2022 Commonwealth Games Overview
- The 2022 Commonwealth Games took place in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 08 August 2022.
- England hosted the Commonwealth Games for the third time, after London 1934 and Manchester 2002.
- It was the largest Commonwealth Games ever held, with 72 participating nations.
- Mascot : The official mascot for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games was Perry, a multi-coloured bull. Perry was designed by 10-year-old Emma Lou from Bolton.
- Top Nation: Australia finished the Games with highest number of medals, winning 178 medals, [67G; 57S; 54B].
- Host nation England finished second with 176 medals [57G; 66S; 53B].
- Canada was third with 92 medals [26G; 32S; 34B]
- India at 2022 CWG: Indian contingents finished the 2022 Commonwealth Games at fourth position with a total of 61 medals [22G; 16S; 23B].
- 2022 marked the 18th appearance of India at the Commonwealth Games.
- From India, overall 210 athletes took part comprising 106 men and 104 women, competing in 16 sports.
- The sports in which Indian contingents did not participate included 3×3 basketball, beach volleyball, netball and rugby sevens.
- Flagbearers from India:
- Indian Hockey player Manpreet Singh and badminton athlete P. V. Sindhu were the flagbearers at the opening ceremony.
- Indian Boxer Nikhat Zareen and table tennis legend Achanta Sharath Kamal served as the flagbearers at the closing ceremony.
- 14-year-old Squash player Anahat Singh was the youngest Indian athlete to compete at the Commonwealth Games.
- 45-year old Lawn Bowls player Sunil Bahadur was the oldest player in the contingent.
- Sanket Sargar won India’s first medal of the Games which was a silver in weightlifting.
- Weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won India’s first gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Top Countries by Medal
Sports-wise Total Medals won by India
List of medal-winning Indian athletes
Gold (22)
- Mirabai Chanu – Women’s 49kg (Weightlifting)
- Jeremy Lalrinnunga – Men’s 67kg (Weightlifting)
- Achinta Sheuli – Men’s 73kg (Weightlifting)
- Sudhir – Men’s heavyweight (para powerlifting)
- Rupa Rani Tirkey, Lovely Choubey, Pinki and Nayanmoni Saikia – Women’s Fours (Lawn Bowls)
- Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sharath Kamal, Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty – Men’s Team (Table Tennis)
- Achanta Sharath Kamal – men’s single (table tennis)
- Sharath Kamal and Sreeja Akula – Mixed Doubles Table Tennis
- Bhavina Patel – Women’s singles class 3-5 (para table tennis)
- Bajarang Punia – Men’s 65kg (Wrestling)
- Deepak Punia – Men’s 86kg (Wrestling)
- Sakshi Malik – Women’s 62kg Freestyle (Wrestling)
- Ravi Dahiya -Men’s 57 kg (Wrestling)
- Vinesh Phogat – Women’s 53kg (Wrestling)
- Naveen Kumar – Men’s 74 kg (Wrestling)
- Amit Panghal – men’s 51kg (Boxing)
- Nitu Ghang – women’s 48kg (Boxing)
- Nikhat Zareen – Women’s 50kg (Boxing)
- Eldhose Paul – Men’s triple jump
- P V Sindhu – Women’s single (Badminton)
- Lakshya Sen – Men’s single (badminton)
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty – Men’s double (badminton)
Silver (16)
- Sanket Mahadev Sargar – Men’s 55kg (Weightlifting)
- Bidyarani Devi – Women’s 55kg (Weightlifting)
- Likmabam Sushila Devi – Women’s 48kg (Judo)
- Vikas Thakur – Men’s 96kg (Weightlifting)
- Indian badminton mixed team
- Tulika Maan – Women’s 78kg (Judo)
- Murali Sreeshankar – Long Jump
- Anshu Malik – Women’s Freestyle 57kg (Wrestling)
- Avinash Sable – Men’s 3000 Steeplechase Racing (Athletics)
- Priyanka Goswami – Women’s 10,000m Racewalk (Athletics)
- Men’s lawn bowls team – (men’s fours)
- Abdullah Aboobacker – Men’s triple jump
- Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran – Men’s Double Table Tennis
- Indian women’s cricket team
- Sagar Ahlawat – Men’s 92+ Kg (Boxing)
- Indian Men’s Hockey Team
Bronze (23)
- Gururaja Poojary – Men’s 61kg (Weightlifting)
- Vijay Kumar Yadav – Men’s 60kg (Judo)
- Harjinder Kaur – Women’s 71kg (Weightlifting)
- Tejaswin Shankar – Men’s High Jump
- Lovepreet Singh – Men’s 109kg (Weightlifting)
- Gurdeep Singh – Men’s 109kg+ (Weightlifting)
- Saurav Ghosal – Men’s Single (Squash)
- Divya Kakran – women’s 68kg (Wrestling)
- Mohit Grewal – men’s 125kg (Wrestling)
- Pooja Gehlot – women’s 50 kg (Wrestling)
- Pooja Sihag – women’s 76 kg (Wrestling)
- Deepak Nehra- men’s 97kg (Wrestling)
- Jaismine Lamboria – women’s lightweight 60kg (Boxing)
- Rohit Tokas – Men’s 67kg Welterweight (Boxing)
- Mohammad Hussamuddin -Men’s 57kg Featherweight(Boxing)
- Sonalben Manubhai Patel – para table tennis
- Sandeep Kumar – Men’s 10 km Race Walk
- Annu Rani – Javelin Throw
- India women’s hockey team
- Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal – Squash Mixed Doubles
- Srikanth Kidambi – Men’s single (Badminton)
- Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand – women’s Badminton Doubles
- Sathiyan Gnanasekaran – Men’s single (Table Tennis)