Asian Games and India: 1951- onwards

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Historical trivia

August 17, 2018: The Times of India

Best Finish

In terms of total medals: 65 at Guangzhou 2010 (14 gold, 17 silver, 34 bronze)

In terms of most gold: Delhi 1951 (15 gold, 16 silver, 20 bronze)

In terms of position on medals tally: 2nd (Delhi 1951)

- India have only twice finished outside top eight on the medals tally (11th in 1990 and 9th in 1998).

- In each of the last four editions, India have won 10 or more gold medals.

- Of the 139 Asiad gold India have won so far, athletics has contributed a staggering 72. Kabaddi and wrestling are next with nine gold each.

- Badminton and weightlifting, two sports in which India has improved the most, have yet to win an Asiad gold.

- If India go on to defend their men's hockey gold, it will be the first such instance for the country.

- Only seven countries have participated in all editions of the Asian Games. India is one of them. Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore, and Thailand are the others.

=India's medals tally at Asian Games=


The first Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1951 and India won 51 medals.

The best haul for India was in the last edition in Guangzhou (2010) when they bagged 65 medals which included 14 gold. India's medals tally at Asian Games

1st Edition (New Delhi, 1951) Gold: 15; Silver: 16; Bronze: 20 (Total 51) - 2nd place in medal standings

2nd Edition (Manila, 1954) Gold: 4; Silver: 4; Bronze: 5 (Total 13) - 5th place

3rd Edition (Tokyo, 1958) Gold: 5; Silver: 3; Bronze: 3 (Total 11) - 6th place

4th Edition (Jakarta, 1962) Gold: 10; Silver: 13; Bronze: 10 (Total 33) - 3rd place

5th Edition (Bangkok, 1966) Gold: 7; Silver: 4; Bronze: 11 (Total 22) - 5th place

6th Edition (Bangkok, 1970) Gold: 6; Silver: 9; Bronze: 10 (Total 25) - 5th place

7th Edition (Tehran, 1974) Gold: 4; Silver: 12; Bronze: 12 (Total 28) - 7th place

8th Edition (Bangkok, 1978) Gold: 11; Silver: 11; Bronze: 6 (Total 28) - 6th place

9th Edition (New Delhi, 1982) Gold: 13; Silver: 19; Bronze: 25 (Total 57) - 5th place

10th Edition (Seoul, 1986) Gold: 5; Silver: 9; Bronze: 23 (Total 37) - 5th place

11th Edition (Beijing, 1990) Gold: 1; Silver: 8; Bronze: 14 (Total 23) - 11th place

12th Edition (Hiroshima, 1994) Gold: 4; Silver: 3; Bronze: 15 (Total 22) - 8th place

13th Edition (Bangkok, 1998) Gold: 7; Silver: 11; Bronze: 17 (Total 35) - 9th place

14th Edition (Busan, 2002) Gold: 10; Silver: 12; Bronze: 13 (Total 35) - 8th place

15th Edition (Doha, 2006) Gold: 10; Silver: 17; Bronze: 26 (Total 53) - 8th place

16th Edition (Guangzhou, 2010) Gold: 14; Silver: 17; Bronze: 34 (Total 65) - 6th place

17th Edition (Incheon 2014) - From September 19 to October 4

Indian medal winners at the Asian Games

Athletics Federation of India

1951

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	Lavy Pinto	100 m	Gold	10.8 = GR
2	Lavy Pinto	200 m	Gold	22.0 GR
3	Ranjit Singh	800 m	Gold	1:59.3 GR
4	Nikka Singh	1500 m	Gold	4:04.1 GR
5	A.S. Bakshi	4X400 m Relay	Gold	3:24.2 GR
6	Chota Singh	Marathon	Gold	2:42:58.6 GR
7	Madan Lal	Shot put	Gold	13.78 GR
8	Makhan Singh	Discus Throw	Gold	39.92 GR
9	Mahabir Prasad	10000 m Walk	Gold	52:31.4 GR
10	Bakhtawar Singh	50 km Walk	Gold	5:44:07.4 GR
11	M. Gabriel	200 m	Silver	22.5
12	A.S. Bakshi	400 m	Silver	50.8
13	Kulwant Singh	800 m	Silver	1:59.7
14	Pritam Singh	5000 m	Silver	15:57.8
15	Lavy Pinto	4X100 m Relay	Silver	42.8
16	Baldev Singh	Long Jump	Silver	6.99
17	Somnath Chopra	Hammer Throw	Silver	43:35
18	Parsa Singh	Javelin Throw	Silver	50.38
19	Roshan Mistry (W)	100 m	Silver	12.8
20	Mary D’Souza Roshan Mistry BanooGulzar Pat Mendonca	4X100 m Relay	Silver	51.9
21	Govind Singh	400 m	Bronze	51.4
22	Gurbachan Singh	10000 m	Bronze	34:58.8
23	Surat Singh	Marathon	Bronze	2:53:49.8
24	Kesar Singh	10000 m Walk	Bronze	52:54.0
25	Kishen Singh	Hammer Throw	Bronze	42.32
26	Khurshid Ahmed	Decathlon	Bronze	5099
27	Mary D’Souza (W)	200 m	Bronze	28.0
28	Marie Semoes	High Jump	Bronze	1.37
29	Sylvia Gaunlet	Long Jump	Bronze	4.52
30	Barbara Webster	Shot Put	Bronze	9.02
31	Barbara Webster	Javelin Throw	Bronze	26.70

1954

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	Sarwan Singh	110 m hurdles	Gold	14.7 GR
2	Ajit Singh	High Jump	Gold	1.95 GR
3	Parduman Singh Brar	Shot Put	Gold	14.14 GR
4	Parduman Singh Brar	Discus Throw	Gold	43.37 GR
5	Christine Brown Stephie D’Souza Violet Peters Mary D’Souza	4X100 m Relay	Gold	49.5 GR
6	Joginder Singh	400 m	Silver	48.6
7	Sohan Singh Dhanoa	800 m	Silver
8	Joginder Singh Dhanaor Ivan Jacob Harjeet Singh J.B. Joseph	4 X 400 m Relay	Silver	3:18.0
9	M. Gabriel	100 m	Bronze	10.8
10	Dalu Ram	5000 m	Bronze	15:41.1
11	Dalu Ram	3000m SC	Bronze	9:36.5
12	Ishar Singh	Shot Put	Bronze	13.43
13	Ronnie O’Brien	Decathlon	Bronze	5259
14	Christine Brown (W)	100 m	Bronze	12.6

1958

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	Milkha Singh	200 m	Gold	21.6 = GR
2	Milkha Singh	400 m	Gold	47.0
3	Mohinder Singh	Triple Jump	Gold	15.62 GR
4	Parduman Singh Brar	Shot Put	Gold	15.04 GR
5	Balkar Singh	Discus Throw	Gold	47.66 GR
6	Stephie D’Souza	200 m	Silver	26.2
7	Elizabeth Davenport	Javelin Throw	Silver	46.07
8	Parduman Singh Brar	Discus Throw	Bronze	45.67

1962

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	Milkha Singh	400 m	Gold	46.9
2	Mohinder Singh	1500 m	Gold	3:48.6 GR
3	Tarlok Singh	10000m	Gold	30:21.4 GR
4	Daljit Singh Jagdish Singh Makhan Singh Milkha Singh		Gold	3:10.2 GR
5	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	Decathlon	Gold	6739
6	Makhan Singh	400 m	Silver	47.5
7	Daljit Singh	800 m	Silver	1:52.6
8	Amrit Pal	1500 m	Silver	3:50.1
9	DinshawIrani	Shot Put	Silver	14.99
10	Parduman Singh Brar	Discus Throw	Silver	47.01
11	Amrit Pal	800 m	Bronze	1:53.4
12	Tarlok Singh	5000 m	Bronze	14:31.4
13	Joginder Singh	Shot put	Bronze	14.91
14	Elizabeth Davenport	Javelin Throw	Bronze	44.82

1966

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	Ajmer Singh	400 m	Gold	47.1
2	BhogeswarBaruah	800 m	Gold	1:49.4 GR
3	Bhim Singh	High Jump	Gold	2.05
4	Joginder Singh	Shot Put	Gold	16.22 GR
5	Praveen Kumar	Discus Throw	Gold	49.62 GR
6	Ajmer Singh	200 m	Silver	21.5
7	Labh Singh	Triple Jump	Bronze	15.49
8	Balkar Singh	Discus Throw	Bronze	47.64
9	Praveen Kumar	Hammer Throw	Bronze	57.18
10	ManjitWalia	80 m Hurdles	Bronze	11.4
11	Christine Forage	Long Jump	Bronze	5.69

1970

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	Mohinder Singh Gill	Triple Jump	Gold	16.11 GR
2	Joginder Singh	Shot put	Gold	17.09 GR
3	Praveen Kumar	Discus Throw	Gold	52.32
4	Kamaljeet Sandhu	400 m	Gold	57.3
5	Sriram	800 m	Silver	1:48.3
6	Edward Sequeria	5000 m	Silver	14:33.8
7	BhogeswarBaruah P.C. Punappa Sucha Singh Ajmer Singh	4 x 400 m Relay	Silver	3:11.9
8	Labh Singh	Triple Jump	Silver	16.11 GR
9	M.G. Shetty	Decathlon	Silver	6582
10	Sucha Singh	400 m	Bronze	47.2
11	Gurmej Singh	3000 m SC	Bronze	8:53.2
12	O.L. Thomas Kenneth Powell A.P. Ramaswamy Ramesh Tawde	High Jump	Bronze	3:13.0
13	Bhim Singh	High Jump	Bronze	2.03
14	Labh Singh	Long Jump	Bronze	7.45

1974

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	Sriram Singh	800 m	Gold	1:47.57
2	Shivnath Singh	5000 m	Gold	14:20.50
3	T.C. Yohannan	Long Jump	Gold	8.07
4	Vijay Singh Chauhan	Decathlon	Gold	7375
5	Shivnath Singh	10000 m	Silver	30:51.61
6	Gurmej Singh	3000 m SC	Silver	9:04.00
7	Lehmber SinghSriram SinghSucha SinghP.C. Punappa	4 x 400 m Relay	Silver	3:08.73
8	Mohinder Singh	Triple Jump	Silver	16.25
9	Bahadur Singh	Shot put	Silver	17.94
10	Praveen Kumar	Discus Throw	Silver	53.64
11	Nirmal Singh	Hammer Throw	Silver	60.02
12	Lehan Singh	400 m Hurdles	Bronze	52.49
13	Satish Pillai	Long Jump	Bronze	15.97
14	Jagraj Singh	Shot put	Bronze	17.64
15	Suresh Babu	Decathlon	Bronze	6836

1978

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	R.Gnansekharan	200 m	Gold	21.42
2	Sriram Singh	800 m	Gold	1:48.8 a
3	Hari Chand	5000 m	Gold	14:22.0 a
4	Hari Chand	10000 m	Gold	30:07.7 a
5	Hakam Singh	20 km RW	Gold	1:31:55
6	Suresh Babu	Long Jump	Gold	7.85
7	Bahadur Singh Chouhan	Shot put	Gold	17.61
8	R.Gnansekharan	100 m	Silver	10.60
9	Uday Krishna	400 m	Silver	46.79
10	Gopal Saini	3000 m SC	Silver	8:44.8a
11	MurliKuttan Harkamaljit Singh Uday Krishna Prabhu Sri Ram Singh	4 X 400 m Relay	Silver	3:08.4a
12	GeetaZutshi	1500 m	Silver	4:28.2a
13	Angel Mary Joseph	Long Jump	Silver	6.05
14	Angel Mary Joseph	Pentathlon	Silver	3837
15	MuraliKuttan	400 m	Bronze	47.08
16	Rattan Singh	1500 m	Bronze	3:48.1a
17	Satbir Singh	110 m H	Bronze	14.43

1982

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	Charles Borromeo	800 m	Gold	1:46.81 GR
2	Chand Ram	20 KM Walk	Gold	1:29:29 GR
3	Bahadur Singh Chouhan	Shot put	Gold	18.54 GR
4	M.D. Valsamma	400 m H	Gold	58.47 GR
5	K.K. Premachandran	400 m	Silver	47.27
6	Gopal Saini	3000 m SC	Silver	8:50.28
7	Kuldip Singh	Discus Throw	Silver	53.50
8	P.T. Usha	100 m	Silver	11.95
9	GeetaZutshi	800 m	Silver	2:05.77
10	GeetaZutshi	1500 m	Silver	4:19.33
11	Rita Sen HamidaBanu SumaleePoosup PusadeeSangvijit	4 x 400 m Relay	Silver	3:38.32
12	Mercy Kuttan	Long Jump	Silver	6.26
13	Suresh Yadav	1500 m	Bronze	3:45.62
14	Raj Kumar	5000 m	Bronze	13:59.90
15	Praveen Jolly	110 m H	Bronze	14.52
16	HosurKukkappaSeetharan	Marathon	Bronze	2:25:07
17	SammudiBalasubramaniam	Triple Jump	Bronze	16.14
18	Balvinder Singh	Shot put	Bronze	17.44
19	Gurtej Singh	Javelin Throw	Bronze	71.58
20	Padmini Thomas	400 m	Bronze	55.14

1986

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	P.T. Usha	200 m	Gold	23.44 GR
2	P.T. Usha	400 m	Gold	52.16 GR
3	P.T. Usha	400 m H	Gold	56.08 GR
4	M.D. Valsamma Vandana Rao Shiny Abraham P.T. Usha	4 x 400 m Relay	Gold	3:34.58
5	P.T. Usha	100 m	Silver	11.67
6	Shiny Abraham	400 m	Silver	53.32
7	Chand Ram	20 KM Walk	Bronze	1:28:03
8	Manjit Singh	Discus Throw	Bronze	52.80
9	Suman Rawat	3000 m	Bronze	9:14.70

1990

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	Deena Ram	3000 m SC	Silver	8:35.19
2	P.T. Usha	400 m	Silver	52.86
3	ZeniaAyrton Shantimol Philips KuttySaramma P.T. Usha	4 x 100 m Relay	Silver	44.99
4	Pranati Mishra Shantimol Philips KuttySaramma P.T. Usha	4 x 400 m Relay	Silver	3:38.45
5	S.D. Eashan	Shot put	Bronze	17.32
6	Rosa Kutty	800 m	Bronze	2:04.05

1994

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	P.T. Usha G.V. Dhanalakshmi Shiny Wilson KuttySaramma	4 x 400 m Relay	Silver	3:33.34
2	KuttySaramma	400 m	Bronze	52.57
3	Shiny Wilson	800 m	Bronze	2:02.22

1998

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	JyotirmoyeeSikdar	800 m	Gold	2:01.00
2	JyotirmoyeeSikdar	1500 m	Gold	4:12.82
3	Lijo David Thottan Purukottam Ramachandran Jata Shankar Paramjit Singh	4 x 400 m Relay	Silver	3:02.62
4	Shakti Singh	Shot put	Silver	18.81
5	Anil Kumar	Discus Throw	Silver	58.43
6	Rosa Kutty	800 m	Silver	2:03:34
7	Sunita Rani	5000 m	Silver	15:54.47
8	Jincey Philips Jyotirmoyee Sikdhar Rosa Kutty K.M. Beenamol	4 x 400 m Relay	Silver	3:32.20
9	Paramjit Singh	400 m	Bronze	45.93
10	Bahadur Prasad	1500 m	Bronze	3:41.48
11	Gulab Chand	10000 m	Bronze	29:10.53
12	Rachita Mistry	100 m	Bronze	11.41 w
13	Sunita Rani	1500 m	Bronze	4:13.66
14	NeelamJaswant Singh	Discus Throw	Bronze	55.09
15	Gurmeet Kaur	Javelin Throw	Bronze	59.00

2002

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	Bahadur Singh	Shot put	Gold	19.03
2	SaraswatiSaha	200 m	Gold	23.28
3	K.M. Beenamol	800 m	Gold	2:04.17
4	Sunita Rani	1500 m	Gold	4:06.03 GR
5	Jincy Philip Manjeet Kaur Soma Biswas K.M. Beenamol	4 x 400 m Relay	Gold	3:30.84
6	Anju Bobby George	Long Jump	Gold	6.53
7	NeelamJaswant Singh	Discus Throw	Gold	64.55 GR
8	K.M. Binu	800 m	Silver	1:47.57
9	Purakkotte Ramachandran Manoj Lal Satvir Singh Bhupinder Singh	4 x 400 m Relay	Silver	3:04.22
10	K.M. Beenamol	400 m	Silver	52.04
11	Madhuri Singh	800 m	Silver	2:04.94
12	Madhuri Singh	High Jump	Silver	1.88
13	Sona Biswas	Heptathlon	Silver	5899
14	Shakti Singh	Shot put	Bronze	18.27
15	Anil Kumar	Discus Throw	Bronze	59.81
16	Sunita Rani	5000 m	Bronze	15:18.77
17	J. J. Shobha	Heptathlon	Bronze	5870

2006

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	SathiGeetha PinkiPramanik ChitraSoman ManjeetKaur	4X400 m Relay	Gold	3:32.95
2	Aboobacker Thanikkal Joseph Abraham Bhupinder Singh K.M. Binu	4X400 m Relay	Silver	3:06.65
3	ManjeetKaur	400 m	Silver	52.17
4	Anju Bobby George	Long Jump	Silver	6.52
5	Soma Biswas	Heptathlon	Silver	56.75
6	Krishna Poonia	Discus Throw	Silver	61.53
7	J.J. Shobha	Heptathlon	Silver	5662

2010

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	Joseph Abraham	400 m H	Gold	49.96
2	PreejaSreedharan	10000 m	Gold	31:50.47
3	AshwiniAkkunji	400 m H	Gold	56.15
4	Sudha Singh	3000 m SC	Gold	9:55.47 GR
5	ManjeetKaur Sini Jose AshwiniAkkunjI MandeepKaur	4X400 m Relay	Gold	3:29.02 GR
6	PreejaSreedharan	5000 m	Silver	15:15.89
7	KavitaRaut	10000 m	Silver	31:51.44
8	VikasGowda	Discus Throw	Bronze	63.13
9	Tintu Luka	800 m	Bronze	2:01.36
10	KavitaRaut	5000 m	Bronze	15:16.54
11	Krishna Poonia	Discus Throw	Bronze	61.94
12	PramilaAiyappa	Heptathlon	Bronze	54.15

2014

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	PriyankaPawar Tintu Luka MandeepKaur MachettiraRaju Poovamma	4X400 m Relay	Gold	3:28.68 GR
2	SeemaPunia	Discus Throw	Gold	61.83
3	VikasGowda	Discus Throw	Silver	62.58
4	Tintu Luka	800 m	Silver	1:59.19
5	KhushbirKaur	20 KM Walk	Silver	1:33.07
6	Arokia Rajiv	400 m	Bronze	45.92
7	Naveen Kumar	3000 m SC	Bronze	8:40.39

2018

S.NO	NAME	EVENT	MEDAL WON	PERFORMANCE
1	Tajinder Pal Singh	Shot Put	Gold	20.75
2	Neeraj Chopra	Javelin Throw	Gold	88.06
3	Manjit Singh	800m	Gold	1.46.15
4	Arpinder Singh	Triple Jump	Gold	16.77
5	Swapna Barman	Heptathlon	Gold	6026
6	Jinson Johnson	1500m	Gold	3.44.72
7	Hima Das MR Poovamma Saritaben Gayakwad Vismaya Vk	4x400m Relay	Gold	3:28.72
8	Hima Das	400m	Silver	50.79
9	Muhammed Anas	400m	Silver	45.69
10	Dutee Chand	100m	Silver	11.32
11	Neena Varakil Pinto	Long Jump	Silver	6.51
12	Dharun Ayyasamy	400MH	Silver	48.96
13	Sudha Singh	3000m SC	Silver	9.40.03
14	Jinson Johnson	800m	Silver	1.46.35
15	Dutee Chand	200m	Silver	23.20
16	Kunhu Muhammed Dharun Ayyasamy Muhammed Anas Arokia Rajiv	4x400m Relay	Silver	3.01.85
17	Hima Das MR Poovamma Muhammed Anas Arokia Rajiv	4x400m Mixed Relay	Silver	3.15.71
18	Seema Punia	Discus Throw	Bronze	62.26
19	PU Chitra	1500m	Bronze	4.12.56

Relay squad upgraded to gold/ 2020

Belated gold for Indian relay squad, July 24, 2020: The Times of India

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi:

India added one more gold to their 2018 Asian Games tally after the silver won in 4x400m mixed relay team [Mohammed Anas, MR Poovamma, Hima Das and Arokia Rajiv] was upgraded to gold as a member of the Bahraini squad was banned for four years for doping. Bahrain had won gold in the race in Jakarta. The ban also ensured another bronze for India as Anu Raghavan moved from fourth place to bronze medal position in the women's 400m hurdles, which the banned Bahrain runner Kemi Adekoya had won with a Games record.

Interestingly, India had lodged a protest stating that a Bahraini runner had caused obstruction to Hima Das during the relay. However, their appeal was rejected by the Games’ Jury of Appeals. With the upgrade, India are now the first winners of the event introduced in the Asian Games in 2018 in keeping with the international bid to find gender balance.

The new medals take India's tally to 70, with 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze. It, however, remains in 8th position in the medals table.

See also

Asian Games and India: 1951- onwards

Asian Games and India: 2018

Asian Games and India: 2023