Services top medals tally in National Games

RANCHI - Services topped the medals tally at the National Games here winning a total 162 medals, including 70 golds.

Manipur and Haryana came second and third, respectively, winning 48 and 42 gold medals. Manipur and Haryana won total 118 and 115 medals. Maharashtra and Jharkhand stood fourth and fifth winning 41 and 33 gold medals.

Of the 70 gold, Services won 13 in canoeing and kayaking and 12 in shooting.

Manipur swept 14 gold medals on offer in wushu and seven in cycling. Haryana won 14 gold from wrestling and seven from boxing. Uttar Pradesh won 70 medals, including 20 gold, to finish 10th in the Games.

Six states - Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Arunanchal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland and Chandigarh — failed to win a single gold medal.

Medals tally:

State Gold Silver Bronze Total

Services 70 50 42 162

Manipur 48 37 33 118

Haryana 42 33 40 115

Maharashtra 41 44 47 132

Jharkhand 33 26 37 96

Delhi 32 26 41 99

Kerala 30 29 28 87

Madhya Pradesh 25 32 46 103

Punjab 23 38 54 115

Uttar Pradesh 20 22 28 70

Karnataka 16 19 20 55

Tamil Nadu 14 12 27 53

Tripura 6 2 1 9

Andhra Pradesh 5 19 25 49

Assam 5 11 18 34

Goa 5 5 6 16

Orissa 5 4 3 12

West Bengal 4 10 21 35

Uttaranchal 4 4 5 13

Rajasthan 4 1 10 15

Chattisgarh 4 1 2 7

Andaman Nicobar 3 2 2 7

Himachal Pradesh 2 0 5 7

Bihar 1 5 6 12

Meghalaya 1 3 2 6

Sikkim 1 2 1 4

Jammu & Kashmir 0 4 8 12

Gujarat 0 3 4 7

Arunachal Pradesh0 1 10 11

Chandigarh 0 1 9 10

Mizoram 0 1 5 6

Nagaland 0 0 2 2

Total 444 447 588 1479