Zimbabwe at the Commonwealth Games

Zimbabwe (abbreviated ZIM) has competed in eleven Commonwealth Games starting from the second games in 1934: first as Southern Rhodesia, then as part of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, then as Zimbabwe. Rhodesia with a white-dominated government under UDI was suspended from 1966 to 1978.

Zimbabwe at the
Commonwealth Games
CGF codeZIM
CGAZimbabwe Olympic Committee
Websitezoc.co.zw
Medals
Gold
6
Silver
11
Bronze
19
Total
36
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
  • 1934
  • 1938
  • 1950
  • 1954
  • 1958
  • 1962–1978
  • 1982
  • 1986
  • 1990
  • 1994
  • 1998
  • 2002
Other related appearances
 Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1962)

Zimbabwe boycotted the games in 1986, along with 31 other nations, in protest of Britain's reluctance to sanction apartheid South Africa.[1]

Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth in December 2003 and has not competed since.[2]

Medal tally
Year Gold Silver Bronze Total Place Title
2002110222ndZimbabwe
1998203514thZimbabwe
1994033619thZimbabwe
1990021322ndZimbabwe
1986boycotted[1]
1982100114thZimbabwe
1978did not attend
1974did not attend
1970did not attend
1966did not attend
1962025712thpart of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
1958002219thSouthern Rhodesia
195422157thSouthern Rhodesia
1950010112thSouthern Rhodesia
1938002210thSouthern Rhodesia
1934002211thSouthern Rhodesia
1930did not attend
Total6111936to 2002

References
  1. "Zimbabwe's Commonwealth curse". The Standard. 16 July 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  2. Forsythe, David P. (2009). Encyclopedia of Human Rights. OUP USA. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-19-533402-9.
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