Asian Games

The Asian Games is the biggest sports

competition in Asia. ( Also Known As Asiad )

Held once every Four years.

Regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia

(OCA), under the supervision of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC).
 Olympic Council of Asia

President - Sheikh Ahmad Al-

Fahad Al-Sabah

The headquarters of the OCA is

located at Kuwait City, Kuwait.
 Symbol of Asian Games

Bright sun in red with 16 rays and a

white circle in the middle of its disc.
 Background and Inauguration

After the Second World War, many Asian

countries gained independence and Guru Dutt
Sondhi, a member of the Indian International
Olympic Committee, proposed the idea of
Asian Games as a sporting event, where all
Asian nations can be represented.

The first-ever Asian Games were held in New

Delhi in 1951.
 India as a Host
1st edition - New Delhi 1951 9th edition - New Delhi 1982

4–11 March 1951 19 November – 4 December 1982

Opened by Opened by

President - Rajendra Prasad President Zail Singh

 Asian Games 2023
Year 2023

Host Hangzhou, China

Scheduled Dates 23 Sep 2023 to 08 Oct 2023

Edition 19th

Events 482

No. of Sports 40

20th Asian Games 2026 Nagoya, Japan

 Asian Games 2023 medals Tally

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

1 China 201 111 71 383
2 Japan 52 67 69 189

3 South Korea 42 59 89 190

4 India 28 38 41 107

5 Uzbekistan 22 18 31 71
 18th Asian Games of 2018

The 18th Asian Games of 2018 were Gold - 16

held at Jakarta (Indonesia) in which
Medals Silver - 23
India finished at eighth position.
Bronze – 31
Total Medal – 70 ( India )
Ranked - 8th Total - 70
 Mascots of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou, China

Group of robots named:

Chenchen, Congcong, Lianlaian.

 Torch of the 19th Asian Games

Name - "Eternal Flame"

 Newly included in Asian Games 2023

Esports (Electronic Sports) & Breaking

(Breakdance) are scheduled to make
their inaugural appearances as
recognized and official sporting
events.
 India’s flag-bearers in Opening Ceremony Hangzhou

Hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh and ace

boxer Lovlina Borgohain will lead the Indian
contingent during the opening ceremony at
the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, the
People’s Republic of China.
 India at the 2023 Asian Games

Gold - 28
Medals Silver - 38
Bronze – 41

Ranked - 4th Total - 107

India won its 100th medal with the

women's kabaddi team achieving a gold.
Asian Games 2023 Medal Tally India: Sport-Wise Winners

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total

Shooting 7 9 6 22
Rowing 0 2 3 5
Cricket 2 0 0 2
Sailing 0 1 2 3
Equestrian 1 0 1 2
Wushu 0 1 0 1
Tennis 1 1 0 2
Squash 2 1 2 5
Asian Games 2023 Medal Tally India: Sport-Wise Winners
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 6 14 9 29
Golf 0 1 0 1
Boxing 0 1 4 5
Badminton 1 1 1 3
Roller Skating 0 0 2 2
Table Tennis 0 0 1 1
Canoe 0 0 1 1
Archery 5 2 2 9
Wrestling 0 1 5 6
Sepaktakraw 0 0 1 1
Asian Games 2023 Medal Tally India: Sport-Wise Winners

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total

Bridge 0 1 0 1

Hockey 1 0 1 2

Kabaddi 2 0 0 2

Chess 0 2 0 2
 Full list of India’s medals winners at the 19th Asian Games:

MEDAL
ATHLETES SPORT EVENT MEDAL
NUMBER

Women’s 10m air rifle

1 Team India Shooting Silver
team

Men’s lightweight double

2 Team India Rowing Silver
sculls
3 Team India Rowing Men’s pair Bronze
4 Team India Rowing Men’s eight Silver
5 Ramita Jindal Shooting Women’s 10m air rifle Bronze

6 Team India Shooting Men’s 10m air rifle team Gold

7 Team India Rowing Men’s four Bronze
8 Team India Rowing Men’s quadruple Bronze

Aishwary Pratap Singh

9 Shooting Men’s 10m air rifle Bronze
Tomar

Men’s 25m rapid file

10 Team India Shooting Bronze
pistol team

11 Team India Cricket Women’s T20 cricket Gold

12 Neha Thakur Sailing Girl’s Dinghy – ILCA4 Silver

13 Eabad Ali Sailing Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X Bronze

14 Team India Equestrian Team dressage Gold

 Women’s 50m rifle 3
15 Team India Shooting Silver
positions team

Women’s 25m pistol

16 Team India Shooting Gold
team

Women’s 50m rifle 3

17 Sift Kaur Samra Shooting Gold
positions

Women’s 50m rifle 3

18 Ashi Chouksey Shooting Bronze
positions

19 Team India Shooting Men’s skeet team Bronze

20 Vishnu Saravanan Sailing Men’s dinghy ICLA7 Bronze

21 Esha Singh Shooting Women’s 25m pistol Silver

 Women’s 50m rifle 3
15 Team India Shooting Silver
positions team

Women’s 25m pistol

16 Team India Shooting Gold
team

Women’s 50m rifle 3

17 Sift Kaur Samra Shooting Gold
positions

Women’s 50m rifle 3

18 Ashi Chouksey Shooting Bronze
positions

19 Team India Shooting Men’s skeet team Bronze

20 Vishnu Saravanan Sailing Men’s dinghy ICLA7 Bronze

21 Esha Singh Shooting Women’s 25m pistol Silver

29 Esha Singh Shooting Women’s 10m air pistol Silver

30 Palak Gulia Shooting Women’s 10m air pistol Gold

31 Team India Squash Women’s team Bronze

Aishwary Pratap Men’s 50m rifle 3

32 Shooting Silver
Singh Tomar positions

33 Kiran Baliyan Athletics Women’s shot put Bronze

Mixed team 10m air

34 Team India Shooting Silver
pistol

35 Team India Tennis Mixed doubles Gold

36 Team India Squash Men’s team Gold

37 Karthik Kumar Athletics Men’s 10,000m Silver

38 Gulveer Singh Athletics Men’s 10,000m Bronze

39 Aditi Ashok Golf Women’s golf Silver

40 Team India Shooting Women’s trap team Silver

41 Team India Shooting Men’s trap team Gold

42 Kynan Chenai Shooting Men’s trap Bronze

43 Nikhat Zareen Boxing Women’s 50kg Bronze

Men’s 3000m
44 Avinash Sable Athletics Gold
steeplechase

45 Tajinderpal Singh Toor Athletics Men’s shot put Gold

46 Harmilan Bains Athletics Women’s 1500m Silver

47 Ajay Kumar Saroj Athletics Men’s 1500m Silver

48 Jinson Johnson Athletics Men’s 1500m Bronze

49 Nandini Agasara Athletics Women’s heptathlon Bronze

50 Murali Sreeshankar Athletics Men’s long jump Silver

51 Seema Punia Athletics Women’s discus throw Bronze

52 Jyothi Yarraji Athletics Women’s 100m hurdles Silver

53 Team India Badminton Men’s team Silver

Women’s speed skating

54 Team India Roller skating Bronze
3000m relay

Men’s speed skating

55 Team India Roller skating Bronze
3000m relay

56 Team India Table tennis Women’s doubles Bronze

 Women’s 3000m
57 Parul Chaudhary Athletics Silver
steeplechase

Women’s 3000m
58 Priti Lamba Athletics Bronze
steeplechase

59 Ancy Sojan Athletics Women’s long jump Silver

60 Team India Athletics Mixed 4x400m relay Silver

Men’s canoe double

61 Team India Canoe Sprint Bronze
1000m

62 Preeti Pawar Boxing Women’s 54kg Bronze

63 Vithya Ramraj Athletics Women’s 400m hurdles Bronze

64 Parul Chaudhary Athletics Women’s 5000m Gold

65 Mohammed Afsal Athletics Men’s 800m Silver

66 Praveen Chithravel Athletics Men’s triple jump Bronze

67 Tejaswin Shankar Athletics Men’s decathlon Silver

68 Annu Rani Athletics Women’s javelin throw Gold

69 Narender Berwal Boxing Men’s +92kg Bronze

70 Team India Athletics Mixed team race walk Bronze

 Mixed team
71 Team India Archery Gold
compound

72 Team India Squash Mixed team Bronze

73 Parveen Hooda Boxing Women’s 57kg Bronze

74 Lovlina Borgohain Boxing Women’s 75kg Silver

75 Sunil Kumar Wrestling Greco-Roman 87kg Bronze

76 Harmilan Bains Athletics Women’s 800m Silver

77 Avinash Sable Athletics Men’s 5000m Silver

78 Team India Athletics Women’s 4x400m relay Silver

79 Neeraj Chopra Athletics Men’s javelin throw Gold

80 Kishore Jena Athletics Men’s javelin throw Silver

81 Team India Athletics Men’s 4x400m relay Gold

Women’s compound
82 Team India Archery Gold
team

83 Team India Squash Mixed doubles Gold

84 Team India Archery Men’s compound team Gold

85 Saurav Ghosal Squash Men’s singles Silver

86 Antim Panghal Wrestling Women’s 53kg Bronze

87 Team India Archery Women’s recurve team Bronze

88 HS Prannoy Badminton Men’s singles Bronze

89 Team India Sepaktakraw Women’s regu Bronze

90 Team India Archery Men’s recurve team Silver

91 Sonam Malik Wrestling Women’s 62kg Bronze

92 Kiran Bishnoi Wrestling Women’s 76kg Bronze

93 Aman Sehrawat Wrestling Men’s freestyle 57kg Bronze

94 Team India Bridge Men’s team Silver

95 Team India Hockey Men’s team Gold

Women’s compound
96 Aditi Swami Archery Bronze
individual

Women’s compound
97 Jyothi Surekha Vennam Archery Gold
individual

Men’s compound
98 Ojas Pravin Deotale Archery Gold
individual
 Men’s compound
99 Abhishek Verma Archery Silver
individual

100 Team India Kabaddi Women’s kabaddi Gold

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy,
101 Badminton Men’s Doubles Gold
Chirag Shetty

102 Team India Kabaddi Men’s Kabaddi Gold

103 Team India Cricket Men’s cricket Gold

104 Team India Hockey Women’s Hockey Bronze

105 Deepak Punia Wrestling Men’s 86kg Freestyle Silver

106 Team India Chess Women’s chess team Silver

107 Team India Chess Men’s chess team Silver

1. Which Asian country has hosted the Asian Games the most
times?

A) India
B) South Korea
C) Thailand
D) China
Ans. C

Thailand has hosted the Asian Games the most number of times
including in 1966, 1970, 1978 and 1998.
2. Who of the following is the first Indian woman to win a gold
medal at the Asian Games?

(A) PT Usha
(B) Karnam Malleshwari
(C) Kamaljit Sandhu
(D) Sania Mirza

Kamaljeet Sandhu is a former woman Indian athlete who won gold medal at
1970 Asian Games in 400 m race.

She was the first Indian woman to win gold medal at any Asian games.
3. What has been highest rank of India in the medals tally at
the Asian Games since their beginning in 1951?

(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third 2 ( Rank ) India 15 ( G ) 16 ( S ) 20 ( B ) 51
(D) Fourth

(B) Second
4. Which of the following country never hosted Asian Games?

(1) Iran
(2) North Korea
(3) Qatar
(4) Philippines

Answer: 2

Due to security reasons Asian Games have been held in the North Korea.
While rest of the countries given in the options have organised these games.
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