Record Holders
As one of the Games' most successful nations it can come as no surprise that England hold a number of records.
Great names competing at great Games have set records for England across a wide array of sports - whether it's England's women in the compound bow team event in Delhi, or Andrew Callard's mighty lift of 347.5kg in weightlifting at the Auckland Games of 1990.
Take a look at what records England hold at the Commonwealth Games below:
ARCHERY
Mark Blenkarne - Brisbane 1982: Men's individual - 2446 points
Nicky Hunt, Danielle Brown (above) and Nichola Simpson - Delhi 2010: Women's Compound Bow Team - 232-229
ATHLETICS
George William Bailey - Hamilton 1930: Men's two mile steeplechase - 9:52.0
Ian Thompson - Christchurch 1974: Men's marathon - 2:09:12.0 (above)
Steve Cram - Edinburgh 1986: Men's 800m - 1:43.22
Dwain Chambers, Marlon Devonish, Julian Golding and Darren Campbell - Kuala Lumpur 1998: Men's 4x100m relay - 38.20
Jonathan Edwards - Manchester 2002: Men's triple jump - 17.86
Ashia Hansen - Manchester 2002: Women's triple jump - 14.86
Paula Radcliffe - Manchester 2002: Women's 5,000m - 14:31.42
ROWING
Andy Holmes and Steve Redgrave - Edinburgh 1986: Men's coxless pairs - 6:40.48 (above)
Martin Cross, Adam Clift, Andy Holmes, Steve Redgrave and Adrian Ellison - Edinburgh 1986: Men's coxed fours - 6:08.13
Christopher Bates, Peter Haining, Neil Staite and Stuart Forbes - Edinburgh 1986: Men's lightweight coxless fours - 6:25.86
Alexa Forbes, Gillian Hodges, Linda Clark and Judith Burne - Edinburgh 1986: Women's lightweight coxless fours - 6:54.70
SHOOTING
Joe Neville and Ken Harman - Edinburgh 1986: Skeet (pairs) - 195 points
Charlotte Kerwood - Manchester 2002: Women's double trap - 141 points
Steven Scott and Stevan Walton - Delhi 2010: Men's double trap (pairs) - 189 points
Parag Patel - Delhi 2010: Fullbore open singles - 396-42v
Aaron Heading - Delhi 2010: Men's trap - 147 points (top of page)
Anita North - Delhi 2010: Women's trap - 93 points (above)
SWIMMING
Joyce Cooper - Hamilton 1930: Women's 100yd freestyle - 1:03.0
Joyce Cooper, Doreen Cooper, Olive Joynes and Phyllis Harding - Hamilton 1930: Women's 4x100yd freestyle relay
Phyllis Harding - London 1934: Women's 100yd backstroke - 1:13.8
Diana Harris - Kingston 1966: Women's 110yd breaststroke - 1:19.7
Linda Ludgrove - Kingston 1966: Women's 220yd backstroke - 2:28.5
Jill Slattery - Kingston 1966: Women's 220yd breaststroke - 2:50.3
Diana Harris, Judy Gegan, Linda Ludgrove and Pauline Sillett - Kingston 1966: Women's 440yd medley relay - 4:40.6
Robert Welbourn - Delhi 2010: Men's 100m freestyle Para-sport S10 - 00:55.94
James Goddard - Delhi 2010: Men's 200m individual medley - 1:58.10
Rebecca Adlington - Delhi 2010: Women's 400m freestyle - 4:05.68
Liam Tancock - Delhi 2010: Men's 50m backstroke - 00:24.62 (above)
Stephanie Millward - Delhi 2010: Women's 50m freestyle Para-sport S9 - 00:30.09
WEIGHTLIFTING
Louis Martin - Sydney 1962: Men's 90kg combined - 1035 pounds
Andrew Saxton - Auckland 1990:
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Men's 100kg clean and jerk - 197.5kg
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Men's 100kg combined - 362.5kg
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Men's 100kg snatch - 165.0kg
Mark Thomas - Auckland 1990:
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Men's 110kg clean and jerk - 197.5kg
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Men's 110kg snatch - 160.0kg
Duncan Dawkins - Auckland 1990:
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Men's 90kg clean and jerk - 195.0kg
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Men's 90kg snatch - 162.5kg
Andrew Callard - Victoria 1994:
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Men's 99kg clean and jerk - 197.5kg
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Men's 99kg combined - 347.5kg
Leon Griffin - Kuala Lumpur 1998:
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Men's 85kg clean and jerk - 192.5kg
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Men's 85kg combined - 347.5kg
Stephen Ward - Kuala Lumpur 1998: Men's 85kg snatch - 157.5kg
Giles Greenwood - Manchester 2002: Men's +105kg snatch - 180.0kg (above)
Andrew Saxton - Manchester 2002:
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Men's 105kg clean and jerk - 210.0kg
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Men's 105kg combined - 375.0kg
Information supplied by the Commonwealth Games Federation.
