NIGERIA RANKS NUMBER 10 ON THE COMMONWEALTH MEDAL TABLE
Commonwealth Games 2014 kick started on July 23 at the beautiful city of Scotland, Glasgow. Australia notched up the top slot in the last edition’s Commonwealth Games with 177 medals while 19th Commonwealth Games hosts India finished second in the medals tally with total of 101 medals. They had won 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals. Australia was on the top of medals table with 74 gold, 55 silver and 48 bronze medals.
The Medal Table has been last updated on 29 July, 2.40 am (IST)
India has always showcased prime form at the Commonwealth Games edition. And a lot would be expected from the visiting contingent of 215 athletes (second largest contingent ever with highest number of participants in athletics with 41 members) at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014. After all the Indian side boasts of some heavyweight names in the side from major sporting events like boxing, shooting, badminton and wrestling. Commonwealth Games that are perceived secondary to the Summer Olympics will be hoping to revamp the old thoughts as the beautiful Scottish city Glasgow looks ready to host the 12-day event from July 23 to August 3, 2014.
The number of sporting events has been brought down to 17 from 21 earlier played in the 19th edition. They are: Aquatics, Diving (10), Swimming (44), Athletics (50), Badminton (6), Boxing (13), Cycling – Mountain biking (2), Road (4), Track (17), Gymnastics – Artistic gymnastics (14), Rhythmic gymnastics (6), Hockey (2), Judo (14), Lawn Bowls (10), Netball (1), Rugby sevens (1), Shooting (19), Squash (5), Table tennis (7), Triathlon (3), Weightlifting (19), Wrestling – Freestyle (14). India will be participating in 14 of those 17 events at Glasgow. The three events India will not be participating are netball, rugby sevens and triathlon. There are total 1, 385 medals to be won in this edition of Commonwealth Games.
The medals tally of the Commonwealth Games 2014 will be decided on the number of gold medals won. With the nations tied at gold medals, the second yardstick to measure is on the silver medals and then bronze. If the teams are still tied, they would be given equal ranking with the team placed according to alphabetical order. There are 4, 947 athletes participating from 71 countries.
The country wise medals table for the 20th Commonwealth Games are here:
Rank
|
Nation
|
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Total
|
1
| Australia [AUS] |
30
|
25
|
32
|
87
|
2
| England [ENG] |
27
|
24
|
23
|
74
|
3
| Scotland [SCO] |
13
|
8
|
12
|
33
|
4
| South Africa [RSA] |
9
|
7
|
8
|
24
|
5
| Canada [CAN] |
9
|
3
|
12
|
24
|
6
| New Zealand [NZL] |
8
|
8
|
11
|
27
|
7
| India [IND] |
7
|
12
|
7
|
26
|
8
| Wales [WAL] |
3
|
9
|
10
|
22
|
9
| Malaysia [MAL] |
3
|
5
|
4
|
12
|
10
| Nigeria [NGR] |
3
|
4
|
3
|
10
|
11
| Singapore [SIN] |
3
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
12
| Kenya [KEN] |
2
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
13
| Jamaica [JAM |
2
|
2
|
3
|
7
|
14
| Cyprus [CYP] |
2
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
15
| Cameroon [CMR] |
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
16
| Northern Ireland [NIR] |
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
17
| Bahamas [BAH] |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
17
| Bangladesh [BAN] |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
17
| Isle of Man [IOM] |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
17
| Mozambique [MOZ] |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
17
| Pakistan [PAK] |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
17
| Papua New Guinea [PNG] |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
17
| Sri Lanka [SRI] |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
24
| Namibia [NAM] |
0
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
25
| Ghana [GHA] |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
25
| Mauritius [MAU] |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
25
| Samoa [SAM] |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
25
| Uganda [UGA] |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
25
| Zambia [ZAM] |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Total
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