Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games

Not to be confused with Commonwealth Wrestling Championships.

Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games is an optional sport for the Commonwealth Games. It was one of the six original sports to be featured on the programme during the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Canada. The events were male only until women's events were added at the 2010 games and wrestling was present at all editions of the games program until 1990 when it was replaced by judo and gymnastics.

It returned in 1994 but was again removed in 1998, when Malaysian organisers replaced it with ten-pin bowling, as the sport lacked popular appeal in the country and medal chances were also low,.

It was removed for a third time in 2006 for the addition of basketball. but on its return in 2010, the Indian organisers chose to add Greco-Roman wrestling i addition to the traditional freestyle wrestling. The sport was present in the 2014, 2018 and 2022 editions. It was announced in October 2024 that wrestling had not been chosen for the 2026 games.

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