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India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

India participated in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Notable among the players was the Indian women's hockey team. The team entered the finals after defeating the Australian women's national field hockey team.[1] They went on to receive the gold after winning the final game against the English women's hockey team.[2][3][4] This win also marked a comeback for Mir Ranjan Negi who coached the team. Negi's involvement and the gold inspired the successful 2007 Shahrukh Khan film about women's field hockey, Chak De India. [5][6]

India at the
2002 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeIND
CGAIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
in Manchester, England
Flag bearersOpening:
Closing:
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
30
Silver
22
Bronze
17
Total
69
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Medals edit

India came fourth overall in the medals table, behind Australia, England and Canada, repeating the feat at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. India was also the host nation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which was held at Delhi, India's capital.

  Gold   Silver   Bronze Total
  India 30 22 17 69

Medalists edit

[7]

India's teams at the 2002 Commonwealth Games edit

Badminton edit

Men edit

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Pullela Gopichand Men's Singles   Wojcikiewicz (CAN)
W 3-0(7-0,7-1,7-1) 		  Hann (MAS)
L 0-3(1-7,1-7,4-7) 		did not advance
Nikhil Kanetkar   Seng (MAS)
L 2-3(3-7,7-4,4-7,7-4,5-7) 		did not advance
Abhinn Shyam Gupta   Haughton (ENG)
W 3-0(8-6,7-5,7-3) 		  Vaughan (WAL)
L 1-3(4-7,1-7,7-3,3-7) 		did not advance
V. Diju
Sanave Thomas 		Men's doubles —   Anthony Clark / Nathan Robertson (ENG)
L 3-0(1-7,4-7,6-8) 		did not advance

Women edit

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
B. R. Meenakshi Women's Singles   Morgan (WAL)
L 0-3(3-7,3-7,1-7) 		did not advance
Trupti Murgunde   Ng (MAS)
L 2-3(7-5,2-7,3-7,7-4,2-7) 		did not advance
Aparna Popat   Amrita Sawaram (MRI)
W 3-0(7-0,7-1,7-0) 		  Julien (CAN)
W 3-0(7-1,7-0,7-0) 		  Hallam (ENG)
L 0-3(3-7,3-7,1-7) 		did not advance  

Hockey edit

India women's national field hockey team edit

Roster

[8][9]

Pool B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Qualification
  New Zealand 7 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 Semifinals
  England 5 3 1 2 0 9 4 +5 Quarterfinals
  India 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 Quarterfinals
  Canada 0 3 0 0 3 2 10 -8
26 July 2002
18:00
Canada   0–1   India
Report Suman   44'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
28 July 2002
09:00
India   1–3   New Zealand
Jyoti   16' Report Pearce   25'
Gubb-Suddaby   40'
Senior   67'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
29 July 2002
16:00
England   1–1   India
Bennett   27' Report Suman   23'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
Quarter-finals edit
31 July 2002
10:00
South Africa   3–4 (a.e.t.)   India
Coetzee   8', 15'
Wilson   34' 		Report Pritam   46'
Jyoti   62', 64'
Suman   78'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
Semi-finals edit
1 August 2002
16:00
New Zealand   1–2   India
Pearce   5' Report Jyoti   33'
Mamta   62'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey Stadium
Gold-medal match edit
3 August 2002
15:30
England   2–3 (a.e.t.)   India
Blanks   35'
Grant   46' 		Report Mamta   21', 78'
Sita   31'
Stadium:
Belle Vue Hockey

Shooting edit

Men edit

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Samaresh Jung Men's 10m air pistol 576 2 674.8  
Jaspal Rana 576 3 674.7  
Abhinav Bindra Men's 10m air rifle 590 1 691.4  
Sameer Ambekar 587 4 689.2 5

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Indian women stun Kiwis". BBC. 1 August 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  2. ^ "India deny England gold". BBC. 3 August 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  3. ^ Kamesh, Srinivasan (5 August 2002). "Indian girls peak at the right time". The Hindu.
  4. ^ "Indian eves win Commonwealth hockey gold". rediff.com. 3 August 2002. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  5. ^ Zanane, Anant; Das, Suprita (13 March 2008). "Women's hockey hopes to deliver". Sports. NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2008.
  6. ^ "Bollywood scores with women's hockey". CNN. 16 August 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  7. ^ "Results".
  8. ^ "2002 Commonwealth Games Results: Medals (India), Women's Hockey". thecgf.com. Retrieved 14 April 2008.
  9. ^ "2002 Commonwealth Games player profiles". bharatiyahockey.org. Archived from the original on 12 May 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2008.

External links edit

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