India at the Asian Games

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India at the
Asian Games
Flag of India.svg
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
183
Silver
238
Bronze
358
Total
779
Asian Games appearances (overview)
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has participated in the Asian Games since their inception in 1951. The Indian Olympic Association, established in 1927, and recognised in the same year by the International Olympic Committee, is the National Olympic Committee for India.[1][2]

India was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games Federation on 13 February 1949, in New Delhi; the organisation was disbanded on 26 November 1981 and replaced by the Olympic Council of Asia.[3][4]

Membership of Olympic Council of Asia[edit]

India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, the governing body of all the sports in Asia, recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the continental association of Asia.[5][6][a] Being a member of South Asian Zone, India also participates in the South Asian Games, sub-regional Games for South Asia.[7]

The Olympic Council of Asia organises five major continental-level multi-sport events: the Asian Summer Games (which are commonly known as the Asian Games), Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games, and Asian Youth Games. Before 2009, Indoor and Martial Arts were two separate events for indoor and martial arts sports respectively. However, the OCA has since amalgamated them into a single event, the Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, which was debuted in 2013 in Incheon, South Korea.[8] As a member of OCA, India is privileged to participate in all these multi-sport events.

Hosted games[edit]

New Delhi, the national capital of India, has hosted the Asian Games on two occasions: the inaugural 1951 Asian Games and the 1982 Asian Games.[9]

Asian Games[edit]

Medals by Games[edit]

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

India is one of the only seven countries that have competed in all the editions of the Asian Games.[10] The other six are Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand.[11] India has won at least one gold medal at every Asian Games, and always ranked within the top 10 nations of the medal table except in the 1990 Asian Games.[12] After completing the 2018 Asian Games, India's medal count is as follows:

A tabular form of the details of the medals won by India is as follows:

Games Host Nations Rank  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
1951 New Delhi[13]  India 2 15 16 20 51
1954 Manila[13]  Philippines 5 5 4 8 17
1958 Tokyo[13]  Japan 7 5 4 4 13
1962 Jakarta[13]  Indonesia 3 10 13 10 33
1966 Bangkok[13]  Thailand 5 7 3 11 21
1970 Bangkok[13]  Thailand 5 6 9 10 25
1974 Tehran[13]  Iran 7 4 12 12 28
1978 Bangkok[13]  Thailand 6 11 11 6 28
1982 New Delhi[13]  India 5 13 19 25 57
1986 Seoul[13]  South Korea 5 5 9 23 37
1990 Beijing[13]  China 11 1 8 14 23
1994 Hiroshima[13]  Japan 8 4 3 16 23
1998 Bangkok[13]  Thailand 9 7 11 17 35
2002 Busan[13]  South Korea 7 11 12 13 36
2006 Doha[13]  Qatar 8 10 17 26 53
2010 Guangzhou  China 6 14 17 34 65
2014 Incheon[13]  South Korea 8 11 9 37 57
2018 Jakarta & Palembang  Indonesia 8 16 23 31 70
2022 Hangzhou  China 4 28 38 41 107
2026 Aichi–Nagoya  Japan Future event
2030 Doha  Qatar
2034 Riyadh  Saudi Arabia
Total 5 183 239 357 779

Medals by sport[edit]

Note: Board Games included Chess, Go, Bridge and Xiangqi.

Sport Rank  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Athletics 3 85 102 96 283
Shooting 6 16 30 34 80
Wrestling 7 11 15 39 65
Kabaddi 1 11 1 1 13
Lawn Tennis 5 10 7 17 34
Boxing 8 9 17 36 62
Archery 3 6 6 7 19
Field hockey 3 5 11 7 23
Cue Sports 3 5 4 6 15
Equestrian 3 4 3 7 14
Squash 3 3 4 11 18
Golf 5 3 4 0 7
Board games 2 3 3 4 10
Rowing 6 2 7 19 28
Diving 3 2 1 2 5
Football 6 2 0 1 3
Cricket 2 2 0 0 2
Sailing 10 1 8 14 23
Badminton 7 1 2 10 13
Swimming 14 1 2 6 9
Water polo 5 1 1 1 3
Weightlifting 19 0 5 9 14
Wushu 14 0 2 8 10
Cycling 17 0 1 2 3
Volleyball 5 0 1 2 3
Kurash 8 0 1 1 2
Judo 17 0 0 5 5
Roller sports 7 0 0 4 4
Table tennis 11 0 0 3 3
Sepaktakraw 11 0 0 2 2
Canoeing 11 0 0 2 2
Gymnastics 13 0 0 1 1
Taekwondo 24 0 0 1 1
Total 5 183 238 358 779

Asian Winter Games[edit]

Medals by Games[edit]

India has sent athletes to every celebration of the Asian Winter Games. Through the last revision of the Games in Astana and Almaty in 2011, India has never won a medal in the Winter Games.[14]

Asian Para Games[edit]

Medals by Games[edit]

India's count is as follows:

A tabular form of the details of the medals won by India is as follows:

Games Host Nations Rank  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
2010 Guangzhou  China 15 1 4 9 14
2014 Incheon  South Korea 15 3 14 16 33
2018 Jakarta  Indonesia 9 15 24 33 72
2022 Hangzhou  China Future event
Total 11 19 42 58 119

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games[edit]

Medals by Games[edit]

Games Host Nation Rank  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Asian Indoor Games
2005 Bangkok[15]  Thailand 5 7 3 8 18
2007 Macau  China 6 9 9 10 28
2009 Hanoi[16]  Vietnam 7 6 9 25 40
Asian Martial Arts Games
2009 Bangkok  Thailand 10 3 7 23 33
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2013 Incheon  South Korea 12 2 3 5 10
2017 Ashgabat  Turkmenistan 11 9 12 19 40
2021 Bangkok–Chonburi  Thailand Future event
2025 Riyadh  Saudi Arabia
Total 9 36 43 90 169

Asian Beach Games[edit]

Medals by Games[edit]

India has participated in both the editions of the Asian Beach Game. In the 2008 Games, India won a total of five medals, including three gold, and ranked seventh in the final medal table.[17] Three gold medals were won by India in the 2010 Asian Beach Games in Muscat, Oman, earning the country sixth place in the medal table.[18]

Games Host Nations Rank  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
2008 Bali  Indonesia 7 3 0 2 5
2010 Muscat  Oman 6 3 0 1 4
2012 Haiyang  China 6 2 0 1 3
2014 Phuket  Philippines 20 2 1 7 10
2016 Da Nang  Vietnam 16 2 4 18 24
2023 Sanya  China Future event
Total 11 12 5 29 46

Asian Youth Games[edit]

Medals by Games[edit]

Indian athletes competed in the inaugural Asian Youth Games in Singapore. Indian competitors earned medals in only two sports— athletics and swimming. Four of the five gold medals came from athletics and one came from the swimming competition. Aaron Agnel Dsouza was the only multiple medal winner. Dsouza won a gold in the 200 m freestyle and a bronze in the 100 m freestyle.[19] India's membership in IOC was suspended when the 2013 games took place so Indian athletes competed in the event as independent athletes.

Games Host nation Rank  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
2009 Singapore  Singapore 7 5 3 3 11
2013 Nanjing  China 10 3 4 7 14
2021 Shantou  China Cancelled
Total 6 8 7 10 25

See also[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

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  5. "NOCs". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  6. "National Olympic Committees". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
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  8. "Games". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 31 December 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
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  15. "Medal Winners – Asian Indoor Games" (PDF). olympic.ind.in. Indian Olympic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  16. "Vietnam 2009 – Overall medal standings". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  17. "Medal Winners – Asian Beach Games" (PDF). olympic.ind.in. Indian Olympic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 November 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  18. "2nd Asian Beach Games – Medal Tally of 2nd Asian Beach Games". sports.gov.pk. Pakistan Sport Board. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
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