With the 2018 Asian Games in full tow, participating countries and athletes are all pumped up for one of the greatest sporting events in history. This year’s spectacle marks the 18th edition of the games and is being held from 18th of August to 2nd of September in Indonesia.
The 2018 event is remarkable in that the for the first time in the history of the pan Asian sport event, the hosting is being done by two cities simultaneously. The Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang are home to the 2018 games which is also referred to as Jakarta Palembang 2018, the opening and closing ceremonies of which are scheduled for the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta.
With this being India’s 18th appearance at the Games, the country holds the distinction of being one of only the seven countries to have competed in all editions of the Games. With a phenomenal performance record across all editions of the games, expectations from the Indian contingent this time around also are pretty high.
India finished 8th in the last edition of the Asian Games at Incheon, with a rich haul of 57 medals that included 8 Golds. However, the country’s best performance has been in the 1962 edition of the Games held at Jakarta, where India claimed the third place among countries with a superlative performance that claimed 12 Gold medals.
Indi’a best bet in the Games across all editions has been Athletics with a whopping 233 medals won in the category, followed by Wrestling, Kabaddi, Boxing and Shooting.
ASIAN GAMES 2018 INDIAN WINNERS
19TH AUGUST, 2018
Gold Medal
- Participant- Bajrang Punia
Sport- Wrestling
Bronze Medal
- Participants- Apurvi Chandela & Ravi Kumar
Sport- Shooting (10 m Air Rifle Mixed Team)
20TH AUGUST, 2018
Gold Medal
- Participant- Vinesh Phogat
Sport- Wrestling (Women’s freestyle 50 kg)
Silver Medal
- Participant- Deepak Kumar
Sport- Shooting (10m Air Rifle)
- Participant- Lakshay
Sport- Shooting (Men’s Trap)
21ST AUGUST, 2018
Gold Medal
- Participant- Saurabh Chaudhary
Sport- Shooting (Men’s 10 m air pistol)
Silver Medal
- Participant- Sanjeev Rajput
Sport- Shooting (Men’s 50 m rifle)
Bronze Medal
- Participant- Abhishek Verma
Sport- Shooting (Men’s 10 m air pistol)
- Sepak Takraw (Men’s Team)
- Participant- Divya Kakran
Sport- Wrestling (Women’s freestyle 68 kg)
22ND AUGUST,2018
Gold Medal
- Participant- Rahi Sarnobat
Sport- Shooting (Women’s 25 m pistol)
Bronze Medal
- Participant- Roshibina Naorem
Sport- Wushu (Women’s sanda 60 kg)
- Participant- Santhosh Kumar
Sport- Wushu (Men’s sanda 56 kg)
- Participant- Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh
Sport- Wushu (Men’s sanda 60 kg)
- Participant- Narender Grewal
Sport- Wushu (Men’s sanda 65 kg)
23RD AUGUST, 2018
Silver Medal
- Participant- Shardul Vihaan
Sport- Shooting (Men’s double trap)
Bronze Medal
- Participant- Ankita Raina
Sport- Lawn Tennis (Women’s singles)
- Participant- Men’s team (Kabaddi)
24TH AUGUST, 2018
Gold Medal
- Participant- Sawarn Singh, Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Om Prakash, Sukhmeet Singh
Sport- Rowing (Men’s quadruple sculls)
- Participant- Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan
Sport- Tennis (Men’s doubles)
Silver Medal
- Participant- Women’s team (Kabaddi)
Bronze Medal
- Participant- Dushyant Chauhan
Sport- Rowing (Men’s lightweight single sculls)
- Participant- Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh
Sport- Rowing (Men’s lightweight double sculls)
- Participant- Heena Sidhu
Sport- Shooting (Women’s 10 m air pistol)
- Participant- Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Sport- Lawn Tennis (Men’s singles)
25TH AUGUST, 2018
Gold Medal
- Participant- Tajinderpal Singh Toor
Sport- Athletics (Men’s shot put)
Bronze Medal
- Participant- Dipika Pallikal
Sport- Squash (Women’s Singles)
- Participant- Joshna Chinappa
Sport- Squash (Women’s singles)
- Participant- Saurav Ghosal
Sport- Squash (Men’s singles)
26TH AUGUST, 2018
Silver Medal
- Participant- Fouaad Mirza
Sport- Equestrian (Eventing individual)
- Participant- Fouaad Mirza, Rakesh Kumar, Ashish Malik, Jitender Singh
Sport- Equestrian (Eventing team)
- Participant- Hima Das
Sport- Athletics (Women’s 400 m)
- Participant- Muhammed Anas
Sport- Athletics (Men’s 400 m)
- Participant- Dutee Chand
Sport- Athletics (Women’s 100 m)
Bronze Medal
- Participant- Sumit Mukherjee, Debabrata Mazumder, Jaggy Shivdasani, Rrajeshwar Tiwari, Ajay Khare, Raju Tolani
Sport- Bridge (Men’s team)
- Participant- Bachiraju Satyanarayana, Rajeev Khandelwal, Gopinath Manna, Himani Khandelwal, Hema Deora, Kiran Nadar
Sport- Bridge (Women’s team)
27TH AUGUST, 2018
Gold Medal
- Participant- Neeraj Chopra
Sport- Athletics (Javelin Throw)
Silver Medal
- Participant- Dharun Ayyasamy
Sport- Athletics (Men’s 400 m hurdles)
- Participant- Sudha Singh
Sport- Athletics (Women’s 3000 m steeplechase)
- Participant- Neena Varakil
Sport- Athletics (Women’s long jump)
Bronze Medal
- Participant- Saina Nehwal
Sport- Badminton (Women’s singles)
28TH AUGUST, 2018
Gold Medal
- Participant- Manjit Singh
Sport- Athletics (Men’s 800 m)
Silver Medal
- Participant- Muskan Kirar, Madhumita Kumari, Jyoti Surekha Vennam
Sport- Archery (Women’s team compound)
- Participant- Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan, Aman Saini
Sport- Archery (Men’s team compound)
- Participant- P V Sindhu
Sport- Badminton (Women’s singles)
- Participant- Jinson Johnson
Sport- Athletics (Men’s 800 m)
- Participant- Pincky Balhara
Sport- Kurash (Women’s 50 kg)
- Participant- Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed Anas, Hima Das, M.R. Poovamma
Sport- Athletics (Mixed 4X400 metres relay)
Bronze Medal
- Participant- Table Tennis Men’s team
- Participant- Table tennis (Men’s team)
- Participant- Malaprava Jadhav
Sport- Kurkash (Women’s 52 kg)
29TH AUGUST, 2018
Gold Medal
- Participant- Arpinder Singh
Sport- Athletics (Men’s triple jump)
- Participant- Swapna Barman
Sport- Athletics (Women’s heptathlon)
Silver Medal
- Participant- Dutee Chand
Sport- Athletics (Women’s 200 meters)
Bronze Medal
- Participant- Achanta Sharath Kama, Manika Batra
Sport- Table Tennis (Mixed doubles)
30TH AUGUST, 2018
Gold Medal
- Participant- Jinson Johnson
Sport- Athletics (Men’s 1500 meters)
- Participant- M R Poovamma, Saritaben Gaikwad, Hima Das, Vismaya
Sport- Athletics (Women’s 4X400 meters relay)
Silver Medal
- Participant- Dharun Ayyasamy, Kunhu Mohammed, Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed Anas
Sport- Athletics (Mixed 4X4oo meters relay)
Bronze Medal
- Participant- P U Chitra
Sport- Athletics (Women’s 1500 meters)
- Participant- Seema Punia
Sport- Athletics (Women’s discus throw)
31ST AUGUST, 2018
Silver Medal
- Participant- Shweta Shervegar, Varsha Gautham
Sport- Sailing (49er FX Women)
Bronze Medal
- Participant- Harshita Tomar
Sport- Sailing (Open laser 4.7)
- Participant- Varun Thakkar, Ganapathy Chengappa
Sport- Sailing (49er Men)
- Participant- Vikas Krishan Yadav
Sport- Boxing (Middleweight 75 kg)
ASIAN GAMES 2018 INDIAN PARTICIPANTS
The flagbearer of the 572 participants strong Indian contingent for this year’s games has been javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra.
In 2018 Asian Games, the Indian participants for the various types of sports are as shown below-
ATHLETICS
Men
Track Events:
200m – Mohammed Anas
400m – Arokiarajiv, Mohammed Anas
800m and 1500m– Jinson Johnson, Manjit Singh
5000m and 10000 m – G Lakshmanan
4x400m relay – Dharun Ayyasamy, Mohammed Anas, Jeevan Karekoppa Suresh, Jithu Baby, Arokiarajiv, Kunhu Mohammed Puthanpurakkal
400m Hurdles – Dharun Ayyasamy, Santosh Kumar
3000m Steeplechase – Shankar Lal Swami
Field Events:
Triple Jump – Arpinder Singh, Rakesh Babu AV
Javelin Throw – Shivpal Singh, Neeraj Chopra
Long Jump – Sreeshankar
High Jump – Chethan Balasubramanya
Shot Put – Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Naveen Chikara
Road Events:
20 km Walk – Manish Singh Rawat, KT Irfan
50 km Walk – Sandeep Kumar
Women
Track Events:
100m – Dutee Chand
200m – Dutee Chand, Hima Das
400m – Hima Das
800m – Tintu Luka
1500m – PU Chitra, Monika Chaudhary
5000m and 10000m – Sanjivani Jadhav, Suriya Longanathan
4x400m relay – Jisna Mathew, MR Poovamma, Saritaben Laxmanbhai Gayakwad, Sonia Baishya, Vijayakumari
400m Hurdles – Jauna Murmu, Anu Raghavan
3000m Steeplechase – Sudha Singh, Chinta Yadav
Field Events:
Hammer Throw – Sarita Romit Singh
Discus Throw – Sandeep Kumari, Seema Punia
Javelin Throw – Annu Rani
Long Jump – Nayana James, Neena Varakil
Road Events:
20km Walk – B Soumya, Khushbir Kaur
Combined Events:
Heptathlon – Purnima Hembram, Swapna Barman
Mixed:
4x400m mixed relay – Kunhu Mohammed Puthanpurakkal, Arokiarajiv, Mohammed Anas, Hima Das, MR Poovamma
WRESTLING
Men
Freestyle:
Sandeep Tomar – 57 kg
Bajrang Punia – 65 kg
Sushil Kumar – 74 kg
Pawan Kumar – 86 kg
Mausam Khatri – 97 kg
Sumit Malik – 125 kg
Greco-Roman:
Gyanender – 60 kg
Manish – 67 kg
Gurpreet Singh – 77 kg
Harpreet Singh – 87 kg
Hardeep – 97 kg
Naveen – 130 kg
Women
Freestyle:
Vinesh Phogat – 50 kg
Pinki – 53 kg
Pooja Dhanda – 57 kg
Sakshi Malik – 62 kg
Divya Kakran – 68 kg
Kiran – 76 kg
BOXING
Men
- Light Flyweight (49 kg) – Amit Panghal
- Flyweight (52 kg) – Gaurav Solanki
- Bantamweight (56 kg) – Mohammad Hussamuddin
- Lightweight (60 kg) – Shiva Thapa
- Light Welterweight (64 kg) – Dheeraj Rangi
- Light Welterweight (69 kg) – Manoj Kumar
- Middleweight (75 kg) – Vikas Krishan Yadav
Women
- Flyweight (51 kg) – Sarjubala Devi
- Featherweight (57 kg) – Sonia Lather
- Lightweight (60 kg) – Pavitra
KABBADI
Men’s team
Ajay Thakur (captain), Pardeep Narwal, Monu Goyat, Rishank Devadiga, Rahul Chaudhari, Rohit Kumar, Girish Ernak, Surender Nada, Deepak Niwas Hooda, Manjeet Chillar, Surjeet Singh Narwal, Rajulal Chaudari, Sandeep Narwal, Mohit Chillar.
Women’s team
Sakshi Kumari, Kavita Devi, Priyanka, Manpreet Kaur, Payel Chowdhury, Ritu Negi, Sonali Vishnu Shingate, Sayali Sanjay KeriPale, Randeep Kaur Khehra, Shalini Pathak, Usha Rani Narasimhalah, Madhu. Standby: Priyanka, Shama Parveen
SHOOTING
Men
Rifle:
50m Rifle 3 Positions – Sanjeev Rajput, Akhil Sheoran
10m Air Rifle – Ravi Kumar, Deepak Kumar
300m Standard Rifle 3 Positions – Harjinder Singh, Amit Kumar
Pistol:
10m Air Pistol – Abhishek Verma, Saurabh Chaudhary
25m Rapid Fire Pistol – Shivam Shukla, Anish
ShotgunTrap – Lakshay, Manavjit Singh Sandhu
Skeet – Sheeraz Sheikh, Angadwir Singh Bajwa
Double Trap – Ankur Mittal, Shradul Vihaan
Women
Rifle:
50m Rifle 3 Positions – Anjum Moudgil, Gaayathri N
10m Air Rifle – Apurvi Chandela, Elavenil Valarivan
Pistol:
10m Air Pistol – Manu Bhaker, Heena Sidhu
25m Pistol – Manu Bhaker, Rahi Sarnobat
Shotgun Trap – Shreyasi Singh, Seema Tomar
Skeet – Ganemat Sekhon, Rashmmi Rathore
Double Trap – Shreyasi Singh, Varsha Varman
Mixed:
10m Air Rifle Mixed Team – Ravi Kumar, Apurvi Chandela
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team – Abhishek Verma, Manu Bhaker
Trap Mixed – Lakshay, Shreyasi Singh
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