Commonwealth Winter Games

Despite a Commonwealth Winter Games Federation first being mooted in 1953, the Games did not take place until 1958 thanks to Thomas “Tyke” Richardson (16 January 1887 - 7 January 1971), former skater, international figure skating judge and author, who was married to Olympic skater Mildred “Wag” Richardson (née Allingham; 19 July 1893 - 29 June 1987). Richardson got the inaugural 1958 Games under way just three months after first conceiving the idea. There were four editions of The Games, although the fourth and last one in 1970 met with very little enthusiasm, not helped when the English women’s ski team pulled out just before the start of the Games. The 1970 edition got very sparse coverage in the British press and it would appear that only men’s and women’s giant slalom and slalom skiing events were held.

All editions of the Commonwealth Winter Games were held at St. Moritz, Switzerland – not a Commonwealth country! All the Games were regarded as unofficial.

The curling events were cancelled while the Games were taking place because of other commitments by the St. Moritz curling committee.

Editions

Edition	Host City	Country	Held	Events	Competitors	Countries
1958 Commonwealth Winter Games	St. Moritz	SUI	9 – 19 January 1958	8	25	5
1962 Commonwealth Winter Games	St. Moritz	SUI	15 January – 4 February 1962	14	41	7
1966 Commonwealth Winter Games	St. Moritz	SUI	28 January 1966	13	35	6
1970 Commonwealth Winter Games	St. Moritz	SUI	21 December 1970	4	8	4

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	England	ENG	20	19	19	58
2	Canada	CAN	10	6	6	22
3	Scotland	SCO	4	3	3	10
4	New Zealand	NZL	2	4	4	10
5	Unknown	UNK	1	1	0	2
6	Australia	AUS	1	0	0	1
7	Wales	WAL	0	2	0	2
8	Malta	MLT	0	1	1	2
9	Great Britain	GBR	0	1	0	1
=	Northern Ireland	NIR	0	1	0	1
11	Pakistan	PAK	0	0	1	1