[1] It was first held as a demonstration sport in 1974[2] before being included in the main programme in 1978.
Rhythmic gymnastics is an optional discipline and may, or may not, be included in the sporting program of each edition of the Games.
Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games The most successful gymnast in Commonwealth Games history is the Canadian rhythmic gymnast Alexandra Orlando.
She is also the only gymnast to have won a clean sweep of every gold in her discipline - artistic or rhythmic - in a single Games since the introduction of individual apparatus to the Games.
Of the other two dominant nations in Commonwealth gymnastics, Canada have won gold in all rhythmic disciplines including rope, but no higher than silver on pommel horse, and England have won gold in all artistic gymnastic disciplines but only one gold in rhythmic gymnastics.