Commonwealth Games 2022: India’s Medal Tally and Latest News

August 13, 2022

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The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games was a multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations held from 28 July to 8 August 2022 in Birmingham, England. It was officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games.

What are Commonwealth Games?

An international multi-sport event held quadrennially among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, the Commonwealth Games are sometimes referred to as the Friendly Games. Since 1930, the event has been held every four years, except in 1942 and 1946.

This glorious festival of sport aims to unite the Commonwealth family through the core values of humanity, equality, and destiny. Athletes compete in the spirit of friendship and fair play in this event, known as the ‘Friendly Games.’

Commonwealth Countries

An association of 56 former British colonies, the Commonwealth of Nations is simply known as the Commonwealth. In the Commonwealth, the Queen is the head of state. The member states have no legal obligations to one another. They are connected by their use of the English language and their shared history.

Also see: List of Commonwealth Countries

CWG 2022: Mascot

A multi-colored bull named Perry represents the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Perry is named after a district of Birmingham called Perry Barr, which houses the city’s main athletics stadium, Alexander Stadium, Perry Park. On launch, the bull was positively received by the public and has long been a symbol of Birmingham.

Image source: https://www.birmingham2022.com/news/2500044/official-mascot-reveal-meet-perry

Commonwealth Games 2022: India’s Medal Tally

The following is a list of Indian medal winners at the Commonwealth Games 2022. We have also mentioned the sport next to each medalist’s name.

No	Athlete/Team	Medal	Event	Sport
1	Sanket Sargar	Silver	Men’s 55kg	Weightlifting
2	Gururaja Poojary	Bronze	Men’s 61kg	Weightlifting
3	Mirabai Chanu	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

Category-wise Medal Winners

We have also provided the list of Indian medal winners at the Commonwealth Games 2022 according to the category they have won their medals in. Please take a look at them below.

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Commonwealth Games 2022 Total Medals Tally

Take a look at the total number of medals won by all the participating nations this year. Australia stood in first place with a total of 178 medals.

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 & Tobago	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

Commonwealth Games 2022: Trivia

India finished fourth in the Commonwealth Games 2022 with 61 medals, 22 gold medals, 16 silver medals, and 23 bronze medals.
A gold medal for India was won by Sudhir in para-sports at the CWG 2022.
At the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, more than 200 Indian athletes competed for medals in 16 different sports.
Over the last 80 years since India’s debut at the Commonwealth Games in 1934, it has won 503 medals.
The highest number of medals have been won in Shooting, i.e., 135.
Milkha Singh became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, winning the men’s 440-yard event in Cardiff in 1958.

This year saw India’s exceptional performance at the Commonwealth Games 2022. Team ixamBee extends their heartiest congratulations to all athletes who represented India.

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