why were there no commonwealth games held in 1942 and 1946?
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world war 2 was going on
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they used to take place the same year.  Up until about 12 years ago.  it was too much Olympics to take (IMHO).
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Because the Commonwealth Games are a much smaller event than the Olympics. it would be impossible to organize the Olympics and the Paralympics at the same time in the same place. And even if it could be done, the Paralympics would probably loose the (small) media attention they have.
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Look it up in the Commonwealth Year Book nfor 1991 and 1992.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991#Events
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2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games\n\nGold - Artistic Gymnastics - Men's Horizontal Bar \nSilver - Artistic Gymnastics - Men's Rings \nSilver - Artistic Gymnastics - Men's Team Event
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there were no nations at that time
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I assume this means World War II, not World War 11.\n\nTwo Quebec Conferences took place in World War II. The first, in August 1943, included Roosevelt and Churchill, planning the China theater and elements of French recognized government.  The second, in September 1944, planned for future invasions of Germany.
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No, Argentina is not a Commonwealth nation. The general rules for a country being a member of the Commonwealth is that they have had a past history of being connected to England and Argentina is a country with a Spanish / Portguese history
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Everyone did real good.  But this Olympics were not as much hyped as it was for the games at Salt Lake City in 2002.  The Next games in 2010 will be much closer since it will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada.  Best of luck to those who wil compete in those games as well as those training for the Bejing games in the summer of 2008!
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There may be some sound technical reason for not playing cricket in the covered ground.  Otherwise administrators of the game would have thought about it long back and saved lot of money being lost due to rain etc.
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No....there was a problem getting the Commonwealth Games track off and replacing it with a football pitch, but it is all sorted now.
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monkey boy I am assuming this is not a school project by the extension of "67" usually denoting a birth year so... WHAT!!!!\n\nnot much of a history buff are we?  What did you base this idea on.. the fact that you enjoyed the Commonwealth Games?
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For what part? \n\n2006 is MMVI\n(M = 1000, V = 5 I = 1 so 2 lots of 1000 and the 5 and 1 = 2006)\n\nThe games are the 18th Commonwealth Games (altho they have had various names in the past such as British Empire Games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Games )\n\nso 18th in Roman numerals is XVIII (x=10, V=5, III =3 lots of 1)\n\nSo they are the XVIII Commonwealth Games held in MMVI
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Sorry, those game are over.  They were in Torino, Italy.  For a list of finalists, try going to the official Olympics website and looking for news on finalists before Torino.
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The Commonwealth refers to countries that were once under British rule, but are independent today. One interesting fact is that the sport of Cricket is very popular in most Commonwealth countries. More information in the source below.
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Whoever it was, there must have been some really good athletes amongst them, since we can't seem to beat them at anything. If you are really interested, read Robert Hughes " The Fatal Shore" for a good analysis of the early Australians.