India participated in the
2014 Commonwealth Games at
Glasgow
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,
Scotland
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, United Kingdom held from 23 July to 3 August 2014.
*India fielded a strong 215 member contingent, which is third largest.
*The sports ministry cleared the 215 athletes from 14 sporting disciplines, including seven para-athletes, at government cost, along with a contingent of 90 officials, coaches and support staff.
*The Glasgow Games had 17 sports and 261 medal events. India did not field athletes only in three disciplines—
Netball
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,
Rugby sevens and
Triathlon
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.
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Vikas Gowda won a gold in the
Men's Discus throw event, thus winning the first gold medal for India in men's athletics in 56 years.
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Joshna Chinappa
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and
Dipika Pallikal
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Dipika Pallikal came to prominence in 2011, when she won t ...
scripted history by winning the first gold for India in
Squash
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at Commonwealth Games.
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Kashyap Parupalli
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He created history by reaching the ...
won a gold in
Badminton Men's Singles, becoming the first Indian male shuttler in 32 years to win a gold medal in the singles event at the Commonwealth Games.
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Dipa Karmakar
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At the Rio Olympics, sh ...
won a bronze medal in
Gymnastics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Women's vault, becoming the first female Indian gymnast to score a medal in the sport at an International Level.
Medalists
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Athletics
Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
Badminton
;Men
;Women
Mixed team
;Summary
;Pool B:
;Quarterfinals
;Semifinals
;Bronze medal
Boxing
;Men
;Women
Cycling
Track
;Sprint
;Keirin
;Time trial
;Pursuit
;Points race
;Scratch race
Road
Diving
;Men
Field hockey
;Summary
Men's tournament
;Pool A
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;Semi-Finals
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;Final
Women's tournament
;Pool A
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;5th place play-off
Gymnastics
Artistic Gymnastics
;Men
;Team Final & Individual Qualification
;Individual Finals
Women
;Team Final & Individual Qualification
;Individual Finals
Rhythmic Gymnastics
;Women
Judo
Men
Women
Lawn bowls
;Men
;Women
Shooting
Men
Women
Squash
;Singles
;Doubles
Swimming
;Men
Table tennis
;Singles
;Doubles
;Team
Weightlifting
Weightlifting
;Men
;Women
Note: In the Women's 53 kg category India's
Swati Singh won the bronze medal and
Santoshi Matsa was upgraded to the silver medal after the gold medalist
Chika Amalaha of
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Powerlifting
Wrestling
;Men
;Women
;Repechage Format
;Nordic Format
References
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India at the Commonwealth Games
Nations at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
2014 in Indian sport