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| CGAname = [[Indian Olympic Association]]
| games = Commonwealth Games
| year = 2006
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| location = [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
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| flagbearer = Opening:[[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]<br />Closing:
| rank = 4
| gold = 22
| silver = 17
| bronze = 11
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India was represented at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]] in Melbourne by a 270-member strong contingent comprising 183 sportspersons and 77 officials. 2004 Summer Olympics silver medalist [[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]] was the flag bearer for India.

[[Samresh Jung]] was chosen as the winner of the inaugural David Dixon Award, which honours the outstanding athlete at each Commonwealth Games. Jung won seven medals at the 2006 Games, five gold, one silver and one bronze and set three new Games records along the way. As in the previous [[2002 Commonwealth Games]], India came fourth overall in the medals table, behind [[Australia]], [[England]] and [[Canada]].

==[[2006 Commonwealth Games Medal Count|Medals]]==
<ref>{{cite web|title=Medal winners for India|url=http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule+and+Results/Medals/India.htm}}</ref>
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! |
! bgcolor="gold" |    [[Image:Med 1.png|Gold]]   
! bgcolor="silver" |    [[Image:Med 2.png|Silver]]   
! bgcolor="CC9966" |    [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]]   
! '''Total '''
|- align="center"
||[[Image:Flag of India.svg|20px]] [[India]]
||22||17||11||50
|}

===Gold===

'''[[Shooting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Shooting]]:'''
*[[Samaresh Jung]], Men's 50m Pistol
*[[Gagan Narang]], Men's 10m Air Rifle
*[[Tejaswini Sawant]], Women's 10m Air Rifle
*[[Samaresh Jung]] and [[Jaspal Rana]], Men's 25m Centre Fire Pistol (Pairs)
*[[Samaresh Jung]] and [[Vivek Singh (sport shooter)|Vivek Singh]], Men's 10m Air Pistol (Pairs)
*[[Samaresh Jung]] and [[Ronak Pandit]], Men's 25m Standard Pistol (Pairs)
*[[Tejaswini Sawant]] and [[Avneet Sidhu]], Women's 10m Air Rifle (Pairs)
*[[Abhinav Bindra]] and [[Gagan Narang]], Men's 10m Air Rifle (Pairs)
*[[Abhinav Bindra]] and [[Gagan Narang]], Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (Pairs)
*[[Saroja Jhuthu]] and [[Sushma Rana]], Women's 25m Pistol (Pairs)
*[[Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)|Vijay Kumar]] and [[Pemba Tamang]], Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Pairs)
*[[Anuja Jung]], Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
*[[Samresh Jung]], Men's 10m Air Pistol
*[[Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)|Vijay Kumar]], Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
*[[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]], Men's Double Trap
*[[Gagan Narang]], Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

'''[[Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Weightlifting]]:'''
*[[Yumnam Chanu]], Women's 58 kg
*[[Kunjarani Devi]], Women's 48 kg
*[[Geeta Rani]], Women's +75 kg

'''[[Table Tennis at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Table Tennis]]:'''
*[[Sharath Kamal]], Men's Singles
*Men's Team Event

'''[[Boxing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Boxing]]:'''
*[[Akhil Kumar]], Bantamweight 54 kg

===Silver===
'''[[Shooting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Shooting]]:'''
*[[Avneet Kaur Sidhu]], Women's 10m Air Rifle
*[[Samresh Jung]] and [[Vivek Singh (sport shooter)|Vivek Singh]], Men's 50m Pistol (Pairs)
*[[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]] and [[Vikram Bhatnagar]], Men's Double Trap (Pairs)
*[[Anjali Bhagwat]] and [[Anuja Jung]], Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions (Pairs)
*[[Pemba Tamang]], Men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
*[[Vivek Singh (sport shooter)|Vivek Singh]], Men's 10m Air Pistol
*[[Abhinav Bindra]], Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions

'''[[Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Weightlifting]]:'''
*[[Vicky Batta]], Women's 56 kg
*[[Arun Murugesan]], Men's 62 kg
*[[Laishram Monika Devi]], Women's 69 kg
*[[Simple Kaur BHUMRAH]], Women's +75 kg
*[[ASDULLAH Mohammed Zakir]], Men's 77 kg

'''[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Athletics]]:'''
*[[Seema Antil]], Women's Discus Throw
*Women's 4 × 400 m Relay

'''[[Boxing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Boxing]]:'''
*[[Vijender Kumar]], Welterweight 69 kg
*[[Harpreet Singh (boxer)|Harpreet Singh]], Heavyweight 91 kg

'''[[Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Hockey]]:'''
*India women's national field hockey team

===Bronze===
'''[[Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Badminton]]:'''
*[[Chetan Anand (badminton)|Chetan Anand]], Men's Singles
*Mixed Team Event

'''[[Table Tennis at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Table Tennis]]:'''
*Women's Team Event

'''[[Shooting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Shooting]]:'''
*[[Abhinav Bindra]], Men's 10m Air Rifle
*[[Manavjit Singh Sandhu]], Men's Trap
*[[Samresh Jung]], Men's 25m Centre Fire Pistol
*[[Sanjeev Rajput]], Men's 50m rifle prone

'''[[Weightlifting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Weightlifting]]:'''
*[[Sudhir Kumar Chitradurga]], Men's 69 kg

'''[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Athletics]]:'''
*[[Ranjith Kumar Jayaseelan]], Men's Seated Discus Throw EAD

'''[[Boxing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Boxing]]:'''
*[[Jitender Kumar (flyweight boxer)|Jitender Kumar]], Flyweight 51 kg
*[[Varghese Johnson]], Super Heavyweight +91 kg

==India's Teams at the 2006 Commonwealth Games==

===[[Hockey at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Field Hockey]]===

====Men's Team====
* Gokhul shankar
* [[Deepak Thakur]]
* [[Kanwalpreet Singh]]
* [[Sandeep Singh]]
* [[Tejbir Singh]]
* [[Ignace Tirkey]]
* [[Prabodh Tirkey]]
* [[Didar Singh (field hockey)|Didar Singh]]
* [[Baljit Singh (field hockey)|Baljit Singh]]
* [[Rajpal Singh]]
* [[Sardara Singh]]
* [[Viren Rasquinha]]
* [[Arjun Halappa]]
* [[William Xallxo]]
* [[Vikram Pillay]]
* [[Tushar Khandekar]]
* [[Balaji (field hockey)|Balaji]]
'''Head Coach''': [[Rajinder Singh (field hockey)|Rajinder Singh]]

====Women's Team====
* [[Helen Mary]]
* [[Kanti Baa]]
* [[Nilima Kujur]]
* [[Rajwinder Kaur (field hockey)|Rajwinder Kaur]]
* [[Sumrai Tete]]
* [[Masira Surin]]
* [[Subhadra Pradhan]]
* [[Asunta Lakra]]
* [[Jyoti Sunita Kullu]]
* [[Mamta Kharab]]
* [[Jasjeet Kaur Handa]]
* [[Surinder Kaur (field hockey)|Surinder Kaur]]
* [[Saba Anjum Karim]]
* [[Sanggai Chanu]]
* [[Sarita Lakra]]
* [[Rajni Bala]]
'''Head Coach''': [[Maharaj Krishan Kaushik]]

== References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Schedule+and+Results/Medals/India.htm Medal Winners for India, Official listing] Melbourne Commonwealth Games website.

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