Service Sports Control Board tops the medal tally at the 36th National Games 2022

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The Service Sports Control Board (SSCB) has topped the medal tally at the recently concluded 36th National Games 2022 with 128 medals, including 61 golds, 35 silvers and 32 bronze. This is the fourth consecutive time that the SSCB has topped the medal tally in the National Games. It topped the medal tally in 2007, 2011 and 2015 and 2022 games.

Service Sports Control Board (SSCB) is a combined team of the Indian Army, Navy and Air force.

The National Games 2022 were held in six cities; Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar, of Gujarat from September 29 to October 12.  It was last held in Kerala in 2015. 

The next 37th National Games will be held in Goa in 2023.

Best Athlete of the National Game 2022

Best male athlete

29 year old swimmer, Sajan Prakash of Kerala. He won five golds, two silvers and one bronze medal. 

Best female athlete:

14 year old swimmer, Hashika Ramachandra of Karnataka. She won  six golds and one bronze medal in the game.

Best State Trophy

Maharashtra was awarded the Indian Olympic Association’s Best State trophy for winning the most medals (140) in the Games. 

However Maharashtra finished second to SSCB in the medal tally as SSCB had won more gold medals(61) as compared to Maharashtra (30) gold medals. 

National Games 2022 medal tally

Rank 

State/Union Territory

Gold medal 

Silver medal 

Bronze medal 

Total Medal

1

SSCB

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

 

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