India at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

India was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a 270-member strong contingent comprising 183 sportspersons and 77 officials. 2004 Summer Olympics silver medalist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was the flag bearer for India.

India at the
2006 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeIND
CGAIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Melbourne, Australia
Flag bearersOpening:Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Closing:
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
22
Silver
17
Bronze
11
Total
50
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Samresh Jung was chosen as the winner of the inaugural David Dixon Award, which honours the outstanding athlete at each Commonwealth Games. Jung won seven medals at the 2006 Games, five gold, one silver and one bronze and set three new Games records along the way. As in the previous 2002 Commonwealth Games, India came fourth overall in the medals table, behind Australia, England and Canada.[1]

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                        Total
  India 22 17 11 50
Medals by sport
Sport       Total
Shooting 16 7 4 27
Weightlifting 3 5 1 9
Table tennis 2 0 1 3
Boxing 1 2 2 5
Athletics 0 2 1 3
Hockey 0 1 0 1
Badminton 0 0 2 2
Total 22 17 11 50
Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Vijay Kumar Pemba Tamang Shooting Men's 25 metre Rapid Fire Pistol (Pairs) 18 March
  Gold Vijay Kumar Pemba Tamang Shooting Men's 25 metre Rapid Fire Pistol (Pairs) 19 March
  Gold Gagan Narang Abhinav Bindra Shooting Men's 50m Air rifle pairs 20 March
  Gold Tejaswini Sawant Shooting Women's 10m Air rifle pairs 20 March
  Gold Samaresh Jung Shooting Men's 50m Pistol 21 March
  Gold Gagan Narang Shooting Men's 10m Air rifle pairs 21 March

Gold

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Shooting:

Samaresh Jung and Jaspal Rana, Men's 25m Centre Fire Pistol (Pairs)

Weightlifting:

Table Tennis:

Boxing:

Silver

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Shooting:

Weightlifting:

Athletics:

  • Seema Antil, Women's Discus Throw
  • Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

Boxing:

Hockey:

  • India women's national field hockey team

Bronze

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Badminton:

Table Tennis:

  • Women's Team Event

Shooting:

Weightlifting:

Athletics:

Boxing:

India's Teams at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

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Men's team

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Head coach: Rajinder Singh

Women's team

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Head coach: Maharaj Krishan Kaushik

References

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  1. ^ "India Melbourne 2006". Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Medal winners for India".
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