Second to Olympics, Commonwealth Games was first started in the year 1930 in Hamilton. This major sporting event includes 31 sports and 7 'para sports', which are divided into 17 major disciplines. The first Common Wealth Games featured 6 major core sports which however did not include badminton.
Badminton was first introduced in Commonwealth Games of 1966, held in Kingston, Jamaica. Badminton is a core sporting event that includes both men and women participants. The last Commonwealth Games held in the year 2006 in Melbourne and Victoria in Australia saw participation of 20 countries in events of badminton. Participants of the 20 countries fought for the three medals. In the Commonwealth Games badminton medals tally, England is leading with the maximum of medals in badminton, the number of medals won by England is 93, which include 34 gold medals, 27 silver medals and 32 bronze medals. The south-eastern country, Malaysia is in the second position with 51 medals in all that include 20 gold medals, 19 silver medals and 12 bronze medals. The third rank holder is Canada. This country has won 18 medals in the badminton event that includes 2 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 6 bronze medals. In the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which will be held in Delhi, badminton will have five events that will include men's single, women's single, men's double, women's double and mixed doubles. The participants will compete for 6 medals. All the events of badminton of 2010 Commonwealth Games will take place at the Siri Fort Sports Complex. The training venue of the participants is Siri Fort Sports Complex and Saket Sports Complex. This event will held from 4th to 8th October, 2010 and from 9th to 14th October, 2010. Maximum entry for both men and women participants is 5.
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