Commonwealth games 2002 medal tally

The 16-year-old Claudia Fragapane was the first Englishwoman for 84 years to win four golds at the Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Hannah Peters/Getty Images Photograph: Hannah Peters/Getty Images The 16-year-old Claudia Fragapane was the first Englishwoman for 84 years to win four golds at the Commonwealth Games. Photograph: Hannah Peters/Getty Images Photograph: Hannah Peters/Getty Images England’s chef de mission, Jan Paterson, has paid tribute to England’s athletes for “smashing” their medal targets and topping the Nine more medals on the final day –including gold for Lizzie Armitstead in the women’s cycling road race and Chris and Gabby Adcock in the badminton mixed doubles – took England’s tally to 174, comfortably surpassing their pre-Games target of 130 to 145. It was also the country’s best performance in a Commonwealth Games, exceeding the 165 medals won in Manchester in 2002. Paterson said: “We came with a single focus on our athletes. Our aspiration was to put ourselves back up the medal table, which we’ve done and we are delighted with the style that we’ve done it. I am immensely proud of Team England. To come back after a disappointing time at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games has been fantastic. We smashed our target.” Between them England’s 416 athletes at these Games won 58 golds, 59 silvers and 57 bronzes. Paterson put particular focus on the performance of younger stars, such as the 16-year-old gymnast Claudia Fragapane, the first Englishwoman for 84 yea...

Rank Country GOLD SILVER BRONZE Total 1 Australia 84 69 68 221 2 England 36 40 34 110 3 Canada 26 29 31 86 4 India 22 17 11 50 5 South Africa 12 13 13 38 6 Scotland 11 7 11 29 7 Jamaica 10 4 8 22 8 Malaysia 7 12 10 29 =9 New Zealand 6 12 13 31 =9 Kenya 6 5 7 18 11 Singapore 5 6 7 18 12 Nigeria 4 6 7 17 =13 Wales 3 5 11 19 =13 Cyprus 3 1 2 6 =15 Ghana 2 0 1 3 =15 Uganda 2 0 1 3 =17 Pakistan 1 3 1 5 =17 Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 2 =17 Isle of Man 1 0 1 2 =17 Namibia 1 0 1 2 =17 Tanzania 1 0 1 2 =17 Sri Lanka 1 0 0 1 =23 Mauritius 0 3 0 3 =23 Bahamas 0 2 0 2 =23 Northern Ireland 0 2 0 2 =23 Cameroon 0 1 2 3 =23 Botswana 0 1 1 2 =23 Malta 0 1 1 2 =23 Nauru 0 1 1 2 =23 Bangladesh 0 1 0 1 =23 Grenada 0 1 0 1 =23 Lesotho 0 1 0 1 =23 Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 3 3 =23 Seychelles 0 0 2 2 =23 Barbados 0 0 1 1 =23 Fiji 0 0 1 1 =23 Mozambique 0 0 1 1 =23 Samoa 0 0 1 1 =23 Swaziland 0 0 1 1

India's only medal in Hammer throw at Commonwealth Games was won by Praveen Kumar Sobti. He won Silver in the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston. He would go on to play the role of Bheem in BR Chopra's Mahabharata. India won a total of 10 medals, in that edition, including 3 golds. (Image source: Twitter)

BBC Online - Manchester - Commonwealth Games 1998 Final Medal Tally 28 October 2014 » 2002 Commonwealth Games 1998 Final Medal Tally Take a look at which nations brought home the medals from Kuala Lumpur. Australia dominated the last Games. Can anyone top their tally this time around? Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 80 61 58 199 36 47 53 136 30 31 38 99 10 14 12 36 9 11 14 34 8 7 20 35 8 5 4 17 7 10 8 25 4 2 0 6 3 4 8 15 3 2 7 12 3 0 0 3 2 1 2 5 2 0 3 5 1 1 3 5 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 6 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Total Medals 214 214 244 672 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites