CWG-2018: 21st Commonwealth Games(Gold Cost) ended on Sunday, April 15, 2018. Australia Got First Position with 198 Medals including 80 Gold, 59 Silver and 59 Bronze. England got 2nd position with 136 medals including 45 Gold, 45 Silver and 46 Bronze medals. India got third place with total haul of 66 medals – 26 Gold, 20 Silver, and 20 Bronze.
P Gururaja with a silver and Mirabai Chanu with gold on the first day starting and ennding with a gold for Saina Nehwal and silver for Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in badminton on Sunday, April 15, 2018.
India in CWG-2018 : Some Important Points
- Out of the total of 16 sports that India fielded athletes in at Gold Coast, medals were won in nine of them. Indian shooters raked in the most number of medals (16), followed by the wrestlers (12), the boxers and weightlifters (9 each).
- firsts for Indians at the Commonwealth Games. Neeraj Chopra became the first javelin thrower from India to win a gold at the Games.
- while Mary Kom also won a medal of the same colour in her first (and probably last) CWG.
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also became the first men’s doubles badminton pair from India to win a medal at the Games, while Manika Batra made the country take notice of her with four medals, including a gold in women’s singles.
- The shooters were the most successful among all athletes with a total of 16 medals, including 7 gold medals.
- The biggest success stories were Anish Bhanwala, Manu Bhaker and Mehuli Ghosh – three teenagers who delivered on their debut at the big stage.
- Anish Bhanwala, first Indian teenagers to win gold in commonwealth games at age of 15.
- Wrestlers Sushil Kumar’s completed his CWG hat-trick by winning Gold Medal.
- This was India’s 2nd most successful Games overseas, behind only Manchester, 2002.
- The 66 medals is also two medals more than Glasgow 2014
- In 2010 Commonwealth games India won 101 and games were hosted by India.
Complete List of all Indian 66 Medals Winners
CWG 2018: List of Indian Athletics Winners
Players |
Event |
Medal |
Remarks |
Neeraj Chopra |
Men’s Javelin Throw |
GOLD |
Season best in the final, First Javelin Winner of India |
Seema Punia |
Women’s Discus Throw |
SILVER |
|
Navjeet Dhillon |
Women’s Discus Throw |
BRONZE |
|
CWG 2018: List of Indian Badminton Winners
Players |
Event |
Medal |
Remarks |
Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth, Prannoy, Ruthvika, Ashwini, Sikki, Satwik, Pranaav, Chirag |
Mixed Team |
GOLD |
First ever GOLD for India in a badminton event at CWG |
Saina Nehwal |
Women’s Singles |
GOLD |
|
P V Sindhu |
Women’s Singles |
SILVER |
|
Kidmbai Srikanth |
Men’s singles |
SILVER |
|
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty |
Men’s doubles |
SILVER |
First CWG silver medal in men’s doubles badminton |
Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Reddy |
Women’s doubles |
BRONZE |
|
CWG 2018: List of Indian Boxing Winners
Players |
Event |
Medal |
Remarks |
Mary Kom |
Women’s 46-48 kg |
GOLD |
First CWG medal for Mary Kom |
Vikas Krishan |
Men’s 75 kg |
GOLD |
|
Gaurav Solanki |
Men’s 52 kg |
GOLD |
|
Satish Kumar |
Men’s 91 kg |
SILVER |
|
Amit Phangal |
Men’s 46-49 kg |
SILVER |
|
Manish Kaushik |
Men’s 60 kg |
SILVER |
|
Naman Tanwar |
Men’s 81 kg |
BRONZE |
|
Manoj Kumar |
Men’s 69 kg |
BRONZE |
|
Hussamuddin Muhammad |
Men’s 91 kg |
BRONZE |
|
CWG 2018: List of Indian Para Power-lifting Winners
Player |
Event |
MEDAL |
Remarks |
Sachin Chaudhary |
Men’s Heavyweight |
BRONZE |
Only para athlete to medal |
CWG 2018: List of Indian Shooting Winners
Player |
Event |
Medal |
Remarks |
Anish Bhanwala |
Men’s 25m rapid fire pistol |
GOLD |
Youngest ever Indian to win CWG medal, Games record |
Manu Bhaker |
Women’s 10m air pistol |
GOLD |
2nd youngest ever Indian to win CWG medal |
Shreyasi Singh |
Women’s double trap |
GOLD |
|
Jitu Rai |
Men’s 10m air pistol |
GOLD |
New Games Record |
Sanjeev Rajput |
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions |
GOLD |
New Games Record |
Tejaswini Sawant |
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions |
GOLD |
New Games Record |
Heena Sidhu |
Women’s 25m pistol |
GOLD |
New Games Record |
Mehuli Ghosh |
Women’s 10m air rifle |
SILVER |
Unforgettable 10.9 off her last shot to tie with the leader |
Heena Sidhu |
Women’s 10m air pistol |
SILVER |
|
Anjum Moudgil |
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions |
SILVER |
|
Tejaswini Sawant |
Women’s 50m Rifle prone |
SILVER |
Oldest medal winner for India at CWG 2018 |
Om Mitharval |
Men’s 10m air pistol |
BRONZE |
First double-medallist at the Games this year |
Om Mitharval |
Men’s 10m air pistol |
BRONZE |
|
Ravi Kumar |
Men’s 50m pistol |
BRONZE |
|
Ankur Mittal |
Men’s trap shooting |
BRONZE |
|
Apurvi Chandela |
Women’s 10m air rifle |
BRONZE |
|
CWG 2018: List of Indian Squash Winners
Players |
Event |
Medal |
Remark |
Dipika Pallikal / Saurav Ghosal |
Mixed doubles |
SILVER |
First mixed doubles medal in squash at CWG for India |
Dipika Pallikal / Joshna Chinappa |
Women’s doubles |
SILVER |
|
Table Tennis
Players |
Event |
Medal |
Remarks |
Manika, Mouma, Madhurika, Pooja, Sutirta |
Women’s team |
GOLD |
First ever GOLD that was not won by Singapore in this event |
Sathiyan, Sharath, Harmeet, Sanil, Amalraj |
Men’s team |
GOLD |
|
Manika Batra |
Women’s singles |
GOLD |
First Indian woman to win a singles medal |
Achanta Sharath Kamal /
Sathiyan G |
Men’s doubles |
SILVER |
|
Manika Batra / Mouma Das |
Women’s doubles |
SILVER |
First time an Indian pair entered women’s doubles final |
Harmeet Desai / Sanil Shetty |
Men’s doubles |
BRONZE |
|
Achanta Sharath Kamal |
Men’s singles |
BRONZE |
|
Manika Batra / Sathiyan G |
Mixed doubles |
BRONZE |
Medal in all events she participated im |
CWG 2018: List of Indian Weightlifting Winners
Player |
Category |
Medal |
Remarks |
Mirabai Chanu |
Women’s 48 kg |
GOLD |
Six clean lifts, six CWG records |
Sanjita Chanu |
Women’s 53 kg |
GOLD |
Games record in Snatch |
Satish Kumar Sivalingam |
Men’s 77 kg |
GOLD |
|
Venkat Ragul Ragala |
Men’s 85 kg |
GOLD |
|
Punam Yadav |
Women’s 69 kg |
GOLD |
|
Pardeep Singh |
Men’s 105 kg |
SILVER |
|
Gururaja P |
Men’s 56 kg |
SILVER |
First medal-winner at the Games for India |
Deepak Lather |
Men’s 69 kg |
BRONZE |
|
Vikas Thakur |
Men’s 94 kg |
BRONZE |
|
CWG 2018: List of Indian Wrestling Winners
Player |
Category (All Freestyle) |
Medal |
Remarks |
Sushil Kumar |
Men’s 74 kg |
GOLD |
Hat-trick of CWG golds |
Rahul Aware |
Men’s 57 kg |
GOLD |
|
Bajrang Punia |
Men’s 65 kg |
GOLD |
Didn’t concede a single point |
Sumit |
Men’s 125 kg |
GOLD |
|
Vinesh Phogat |
Women’s 50 kg |
GOLD |
|
Mausam Khatri |
Men’s 97 kg |
SILVER |
|
Babita Phogat |
Women’s 53 kg |
SILVER |
Hat-trick of CWG medals |
Pooja Dhanda |
Women’s 57 kg |
SILVER |
|
Somveer |
Men’s 86 kg |
BRONZE |
|
Sakshi Malik |
Women’s 62 kg |
BRONZE |
|
Divya Kakran |
Women’s 68 kg |
BRONZE |
|
Kiran |
Women’s 76 kg |
BRONZE |
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