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	Logo	Melbourne2006png
	Size	100
	Host City	Melbourne , Australia
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	Nations Participating	71
	Athletes Participating	approx 4,500
	Events	247 in 16 Sports
	Opening Ceremony	March 15 , 2006
	Closing Ceremony	March 26 , 2006
	Officially Opened By	Queen Elizabeth II
	Officially Closed By	HRH Prince Edward, The Earl Of Wessex
	Queen's Baton	John Landy
	Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
	Motto	''United by the moment''

The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne , Australia between March 15 and March 26 . It was the largest sporting event ever to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.

The site for the opening and closing ceremonies was the Melbourne Cricket Ground which was also used during Melbourne's 1956 Olympic Games .

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For the first time ever, the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games appointed a Goodwill Partner, Plan International Australia .


SPORTS

See Also: Events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games



The 2006 Commonwealth Games included 16 sports, with 12 individual sports and 4 team sports. In total there are 247 events at the Games.

Four of these sports are further broken down into separate disciplines, making a total of 24 disciplines:

• Aquatics: diving, swimming, synchronised swimming.


• Cycling: track, road, mountain bike.


• Gymnastics: artistic, rhythmic.


• Shooting: clay target, pistol, small bore and air rifle, full bore rifle.

The athletics, swimming, table tennis and weightlifting sports include fully integrated events for elite athletes with a disability (EAD). These events are included in the official medal tally.



MEDALS TABLE

''Host nation highlighted; sorted in terms of most gold medals.''



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