Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletics was one of ten core sports that appeared at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. As a founding sport, athletics has appeared consistently since its introduction at the 1911 Inter-Empire Games; the recognised precursor to the Commonwealth Games. The competition took place between Sunday 27 July and Saturday 2 August at the temporarily modified Hampden Park, Scotland's national football stadium. The programme commenced with the 26.2 mile marathon, which started and finished at Glasgow Green and included numerous para-sport events throughout. Racewalking events were dropped from the programme for 2014 – a move
Canada at the Commonwealth Games Edmonton was the first city to host the Commonwealth Games under that name in 1978, and Victoria, British Columbia hosted the Games in 1994. Hamilton applied to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games but lost to the Delhi bid. Halifax, Nova Scotia withdrew its bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Games Association in Canada, known as Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) is responsible for organizing the Canadian team participating in the Commonwealth Games. Canadian medals by Game : Canada at the Commonwealth Games Canada has participated in every Commonwealth Games since the first ever British Empire Games held in Hamilton,