Commonwealth Games: How did India perform when Glasgow hosted 2014 Games?

Glasgow, Scotland, is set to host the Commonwealth Games for the second time in 12 years, with the 22nd edition scheduled from July 23 to August 2.

Glasgow last hosted the Games in 2014, when the home nation achieved its best-ever performance with 53 medals, finishing 4th, just above India, in the medal tally.

For India, that was, in fact, one of the weaker performances in recent times, as it was the only time in the last 6 editions that India finished outside the top 4.

Although India won more total medals than Scotland (64), they still finished 5th in the overall standings due to fewer gold medals (15 compared to Scotland’s 19).

Star weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who won a silver medal at the 2014 Glasgow Games, is the only medalist from that edition who is set to return for the 2026 Games.

India's Performance at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games:

Wrestling: Most of India’s gold medals at this edition came in wrestling, with Amit Kumar, Vinesh Phogat, Sushil Kumar, Babita Kumari, and Yogeshwar Dutt all winning titles.

Overall, India won 13 medals (5 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze) to finish second in wrestling tally behind Canada.

Shooting: Shooting was India’s strongest discipline in 2014, delivering the highest number of medals with 17 in total. (4 gold, 9 silver, and 4 bronze).

This was also the last appearance for legendary shooter Abhinav Bindra at these Games, who concluded his CWG journey with a gold in the 10m air pistol, his fourth at the event.

Rahi Sarnobat, Jitu Rai and Apurvi Chandela also bagged the gold medals in their respective categories.

Weightlifting: India bagged 14 medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze) from these Games to top the medal tally of weightlifting ahead of Nigeria and Canada.

Sanjita Khumukcham, Sukhen Dey and Sathish Sivalingam were the three gold medalists from India.

Badminton: Parupalli Kashyap was the star for India in 2014 as he ended India's 32-year wait for a gold medal in men's singles with a win against Derek Wong of Singapore.

PV Sindhu and Gurusai Dutt also won bronze medals in the singles department as India ended its campaign with 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Athletics: The 2014 Games also marked a historic achievement for national record holder Vikas Gowda, who became the first Indian to clinch gold in the men's discus throw at the Commonwealth Games.

Alongside him, India secured two more medals in athletics, with triple jumper Arpinder Singh winning bronze and women’s discus thrower Seema Antil claiming silver.

Others:

Olympian Dipa Karmakar had also shown her prowess in Glasgow as she became the first and only Indian female gymnast to win a Commonwealth Games medal after a bronze in women's vault.

Another highlight of the 2014 Games was in squash, as Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa clinched India’s maiden gold in the discipline with a victory in the women’s doubles.

India also picked up medals in several other sports, including four in judo (2 silver, 2 bronze), a silver medal each for the men’s hockey team, and in table tennis.