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Asiad Medals Tally
| Pos | # | Country |  |  |  | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  China | 112 | 76 | 53 | 241 |
| 2 | 2 | Japan | 59 | 49 | 66 | 174 |
| 3 | 3 | Republic of Korea | 39 | 46 | 56 | 141 |
| 4 | 4 | Indonesia | 30 | 23 | 37 | 90 |
| 5 | 5 | Iran | 19 | 19 | 20 | 58 |
| 6 | 6 | Uzbekistan | 15 | 19 | 19 | 53 |
| 7 | 7 | Chinese Taipei | 14 | 17 | 24 | 55 |
| 8 | 8 | India | 13 | 21 | 25 | 59 |
| 9 | 9 | DPR Korea | 12 | 9 | 12 | 33 |
| 10 | 10 | Bahrain | 12 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 11 | 11 | Kazakhstan | 11 | 11 | 38 | 60 |
| 12 | 12 | Thailand | 9 | 14 | 36 | 59 |
| 13 | 13 | Malaysia | 5 | 11 | 9 | 25 |
| 14 | 14 | Qatar | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 15 | 15 | Vietnam | 4 | 15 | 16 | 35 |
| 16 | 16 | Hong Kong | 4 | 13 | 17 | 34 |
| 17 | 17 | Philippines | 4 | 1 | 13 | 18 |
| 18 | 18 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 19 | 19 | Singapore | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 20 | 20 | Mongolia | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 21 | 21 | Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | 22 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 |
| 23 | 23 | Jordan | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 24 | 24 | Cambodia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | 25 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 26 | 26 | Macau | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 27 | 27 | Iraq | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | 28 | Lebanon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 29 | 29 | Unified Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | 30 | Tajikistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | 31 | Lao PDR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | 32 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | 33 | Nepal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | 34 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 35 | 35 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 36 | 35 | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | 37 | Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | 38 | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | 38 | Bhutan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | 38 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | 38 | Maldives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | 38 | Oman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 43 | 38 | Palestine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | 38 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | 38 | Timor-Leste | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | 38 | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Asian Games 2018 will be held in Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September. This will be the 18th edition of the Asian Games. India won 57 medals that included 11 gold medals, 10 silver and 36 bronze medals at the Incheon Games in 2014. The likes of Jitu Rai, Yogeshwar Dutt, Seema Punia, Mary Kom won gold medals at the event. With Asian games 2018 schedule announced, big things are expected from India who will be sending a contingent of 572 athletes who will look to better the 2014 medal tally at the end of the event. Here is the Asian Games medal tally
HOW THE MEDAL WAS WON
WOMEN'S 4X400 RELAY TEAMThe Indian women's quartet of Hima Das, MR Poovamma, Sarita Gayakwad and VK Bismaya won gold in the women's 4x400 metres relay, beating favourites Bahrain by a considerable distance thanks to a strong first run from Das.
CHITRA UNNIKRISHNAN23-year-old Chitra Unnikrishnan secured her first-ever Asian Games medal after winning a bronze in the women's 1500m event, clocking a timing of 4:12.56 minutes.- SEEMA PUNIAThe 35-year-old Seema Punia cleared a best distance of 62.26m in the women's discus throw event, her best in six years, which was enough to win her a bronze medal.
- SHARATH KAMAL & MANIKA BATRAThe Indian table-tennis contingent's run at the Asian Games resulted in the mixed doubles pairing of Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra winning a historic bronze, which was only India's second table-tennis medal at the Games.
- MALAPRABHA YALLAPPA JADHAVThe teenager Malaprabha Yallappa Jadhav won a bronze medal in the women's Kurash 52 kg weight class. She had to sponsor herself as she was a part of the non-recognised Kurash Association of India (KAI).
PINCKY BALHARAThe teenager Pincky Balhara won a silver medal in the women's Kurash 52 kg weight class. Questions were raised about the team's participation at the Games and the Indian Olympic Association had said the athletes would have to pay for their kits as they come from the non-recognised Kurash Association of India (KAI).- MANJIT SINGHManjit Singh pipped pre-race favourite and national record holder Jinson Johson to take the gold in the Men's 800 metres with a time of 1:46.15.
- ARPINDER SINGHArpinder Singh clinched India's first men's triple jump gold medal in 48 years with a jump of 16.77m which he came up with in his third attempt.
- SWAPNA BARMANSwapna Barman produced her career-best performance by logging 6,026 aggregate points in the women's heptathlon to win a gold medal. She fought through intense pain during the event, competing with a tape on her right cheek to lessen pain arising out of tooth infection.
- FOUAAD MIRZAFouaad Mirza topped the dressage and cross-country qualifiers with a score of 22.40 and went into the jumping finals as a favourite. In the medal round, he notched up 26.40 to bag silver in the three-day competition.
- DUTEE CHANDIndian sprinter Dutee Chand won a silver medal in the women's 100m in Jakarta. Dutee clocked 11.32 seconds, a little below her national record of 11.29 seconds.
- NEERAJ CHOPRANeeraj Chopra became the first Indian javelin thrower to win an Asian Games gold medal as he shattered his own national record of 87.43 by throwing 88.06m at Jakarta.
- MUHAMMED ANAS YAHIYAMuhammed Anas Yahiya bagged a silver in the men's 400m final, finishing the race in 45.69 seconds.
- HIMA DAS18-year-old Hima Das became the country’s first woman quarter-miler to finish inside 51 seconds, breaking the women’s 400m National record twice in two days. clocking 50.59 seconds to win the silver in 400 m.
- DHARUN AYYASAMY21-year-old Dharun Ayyasamy from Tamil Nadu won a silver in men's 400m hurdles in national record time, completing the race in 48.96 seconds.
- SUDHA SINGHVeteran long-distance runner Sudha Singh completed the women's 3000 metres steeplechase event in 9 minutes 40.03 seconds to win her second Asian Games medal.
- MEN'S TABLE TENNIS TEAMThe Men's team, comprising of Gnanasekaran Sathiyan, Achanta Sharath Kamal and Anthony Amalraj, lost in the semi-finals to South Korea and settled for bronze. The Indians enjoyed a tumultuous ride to the medal, losing to Chinese Taipei but also beating favourites Japan.
- PV SINDHUPV Sindhu loses the women's singles final 21-13, 21-16 against Tai Tzu Ying. With this, India have claimed two medals in the women's singles event: Sindhu's silver and Saina Nehwal's bronze.
- MEN'S COMPOUND ARCHERY TEAMIndian men's compound archery team wins silver, losing to South Korea in a shootoff. The men’s team led for much of the final but after four ends, the score was level at 229. In the shootoff too, the scores were level. But the Koreans had more arrows in the centre circle.
- WOMEN'S COMPOUND ARCHERY TEAMThe Indian archery team of Madhumita Kumari, Muskan Kirar and Jyothi Surekha Vennam have won the silver medal in the women’s compound archery team event after losing 228-231 to South Korea in the final.
- TAJINDERPAL SINGH TOORTajinderpal Singh Toor shattered the Asian Games record in men's shot put with a throw of 20.75 to open India's medal account in athletics in the Asian Games on Saturday
- SAURAV GHOSALTop seed Saurav Ghosal lost to Chung Ming Au of Hong Kong China 12-10 13-11 6-11 6-11 6-11 in the men's singles semifinals to pick up the bronze medal in men's singles squash. Ghosal had won a silver in the men's singles in the 2014 Asian Games
- JOSHNA CHINAPPAJoshna Chinappa failed to match up to the level of her 19-year-old opponent, losing 1-3 (10-12 6-11 11-9 7-11) in the semi-final to pick up a bronze medal
- DEEPIKA PALLIKAL KARTHIKSquash star Dipika Pallikal Karthik ensured another bronze medal for India in women's singles event. She lost her semi-final to Nicol David, but with both semi-finalists assured a bronze, she took India's medal tally to 26.
- WOMEN'S KABADDIDefending champions India go down fighting to Iran in the final 24-27 to clinch the silver medal.
- HEENA SIDHUHeena kept her calm under tremendous pressure to avoid elimination and brought out her A game just when it mattered.
- ROHAN BOPANNA AND DIVIJ SHARANBopanna and Sharan beat Aleksandr Bublik and Denis Yevseyev of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4 to clinch India's sixth gold medal.
- MEN'S QUADRUPLE SCULLS TEAMSawarn Singh, Dattu Bhokanal, Om Prakash and Sukhmeet Singh win India's first gold of Day 6 after finishing first in the men's quadruple sculls event with a timing of 6:17.13.
- ROHIT KUMAR AND BHAGWAN SINGHDespite making a slow start, Rohit and Bhagwan finished third behind Japan and South Korea with a timing of 07:04:61 to win India's second bronze on Day 6.
- DUSHYANT CHAUHAN2014 Incheon Games bronze medallist Dushyant repeats his feat in 2018 by finishing third in the men's lightweight single sculls with a timing of 7:18.76.
- SHARDUL VIHANAll of 15, Shardul Vihan clinched the silver medal in the men's double trap shooting event at the 18th Asian Games
- NARENDER GREWALNarender Grewal was beaten by Akmal Rakhimov of Uzbekistan 0-2 in men's sanda 65 kg semi-final bout. He wins the bronze by virtue of reaching the last-four round.
- SURYA BHANU PRATAP SINGHSurya Bhanu Pratap Singh lost to Iran's Erfan Ahangarian 0-2 in men’s Sanda 60kg semi-final bout. He gets the bronze medal.
- SANTOSH KUMARSantosh Kumar was no match to Truong Giang Bui of Vietnam as he lost 0-2 in the men’s Sanda 56kg category semifinal bout. By reaching the semis, he ensured he comes back home with a bronze.
- ROSHIBINI DEVIRoshibini Devi lost to Cai Yingying of China 0-1 in women’s Sanda 60kg semifinals, thus clinching a bronze medal.
- ANKITA RAINAAnkita Raina clinched the bronze medal in the women's singles tennis event after losing her semi-final clash against China's Zhang Shuai.
- RAHI SARNOBATRahi Sarnobat clinched gold in the 25m pistol women's event with a thrilling win. She survived a shootoff to end up with the gold medal.
- DIVYA KAKRANHaving lost top the eventual silver medallist from Mongolia, Divya Kakran won bronze medal in the women's freestyle 68 kg category via the repechage rounds.
- MEN'S SEPAKTAKRAW TEAMThe men's team lost to Thailand in the semis, but not before they had clinched a historic bronze medal in the men's team regu event.
- SANJEEV RAJPUTIn an Asian Games edition where young shooters have brought India glory, the veteran Rajput claimed silver in the 50m rifle 3 positions men's event.
- ABHISHEK VERMAWhile 16-year-old Saurabh Chaudhary stole headlines with his gold medal, Abhishek Verma clinched bronze in the 10m air pistol event.
- SAURABH CHAUDHARYSaurabh Chaudhary, at just 16 years of age, won gold in a field of experienced shooters. Chaudhary, who hails from Meerut, started his career in the sport just three years ago.
- DEEPAK KUMARDeepak Kumar clinched silver in the men's 10m air rifle event even as compatriot Ravi Kumar came frustrating close to winning bronze.
- VINESH PHOGATVinesh Phogat beats Japan's Irie Yuki 6-2 to win the gold medal in women's 50kg freestyle wrestling. Vinesh who became the first Indian women to win a gold medal at Asian Games, had cruised through the initial rounds to reach the final
- LAKSHAY SHEORANIndian teenager Lakshay Sheoran wins silver medal in Men's Trap shooting event. He finished with a score of 43, five behind the gold medalist but 13 ahead of the shooter in third place
- BAJRANG PUNIAWrestler Bajrang Punia opened India's gold medal account at the 2018 Asian Games with a thrilling 11-8 win in the gold medal bout against Japan's Takatani Daichi. He won all his previous bouts till the final by technical superiority
- APURVI CHANDELA-RAVI KUMARIndia's first medal at the 2018 Asian Games is a bronze, which comes courtesy Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar. The duo won the bronze medal with a score of 429.9.
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