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2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

(officially known as the XIX

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), was a

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held in

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, India from 3 to 14 October 2010. It was the first time that India hosted the Commonwealth Games and the second time it was held in Asia after

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, Malaysia in

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. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71

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s (CGAs) participated in this Games, competing in 272 events in 21

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. Athletes from 36 participating CGAs won at least one medal; athletes from 23 of these CGAs secured at least one gold.

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led the medal table for the sixth consecutive time with 74 golds and 177 medals overall. Host nation

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finished second in the table for the first time in Commonwealth Games history with a tally of 38 golds and 101 medals overall.

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, the

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and

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won their first ever Commonwealth Games gold medals. Australian swimmer

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emerged as the most successful athlete with five gold medals.

Medal table

The ranking in this table is consistent with

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convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by an NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code. In

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two bronze medals were awarded in each weight class. Additionally there was a tie of three athletes for the third place in the women's pole vault in

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meant that three bronze medals were awarded. Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals.

Changes in medal standings

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman – 96 kg

Silver medallist Hassene Fkiri of Australia was disqualified from the entire competition for making an obscene gesture at the judges. Kakoma Bella-Lufu of South Africa was elevated from bronze to silver. Eric Feunekes of Canada was elevated from 4th to the bronze medal position.

Athletics

Women's 100 metres

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, an Australian hurdles specialist, was the initial winner of the gold medal in the women's 100 metres contest. However, the English Commonwealth Association launched an appeal arguing that Pearson had also false started at the same time that Laura Turner was disqualified for doing so. A final decision could not be made before the final as the chief start judge had left the stadium and the starter has no authority to disqualify an athlete. Pearson was disqualified later that night but a delay in communication meant Pearson was only told of the decision against her immediately prior to the medal ceremony. Nigeria's

Oludamola Osayomi Oludamola Bolanle ("Damola") Osayomi (born 26 June 1986 in Ilesha, Osun State) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is a four-time gold medallist at the African Championships in Athletics and won an Oly ...

was promoted to the gold medal, while

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and English athlete

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were elevated to the silver and bronze positions, respectively. On 11 October

was reported to have tested positive for the banned stimulant

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. She was disqualified from the gold medal position on 12 October and as a result Natasha Mayers and Katherine Endacott was promoted to the gold and silver positions respectively while Bertille Delphine Atangana of Cameroon was promoted to the bronze position.

Women's 400 metres

On 15 October it was announced that silver medallist

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had been disqualified after testing positive for testosterone prohormone. Aliann Pompey of

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was promoted to the silver medal position, with the bronze medal going to

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of the Bahamas.

Women's 4 x 400 metres

Following the positive doping test recorded by

Nigeria were disqualified from second place. England were promoted to the silver medal position, with the bronze medal going to Canada.

Boxing

Bantamweight

On 8 May 2011 Sri Lanka's Manju Wanniarachchi was provisionally disqualified by the

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after testing positive for Norandrosterone during the Games. He had 21 days to appeal the decision but on 26 May announced that he did not wish to file an appeal and retired from the sport. On 6 June 2011 the Commonwealth Games Federation announced

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of Wales as the new gold medallist. Tirafalo Seoko of Botswana was upgraded from bronze to silver on the basis that he had lost to Wanniarachchi in the semi-finals.

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of Kenya joins Louis Julie from Mauritius as a bronze medal winner..

References

External links

Official medal table

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