India at the Commonwealth Games

India at the Commonwealth Games
CGF code	IND
CGA	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
Officials	708
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 181 Silver 173 Bronze 149 Total 503
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

India has competed in all but four editions of the Commonwealth Games; starting at the second Games in 1934. India has also hosted the games once, in 2010. The most successful event for India in these games is shooting.

Host Nation[]

India hosted the Games in 2010, at Delhi. It was India's most successful Commonwealth Games to date with Indian athletes winning 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals.^[1]

2010 Commonwealth Games bidding results

City	Country	Votes
Delhi	India	46
Hamilton	Canada	22

Overall Medal Tally By Games[]

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, India ended its campaign with a total of 66 medals (26 gold, 20 silver, 20 bronze). India with an overall total of 503 medals (181 gold, 173 silver, 149 bronze) is ranked 4th at the All-time Commonwealth Games medal table. India's first ever Commonwealth medal was won by Rashid Anwar, who won a bronze in the category of wrestling in 1934.^[2]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Position
1930 Hamilton, Canada	did not participate
1934 London, England	0	0	1	1	12th
1938 Sydney, Australia	0	0	0	0	-
1950 Auckland, New Zealand	did not participate
1954 Vancouver, Canada	0	0	0	0	-
1958 Cardiff, Wales	2	1	0	3	8th
1962 Perth, Australia	did not participate
1966 Kingston, Jamaica	3	4	3	10	8th
1970 Edinburgh, Scotland	5	3	4	12	6th
1974 Christchurch, New Zealand	4	8	3	15	6th
1978 , Edmonton, Canada	5	4	6	15	6th
1982 , Brisbane, Australia	5	8	3	16	6th
1986 , Edinburgh, Scotland	did not participate
1990 , Auckland, New Zealand	13	8	11	32	5th
1994 , Victoria, Canada	6	11	7	24	6th
1998 , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	7	10	8	25	7th
2002 , Manchester, England	30	22	17	69	4th
2006 , Melbourne, Australia	22	17	11	50	4th
2010 , New Delhi, India	38	27	36	101	2nd
2014 , Glasgow, Scotland	15	30	19	64	5th
2018 , Gold Coast, Australia	26	20	20	66	3rd
Total	181	173	149	503	4th

Overall Medal Tally By Sport[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Shooting	63	44	28	135
Weightlifting	43	48	34	125
Wrestling	43	37	22	102
Boxing	8	12	17	37
Badminton	7	7	11	25
Table tennis	6	4	10	20
Athletics	5	10	13	28
Archery	3	1	4	8
Hockey	1	3	0	4
Squash	1	2	0	3
Tennis	1	1	2	4
Judo	0	3	5	8
Gymnastics	0	1	2	3
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 sports)	181	173	149	503

See also[]

• India at the Olympics
• India at the Paralympics
• India at the World Games
• India at the Asian Games
• India at the Lusofonia Games

External links[]

• Delhi 2010 Official website
• Commonwealth Games News
• India & Commonwealth games 2010: Specific information

References[]