The curtain has come down on the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow, and India signed off with one of its most efficient campaigns in recent memory — even against a heavily trimmed sports programme. India finished fourth in the final medal standings with 39 medals: 13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze, holding off hosts Scotland to secure the position on the strength of a superior silver count.
Below is India’s complete Commonwealth Games 2026 medal breakdown, the full winners list sport by sport, and the context behind one of Team India’s most understated success stories.
India at Glasgow 2026: the final numbers
- Gold: 13
- Silver: 17
- Bronze: 9
- Total: 39
- Final position: 4th
A contingent of 122 Indian athletes competed across eight able-bodied sports and five integrated para sports over the ten days of competition, which ran from 23 July to 2 August.
Fewer sports, sharper campaign: the context
On the surface, 39 medals looks like a steep fall from the 61 India won at Birmingham 2022. But that comparison is misleading. Glasgow 2026 was a scaled-back Games, cut from 19 sports to just 10, and several of India’s most reliable medal factories — wrestling, badminton, hockey, squash, table tennis and shooting — were simply not on the programme. Close to 30 of India’s Birmingham medals came in disciplines that did not feature this time.
The more revealing comparison is like-for-like. Across the same 10 sports that appeared in both editions, India actually improved its haul from 31 medals in 2022 to 39 in Glasgow — a clear step forward rather than a decline. Athletics (including para athletics) and boxing led that charge, and India held on to fourth place in the standings just as it did in Birmingham.
Boxing: the standout story
India’s boxers delivered the campaign of the Games. They topped the boxing medal table with a record 10 medals — 7 gold and 3 silver — the most golds won by any nation in boxing at a single Commonwealth Games.
- Gold: Sakshi Chaudhary (women’s 51kg), Preeti Pawar (women’s 54kg), Jaismine Lamboria (women’s 57kg), Priya Ghanghas (women’s 60kg), Arundhati Choudhary (women’s 70kg), Sachin Siwach (men’s 60kg), Ankush Panghal (men’s 80kg)
- Silver: Jadumani Singh (men’s 55kg), Lovlina Borgohain (women’s 75kg), Narender Berwal (men’s +90kg)
World champion Jaismine Lamboria capped her golden run by being named India’s flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.
Weightlifting: Mirabai Chanu’s historic hat-trick
Weightlifting once again proved a dependable source of medals, with India collecting 8 medals — 1 gold, 6 silver and 1 bronze from the SEC Armadillo.
The headline act was Mirabai Chanu, who opened India’s gold account in Glasgow by winning the women’s 48kg title with a Games-record total of 190kg, setting Games records in the snatch, clean and jerk and overall total. It completed a hat-trick of Commonwealth Games golds for Chanu, making her only the second Indian to win three successive weightlifting titles at the event.
- Gold: Mirabai Chanu (women’s 48kg)
- Silver: Rishikanta Singh (men’s 60kg, with a Games-record snatch), Muthupandi Raja (men’s 65kg), Gyaneshwari Yadav (women’s 53kg), Valluri Ajaya Babu (men’s 79kg), Harjinder Kaur (women’s 69kg), Lovepreet Singh (men’s +110kg)
- Bronze: Bindyarani Devi (women’s 58kg)
Athletics: milestones on the track and in the field
India’s athletics squad doubled its medal haul compared with the previous edition and produced several firsts:
- Neeraj Chopra marked his return to the Games — after missing Birmingham 2022 through injury — with a silver in the men’s javelin throw.
- Gulveer Singh became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two individual medals at a single Commonwealth Games, claiming silver in the 10000m and bronze in the 5000m.
- Tejaswin Shankar scripted history as India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games decathlon medallist, taking bronze after battling through injury.
India’s best-ever para campaign
Glasgow 2026 was the most successful para outing in India’s Commonwealth Games history. India won 7 para medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) — matching the country’s combined para tally from every previous edition. Para athletics accounted for six of those medals and ended a 20-year wait for an Indian para athletics podium at the Games, while para powerlifting contributed a further medal.
Judo: a breakthrough for India
Indian judo enjoyed its finest Commonwealth Games. Asmita Dey became the first Indian judoka to win a Commonwealth Games gold, taking the women’s -48kg title, and Harsh Singh doubled the golden tally soon after. Their wins made Glasgow 2026 the most successful edition in Indian judo history and ended a long wait for a title in the sport.
India’s Commonwealth Games 2026 medal breakdown by sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boxing | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Athletics (able-bodied) | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| Para athletics | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Judo | 2 | — | — | 4 |
| Para powerlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 13 | 17 | 9 | 39 |
(Judo’s silver and bronze finishers and the remaining para medals round out the 39-medal total.)
Where India finished in the standings
India ended the Games in fourth place, the same position it held at Birmingham 2022. With India and hosts Scotland level on golds and on total medals, India took fourth on a superior silver count — a fittingly narrow margin at the end of a tightly contested Games featuring 74 nations and territories.
Next stop: Ahmedabad 2030
The Games ended with a moment of national pride off the field. At the Glasgow closing ceremony, India was officially handed the hosting rights for the Commonwealth Games 2030, which will be staged in Ahmedabad — India’s return as host for the first time since Delhi 2010.
What’s next for Indian sport
With the Commonwealth Games done, attention turns to the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi–Nagoya, Japan, running from 19 September to 4 October. There, across a full and far broader slate of sports, India will chase a much bigger medal haul.
Commonwealth Games 2026 India FAQs
How many medals did India win at CWG 2026? India won 39 medals — 13 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze — finishing fourth.
Why did India win fewer medals than in 2022? Glasgow 2026 was cut from 19 sports to 10, dropping several of India’s strengths such as wrestling, badminton, hockey, squash, table tennis and shooting. Across the same 10 sports held in both editions, India actually improved from 31 medals to 39.
Which sport won India the most medals at CWG 2026? Boxing, with a record 10 medals (7 gold, 3 silver).
Who won India’s first gold at Glasgow 2026? Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, in the women’s 48kg category, completing a hat-trick of Commonwealth Games titles.
Where will the 2030 Commonwealth Games be held? Ahmedabad, India — confirmed at the Glasgow 2026 closing ceremony.
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