2024 North East Olympic Games | |
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Venue | Chumoukedima, Dimapur and Kohima |
Location | Nagaland |
Start date | 18 March 2024 |
End date | 23 March 2024 |
Competitors | 3000+ |
Teams | 8 |
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]
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]
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]
Place | States | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Manipur | 52 | 38 | 40 | 130 |
2 | Nagaland | 48 | 42 | 44 | 134 |
3 | Assam | 43 | 44 | 53 | 140 |
4 | Mizoram | 16 | 15 | 27 | 47 |
5 | Arunachal Pradesh | 08 | 12 | 27 | 58 |
6 | Sikkim | 05 | 07 | 19 | 31 |
7 | Meghalaya | 02 | 12 | 41 | 55 |
8 | Tripura | 01 | 04 | 11 | 16 |
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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