Sports · 4 August 2026

India Finishes Fourth at Commonwealth Games 2026 with 39 Medals

Exam-focused facts from the 4 August 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • India finished fourth at the Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow with 39 medals, comprising 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze.
  • India matched Scotland's total of 39 medals but finished above them because of a superior silver-medal count.
  • Australia topped the final medal table with 171 medals, followed by England with 110 and Canada with 62.
  • Boxing was India's strongest discipline, contributing 10 medals including seven golds, the highest by any nation in the sport at Glasgow 2026.
  • Weightlifting contributed eight medals, with Mirabai Chanu winning a historic third consecutive Commonwealth Games gold medal.
  • Athletics produced a 10-medal haul for India, with Gulveer Singh winning silver in the 10,000m and bronze in the 5,000m.
  • Neeraj Chopra won silver in the men's javelin throw on his return to the Commonwealth Games.
  • Tejaswin Shankar became India's first Commonwealth Games decathlon medallist.
  • India recorded its best-ever Commonwealth Games para campaign, winning seven medals including three golds.
  • Dilip Mahadu Gavit and Mohammed Basil Morssinganakath won gold and silver respectively in the men's 100m T47 para-athletics event.
  • India's sport-wise medal tally was boxing 10, athletics 10, weightlifting 8, para athletics 6, judo 4 and para powerlifting 1.
  • India's total of 39 medals was lower than the 61 won at Birmingham 2022, but the Glasgow programme excluded wrestling, badminton, table tennis, hockey and shooting.