Commonwealth Games 2026: India finish fourth with 39 medals; Australia dominate with 171 tally
PTC News Desk: India finished its campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in fourth place on the medal table, winning 39 medals—13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze. Despite several of its traditional medal-winning sports being left out of the programme, India delivered an impressive performance.
Australia topped the standings with 171 medals, including 70 gold, followed by England with 110 and Canada with 62. India and hosts Scotland both ended with 39 medals, but India secured fourth place thanks to a higher silver-medal count.
With sports like shooting, badminton, wrestling, hockey and table tennis not included, India relied on strong performances in athletics, boxing, weightlifting, judo and para sports.
Athletics and para athletics were India's best-performing disciplines, bringing home 16 medals—three gold, eight silver and five bronze. Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra won silver in the men's javelin throw, while para athletes Dilip Mahadu Gavit, Sharmila and Soman Rana claimed gold medals. Gulveer Singh also impressed by winning silver in the men's 10,000m and bronze in the 5,000m.
Boxing was India's biggest source of gold medals, producing 10 medals overall—seven gold and three silver. Gold medallists included Ankush (80kg), Sachin (60kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Priya (60kg), Sakshi (51kg), Jaismine (57kg) and Preeti (54kg).
Weightlifting added nine medals, led by Olympic medallist Mirabai Chanu, who won gold in the women's 48kg category. The sport also contributed seven silver medals and one bronze.
Judo earned four medals, with Harsh Singh and Asmita Dey creating history by winning gold. Yamini Mourya secured silver, while Unnati Sharma took bronze.
India's final medal came in para powerlifting, where Jhandu Kumar won bronze in the men's heavyweight event.
- With inputs from agencies
