Wrestling at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

The Wrestling events for the 2010 Commonwealth Games were held on Indira Gandhi Arena from 5 to 10 October 2010. Unlike other major wrestling events only one bronze medal was awarded per event.[1]

Medal table

  *   Host nation (India)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 India*105419
2 Canada45514
3 Nigeria33713
4 Pakistan2103
5 England1124
6 Australia1113
7 South Africa0415
8 Cameroon0112
Totals (8 nations)21212163

Events

Men's events

Freestyle

XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Wrestling (Men’s Freestyle 55Kg) Azhar Hussain of Pakistan (Gold), Ebikewenimo Welson of Nigeria (Silver) and Anil Kumar of India (Bronze), during the medal presentation ceremony
XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi (Men’s) Wrestling 74Kg Freestyle Narsingh Yadav of India won the gold medal, at Indira Gandhi Stadium, in New Delhi on October 09, 2010
Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg
Azhar Hussain
 Pakistan
Ebikewenimo Welson
 Nigeria
Anil Kumar
 India
60 kg
Yogeshwar Dutt
 India
James Mancini
 Canada
Sasha Madyarchyk
 England
66 kg
Sushil Kumar
 India
Heinrich Barnes
 South Africa
Chris Prickett
 Canada
74 kg
Narsingh Yadav
 India
Richard Addinall
 South Africa
Evan MacDonald
 Canada
84 kg
Muhammad Inam
 Pakistan
Anuj Kumar
 India
Andrew Dick
 Nigeria
96 kg
Sinivie Boltic
 Nigeria
Korey Jarvis
 Canada
Leon Rattigan
 England
120 kg
Arjan Bhullar
 Canada
Joginder Kumar
 India
Hugues Onanena
 Cameroon

Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg
Rajender Kumar
 India
Azhar Hussain
 Pakistan
Promise Mwenga
 Canada
60 kg
Ravinder Singh
 India
Terence Christopher Bosson
 England
Romeo Joseph
 Nigeria
66 kg
Myroslav Dykun
 England
Jack Bond
 Canada
Sunil Kumar
 India
74 kg
Sanjay Kumar
 India
Richard Brian Addinall
 South Africa
Hassan Shahsavan
 Australia
84 kg
Efionayi Agbonavbare
 Nigeria
Manoj Kumar
 India
Dean van Zyl
 South Africa
96 kg
Anil Kumar
 India
Kakoma Hugues Bella-Lufu
 South Africa
Eric Feunekes
 Canada
120 kg
Ivan Popov
 Australia
Talaram Mamma
 Nigeria
Dharmender Dalal
 India

Women's events

Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
Carol Huynh
 Canada
Nirmala Devi
 India
Odunayo Adekuroye
 Nigeria
51 kg
Ifeoma Christi Nwoye
 Nigeria
Babita Kumari
 India
Jessica Macdonald
 Canada
55 kg
Geeta Phogat
 India
Emily Bensted
 Australia
Lovina Edward
 Nigeria
59 kg
Alka Tomar
 India
Tonya Verbeek
 Canada
Tega Tosin Richard
 Nigeria
63 kg
Justine Bouchard
 Canada
Blessing Oborududu
 Nigeria
Suman Kundu
 India
67 kg
Anita Sheoran
 India
Megan Buydens
 Canada
Ifeoma Iheanacho
 Nigeria
72 kg
Ohenewa Akuffo
 Canada
Laure Ali Annabel
 Cameroon
Hellen Okus
 Nigeria

Participating nations

Film

Geeta Phogat was India's first female wrestler to win at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, where she won the gold medal (55 kg) while her sister Babita Kumari won the silver (51 kg). This came back in the 2016 Indian movie Dangal.

gollark: Why not?
gollark: Escape through the window?
gollark: But you're not doing that.
gollark: You wouldn't be doing that while in bed anyway.
gollark: Just don't clean up your room.

See also

References

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