Abbreviation : Asiad

Occur every : four years

Purpose : Multi sport event for nations on the Asian continent
First event : 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India
Last event : 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea
The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first
Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games.
Since the 1982 Games they have been organized by the Olympic Council of
Asia (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation.
Nine nations have hosted the Asian Games.
Forty-six nations have participated in the Games, including Israel, which was
excluded from the Games after their last participation in 1974. Rest 45 members
affiliated to the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) are eligible to take part in the
Games.
The last Games was held in Incheon, South Korea from 19 September to 4 October
2014.
Only seven countries, namely India, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka,
Singapore and Thailand have competed in all editions of the games.
Forty-four sports were presented in Asian Games history, including 2014
Games in Incheon.
Host cities of the games
Year

195
1
195
4
195
8
196
2
196
6
197
0
197
4
197
8
198
2
198
6
199
0
199
4
199
8
200
2
200
6
201
0
201
4

Game
s

Host

Dates

Nations

Athlete
s

Sports

Events

New Delhi, India

411 March

11

489

57

II

Manila, Philippines

19 May

19

970

76

III

Tokyo, Japan

24 May 1 June

16

1,820

13

97

IV

Jakarta, Indonesia

24 August 4
September

12

1,460

13

120

Bangkok, Thailand

920 December

16

1,945

14

143

VI

Bangkok, Thailand

920 December

16

2,400

13

135

VII

Tehran, Iran

116 September

19

3,010

16

202

920 December

19

3,842

19

201

33

3,411

21

199

27

4,839

25

270

36

6,122

29

310

216 October

42

6,828

34

337

XIII Bangkok, Thailand

620 December

41

6,554

36

376

XIV Busan, South Korea

29 September 14
October

44

7,711

38

419

XV Doha, Qatar

115 December

45

9,520

39

424

XVI Guangzhou, China

1227 November

45

9,704

42

476

19 September 4
October

45

9,501

36

439

VIII Bangkok, Thailand

IX
X
XI
XII

XVII

19 November 4
December
20 September 5
Seoul, South Korea
October
22 September 7
China
October
New Delhi, India

Hiroshima, Japan

Incheon, South
Korea

201
XVIII Jakarta, Indonesia
8
202
XIX Hangzhou, China
3

18 August 2
September

All-time Asian Games medal table

Ran
k

01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15

Nation

China
Japan
South Korea
Iran
Kazakhstan
India
Thailand
North Korea
Indonesia
Chinese Taipei
Philippines
Uzbekistan
Malaysia
Pakistan
Singapore
Total

Gold

1,342
957
696
159
140
139
121
98
87
82
63
63
56
44
37
4,340

Silver

900
980
606
161
141
178
159
132
117
125
112
96
88
63
55
4,317

Bronze

653
913
761
175
200
285
233
166
203
255
215
114
132
93
101
5,136

Total

2,895
2,850
2,063
495
481
602
513
396
407
452
390
273
276
200
193
13,793

Medals Tally of Asian Games 2014

RAN
K

01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
23
25
25
27

COUNTRY

China
Republic of Korea
Japan
Kazakhstan
Iran
Thailand
DPR Korea
India
Chinese-Taipei
Qatar
Uzbekistan
Bahrain
Hong Kong
Malaysia
Singapore
Mongolia
Indonesia
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Myanmar
Vietnam
Philippines
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Iraq
UAE
Sri Lanka

GOLD

151
79
47
28
21
12
11
11
10
10
9
9
6
5
5
5
4
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

SILVER

108
71
76
23
18
7
11
10
18
0
14
6
12
14
6
4
5
5
3
1
10
3
1
1
0
0
0

BRONZE

83
84
77
33
18
28
14
36
23
4
21
4
24
14
13
12
11
4
1
1
25
11
3
3
3
3
1

TOTAL

342
234
200
84
57
47
36
57
51
14
44
19
42
33
24
21
20
12
7
4
36
15
5
5
4
4
2

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29
30
31
32
33
33
35
35
37

Cambodia
Macau
Kyrgyzstan
Jordan
Turkmenistan
Bangladesh
Laos
Lebanon
Afghanistan
Nepal

1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0

0
4
4
2
5
2
2
1
1
1

1
7
6
4
6
3
3
2
2
1

India completed its engagements at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Friday
with a double gold in Kabaddi, where both the men and women teams overcame
Iran to clinch gold.
India ended the Games with a total of 57 medals, including 11 gold, 9 silver and 37
bronze, which is 8 less than the 65 medals (14 gold, 17 silver and 34 bronze) India
won at the Guangzhou Games four years ago.
Athletics and shooting bagged the most number of medals at Incheon, 13 and 9
respectively.
Archery(1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze)
Gold
Team
Silver

: Rajat Chauhan, Sandeep Kumar and Abhishek Verma in Compound Men's

: Abhishek Verma in Compound Men's Individual

Bronze : Trisha Deb in Compound Women's Individual Purvasha Shende, Jyothi

Vennam
: Trisha Deb in Women's Compound Team

Athletics(2 Gold, 3 Silver, 8 Bronze)

Gold
: Priyanka Pawar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur and Poovamma Machettira
in women's
4x400m Relay.
: Seema Punia in Women's Discus Throw
Silver

: Khushbir Kaur in Women's 20km Race Walk

: Vikas Gowda in Men's Discus Throw
: Tintu Luka in Women's 800m

Bronze : Manju Bala in Women's Hammer Throw

: Rajiv Arokia in Men's 400m
: Poovamma Maachettira in Women's 400m
: Lalita Babar in Women's 3000m Steeplechase
: OP Jaisha in Women's 1500m

: Naveen Kumar in Men's 3000m Steeplechase

: Inderjeet Singh in Men's Shot Put
: Annu Rani in Women's Javelin Throw

Badminton(1 Bronze)
PV

Bronze : Ashwini Ponnappa, PC Thulasi, Tanvi Uday, Pradnya Gadre, Saina Nehwal,
Sindhu, Sikki Reddy in Women's Team

Boxing(1 Gold, 4 Bronze)

Gold

: MC Mary Kom in Women's Fly (48-51kg)

Bronze : Vikas Krishan in Men's Middle (75kg)

: Satish Kumar in Men's Super Heavy (+91kg)
: L Sarita Devi in Women's Light (57-60kg)
: Pooja Rani in Women's Middle (69-75kg)

Hockey(1 Gold, 1 Bronze)

Gold

: Men's Team

Bronze : Women's Team

Kabaddi(2 Gold)
Gold

: Men's Team
: Women's Team

Rowing(3 Bronze)
Bronze : Swarn Singh in Men's Single Sculls
: Kapil Sharma, Ranjit Singh, Bajrang Lal Takhar, Robin Ulahannan, Sawan
Kumar,
Mohammad Azad, Maninder Singh, Davinder Singh, Mohammed
Ahmed in Men's
Eight
: Dushyaht Dushiant in Lightweight Men's Single Sculls

Sailing(1 Bronze)
Bronze : Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan in 29er Women's Two
Person
Dinghy

Shooting(1 Gold, 1 Silver, 7 Bronze)

Gold
Silver
Fire Pistol

: Jitu Rai in Men's 50m Pistol

: Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh and Vijay Kumar in Men's 25m Centre
Team

Bronze : Shweta Chaudhry in Women's 10m Air Pistol

: Rahi Sarnobat, Anisa Sayyed and Heena Sidhu in Women's 25m Pistol
Team
: Shagun Chowdhary, Shreyasi Singh and Vasha Varman in Women's
Double Trap
Team
: Abhinav Bindra in Men's 10m Air Rifle
: Chain Singh in Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions
: Abhinav Bindra, Ravi Kumar and Sanjeev Rajput in Men's 10m Air Rifle
Team
: Jitu Rai, Samaresh Jung and Prakash Nanjappa in Men's 10m Air Pistol
Team

Squash(1 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze)

Gold
Kumar
Silver

: Saurav Ghosala, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar, Kush

: Saurav Ghosal in Men's Singles
: Dipika Pallikal, Joshana Chinappa, Anaka Alankamony and Aparajitha
Balamurukan in Women's Team

Bronze : Dipika Pallikal in Women's Singles

Swimming(1 Bronze)
Bronze : Sandeep Sejwal in Men's 50m Breaststroke

Tennis(1 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze)

Gold

: Sania Mirza and Saketh Myneni in Mixed Doubles

Silver

: Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh in Men's Doubles

Bronze : Yuki Bhambri in Men's Singles

: Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan in Men's Doubles
: Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare in Women's Doubles

Wrestling(1 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze)

Gold
Silver

: Yogeshwar Dutt in Men's Freestyle 65kg

: Bajrang in Men's Freestyle 61kg

Bronze : Vinesh in Women's Freestyle 48kg

: Geetika Jakhar in Women's Freestyle 63kg
: Narsingh Yadav in Men's Freestyle 74kg

Wushu (2 Bronze)
Bronze : Narender Grewal in Men's Sanda -60kg
: Santhoi Devi in Women's Sanda -52kg