COMMONWEALTH GAMES

EDMONTON, CANADA

Aug 1978 - 12 Aug, 1978

India: Ranked 6

15 Medals - Gold: 5,Silver: 5, Bronze: 5


Name Medal Sports Discipline
Prakash Padukone Gold  Gold Badminton Men's Singles
Ekambaram Karunakaran Gold  Gold Weightlifting Men's Flyweight
Ashok Kumar Gold  Gold Wrestling Men's Light Flyweight
Satbir Singh Gold  Gold Wrestling Men's Bantamweight
Rajinder Singh Gold  Gold Wrestling Men's Welterweight
Tamil Selvin Silver  Silver Weightlifting Men's Bantamweight
Sudesh Kumar Silver  Silver Wrestling Men's Flyweight
Jagdish Kumar Silver  Silver Wrestling Men's Lightweight
Jagminder Singh Silver  Silver Wrestling Men's Featherweight
Satpal Singh Silver  Silver Wrestling Men's Heavyweight
Suresh Babu Bronze  Bronze Athletics Men's Long jump
Ami Ghia Kanwal Singh Bronze  Bronze Badminton Women's Doubles
Birender Thapa Bronze  Bronze Boxing Men's Light Flyweight
Kartar Singh Bronze  Bronze Wrestling Men's Light Heavyweight
Ishwar Singh Bronze  Bronze Wrestling Men's Super Heavyweight

ndia's eighth appearance at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton saw the team ranked 6th on the table. The Indian contingent maintained a steady medals count of 15 medals as in the previous edition of the Games. Prakash Padukone won India its first Gold in Badminton, setting an inspiration for the future Indian shuttlers. Wrestling and Weightlifting units were the other major contributors to India’s 6th place finish followed by Athletics and Boxing winning a medal each.

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