Australia at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team selected by the Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) and abbreviated AUS. Australia officially became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1931 under the Statute of Westminster having become independent of the UK in 1901. Australia is one of only six countries to have competed in all of the Commonwealth Games held since 1930, although they did attend the 1911 Inter-Empire Championships as part of an Australasian team. This impressive international record extends to its participation in every Olympic Games in the modern era. At the first Games in 1930 Australia won only 8 medals against England's 61. However, by the first Games of the 21st century held in the city of Manchester, Australia's medal tally had moved to 207, ahead of any other country including England's 165. Medals | style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Results by event Athletics Women's 100 Metres Lauren Hewitt – 5th in Semi Final 2, 11.45 s Women's 100 Metres Hurdles Jacquie Munro – 7th in Final, 13.31 s Fiona Cullen – 6th in Heat 1, 13.45 s Women's 200 Metres Lauren Hewitt – Bronze, 22.69 s Sharon Cripps – 7th in Final 23.04 s Men's 400 Metres Clinton Hill – 8th in Final, 46.00 s Women's 400 Metres Hurdles Jana Pittman – Gold, 54.40 s Sonia Brito – 5th in Final, 57.79 s Men's 800 Metres Kris McCarthy – Bronze, 1 min 46.79 s Women's 800 Metres Tamsyn Lewis – 5th in Final, 1 min 59.73 s Men's 1500 Metres Youcef Abdi – Bronze, 3 min 37.77 s Women's 1500 Metres Sarah Jamieson – 5th in Final, 4 min 9.38 s Benita Johnson – 7th in Heat 1, 4 min 24.43 s Men's 5 000 Metres Craig Mottram – 6th, 13 min 25.21 s Michael Power – 8th, 13 min 34.04 s Women's 5 000 Metres Benita Johnson – 6th, 15 min 26.55 s Anna Thompson – 9th, 15 min 43.92 s Haley McGregor – 11th, 15 min 47.10 s Men's 10 000 Metres Sisay Bezabeh – 9th, 28 min 37.12 s Dean Cavuoto – 16th, 29 min 18.38 s Brett Cartwright – 18th, 29 min 21.29 s Women's 10 000 Metres Susie Power – Bronze, 31 min 32.20 s Kerryn McCann – Did Not Start Men's Marathon Andrew Letherby – Bronze, 2 hours 13 min 23 s Lee