History of Commonwealth Games,Commonwealth Games History

Commonwealth Games can be regarded as the second largest sports festival after Olympics. These games are held once in four years however only in between Olympic years. Originally they were known as British Empire Games.
Table showing venue for commonwealth and participation of countries:

S. No	Venue	Year	No of Countries
1	Hamilton, Canada	1930	11
2	London, United Kingdom	1934	16
3	Sydney, Australia	1938	15
4	Auckland, New Zealand	1950	12
5	Vancouver, Canada	1954	24
6	Cardiff, United Kingdom	1958	35
7	Perth, Australia	1962	35
8	Jamaica, West Indies	1966	34
9	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	1970	42
10	Christchurch, New Zealand	1974	38
11	Edmonton, Canada	1978	48
12	Brisbane, Australia	1982	47
13	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	1986	26
14	Auckland, New Zealand	1990	55
15	Victoria, Canada	1994	64
16	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1998	70
17	Manchchester, United Kingdom	2002	72
18	Melbourne, Australia	2006
19	New Delhi, India	2010

Table showing participation in the games:

Year	Venue	Disciplines	No. of athletes & officials
1978	Edmonton	10	1978
1982	Brisbane	10	2154
1986	Edinburgh	10	2123
1990	Auckland	14	2826
1994	Victoria	10	3671
1998	Kuala Lumpur	15	5065
2002	Manchester	17	3679*
2006	Melbourne	16	5766