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India at 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne Australia >>


India ranked 4 with a total medal count of 50 at Melbourne, 2006.

Sports in which India scored were Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Hockey, Shooting, Table Tennis and Weight Lifting.

India bagged a total of 22 Gold, 17 Silver and 11 Bronze medals.

Sport wise 

Weight Lifting : 3 Gold, 5 Silver and 1 Bronze.
Table Tennis : 2 Gold and 1 Bronze
Shooting : 16 Gold, 7 Silver and 4 Bronze
Hockey : 1 Silver
Boxing : 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze
Badminton : 2 Bronze
Athletics : 2 Silver and 1 Bronze


Individual Records Breakup:

ANTIL Seema won Silver - Women's Discus Throw
JAYASEELAN Ranjith Kumar won Bronze - Men's Seated Discus Throw EAD
ANAND Chetan won Bronze - Men's Singles
KUMAR Akhil won Gold - Bantamweight 54 kg
VIJENDER won Silver - Welterweight 69 kg
SINGH Harpreet won Silver - Heavyweight 91 kg
KUMAR Jitender won Bronze - Flyweight 51 kg
JOHNSON Varghese won Bronze - Super Heavyweight +91 kg
NARANG Gagan won Gold each in - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions and Men's 10m Air Rifle
JUNG Anuja won Gold - Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
SAWANT Tejaswini won Gold - Women's 10m Air Rifle
JUNG Samaresh won Gold each in - Men's 50m Pistol and Men's 10m Air Pistol and 1 Bronze in Men's 25m Centre Fire Pistol
KUMAR Vijay won Gold - Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
RATHORE Rajyavardhan Singh won Gold - Men's Double Trap
BINDRA Abhinav won Silver and Bronze - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions and Men's 10m Air Rifle
SIDHU Avneet Kaur won Silver - Women's 10m Air Rifle
TAMANG Pemba won Silver - Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
SINGH Vivek won Silver - Men's 10m Air Pistol
RAJPUT Sanjeev won Bronze - Men's 50m Rifle Prone
SANDHU Manavjit Singh won Bronze - Men's Trap
ACHANTA Sharath won Gold - Men's Singles Table Tennis
RANI Geeta won Gold - Women's +75 kg Weightlifting
NAMEIRAKPAM Kunjarani Devi won Gold in Women's 48 kg Weightlifting
CHANU Yumnam won Gold in Women's 58 kg Weightlifting
BHUMRAH Simple Kaur won Silver in Women's +75 kg Weightlifting
BATTA Vicky won Silver in Men's 56 kg Weightlifting
MURUGESAN Arun won Silver in Men's 62 kg
DEVI Laishram Monika won Silver in Women's 69 kg
ASDULLAH Mohammed Zakir won Silver in Men's 77 kg
CHITRADURGA Sudhir Kumar won Bronze in Men's 69 kg



Top 20 of 2002 Commonwealth Games


India ranked 4 at the 2006 Games held in Melbourne, 15 - 26 March 2006

The Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi from 3 Oct 2010 to 14 Oct 2010



Sports competition in Athletics, Aquatics, Shooting, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Gymanistics, Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rugby, Squash, Tabletennis, Weight Lifting, Wrestling



Australia successfully hosted 2006 Commonwealth Games from 15 - 26 March 2006

India's Samaresh Jung declared as the winner of the David Dixon Award for the most outstanding athlete of the Commonwealth Games at Melbourne 2006.

The Commonwealth Games Federation flag was handed to Suresh Kalmadi, Chairman of the Organising Committee for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games

The closing ceremony of Melbourne 2006, included a super show by leading bollywood stars like Aishwarya Rai, Lara Datta and Rani Mukherjee




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