2010 Commonwealth Games
XIX Commonwealth Games
Logo of 2010 Commonw
ealth Games Host city Motto Nations participating Athletes participating Events Opening ceremony Closing ceremony Officially opened by Athlete's Oath New Delhi, India Come out and play 71 Commonwealth Teams 6,081 272 events in 21 disciplines[1] 3 October 14 October Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Pratibha Patil, President of India Abhinav Bindra
Queen's Baton Final Runner Sushil Kumar Main Stadium Website Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium cwgdelhi2010.org
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events. It was the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in Delhi and India, eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main stadium of the event. It was the first time that the Commonwealth Games were held in India and the second time it was held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998. The official mascot of the Games was Shera and the official song of the Games, "Jiyo Utho Bado Jeeto", was composed by celebrated Indian musician A.R. Rahman. Initially, several concerns and controversies surfaced before the start of the Games. Despite these concerns, all member nations of the Commonwealth of Nations participated in the event, except Fiji, which is suspended from the Commonwealth, and Tokelau, which didn't send a team. A widely-praised opening ceremony helped improve the image of the Games.[2][3] The concerns raised during the buildup to the Games proved largely unfounded as most events progressed smoothly. The final medal tally was led by Australia. The host nation India gave its strongest performance yet to emerge second, while England placed third. The day after the conclusion of the Games, the Indian Government announced the formation of a special investigation committee to probe the allegations of corruption and mismanagement that had marred the buildup to the Games.[4][5]
Bidding
The two principal bids for the 2010 Commonwealth Games were from Delhi, India and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. A ballot of members was held in November 2003 at the Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Delhi bid won by a margin of 46 votes to 22, confirming India's first successful bid for the Games. The bid was Canada's attempt to hold the games for the fifth time.[6][7][8] India's bid motto was New Frontiers and Friendships.[9] India shifted the balance in its favour in the second round of voting with a promise that it would provide US$100,000 to each participating country, along with air tickets, boarding, lodging and transport.[10] The successful 2003 Afro-Asian Games held in Hyderabad was also seen as having showed India has the resources, infrastructure and technical know-how to stage a big sporting event. India also thanked Latif Butt, former vice president of the Olympic Council of Asia, for his support in the winning bid, by saying, "You played a vital role in the Commonwealth Games 2010 being allotted to India. Such actions are worthy of emulation by all concerned in Pakistan and India. I have no doubt that if both sides continue to live by such ideals, one day, sooner than
later our generations to come will reap the benefits of and be grateful to those making such contributions. You would certainly be such person."[9] The Indian government stated that it would underwrite the total cost of the Games.[11]
Organisation
Organising committee
The organisation was beset by delays: in January 2010, the Indian Olympic Association vicechairman Raja Randhir Singh expressed concern that Delhi was not up to speed in forming and organising its games committee and, following a 2009 Indian Government report showing two thirds of venues were behind schedule, Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell stated that the slow progress of preparations represented a serious risk to the event.[12] Singh called for a revamp of the games' organising committees:[13] Jarnail Singh, a former Secretary of the Government of India, was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi was appointed as head of the committee.[14] In spite of delays and the corruption cases levied on the organisors, commentators stated that they were confident that India will successfully host the games and do so on time.[15][16] At the launch of the Queens Baton Relay in October 2009, the Business Club of India (BCI) was formed through the partnership of the organising committee, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). The BCI was formed to both market the Games and promote Indian business interests internationally.[17]
Costs
Terminal 3, Indira Gandhi International Airport
The initial total budget estimated by Indian Olympic Association in 2003 for hosting the Games was 16.2 billion (US$364.5 million) but escalated official total budget estimation in 2010 became 115 bn ($2.6 B), which excludes non-sports-related infrastructure development in the city such as airports, city beautification and roads.[18] Business Today magazine estimated that the Games cost 300 bn ($6.8 bn).[19] The 2010 Commonwealth Games are the most expensive Commonwealth Games ever.[20]
Sports
There were events in 21 disciplines across 17 sports for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Aquatics (details) o Diving o Swimming o Synchronised swimming Archery (8) (details) Athletics (46) (details) Badminton (6) (details) Boxing (11) (details)
Cycling (details) o Road o Track Gymnastics (details) o Artistic gymnastics o Rhythmic gymnastics Hockey (2) (details) Lawn bowls (6) (details)
Netball (1) (details) Rugby sevens (1) (details) Shooting (44) (details) Squash (5) (details) Table tennis (7) (details) Tennis (5) (details) Weightlifting (15) (details) Wrestling (21) (details)
Kabaddi was a demonstration sport at the Games.[48] Triathlon was excluded from the games as there was no suitable location for the swimming stage.[citation needed] The organisers have also removed basketball, but included archery, tennis and wrestling. Cricket, although in strong demand, did not make a come-back as the Board of Control for Cricket in India were not keen on a Twenty20 tournament, and the organisers did not want a one day tournament.[49]
Medal table
Only the top ten nations by medal rank are shown in this medal table. Nations are ranked first by count of gold medals, then silver medals, then bronze medals. For the full medal table, see the main article.
Host nation India Rank 1 2 3 Nation Australia India England Gold 74 38 37 Silver 55 27 60 Bronze 48 36 46 Total 177 101 143
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Canada South Africa Kenya Malaysia Singapore Nigeria Scotland Total
26 12 12 12 11 11 9 272
17 11 11 10 11 8 10 274
33 10 9 14 9 14 7 282
76 33 32 36 31 33 26 828[50]
Indian Medal Winners at CWG 2010
NEW DELHI: India created a new record at the just concluded Commonwealth games 2010. India not only remained at the second position in the medals tally but also won its largest haul of medals in the Commonwealth games. Here are the rue heroes of India, who won medals for the country in various disciplines at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games: Archery: Gold Medal Rahul Banerjee mens recurve (Individual) Deepika Kumari, Dola Banerjee, Bombayala Devi womens recurve (Team) Deepika Kumari womens recurve (Individual) Silver Medal Chinna Raju, Ritul Chaterjee, Jignesh Chittibomma mens compound (Team) Bronze Medal Medal Jayanta Talukdar mens recurve (Individual) Gagandeep Kaur, Bheigyabati Chanu, Jhanu Hansda womens compound (Team) Dola Banerjee womens recurve (Individual) Jayanta Talukdar, Tarundeep Rai, Rahul Banerjee mens recurve
Athletics: Gold Medal A.C. Ashwini, Manjeet Kaur, Mandeep Kaur and Sini Jose womens 4x400m Relay Krishna Poonia womens discus throw Silver Medal Vikas Shive Gowda Mens discus throw Harwant Kaur womens discus throw Prajusha Maliakkal womens long jump Bronze Medal Kashinath Naik mens javelin throw Seema Antil womens discus throw M. Rahamatulla, Sathya Suresh, Shameermon and Abdul Najeeb Qureshi mens 4x100m relay S. Geetha, Srabani Nanda, P.K. Priya and H.M. Jyothi womens 4x100m relay Renjith Maheswary mens triple jump Kavita Raut womens 10,000m Harminder Singh mens 20 Km race walk Aquatics: Bronze Medal Prasanta Karmakar, para sport mens 50m freestyle,S9 Badminton: Gold Medal Medal Saina Nehwal womens singles
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa womens doubles Silver Medal Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap, Chetan Anand, Jwala Gutta, V.Diju, Ashwini Ponnappa, Rupesh Kumar, Sanave Thomas mixed team Bronze Medal Parupalli Kashyap mens singles Boxing: Gold Medal Manoj Kumar (64kg) Suranjoy Mayengbam (52 kg) Paramjeet Samota (+91kg) Bronze Medal Jai Bhagwan (60kg) Amandeep Singh (49kg) Dilbag Singh (69kg) Vijender Singh (75kg) Gymnastics (Artistic): Silver Medal Medal Ashish Kumar mens vault Bronze Medal Ashish Kumar mens floor Hockey: Silver Medal Mens team
Shooting: Gold Medal Omkar Singh, Gurpreet Singh mens 10m air pistol (Pairs) Gagan Narang and Abhinav Bindra mens 10m air rifle (Pairs) Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh mens 25m centrefire pistol (Pairs) Vijay Kumar and Gurpreet Singh mens 25m rapid fire pistol (Pairs) Gagan Narang and Imran Hasan Khan mens 50m rifle 3 positions (Pairs) Heena Sindu and Anuraj Singh womens 10m air pistol (Pairs) Anisa Sayyed and Rahi Sarnobat womens 25m pistol (Pairs) Vijay Kumar mens 25m rapid fire pistol Gagan Narang mens 10m air rifle Gagan Narang mens 50m rifle 3 positions Anisa Sayyed womens 25m pistol Harpreet Singh mens 25m centrefire pistol (Singles) Omkar Singh mens 10m air pistol Omkar Singh mens 50m pistol Silver Medal Abhinav Bindra mens 10m air rifle Samresh Jung, Chandrasekhar Kumar Chaudary mens 25m standard pistol (Pairs) Omkar Singh and Deepak Sharma mens 50m pistol (Pairs) Ronjon Sodhi and Asher Noria mens double trap (Pairs) Mansher Singh and Manavjot Singh Sandhu mens trap (Pairs)
Tejaswani Sawant and Lajja Gauswami womens 50m rifle 3 positions (Pairs) Vijay Kumar mens 25m centrefire pistol (Singles) Rahi Sarnobat womens 25m pistol Tejaswini Sawant womens 50m rifle prone (Singles) Heena Sidhu womens 10m air pistol Ronjan Sodhi mens double trap Bronze Medal Suma Shirur and Kavita Yadav womens 10m air rifle (Pairs) Meena Kumari and Tejaswani Sawant womens 50m prone rifle (Pairs) Samaresh Jung mens 25m standard pistol (Singles) Manavjit Singh Sandhu mens trap (Singles) Gurpreet Singh mens 25m rapid fire pistol Table Tennis: Gold Medal Sharath Kamal and Subhajit Saha mens doubles Silver Medal Poulomi Ghatak, Mouma Das, Shamini Kumaresan, Madhurika Patkar, Mamta Prabhu womens team Bronze Medal Sharath Kamal mens singles Sharath Kamal, Soumyadeep Roy, Subhajit Saha, Amalraj Anthony and Abhishek Ravichandran mens team Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das womens doubles
Tennis: Gold Medal: Somdev Devvarman mens singles Silver Medal Sania Mirza womens singles Bronze Medal Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhuptahi mens doubles Sania Mirza and Rushmi Chakravarthi womens doubles Weightlifting: Gold Medal Ravi Kumar Katulu mens 9kg Renu Bala Chanu womens 58kg Silver Medal Soniya Chanu womens 48kg Sukhen Dey mens 56kg Bronze Medal: Rani Devi Sandhya womens 48kg Sudhir Kumar Chitradurga mens 77kg Monika Devi Laishram womens 75kg V.S. Rao mens 56kg Wrestling: Gold Medal Anita womens 67kg free style
Yogeshwar Dutt mens 60kg free style Geeta womens 55kg free style Sushil Kumar mens 66kg free style Alka Tomar womens 59kg free style Narsingh Panch Yadav mens 74kg free style Anil Kumar mens 96kg (greco roman) Rajender Kumar mens 55kg (greco roman) Sanjay mens 74kg (greco roman) Ravinder Singh 60kg mens (greco roman) Silver Medal Nirmala Devi womens 48kg free style Anuj Kumar mens 84kg free style Joginder Kumar mens 120kg free style Babita Kumari womens 51kg free style Manoj Kumar mens 84kg (greco roman) Bronze Medal Anil Kumar mens 55kg free style Suman Kundu womens 63kg free style Dharmender Dalal mens 120kg (greco roman) Sunil Kumar mens 66kg (greco roman).
