Commonwealth Games sports

[1] In addition, the CGF allow organising committees to choose from various optional sports and disciplines to complete their games' program.

For example, shooting, which is organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation, is a sport at the Commonwealth Games that comprises four disciplines: clay target, full bore, pistol, and small bore.

Sports and disciplines feature separate events for which athletes can receive medals.

[2] The host nation may also apply for the inclusion of a maximum of four team sports to the CGF General Assembly, as the Melbourne organising committee did with basketball for the 2006 Games and Gold Coast did with beach volleyball for the 2018 Games.

In 2002, the CGF introduced the David Dixon Award for the outstanding athlete of the Games.

The following sports or disciplines have been demonstrated at the Commonwealth Games for the years shown, but have never been included in the main program.

Sports for elite athletes with a disability were fully incorporated at the 2002 Manchester Games .