Asian Games

INDIA TOTAL MEDAL TALLY 64 MEDALS  IN 2010 ASIAN GAMES

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The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation.^[1] The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.Asian games were organised at the initiative of P.M. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU  in 1951

In its history, nine nations have hosted the Asian Games. 46 nations have participated in the Games, including Israel, which was excluded from the Games after their last participation in 1974.

Year	Games	Host	Dates	Nations	Athletes	Sports	Events	Ref
1951	I	New Delhi, India	March 4–11	11	489	6	57	[29]
1954	II	Manila, Philippines	May 1–9	19	970	8	76	[30]
1958	III	Tokyo, Japan	May 28 – June 1	16	1,820	13	97	[31]
1962	IV	Jakarta, Indonesia	August 24 – September 4	12	1,460	13	88	[32]
1966	V	Bangkok, Thailand	December 9–20	16	1,945	14	143	[33]
1970	VI	Bangkok, Thailand	December 9–20	16	2,400	13	135	[34]
1974	VII	Tehran, Iran	September 1–16	19	3,010	16	202	[35]
1978	VIII	Bangkok, Thailand	December 9–20	19	3,842	19	201	[36]
1982	IX	New Delhi, India	November 19 – December 4	23	3,411	21	147	[37]
1986	X	Seoul, South Korea	September 20 – October 5	27	4,839	25	270	[38]
1990	XI	Beijing, China	September 22 – October 7	36	6,122	29	310	[39]
1994	XII	Hiroshima, Japan	October 2–16	42	6,828	34	337	[40]
1998	XIII	Bangkok, Thailand	December 6–20	41	6,554	36	376	[41]
2002	XIV	Busan, South Korea	September 29 – October 14	44	7,711	38	419	[42]
2006	XV	Doha, Qatar	December 1–15	45	9,520	39	424	[43]
2010	XVI	Guangzhou, China	November 12–27	45	9,704	42	476	[44]
2014	XVII	Incheon, South Korea	September 19 – October 4	Future event

2010 medal tally

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	199	119	98	416
2	South Korea (KOR)	76	65	91	232
3	Japan (JPN)	48	74	94	216
4	Iran (IRI)	20	15	24	59
5	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	18	23	38	79
6	India (IND)	14	17	34	65

MEDALIST in 2010

[edit]Gold

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date	vs 2006
Gold	Pankaj Advani	Cue Sports	Men's English Billiards Singles	14 November	↔
Gold	Bajrang Lal Takhar	Rowing	Men's Single Sculls	19 November	↑
Gold	Ronjan Sodhi	Shooting	Men's Double Trap	21 November	↑
Gold	Preeja Sreedharan	Athletics	Women's 10,000m	21 November	•
Gold	Sudha Singh	Athletics	Women's 3000m Steeplechase	21 November	•
Gold	Somdev Devvarman Sanam Singh	Tennis	Men's Doubles	22 November	↔
Gold	Somdev Devvarman	Tennis	Men's Singles	23 November	•
Gold	Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji	Athletics	Women's 400m Hurdles	25 November	•
Gold	Joseph Abraham	Athletics	Men's 400m Hurdles	25 November	•
Gold	Vikas Krishan Yadav	Boxing	Men's 60kg	25 November	•
Gold	India	Kabaddi	Women	26 November	•
Gold	India	Kabaddi	Men	26 November	↔
Gold	Manjeet Kaur Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji Sini Jose Mandeep Kaur	Athletics	Women's 4 x 400m Relay	26 November	↔
Gold	Vijender Singh	Boxing	Boxing 75 kg	26 November	↑

[edit]Silver

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date	vs 2006
Silver	Gagan Narang Abhinav Bindra Sanjeev Rajput	Shooting	Men's 10m Air Rifle Team	13 November	↑
Silver	Gagan Narang	Shooting	Men's 10m Air Rifle	13 November	•
Silver	Sonia Rai Heena Sidhu Annu Raj Singh	Shooting	Women's 10m Air Pistol Team	14 November	↔
Silver	Yasin Merchant Aditya Mehta Brijesh Damani	Cue Sports	Men's Snooker Team	15 November	↑
Silver	Sandhyarani Devi Wangkhem	Wushu	Women's Sanshou 60kg	17 November	•
Silver	Anil Kumar Saji Thomas Ranjit Singh Jenil Krishnan	Rowing	Men's Four	18 November	↔
Silver	Lokesh Kumar Manjeet Singh Rajesh Kumar Yadav Satish Joshi	Rowing	Lightweight Men's Four	18 November	↔
Silver	Anil Kumar Girraj Singh Saji Thomas Lokesh Kumar Manjeet Singh Rajesh Kumar Yadav Ranjit Singh Satish Joshi Jenil Krishnan	Rowing	Men's Eight	19 November	•
Silver	Abhinav Lohan Abhijit Singh Chadha Rahul Bajaj Rashid Khan	Golf	Men's Team	20 November	↔
Silver	Balraj Trunal Balkrishna Helegaonkar Atool Sinha Farokh Faramroze Tarapore Shekhar Singh Yadav	Sailing	Open Match Racing	20 November	↔
Silver	Kavita Raut	Athletics	Women's 10,000m	21 November	•
Silver	Sania Mirza Vishnu Vardhan	Tennis	Mixed Doubles	22 November	↓
Silver	Tarundeep Rai	Archery	Men's Individual	24 November	•
Silver	Dinesh Kumar	Boxing	Men's 81kg	25 November	•
Silver	Preeja Sreedharan	Athletics	Women's 5,000m	26 November	•
Silver	V Santhosh Kumar	Boxing	Men's 64kg	26 November	•
Silver	Manpreet Singh	Boxing	Men's 91kg	26 November	•

Bronze Medals

1. Shooting KUMAR Vijay Men’s 10m Air Pistol Bronze medal
2. Billiard Sports KUMAR Alok Men’s 8-Ball Pool Singles Bronze medal
3. Artistic Gymnastics Ashish Kumar Men’s Floor event Bronze medal
4. Chess Dronavalli Harika Women’s Individual Bronze medal
5. Swimming Virdhawal Vikram Men’s 50m Butterfly event Bronze medal
6. Wushu Men’s Sanshou 60kg event Bimoljit Singh Mayanglambam Bronze medal
7. India KUMAR Vijay achieved Bronze medal in the Shooting Men’s 25m Center Fire Pistol
8. India KHADE Virdhawal Vk achieved Bronze medal in the Swimming Men’s 50m Butterfly
9. India Bimoljit Singh Mayanglambam achieved Bronze medal in the Wushu Men’s Sanshou 60kg
10. Billiard Sports – Aditya Snehal Mehta – Men’s Snooker Singles – Bronze Medal
11. Rowing Women’s Pair - Pratima Puhana , Pramila Prava Minz won Bronze medal
12. Shooting Men’s Trap Team – Bronze medal
13. Shooting Men’s Double Trap Team – Bronze medal
14. Squash Saurav Ghosal – Men’s Individual
15. Sania Mirza won Bronze Medal in Tennis Women’s Singles
16. Ravinder Singh won Bronze Medal in Wrestling Men’s Greco-Roman 60 kg
17. Sunilkumar Rana won Bronze Medal in Wrestling Men’s Greco-Roman 66 kg
18. Krishna Poonia won Bronze in Athletics Women’s Discus Throw
19. Pramila Ganapathy Gudandda won Bronze in Athletics Women’s Heptathlon
20. In Boxing Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte Women’s 48-51kg won the Bronze medal
21. In Boxing Suranjoy Singh Mayengbam Men’s 52kg Bronze medal
22. In Boxing Kavita Goyat Women’s 69-75kg Bronze medal
23. In Boxing Paramjeet Samota Men’s +91kg Bronze medal
24. In Squash Men’s Team won Bronze medal
25. In Squash Women’s Team won Bronze medal
26. In Women’s 800m event of Track and Field Tintu Luka won Bronze medal
27. Mausam Khatri won Bronze medal in Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 96 kg
28. India won Bronze medal in Men’s Hockey match
29. India Roller Sports PANCHAL Avani Bhar.. won the Pairs Skating Bronze medal
30. India Athletics RAUT Kavita won the Women’s 5000m Bronze medal
31. India Boxing GOYAT Kavita won the Women’s 69-75kg Bronze medal
32. India Chess India won the Men’s Team Bronze medal
33. India Roller Sports YAMA Anup Kumar won the Men’s Single Free Skating Bronze medal

• 16th(2010) Asian Games will be held in Guang Zhou, China.
• In the 16th Asian Games Twenty-20 Cricket will be included.
• Dance sport, Dragon boat, Roller sport and Weiqui (a form of chess) will be other new entrants into the 16th Asian Games.
• 17th(2014) Asian Games will be held in Incheon, South Korea.

Position of India in Asian Games Medal Tally

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Position
1951	15	18	21	54	2nd
1954	5	4	9	18	5th
1958	5	4	4	13	7th
1962	10	13	11	34	3rd
1966	7	5	11	23	5th
1970	6	9	10	25	5th
1974	4	12	12	28	7th
1978	11	11	6	28	5th
1982	13	19	25	57	5th
1986	5	9	23	37	5th
1990	1	8	14	23	11th
1994	4	3	15	22	8th
1998	7	11	17	35	9th
2002	11	12	13	36	8th
2006	10	18	26	54	8th