Australia have competed in every Commonwealth Games that there has been and are top of the all-time medal table with 1,476 in total – 564 of those being gold.

Over half have come in two disciplines – swimming and athletics – but cycling and weightlifting are also traditionally strong events.

A team of 320 collected 198 medals in Kuala Lumpur, striking gold 80 times.

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