Commonwealth Games Winner List 2014

The 2014 Commonwealth Games (officially the XX Commonwealth Games) were held in

Glasgow, Scotland, from 23 July to 3 August 2014. This is the 20th edition of the

Commonwealth Games.

The motto of Commonwealth Games 2014 is People, Place, Passion.

Scotland has previously hosted the event twice, in 1970 and 1986, both in Edinburgh.

England finished top of the medal table for the first time since the 1986 Commonwealth

Games, also held in Scotland.

Kiribati also won its first ever medal at a Commonwealth Games, a gold in the 105 kg men's

weightlifting competition.There are 71 participating nations at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

with approximately 4,950 competing athletes, making it one of the largest Commonwealth

Games staged to date.

Mascot:

Clyde, an anthropomorphic thistle named after the river which flows through the centre of

Glasgow, was the official mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The mascot was designed by Beth Gilmour, who won a competition run by Glasgow 2014 for

children to design the Mascot.

Medal Tally:

Rank Nation Gold Silver

Bronze Total

England 58 59 57 174

Australia 49 42 46 137

Canada 32 16 34 82

Scotland 19 15 19 53

India 15 30 19 64

India in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland

India who had finished second in the 2010 Commonwealth Games with an overall tally of 101

medals (38 gold, 27 silver & 36 bronze medals), managed only 64 medals at the 2014

Commonwealth Games – with the medals tally comprising 15 gold, 30 silver and 19 bronze.

India kept occupying fifth spot on the medals table.

This was third highest medal haul after 2010 Delhi CWG (101 medals) and 2002 Manchester

CWG (69 medals).

On closing ceremony, the Indian contingent’s flag bearer was Seema Punia, who won Silver in

women's discus throw. While, the torch bearer in the opening ceremony was ace shooter Vijay

Kumar, the 2012 London Olympics Silver medalist.

Here is the list of 15 Gold medal winners who made the country proud.

Weightlifting

1. K Sanjita Chanu: In Women’s weightlifting 48 kg category K Sanjita Chanu with a total

lift of 173 kg won the prized gold medal.

Note: Sanjita Chanu wins India’s first Gold medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games.

2. Sukhen Dey: Sukhen Dey in Men’s weightlifting 56 kg category claimed gold medal by

lifting a total of 248 kg.

3. Satish Sivalingam: 77 kg Satish Sivalingam created a games record with a total lift of

328 kg to claim gold medal while Ravi Katulu lifted total of 317 kg to win silver medal.

Wrestling

4. Sushil Kumar: In Men’s wrestling, 75kg freestyle Sushil Kumar defeated Qamar Abbas of

Pakistan what turned out to be a lopsided event. In just 107 minutes Sushil trounced his opponent

to take home gold.

5.Yogeshwar Dutt: In Men’s wrestling, 65 kg freestyle Yogeshwar Dutt brought laurels to the

country by clinching gold medal after defeating Canada’s Jevon Balfour in the final.

6. Amit Kumar: Nigerian Ebikweminomo Welson was Amit Kumar’s opponent in the final of

Men’s wrestling, 57kg freestyle. Amit defeated Welson 3-1 to claim the gold medal.

7. Babita Kumari: In Women’s wrestling; 55 kg freestyle Babita Kumari completely dominated

the proceedings over Canada’s Brittanee Laverdure and defeated her 9-2 in the finals for the

coveted gold medal.

8. Vinesh Phogat: In Women’s wrestling, 48kg freestyle youngster Vinesh Phogat who is just

19 years old defeated Yana Rattigan of England by 11-8 to be part of the glorious 15.

Shooting

9. Abhinav Bindra: In Men’s 10m Air Rifleformer Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra

claimed his first individual gold at the commonwealth Games when he finished witha final

games record score of 205.3.

10. Jitu Rai: In Men’s shooting, 50 m Pistol Jitu Rai who set finals games record gathering a

total of 194.1 points won gold for his country. Gurpal Singh with 187.2 points settled with silver

in this category.

11. Rahi Sarnobat: It was an all-Indian affair in the final of Women’s shooting 25 m Pistol

event as Rahi Sarnobat defeated Anisa Sayyed to clinch the gold medal.

12. Apurvi Chandela: In Women’s shooting, 10 m Air Rifle rising star Apurvi Chandela

claimed her first international medal. Apurvi triumphed over her compatriot Ayonika Paul to win

the gold medal.

Athletics

13. Vikas Gowda: After winning the gold medal In Men’s discus throw Vikas Gowda became

the first Indian man to win a field event gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. Gowda threw

the discus to 63.64m to clinch the gold medal.

Note: Vikas Gowda became the first Indian man to win a field event gold medal at the

Commonwealth Games

Squash

14. Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa: In Women’s doubles finals the pair of Dipika

Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa defeated England’s Jenny Duncalf and Laura Massaro 11-6, 11-8

in straight sets.

Note: The pair gave India their first squash medal in the Commonwealth Games.

Badminton

15. Parupalli Kashyap: On last day of the Commonwealth Games Parupalli Kashyap in Men’s

Badminton final defeated Singapore’s Derek Wong 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 to clinch the gold.

Note: Parupalli Kashyap became the first Indian man in 32 years to win badminton gold at the

Games.

Important Points:

1. Vijay Kumar is the flag bearer for Indian contingent at the opening ceremony of the

Commonwealth Games

2. Sanjita Chanu wins India’s first Gold medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games.

3. Vikas Gowda became India's only second male athlete to win a gold at the

Commonwealth Games after the legendary Milkha Singh won the 440 yard gold way

back in 1958 at Cardiff.

4. Parupalli Kashyap became the first Indian man in 32 years to win badminton gold at the

Games.

5. Dipa Karmakar scripts history, wins first gymnastic medal for India at

Commonwealth Games. She bagged a bronze in the vault event.

6. Pinki Rani bags first medal in Boxing. She won bronze medal.

7. England finished top of the medal table at Commonwealth Games for the first time in

28 years.

8. The first Commonwealth Games was hosted by Hamilton, Canada, in 1930 and

known as the British Empire Games.

9. The 21st Commonwealth Games will be held in Gold Coast in Australia in 2018.

10. Australia has hosted the Commonwealth Games on a record four occasions, and will

make it five when Gold Coast hosts the event in 2018.

Medal Wise Report

Gold:

• Sanjita Khumukchan: women's 48 kg weightlifting

• Sukhen Dey: men's 56 kg weightlifting

• Abhinav Bindra: men's 10 metre air rifle shooting

• Apurvi Chandela: women's 10 metre air rifle shooting

• Rahi Sarnobat: women's 25 metre pistol shooting

• Satish Sivalingam: men's 77 kg weightlifting

• Jitu Rai: men's 50 metre pistol shooting

• Amit Kumar: men's freestyle 57 kg wrestling

• Vinesh Phogat: women's freestyle 48 kg wrestling

• Sushil Kumar: men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling

• Babita Kumari: women's freestyle 55 kg wrestling

• Yogeshwar Dutt: men's freestyle 65 kg wrestling

• Vikas Gowda: men's discus throw athletics

• Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa: women's doubles squash

• Parupalli Kashyap: men's singles badminton

Silver:

• Mirabai Chanu Saikhom: women's 48 kg weightlifting

• Shushila Likmabam: women's 48 kg judo

• Navjot Chana: men's 60 kg judo

• Malaika Goel: women's 10 metre air pistol shooting

• Santoshi Matsa: women's 53 kg weightlifting

• Prakash Nanjappa: men's 10 metre air pistol shooting

• Ayonika Paul: women's 10 metre air rifle shooting

• Anisa Sayyed: women's 25 metre pistol shooting

• Shreyasi Singh: women's double trap shooting

• Ravi Katulu: men's 77 kg weightlifting

• Gurpal Singh: men's 50 metre pistol shooting

• Gagan Narang: men's 50 metre rifle prone shooting

• Vikas Thakur: men's 85 kg weightlifting

• Harpreet Singh: men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol shooting

• Sanjeev Rajput: men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting

• Rajeev Tomar: men's freestyle 125 kg wrestling

• Lalita: women's freestyle 53 kg wrestling

• Bajrang: men's freestyle 61 kg wrestling

• Sakshi Malik: women's freestyle 58 kg wrestling

• Satywart Kadian: men's freestyle 97 kg wrestling

• Geetika Jakhar: women's freestyle 63 kg wrestling

• Seema Punia: women's discus throw athletics

• Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj: men's doubles table tennis

• L Sarita Devi: women's 57-60 kg boxing

• L Devendro Singh: men's 49 kg boxing

• Mandeep Jangra: men's 69 kg boxing

• Rajinder Rahelu: men's heavyweight powerlifting

• Vijender Singh: men's 75 kg boxing

• India: men's hockey

• Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa: women's doubles badminton

Bronze:

• Ganesh Mali: men's 56 kg weightlifting

• Kalpana Thoudam: women's 52 kg judo

• Swati Singh: women's 53 kg weightlifting

• Rajwinder Kaur: women's +78 kg judo

• Omkar Otari: men's 69 kg weightlifting

• Mohammed Asab: men's double trap shooting

• Punam Yadav: women's 63 kg weightlifting

• Manavjit Sandhu: men's trap shooting

• Gagan Narang: men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting

• Lajja Gauswami: women's 50 metre rifle 3 positions shooting

• Chandrakant Mali: men's 94 kg weightlifting

• Navjot Kaur: women's freestyle 69 kg wrestling

• Dipa Karmakar: women's vault gymnastics artistic

• Pawan Kumar: men's freestyle 86 kg wrestling

• Pinki Jangra: women's 48-51 kg boxing

• Sakina Khatun: women's lightweight powerlifting

• P.V. Sindhu: women's singles badminton

• R.M.V. Gurusaidutt: men's singles badminton

• Arpinder Singh: men's triple jump athletics

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