XIX Commonwealth Games 2010 Conclude

The 2010 Commonwealth Games which began on October 3,2010 came to a close on October 14, 2010 in New Delhi Around 7000 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nation and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium – the main stadium of the event. The final medal tally was led by Australia by grabbing 177 medals. The Host nation India gave its strongest and most splendid ever performance to emerge second in medal tally followed by England which was placed third in the tally. India eventually more than doubled its medals tally of the previous Games in Melbourne. India had finished fourth in 2002 and
2006.
Top 20 Medal Winners Countries:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Australia	74	55	48	177
India	38	27	36	101
England	37	59	46	142
Canada	26	17	32	75
South Africa	12	11	10	33
Kenya	12	11	9	32
Malaysia	12	10	13	35
Singapore	11	11	9	31
Nigeria	11	10	14	35
Scotland	9	10	7	26
New Zealand	6	22	8	36
Cyprus	4	3	5	12
Northern Ireland	3	3	4	10
Samoa	3	0	1	4
Wales	2	7	10	19
Jamaica	2	4	1	7
Pakistan	2	1	2	5
Uganda	2	0	0	2
Bahamas	1	1	3	5
Nauru	1	1	0	2

India’s Final Medal Tally Category-wise:

S.No	Sports	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Shooter	14	11	5	30
2	Wrestling	10	5	4	19
3	Archer	3	1	4	8
4	Weightlifting	2	2	4	8
5	Tennis	1	l	2	4
6	Athletics	2	3	7	12
7	Gymnastics	–	1	1	2
8	Table Tennis	1	1	3	5
9	Badminton	1	1	–	2
10	Boxing	3	–	4	7
11	Para-swimming	–	–	1	1
12	Hockey – m	–	1	–	1
13	Badminton	1	–	–	1
	Total	38	26	35	101

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