)12.4212did not advanceMarlon Devonish100 m10.232 Q10.212 Q10.278 Q10.308200 m20.705 Q20.608 Q20.939did not advanceMatthew Douglas400 m hurdles50.7113 Q50.5611did not advanceMo Farah5000 m13:40.539Jason Gardener100 m10.417 Q10.5820did not advanceDamien Greaves110 m hurdles13.719did not advanceLuke Gunn3000 m steeplechase9:08.029David Hughes110 m hurdles13.584 Q13.707Daniel King20km walk1:31:176Dominic King20km walk1:32:217Chris Lambert200 m21.2025 QDNS –did not advanceMark Lewis-Francis100 m10.201 Q10.4112 QDSQ –did not advanceNick McCormick1500 m3:38.664 Q3:39.555Andrew Penn20km walk1:32:548Chris Rawlinson400 m hurdles49.673 Q49.215 Q52.898Dan RobinsonMarathon2:14:50Martyn Rooney400 m45.693 Q45.354 Q45.515Stuart Stokes3000 m steeplechase8:29.945Gavin Thompson10000 m29:41.778Robert Tobin400 m46.2014 Q45.7411did not advanceAndrew Turner110 m hurdles13.625 Q13.70Mark Lewis-FrancisAndrew TurnerDarren CampbellMarlon Devonish4 × 100 m relayDNF –did not advanceAndrew SteeleMartyn RooneyMatthew DouglasRobert TobinMarlon Devonish4 × 400 m relay3:03.912 Q3:02.014
Q : Qualified for next round DNS : Did not start race DNF : Did not finish race DSQ : Disqualified EAD (T12) : event for athlete with a disability (sight impaired category)
Field AthleteEventsQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankMartyn BernardHigh Jump2.155 Q2.26Simon BownHammer65.426Nick BuckfieldPole Vault5.354Ben ChallengerHigh Jump2.108 Q2.158Andrew FrostHammer72.624Phillips IdowuTriple Jump17.45Michael JonesHammer70.095Steve LewisPole Vault5.50Carl MyerscoughShot Put18.953 Q19.074Discus58.297 Q60.645Nick NielandJavelin80.10David ParkerJavelin72.959Tom ParsonsHigh Jump2.154 Q2.1011Mark ProctorShot Put15.9111 Q17.598Scott RiderShot Put17.866 Q17.109Greg RutherfordLong Jump7.836 Q7.858Chris TomlinsonLong Jump7.6710 Q7.966Emeka UdechukuDiscus57.908 Q59.367
Q : Qualified for final
Combined events
AthleteEventFinalDisciplineResultPointsRankDean MaceyDecathlon100m11.178235Long Jump7.288812Shot Put15.838411High Jump2.088781400m49.638323110m hurdles14.948575Discus46.768033Pole Vault4.708191Javelin56.9369241500m4:34.227173Overall –8143
Women Track
AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankEmma Ania100m11.446 Q11.458 Q11.518Joanna Ankier3000m steeplechase9:53.127Tina Brown3000m steeplechase10:09.148Helen Clitheroe1500m1:11.057 Q4:06.814Natasha Danvers-Smith400m hurdles55.472 Q55.17Lisa Dobriskey1500m4:10.023 Q4:06.21Donna Fraser400m DNS –did not advanceNatalie Harvey5000m15:51.949Johanna Jackson20km walk1:42:047Debra MasonMarathonDNF –Niobe Menendez20km walk1:47:358Christine Ohuruogu400m51.973 Q50.871 Q50.28Marilyn Okoru800m2:05:0115 Q2:00:844 Q2:01.657Anyika Onuora100m11.5915 Q11.469did not advanceJo Pavey5000m14:59.08Julie Pratt100m hurdles13.498 Q13.486Nicola Sanders400m hurdles55.764 Q55.324Jemma Simpson800m2:03.495 Q2:01.788 Q2:01.116Laura Turner100m11.434 Q11.384 Q11.464Kimberly Wall400m53.0513 Q53.7519did not advanceShelley Woods800m EAD (T54)1:58.927Mara Yamauchi10000m31:49.40Hayley Yelling10000m 32:32.386Liz YellingMarathon2:32:19Nwnyika OnouraKimberly WallLaura TurnerEmma Ania4 × 100 m relay 43.43Christine OhuruoguNicola SandersNatasha Danvers-SmithKimberly Wall4 × 400 m relayDSQ –
Q : Qualified for next round DNF : Did not finish DNS : Did not start DSQ : Disqualified EAD (T54) : Events for athletes with a disability (wheelchair racing category)
Field
AthleteEventsQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankJulia BennettHigh Jump1.789Kate DennisonPole Vault4.004 Q4.157Zoe DerhamHammer61.925Joanne DuncanShot Put16.428Julie DunkleyShot Put15.9810Shelley HolroydJavelin49.4610Jade JohnstonLong Jump6.5236.555Susan MoncrieffHigh Jump1.836Kara NwidobieDiscus50.1812Michelle RobinsonHammer12.807Goldie SayersJavelin57.295Lorainne ShawHammer66.00Claire SmithsonDiscus54.348Ellie SpainPole Vault3.9012 Q4.0011Nadia WilliamsTriple Jump13.42
Combined events
AthleteEventFinalDisciplineResultPointsRankKelly SothertonHeptathlon100m hurdles13.2910812High Jump1.8510412Shot Put13.747772200m23.5610232Long Jump6.5110102Javelin32.04515 11800m2:11.08949 4Overall –6396
AthleteEventFinalDisciplineResultPointsRankJessica EnnisHeptathlon100m hurdles13.321077 3High Jump1.911119 1Shot Put11.87653 8200m23.8010003Long Jump6.158965Javelin36.395989800m2:12.66926 5Overall –6269
AthleteEventFinalDisciplineResultPointsRankJulie HollmanHeptathlon100m hurdles13.8510006High Jump1.8210034Shot Put11.63637 10200m24.829036Long Jump6.158965Javelin42.80721 4800m2:19.09836 8Overall –60026
Badminton
Singles and Doubles events AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAamir GhaffarMen's singlesbyeW 2–0W 2–0W 2–0L 0–2L 1–2 –Tracey HallamWomen's singlesbyeW 2–0W 2–0W 2–0 CannW 2–0W 2–0Anthony Clark/ Robert BlairMen's DoublesbyeW 2–0W 2–0L 2–0W 2–0Joanne Nicholas / Ella TrippWomen's DoublesbyeL 1–2did not advance-Gail Emms / Donna KelloggWomen's DoublesbyeW 2–0W 2–0L 2–0W 2–0Simon Archer / Ella TrippMixed DoublesW 2–0W 2–0L 1–2did not advance-Gail Emms / Nathan RobertsonMixed DoublesbyeW 2–0W 2–0W 2–0W 2–1W 2–0
Mixed Team Event