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he 2014 Commonwealth Games (Officially the XX Commonwealth Games) were
held in Glasgow, Scotland, from 23rd July to 3rd August 2014. This is the 20th
edition of the Commonwealth Games. Here are some important details of
Commonwealth Games 2014. Happy Reading :)
Important points you should know about Commonwealth Games 2014
The Commonwealth Games 2014 officially opened by the British Queen
(Elizabeth II)
Famous cyclist Chris Hoy was Queen's baton runner in the Commonwealth
Games 2014.
The motto of Commonwealth Games 2014 is People, Place, Passion
Commonwealth Games opening ceremony held at Celtic Park.
England finished top of the medal table for the first time since the 1986
Commonwealth Games, also held in Scotland.
Kiribati (an island nation in the central tropical Pacific Ocean) 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 :
o Clyde, an anthropomorphic thistle named after the river
which flows through the centre of Glasgow, was the official
mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
o The Mascot was designed by Beth Gilmour, who won a
competiiton run by Glasgow 2014 for children to design the
mascot.
Medal s Tal l y
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 England 58 59 57 174
2 Australia 49 42 46 137
3 Canada 32 16 34 82
4 Scotland 19 15 19 53
5 India 15 30 19 64

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Indian Gol d Medal ist s
1. K. Sanjita Chanu :
o Discipline : Weightlifting
o Category : 48 kg Category
o Important Point to Note : First Gold winner of India in Commonwealth
Games 2014. From Manipur.
2. Sukhen Dey :
o Discipline : Weightlifting
o Category : 56 kg Category
o Important Point to Note : Silver in CWG 2010 in 56 kg category. From
West Bengal
3. Satish Sivalingam :
o Discipline : Weightlifting
o Category : 77 kg Category
o Important Point to Note : Created a games record with a total lift of 328
kg. From Tamilnadu
4. Yogeshwar Dutt :
o Discipline : Wrestling
o Category : 65kg Freestyle
o Important Point to Note : Gold in CWE 2010 and Bronze in Olympics
2012 in 60 kg free style. From Haryana.
5. Sushil Kumar :
o Discipline : Wrestling
o Category : 75kg Freestyle
o Important Point to Note : Gold in CWE 2010 and Silver in Olympics 2012
in 66 kg freestyle. From Delhi
6. Amit Kumar :
o Discipline : Wrestling
o Category : 57kg Freestyle
o Important Point to Note : 21 years old. From Haryana
7. Babita Kumari
o Discipline : Wrestling
o Category : 55kg Freestyle
o Important Point to Note : Silver in CWG 2010 in 51 kg freestyle. From
Haryana
8. Vinesh Phogat :
o Discipline : Wrestling
o Category : 48kg Freestyle
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o Important Point to Note : Youngest Indian wrestler, J ust 19 years old.
From Haryana
9. Jitu Rai
o Discipline : Shooting
o Category : 50m Pistol
o Important Point to Note : Born in Nepal from Lucknow, UP
10. Abhinav Bindra :
o Discipline : Shooting
o Category : 50m Pistol
o Important Point to Note : Silver in CWE 2010 and Gold in Beijing
Olympics 2008. From Punjab
11. Rahi Sarnobat :
o Discipline : Shooting
o Category : 25m Pistol
o Important Point to Note : Gold in CWE 2010. From Maharashtra
12. Apurvi Chandela :
o Discipline : Shooting
o Category : 10m Air Rife
o Important Point to Note : This is her first international medal. From
Rajasthan
13. Vikas Gowda
o Discipline : Athletics
o Category : Discus Throw
o Important Point to Note : First Indian man to win a field event Gold medal
at the Commonwealth Games. From Karnataka
14. Parupalli Kashyap
o Discipline : Badminton
o Category : Men's Single
o Important Point to Note : First Indian man in 32 years to win badminton
Gold at the Commonwealth Games. From Hyderabad
15. Dipilka Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa
o Discipline : Squash
o Category : Women's Doubles
o Important Point to Note : Created history by winning India's first ever
Gold medal in CWG Squash. From Tamilnadu


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Indian Sil ver and Br onze Medal ists
Event Silver Bronze
Athletics Seema Punia (Discus) Arpinder Singh (Triple
J ump)
Badminton Ashwini Ponnappa & J wala
Gutta
R. V. Gurusaidutt
P. V. Sindhu
Boxing Devendro Laishram
Laishram Sarita Devi
Mandeep J angra
Vinender Singh
Pinki Rani
Artistic
Gymnastics
Dipa Karmakar
Judo Navjot Chana
Sushila Likmabam
Kalpana Thoudam
Rajwinder Kaur
Powerlifting Rajinder Rahelu Sakina Khatun
Shooting Gagan Narang
Ayonika Paul
Anisha Sayyed
Gurpal Singh
Harpreet Singh
Malaika Goel
Prakash Nanjappa
Sanjeev Rajput
Shreasi Singh
Gagan Narang
Mohammed Asab
Lajja Gauswami
Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Table Tennis Anthony Amalraj & Sarath
Kamal

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Weightlifting M. Chanu Saikhom
Ravi Kumar Katulu
Santhoshi Matsa
Vikas Thakur
Chandrakant Mali
Ganesh Mali
Omkar Otari
Punam Yadav
Swati Singh
Wrestling Bajrang Kumar
Geetika J okhar
Lalita
Rajiv Tomar
Satyawart Kadian
Sakshi Malik
Navjot Kaur
Pawan Kumar
Hockey Mens Hockey Team

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