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Commonwealth Games Medal List India Year Wise Winning List

Commonwealth Games Medal List

The Commonwealth Games is organised from 1930, often referred to as the Friendly Games Multi games event, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, 72 Commonwealth nations. The event was first held in 1930, Ontario in Canada from 16–23 August 1930 and opened by Lord Willingdon and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 (cancelled due to World War II), have successively run every four years since.

Who was the founder of Commonwealth Games?

Founder of Commonwealth Games is Bobby Robinson.

What was the old name of Commonwealth Games?

The Old Name is The British Empire Games.

How many Games are in the Commonwealth Games?

The Commonwealth Games sports comprise all the sports officially recognised and approved by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Total all games is 20. There are a total of 16 core sports and a further 4 core para-sports that are competed at every games.

List of commonwealth game heads

SN	Name	Date of Birth	Term Stat	End	Duration	Death
1	George VI	14 December 1895	26/28 April 1949	6 February 1952	2 years, 284 days	6 February 1952
2	Elizabeth II	21 April 1926	6 February 1952	Incumbent	(In office)	Alive

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India at the Commonwealth Games

Year	Place	Athletes Participate	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Position
1930	Hamilton, Canada	did not participate
1934	London, England	5	0	0	1	1	12th
1938	Sydney, Australia		0	0	0	0	–
1942	Montreal Canada	Cancelled due to World War
1946	Cardiff, Wales	Cancelled due to World War
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	5	5	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	198	7	10	8	25	7th
2002	Manchester, England		30	22	17	69	4th
2006	Melbourne, Australia	198	22	17	11	50	4th
2010	New Delhi, India	495	38	27	36	101	2nd
2014	Glasgow, Scotland	215	15	30	19	64	5th
2018	Gold Coast, Australia	216	26	20	20	66	3rd
2022	Birmingham, England	208	22	16	23	61	4th
2026	Victoria, Australia	–	–	–	–	–	–
	Total		203	190	171	564	4th

Year Wise Medal Won

India’s Overall Medal Tally By Sport

SN	Name of Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Shooting	63	44	28	135
2	Wrestling	49	39	26	114
3	Weightlifting	46	51	36	133
4	Boxing	11	13	20	44
5	Badminton	10	8	13	31
6	Table tennis	10	5	13	28
7	Athletics	6	14	16	36
8	Archery	3	1	4	8
9	Hockey	1	4	1	6
10	Squash	1	2	2	5
11	Tennis	1	1	2	4
12	Lawn bowls	1	1	0	2
13	Powerlifting	1	0	1	2
14	Judo	0	5	6	11
15	Gymnastics	0	1	2	3
16	Cricket	0	1	0	1
17	Swimming	0	0	1	1
	Total	203	190	171	564