The Commonwealth Games take place every four years, with the 2026 event in Glasgow scheduled to run from 23rd July to 2nd August.
This will be the 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games, which features, among others, athletics, swimming and cycling, with 74 countries entering teams.
Essentially a scaled-down Olympics, some nations that often compete as one do so separately at the Commonwealth Games, meaning there will be athletes representing England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, rather than Great Britain.
Here is a look at which nations and individuals have enjoyed the most success since the Games were first held in 1930.
How many sports are there at the Commonwealth Games?
There will be 10 different sports at the Commonwealth Games, with hockey and all racquet sports among those disciplines to have been dropped since Glasgow last hosted the event in 2014.
Most appearances at the Commonwealth Games
Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales have all sent teams to the previous 22 Commonwealth Games, with Australia, England, Canada and New Zealand all winning at least one gold medal at each edition.
Individually, Northern Irish shooter David Calvert holds the record for the most appearances, competing 10 times.
Calvert's first Games were in Edmonton in 1978 and he competed up to Glasgow 2014.
Most successful countries at the Commonwealth Games
The country that has won the most medals in Commonwealth Games history is Australia with 2,596, leading England, who have 2,322.
Australia topped the medal table at the last Games in Birmingham in 2022 with 179, with England second on 176.
Of Australia's all-time total of 1,003 golds, 67 were won in Birmingham, where they also picked up 57 silvers and 55 bronze medals.
At the other end of the scale, 16 nations have never won a medal, but that number includes two debutants for 2026, with Gabon and Togo each entering teams for the first time.
Most medals won by a country at a single Commonwealth Games
Australia's incredible tally of 221 medals at the 2006 Games in Melbourne sets the record of the most won by a nation at a single edition.
Their haul included 84 golds, 69 silvers and 68 bronze.
Most individual medals at a Commonwealth Games
Much of Australia's success has come in the pool and swimmer Emma McKeon holds the record for most medals won by an individual with 20.
McKeon competed at Glasgow 2014, Gold Coast 2018 and Birmingham 2022, winning 14 golds, one silver and five bronze.
Compatriots and fellow swimmers Susie O'Neill and Emily Seebohm share the record for the most medals won at a single Commonwealth Games with eight.
O'Neill claimed six golds and two silvers in Kuala Lumpur in 1998, while Seebohm took three golds and five silvers in Delhi in 2010.
Youngest Commonwealth Games champion
The youngest person to win gold at the Commonwealth Games is Canadian diver Alexandre Despatie.
Despatie recorded a score of perfect 10s on his way to winning the 10m platform when only 13 years and 74 days old.
Oldest Commonwealth Games champion
Scotland's George Miller made history when he won gold in the B2/B3 mixed pairs lawn bowls event at the 2022 Games in Birmingham.
Miller was 75 years and eight months old when he partnered visually impaired bowler Melanie Inness to glory at Victoria Park in Leamington Spa.
Longest-standing records at the Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games' association with the British Empire means several early records were set in imperial measurements (usually yards) before metric standardisation was adopted in 1966, often leading to the length of disciplines being altered.
George Bailey's 9:52.0 in the men's two-mile steeplechase is the longest-standing record at the Commonwealth Games, but there is a catch.
The Englishman's mark was set at the first Games in Hamilton in 1930, before the event changed to the more standard distance of 3,000m in time for the Perth Games in 1962.
England's Ian Thompson ran 2:09:12 hours for the marathon at the 1974 edition in Christchurch, New Zealand, and his record still stands.
At the same Games, Tanzania's Filbert Bayi posted a then world record with his 3:32.16 minutes to win the 1500m, with that time only surpassed when Australia's Oliver Hoare ran 3:30.12 in Birmingham four years ago.
For women, the marathon also provides the longest-held Commonwealth Games record of 2:25:28 hours set by Australia's Lisa Martin in Auckland in 1990.
Tessa Sanderson's winning throw of 69.80m to take javelin gold at Edinburgh 1986 also remains a record.
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