India_at_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games

India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation


India hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games which were held in Delhi from 3 to 14 October 2010. India won 101 medals in total, including 38 Gold medals, enabling it to finish the Games at second position behind Australia. For the first time in the history of the Games India won over 100 medals in total. For the first time in the history of the Games, India won a medal in Gymnastics, where Ashish Kumar won a Silver and a Bronze. And it was after a gap of 52 years that India won a Gold in Athletics when Krishna Poonia won Gold in Women's discus throw and when Geeta Phogat won India's first ever gold medal in women's wrestling.[2]

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Medalists

India won the most medals in their home games. India won 30 medals in shooting including 14 Gold medals and won 19 medals (10 are Gold medals) from wrestling out of all 21 participants.[3][4][5]

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Archery

India sent 12 archers to the 2010 commonwealth games Delhi.[6]

Men

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Women

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Athletics

116 Indian athletes took part in track and field and won twelve medals.[7]

Men's track

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Men's field

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Women's track

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Women's field

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Paralympic athletics

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Badminton

[8]

Men

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Women

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Mixed

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Boxing

India won seven medals including three gold medals.[9]

Men
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Diving

India selected a team to the Games:

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Women

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Gymnastics

India selected gymnasts to the Games.[10]

Men's artistic

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Women

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Rhythmic

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Field Hockey

Men

India has been drawn into Group A with Australia, Pakistan, Malaysia and Scotland.

Pool A

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First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 October 2010
 
 
 Australia6
 
14 October 2010
 
 New Zealand2
 
 Australia8
 
12 October 2010
 
 India0
 
 England3 (4)
 
 
 India3 (5)
 

Semi-finals

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Gold medal match

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Women

Pool A

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Lawn Bowls

Men
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Women
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Netball

22 members squad for 2010 Commonwealth Games has been declared.[11]

  • Megha Chaudhary
  • Prachi Tehlan (captain)
  • Ramandeep Kaur
  • Neha Bajaj
  • Priya Dahiya
  • Mainisha Rathore
  • Punam Kumari
  • Santosh Jakhar
  • Shireen Limaye
  • Kavitha Kavitha
  • Indu Panwar
  • Bobby Bobby
  • Padma Padma
  • Neha Lakhera
  • Neha Kansal
  • Amanjit Kaur
  • Rupinder Kaur
  • Deepali Sharma
  • Preeti Banchor
  • Kiranjit Kaur
  • Harminder Kaur
  • Leela H.S.

India is drawn in Pool A

Pool A

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  • Goal percentage (G%) = 100 × GF/GA. Accurate to one decimal place.
  • Teams that are highlighted after the completion of pool matches advance to the medal playoffs.

5 October
17:00 (IST)
Report Australia 113–18 India    Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Umpires: Jonathan Bredin, Dalton Hinds
Reserve umpire: Judith Groves
Cox Goals scored 27/28 (96%)
McMahon Goals scored 22/23 (96%)
Medhurst Goals scored 25/26 (96%)
Pratley Goals scored 39/42 (93%)
H. Kaur Goals scored 6/10 (60%)
K. Kaur Goals scored 7/8 (88%)
Tehlan Goals scored 5/5 (100%)

6 October
11:30 (IST)
Report Malawi 82–26 India    Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Umpires: Gary Burgess, Bobbi Brown
Reserve umpire: Dalton Hinds
Kumwenda Goals scored 47/53 (89%)
Magombo Goals scored 12/15 (80%)
Simtowe Goals scored 6/7 (86%)
Waya Goals scored 17/21 (81%)
Bajaj Goals scored 4/4 (100%)
H. Kaur Goals scored 5/9 (56%)
K. Kaur Goals scored 17/19 (89%)

7 October
11:30 (IST)
Trinidad and Tobago 77–26 India    Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Umpires: Anne Abraitis, Sylvester Campbell
Reserve umpire: Bobbi Brown
Barker Goals scored 46/47 (98%)
Cooper Goals scored 16/18 (89%)
Wallace Goals scored 15/18 (83%)
Bajaj Goals scored 10/13 (77%)
H. Kaur Goals scored 6/8 (75%)
K. Kaur Goals scored 4/8 (50%)
Tehlan Goals scored 6/8 (75%)

9 October
17:00 (IST)
India 26–69 Samoa    Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Umpires: Sharon Kelly, Rachael Ayre
Reserve umpire: Judith Groves
Chaudhary Goals scored 3/6 (50%)
H. Kaur Goals scored 3/7 (43%)
K. Kaur Goals scored 14/19 (74%)
Tehlan Goals scored 6/9 (67%)
Chang Goals scored 14/16 (88%)
Faasavalu Goals scored 9/12 (75%)
Fuimaono Goals scored 25/29 (86%)
Langi Goals scored 21/24 (88%)

10 October
11:00 (IST)
Jamaica 100–27 India    Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Umpires: Amanda Nottingham, Paula Ferguson
Reserve umpire: Rachael Ayre
R. Aiken Goals scored 40/42 (95%)
Forbes Goals scored 13/14 (93%)
Fowler Goals scored 38/41 (93%)
Griffiths Goals scored 9/12 (75%)
Chaudhary Goals scored 0/1 (0%)
H. Kaur Goals scored 8/12 (67%)
Tehlan Goals scored 19/23 (83%)

Rugby Sevens

Men

  • Nasser Hussain
  • Hrishikesh Pendse
  • Rohaan Sethna
  • Kayrus Unwala
  • Pritom Roy
  • Gautam Dagar
  • Deepak Dagar
  • Kamaldeep Dagar
  • Amit Lochab
  • Jagga Singh
  • Sailen Tudu
  • Thimmaiah Mandanda
  • Dinesh Kumar Ravi Kumar
  • Bikash Jena
  • Surinder Singh
  • Sukhdeep Singh
  • Rohit Sivach
  • Dalwinder Singh
  • Sujai Lama
  • Puneet Krishnamoorthy
  • Roshan Lobo

India is in Pool B

Group B

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11 October 2010
9:22 [12]
Wales 56–7 India
Delhi University, New Delhi

11 October 2010
12:06 [12]
South Africa 59–0 India
Delhi University, New Delhi

11 October 2010
15:32 [12]
Tonga 38–5 India
Delhi University, New Delhi

Shooting

India topped the medal table in shooting [citation needed]

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Women

Squash

India's squash team will consist of 10 athletes (5 men and 5 Women).

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Swimming

India's swimming team consisted of 20 swimmers.

Men

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Women

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Paralympic swimming

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Synchronized swimming

India competed in synchronized swimming at the 2010 Games.

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Table tennis

India's table tennis team consisted of 10 athletes and 4 reserves [13][14]

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Women

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Teams

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Tennis

India selected top stars such as Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi.

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Mixed

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Weightlifting

[15]

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Women

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Powerlifting

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Wrestling

Indian wrestling team consists of 21 wrestlers.[16][17]

Men's Freestyle

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References

  1. "CWG opening: Bindra to be flag bearer". India Today. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  2. "Info System". D2010results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. "CWG 2010 Medals Tally | Delhi Commonwealth Games". Cwg.ndtv.com. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  4. "The Times of India". Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. "Suranjoy, Manoj and Samota bag gold". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 14 October 2010. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010.
  6. Sir Andrew Foster (18 August 2010). "Badminton: Robertson to defend title as Ouseph aims to make his mark in Delhi – Commonwealth Games England". Weareengland.org. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  7. "Netball Federation Of India, Nfi". Netballindia.org. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  8. "RubaiSport". RubaiSport. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  9. "Commonwealth table tennis team named". CBC News. 16 September 2010.
  10. "Indian wrestling team for CWG games announced". IBN Live. 10 August 2010. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

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