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Wrestler Rashid Anwar was the first Indian to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games after clinching the bronze medal in the men's 74 kg freestyle wrestling event at 1934 British Empire Games. [5] Since their debut in 1934, India have won 564 medals – 203 golds, 190 silvers and 171 bronze - at the Commonwealth Games.
This page shows the all-time medal table for the Commonwealth Games since the first British Empire Games in 1930. The table is updated as of 8 August 2022, the day the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham ended. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country.
India won 101 medals in total, including 38 Gold medals, enabling it to finish the Games at second position behind Australia. For the first time in the history of the Games India won over 100 medals in total. For the first time in the history of the Games, India won a medal in Gymnastics, where Ashish Kumar won a Silver and a
Australia led the medal table for the sixth consecutive time with 74 golds and 177 medals overall. [3] Host nation India finished second in the table for the first time in Commonwealth Games history with a tally of 38 golds and 101 medals overall. [4] Botswana, the Cayman Islands and Samoa won their first ever Commonwealth Games gold medals. [5]
India won its first ever medals in Lawn Bowls after the Women's Fours team won the Gold medal, and were followed by the Men's fours team winning a silver medal. Sharath Kamal was India's most successful player at the Games, having won four (3 gold and 1 silver) medals in table tennis. India ended the games as the best nation in 4 sports ...
The organisation of 2010 Commonwealth Games was beset by delays: in January 2010, the Indian Olympic Association vice-chairman Raja Randhir Singh expressed concern that Delhi was not up to speed in forming and organising its games committee and, following a 2009 Indian Government report showing two-thirds of venues were behind schedule ...
The 2018 Commonwealth Games (officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games), was a multi-sport event held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, between 4 and 15 April 2018. 275 medal events were held at these games. Australia won the games with 78 gold, 59 silver and 59 bronze, for a total of 198 medals.
India participated in the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom held from 23 July to 3 August 2014. India fielded a strong 215 member contingent, which is third largest. The sports ministry cleared the 215 athletes from 14 sporting disciplines, including seven para-athletes, at government cost, along with a contingent of ...