India_at_the_2002_Commonwealth_Games

India at the
2002 Commonwealth Games
India at the; 2002 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	IND
CGA	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
in Manchester, England
Flag bearers	Opening:; Closing:
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 30 Silver 22 Bronze 17 Total 69
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India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Sporting event delegation

India participated in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Notable among the players was the Indian women's hockey team. The team entered the finals after defeating the Australian women's national field hockey team.^[1] They went on to receive the gold after winning the final game against the English women's hockey team.^[2]^[3]^[4] This win also marked a comeback for Mir Ranjan Negi who coached the team. Negi's involvement and the gold inspired the successful 2007 Shahrukh Khan film about women's field hockey, Chak De India. ^[5]^[6]

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Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Pullela Gopichand	Men's Singles	Wojcikiewicz (CAN) W 3-0(7-0,7-1,7-1)	Hann (MAS) L 0-3(1-7,1-7,4-7)	did not advance
Nikhil Kanetkar		Seng (MAS) L 2-3(3-7,7-4,4-7,7-4,5-7)	did not advance
Abhinn Shyam Gupta		Haughton (ENG) W 3-0(8-6,7-5,7-3)	Vaughan (WAL) L 1-3(4-7,1-7,7-3,3-7)	did not advance
V. Diju Sanave Thomas	Men's doubles	—	Anthony Clark / Nathan Robertson (ENG) L 3-0(1-7,4-7,6-8)	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
B. R. Meenakshi	Women's Singles	Morgan (WAL) L 0-3(3-7,3-7,1-7)	did not advance
Trupti Murgunde		Ng (MAS) L 2-3(7-5,2-7,3-7,7-4,2-7)	did not advance
Aparna Popat		Amrita Sawaram (MRI) W 3-0(7-0,7-1,7-0)	Julien (CAN) W 3-0(7-1,7-0,7-0)	Hallam (ENG) L 0-3(3-7,3-7,1-7)	did not advance

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Qualification
New Zealand	7	3	2	1	0	8	4	+4	Semifinals
England	5	3	1	2	0	9	4	+5	Quarterfinals
India	4	3	1	1	1	3	4	-1	Quarterfinals
Canada	0	3	0	0	3	2	10	-8

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Samaresh Jung	Men's 10m air pistol	576	2	674.8
Jaspal Rana	Men's 10m air pistol	576	3	674.7
Abhinav Bindra	Men's 10m air rifle	590	1	691.4
Sameer Ambekar	Men's 10m air rifle	587	4	689.2	5

India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games