2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games

2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games
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City	Melbourne, Australia
Venue	Rod Laver Arena
Team Gold Medalist	Australia Ashleigh Brennan Hollie Dykes Naomi Russell Monette Russo Chloe Sims
All-Around Gold Medalist	Chloe Sims (AUS)
Vault Gold Medalist	Imogen Cairns (ENG)
Uneven Bars Gold Medalist	Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (CAN)
Balance Beam Gold Medalist	Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (CAN)
Floor Exercise Gold Medalist	Hollie Dykes (AUS)
Preceded by	2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games
Succeeded by	2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games

The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event 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. The mascot for the games was Karak, a Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (a threatened species).

Format of Competition

The format was similar to that of the Olympics. No compulsory routines were performed. Instead, all participating gymnasts, including those who were not part of a team, participated in a qualification round. The results of this competition determined which teams and individuals participated in the remaining competitions, which included:

• The team competition, in which the six highest scoring teams from qualifications competed. Each team of six gymnasts could have up to five gymnasts perform on each apparatus, and only the four highest scores counted toward the team total.
• The all-around competition, in which the twenty-four highest scoring individuals in the all-around competed. Each country was limited to three gymnasts in the all-around final.
• The event finals, in which the eight highest scoring individuals on each apparatus competed. Each country was limited to two gymnasts in each apparatus final.

Results

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team	Australia Ashleigh Brennan Hollie Dykes Naomi Russell Monette Russo Chloe Sims	England Imogen Cairns Shavahn Church Hannah Clowes Becky Downie	Canada Alyssa Brown Brittnee Habbib Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs Jenna Kerbis Gael Mackie
All-Around	Chloe Sims Australia (AUS)	Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs Canada (CAN)	Hollie Dykes Australia (AUS)
Vault	Imogen Cairns England (ENG)	Alyssa Brown Canada (CAN)	Naomi Russell Australia (AUS)
Uneven Bars	Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs Canada (CAN)	Shavahn Church England (ENG)	Monette Russo Australia (AUS)
Balance Beam	Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs Canada (CAN)	Hollie Dykes Australia (AUS)	Becky Downie England (ENG)
Floor Exercise	Hollie Dykes Australia (AUS)	Ashleigh Brennan Australia (AUS)	Francki Van Rooyen South Africa (RSA)

Medal Count

Rank	Country				Total
1	Australia	3	2	3	8
2	Canada	2	3	1	6
3	England	1	2	1	4
4	South Africa	0	0	1	1