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Asian Games: Overview

Asian Games

• It is an International sporting event involving members of the Asian countries.

• This multi-sport event takes place every four years starting from 1951 and latest 2018 was held in Jakarta-
Palembang, Indonesia.
• Asian Games Federation is the body which oversees the games and controls the sporting programme along
with decision making with regard to host cities.

Venues of Asian Games

Asian Games Host Country

Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou, China
Asian Games 2014 Incheon, South Korea
Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia
Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou, China

Medal Tally

RANK COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL

1 China 132 92 65 289
2 Japan 75 56 74 205
3 Republic of Korea 49 58 70 177
8 India 15 24 30 69

Asian Games 2018: Important Points to Remember

• 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Asian Games (Jakarta-Palembang 2018), was a pan-Asian
multi-sport event being held from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in Indonesia.
• For the first time, the Asian Games were co-hosted in two cities: Jakarta and Palembang.
• The opening and closing ceremonies of the Games: Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta.
• Also for the first time, eSports and canoe polo were contested as demonstration sports.
• China led the medal table for the tenth consecutive time. India stood at 8th position.
• North Korea and South Korea march under the Korean Unification Flag at the opening ceremony and, for
the first time, they compete as a unified team in some events.

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Records for India in Asian Games 2018

• India's first medal in sepak takraw since the debut of the sport in the 1990 Asian Games.
• First ever medal (Bronze Medal) in table tennis.
• Rahi Sarnobat: First Indian woman to clinch the gold medal in a Shooting.
• Vinesh Phogat, became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a Gold Medal.
• P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal won India's first ever medal in the women's singles event in badminton
claiming Silver and Bronze Medal respectively.
• Neeraj Chopra won the first javelin gold medal and set up a new National record.
• Pranab Bardhan & Shibnath Sarkar won the gold medal in the inaugural edition of Contract Bridge.
• Vikas Krishan Yadav becomes the first Indian boxer to clinch a medal in three consecutive Asian games.
• Swapna Barman became the first Indian heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold.
• Johnson won the country's first 1500m gold medal in the men's competition after 56 years.

Jakarta and
Main Venue
Palembang

Bhin Bhin—a
greater bird-of-
paradise, Atung—a
Mascot
Bawean deer, and
Ika, a Javan
rhinoceros

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Most
Rikako Ikee
valuable
(Japanese
player
swimmer)
(MVP)

Opening
Ceremony Neeraj Chopra
(Flag Bearer)

Closing
Ceremony Rani Rampal
(Flag Bearer)

Motto Bhinneka Tunggal

Ika (Energy of
Asia)

Number of
Nations 45
Participated
Number of
58
Sports

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Asian Games 2018: Complete List of Indian Winners

Sport
Event Category GOLD MEDAL SILVER MEDAL BRONZE MEDAL
(Total Medals)
Rajat Chauhan
(Rajasthan),
Compound's
Team -- Aman Saini (Delhi), --
Men
Abhishek Verma
(Delhi)
Archery (2)
Muskan Kirar
(Madhya Pradesh),

Madhumita Kumari
Compound's
Team -- (Jharkhand), --
Women
Jyothi Surekha
Vennam (Andhra
Pradesh)
Javelin Throw Men Neeraj Chopra (Haryana) -- --
Seema Punia
Discus Throw Women -- --
(Haryana)
Tajinderpal Singh Toor
Shot Put Men -- --
(Punjab)
Triple Jump Men Arpinder Singh (Punjab) -- --
Neena Varakil
Long Jump Women --
(Kerala)
Swapna Barwan (West
Heptathlon Women -- --
Athletics (19) Bengal)
100m Women -- Dutee Chand (Odisha) --
200m Women -- Dutee Chand --
Muhammad
400m Men --
Anas Yahiya (Kerala)
400m
Women -- Hima Das --

Jinson Johnson
800m Men Manjit Singh (Punjab) --
(Kerala)

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1500m Chitra
Women -- Unnikrishnan
(Kerala)
1500m Men Jinson Johnson (Kerala) -- --
Muhammad Anas
(Kerala),
Ayyasamy Dharun
(Tamil Nadu), Arokia
4 * 400 Relay Men -- --
Rajiv (Tamil Nadu),
Kunhu Muhammed
Puthanpurakkal
(Kerala)
Hima Das (Assam),
Poovamma Machettira Raju
(Karnataka), Saritaben
4 * 400 Relay Women -- --
Gayakwad (Gujarat),
Koroth Velluva Vismaya
(Kerala)
Hima Das, Arokia
Rajiv, Poovamma
4 * 400 Relay Mixed -- --
Machettira ,
Muhammad Anas
400m Hurdles Men -- Ayyasamy Dharun --
3000m Sudha Singh (Uttar
Women -- --
Steeplechase Pradesh)
Women’s P V Sindhu Saina Nehwal
Badminton (2) Women --
Singles (Telangana) (Haryana)
Boxing (2) 49 kg Men Amit Phangal (Haryana) -- --
Vikas
75 kg Men -- --
Krishan (Haryana)
Pranab Bardhan (West
Bengal)
Pair Men -- --
Shibhnath Sarkar (West
Bengal)
Jaggy shivdasani,
Rajeshwar tewari,
Bridge (3)
Ajay Khare, Raju
Team Men -- --
Tolani, Debabrata
majumder, Sumit
Mukherjee
Kiran Nadar, Hema
Team Mixed -- -- Deora, Himani
Khandelwal,

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Bachiraju
satyanarayana,
Gopinath Manna,
Rajeev Khandelwal
Individual Men -- Fouaad Mirza --
Equestrian (2) Rakesh Kumar, Ashish
Team Men -- Malik, Jitender Singh, --
Fouaad Mirza
Indian Hockey
Team Captained by
Team Men -- --
Sreejesh (Tamil
Nadu)
Hockey (2) Indian Hockey Team
Captained by

Team Women -- Rani Rampal --

(Haryana)

Indian Kabaddi Team

Captained by
Team Women -- --
Payal Chaudhari
Kabaddi (2) (Himachal Pradesh)
Indian Kabaddi
Team Captained by
Team Men -- --
Ajay Thakur
Malaprabha
Kurash (2) 52 kg Women -- Pincky Balhara yallappa jadhav
(Karnataka)
Sawarn Singh (Punjab),
Sukhmeet singh (Punjab),
Quadruple
Men Om Prakash (Rajasthan),
Sculls
Dattu baban bhokanal
Rowing (3) (Maharashtra)
Lightweight Dushyant
Men
Single Sculls (Haryana)
Lightweight Rohit Kumar,
Men
Double Sculls Bhagwan Singh
Varsha Gautham,
Sailing (3) 49er FX Women -- --
Shervegar Sweta

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Ganapathy
Kelapanda
Chengappa (Tamil
49er FX Men -- --
Nadu), Varun
Ashok Thakkar
(Tamil Nadu)
Open Laser Harshita Tomar
Women
4.7 (Madhya Pradesh)
Indian Sepaktaraw
Team Captained by
Sepaktaraw (1) Team Regu Men
Niken singh
khangembam
(Manipur)
10 m Air Saurabh Chaudhary (Uttar
Men -- Abhishek Verma
Pistol Pradesh)
10m Air Rifle Men Deepak Kumar --
50 m Rifle 3 Sanjeev Rajput
Men -- --
positions (Haryana)
Trap Men -- Lakshay Lakshay --
10 m metre Heena Sidhu
Women
Shooting (9) Air Pistol (Punjab)
Apurvi Chandela
(Rajasthan), Ravi
10 m Air rifle Mixed
Kumar (Uttar
Pradesh)
Rahi jeevan
25 m Pistol Women -- --
sarnobat (Maharashtra)
Shardul Vihan (Uttar
Double Trap Men
Pradesh)
Joshna Chinnapa
(Karnataka),
Singles Women -- -- Dipika Pallikal
Karthik (Tamil
Nadu)
Saurav Ghosal
Singles Men -- --
(West Bengal)
Squash (5)
Saurav Ghosal,
Harinder Pal Singh
Team Men -- Sandhu, Ramit
Tandon, Mahesh
Mangaonkar
Joshna Chinnapa,
Team Women --
Dipika Pallikal
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Karthik, Sunayna --
Kuruvilla, Tanvi
Khanna
Sharath Achanta
(Tamil Nadu),
Doubles Mixed -- --
Manika Batra
Table Tennis (2) (Delhi)
Sathiyan
Gnanesekran,
Sharath Achanta,
Team Men -- -- Manav Thakkar,
Harmeet Rajul
Desai, Anthony
Arputharaj Amalraj
Divij sharan, Rohan
Doubles Men -- --
manchanda bopanna
Ankita
Singles Women -- -- ravinderkrishan
Tennis (3)
raina (Gujarat)
P. Gunneswaran
Singles Men -- -- prabhakharan
(Tamil Nadu)
Men’s Divya Kakran
Wrestling (3)
68 kg -- --
Freestyle (Uttar Pradesh)
Men’s
65 kg Bajrang Puniya (Haryana) -- --
Freestyle
Women’s
50kg Vinesh Phogat (Haryana) -- --
Freestyle
Santosh Kumar
Sanda 56kg Men -- --
(Delhi)
Surya Bhanu
Pratap Singh
Sanda 60kg Men -- --
(Jammu and
Wushu (4)
Kashmir)
Narender Grewal
Sanda 65kg Men -- --
(Haryana)
Roshibina Devi
Sanda 60kg Women -- --
Naorem (Manipur)

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