Commonwealth Games 2022: India Finish 4th With 61 Medals Including 22 Gold

It has been a remarkable final day for the Indian contingent at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. It won four gold medals, one silver and one bronze. With the final day heroics, India finished fourth in the medals tally with 61 medals comprising 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze.

From July 28 to August 8, nearly 200 Indian athletes competed for medals across 16 different sports at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.

At the last edition at Gold Coast 2018, Indian athletes won a total of 66 medals, 26 gold and 20 silver and 20 bronze to finish third overall, behind hosts Australia and England. However, shooting, which contributed 16 of the 66 medals at Gold oast 2018, was cut from the Commonwealth Games program for Birmingham 2022.

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In fact, 135 of India’s total tally of 564 medals at the Commonwealth Games have come in shooting – more than any other sport. This includes the 30 medals Indian shooters won during the 2010 New Delhi CWG – where India enjoyed their most successful Commonwealth Games in history, winning a total of 101 medals.

Tokyo Olympics javelin champion and world championships silver medallist Neeraj Chopra’s late withdrawal from CWG 2022 due to injury certainly left India one medal short.

In shooting and Neeraj Chopra’s absence, the onus was on the Indian wrestling contingent, featuring Olympic medallists Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Bajarang Punia and Sakshi Malik, and a strong badminton team, spearheaded by two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and world championships medallist Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen, to drive India up the medals table in Birmingham. The weightlifting team also carried the nation’s hopes.

At CWG 2022, Indian athletes won 61 medals, 22 golds, 16 silvers and 23 bronze, at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Sanket Sargar was the first Indian to win a medal in Birmingham, bagging a silver in the men’s 55kg weightlifting event. Mirabai Chanu was the first Indian to win a gold at CWG 2022 while Jeremy Lalrinnunga was the first Indian man to clinch top podium at Birmingham.

Sudhir won the first medal for India, a gold, in para sports at the CWG 2022. He became the champion in the para powerlifting men’s heavyweight category.

Indian medal winners at Commonwealth Games 2022

No	Athlete/Team	Medal	Event	Sport
1	Sanket Sargar	Silver	Men’s 55kg	Weightlifting
2	Gururaja Poojary	Bronze	Men’s 61kg	Weightlifting
3	Mirabai Chanbu	Gold	Women’s 49kg	Weightlifting
4	Bindyarani Devi	Silver	Women’s 55kg	Weightlifting
5	Jeremy Lalrinnunga	Gold	Men’s 67kg	Weightlifting
6	Achinta Sheuli	Gold	Men’s 73kg	Weightlifting
7	Sushila Devi Likmabam	Silver	Women’s 48kg	Judo
8	Vijay Kumar Yadav	Bronze	Men’s 60kg	Judo
9	Harjinder Kaur	Bronze	Women’s 71kg	Weightlifting
10	Indian women’s team	Gold	Women’s fours	Lawn bowls
11	Vikas Thakur	Silver	Men’s 96kg	Weightlifting
12	Indian men’s team	Gold	Men’s team	Table Tennis
13	Indian mixed team	Silver	Mixed team	Badminton
14	Lovepreet Singh	Bronze	Men’s 109kg	Weightlifting
15	Saurav Ghosal	Bronze	Men’s singles	Squash
16	Tulika Maan	Silver	Women’s +78kg	Judo
17	Gurdeep Singh	Bronze	Men’s +109kg	Weightlifting
18	Tejaswin Shankar	Bronze	Men’s high jump	Athletics
19	Murali Sreeshankar	Silver	Men’s long jump	Athletics
20	Sudhir	Gold	Men’s heavyweight	Para Powerlifting
21	Anshu Malik	Silver	Women’s 57kg freestyle	Wrestling
22	Bajrang Punia	Gold	Men’s 65kg freestyle	Wrestling
23	Sakshi Malik	Gold	Women’s 62kg freestyle	Wrestling
24	Deepak Punia	Gold	Men’s 86kg freestyle	Wrestling
25	Divya Kakran	Bronze	Women’s 68kg freestyle	Wrestling
26	Mohit Grewal	Bronze	Men’s 125kg freestyle	Wrestling
27	Priyanka Goswami	Silver	Women’s 10000m race walk	Athletics
28	Avinash Sable	Silver	Men’s 3000m steeplechase	Athletics
29	Indian men’s team	Silver	Men’s fours	Lawn Bowls
30	Jaismine Lamboria	Bronze	Women’s 60kg lightweight	Boxing
31	Pooja Gehlot	Bronze	Women’s 50kg freestyle	Wrestling
32	Ravi Kumar Dahiya	Gold	Men’s 57kg freestyle	Wrestling
33	Vinesh Phogat	Gold	Women’s 53kg freestyle	Wrestling
34	Naveen	Gold	Men’s 74kg freestyle	Wrestling
35	Pooja Sihag	Bronze	Women’s 76kg freestyle	Wrestling
36	Mohammad Hussamuddin	Bronze	Men’s 57kg featherweight	Boxing
37	Deepak Nehra	Bronze	Men’s 97kg freestyle	Wrestling
38	Rohit Tokas	Bronze	Men’s 67kg welterweight	Boxing
39	Sonalben Patel	Bronze	Women’s singles Classes 3-5	Para Table Tennis
40	Bhavina Patel	Bronze	Women’s singles classes 3-5	Para Table Tennis
41	Women’s hockey team	Bronze	Women’s hockey	Hockey
42	Nitu Ghangas	Gold	Women’s 48kg minimum weight	Boxing
43	Amit Panghal	Gold	Men’s 51kg flyweight	Boxing
44	Eldhose Paul	Gold	Men’s triple jump	Athletics
45	Abdulla Aboobacker	Silver	Men’s triple jump	Athletics
46	Sandeep Kumar	Bronze	Men’s 10000m race walk	Athletics
47	Annu Rani	Bronze	Women’s javelin throw	Athletics
48	Nikhat Zareen	Gold	Women’s 50kg light flyweight	Boxing
49	Sharath Kamal / G Sathiyan	Silver	Men’s doubles	Table Tennis
50	Dipika Pallikal / Saurav Ghosal	Bronze	Mixed doubles	Squash
51	Kidambi Srikanth	Bronze	Men’s singles	Badminton
52	Women’s cricket team	Silver	Women’s T20	Cricket
53	Sharath Kamal / Sreeja Akula	Gold	Mixed doubles	Table Tennis
54	Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand	Bronze	Women’s doubles	Badminton
55	Sagar Ahlawat	Silver	Men’s 92+kg super heavyweight	Boxing
56	PV Sindhu	Gold	Women’s singles	Badminton
57	Lakshya Sen	Gold	Men’s singles	Badminton
58	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	Bronze	Men’s singles	Table Tennis
59	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty	Gold	Men’s doubles	Badminton
60	Sharath Kamal	Gold	Men’s singles	Table Tennis
61	Men’s hockey team	Silver	Men’s hockey	Hockey