2024 North East Olympic Games

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2024 North East Olympic Games
Venue Chumoukedima, Dimapur and Kohima
Location Nagaland
Start date18 March 2024
End date23 March 2024
Competitors3000+
Teams8
TBD  

The 2024 North East Olympic Games (2024 NEOG) were the 3rd edition of North East Olympic Games. [1] [2] held in Nagaland, the CM of nagaland Neiphiu Rio inaugurated the event on 18 March 2024. [3] [4]

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History

The first edition of the tournament held in Manipur in 2018. [5]

The 2022 NEOG was to be held in Arunachal Pradesh in 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 NEOG was meant in part to commemorate the 50th year of host state Meghalaya's statehood. [6]

Disciplines

Over 3000 athletes from 8 States of Northeast India have participated in 15 disciplines, held in 12 venues across three districts of Nagaland,Chumoukedima, Dimapur and Kohima. [7] [8] Games involved in this competition include archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, football, lawn tennis, pencak silat, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, and wushu. [9] [10]

Results

   Assam (22.97%)
   Nagaland (21.93%)
   Manipur (21.28%)
   Mizoram (9.49%)
   Meghalaya (9%)
   Arunachal Pradesh (7.7%)
   Sikkim (5.07%)
   Tripura (2.6%)

Total medal distribution comparison between State teams.

Medal tally

PlaceStatesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Manipur 523840130
2 Nagaland 484244134
3 Assam 434453140
4 Mizoram 16152747
5 Arunachal Pradesh 08122758
6 Sikkim 05071931
7 Meghalaya 02124155
8 Tripura 01041116

Manipur emerged as the overall champion, while Nagaland gained first runner up and Assam being third on medal tally and second runner up. [11]

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