India at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

India at the
1982 Commonwealth Games
CG codeIND
CGAIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Competitors52 in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
5
Silver
8
Bronze
3
Total
16
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

India competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. It was the country's ninth appearance at the Commonwealth Games since making its debut at the 1934 British Empire Games.

The Indian contingent consisted of 52 athletes competing across seven sports. India won a total of sixteen medals, comprising five gold, eight silver and three bronze medals, to finish sixth in the overall medal table.

Medalists

India won sixteen medals, including five gold, eight silver and three bronze medals, to finish sixth in the overall medal table.[1] Wrestling was India's most successful sport, contributing nine medals, while weightlifting added three medals. India also won its first-ever Commonwealth Games medals in shooting, securing one silver and one bronze medal.[2][3]

Medal Name Sport Event
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Syed Modi Badminton Men's singles
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Ramchandra Sarang Wrestling Light flyweight 48 kg
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Mahabir Singh Wrestling Flyweight 52 kg
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Jagminder Singh Wrestling Lightweight 68 kg
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Rajinder Singh Wrestling Welterweight 74 kg
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Ashok Pandit
Mohinder Lal		 Shooting 25 m centre-fire pistol pairs
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Gurunadan Kombiah Weightlifting Flyweight 52 kg
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Bijay Kumar Satpathy Weightlifting Bantamweight 56 kg
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Muniswamy Tamil Selvan Weightlifting Featherweight 60 kg
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Ashok Kumar Wrestling Bantamweight 57 kg
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Kartar Singh Wrestling Light Heavyweight 90 kg
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Satpal Singh Wrestling Heavyweight 100 kg
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Rajinder Singh Wrestling Super Heavyweight +100 kg
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Chenanda Machaiah Boxing Welterweight 67 kg
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Rajinder Kumar Vij
Sharad Chauhan		 Shooting 25m rapid-fire pistol pairs
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Jai Prakash Kangar Wrestling Middleweight 82 kg

Competitors

The Indian contingent consisted of 52 athletes competing across seven sports.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 1 3
Badminton 4 3 7
Boxing 6 N/a 6
Shooting 8 N/a 8
Swimming 4 4 8
Weightlifting 10 N/a 10
Wrestling 10 N/a 10
Total 44 8 52

Athletics

India was represented by four athletes in athletics.[2]

Track

Athlete Event Time Rank
Raj Kumar Men's 5000 metres 13:46.40 10
Siri Chand Ram Men's 30 km walk DNF

Field

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Alapurackal Mathews Women's long jump 6.23 m 4 q DNS
Legend
  • q – Qualified for the next round

Badminton

India won one gold medal in badminton at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, with Syed Modi winning the men's singles title.[2][3]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Syed Modi Men's singles  Chan (HKG)
W 15–5, 15–1		  Priestman (CAN)
W 15–7, 15–9		  Yates (ENG)
W 7–15, 15–6, 15–5		  Sidek (MAS)
W 15–8, 15–2		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pradeep Gandhe  Hamilton (SCO)
W 15–4, 4–15, 15–11		  Priestman (CAN)
L 15–18, 4–11		 Did not advance
Vikram Singh Did not advance
Ami Ghia Women's singles  Sinton (NZL)
W 12–10, 11–8		  Clark (ENG)
L 5–11, 11–6, 3–11		 Did not advance
Amita Kulkarni  Youngberg (CAN)
W 0–11, 11–4, 11–5		  Beckman (ENG)
L 11–8, 8–11, 2–11
Leroy D'Sa
Pradeep Gandhe		 Men's doubles N/a  Tryon / Johnson (CAN)
L 3–15, 13–15
Ami Ghia
Kanwal Thakur Singh		 Women's doubles  Wong / Chan (HKG)
W 15–8, 15–2		  Clark / Beckman (ENG)
L 17–18, 12–15		  Chapman / Podger (ENG)
L 10–15, 15–6, 5–15		 4
Legend
  • W – Win; L – Loss

Boxing

India competed in five boxing events at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. Chenanda Machaiah won the bronze medal in the welterweight division.[2][3]

Athlete Event Preliminary Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Birender Singh Thapa Light-flyweight 48 kg Bye  Wachire (KEN)
L VPO		 Did not advance
Isaac Amaldas Flyweight 51 kg N/a  Musankabala (ZAM)
L VPO
Ganapathy Mandharan Bantamweight 54 kg  Ouma (KEN)
L VPO		 Did not advance
Mariam Xavier Featherweight 57 kg  Duff (NIR)
W VPO		  Kabunda (ZAM)
L VPO		 Did not advance
Chenanda Machaiah Welterweight 67 kg  Amarboye (GHA)
W KO 2		  Njunwa (TAN)
W VPO		  Mukobe (ZAM)
L VPO		 Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kaur Singh Heavyweight +81 kg N/a  Hylton (ENG)
L VPO		 Did not advance
Legend
  • W – Win; L – Loss;
  • VPO – Victory by points
  • KO – Knockout
  • WO – Walkover

Shooting

India competed in 12 shooting events at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. Ashok Pandit and Mohinder Lal won the silver medal in the 25 m centre-fire pistol pairs event, while Rajinder Kumar Vij and Sharad Chauhan won the bronze medal in the 25 m rapid-fire pistol pairs event.[2][3]

Athlete Event Score Rank
Sharad Chauhan 10 m air pistol 564 6
Mohinder Lal 548 17
Sharad Chauhan
Mohinder Lal		 10 m air pistol pairs 1103 8
Bhagirath Samai 10 m air rifle 523 15
Ramesh Kusale 527 14
Bhagirath Samai
Ramesh Kusale		 10 m air rifle pairs 1074 7
Rajinder Kumar Vij 25 m rapid-fire pistol 570 14
Sharad Chauhan 575 9
Rajinder Kumar Vij
Sharad Chauhan		 25 m rapid-fire pistol pairs 1151 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sharad Chauhan 50 m free pistol 529 13
Bhagirath Samai 50 m rifle prone 1151 25
Ashok Pandit 25 m centre-fire pistol 561 10
Mohinder Lal 577 4
Ashok Pandit
Mohinder Lal		 25 m centre-fire pistol pairs 1138 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mansher Singh Clay pigeon trap 181 10
Hari Singh Sandhu Skeet 188 8

Swimming

India competed in eight swimming events at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[2][3]

Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Sanjib Chakraborty Men's 100 m freestyle 57.25 Did not advance
Men's 200 m freestyle 2:07.34
Anita Sood Women's 100 m freestyle 1:03.96
Women's 200 m freestyle 2:17.72
Wilson Cherian Men's 100 m backstroke 1:04.66
Perses Madan Women's 100 m backstroke 1:12.68
Thouba Singh Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:13.51
Geeta Anand Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:24.41
Wilson Cherian Men's 200 m backstroke 2:22.54
Thouba Singh 2:46.18
Geeta Anand Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:59.45
Perses Madan 2:36.27
Khajan Singh Men's 100 m butterfly 1:01.65
Giselle Broacha Women's 100 m butterfly 1:21.67
Perses Madan 1:10.16
Khajan Singh Men's 200 m butterfly 2:17.30
Khajan Singh Men's 200 m individual medley 2:25.79
Wilson Cherian 2:26.51
Perses Madan Women's 200 m individual medley 2:36.67
Khajan Singh Men's 400 m individual medley 5:18.67
Khajan Singh
Sanjib Chakraborty
Thouba Singh
Wilson Cherian		 N/a Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:08.12 8
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay 4:08.12 7
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 4:18.67 7
Anita Sood
Geeta Anand
Giselle Broacha
Perses Madan		 Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 4:41.70 5
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay 4:59.73 6

Weightlifting

India competed in ten men's weightlifting events at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. Grunadan Kombiah, Bijay Kumar Satpathy and Muniswamy Tamil Selvan won silver medals in the flyweight, bantamweight and featherweight divisions respectively.[2][3]

Athlete Event Result Rank
Ekambaram Karunakaran Flyweight 52 kg NM —
Grunadan Kombiah 200 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bijay Kumar Satpathy Bantamweight 56 kg 227.5 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vinnaikam Sekar 222.5 kg 4
Muniswamy Tamil Selvan Featherweight 60 kg 245 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Raja Gopal Shankaran NM —
Jagmohan Sapra Lightweight 67.5 kg 262.5 kg 6
Jazeel Mehta Middleweight 75 kg 265 kg 9
Meharchand Bhaskar Light Heavyweight 82.5 kg 280 kg 8
Naville Daroga Super Heavyweight +110 kg 312.5 kg 4

Wrestling

India competed in ten events, and won four gold medals, four silver medals and one bronze medal in wrestling at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[2][3]

Freestyle men
Athlete Event Competition rounds Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Ram Chander Sarang Light flyweight 48 kg  Ojo (NGR)
W VPO		  Reinsfield (NZL)
W VFA		 N/a 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mahabir Singh Flyweight 52 kg  Proctor (SCO)
W VPO		  Takahashi (CAN)
W VPO		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ashok Kumar Bantamweight 57 kg  Cumming (AUS)
W VFA		  Maddock (NZL)
W VPO		  Aspen (ENG)
L VPO		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Satvir Singh Featherweight 62 kg  Robinson (CAN)
L VFA		 Did not advance 7
Jagminder Singh Lightweight 68 kg  Cavanagh (SCO)
W VPO		  Gilligan (ENG)
W VFA		  Kelevitz (AUS)
W VPO		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rajinder Singh Welterweight 74 kg  Walker (ENG)
W VPO		  Renken (CAN)
W VPO		  Reinsfield (NZL)
W VPO		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jai Prakash Kangar Middleweight 82 kg  Agogo (NGR)
W VPO		  Rinke (CAN)
L VPO		  Kurpas (ENG)
W VFA		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kartar Singh Light heavyweight 90 kg  Weir (NIR)
W VPO		  Michail (AUS)
W VFA		  Davis (CAN)
L VPO		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Satpal Singh Heavyweight 100 kg  Peache (ENG)
W VPO		  DesChatelets (CAN)
L VPO		 N/a 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Rajinder Singh Super heavyweight +100 kg  Patrick (SCO)
W VPO		  Wishart (CAN)
L VFA		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Legend
  • W – Win; L – Loss;
  • VPO – Victory by points
  • VFA – Victory by fall
  • VCB – Victory by Countback
  • DQ – Disqualified

References

  1. ↑ "India at Commonwealth Games: Quiet beginnings to rousing podium finishes". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "India Brisbane 1982". Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Commonwealth Games 1982". Indian Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 7 March 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
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