15th July, 2002
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports  


XVII COMMONWEALTH GAMES - ATHLETICS AND BADMINTON


ATHLETICS

A Medals at stake –138(46 Gold+46 Silver+46 Bronze)

B Total number of events – 46

C India’s participation - 5

Men Women

1. Shot put

2. Discus

3. Long Jump

4. High Jump

5. Hammer

D Indian Contingent

S.No.

 

Discipline

Name of the Person S/Shri

Cleared as

1

1

Athletics – Men

Navpreet Singh

Player

2

2

Athletics – Women

Anju Bobby George

Player

3.

3

Athletics – Women

Bobby Aloysius

Player

4.

4

Athletics - Women

Neelam Jaswant Singh

Player

5.

5

Athletics - Women

Hardeep Kaur

Player

6.

6

Athletics - Officials

Jaswant Singh

Coach

7

7

Athletics - Officials

Bobby George

Coach

8

8

Athletics – Officials

H.S. Bhandu

Manager

E Foreign Coaches/Experts employed for training of Indian athletics

1. Yuri Ogrdnik (Sprint), Ukraine

2. Victor Omelchnko (Javelin), Ukraine

3. Sergiey Chevelyev (Recovery Expert), Ukraine

4. Inna Zvereyeva (Recovery Expert), Ukraine

5. Uladzimir Polaha (Middle Distance) Belarus

6. Yuri Minakov (Shot Put & Discuss), Ukraine

7. Viktor Belski (Jumps), Belrus

8. Volodymyr Huldin (Hammer), Ukraine

9. Anatoly Fatyeyev (Combined), Ukraine

F Number of Medal won by India athletes in Commonwealth Games

(i) 1958 - 1 Gold

(ii) 1966 - 1 Silver

(iii) 1970 - 1 Bronze

(iv) 1974 - 1 Bronze

BADMINTON

A Medals at stake –21 Medals (7 Gold+7 Silver+7 Bronze)

B Total number of events – 7

C India’s participation

1. Men (singles)

2. Women (singles)

3. Men (Doubles)

4. Women (Doubles)

5. Men(Team)

6. Women(Team)

7. Men & Women (Mixed Doubles)

D Indian Contingent

S.No.

 

Discipline

Name of the Person S/Shri

Cleared as

9

1

Badminton – Men

Pullela Gopi Chand

Player

10

2

-do-

Abhinn Shyam Gupta

-do-

11.

3

-do-

Nikhil Kanetkar

-do-

12.

4

-do-

Sachin Ratti

-do-

13

5

-do-

Sanave Thomas

-do-

14

6

-do-

Markose Bristow

-do-

15

7

-do-

Valiyaveetil Diju

-do-

16

8

Badminton-Women

Aparna Popat

-do-

17.

9

Badminton –Women

B.R.Meenakshi

-do-

18

10

-do-

T.Murgurde

-do-

19

11

-do-

Ch.Deepti

-do-

20

12

-do-

G. Jwala

-do-

21

13

-do-

Shrutin Kurian

-do-

22

14

-do-

Neelima Choudhary

-do-

23

15

Badminton – Officials

Syed Mohamed Arif

Coach

24

16

-do-

D’sa Le Roy Francis

Coach

25

17

-do-

Dinesh Khanna

Manager

E Number of Medal won by India athletes in Commonwealth Games

(i) 1966 - 1 Bronze

(ii) 1978 - 1 Gold and 1 Bronze

(iii) 1982 - 1 Gold

(iv) 1998 - 2 Silver and 1 Bronze