" commonwealth games 2006 - XVIII Commonwealth Games Melbourne"
"Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne, Australia"
The last Commonwealth Games 2006 were held in Melbourne city which is capital of the State of Victoria and the second largest city in Australia. The Melbourne Games held from 15march (Opening Ceremony) to 26march (Closing Ceremony) 2006, it was 12 days multi-sports events on which 71 countries and 4,500 athletes participated in 16 sports events. The Australian Government contributed $289.3 million for XVIII Commonwealth Games. As it’s a proud for Australia that Melbourne was 4th Australian city which was hosting the Common wealth games.
The major sports events of commonwealth games 2006, Melbourne were took place at Melbourne’s central business district. And a specially constructed high-standard urban design village located on a 20-hectare site in the prestigious inner suburb of Parkville was prepared for participants to live.
As Australian a sports loving country known for its love of sport. Australia got the pleasure of hosting commonwealth games 4 times. The 4 major countries of Australia hosted Common wealth games are:
- Common wealth game Sydney – 1938
- Common wealth game Perth – 1962
- Common wealth game Brisbane – 1982
- Common wealth game Melbourne – 2006
Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games:
| 15 march 2006 | Opening Ceremony |
| 16 march 2006 | Cycling , Swimming , Weightlifting |
| 17 march 2006 | Cycling, Swimming |
| 18 march 2006 | Swimming, Triathlon, Cycling, Weightlifting |
| 19 march 2006 | Athletics, Cycling, Swimming |
| 20 march 2006 | Athletics, Squash, Swimming |
| 21 march 2006 | Swimming, Olympics, Athletics |
| 22 march 2006 | Athletics |
| 23 march 2006 | Athletics, Cycling, Shooting |
| 24 march 2006 |
Athletics, Basketball |
| 25 march 2006 | Aquatics, Athletics, Athletics |
| 26 march 2006 | Gymnastics, Cycling, Hockey, Netball |
| 26 march 2006 | Closing Ceremony |
