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Commonwealth Games 2026: India’s ranking fell despite winning 12 medals, know the mathematics of medal tally

Samira Vishwas | July 29, 2026 3:24 PM CST

India took its total medal tally to two more silver medals on the sixth day of Commonwealth Games 2026. increased from 10 to 12 Did it. Of these, one silver in weightlifting and the other in athletics. Gulveer Singh Got it through brilliant performance. Despite this, instead of improving India’s ranking in the medal table, 8th to 9th place But it slipped.

Now in India’s account 2 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze total including 12 medals Are. However, the first basis for deciding the place in the medal table is not the total number of medals, but number of gold medals it occurs. This is the reason why India lagged behind despite having more total medals.

sixth day New Zealand India increased its gold medal tally by winning two gold medals, leaving India behind. 8th place But reached. similarly Nigeria also has 12 medals, but in his account 6 gold medals Because of that he was in the medal tally 5th place But it is built.

India’s performance after the sixth day

Gold: 2
Silver: 7
Bronze: 3
Total Medals: 12
Ranking: 9th place

Commonwealth Games 2026: Top-10 medal table (after day six)

rank	Country	gold	Silver	bronze	Total
1	Australia	35	18	27	80
2	Canada	13	10	12	35
3	England	10	18	15	43
4	scotland	7	4	4	15
5	Nigeria	6	4	2	12
6	malaysia	5	2	3	10
7	South Africa	4	7	5	16
8	New Zealand	3	7	3	13
9	India	2	7	3	12
10	Jamaica	2	0	0	2

Now for India in the upcoming matches increasing the number of gold medals This will be the biggest challenge. If Indian players are successful in winning more gold, then Team India’s ranking in the medal table may also see improvement.