India signed off from the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with an impressive haul of 39 medals — 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze — to finish fourth in the overall standings.

The Games, held from July 23 to August 2, featured a significantly reduced programme compared with previous editions, with several traditional Indian medal-winning sports, including wrestling, badminton, table tennis, hockey and shooting, absent from the competition. Despite those limitations, Indian athletes delivered several historic performances across boxing, weightlifting, judo, athletics and para sports.

Australia topped the final medal table with 171 medals, including 70 gold, followed by England with 110 and Canada with 62. India and host nation Scotland both finished on 39 medals, but India placed fourth because it won 13 gold medals compared with Scotland’s 13 gold, with India edging the hosts on silver medals.

Boxing leads India’s medal charge

Boxing emerged as India’s most successful sport in Glasgow, producing 10 medals — seven gold and three silver.

India’s gold-medal winners included Preeti Pawar (54kg), Jaismine Lamboria (57kg), Sakshi Chaudhary (51kg), Priya Ghanghas (60kg), Arundhati Choudhary (70kg), Sachin Siwach (60kg) and Ankush Panghal (80kg).

Lovlina Borgohain won silver in the women’s 75kg category, while Jadumani Singh and Narender Berwal also secured silver medals.

The seven boxing gold medals represented a particularly strong campaign for the Indian contingent and helped propel the country into the top four of the final standings.

Mirabai Chanu makes history again

Weightlifting remained one of India’s strongest disciplines, contributing eight medals — one gold, six silver and one bronze.

Mirabai Chanu added another historic chapter to her career by winning gold in the women’s 48kg category. The victory made her only the second Indian athlete to win three consecutive Commonwealth Games titles.

Other Indian weightlifting medallists were Rishikanta Singh (silver, men’s 60kg), Muthupandi Raja (silver, 65kg), Gyaneshwari Yadav (silver, women’s 53kg), Valluri Ajaya Babu (silver, men’s 79kg), Harjinder Kaur (silver, women’s 69kg), Lovepreet Singh (silver, men’s +110kg) and Bindyarani Devi (bronze, women’s 58kg).

Judo delivers historic breakthrough

Judo produced one of the most memorable moments of India’s Glasgow campaign.

Asmita Dey won the women’s 48kg gold, becoming India’s first Commonwealth Games champion in judo. Harsh Singh followed with gold in the men’s 60kg category, giving India a historic double on the judo mat.

Yamini Mourya won silver in the women’s 57kg division, while Unnati Sharma earned bronze in the women’s 63kg category.

India’s four judo medals — two gold, one silver and one bronze — marked a breakthrough for a discipline that had previously produced Commonwealth Games medals but had never won gold for the country.

Strong performances in athletics

Athletics contributed 10 medals — five silver and five bronze.

Gulveer Singh was among India’s standout performers, winning silver in the men’s 10,000m and bronze in the 5,000m. His two individual medals made him the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two individual medals at a single Commonwealth Games.

Murali Sreeshankar won silver in the men’s long jump, while Sarvesh Kushare secured silver in the men’s high jump.

Neeraj Chopra returned to the Commonwealth Games with a silver medal in the men’s javelin throw. Pravreen Chithravel won silver in the men’s triple jump, while Yash Vir Singh took bronze in the javelin and Selva Prabhu Thirumaran won bronze in the triple jump.

Tejaswin Shankar created history by becoming India’s first Commonwealth Games decathlon medallist, taking bronze.

Seema Kaliramna also added a bronze in the women’s discus throw.

Para athletes make a major impact

India’s para athletes produced one of the country’s strongest campaigns in Commonwealth Games history, winning seven medals — three gold, two silver and two bronze.

In para athletics, Sharmila Dhankar won gold in the women’s F57 shot put and Dilip Gavit won gold in the men’s 100m T47.

Soman Rana added another gold in the men’s F57 shot put.

Silver medals went to Mohammed Basil in the men’s 100m T47 and Shubham Juyal in the men’s F57 shot put. Shilpa K Shyla won bronze in the women’s F57 shot put.

Jhandu Kumar completed India’s para-medal haul with bronze in men’s heavyweight para powerlifting.

India’s medal tally by sport

India’s complete list of medal winners

Gold

• Mirabai Chanu — Weightlifting, women’s 48kg
• Sharmila Dhankar — Para athletics, women’s shot put F57
• Dilip Gavit — Para athletics, men’s 100m T47
• Asmita Dey — Judo, women’s 48kg
• Harsh Singh — Judo, men’s 60kg
• Preeti Pawar — Boxing, women’s 54kg
• Jaismine Lamboria — Boxing, women’s 57kg
• Sakshi Chaudhary — Boxing, women’s 51kg
• Priya Ghanghas — Boxing, women’s 60kg
• Arundhati Choudhary — Boxing, women’s 70kg
• Sachin Siwach — Boxing, men’s 60kg
• Ankush Panghal — Boxing, men’s 80kg
• Soman Rana — Para athletics, men’s shot put F57

Silver

• Rishikanta Singh — Weightlifting, men’s 60kg
• Muthupandi Raja — Weightlifting, men’s 65kg
• Gyaneshwari Yadav — Weightlifting, women’s 53kg
• Valluri Ajaya Babu — Weightlifting, men’s 79kg
• Harjinder Kaur — Weightlifting, women’s 69kg
• Lovepreet Singh — Weightlifting, men’s +110kg
• Sarvesh Kushare — Athletics, men’s high jump
• Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men’s 10,000m
• Murali Sreeshankar — Athletics, men’s long jump
• Neeraj Chopra — Athletics, men’s javelin throw
• Pravreen Chithravel — Athletics, men’s triple jump
• Yamini Mourya — Judo, women’s 57kg
• Mohammed Basil — Para athletics, men’s 100m T47
• Shubham Juyal — Para athletics, men’s shot put F57
• Lovlina Borgohain — Boxing, women’s 75kg
• Jadumani Singh — Boxing, men’s 55kg
• Narender Berwal — Boxing, men’s +90kg

Bronze

• Jhandu Kumar — Para powerlifting, men’s heavyweight
• Bindyarani Devi — Weightlifting, women’s 58kg
• Shilpa K Shyla — Para athletics, women’s shot put F57
• Seema Kaliramna — Athletics, women’s discus throw
• Tejaswin Shankar — Athletics, men’s decathlon
• Yash Vir Singh — Athletics, men’s javelin throw
• Selva Prabhu Thirumaran — Athletics, men’s triple jump
• Unnati Sharma — Judo, women’s 63kg
• Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men’s 5,000m

A campaign shaped by a changing Games programme

India’s 39-medal haul needs to be viewed in the context of Glasgow 2026’s pared-back programme. Several sports that have traditionally contributed heavily to India’s Commonwealth Games medal count were not included.

At Birmingham 2022, India won 61 medals, including 22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze. Wrestling, badminton, table tennis and hockey alone accounted for a substantial share of India’s medals at that edition.

The Glasgow campaign therefore highlighted India’s growing depth in sports such as boxing, athletics, judo, weightlifting and para athletics.

The performance also provides momentum ahead of the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad, where India is set to host the next edition. Glasgow formally passed the hosting baton to India during the closing ceremony.

For Indian sport, Glasgow 2026 was not simply about the final medal count. It was a showcase of emerging champions, historic breakthroughs and a broader sporting base. From Mirabai Chanu’s record-setting weightlifting achievement and India’s boxing gold rush to landmark judo victories and a breakthrough para campaign, the Games offered plenty of reasons for optimism as India looks toward hosting the Commonwealth sporting community in 2030.