India at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

India at the
1994 Commonwealth Games
CG codeIND
CGAIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Competitors39 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
6
Silver
11
Bronze
7
Total
24
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

India competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, from 18 to 28 August 1994. It was the country's eleventh appearance at the Commonwealth Games since making its debut at the 1934 British Empire Games.[1]

The Indian contingent consisted of 39 athletes competing across four sports.[2] India won a total of 24 medals, comprising six gold, eleven silver, and seven bronze medals, to finish sixth in the overall medal table.[1][3]

Medalists

India won 24 medals, including six gold, eleven silver and seven bronze medals, to finish sixth in the overall medal table.[1][3]

Medal Name Sport Event
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Jaspal Rana Shooting Men's 25 m centre-fire pistol
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Jaspal Rana
Ashok Pandit		 Shooting Men's 25 m centre-fire pistol – pairs
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Mansher Singh Shooting Men's Trap
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Murgesan Veerasamy Weightlifting Flyweight 54 kg – snatch
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Badathala Adisekhar Weightlifting Flyweight 54 kg – clean and jerk
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold Badathala Adisekhar Weightlifting Flyweight 54 kg – overall
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Jaspal Rana Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Roopa Unnikrishnan Shooting Women's 50 m small bore rifle three positions
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Badathala Adisekhar Weightlifting Flyweight 54 kg – snatch
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Murgesan Veerasamy Weightlifting Flyweight 54 kg – overall
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Chandersekaran Raghavan Weightlifting Bantamweight 59 kg – snatch
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Chandersekaran Raghavan Weightlifting Bantamweight 59 kg – clean and jerk
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Chandersekaran Raghavan Weightlifting Bantamweight 59 kg – overall
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Satheesha Rai Weightlifting Lightweight 70 kg – clean and jerk
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Satheesha Rai Weightlifting Lightweight 70 kg – overall
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Ashok Kumar Wrestling Bantamweight 57 kg
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver Randhir Singh Wrestling Middleweight 82 kg
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Sah Birju Boxing Light-flyweight 48 kg
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Jaspal Rana
Vivek Singh		 Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol – pairs
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Roopa Unnikrishnan
Kuheli Gangulee		 Shooting Women's 50 m small bore rifle three positions – pairs
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Murgesan Veerasamy Weightlifting Flyweight 54 kg – clean and jerk
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Ramesh Kumar Wrestling Light flyweight 48 kg
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Kirpa Shankar Wrestling Flyweight 51 kg
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Subhash Verma Wrestling Heavyweight 100 kg

Competitors

The Indian contingent included 39 athletes competing across four sports.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Boxing 3 N/a 3
Shooting 10 6 16
Weightlifting 10 N/a 10
Wrestling 10 N/a 10
Total 33 6 39

Boxing

India competed in three boxing events at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Birju Shah won the bronze medal in the light-flyweight division.[2][3]

Athlete Event Preliminary Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Birju Shah Light-flyweight 48 kg  Moffett (NIR)
W 14:5		  Makepula (RSA)
W +13:13		  Ramadhani (KEN)
L 8:24		 Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Gurmeet Singh Bantamweight 54 kg  St. Clair (GUY)
L 7:9		 Did not advance
Venkatesan Devarajan Featherweight 57 kg  Swan (AUS)
L 5:7
Legend
  • W – Win; L – Loss;

Shooting

India competed in 25 shooting events at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Indian shooters won three gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals.[2][3]

Athlete Event Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jaspal Rana Men's 50 m free pistol Q 633.4 8
Ashok Pandit 535 13 Did not advance
Jaspal Rana
Ashok Pandit		 Men's 50 m free pistol – pairs N/a 1071 7
Jaspal Rana Men's 25 m centre-fire pistol N/a 581 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ashok Pandit 575 4
Jaspal Rana
Ashok Pandit		 Men's 25 m centre-fire pistol – pairs 1168 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Dhyan Singh Men's 25 m rapid-fire pistol 567 11 Did not advance
Ved Pilaniya 564 13
Dhyan Singh
Ved Pilaniya		 Men's 25 m rapid-fire pistol – pairs N/a 1110 7
Abha Dhillan Women's 25 m sport pistol Q 658.5 8
Abha Dhillan
Sonika Manon		 Women's 25 m sport pistol – pairs N/a 1099 5
Jaspal Rana Men's 10 m air pistol Q 670.7 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Vivek Singh 561 15 Did not advance
Jaspal Rana
Vivek Singh		 Men's 10 m air pistol – pairs N/a 1133 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Abha Dhillan Women's 10 m air pistol 361 15 Did not advance
Sonika Manon 358 16
Abha Dhillan
Sonika Manon		 Women's 10 m air pistol – pairs N/a 721 6
T. C. Palangappa Men's 10 m air rifle Q 676.5 5
Roopa Unnikrishnan Women's 10 m air rifle 377 11 Did not advance
Deepali Sirsat 375 12
Roopa Unnikrishnan
Deepali Sirsat		 Women's 10 m air rifle – pairs N/a 756 4
T. C. Palangappa Men's 50 m rifle prone 574 31 Did not advance
M. T. Sutar 575 29
T. C. Palangappa
M. T. Sutar		 Men's 50 m rifle prone – pairs N/a 1161 9
Kuheli Gangulee Women's 50 m small-bore rifle prone 569 17 Did not advance
Roopa Unnikrishnan Q 579 7
Kuheli Gangulee
Roopa Unnikrishnan		 Women's 50 m small-bore rifle prone – pairs N/a 1142 8
Kuheli Gangulee Women's 50 m small-bore rifle three positions 548 10 Did not advance
Roopa Unnikrishnan Q 662.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kuheli Gangulee
Roopa Unnikrishnan		 Women's 50 m small-bore rifle three positions – pairs N/a 1110 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mansher Singh Men's trap Q 141 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Moraad Ali Khan 108 19 Did not advance
Mansher Singh
Moraad Ali Khan		 Trap – pairs N/a 167 14
Harinder Bedi Skeet 114 16 Did not qualify
Rao Inderjit Singh Q 137 6
Harinder Bedi
Rao Inderjit Singh		 Skeet – pairs N/a 172 10
Legend
  • Q – Qualified for the next round

Weightlifting

India competed in six weightlifting events at the 1994 Commonwealth Games. Indian weightlifters won eleven medals, including three golds, seven silvers, and a bronze medal.[2][3]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Overall
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Badathala Adisekhar Flyweight 54 kg 105.0 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 132.5 kg 1st place, gold medalist(s) 237.5 kg 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Murgesan Veerasamy 105.0 kg 1st place, gold medalist(s) 127.5 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 232.5 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Chandersekaran Raghavan Bantamweight 59 kg 110.0 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 145.0 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 255.0 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sandeep Kumar 97.5 kg 6 120.0 kg 6 217.5 kg 6
Onkar Singh Featherweight 64 kg NM 127.5 kg 7 127.5 kg 11
Satheesha Rai Lightweight 70 kg 127.5 kg 5 165.0 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 292.5 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Natarajan Sampath 122.5 kg 7 155.0 kg 5 277.5 kg 7
Paramjit Sharma Middleweight 76 kg 115.0 kg 9 155.0 kg 6 270.0 kg 6
Harnam Singh Sub-heavyweight 99 kg 140.0 kg 4 172.5 kg 5 312.5 kg 5
Perumalsamy Karasu 130.0 kg 6 165.0 kg 7 295.0 kg 7

Wrestling

India competed in ten events and won two silver medals and three bronze medals in wrestling at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.[2][3]

Freestyle men
Athlete Event Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Ramesh Kumar Light flyweight 48 kg  Louw (NAM)
W 10–0		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kripa Shankar Patel Flyweight 52 kg  Connelly (SCO)
W 3–0		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ashok Kumar Garg Bantamweight 57 kg  Dawson (CAN)
L 1–7		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Dharambir Singh Featherweight 62 kg Did not advance 5
Sucha Singh Lightweight 68 kg  Umar (PAK)
L 1–3		 4
Tejbir Singh Welterweight 74 kg Did not advance 5
Randhir Singh Middleweight 82 kg  Abdou (CAN)
L 3–15		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sanjay Kumar Light heavyweight 90 kg Did not advance 6
Subhash Verma Heavyweight 100 kg  Iloanusi (NGR)
W 3–0		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jagdish Singh Super heavyweight +100 kg  Singh (ENG)
L 0–5		 4
Legend
  • W – Win; L – Loss;

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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 "India Victoria 1994". Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Commonwealth Games 1994". Indian Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 19 May 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
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