The much awaited 36th National Games in Gujarat have finally started with the best athletes from India competing in 36 field of sports. India has produced some great athletes over the history and some of them have even credited the National Games for representing the country in international games.

 

Although the tourna m ent started unofficially from 20 September 2022, the main events will take place between 29 September to 10 October. The 36th National Games of India will take place in six cities of Gujarat in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar.

 

Mallakhamba  and Yogasana are two new additions in the list of the National Games with the Indian Olympic Association dropping Handball from the list due to factional fighting in the federation.

 

Talking about the last edition which took place seven years ago in 2015 in Kerala, Services finished first with 91 medals, followed by Kerala and Haryana taking the second and third place respectively.


With Indian athletes participating in a variety of events, keeping track of every sport is difficult. So, for this year's event, SportsTiger presents you with the live updates about the winners at the National Games.

POSITION

STATE

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

TOTAL

1

Services

56

34

31

121

2

Maharashtra

38

38

62

138

3

Haryana

34

33

39

106

4

Karnataka

27

23

28

88

5

Tamil Nadu

25

21

27

73

6

Kerala

21

18

13

52

7

Madhya Pradesh

20

25

20

65

8

Uttar Pradesh

20

18

17

55

9

Manipur

20

9

18

47

10

Punjab

18

30

22

70