The Commonwealth Games is an international sporting event involving members of the

commonwealth nations. This multi-sport event takes place every four years starting from
1930 and latest 2018 was held in Gold Coast, Australia. In this article, we will read
"Commonwealth Games 2018: Medal Table, Winners (Indian), Venues, Motto".

Commonwealth Games 2018: Medal Table, Winners

(Indian), Venues, Motto
Commonwealth Games

• It is an international sporting event involving members of the commonwealth nations.

• This multi-sport event takes place every four years starting from 1930 and latest 2018
was held 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia.
• Commonwealth Games Federation is the body which oversees the games and controls
the sporting programme along with decision making with regard to host cities.

Venues of Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games Year Host Country

Commonwealth Games XIX 2010 Delhi, India
Commonwealth Games XX 2014 Glasgow, Scotland
Commonwealth Games XXI 2018 Gold Coast, Australia
Commonwealth Games XXII 2022 Birmingham, England

Commonwealth Games 2018

• The 2018 Commonwealth Games is the 21st edition of the multi-sport event
Commonwealth Games.
• VENUE: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
• MAIN VENUE: Carrara Stadium
• MOTTO: SHARE THE DREAM
• EMBLEM: Silhouette of the Skyline and landscape of Gold Coast
• MASCOT: Borobi
• PERIOD: 4th April 2018 to 15th April 2018
• NUMBER OF NATIONS PARTICIPATED: 71
• NUMBER OF SPORTS: 19
• NUMBER OF EVENTS: 275
• OPENING CEREMONY: Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia
Flag Bearer- PV Sindhu
• CLOSING CEREMONY
Flag Bearer- Mary Com
• It is the first major multi-sport event which achieved GENDER EQUALITY by
having an equal number of events for males and females.

Medal Tally
COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL RANK
Australia 80 59 59 198 1
England 45 45 46 136 2
India 26 20 20 66 3
Canada 15 40 27 82 4
New Zealand 15 16 15 46 5

WINNERS (INDIANS) of COMMONWEALTH GAMES, 2018

SPORT (total
EVENT CATEGORY GOLD SILVER BRONZE
medals)
Javelin Neeraj
Men -- --
Throw Chopra
ATHLETICS (3)
Discus Navjeet
Women -- Seema Antil
Throw Dhillon
Men’s Srikanth
Men -- --
Singles Kidambi
Women’s Saina
Women P V Sindhu --
Singles Nehwal
Satwiksairaj
Rankireddy;
Doubles Men -- --
BADMINTON (6) Chirag
Shetty
Ashwini
Doubles Women -- -- Ponnappa;
Sikki Reddy;
Indian
Mixed Team -- --
Crew
Amit
49 kg Men -- --
Phangal
Gaurav
52 kg Men -- --
Solanki
Hussamuddi
56 kg Men -- -- n
Mohammed
Manish
BOXING (9) 60kg Men -- --
Kaushik
Manoj
69 kg Men -- --
Kumar
Vikas
75 kg Men Krishnan -- --
Yadav
Naman
91 kg Men -- --
Tanwar
 Satish
+91 kg Men -- --
Kumar
Mary
48 kg Women -- --
Kom
10 m Air Om Prakash
Men Jitu Rai --
Pistol Mitharwal
10m Air
Men -- -- Ravi Kumar
Rifle
Anish
25 m Rapid
Men Bhanwal -- --
Fire Pistol
a
Om Prakash
50 m Pistol Men -- --
Mitharwal
50 m Rifle
Sanjeev
three Men -- --
Rajput
positions
SHOOTING (16) Double Trap Men -- -- Ankur Mittal
10 m metre Manu
Women Heena Sidhu --
Air Pistol Bhaker
10 m Air Mehuli Apurvi
Women --
rifle Ghosh Chandela
Heena
25 m Pistol Women -- --
Sidhu
50 m Rifle Tejeswini
Women -- --
Prone Sawant
50 m Rifle 3 Tejeswin Anjum
Women --
Positions i Sawant Moudgil
Shreyasi
Double Trap Women -- --
Singh
Joshna
Chinnapa;
Doubles Women -- Dipika --
Pallikal
Karthik
SQUASH (2)
Dipika
Pallikal
Doubles Mixed -- Karthik;
Saurav
Ghosal
Sharath
Achanta
Singles Men -- --
TABLE TENNIS
(8)
Sathiyan Harmeet
Doubles Men --
Gnanesekran Desai; Sanil
 ; Sharath Shankar
Achanta Shetty
Manika
Singles Women -- --
Bhatra
Mouma Das;
Doubles Women -- Manika --
Bhatra
Sathiyan
Gnanesekran
Doubles Mixed -- --
; Manika
Bhatra
India –
Team Men -- --
Men
India –
Team Women -- --
Women
Gururaja
56 kg Men -- --
Poojary
Deepak
69 kg Men -- --
Lather
Sathish
77 kg Men Sivalinga -- --
m
Ragala
85 kg Men Venkata -- --
Rahul
Vikas
WEIGHTLIFTIN 94 kg Men -- --
Thakur
G (9)
Pardeep
105 kg Men -- --
Singh
Saikhom
48 kg Women Mirabai -- --
Chanu
Khumuk
cham
53 kg Women -- --
Sanjita
Chanu
Punam
69 kg Women -- --
Yadav
POWERLIFTING Heavyweigh Sachin
Men -- --
(1) t Chaudhary
Rahul
57 kg Men’s Freestyle -- --
Aware
WRESTLING (12)
Bajrang
65 kg Men’s Freestyle -- --
Puniya
 Sushil
74 kg Men’s Freestyle -- --
Kumar
86 kg Men’s Freestyle -- -- Somveer
Mausam
97 kg Men’s Freestyle -- --
Khatri
Sumit
125 kg Men’s Freestyle -- --
Malik
Women’s Vinesh
50kg -- --
Freestyle Phogat
Women’s Babita
53 kg -- --
Freestyle Kumari
Women’s Pooja
57 kg -- --
Freestyle Dhanda
Women’s
62 kg -- -- Sakshi Malik
Freestyle
Women’s Divya
68 kg -- --
Freestyle Kakran
Women’s Kiran
76 kg -- --
Freestyle Bishnoi

Other Important Facts

• Saina Nehwal became the first Indian shuttler to have won two singles gold medals in
badminton in Commonwealth Games.
• Shooter Anish Bhanwala (15-years) became India's youngest gold medallist at the
Commonwealth Games.
• Robert Pitcairn became the oldest athlete to debut at Gold Coast games 2018.
• Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian to win gold in Javelin Throw in
Commonwealth Games.

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