Commonwealth Games 2022 India Medal Tally

Last Updated: 10 April 2023

The Commonwealth Games often referred to as the “Friendly Games” is a Quadrennial International multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations.

Commonwealth Games was first held in 1930, and except in 1942 & 1946 (canceled due to World War II) had successively run every four years from 1950 till date. The Games were called the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974.

The Games are overseen by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), which controls the sporting programme and selects host cities. The game’s movement consists of International Sports Federations (IFs), Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs), and organizing committees for each specific Commonwealth Games.

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Highlights Of India at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

No.	Header	Information
1	Competitors	210 (106 Men & 104 Women)
2	Sports	16
3	Flag Bearers (Opening)	1) Manpreet Singh 2) P. V. Sindhu
4	Flag Bearers (Closing)	1) Nikhat Zareen 2) Sharath Achanta
5	Officials	24
6	Medals	Gold: 22 Silver 16 Bronze: 23
7	Rank	4^th
8	First Medal	Gold: Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Silver: Sanket Sargar Bronze: Gururaja Poojary

Overview Of Commonwealth Games

Edition	Year	Host	Opened By	Competitors	Top Medal
I	1930	Canada	Viscount Willingdon	400	England
II	1934	England	George V	500	England
III	1938	Australia	Lord Wakehurst	464	Australia
~	1942	Canada	~	~	~
~	1946	Wales	~	~	~
IV	1950	New Zealand	Sir Bernard Freyberg	590	Australia
V	1954	Canada	Earl Alexander of Tunis	662	England
VI	1958	Wales	Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	1122	England
VII	1962	Australia	Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	863	Australia
VIII	1966	Jamaica	Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	1050	England
IX	1970	Scotland	Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	1383	Australia
X	1974	New Zealand	Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	1276	Australia
XI	1978	Canada	Elizabeth II	1474	Canada
XII	1982	Australia	Philip, Duke of Edinburgh	1583	Australia
XIII	1986	Scotland	Elizabeth II	1662	England
XIV	1990	New Zealand	Prince Edward	2073	Australia
XV	1994	Canada	Elizabeth II	2557	Australia
XVI	1998	Malaysia	Tuanku Jaafar	3633	Australia
XVII	2002	England	Elizabeth II	3679	Australia
XVIII	2006	Australia	Elizabeth II	4049	Australia
XIX	2010	India	Pratibha Patil Charles, Prince of Wales	4352	Australia
XX	2014	Scotland	Elizabeth II	4947	England
XXI	2018	Australia	Charles, Prince of Wales	4426	Australia
XXII	2022	England	Charles, Prince of Wales	5054	Australia
XXIII	2026	Australia	~	~	~

Facts About Commonwealth Games

Athletes with a disability are included as full members of their national teams since 2002, making the Commonwealth Games the first fully inclusive international multi-sport event.

In 2018, the Games became the first global multi-sport event to feature an equal number of men’s and women’s medal events and four years later they are the first global multi-sport event to have more events for women than men.

Certain traditions, such as the hoisting of the Commonwealth Games flag and Queen’s Baton Relay, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies, are unique to the Games.

Although there are 56 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, there are 72 Commonwealth Games Associations.

Only six nations have participated in every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales. Of these six, Australia, England, Canada and New Zealand have each won at least one gold medal in every Game.

Australia has been the highest-achieving team for fourteen editions of the Games, England for seven, and Canada for one.

Commonwealth Games 2022 is the 22^nd game to be held since 1930, It was held in Birmingham from 28^th July to 8^th August 2022.

The next Commonwealth Games will be the first games in history held in a decentralized way, as they are scheduled to be hosted across four cities in the Australian state of Victoria from 17^th to 29^th March 2026.

India At Commonwealth Games 2022

India’s appearance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games was India’s 18^th appearance at the Games.

Hockey player Manpreet Singh and badminton athlete P. V. Sindhu served as the country’s opening ceremony flagbearers. Boxer Nikhat Zareen and Table Tennis player Sharath Achanta served as the country’s closing ceremony flagbearers.

In July 2022, the Indian team of 106 men and 104 women (210 Competitors) competing in 16 sports was named.

India did not compete in 3×3 Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Netball, and Rugby Sevens.

Indian para-athletes competed in Athletics, Para Powerlifting, Swimming, and Table Tennis.

Squash player Anahat Singh became the youngest Indian athlete to compete at the Commonwealth Games at just 14 years of age.

45-year-old Lawn Bowls player Sunil Bahadur was the oldest player in the contingent.

India’s first Commonwealth medal of the Games was won by Sanket Sargar with a Silver in weightlifting on 30^th July.

Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won the first Gold Medal for India at the Commonwealth Games 2022 on 30^th July.

India won its first-ever medals in Lawn Bowls, the Women’s Fours team won Gold Medal while the Men’s Fours won the Silver Medal.

Sharath Kamal Achanta won Four Medals in Table Tennis (3 Gold and 1 Silver) at the CWG 2022.

India won the most medals in the Wresting Sport, Gold: 6, Silver: 1, Bronze: 5, a total of 12 Medals.

The second sport where India won the most medals after Wresting was weightlifting, with Gold: 3, Silver: 3, and Bronze: 4, a total of 10 Medals.

Indian Competitors At CWG 2022

No.	Sport	Men	Women	Total
1	Athletics	20	18	38
2	Badminton	5	5	10
3	Boxing	8	4	12
4	Cricket	~	15	15
5	Cycling	9	4	13
6	Gymnastics	3	4	7
7	Hockey	18	18	36
8	Judo	3	3	6
9	Lawn Bowls	5	5	10
10	Para Powerlifting	2	3	5
11	Squash	5	4	9
12	Swimming	7	0	7
13	Table Tennis	5	7	12
14	Triathlon	2	2	4
15	Weightlifting	8	7	15
16	Wrestling	6	6	12
	Total	106	104	210

Medals Won By Indian Players

Gold Medal Winners

No.	Athletic	Sports	Event	Date
1	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu	Weightlifting	Women’s 49Kg	30 Jul
2	Jeremy Lalrinnunga	Weightlifting	Men’s 67Kg	31 Jul
3	Achinta Sheuli	Weightlifting	Men’s 73Kg	31 Jul
4	a) Lovely Choubey b) Nayanmoni Saikia c) Pinki Singh d) Rupa Rani Tirkey	Lawn Bowls	Women’s Fours	2 Aug
5	a) Gnanasekaran b) Harmeet Desai c) Sanil Shetty d) Sathiyan e) Sharath Achanta	Table Tennis	Men’s Team	2 Aug
6	Sudhir	Para Powerlifting	Men’s Heavyweight	4 Aug
7	Bajrang Punia	Wrestling	Men’s Freestyle 65Kg	5 Aug
8	Sakshi Malik	Wrestling	Women’s Freestyle 62Kg	5 Aug
9	Deepak Punia	Wrestling	Men’s Freestyle 86Kg	5 Aug
10	Ravi Kumar Dahiya	Wrestling	Men’s Freestyle 57Kg	6 Aug
11	Vinesh Phogat	Wrestling	Women’s Freestyle 53Kg	6 Aug
12	Naveen Malik	Wrestling	Men’s Freestyle 74Kg	6 Aug
13	Bhavina Patel	Table Tennis	Women’s Singles C3–5	6 Aug
14	Nitu Ghanghas	Boxing	Women’s 48Kg	7 Aug
15	Amit Panghal	Boxing	Men’s 51Kg	7 Aug
16	Eldhose Paul	Athletics	Men’s Triple Jump	7 Aug
17	Nikhat Zareen	Boxing	Women’s 50Kg	7 Aug
18	a) Sharath Achanta b) Sreeja Akula	Table Tennis	Mixed Doubles	7 Aug
19	P. V. Sindhu	Badminton	Women’s Singles	8 Aug
20	Lakshya Sen	Badminton	Men’s Singles	8 Aug
21	a) Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj b) Rankireddy	Badminton	Men’s Doubles	8 Aug
22	Sharath Achanta	Table Tennis	Men’s Singles	8 Aug

Silver Medal Winners

No.	Athletic	Sports	Event	Date
1	Sanket Sargar	Weightlifting	Men’s 55Kg	30 Jul
2	Bindyarani Devi	Weightlifting	Women’s 55Kg	30 Jul
3	Shushila Likmabam	Judo	Women’s 48Kg	1 Aug
4	Vikas Thakur	Weightlifting	Men’s 96Kg	2 Aug
5	India Badminton Team a) Aakarshi Kashyap b) Ashwini Ponnappa c) B. Sumeeth Reddy d) Chirag Shetty e) Gayathri Gopichand f) Lakshya Sen g) P. V. Sindhu h) Rankireddy i) Satwiksairaj j) Srikanth Kidambi k) Treesa Jolly	Badminton	Mixed Team	2 Aug
6	Tulika Maan	Judo	Women’s +78Kg	3 Aug
7	Murali Sreeshankar	Athletics	Men’s Long Jump	4 Aug
8	Anshu Malik	Wrestling	Women’s Freestyle 57Kg	5 Aug
9	Priyanka Goswami	Athletics	Women’s 10,000m Walk	6 Aug
10	Avinash Sable	Athletics	Men’s 3000 m Steeplechase	6 Aug
11	a) Chandan Singh b) Dinesh Kumar c) Navneet Singh d) Sunil Bahadur	Lawn bowls	Men’s Fours	6 Aug
12	Abdulla Aboobacker	Athletics	Men’s Triple Jump	7 Aug
13	a) Sathiyan Gnanasekaran b) Sharath Achanta	Table tennis	Men’s Doubles	7 Aug
14	India Women’s Cricket Team a) Deepti Sharma b) Harleen Deol c) Harmanpreet Kaur d) Jemimah Rodrigues e) Meghna Singh f) Pooja Vastrakar g) Radha Yadav h) Rajeshwari Gayakwad i) Renuka Singh j) Sabbhineni Meghana k) Shafali Verma l) Smriti Mandhana m) Sneh Rana n) Taniya Bhatia o) Yastika Bhatia	Cricket	Women’s Cricket	7 Aug
15	Sagar Ahlawat	Boxing	Men’s +92 kg	7 Aug
16	India Men’s Hockey Team a) Abhishek b) Akashdeep Singh c) Amit Rohidas d) Gurjant Singh e) Hardik Singh f) Harmanpreet Singh g) Jarmanpreet Singh h) Jugraj Singh i) Krishan Pathak j) Lalit Upadhyay k) Mandeep Singh l) Manpreet Singh m) Nilakanta Sharma n) P. R. Sreejesh o) Shamsher Singh p) Surender Kumar q) Varun Kumar r) Vivek Prasad	Hockey	Men’s Tournament	8 Aug

Bronze Medal Winners

No.	Athletic	Sports	Event	Date
1	Gururaja Poojary	Weightlifting	Men’s 61Kg	30 Jul
2	Vijay Kumar Yadav	Judo	Men’s 60Kg	1 Aug
3	Harjinder Kaur	Weightlifting	Women’s 71Kg	1 Aug
4	Lovepreet Singh	Weightlifting	Men’s 109Kg	3 Aug
5	Saurav Ghosal	Squash	Men’s Singles	3 Aug
6	Gurdeep Singh	Weightlifting	Men’s +109Kg	3 Aug
7	Tejaswin Shankar	Athletics	Men’s High Jump	3 Aug
8	Divya Kakran	Wrestling	Women’s Freestyle 68Kg	5 Aug
9	Mohit Grewal	Wrestling	Men’s Freestyle 125Kg	5 Aug
10	Jaismine Lamboria	Boxing	Women’s Lightweight	6 Aug
11	Pooja Gehlot	Wrestling	Women’s Freestyle 50Kg	6 Aug
12	Pooja Sihag	Wrestling	Women’s Freestyle 76Kg	6 Aug
13	Mohammad Hussamuddin	Boxing	Men’s Featherweight	6 Aug
14	Deepak Nehra	Wrestling	Men’s Freestyle 97Kg	6 Aug
15	Sonalben Patel	Table Tennis	Women’s Singles C3–5	6 Aug
16	Rohit Tokas	Boxing	Men’s Welterweight	6 Aug
17	India Women’s Hockey Team a) Deep Grace Ekka b) Gurjit Kaur c) Jyoti d) Lalremsiami e) Monika Malik f) Navneet Kaur g) Neha Goyal h) Nikki Pradhan i) Nisha Warsi j) Rajani Etimarpu k) Salima Tete l) Sangita Kumari m) Savita Punia n) Sharmila Devi o) Sonika Tandi p) Sushila Chanu q) Udita Duhan r) Vandana Katariya	Hockey	Women’s Tournament	7 Aug
18	Sandeep Kumar	Athletics	Men’s 10,000 m Walk	7 Aug
19	Annu Rani	Athletics	Women’s Javelin Throw	7 Aug
20	a) Dipika Pallikal b) Saurav Ghosal	Squash	Mixed Doubles	7 Aug
21	Srikanth Kidambi	Badminton	Men’s Singles	7 Aug
22	a) Gayathri Gopichand b) Treesa Jolly	Badminton	Women’s Doubles	7 Aug
23	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Table Tennis	Men’s Singles	8 Aug

Medals By Sport

No.	Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Wrestling	6	1	5	12
2	Table tennis	4	1	2	7
3	Weightlifting	3	3	4	10
4	Boxing	3	1	3	7
5	Badminton	3	1	2	6
6	Athletics	1	4	3	8
7	Lawn Bowls	1	1	0	2
8	Para powerlifting	1	0	0	1
9	Judo	0	2	1	3
10	Hockey	0	1	1	2
11	Cricket	0	1	0	1
12	Squash	0	0	2	2
13	Total	22	16	23	61

Medals By Gender

No.	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Male	13	9	13	35
2	Female	8	6	9	23
3	Mixed	1	1	1	3
	Total	22	16	23	61

Medals By Date

Day	Date	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Day 1	29 Jul	0	0	0	0
Day 2	30 Jul	1	2	1	4
Day 3	31 Jul	2	0	0	2
Day 4	1 Aug	0	1	2	3
Day 5	2 Aug	2	2	0	4
Day 6	3 Aug	0	1	4	5
Day 7	4 Aug	1	1	0	2
Day 8	5 Aug	3	1	2	6
Day 9	6 Aug	4	3	7	14
Day 10	7 Aug	5	4	6	15
Day 11	8 Aug	4	1	1	6
	Total	22	16	23	61

MCQs On Commonwealth Games 2022

1. Where was Commonwealth Games held for the first time?
a) Canada
b) England
c) Australia
d) Wales

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2. When was Commonwealth Games held for the first time?
a) 1926
b) 1930
c) 1934
d) 1938

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3. Where were Commonwealth Games held in 2018?
a) Australia
b) Scotland
c) India
d) England

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4. Where was Commonwealth Games held in 2022?
a) Australia
b) Scotland
c) England
d) New Zealand

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5. Where will Commonwealth Games be held in 2026?
a) Australia
b) Scotland
c) Malaysia
d) New Zealand

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6. How many medals were won by Indian Men in the Commonwealth Games 2022?
a) 37 Medals
b) 35 Medals
c) 33 Medals
d) 31 Medals

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7. How many medals were won by Indian Women in the Commonwealth Games 2022?
a) 33 Medals
b) 27 Medals
c) 23 Medals
d) 19 Medals

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8. On which day did Indian players win the highest number of medals in the Commonwealth Games 2022?
a) 5^th August 2022
b) 6^th August 2022
c) 7^th August 2022
d) 8^th August 2022

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9. Who is the youngest Indian athlete to compete at the Commonwealth Games?
a) Murali Sreeshankar
b) Nitu Ghanghas
c) Jeremy Lalrinnunga
d) Anahat Singh

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10. In which sport India didn’t participate in the Commonwealth Games 2022?
a) Lawn Bowls
b) Judo
c) Triathlon
d) Netball

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