Post Games Report - Commonwealth Games Federation

A4 Top 100 Statistics
Sport
1. 72 nations
2. 17 sports (3 team, 14 individual)
3. 5,717 athletes and team officials
4. 3,679 competing athletes - 62% male and 38% female
5. 160 elite athletes with a disability
6. 790 athletes took part in Athletics events
7. 865 medals presented during the Games
8. 978 samples taken as part of the anti-doping programme
9. Nearly 5,000 Games Family medical contacts
10. 1,078 accredited technical officials of which 25% were from
outside the UK
Accreditation
11. 41,101 total accredited persons
12. 28,186 total accredited workforce
13. 38 main and 119 sub accreditation categories
14. 229 operational & VIP observers
15. Over 18,000 accredited contractors
Operations
16. Peak transport fleet of 1,509 vehicles
17. Over 1,500 volunteer drivers
18. 90% of athlete and team official arrival and departure
information collected
19. 10,035 arrivals and departures managed, with no clients
missing their flights on departure
20. Over 80,000 bus movements between 56 bus stops
21. Peak bus, coach and mini-bus fleet of 232 vehicles
22. The Opening Ceremony saw the integrated movement of
10,000 Games Family from multiple pick-up points to
the City of Manchester Stadium within 3 hours
23. 22,800 total vehicle access parking permits issued
24. Total spectator shuttle movements peaked at 8,000
25. 51,251 total room nights sold to accredited persons,
through 65 hotels
26. 246 accredited Police Officers from the Metropolitan and
Greater Manchester constabularies
Village
27. The Athletes’ Village covered a 30 acre site and 6 university
halls of residence
28. Beds were available for 5,176 athletes and team officials
29. Over 1,200 volunteers worked within the Commonwealth
Games Village
30. 26,484 village volunteer shifts
31. 150,000 condoms provided
32. 120,500 beds made
33. 166 tonnes of laundry
34. 530 kilometres of toilet rolls
35. Over 700 tonnes of Games time waste, with 16.5% recycled
36. 740 clear waste bins
37. The Athletes’ Village included the UK’s largest temporary
restaurant serving 300,000 meals over 22 days
38. Over 79,000 litres of orange and 52,000 litres of apple juice
were served
39. 5,500 kilograms of bananas were consumed
40. 6,600 kilograms of pasta were consumed
41. 52,423 calls handled by the call centre between
1 July and 4 August
Human Resources
42. 24,000 volunteer applications (53% women 47% men)
between the ages of 16 and 87
43. 60% of volunteer applications received via the internet
44. On the first day of the volunteer programme launch:
1,675 people applied on-line, 400 visited the centre
and 100 applied by telephone
45. 690 organising committee employees and over 40%
recruited within the last year (2002)
46. 1,260,000 total volunteer hours
47. 10,345 Games time volunteers
48. Over 12,000 uniforms issued over 42 days
49. The Pre-Volunteer Programme successfully took 2,400
people out of long term unemployment. 700 volunteers
obtained a Games time role
Venues
50. 38 sport and non-sport venues
51. The largest venue was the City of Manchester Stadium with
38,000 seats
52. Temporary seating was erected in 8 venues providing an
additional 33,718 seats
53. Over 1,200 venue tours provided
54. Over 600 observer groups took part in the venue observer
programme
55. 70,000 turned out to watch the Triathlon at Salford Quays
MANCHESTER 2002 THE XVII COMMONWEALTH GAMES • POST GAMES REPORT 7
VOLUME 5