India finished second in the table for the very first time in Commonwealth Games history
The 2010 Commonwealth Games (officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games), was a multi-sport event held in Delhi, India from 3 to 14 October 2010. It was the first time that India hosted the Commonwealth Games and the second time it was held in Asia after Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) participated in this Games, competing in 272 events in 21 sports.
Athletes from 36 participating CGAs won at least one medal; athletes from 23 of these CGAs secured at least one gold. Australia led the medal table for the sixth consecutive time with 74 golds and 177 medals overall. Host nation India finished second in the table for the very first time in Commonwealth Games history with a tally of 38 golds and 101 medals overall. Botswana, the Cayman Islands and Samoa won their first ever Commonwealth Games gold medals. Australian swimmer Alicia Coutts emerged as the most successful athlete with five gold medals.[
The ranking in this table is consistent with International Olympic Committee convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by an NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IOC country code.
In Boxing two bronze medals were awarded in each weight class. Additionally there was a tie of three athletes for the third place in the women's pole vault in athletics meant that three bronze medals were awarded. Therefore, the total number of bronze medals is greater than the total number of gold or silver medals.
Host nation (India)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia (AUS) | 74 | 55 | 48 | 177 |
| 2 |  India (IND) | 38 | 27 | 36 | 101 |
| 3 |  England (ENG) | 37 | 59 | 46 | 142 |
| 4 |  Canada (CAN) | 26 | 17 | 32 | 75 |
| 5 |  Kenya (KEN) | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 |  South Africa (RSA) | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 |
| 7 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 12 | 10 | 13 | 35 |
| 8 |  Singapore (SIN) | 11 | 11 | 9 | 31 |
| 9 |  Nigeria (NGR) | 11 | 10 | 14 | 35 |
| 10 |  Scotland (SCO) | 9 | 10 | 7 | 26 |
| 11 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 6 | 22 | 8 | 36 |
| 12 |  Cyprus (CYP) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 13 |  Wales (WAL) | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 14 |  Northern Ireland (NIR) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 15 |  Samoa (SAM) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 17 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 18 |  Uganda (UGA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 |  Bahamas (BAH) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 |  Botswana (BOT) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 |  Nauru (NRU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 |  Cayman Islands (CAY) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 |  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 25 |  Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 26 |  Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 27 |  Namibia (NAM) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 |  Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 |  Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 |  Seychelles (SEY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 |  Isle of Man (IOM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 |  Mauritius (MRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 |  Tonga (TON) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 34 |  Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 |  Bangladesh (BAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 |  Saint Lucia (LCA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 272 | 274 | 282 | 828 | |
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