Asian Games 2018 – Important Highlights
Hello Friends,
The 2018 Asian Games is the 18th edition of the Asian Games, with the first games being held in 1951. The tournament will be held from 18th August to 2nd September 2018 and is being hosted in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang. This is the first time that the games are being hosted by two cities together.
The opening and closing ceremonies of the games will be held at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta.
The tournament will host around 10,000 athletes from 45 countries, competing in 39 sports. This will be the second time Indonesia is hosting the Asian Games after the Jakarta Asian Games in 1962.
- The Host cities for Asian Games 2018 are Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.
- Bhin Bhin, Kaka, and Atung are the mascots of the 2018 Asian Games.
Top 3 Countries in the MEDAL TALLY along with India are as follows:
| 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 |
List of GOLD MEDALS Won by India:
| ATHLETICS | ||
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| Sl. No. |
Event | Winners |
| 1. | Men’s Shot put | Tajinderpal Singh Toor |
| 2. | Men’s Javelin Throw | Neeraj Chopra |
| 3. | Men’s 800m | Manjit Singh |
| 4. | Men’s Triple Jump | Arpinder Singh |
| 5. | Women’s Heptathlon | Swapna Barman |
| 6. | Men’s 1500m | Jinson Johnson |
| 7. | Women’s 4x400m Relay | M. R. Poovamma, Saritaben Gaikwad, Hima Das, V.K. Vismaya |
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| 8. | Men’s Light Fly (49kg) | Amit Panghal |
| BRIDGE |
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| 9. | Men’s Pair | Pranab Bardhan, Shibhnath Sarkar |
| ROWING |
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| 10. | Men’s Quadruple Sculls | Sawarn Singh, Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Om Prakash, Sukhmeet Singh |
| SHOOTING |
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| 11. | Men’s 10-metre air pistol | Saurabh Chaudhary |
| 12. | Women’s 25-metre pistol | Rahi Sarnobat |
| TENNIS |
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| 13. | Men’s Doubles | Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan |
| WRESTLING |
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| 14. | Men’s freestyle 65 kg | Bajrang Punia |
| 15. | Women’s freestyle 50 kg | Vinesh Phogat |
List of SILVER MEDALS Won by India:
| ARCHERY | ||
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| Sl. No. |
Event | Winners |
| 1. | Women’s Team Compound | Muskan Kirar, Madhumita Kumari, Jyothi Surekha Vennam |
| 2. | Men’s Team Compound | Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan, Aman Saini |
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| 3. | Men’s 800m | Jinson Johnson |
| 4. | Women’s 400m | Hima Das |
| 5. | Men’s 400m | Muhammad Anas |
| 6. | Women’s 100m | Dutee Chand |
| 7. | Women’s 200m | Dutee Chand |
| 8. | Men’s 400m Hurdles | Dharun Ayyasamy |
| 9. | Women’s 3000m Steeplechase | Sudha Singh |
| 10. | Women’s Long jump | Neena Varakil |
| 11. | Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay | Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed Anas, Hima Das, M. R. Poovamma |
| 12. | Men’s 4x400m Relay | Dharun Ayyasamy, Kunhu Mohammed, Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed Anas |
| BADMINTON | ||
| 13. | Women’s Singles | PV Sindhu |
| EQUESTRIAN | ||
| 14. | Individual Eventing | Fouaad Mirza |
| 15. | Team Eventing | Fouaad Mirza, Rakesh Kumar, Ashish Malik, Jitender Singh |
| HOCKEY | ||
| 16. | Women’s Tournament | Indian Women’s Team |
| KABADDI | ||
| 17. | Women’s Tournament | Indian Women’s Team |
| KURASH |
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| 18. | Women’s 52 kg | Pincky Balhara |
| SAILING |
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| 19. | 49er FX women | Shweta Shervegar, Varsha Gautham |
| SHOOTING |
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| 20. | Men’s 10-metre air rifle | Deepak Kumar |
| 21. | Men’s trap | Lakshay Sheoran |
| 22. | Men’s 50-metre rifle three positions | Sanjeev Rajput |
| 23. | Men’s double trap | Shardul Vihan |
| SQUASH | ||
| 24. | Women’s Team | Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Joshna Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna, Sunayna Kuruvilla |
List of BRONZE MEDALS Won by India:
| Sl. No. |
Event | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| ATHLETICS | ||
| 1. | Women’s 1500 m | PU Chitra |
| 2. | Women’s Discus Throw | Seema Punia |
| BADMINTON |
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| 3. | Women’s Singles | Saina Nehwal |
| BOXING |
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| 4. | Men’s Middle (75kg) | Vikas Krishan Yadav |
| BRIDGE |
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| 5. | Men’s Team | Sumit Mukherjee, Debabrata Majumder, Jaggy Shivdasani, Rajeshwar Tewari, Ajay Khare, Raju Tolani |
| 6. | Mixed Team | Bachiraju Satyanarayana, Rajeev Khandelwal, Gopinath Manna, Himani Khandelwal, Hema Deora, Kiran Nadar |
| HOCKEY |
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| 7. | Men’s Tournament | Indian Men’s Team |
| KABADDI |
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| 8. | Men’s Tournament | Indian Men’s Team |
| KURASH |
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| 9. | Women’s 52kg | Malaprabha Jadhav |
| ROWING |
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| 10. | Men’s Lightweight single sculls | Dushyant Chauhan |
| 11. | Men’s Lightweight double sculls | Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh |
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| 12. | 49er Men | Varun Thakkar, Ganapathy Chengappa |
| 13. | Mixed Open Laser 4.7 | Harshita Tomar |
| SEPAK TAKRAW | ||
| 14. | Men’s Team Regu | Indian Men’s Team |
| SHOOTING | ||
| 15. | 10-metre air rifle mixed team | Ravi Kumar, Apurvi Chandela |
| 16. | Men’s 10-metre air pistol | Abhishek Verma |
| 17. | Women’s 10-metre air pistol | Heena Sidhu |
| SQUASH | ||
| 18. | Men’s singles | Saurav Ghosal |
| 19. | Women’s singles | Joshna Chinappa |
| 20. | Women’s singles | Dipika Pallikal Karthik |
| 21. | Men’s Team | Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Ramit Tandon, Mahesh Mangaonkar |
| TABLE TENNIS | ||
| 22. | Men’s Team | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Achanta Sharath Kamal, Anthony Amalraj, Harmeet Desai, Manav Thakkar |
| 23. | Mixed doubles | Achanta Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra |
| TENNIS | ||
| 24. | Women’s Singles | Ankita Raina |
| 25. | Men’s Singles | Prajnesh Gunneswaran |
| WRESTLING | ||
| 26. | Women’s freestyle 68 kg | Divya Kakran |
| WUSHU | ||
| 27. | Women’s Sanda 60 kg | Roshibina Naorem |
| 28. | Men’s Sanda 56 kg | Santhosh Kumar |
| 29. | Men’s Sanda 60 kg | Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh |
| 30. | Men’s Sanda 65 kg | Narender Grewal |
