Zambia competed in its ninth Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002.

It was the third time that the nation had won a gold medal at the games and its most recent success.

[1] The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Zambia participated with two athletes (one men and one women) Zambia participated with a team of 5 athletes.

Key: Zambia participated with 2 athletes (2 men).