The 2026 Commonwealth Games closed in Glasgow on Sunday after 11 days of competition, with Australia finishing well clear at the top of the medal table and all 215 medal events decided.

Australia's final haul came to 70 gold, 44 silver and 56 bronze medals, 170 total, a total that reflected the depth of a team that led the standings from the opening weekend and never gave it up. England finished a distant second with 29 gold medals, and Canada took third place overall. India rounded out the top five, finishing fourth with 39 medals: 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze.

The final days of competition carried some of the sharpest storylines. India's boxing and athletics programs had a strong final stretch, with Sakshi Chaudhary, Jaismine Lamboria, Soman Rana and Gulveer Singh all picking up medals in the closing days. Judoka Ishroop Narang fought back from an early setback in the women's -78kg category, winning a repechage bout by waza-ari over Cameroon's Georgika Wesly Djengue Moune before competing for bronze. Track cyclist Dinesh Kumar's Games ended in the men's 40km points race, where he finished with four points in the second qualification heat.

The closing ceremony itself was held at The Hydro arena, with Glasgow's own Simple Minds headlining the send-off. It capped a Games that organizers had developed under unusual circumstances, after Glasgow stepped in as a late replacement host, and that ultimately delivered a full competitive program without the disruptions some had worried about beforehand.

For Australia, the result extends a run of dominance in Commonwealth competition that has held for several editions running, built on strength across swimming, athletics and cycling that few other nations in the Commonwealth can match at this kind of depth. For England, second place with 29 golds is a respectable showing but leaves a sizable gap to close if the goal is challenging Australia outright at the next Games. For the athletes packing up in Glasgow now, attention turns quickly to whatever comes next on their individual calendars, from world championships to the long buildup toward the next Commonwealth cycle.