英联邦运动会第五日举办了一系列精彩赛事。新西兰游泳选手路易斯·克莱尔伯特赢得男子400米个人混合泳金牌[1]，其队友随后为其献上毛利战舞以示庆祝[1]。克莱尔伯特此前曾在男子200米蝶泳项目中获得胜利[1]。
在举重项目中，男子88公斤级比赛成为纪录破坏者的舞台[1]。仅在10分钟内，英联邦纪录被打破5次——新西兰的卡梅隆·麦克塔格特以154公斤创造纪录后，加拿大选手布雷登·肯尼迪随即举起155公斤[1]，随后马来西亚的穆罕默德以155公斤升至162公斤破纪录[1]。
体操赛场上，澳大利亚选手布里安娜·斯科特在一小时内收获两枚金牌[1]，队友杰西·摩尔在双杠项目斩获金牌[1]。这些成绩使澳大利亚在本届运动会体操项目中累计获得9枚奖牌[1]。
此外，代表巴基斯坦参加男子单人草地保龄球比赛的穆罕默德·艾尤布·库雷希完成了他第二次英联邦运动会之旅[1]，而他在格拉斯哥经营的餐厅已有超过50年历史[1]。图瓦卢运动员霍华德·塔普艾加·西拉在一日内参加了两个赛事，其中800米预赛于上午11时33分开始，成绩为2分32秒38[1]，400米预赛在下午12时07分开始，成绩为55秒96[1]。
New Zealand swimmer Lewis Clairburt secured gold in the men's 400-meter individual medley, with his teammates performing a haka in the pool to celebrate his victory.[1] Clairburt had previously won gold in the men's 200-meter butterfly at these Games.[1]
In weightlifting, the men's 88-kilogram category saw the Commonwealth record broken five times within ten minutes.[1] New Zealand's Cameron McTaggart lifted 154kg, followed by Canada's Braden Kennedy at 155kg, and then Malaysia's Mohamed at 155kg before lifting 162kg.[1] Australia's gymnastics program continued its strong showing, with Brianna Scott claiming two gold medals and Jesse Moore winning gold on the parallel bars, bringing Australia's total gymnastics medal count to nine for the Games.[1]
Pakistan's lawn bowls competitor Mohammed Ayoub Qureshi represented his country in the men's singles event, competing in his second Commonwealth Games appearance.[1] Qureshi has been managing a Glasgow restaurant for over 50 years.[1] Meanwhile, Tuvalu's Howard Tapuaiga Sila competed in both the 400-meter and 800-meter events within 34 minutes, completing his 800-meter heat at 11:33 a.m. with a time of 2:32.38 and his 400-meter heat at 12:07 p.m. with a time of 55.96.[1]