India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
| India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games | |
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| CG code | IND |
| CGA | Indian Olympic Association |
| Website | olympic |
| in Manchester, England | |
| Competitors | 107 in 10 sports |
| Officials | 33 |
| Medals Ranked 4th |
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| Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
India competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August 2002. It was the country's thirteenth appearance at the Commonwealth Games since making its debut at the 1934 British Empire Games.[1]
India achieved its best performance till then in the Commonwealth Games and won 69 medals, comprising 30 gold, 22 silver, and 17 bronze medals, to finish fourth in the overall medal table.[1][2] The Indian women's hockey team won India's first ever gold medal in hockey.[3][4]
Medal summary
India won 69 medals, comprising 30 gold, 22 silver, and 17 bronze medals, to finish fourth in the overall medal table.[1]
Medals by sport
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Medals by day
Medals by gender
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Medalists
Competitors
The Indian contingent consisted of 107 athletes who competed in 10 sports, and 33 support staff.[6][7]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Badminton | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Boxing | 7 | N/a | 7 |
| Gymnastics | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Hockey | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Judo | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Shooting | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| Squash | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Weightlifting | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Wrestling | 7 | N/a | 7 |
| Total | 56 | 51 | 107 |
Athletics
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Anju Bobby George | Women's long jump | 6.36 m | 3 q | 6.49 m | 5 |
| Bobby Aloysius | Women's high jump | N/a | 1.87 m | 4 | |
| Neelam Jaswant Singh | Women's discus throw | 58.49 m | |||
| Hardeep Kaur | Women's hammer throw | 55.98 m | 13 | Did not advance | |
| Navpreet Singh | Men's shot put | NM | |||
- Legend
- q – Qualified for the next round
Badminton
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Pullela Gopichand | Men's Singles | W 3-0 (7-0, 7-1, 7-1) |
L 0-3 (1-7, 1-7, 4-7) |
Did not advance | ||
| Nikhil Kanetkar | L 2-3 (3-7, 7-4, 4-7, 7-4, 5-7) |
Did not advance | ||||
| Abhinn Shyam Gupta | W 3-0 (8-6, 7-5, 7-3) |
L 1-3 (4-7, 1-7, 7-3, 3-7) |
Did not advance | |||
| B. R. Meenakshi | Women's Singles | L 0-3 (3-7, 3-7, 1-7) |
Did not advance | |||
| Trupti Murgunde | L 2-3 (7-5, 2-7, 3-7, 7-4, 2-7) | |||||
| Aparna Popat | W 3-0 (7-0, 7-1, 7-0) |
W 3-0 (7-1, 7-0, 7-0) |
L 0-3 (3-7, 3-7, 1-7) |
Did not advance | ||
| V. Diju Sanave Thomas |
Men's doubles | N/a | L 3-0 (1-7, 4-7, 6-8) |
Did not advance | ||
- Legend
- W – Win; L – Loss;
Boxing
India competed in six boxing events at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Mohammed Ali Qamar won the gold medal in the light-flyweight division. Som Bahadur and Jitender Kumar won bronze medals.[2][7]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Mohammed Ali Qamar | Light-flyweight 48 kg | W RSC |
W RSC |
W 27:13 |
W 27:25 |
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| Dingko Singh | Bantamweight 54 kg | L 14:12 |
Did not advance | |||
| Gyanendra Kumar Singh | Bantamweight 54 kg | L 37:19 | ||||
| Som Bahadur | Featherweight 57 kg | W RSC |
W 35:29 |
W RSC |
L 10:28 |
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| Reji Ramanand | Lightweight 60 kg | L RSC |
Did not advance | |||
| Jitender Kumar | Middleweight 75 kg | W KO |
W 16:14 |
L 23:32 |
Did not advance | |
| Harpal Singh | Super heavyweight +91 kg | L 18:20 |
Did not advance | |||
- Legend
- W – Win; L – Loss;
- KO - Knockout
- RSC - Referee Stops Contest
Gymnastics
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vikas Pandey | Men's all-around | 50.300 | 11 |
| Mayank Srivastava | 49.000 | 14 | |
| Rohit Yadav | Men's parallel bars | 7.675 | 8 |
| Vikas Pandey | Men's pommel horse | 8.312 | 6 |
| Vikash Pandey Mayank Srivastava Rohit Yadav Mohit Yadav Abhinav Dixit |
Men's team | 151.600 | 6 |
Hockey
Women's team
- Kanti Baa
- Suman Bala
- Sanggai Chanu
- Tingonleima Chanu
- Ngasepam Pakpi Devi
- Suraj Lata Devi (c)
- Sita Gussain
- Saba Anjum Karim
- Amandeep Kaur
- Manjinder Kaur
- Mamta Kharab
- Jyoti Sunita Kullu
- Helen Mary
- Masira Surin
- Pritam Rani Siwach
- Sumrai Tete
- Pool B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | Semifinals | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | Quarterfinals | |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | Quarterfinals | |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | -8 | ||
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- Quarter-finals
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- Semi-finals
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- Gold-medal match
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Judo
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
| Akram Shah | Men's 60 kg | W |
N/a | L |
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| Bhupinder Singh | Men's 66 kg | W |
L |
W |
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| Yashpal Solanki | Men's 73 kg | L |
Did not advance | L |
Did not advance | |||
| Vinod Solanki | Men's 81 kg | W |
L |
Did not advance | N/a | W |
L |
5 |
| Virender Singh | Men's 90 kg | L |
Did not advance | |||||
| Kamla Rawat | Women's 48 kg | L W L | ||||||
| Angom Anita Chanu | Women's 52 kg | L |
Did not advance | |||||
| Devi Brojeshori | Women's 57 kg | N/a | L |
Did not advance | N/a | L |
L |
5 |
- Legend
- W – Won
- L – Lost
Shooting
Shooting was the most successful sport for India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games with 24 medals including fourteen gold, seven silver, and three bronze medals.[7][2]
- Legend
- Q – Qualified for the next round
Squash
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Ritwik Bhattacharya | Men's singles | W 9-2, 9-4, 9-5 |
L 6–9, 2–9, 5–9 |
Did not advance | ||||
Table tennis
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||
| Chetan Baboor | Men's singles | W | W 5-1 |
W 5-2 |
L 1-4 |
Did not advance | ||
| Sourav Chakraborty | L | Did not advance | ||||||
| Raman Subramanian | L | |||||||
| Soumyadeep Roy | L | |||||||
| Subhajit Saha | L | |||||||
| Poulomi Ghatak | Women's singles | N/a | W | L 0-4 |
Did not advance | |||
| Nandita Saha | W | L 1-4 | ||||||
| Mouma Das | W | L 0-4 | ||||||
| Mantu Ghosh | L | Did not advance | ||||||
| N. R. Indu | L | |||||||
| Subramaniam Raman Chetan Baboor |
Men's doubles | N/a | W 3-0 |
W 3-0 |
L 2-3 |
Did not advance | ||
| Sourav Chakraborty Subhajit Saha |
L | Did not advance | ||||||
| N. R. Indu Mantu Ghosh |
Women's doubles | W 3-2 |
L 0-3 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Poulomi Ghatak Mouma Das |
L | Did not advance | ||||||
| Soumyadeep Roy Mouma Das |
Mixed doubles | L 0-3 | ||||||
| Chetan Baboor N. R. Indu |
L 0-3 | |||||||
| Sourav Chakraborty Poulomi Ghatak |
L 0-3 | |||||||
| Subramaniam Raman Mantu Ghosh |
W 3-0 |
L | Did not advance | |||||
| Subramaniam Raman Chetan Baboor Sourav Chakraborty Subhajit Saha Soumyadeep Roy |
Men's team | N/a | W 3–2 |
L 1–3 |
Did not advance | |||
| Poulomi Ghatak Nandita Saha Mantu Ghosh Mouma Das N. R. Indu |
Women's team | L 1–3 |
Did not advance | |||||
- Legend
- W – Win; L – Loss
Weightlifting
Thirteen Indians competed in ten weightlifting events at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Indian weightlifters won 27 medals, including 11 gold medals.[7][2]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Vickey Batta | Men's 56 kg | 107.5 kg | 4 | 135.0 kg | 242.5 kg | ||
| Thandava Muthu | 112.5 kg | 132.5 kg | 245.0 kg | ||||
| Krishnan Madasamy | Men's 62 kg | DQ | |||||
| Govinda Vadivelu | Men's 69 kg | 122.5 kg | 8 | 162.5 kg | 5 | 285.0 kg | 6 |
| Padmaraju Kumar | 135.0 kg | 147.5 kg | 7 | 282.5 kg | 7 | ||
| Satheesha Rai | Men's 77 kg | DQ | |||||
| Kunjarani Devi Nameirakpam | Men's 48 kg | 75.0 kg | 92.5 kg | 167.5 kg | |||
| Sanamacha Chanu | Women's 53 kg | 82.5 kg | 100.0 kg | 182.5 kg | |||
| Sunaina Anand | Women's 58 kg | 85.0 kg | 107.5 kg | 192.5 kg | |||
| Pratima Kumari | Women's 63 kg | 87.5 kg | 117.5 kg | 205.0 kg | |||
| Prasmita Mangaraj | 85.0 kg | 110.0 kg | 195.0 kg | ||||
| Neelam Setti Laxmi | Women's 69 kg | 95.0 kg | 110.0 kg | 205.0 kg | |||
| Shailaja Pujari | Women's 75 kg | 97.5 kg | 125.0 kg | 222.5 kg | |||
Wrestling
India competed in seven events, and won three gold medals and three silver medals in wrestling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.[2][7]
- Freestyle men
| Athlete | Event | Competition rounds | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result | |||||
| Krishan Kumar | 55 kg | W |
W |
W |
N/a | W |
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| Shokinder Tomar | 60 kg | W |
W |
N/a | L |
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| Ramesh Kumar | 66 kg | W |
W |
W |
W |
W |
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| Sujeet Maan | 74 kg | L |
L |
Did not advance | |||
| Anuj Chaudhary | 84 kg | W |
W |
W |
W |
L |
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| Anil Kumar Mann[a] | 96 kg | L |
N/a | W |
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| Palwinder Singh Cheema | 120 kg | W |
W |
N/a | W |
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Notes
- ↑ Anil Kumar Mann initially won the bronze medal in the 96 kg category. However, later when silver medalist Victor Kodei was stripped off his medal for a failed drug test, Mann was upgraded to a silver medal.
References
- 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.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Commonwealth Games 2002". Indian Olympic Association. Archived from the original on 7 March 2026. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- ↑ "Indian women stun Kiwis". BBC News. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
- ↑ "India deny England gold". BBC News. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2008.
- ↑ "Results". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2008.
- ↑ "148 member contingent for Commonwealth Games". The Times of India. 12 July 2002. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "India Manchester 2002". Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ "2002 Commonwealth Games Results: Medals (India), Women's Hockey". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
- ↑ "2002 Commonwealth Games player profiles". bharatiyahockey.org. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
External links
- Commonwealth Games News
- Commonwealth Games Results: India Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
