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Host city |
Gujarat, India |
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Motto |
Celebrating unity through sports |
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Theme Song |
Judega India Jitega India |
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Mascot |
Savaj (The Asiatic Lion) |
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Teams participating |
37 (28 States + 8 UTs + Services Sports Control Board(SSCB) ) |
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Athletes participating |
7000+ |
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Events |
36 |
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Opening ceremony |
29 September 2022 |
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Closing ceremony |
12 October 2022 |
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Officially opened by |
Narendra Modi |
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Main venue |
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
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Winner |
Services |
The National
Games 2022 was held across six cities, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat,
Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar, in Gujarat.
Though the
official start date for the 36th edition of the National Games, India’s very own homespun Olympics, was
September 27, events, starting with table tennis, got underway from September
20 to avoid a clash with the world table tennis championships, which began on
September 30 in China
Almost 7,000 athletes from 28 Indian States, eight Union
Territories and Services, the sports team of the Indian Armed Forces, competed
for medals in 36 different sports. These included traditional Olympic
disciplines as well as indigenous sports like mallakhamb, kho kho and kabaddi,
amongst others.
The complete list of sports
which were competed at the National Games 2022 in Gujarat are:
Aquatics, archery, athletics,
badminton, basketball, boxing, canoeing & kayaking, cycling, fencing, football,
gymnastics, golf, handball, hockey, judo, kabaddi, kho-kho, lawn bowls,
mallakhamb, netball, roller skating, rowing, rugby 7s, shooting, softball, soft
tennis, squash, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball,
weightlifting, wrestling, wushu and yogasana.
Services came into the 2022 edition as three-time defending National
Games champions, having won in 2007, 2011 and 2015. The Army team won their fourth consecutive
title with 128 medals; 61 golds, 35 silvers and 32 bronze. As many as
29 teams won at least one gold medal at the edition.
The SSCB was established in 1919 and is one of the founder
members of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) because of which it has the
privilege of participating in the National Games along with other States and
Union Territories. The best athletes of the three services, undergo a gruelling
selection process at the Inter-services level to be chosen and fielded as part
of the Services Team for the National Games and World Military Games.
Top 5
performers
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Rank |
State/Union |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
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1 |
Services |
61 |
35 |
32 |
128 |
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2 |
Maharashtra |
39 |
38 |
63 |
140 |
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3 |
Haryana |
38 |
38 |
40 |
116 |
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4 |
Karnataka |
27 |
23 |
38 |
88 |
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5 |
Tamil Nadu |
25 |
22 |
27 |
74 |