India concluded its campaign at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with 39 medals, finishing fourth in the overall medal tally after 11 days of competition. The Indian contingent returned home with 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze medals despite the absence of several sports including wrestling, shooting, badminton and cricket. A total of 122 Indian athletes competed in Glasgow and 38 of them finished on the podium with Gulveer Singh being the only athlete to win multiple medals. India enjoyed huge success in boxing where they won ten medals including seven gold. The final medal tally was lower than the 61 medals won in Birmingham back in 2022 but this is due to the truncated event this time around.
Considering all these factors India have had a successful campaign finishing fourth in the medals tally behind Australia, England and Canada. Tejaswin Shankar became the first Indian to win a Commonwealth Games medal in the decathlon despite competing with an injury. Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra secured silver in the javelin, while debutant Yash Vir Singh claimed bronze to complete a double podium finish for India. Gulveer Singh was the only Indian athlete to win multiple medals during the Games, and Mirabai Chanu added another chapter to her remarkable career by winning a third straight Commonwealth Games gold in weightlifting.
|
Sport |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|
Boxing |
7 |
3 |
0 |
10 |
|
Para Athletics |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
|
Judo |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
Weightlifting |
1 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
|
Athletics |
0 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
|
Powerlifting |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
13 |
17 |
9 |
39 |
India's boxing team shines with 10 medals at CWG 2026
The Indian boxers produced their best-ever Commonwealth Games performance by winning 10 medals, including seven golds. Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria, Sakshi Chaudhary, Priya Ghanghas, Arundhati Choudhary, Sachin Siwach and Ankush Panghal won Gold medals while Jadumani Singh, Lovlina Borgohain and Narender Berwal settled for silver. India had sent 14 boxers to the Commonwealth Games, and 10 of them won medals. This was the best event for India as they won more than half of their gold medals in boxing and it played a huge role in the fourth-place finish.
Athletics also delivered a good campaign for India, matching boxing's medal tally with 10 medals. India sent 32 athletes in athletics this time around and won five gold medals. Judo also enjoyed its best-ever outing with five medals, including two golds. These performances will encourage India going forward keeping in mind the next event will be held at home. As per reports there will also be 15 sports in the next edition which will be hosted by Ahmedabad which is five more than the number of events in Glasgow.
