Australia’s cyclists have completed Glasgow 2026 with the most track cycling medals in its Commonwealth Games history.
A record haul of 10 gold, 10 silver and 8 bronze in track cycling and Para track cycling – 28 in total – surpasses the 20 medals Australia won in 2014, when the Games were, fittingly, also held in Glasgow.
Only the 2010 edition has seen Australia win more gold medals in track cycling:12 were won in New Delhi that year.
The 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow saw the cycling program reduced to just track cycling and Para track cycling, with road cycling and mountain bike events not held.
South Australian sprinter Leigh Hoffman led Australia's charge with three gold medals and a silver, including his contribution to victory in the men’s team sprint. He is the first Australian cyclist to win four medals at the one Games.
Sprinter Leigh Hoffman earned Australia's best sprint results in Games history.
Tasmania’s Georgia Baker won her fourth and fifth Commonwealth gold medals in the team pursuit and scratch race, joining Anna Meares, Brad McGee and Matthew Glaetzer with the most career golds. Baker was also awarded the honour of being Australia’s flag bearer at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony.
Para cyclist Tara Neyland, from Melbourne, set two world records en route to collecting her dual gold medals in the Women’s C4−C5 events.
Alyssa Polites was also a double gold medallist, taking home an individual victory in the elimination race along with gold in the team pursuit.
Georgia Baker (left) equalled the Australian record of Commonwealth cycling gold medals.
The team’s oldest medal winner was Brisbane’s Jacqui Mengler-Mohr, age 47, who piloted Jess Gallagher to a pair of silver medals in the Women’s Tandem B events.
The youngest medal winner was 20-year-old Tayte Ryan, who won a pair of bronze medals in the men’s sprint events.
Many of Australia's cycling athletes will next compete on the world stage at the UCI Track World Championships and UCI Para Cycling Track World Championships in October.
Q&A with Jesse Korf - Executive General Manager, Performance
What were Australia's expectations for track cycling before the Games?
We knew coming in that this squad was capable of a big Games, but you never say that out loud beforehand. What I can say now is that 28 medals across track and Para is the best we've ever done at a Commonwealth Games, and honestly the thing I'm happiest about isn't the total. It's that we were in the fight almost everywhere. Sprint, endurance, Para cycling, men, women. When you're competitive across that many events it means the whole program is moving, not just a couple of stars carrying it.
Why were we able to achieve these results?
There's no single reason. The endurance and Para groups did their prep together in Newport, the sprinters stayed home and built out of Brisbane, and both setups were exactly what those groups needed. The support we got from Commonwealth Games Australia made a real difference too. It meant we could actually deliver on our staging and aero plans instead of doing half of it and hoping. Glasgow was the first time since Paris that we properly pushed on that stuff, and it was a genuine step toward LA. Not everything worked. Some things we'll go away and fix, and we have to, because what got us medals here won't be enough in two years. But that's what these Games were for.
What impressed you the most about the team at these Games?
The athletes, obviously. Across the board, with the women’s endurance group taking a massive performance and cultural step forward as a group in these past months. Leigh winning four medals at one Games; no Australian cyclist had ever done that. Georgia getting to five career golds alongside Meares, Glaetzer and McGee and then carrying the flag. Tara breaking two world records. Both tandems medalling in every event. Tayte winning sprint medals at age 20. I could keep going. But the people who really got my attention were the coaches and staff. They ran two campaigns on opposite sides of the world and had everyone arrive in Glasgow ready to go. That doesn't happen by luck. They were stellar, and most of what they did nobody in the stands ever saw.
Looking forward, what's the significance of these Games to the Australian Cycling Team?
Last time the Games were in Glasgow, in 2014, we set what was then our record. Coming back and beating it means something for this program. But we're measuring ourselves against LA 2028 and Brisbane 2032, not against 2014. There's a lot still to dial in. The encouraging part is we now know the direction we're pushing in works and that is building a lot of confidence and belief in and around this group.
Australia’s cycling medals – 2026 Commonwealth Games
Gold
- 🥇 Alyssa Polites | Women’s Elimination Race
- 🥇 Blake Agnoletto | Men’s Elimination Race
- 🥇 Georgia Baker | Women’s Scratch Race
- 🥇 Oliver Bleddyn | Men’s 4km Individual Pursuit
- 🥇 Leigh Hoffman | Men’s Sprint
- 🥇 Leigh Hoffman | Men’s 1km Time Trial
- 🥇 Tara Neyland | Women’s C4−C5 Individual Pursuit
- 🥇 Tara Neyland | Women’s C4−C5 1km Time Trial
- 🥇 Men’s Team Sprint (Danny Barber, Leigh Hoffman, Ryan Elliott)
- 🥇 Women’s Team Pursuit (Alyssa Polites, Claudia Marcks, Felicity Wilson-Haffenden, Georgia Baker, Sophie Edwards)
Silver
- 🥈 Claudia Marcks | Women’s 1km Time Trial
- 🥈 Conor Leahy | Men’s 4km Individual Pursuit
- 🥈 Georgia Baker | Women’s Elimination Race
- 🥈 Gordon Allan | Men’s C1−C3 1km Time Trial
- 🥈 Jess Gallagher & Jacqui Mengler-Mohr | Women’s Tandem B Sprint
- 🥈 Jess Gallagher & Jacqui Mengler-Mohr | Women’s Tandem B 1km Time Trial
- 🥈 Leigh Hoffman | Men’s Keirin
- 🥈 Oliver Bleddyn | Men’s Points Race
- 🥈 Tom Cornish | Men’s Scratch Race
- 🥈 Men’s Team Pursuit (Blake Agnoletto, Conor Leahy, James Moriarty, Oli Bleddyn)
Bronze
- 🥉 Erin Normoyle | Women’s C4−C5 1km Time Trial
- 🥉 Georgia Baker | Women’s Points Race
- 🥉 James Moriarty | Men’s 4km Individual Pursuit
- 🥉 Kane Perris & Luke Zaccaria | Men’s Tandem B Sprint
- 🥉 Kane Perris & Luke Zaccaria | Men’s Tandem B 1km Time Trial
- 🥉 Kristina Clonan | Women’s Keirin
- 🥉 Tayte Ryan | Men’s Sprint
- 🥉 Tayte Ryan | Men’s 1km Time Trial
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