Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games | |
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Light flyweight | |
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Lightweight | |
Light welterweight | |
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Middleweight | |
Light heavyweight | |
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Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games | |
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Venue | Talkatora Stadium |
Dates | October 5 - 11, 2010 |
Nations | 38 |
Boxing at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held at the Talkatora Stadium. The training venue for the event was in Delhi University 4 Rings. The events took place on 5 - 11, 13 October 2010.
* Host nation (India)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Northern Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
2 | India* | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
3 | England | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Scotland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Wales | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Botswana | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Namibia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Bahamas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Tonga | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
14 | Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
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