Indians increased their tally in 1982 Commonwealth Games to 16 medals from previous 15. Weightlifting competed in the race of Indian tally, but India’s best since 1958 Commonwealth Games, Wrestling contributed the most medals again with 8 out of 16 medals. India won 5 Gold, 8 Silver, 3 Bronze. Syed Modi emulated Padukone with a Badminton Gold, Weightlifter packed a punch and Shooting squad announced arrival with first medals. Boxing was the fourth sport to earn a medal for India while Athletics failed to contribute.
Medal History of all Games
Indian Contingent and All Squads at 2018 Commonwealth Games
Gold
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Syed Modi (Men’s singles, Badminton)
Ram Chander Sarang (Light Flyweight, Wrestling)
Mahabir Singh (Flyweight, Wrestling)
Jagminder Singh (Lightweight, Wrestling)
Rajinder Singh (Welterweight, Wrestling)
Silver
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Mohinder Lal & Ashok Pandit (Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs, Shooting)
Grunadan Kambiah (Flyweight, Weightlifting)
Bijar Kumar Satpathy (Bantamweight, Weightlifting)
Tamil Selvin (Featherweight, Weightlifting)
Ashok Kumar (Bantamweight, Wrestling)
Kartar Singh (Light Heavyweight, Wrestling)
Satpal Singh (Heavyweight, Wrestling)
Rajinder Singh (Super Heavyweight, Wrestling)
Bronze
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Chenanda Machaiah (Welterweight, Boxing)
Sharad Cahuran & Ramakrishnan Vij (Rapid-Fire Pistol – Pairs, Shooting)
Jai Parkash Kangar (Middleweight, Wrestling)
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