2022 North East Olympic Games Explained

Event:	2022 North East Olympic Games
Venue:	Shillong, Meghalaya
Start Date:	30 October 2022
End Date:	6 November 2022
Previous:	2018 NEOG
Next:	2024 NEOG

The 2022 North East Olympic Games (2022 NEOG) were the second edition of North East Olympic Games.^{[1] [2]} Over 3,000 athletes participated in 18 Olympic disciplines.^{[3] [4]}

Manipur won the most medals at the event, with 237 medals, and 85 of them being gold medals.^[5]

History

The 2022 NEOG was to be held in Arunachal Pradesh in 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2022 NEOG was meant in part to commemorate the 50th year of host state Meghalaya's statehood.

Disciplines

The disciplines contested were archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, football, judo, karate, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, wushu, cycling (Mountain Bike), golf, weightlifting and wrestling.

Results

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Silver	Bronze	Total
Manipur	88	75	77	240
Assam	79	61	63	203
Arunachal Pradesh	39	36	37	112
Meghalaya	36	35	78	149
Nagaland	18	17	43	78
Mizoram	16	30	60	106
Tripura	04	11	27	42
Sikkim	03	16	31	50

Reference:^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Saini . Abhishek . 2022-11-17 . North East Olympic Games: The first mile of Meghalaya’s road to sporting success . 2024-01-02 . Sportstar . en.
2. Web site: 2022-11-10 . 2nd North East Olympic Games officially kicks-off . 2024-01-02 . The Shillong Times . en-US.
3. News: Women athletes, supported by the Dream Sports Foundation, won big at the North-East Olympic Games 2022 . APN News .
4. Web site: 2022-08-11 . Meghalaya to host upcoming North East Olympics Games from October 30 . 2024-01-02 . Hindustan Times . en.
5. Web site: Press Trust of India . 2022-11-16 . Manipur tops North East Olympic Games for second consecutive time . 2024-01-02 . EastMojo . en-US.
6. Web site: Manipur wins North East Olympics 2022 . 2024-04-21 . MorungExpress.