<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The 2014 Commonwealth Games (officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games), was a multi-sport event held in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August 2014 . It was the first time that Glasgow hosted the games, and the third time it was hosted in Scotland after Edinburgh hosted in 1970 and 1986 . A total of 4,947 athletes from 71 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) competed in 261 events in 17 sports . </P> <P> Athletes from 37 participating CGAs won at least one medal; athletes from 21 CGAs won at least one gold medal . England led the medal table for the first time since 1986, winning 58 golds and 174 medals overall . Australia came second, after leading the medal table for the last six consecutive games, while Canada came third . Hosts Scotland enjoyed their best - ever performance by finishing in fourth place with a record 19 gold medals and 53 overall . Kiribati won its first - ever Commonwealth Games medal, a gold in the men's 105 kg weightlifting competition . Grenada won its first Commonwealth Games gold medal in the men's 400 metres . South African swimmer Chad le Clos won the most medals, a total of seven including two gold, one silver and four bronze . Canadian rhythmic gymnast Patricia Bezzoubenko won the most gold medals with five in addition to a bronze medal . </P> <P> The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables . By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a Commonwealth Games Association). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals . If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their three - letter country code . </P>

Who won the most medals in the 2014 commonwealth games