Commonwealth Games 2018: Complete list of Indian Winners
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Updated on: September 25th, 2023
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The Commonwealth Games is an international sporting event involving members of the commonwealth nations. This multi-sport event takes place every four years starting from 1930 and latest 2018 was held in Gold Coast, Australia. In this article, we will read Commonwealth Games 2018: Medal Table, Winners (Indian), Venues, Motto.
Commonwealth Games 2018: Complete List of Indian Winners
Commonwealth Games
- It is an international sporting event involving members of the commonwealth nations.
- This multi-sport event takes place every four years starting from 1930 and latest 2018 was held 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia.
- Commonwealth Games Federation is the body which oversees the games and controls the sporting programme along with decision making with regard to host cities.
Venues of Commonwealth Games
|
Commonwealth Games |
Year |
Host Country |
|
Commonwealth Games XIX |
2010 |
Delhi, India |
|
Commonwealth Games XX |
2014 |
Glasgow, Scotland |
|
Commonwealth Games XXI |
2018 |
Gold Coast, Australia |
|
Commonwealth Games XXII |
2022 |
Birmingham, England |
Commonwealth Games 2018
- The 2018 Commonwealth Games is the 21st edition of the multi-sport event Commonwealth Games.
- VENUE: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
- MAIN VENUE: Carrara Stadium
- MOTTO: SHARE THE DREAM
- EMBLEM: Silhouette of the Skyline and landscape of Gold Coast
- MASCOT: Borobi
- PERIOD: 4th April 2018 to 15th April 2018
- NUMBER OF NATIONS PARTICIPATED: 71
- NUMBER OF SPORTS: 19
- NUMBER OF EVENTS: 275
- OPENING CEREMONY: Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia
Flag Bearer- PV Sindhu - CLOSING CEREMONY
Flag Bearer- Mary Com - It is the first major multi-sport event which achieved GENDER EQUALITY by having an equal number of events for males and females.
Medal Tally
|
COUNTRY |
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
TOTAL |
RANK |
|
Australia |
80 |
59 |
59 |
198 |
1 |
|
England |
45 |
45 |
46 |
136 |
2 |
|
India |
26 |
20 |
20 |
66 |
3 |
|
Canada |
15 |
40 |
27 |
82 |
4 |
|
New Zealand |
15 |
16 |
15 |
46 |
5 |
Indian Winners of Commonwealth Games 2018
|
SPORT (total medals) |
EVENT |
CATEGORY |
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
|
ATHLETICS (3) |
Javelin Throw |
Men |
Neeraj Chopra |
— |
— |
|
Discus Throw |
Women |
— |
Seema Antil |
Navjeet Dhillon |
|
|
BADMINTON (6) |
Men’s Singles |
Men |
— |
Srikanth Kidambi |
— |
|
Women’s Singles |
Women |
Saina Nehwal |
P V Sindhu |
— |
|
|
Doubles |
Men |
— |
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy; Chirag Shetty |
— |
|
|
Doubles |
Women |
— |
— |
Ashwini Ponnappa; Sikki Reddy; |
|
|
Mixed Team |
Indian Crew |
— |
— |
||
|
BOXING (9) |
49 kg |
Men |
— |
Amit Phangal |
— |
|
52 kg |
Men |
Gaurav Solanki |
— |
— |
|
|
56 kg |
Men |
— |
— |
Hussamuddin Mohammed |
|
|
60kg |
Men |
— |
Manish Kaushik |
— |
|
|
69 kg |
Men |
— |
— |
Manoj Kumar |
|
|
75 kg |
Men |
Vikas Krishnan Yadav |
— |
— |
|
|
91 kg |
Men |
— |
— |
Naman Tanwar |
|
|
+91 kg |
Men |
— |
Satish Kumar |
— |
|
|
48 kg |
Women |
Mary Kom |
— |
— |
|
|
SHOOTING (16) |
10 m Air Pistol |
Men |
Jitu Rai |
— |
Om Prakash Mitharwal |
|
10m Air Rifle |
Men |
— |
— |
Ravi Kumar |
|
|
25 m Rapid Fire Pistol |
Men |
Anish Bhanwala |
— |
— |
|
|
50 m Pistol |
Men |
— |
— |
Om Prakash Mitharwal |
|
|
50 m Rifle three positions |
Men |
Sanjeev Rajput |
— |
— |
|
|
Double Trap |
Men |
— |
— |
Ankur Mittal |
|
|
10 m metre Air Pistol |
Women |
Manu Bhaker |
Heena Sidhu |
— |
|
|
10 m Air rifle |
Women |
— |
Mehuli Ghosh |
Apurvi Chandela |
|
|
25 m Pistol |
Women |
Heena Sidhu |
— |
— |
|
|
50 m Rifle Prone |
Women |
— |
Tejeswini Sawant |
— |
|
|
50 m Rifle 3 Positions |
Women |
Tejeswini Sawant |
Anjum Moudgil |
— |
|
|
Double Trap |
Women |
Shreyasi Singh |
— |
— |
|
|
SQUASH (2) |
Doubles |
Women |
— |
Joshna Chinnapa; Dipika Pallikal Karthik |
— |
|
Doubles |
Mixed |
— |
Dipika Pallikal Karthik; Saurav Ghosal |
|
|
|
TABLE TENNIS (8) |
Singles |
Men |
— |
— |
Sharath Achanta
|
|
Doubles |
Men |
— |
Sathiyan Gnanesekran; Sharath Achanta |
Harmeet Desai; Sanil Shankar Shetty |
|
|
Singles |
Women |
Manika Bhatra |
— |
— |
|
|
Doubles |
Women |
— |
Mouma Das; Manika Bhatra |
— |
|
|
Doubles |
Mixed |
— |
— |
Sathiyan Gnanesekran; Manika Bhatra |
|
|
Team |
Men |
India – Men |
— |
— |
|
|
Team |
Women |
India – Women |
— |
— |
|
|
WEIGHTLIFTING (9) |
56 kg |
Men |
— |
Gururaja Poojary |
— |
|
69 kg |
Men |
— |
— |
Deepak Lather |
|
|
77 kg |
Men |
Sathish Sivalingam |
— |
— |
|
|
85 kg |
Men |
Ragala Venkata Rahul |
— |
— |
|
|
94 kg |
Men |
— |
— |
Vikas Thakur |
|
|
105 kg |
Men |
— |
Pardeep Singh |
— |
|
|
48 kg |
Women |
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu |
— |
— |
|
|
53 kg |
Women |
Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu |
— |
— |
|
|
69 kg |
Women |
Punam Yadav |
— |
— |
|
|
POWERLIFTING (1) |
Heavyweight |
Men |
— |
— |
Sachin Chaudhary |
|
WRESTLING (12) |
57 kg |
Men’s Freestyle |
Rahul Aware |
— |
— |
|
65 kg |
Men’s Freestyle |
Bajrang Puniya |
— |
— |
|
|
74 kg |
Men’s Freestyle |
Sushil Kumar |
— |
— |
|
|
86 kg |
Men’s Freestyle |
— |
— |
Somveer |
|
|
97 kg |
Men’s Freestyle |
— |
Mausam Khatri |
— |
|
|
125 kg |
Men’s Freestyle |
Sumit Malik |
— |
— |
|
|
50kg |
Women’s Freestyle |
Vinesh Phogat |
— |
— |
|
|
53 kg |
Women’s Freestyle |
— |
Babita Kumari |
— |
|
|
57 kg |
Women’s Freestyle |
— |
Pooja Dhanda |
— |
|
|
62 kg |
Women’s Freestyle |
— |
— |
Sakshi Malik |
|
|
68 kg |
Women’s Freestyle |
— |
— |
Divya Kakran |
|
|
76 kg |
Women’s Freestyle |
— |
— |
Kiran Bishnoi |
Other Important Facts
- Saina Nehwal became the first Indian shuttler to have won two singles gold medals in badminton in Commonwealth Games.
- Shooter Anish Bhanwala (15-years) became India’s youngest gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games.
- Robert Pitcairn became the oldest athlete to debut at Gold Coast games 2018.
- Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win gold in Javelin Throw in Commonwealth Games.
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