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How Glasgow 2014 was England’s best ever Commonwealth Games performance by medals
Glasgow was golden for England, who enjoyed their most successful Commonwealth Games in terms of medals won this summer.
England finished top of the Glasgow 2014 medals table with a total of 174 (58 gold, 59 silver and 57 bronze) ahead of Australia in second with 137 medals.
This was the first time England finished top of a Commonwealth Games medals table since 1986 in Edinburgh, the last time the event was staged in Scotland.
Their performance in Glasgow was so dominant that third placed Canada won less than half the number of medals – the North Americans took home 82.
England enjoyed their second biggest haul 12 years ago in Manchester when they picked up 165 podium places, gorging on 54 gold, 51 silver and 60 bronze medals.
But it wasn't just England who enjoyed a record-breaking summer: Scotland and Wales also set new records in Glasgow.
The host nation won a total of 53 medals (19 gold, 15 silver, 19 bronze), comfortably beating their previous best of 33, achieved in 1986.
With 35 medals (5 gold, 11 silver, 20 bronze) Wales beat their previous best tally of 31 from the 2002 games. Meanwhile Northern Ireland picked up 12 medals, just short of the 15 won in 1986.
England’s best performance in terms of percentage of medals won came in 1930 at the first ever Commonwealth Games (it was then called the British Empire Games) when they won 36 per cent of the 59 medals shared amongst 11 competing nations.
In 2002 there were 185 medals up for grabs, more than ever before after para-athletes were included as full members of their national teams for the first time in history. As the number of participating nations as grown – from 11 in 1930 to 71 today – England's percentage of medal wins has decreased.
The tournament was suspended between 1938 and 1950 due to the Second World War.
Aussies disappointed with a second placed finish can console themselves with the fact that they remain top of the pile in grand total of Commonwealth Games medals won throughout history, with a massive collection of 2224. England are second with 2010 medals while Scotland are some way behind in sixth with a total of 409 medals.