India Climb to Fourth on CWG 2026

Medal Table with 13 Gold, 17 Silver, 9 Bronze

Report By Y-Trendz

A record-equalling boxing campaign, a landmark double from Gulveer Singh, and Neeraj Chopra's return to the podium headline India's 39-medal haul in Glasgow

India have moved into fourth place on the overall medal table at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with a tally of 39 medals comprising 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze after a blockbuster tenth day of competition. The Games, running from July 23 to August 2 in Glasgow, Scotland, feature 74 nations competing across 11 sports, including eight able-bodied disciplines and five integrated para sports categories in which India fielded athletes.

Where India stand

According to the Indian Olympic Association's official tracker, updated as of the evening of August 1, India sit fourth in the medal standings, trailing the leading nations but comfortably ahead of the chasing pack, on the back of a 39-medal haul across athletics, boxing, gymnastics, bowls, judo, swimming, track cycling, weightlifting and the para disciplines. Australia continue to dominate the overall standings at the top of the table.

The tally represents one of India's strongest all-round showings at a Commonwealth Games in recent editions, driven in large part by an outstanding campaign in the boxing ring and a series of standout individual performances in athletics.

Boxing leads the charge

Indian boxers have been the standout performers of the Games, combining for a best-ever tally of ten medals at a single Commonwealth Games. Of these, seven were gold — a tally described as more golds than any single nation has managed in boxing at one edition of the Games — alongside three silvers. The seven-gold haul instantly makes boxing India's most prolific medal-producing sport in Glasgow and marks a significant improvement on the boxing contingent's performances at previous editions.

Not every result went India's way in the ring, however. Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain, one of India's most recognisable boxing names, had to settle for silver in the women's 75kg division after coming up short in her gold-medal bout, a reminder that even India's most decorated fighters faced stiff competition in Glasgow.

Athletics delivers historic moments

India's athletics contingent produced several milestone performances over the course of the Games. Gulveer Singh became the first Indian athlete to win two track medals at a single Commonwealth Games, adding a men's 5000m bronze to the silver he had already claimed in the men's 10,000m. His 5000m bronze came on Day 10 itself, after he timed his finishing kick to perfection down the home straight to hold off his rivals for a podium finish.

Neeraj Chopra, the reigning Olympic and world javelin champion who won gold in the men's javelin throw at the 2018 Gold Coast Games, added to India's tally with a silver medal in Glasgow, marking his second Commonwealth Games podium finish. Chopra had been forced to skip his title defence at the 2022 Birmingham Games because of injury, making his return to the Commonwealth Games podium in Glasgow a significant moment for Indian athletics.

Elsewhere on the track and field, Tejaswini Shankar became the first Indian athlete to win a decathlon medal at the Commonwealth Games, claiming bronze in the gruelling ten-event discipline. Not every Indian athlete managed to reach the podium on Day 10: Dev Meena narrowly missed out on a medal in the men's pole vault, finishing fourth, while India's mixed 4x400m relay quartet finished sixth in the event's inaugural running at the Commonwealth Games, an event that was won by Jamaica.

Para sports campaign ends on a high

India also signed off from the para sports events at the Glasgow Games with what has been described as their best-ever showing at a single Commonwealth Games, contributing a seven-medal haul across the five integrated para disciplines on the programme: para athletics, para powerlifting, para swimming, para track cycling and 3x3 wheelchair basketball. The strong para showing adds further weight to what has already been one of India's more well-rounded Commonwealth Games campaigns in recent memory, with medals coming from a wider spread of disciplines than in several previous editions.

The broader contingent

A total of 122 Indian athletes were in medal contention across the Games, competing in the eight able-bodied sports where India fielded athletes — athletics, artistic gymnastics, bowls, boxing, judo, swimming, track cycling and weightlifting — in addition to the five para disciplines. Team India's contingent was given an official send-off ahead of the Games in July, with expectations running high given the depth the country has developed in combat sports, athletics and weightlifting in recent years.

Context: how this compares historically

India's fourth-place finish echoes several of the country's previous best performances at the Commonwealth Games. India also finished fourth overall at both the 2002 Manchester Games, where the country won 69 medals including 30 gold, and the 2006 Melbourne Games, where India claimed 50 medals including 22 gold — both years in which India finished behind Australia, England and Canada in the standings. The current Glasgow campaign's 39-medal, 13-gold tally is more modest by comparison to those two editions, reflecting a Games programme with fewer of the shooting and archery events that have historically been rich sources of medals for the Indian contingent; shooting, in particular, was not among the sports contested by India at Glasgow 2026, a departure from Games where India's shooters typically contributed heavily to the gold-medal count.

What's next

With the Glasgow Games scheduled to run through August 2, a small number of medal events remained to be decided as of Day 10, meaning India's final tally could still shift before the closing ceremony. The Indian Olympic Association's tracker is being updated live as results come in, and the federation is expected to release a full account of the country's campaign once the Games conclude. Attention will then turn to India's preparations for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, with the current squad's performances in boxing, athletics and the para disciplines likely to shape selection and training priorities heading into the next four-year cycle.