2. About Commonwealth Games.
• It is an international, multi-sport event
involving athletes from Commonwealth of
nation.
• It is often known as ‘Friendly Games’.
• The Games was overseen by the
Commonwealth Games Federation (CFG).
• Mike fennel is the current head of this
federation.
3. • AIM: The aim behind to organise the
sporting event was to increase better
understanding and goodwill of the British
Empire.
• Value: The core value of the
Commonwealth games are Humanity,
Equality and Destiny.
• After Olympic, Commonwealth Games is
second largest sports festival in the world.
4. History of Commonwealth
Games.• Reverend Ashley Cooper was the first to
propose the idea of having this contest.
• In 1928, a key Canadian athlete, Bobby
Robinson, was given the task of
organizing the first ever Commonwealth
Games.
• These Games were held in 1930,in the city
of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and saw the
participation of 400 athletes from eleven
countries.
5. • The event was first held 1930 under the
title of British Empire Games.
• The event was renamed as the British Empire
and Commonwealth Games in 1954.
• In 1970 it was named as British
Commonwealth Games.
• In 1978 it gained its current title i.e.,
Commonwealth Games.
• Only six countries have attended every
Commonwealth Games : Australia , Canada,
England, New Zealand, Scotland and
Wales.
• Australia has been the highest achieving
7. Commonwealth Games 2010.
• The 2010 Commonwealth Games were held
in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.
• A total of 6,081 athletes from 71
Commonwealth nations and dependencies
completed in 21 sports and 272 events.
• It was the largest international multi-
sports event to be staged in Delhi and
India, after the Asian Games in 1951 and
1982
8. Bidding.
• The two principal bids for 2010
Commonwealth Games were from
Delhi, India and Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada.
• It was held in November 2003 at
the Commonwealth Games
Federation Generally Assembly in
Montego Bay, Jamaica.
• India get more favour when it
9. Queen’s Baton relay.
• The Queen’s Baton Relay
contains Queen Elizabeth
IInd message to the
athletes.
• It began when the baton
left Buckingham Palace on
29 October 2009.
• The Baton arrived at the
2010 Games opening
ceremony on 3 October
2010, after visiting the
other 54 nation of the
CWG.
• The Baton arrived in India
10. Mascot.
• The official mascot for the
2010 Commonwealth
Games is Shera, an
anthropomorphised tiger.
• His name comes from
“Sher” a Hindi word
meaning tiger.
• The logo and the look for
the games were designed by
Idiom Designed and
Consulting.
• There is one song for Shera
also composed by the
11. Official Song.
• The official song of the 2010
Commonwealth Games “Jiyo Utho Bado
Jeeto” was composed by A.R. Rahman.
• The song was penned by Mahboob.
• It was released on 28 August 2010.
• The music video, directed by Bharath Bala
was released on 23 September.
• The official video of the song has been
released on youtube
12. Organising Committee.
• Suresh Kalmadi was head of the committee
and also was president of Indian Olympic
Association.
• Jarnail Singh was Chief Executive
Officer.
• Business Club of India was also formed
through partnership of organisig
committee .It was formed to both market
the Games and promote Indian business
13. • Initially the budget was estimated be
Indian Olympic in 2003 for hosting the
Games was Rs.1,620crore (US$358.20
million).
• Total budget estimation in 2010 became
Rs.11,500crore (US$2.54 billion).
• Business Today magazine estimated that
the Games cost Rs.60,000crore (US$13.26
billion).
• The 2010 Commonwealth Games are the
Costs.
14. Other Preparation.
• In preparation for an influx of English-
speaking tourists for the Games, the Delhi
government was implemented a program to
teach English, and necessary skills for serving
tourists, to key workers- such as cab drivers,
security workers, waiters and service staff
etc.
• In the two years prior to the Games 2,000
drivers were taught English.
• New roads were made and more facilities were
increase.
15. Concerns and controversies.
• Several concerns were raised over the
preparation of the Games and these include
excessive budget overruns.
• Infrastructural compromise.
• Poor living condition in Commonwealth
Games Village.
• Delay in construction of main Games’ venues.
• The withdrawal of prominent athletes.
• Widespread corruption by officials of the
Games’ Organising Committee.
16. Participating nations.
• There were 71 participating nations at the
2010 Commonwealth Games.
• As Fiji was suspended from the
Commonwealth, it was banned from
participating in the Games.
• Rwanda fielded a team for the games for
the first time after becoming a
Commonwealth member in 2009.
• Tokelau was initially expected to compete,
but did not do so.
17. Name of Nation.
(No. of athletes are shown in brackets)
Anguilla
(12)
Antigua and Barbuda (17)
Australia (377)
Bahamas (24)
Bangladesh (70)
Bermuda (14)
British Virgin Islands (2)
Brunei (12)
Cameroon (20)
Cayman Islands (17)
Cook Islands (31)
Falkland Islands (15)
Turks and Caicos Islands (8)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(14)
Trinidad and Tobago (82)
Solomon Islands (12)
Botswana (49)
20. Venue.
• Event took place at 12 competition venues.
• A total of 20 training venues were used in
the Games.
• Of these 20, one was used for archery; three
for aquatics; two lawn bowls; two netball;
eight for rugby sevens, including venues
within Delhi University; two for shooting;
one for squash; two for table tennis; one
for weightlifting; three for wrestling and
two for tennis.
24. Opening ceremony.
• The opening ceremony of the 2010
Commonwealth Games was held at the
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, main stadium of
the event, in New Delhi, India.
• It began at 7:00 PM on 3 Oct 2010 ending at
11:00 PM (IST) displaying India’s varied
culture in a plethora of cultural showcase.
• It was watched live by a global audience of
around three billion.
25.
26. Medal Table.
Only the top ten nations by medal rank are shown
in this medal table. Nations are ranked first by
count of gold medals, then silver medals, then
bronze medals.
30. Closing Ceremony.
• The game closed on 14 October 2010 in a
colourful closing ceremony featuring both
Indian and Scottish performers held at
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
• It marks the end of game of the Games with a
huge celebration with singers from all over
India providing a musical retreat which had
the whole stadium dancing.
• The Commonwealth Games flag was handed
over to representatives of Glasgow, Scotland
which will host the XX Commonwealth
Games in 2014.
31.
32. XX Commonwealth Games.
• At the closing ceremony of CWG of 2010 the
Commonwealth Games flag was handed over to
representatives of Glasgow, Scotland which
will host the XX Commonwealth Games in
2014.