280 sessions across 11 days of Commonwealth Games 2022 came to end on August 8th. India finished its medal rush with 22 Gold Medals, 16 silver, and 23 bronze.
The final day of the Commonwealth Games 2022 came to an end with an emphatic performance. where India won three Gold medals. The closing ceremony was held at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.
Despite the absence of legendary players such as Mary Kom, Neeraj Chopra, Saina Nehwal, and Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Indian athletes outshined the likes of New Zealand and South Africa.The final day of the game, India witnessed six medal matches.
Gold medal winners for India in Commonwealth Games 2022
- Gold – PV Sindhu – Badminton Women’s Singles
- Gold – Lakshya Sen – Badminton Men’s Singles
- Gold – Nikhat Zareen – Boxing Women’s Light Flyweight
- Gold -Vinesh Phogat – Wrestling Women’s Freestyle 53kg
- Gold – Ravi Kumar Dahiya – Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 57kg
- Gold – Naveen – Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 74kg
- Gold – Sharath Kamal – Table Tennis men’s singles
- Gold – Nitu Ghanghas – Boxing Minimumweight
- Gold – Amit Panghal – Boxing Flyweight
- Gold – Bajrang Punia – Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 65kg
- Gold – Sakshi Malik – Wrestling Women’s Freestyle 62kg
- Gold – Deepak Punia – Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 86kg
- Gold – Mirabai Chanu – Weightlifting Women’s 49kg
- Gold – Jeremy Lalrinnunga – Weightlifting Men’s 67kg
- Gold – Achinta Sheuli – Weightlifting Men’s 73kg
- Gold – Lovely Choubey, Pinki, Nayanmoni Saikia, Rupa Rani Tirkey – Lawn Bowls Women’s Fours
- Gold – Sharath Kamal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Sanil Shetty – Table Tennis Men’s Team
- Gold – Sudhir – Para Powerlifting Men’s Heavyweight
- Gold – Bhavina Patel – Table Tennis Women’s Singles Classes 3-5
- Gold- Eldhose Paul- Men’s Triple Jump
- Gold – Sharath Kamal, Sreeja Akula – Table Tennis Mixed Team
- Gold – Satwik Sairaj Rankireddi and Chirag Shetty – Badminton men’s doubles
Silver medal winners for India in Commonwealth Games 2022
- Silver – Indian Women’s Cricket Team
- Silver – Anshu Malik – Wrestling Women’s Freestyle 57kg
- Silver – Murali Sreeshankar – Men’s Long Jump
- Silver – Kidambi Srikanth, Satwik Sairaj, Sumeeth Reddy, Lakshya Sen, Chirag Shetty, Treesa Jolly, Aakarshi Kashyap, Ashwini Ponappa, Gayatri Gopichand, PV Sindhu – Badminton Mixed Team
- Silver – Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan – Table Tennis Men’s Doubles
- Silver – Vikas Thakur – Weightlifting Men’s 96kg
- Silver – Shushila Devi Likmabam – Judo Women’s 48kg
- Silver – Bindyarani Devi – Weightlifting Women’s 55kg
- Silver – Tulika Maan – Judo Women’s +78kg
- Silver – Sanket Sargar – Weightlifting Men’s 55kg
- Silver – Avinash Sable – Men’s 3000m Steeplechase
- Silver – Priyanka Goswami – Women’s 10km Race Walk
- Silver – Dinesh Kumar, Chandan Kumar Singh, Sunil Bahadur, Navaneeth Singh – Lawn Bowls Men’s Fours
- Silver- Abdullah Aboobacker – Men’s Triple Jump
- Silver – Sagar Ahlawat – Boxing Men’s Super Heavyweight
- Silver – Indian men’s hockey team
Bronze medal winners for India in Commonwealth Games 2022
- Bronze – Gururaja Poojary – Weightlifting Men’s 61kg’
- Bronze – Vijay Kumar Yadav – Judo Men’s 60kg
- Bronze – Harjinder Kaur – Weightlifting Women’s 71kg
- Bronze – Lovepreet Singh – Weightlifting Men’s 109kg
- Bronze – Saurav Ghosal – Squash Men’s Singles
- Bronze – Gurdeep Singh – Weightlifting Men’s 109kg+
- Bronze – Tejaswin Shankar – Men’s High Jump
- Bronze – Divya Kakran – Wrestling Women’s 68kg
- Bronze – Mohit Grewal – Wrestling Men’s 125kg
- Bronze- Jaismine- Boxing Women’s Lightweight 60kg
- Bronze – Pooja Gehlot – Wrestling Freestyle Women’s 57=0kg
- Bronze – Pooja Sihag – Wrestling Freestyle Women’s 76kg
- Bronze – Hussamuddin – Men’s Boxing Featherweight
- Bronze – Deepak Nehra – Wrestling Freestyle Men’s 97kg
- Bronze – Sonalben Patel – Para Table Tennis Women’s Singles Classes 3-5
- Bronze – Rohit Tokas – Boxing Men’s Welterweight 67kg
- Bronze – Indian Women’s Hockey Team
- Bronze- Sandeep Kumar- Men’s 10,000m Race Walk
- Bronze – Annu Rani – Women’s Javelin Throw
- Bronze – Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Palikkal – Squash Mixed Doubles
- Bronze – Kidambi Srikanth – Badminton Men’s Singles
- Bronze – Gayathri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly – Badminton Women’s Doubles
- Bronze – G. Sathiyan – Table Tennis Men’s Singles
Commonwealth Games 2022: Indian medal winners by sport
Sport | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Weightlifting | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
Judo | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Lawn bowls | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Table Tennis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Badminton | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Squash | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Para Powerlifting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Athletics | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
Wrestling | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
Boxing | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Para Table Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Hockey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Cricket | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
TOTAL | 22 | 16 | 23 | 61 |
Commonwealth Games 2022 medals tally
Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Australia | 67 | 57 | 54 | 178 |
2 | England | 56 | 65 | 53 | 175 |
3 | Canada | 26 | 32 | 34 | 92 |
4 | India | 22 | 16 | 23 | 61 |
5 | New Zealand | 20 | 12 | 17 | 49 |
6 | Scotland | 13 | 11 | 27 | 51 |
7 | Nigeria | 12 | 9 | 14 | 35 |
8 | Wales | 8 | 6 | 14 | 28 |
9 | South Africa | 7 | 9 | 11 | 27 |
10 | Northern Ireland | 7 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
11 | Malaysia | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
12 | Jamaica | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
13 | Kenya | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 |
14 | Singapore | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
15 | Trinidad & Tobado | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
16 | Uganda | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
17 | Cyprus | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
18 | Pakistan | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
19 | Samoa | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
20 | Barbados | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
20 | Cameron | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
20 | Zambia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
23 | Grenada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
23 | The Bahamas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
25 | Bermuda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
26 | British Virgin Is. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
27 | Mauritius | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
28 | Ghana | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
29 | Fiji | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
30 | Mozambique | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
31 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
32 | Tanzania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
33 | Botswana | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
33 | Guernsey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
35 | Dominica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
35 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
35 | St Lucia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
35 | The Gambia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
39 | Namibia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
40 | Malta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
40 | Nauru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
40 | Niue | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
40 | Vanuatu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
What made Commonwealth Games 2022 special for India?
India created history by bagging her first-ever medal, and that too gold in Lawn Bowls Women’s fours team.
The Indian athletes had a remarkable journey, sprinting from the 7th to the 4th spot, and then getting back to the 5th spot, there had been ups and downs.
When is the next Commonwealth Games?
The next Commonwealth Games will be held in 2026 in Melbourne and the Victoria region of Australia. It would be Australia’s 6th appearance as a host from 1938.
Comparing Commonwealth Games 2022 to 2018
According to reports, the Union Youth Affairs & Sports Minister Anurag Thakur has commented on the country’s sports performance, stating that India is headed towards a ‘New India.’
Clearly, there was an improvement across the board by the Indian contingent. India’s medal tally could have surpassed the total count from 2018 if the shooting was part of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.