2022 National Games of India & Assam’s Performance – APSC Current Affairs/GK
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The 2022 National Games of India is 36th edition of the National Games of India and was held in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar in Gujarat between 29 September and 12 October 2022.
Teams from all 28 states and eight union territories of India as well as a team representing Indian Armed Forces participated in the Games. The new union territories of Ladakh and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu made their National Games debut at the games.
The official logo depicts an Asiatic lion head make up of sporting pictograms and the Statue of Unity. The official motto of the games is “Celebrating unity through sports”. The games mascot is Savaj the Asiatic lion.
Origin of the National Games
The genesis of the National Games is in the Olympic movement, which gathered momentum in the country in the 1920’s. The need to identify national talent that could be picked for the Olympic Games, prompted the initiation of the National Games. The culmination of the efforts of Dr A. G. Noehren and Harry Crowe Buck to assimilate and channel the energy of the youth through a pan-India sporting event led to the launch of the 1st edition of the Indian Olympic Games at Lahore in an undivided Punjab in 1924. The first three editions were all held in the city of Lahore. After the eighth edition in 1938 in Calcutta, the event was renamed as the National Games.
Lucknow hosted the National Games in its first post-independence avatar while the first National Games on the lines of the Summer Olympics format were held in 1985 in New Delhi.
Medal Tally
|
Rank |
State |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|
1 |
Services |
61 |
35 |
32 |
128 |
|
2 |
Maharashtra |
39 |
38 |
63 |
140 |
|
3 |
Haryana |
38 |
38 |
40 |
116 |
|
4 |
Karnataka |
27 |
23 |
38 |
88 |
|
5 |
Tamil Nadu |
25 |
22 |
27 |
74 |
|
6 |
Kerala |
23 |
18 |
13 |
54 |
|
7 |
Madhya Pradesh |
20 |
25 |
21 |
66 |
|
8 |
Uttar Pradesh |
20 |
18 |
18 |
56 |
|
9 |
Manipur |
20 |
10 |
20 |
50 |
|
10 |
Punjab |
19 |
32 |
25 |
76 |
|
11 |
Delhi |
14 |
17 |
40 |
71 |
|
12 |
Gujarat |
13 |
15 |
21 |
49 |
|
13 |
West Bengal |
13 |
14 |
17 |
44 |
|
14 |
Assam |
9 |
10 |
9 |
28 |
|
15 |
Telangana |
8 |
7 |
8 |
23 |
|
16 |
Arunachal Pradesh |
6 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
|
17 |
Odisha |
4 |
11 |
11 |
26 |
|
18 |
Jharkhand |
3 |
5 |
5 |
13 |
|
19 |
Chandigarh |
3 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
|
20 |
Rajasthan |
3 |
3 |
24 |
30 |
|
21 |
Andhra Pradesh |
2 |
9 |
5 |
16 |
|
22 |
Chhattisgarh |
2 |
5 |
6 |
13 |
|
23 |
Andaman & Nicobar Islnd |
2 |
5 |
5 |
12 |
|
24 |
Himachal Pradesh |
2 |
4 |
3 |
9 |
|
25 |
Tripura |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
26 |
Uttarakhand |
1 |
8 |
9 |
18 |
|
27 |
Jammu and Kashmir |
1 |
2 |
9 |
12 |
|
28 |
Mizoram |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
Puducherry |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
30 |
Goa |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
31 |
Bihar |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
32 |
Sikkim |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
- Best male athlete: Sajan Prakash (Kerala) – 5 golds, 2 silvers & 1 bronze.
- Best female athlete: Hashika Ramachandra (Karnataka) – 6 golds and 1 bronze.
Assam’s Performance in National Games 2022
|
Sport |
Round |
Opponent 1 |
Opponent 2 |
|
Lawn Bowl-Pairs Male Open |
Semi Final |
Jharkhand Lost |
Assam Won |
|
Lawn Bowl-Singles Female Open |
Semi Final |
Nayanmoni Saikia Lost Assam |
Sarita Tirkey Won Jharkhand |
|
Lawn Bowl-Singles Female Open |
Third Place |
Nayanmoni Saikia Won Assam |
Beena Shah Lost West Bengal |
|
Lawn Bowl-Fours Female Open |
Final |
Assam Lost |
Jharkhand Won |
|
Lawn Bowl-Pairs Male Open |
Final |
Delhi Lost |
Assam Won |
|
Lawn Bowl-Triples Male Open |
Final |
Assam Won |
West Bengal Lost |
|
Archery-Recurve Team Female Open |
Semi Final |
Jharkhand Won |
Assam Lost |
|
Lawn Bowl-Singles Male Open |
Semi Final |
Mridul Borgohain Lost Assam |
Sunil Bahadur Won Jharkhand |
|
Lawn Bowl-Pairs Female Open |
Semi Final |
Assam Won |
Bihar Lost |
|
Lawn Bowl-Singles Male Open |
Third Place |
Vikram Rajak Lost Delhi |
Mridul Borgohain Won Assam |
|
Lawn Bowl-Triples Female Open |
Semi Final |
Delhi Won |
Assam Lost |
|
Lawn Bowl-Fours Male Open |
Semi Final |
Assam Lost |
Delhi Won |
|
Lawn Bowl-Triples Female Open |
Third Place |
Assam Won |
West Bengal Lost |
|
Lawn Bowl-Fours Male Open |
Third Place |
Assam Won |
Jharkhand Lost |
|
Lawn Bowl-Pairs Female Open |
Final |
Assam Won |
Jharkhand Lost |
|
Archery-Recurve Team Female Open |
Third Place |
Gujarat Won |
Assam Lost |
|
Judo-Below 81 Kg Male Open |
Semi Final |
Harshpreet Singh Won Punjab |
Pollop Jyoti Gohain Lost Assam |
|
Football Female Open |
Semi Final |
Manipur Won |
Assam Lost |
|
Football Female Open |
Third Place |
Assam Lost |
Tamil Nadu Won |
|
Boxing-Featherweight Female Open |
Semi Final |
Poonam Won Haryana |
Jamuna Boro Lost Assam |
|
Boxing-Lightweight Female Open |
Semi Final |
Simranjit Kaur Won Punjab |
Pwilao Basumatary Lost Assam |
|
Boxing-Welterweight Female Open |
Semi Final |
Ankushita Boro Won Assam |
Lalita Lost Rajasthan |
|
Boxing-Welterweight Male Open |
Semi Final |
Akash Won Services Sports Control Board |
Shiva Thapa Lost Assam |
|
Boxing-Middleweight Female Open |
Semi Final |
Lovlina Borgohain Won Assam |
Ruchita Kundansingh Rajput Lost Gujarat |
|
Boxing-Welterweight Female Open |
Final |
Ankushita Boro Won Assam |
Alena Thounaojam Lost Manipur |
|
Boxing-Middleweight Female Open |
Final |
Lovlina Borgohain Won Assam |
Saweety Lost Haryana |
33rd National Games 2007 in Assam
The 33rd National Games in 2007 was held from 9 February 2007 to 18 February 2007 in Guwahati, Assam. In that edition, Assam with a total of 148 medals achieved 3rd place among the participating states/teams, only behind Services and Manipur.
37th National Games 2023
Goa will host the 37th National Games in October next year. The Goa delegation received the IOA flag at the Closing Ceremony of the 36th National Games in Surat.
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