Welcome to the ultimate blog on the commonwealth games 2026! Dive into everything you need to know about this mega sporting event, complete statistics, and india's remarkable journey.
General overview & event statistics
Mascot : Finnie the Unicorn
Host & dates : glasgow is hosting for the second time (after 2014) from 23 july to 2 august 2026.
Event scale : featuring 215 gold medal events , 74 nations ,11 sports and over 3,000 athletes.
Indian contingent: 125 participating players (77 men + 48 women).
Indian leadership & Flag bearers :
* Indian olympic association chief: P.T. Usha
* Flag bearer: Mirabai Chanu (weightlifter)
* Baton bearer: Lovlina Borgohain (boxer)
India's Medal Winners & Individual Achievements:
1. Bronze medal : 26-years-old pare-athlete JHANDU KUMAR from Bihar won in para powerlifting with a 190 kg weight and 130.9 points.
2. Silver medal : Indian weightlifter CHANNABAM RISHIKANT SINGH in the male 60 kg weight category.
3. Gold medal: MEERA BAI CHANU from Manipur won gold in the 48 kg weightlifting competition, lilfting 120kg (85 kg snatch + 105 kg clean and jerk ) .She previously won Gold medals in the 2018 Gold Coast and 2022 Birmingham editions.
4. Silver medal: RAJA MUTHPANDI (65kg category) lifted a total of 286 kg (126kg snatch + 160 kg clean & jerk).
5. Gold medal : SHARMILA DHANKAD the shot put F57 para athletics competition scored a best throw of 9.81 meters. She is 40years old and affected by polio.
6. Bronze medal : 27years old BINDIYA RANI DEVI from Manipur (58kg weight category)
Lifted a total of 206kg. She also won a silver medal on 2022 Birmingham.
7. Silver medal : GULVIR SINGH (men's 10,000-meter race) the 1st Indian athlete to wins this title! He also won a Bronze medal in 5,000m race.
8. Silver medal : HARJINDER KAUR (69 kg female weight category) for weightlifting.
9. Bronze medal : SHILPA SHAYLA in short put F57 para-athletics.
10. Silver medal : SURVESH KUSHARE cleared a 2.25 m long jump.
11. Silver madel : AJAYA BABU (79 kg category) lifted 330kg . His father had already won a bbronze in CWG 2010.
12. Gold medal : DILIP MAHADU GAVIT in the 100-meter T47 para-athletics competition, a record time of 10.71 seconds.
13. Gold medal : HARSH LAL SINGH ,23 years old , 60kg category in judo hailing from
Delhi.
14. Gold medal : 23-years-old ASMITA DEY from tripura won gold in the 48kg judo she had won 2 gold medals in 2023 and 2025.
15. Silver medal : NIRAJ CHOPDA
16. Bronze medal : YASHVIR SINGH won in javelin throw. He is from jaipur rajasthan.
17. Bronze medal : TEJASWIN SHANKAR is a decthlon and high jump player from Delhi
18. Gold medal : SONAM RANA in short put para athletics
19. Gold medal : JASMINE (57kg ) in boxing .
20. Gold medal : PRITI PAWAR (54kg) in boxing .
21. Gold medal : PRIYA GHANGAS (60kg ) in boxing
22. Gold medal : SHAKSHI CHOUDHARY (51kg) in boxing .
23. Gold medal : SACHIN SIVACH (60kg) in boxing.
24. Gold medal : ANKUSH PANCHAL (80kg) in boxing.
25. Gold medal : ARUNDHATI CHOUDHARY (70kg) in boxing.
26. Silver medal : JHADUMANI (55kg,men) in boxing.
27. Silver medal : LAVLINA (75) in boxing.
28. Silver medal : NARENDER (90kg) in boxing.
29. Silver medal : SHUBHAM JUGAL in para-athletics short put with a distance of 13.28 meter.
30. Silver medal : PRAVEEN CHITHRAVEL in triple jump (16.41 m jump).
31. Silver medal : MOHAMMAD BASIL in the 100, T47 para-athlete race.
32. Silver medal : LOVEPREET SINGH ( men, 110kg ) in weightlifting.
33. Silver medal : YAMINI MOURYA (57kg ) in weightlifting .
34. Silver medal : SHRI MURLI SHREE SHANKAR (woman ) in long jump.
35. Silver medal : GYANESHWARI YADAV (57kg) in weightlifting.
36. Bronze medal : SEEMA KALIRAN in disc throw.
37. Bronze medal : SELVA PRABHU (man) in triple jump.
38. Bronze medal : UNNATI SHARMA in judo (63kg).
India's Overall Performance & Sport-Wise Breakdown
India finished in 4th place with a total of 39 medals (13gold , 17silver , 9bronze).
SPORTS GOLD SILVER BRONZE Total Medals
Boxing 7 3 - 10
Athletics - 5 5 10
Weightlifting 1 6 1 8
Para Athletics 3 2 1 6
Judo 2 1 1 4
Para Powerlifting - - 1 1
Fascinating Facts About the CWG Medals & History
- Historic Medals: the medals are historic for being the first in the event's history to feature embedded Braile and Tactile elements.
- Shape & Design: Designed in a Reuleaux triangle geometric from by Militsa(Milly) Milenkova.
- Inspritions: inspired by Glasgow's local landmarks and official coat of arms.
- Medal pool: 1,168 medals are available for winning athlete.
- Para program: features 47 integrated para-sport medal events, creating the largest para program in CWG history.
- Gold composition: gold medals contain virtually no solid gold ; they are made of at least 92.5 pure silver with a tiny outer layer of pure gold around 6 grams or less.
- CWG Roots: the 1st CWG was held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada. India participated in 1934, and wrestler Rashid Anwar won a Bronze medal (74kg category).
- Milkha Singh's Milestone: he won India's first gold in 1958(440-yard event) in Cardiff, Wales, alongside LilaRam (gold medal in weightlifting ) and Lachmikant Pandey (silver medal in weightlifting ).
- India as Host : India hosted CWG in 2010 in New Delhi, finishing overall 2nd with 101medals (38gold).(Australia finished first with 74gold medals and 177 total medals
- India's performance trend across edition:
11.Future Outlook: CWG 2030 will be held in Ahemdabad, Gujrat, marking the 100th aniversary of the Commanwealth Games.