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23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games 2026
23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games 2026
- The 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games is being held in Glasgow, Scotland over 10 days (23rd July -2nd August 2026), with participation from teams representing 74 nations and territories.
- Featured Sports: The 2026 edition features only 10 sports, nine fewer than Birmingham 2022. The events include athletics, swimming, 3×3 basketball, track cycling, weightlifting, bowls, artistic gymnastics, netball, boxing and judo.
- Indian Participation: India is participating with a 125-member contingent, including para-athletes.
- Indian athletes will compete in athletics, boxing, weightlifting, judo, artistic gymnastics, track cycling, bowls, swimming, and para-sports. India will not send teams for 3×3 basketball and netball.
- India’s Participation and Performance: India first participated in the Commonwealth Games in 1934. Its best-ever performance came at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where it won 101 medals.
Commonwealth Games
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CWG is the world’s second-largest multi-sport event after the Olympics, featuring athletes from 71 nations and territories, most of which are former British colonies.
- CWG was the brainchild of Canadian sportswriter Melville Marks Robinson.
- The idea of CWG originated from the 1911 Inter-Empire Championships in London, held during the Festival of Empire for King George V’s coronation.
- The first official CWG, then known as the British Empire Games, were held in 1930 with Canada’s Hamilton as hosts.
- Canadian athlete Gordon Smallacombe won the first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the triple jump.
- Since the first edition, the Games have been held every four years except in 1942 and 1946, and they were formally renamed the Commonwealth Games in 1978.
- Governing Body: Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) is responsible for the direction and control of the Games.
- India at CWG: India last hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2010 in New Delhi, and has won the bid to host the Centenary Commonwealth Games 2030, with Ahmedabad, Gujarat selected as the host city.
India Finishes Fourth in the Commonwealth Games Medal Table for 2026
With total 39 medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, India matched the total for the domestic team, Scotland. However, India secured fourth place because of more silver medals.
The final standings for the Olympic Games medal table for 2026 were as follows.
|
Rank
|
Country
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Total
|
|
1
|
Australia
|
70
|
45
|
56
|
171
|
|
2
|
England
|
29
|
45
|
36
|
110
|
|
3
|
Canada
|
19
|
20
|
23
|
62
|
|
4
|
India
|
13
|
17
|
9
|
39
|
|
5
|
Scotland
|
13
|
9
|
17
|
39
|
|
6
|
New Zealand
|
10
|
14
|
12
|
36
|
|
7
|
Nigeria
|
10
|
7
|
7
|
24
|
|
8
|
Jamaica
|
10
|
4
|
5
|
19
|
|
9
|
Wales
|
9
|
10
|
12
|
31
|
|
10
|
Malaysia
|
8
|
3
|
5
|
16
|
India’s Medal Tally by Sport
|
Sport
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Total
|
|
Boxing
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
10
|
|
Athletics
|
0
|
5
|
5
|
10
|
|
Weightlifting
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
8
|
|
Para Athletics
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
|
Judo
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
|
Para Powerlifting
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Total
|
13
|
17
|
9
|
39
|
Complete List of India’s Medal Winners
|
No.
|
Athlete
|
Sport
|
Event
|
Medal
|
|
1
|
Jhandu Kumar
|
Para Powerlifting
|
Men’s Heavyweight
|
Bronze
|
|
2
|
Rishikanta Singh
|
Weightlifting
|
Men’s 60kg
|
Silver
|
|
3
|
Mirabai Chanu
|
Weightlifting
|
Women’s 48kg
|
Gold
|
|
4
|
Muthupandi Raja
|
Weightlifting
|
Men’s 65kg
|
Silver
|
|
5
|
Gyaneshwari Yadav
|
Weightlifting
|
Women’s 53kg
|
Silver
|
|
6
|
Bindyarani Devi
|
Weightlifting
|
Women’s 58kg
|
Bronze
|
|
7
|
Sharmila Dhankar
|
Para Athletics
|
Women’s Shot Put F57
|
Gold
|
|
8
|
Sarvesh Kushare
|
Athletics
|
Men’s High Jump
|
Silver
|
|
9
|
Shilpa K Shyla
|
Para Athletics
|
Women’s Shot Put F57
|
Bronze
|
|
10
|
Valluri Ajaya Babu
|
Weightlifting
|
Men’s 79kg
|
Silver
|
|
11
|
Harjinder Kaur
|
Weightlifting
|
Women’s 69kg
|
Silver
|
|
12
|
Gulveer Singh
|
Athletics
|
Men’s 10,000m
|
Silver
|
|
13
|
Murali Sreeshankar
|
Athletics
|
Men’s Long Jump
|
Silver
|
|
14
|
Dilip Gavit
|
Para Athletics
|
Men’s 100m T47
|
Gold
|
|
15
|
Mohammed Basil
|
Para Athletics
|
Men’s 100m T47
|
Silver
|
|
16
|
Lovepreet Singh
|
Weightlifting
|
Men’s +110kg
|
Silver
|
|
17
|
Seema Kaliramna
|
Athletics
|
Women’s Discus Throw
|
Bronze
|
|
18
|
Asmita Dey
|
Judo
|
Women’s -48kg
|
Gold
|
|
19
|
Harsh Singh
|
Judo
|
Men’s -60kg
|
Gold
|
|
20
|
Yamini Mourya
|
Judo
|
Women’s -57kg
|
Silver
|
|
21
|
Tejaswin Shankar
|
Athletics
|
Men’s Decathlon
|
Bronze
|
|
22
|
Yash Vir Singh
|
Athletics
|
Men’s Javelin Throw
|
Bronze
|
|
23
|
Neeraj Chopra
|
Athletics
|
Men’s Javelin Throw
|
Silver
|
|
24
|
Preeti Pawar
|
Boxing
|
Women’s 54kg
|
Gold
|
|
25
|
Pravreen Chithravel
|
Athletics
|
Men’s Triple Jump
|
Silver
|
|
26
|
Selva Prabhu
|
Athletics
|
Men’s Triple Jump
|
Bronze
|
|
27
|
Jaismine Lamboria
|
Boxing
|
Women’s 57kg
|
Gold
|
|
28
|
Jadumani Singh
|
Boxing
|
Men’s 55kg
|
Silver
|
|
29
|
Shubham Juyal
|
Para Athletics
|
Men’s Shot Put F57
|
Silver
|
|
30
|
Soman Rana
|
Para Athletics
|
Men’s Shot Put F57
|
Gold
|
|
31
|
Unnati Sharma
|
Judo
|
Women’s -63kg
|
Bronze
|
|
32
|
Sakshi Chaudhary
|
Boxing
|
Women’s 51kg
|
Gold
|
|
33
|
Priya Ghanghas
|
Boxing
|
Women’s 60kg
|
Gold
|
|
34
|
Arundhati Choudhary
|
Boxing
|
Women’s 70kg
|
Gold
|
|
35
|
Lovlina Borgohain
|
Boxing
|
Women’s 75kg
|
Silver
|
|
36
|
Sachin Siwach
|
Boxing
|
Men’s 60kg
|
Gold
|
|
37
|
Ankush Panghal
|
Boxing
|
Men’s 80kg
|
Gold
|
|
38
|
Narender Berwal
|
Boxing
|
Men’s +90kg
|
Silver
|
|
39
|
Gulveer Singh
|
Athletics
|
Men’s 5,000m
|
Bronze
|
India’s Major Highlights
|
Category
|
Achievement
|
|
Overall Rank
|
4th
|
|
Total Medals
|
39
|
|
Most Successful Sport
|
Boxing (10 medals)
|
|
Most Gold Medals
|
Boxing (7 Gold)
|
|
Mirabai Chanu
|
First Indian woman to win three consecutive CWG gold medals
|
|
Asmita Dey
|
India’s first Commonwealth Games Judo Champion
|
|
Gulveer Singh
|
First Indian track & field athlete to win two individual medals at one CWG
|
|
Tejaswin Shankar
|
India’s first Commonwealth Games Decathlon medallist
|
|
Para Campaign
|
Best-ever performance with 7 medals
|
|
Neeraj Chopra
|
Returned to CWG with Silver after missing Birmingham 2022
|
Ahmedabad 2030: India Takes Over as Next Host
- The Glasgow 2026 Closing Ceremony concluded with the ceremonial handover of the Commonwealth Games flag to India.
- Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra
- IOA President P. T. Usha
- Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi
- The ceremony officially marked the beginning of India’s preparations for the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad, which will coincide with the centenary edition of the Games.
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