India at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

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India at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
Flag of India.svg
CGF code IND
CGA Indian Olympic Association
Website olympic.ind.in
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Flag bearersOpening:
Closing:
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
7
Silver
10
Bronze
8
Total
25
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

This was the 12th time India participating in the Commonwealth Games. [1] India ranked 7th in the medal tally. [2]

Contents

Medalists

Gold medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jaspal Rana Shooting Men's 25 m Center-Fire Pistol
Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Ashok Pandit Jaspal Rana
Shooting Men's 25 m Centre-Fire Pistol pairs
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mansher Singh
Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Shooting Men's Olympic Trap team
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Roopa Unnikrishnan Shooting Women's 50 m Rifle Prone
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Dhamraj Wilson Weightlifting Men's 56 kg-Clean and jerk
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Arumugam.k.pandian Weightlifting Men's 56 kg-Combined
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Satheesha Rai Weightlifting Men's 77 kg-Snatch

Silver medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Badminton Men's team
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Aparna Popat Badminton Women's singles
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jitender Kumar Boxing Middleweight
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jaspal Rana Shooting Men's 25 m Air Pistol
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jaspal Rana
Satendra Kumar
Shooting Men's Air Pistol pairs
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Dharmaraj Wilson Weightlifting Men's 56 kg-Combined
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Arumugam.k.pandian Weightlifting Men's 56 kg-Snatch
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Arumugam K. Pandian Weightlifting Men's 56 kg-Clean and jerk
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Satheesha Rai Weightlifting Men's 77 kg-Clean and jerk
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Satheesha Rai Weightlifting Men's 77 kg-Combined

Bronze medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Pullela Gopichand Badminton Men's singles
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeBadminton Women's team
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Bhanwar Dhaka Shooting Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ganapathy Gnanasekar Weightlifting Men's 62 kg-Snatch
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Murugesan Arun Weightlifting Men's 62 kg-Clean and jerk
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Murugesan Arun Weightlifting Men's 62 kg-Combined
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze G. Vadivelu Weightlifting Men's 69 kg-Clean and jerk
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sandeep Kumar Weightlifting Men's 69 kg-Combined

Cricket

India entered The national cricket team.

TeamEventGroup stageSemifinalFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
India Men's List-A Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda
NR
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
W by 112 runs
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
L by 146 runs
3Did not advance9

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