COMMONWEALTH GAMES—FRIENDLY GAMES series -3

Different names for one game

Suresh Kumar Lau
Associate Professor
University of Delhi

British Empire Games:
1930: Hamilton, Ontario, 1934: London, 1938: Sydney and 1950: Auckland

British Empire and Commonwealth Games:
1954: Vancouver, 1958: Cardiff, 1962: Perth 1966: Kingston
1970: Edinburgh and 1974: Christchurch
Commonwealth Games:
1978: Edmonton, 1982: Brisbane, 1986: Edinburgh, 1990: Auckland, 1994: Victoria, 1998: Kuala Lumpur, 2002: Manchester, 2006: Melbourne and 2010: New Delhi

These name changes reflected the transformation of the British Empire, since nearly all colonies had become independent nations by the 1960s.