Australia had a dominant Day 6 at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, winning 11 gold medals and finishing their swimming campaign with a record-breaking 37 gold medals.

Kyle Chalmers made history, becoming Australia’s most successful male Commonwealth Games swimmer after claiming his 10th gold and 12th medal, overtaking Ian Thorpe.

Aussies dominate the last day of swimming with 9 golds.

The Australian swim team closed out Glasgow 2026 with 76 medals, overtaking their record of 73 set at Gold Coast 2018.

Chalmers and Ben Armbruster shared gold in the men’s 50m butterfly in a dead-heat that earned them a Games record of 22.73 seconds.

Meg Harris claimed her sixth gold medal of the Games in the women’s 50m freestyle before winning again in the women’s 4x100m medley relay alongside Iona Anderson, Sienna Toohey and Alex Perkins.

Kai Taylor claimed a surprise victory in the men’s 200m freestyle.

Brittany Castelluzzo won the women’s 200m butterfly with Lizzy Dekkers coming in third.

Sam Short retained his title in the 1500m freestyle, with Ben Goedemans winning bronze.

Para swimmer Lakeisha Patterson won the women’s 100m freestyle S9.

Australia closed the meet with Henry Allan, Sam Williamson, Matt Temple and Flynn Southam winning gold in the men’s 4x100m medley relay.

Every Australian basketball team wins a medal in Glasgow

Australia’s women’s 3×3 basketball team Amy Atwell, Emma Clarke, Lara McSpadden and Marena Whittle defeated Uganda 21-11 to win the gold.

The men’s 3×3 team claimed silver after falling to England in the final.

Eithen Leard starred with 10 points as the men’s wheelchair 3×3 team successfully defended its Commonwealth Games title with a 19-13 victory over England.

The women’s 3×3 wheelchair team secured bronze, with a 19-17 win over Canada.

Former Fiji representative makes Commonwealth Games history

Eileen Cikamatana won gold in the women’s 86kg event with a Games record total of 248kg. She became the third woman to win three consecutive Commonwealth Games weightlifting titles.

Ollie Saxton won bronze in the men’s 94kg event.

Medal tally

Australia remains comfortably on top of the medal table with 47 gold, 21 silver and 35 bronze medals, for a total of 103 medals.

Photo: Kyle Chalmers competing at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China by Diego Melendreras/IOC Young Reporters, available HERE and used under a Creative Commons licence. The photo has not been modified.