India achieved a historic feat at the Asian Games 2023 by collecting over 100 medals – the first time this feat occurred. India women’s team won gold at the women’s competition on October 7th, 2023, an outstanding accomplishment.
India’s contingent that participated at the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou was a remarkable success, winning 28 gold, 38 silver, and 41 bronze during this edition – never before achieved such an outstanding haul at one quadrennial event; India finished 4th out of 6 nations for a total medal count behind China and Japan.
India broke their previous record of 14 medals at Doha 2006 by winning 22 in China. Twelve awards came from team events: Men’s, Women’s Cricket, and Kabaddi Teams won double gold.
India was dominant in compound archery, winning all five medals available and featuring multiple triple medalists, including Jyothi Surekha Vennam and Ojas Prvin Deotale, who completed a fantastic triple performance to secure compound archery as part of its Olympic program ahead of the Los Angeles Olympics 2028.
Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty earned India’s inaugural badminton gold medal with an emphatic victory in the men’s singles final of men’s badminton at Rio 2016. Overall, India earned three awards, and this performance represented their second-best performance ever at a Games.
These medal-winning performances brought India to glory and guaranteed athletes their places at the Paris 2024 Olympics. India won gold in men’s team basketball.
At the same time, boxers Nikhat Zareen (pictured), Parveen, Preeti, and Lovlina earned bronze and are guaranteed participation in France’s capital, which will host this premier event less than 300 days away.
India Medal List in Asian Games
Take a look at the complete list of India’s medallists:
Archery
Compound Men’s Individual: Gold – Ojas Deotale, Silver – Abhishek Verma
Compound Women’s Individual: Gold – Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Bronze – Aditi Swami
Compound Men’s Team: Gold
Compound Women’s Team: Gold
Compound Mixed Team: Gold
Recurve Men’s Team: Silver
Recurve Women’s Team: Bronze
Athletics
Men’s 3000m Steeplechase: Gold – Avinash Sable
Men’s 4 x 400m Relay: Gold
Men’s Javelin Throw: Gold – Neeraj Chopra
Men’s Shot Put: Gold – Tajinderpal Singh Toor
Women’s 5000m: Gold – Parul Chaudhary
Women’s Javelin Throw: Gold – Annu Rani
Men’s 10000m: Silver – Kartik Kumar
Men’s 1500m: Silver – Ajay Kumar
Men’s 5000m: Silver – Avinash Sable
Men’s 800m: Silver – Mohammed Afsal
Men’s Decathlon: Silver – Tejaswin Shankar
Men’s Javelin Throw: Silver – Kishore Jena
Men’s Long Jump: Silver – Sreeshankar
Women’s 100m Hurdles: Silver – Jyothi Yarraji
Women’s 1500m: Silver – Harmilan Bains
Women’s 3000m Steeplechase: Silver – Parul Chaudhary
Women’s 4x400m relay: Silver
Women’s 800m: Silver – Harmilan Bains
Women’s Long Jump: Silver – Ancy Sojan
4x400m Mixed relay: Silver
Men’s 10000m: Bronze – Gulveer Singh
Men’s 1500m: Bronze – Jinson Johnson
Men’s Triple Jump: Bronze – Praveen Chithravel
Women’s 3000m Steeplechase: Bronze – Priti Lamba
Women’s 400m Hurdles: Bronze – Vithya Ramraj
Women’s Discus Throw: Bronze – Seema Punia
Women’s Heptathlon: Bronze – Nandini Agasara
Women’s Shot Put: Bronze – Kiran Baliyan
35km Race Walk Mixed Team: Bronze
Badminton
Men’s Doubles: Gold – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty
Men’s team: Silver
Men’s Singles: Bronze – Prannoy
Boxing
Women’s 75kg: Bronze – Lovlina
Men’s +92kg: Bronze – Narender
Women’s 45-50kg: Bronze – Nikhat Zareen
Women’s 50-54kg: Bronze – Preeti
Women’s 54-57kg: Bronze – Parveen
Bridge
Men’s Team: Silver
Canoe Sprint
Men’s Canoe Double 1000m: Bronze
Chess
Men’s Team: Silver
Women’s Team: Silver
Cricket
Men’s Team: Gold
Women’s Team: Gold
Equestrian
Dressage Team: Gold
Dressage: Bronze – Anush Agarwalla
Golf
Women’s individual: Silver – Aditi Ashok
Hockey
Men’s Team: Gold
Women’s Team: Bronze
Kabaddi
Men’s Team: Gold
Women’s Team: Gold
Roller Skating
Women’s Speed Skating 3000m Relay Race: Bronze
Men’s Speed Skating 3000m Relay Race: Bronze
Rowing
Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls: Silver
Men’s Eight: Silver
Men’s Four: Bronze
Men’s Pair: Bronze
Men’s Quadruple Sculls: Bronze
Sailing
Girl’s Dinghy ILCA 4: Silver – Neha Thakur
Men’s Dinghy ILCA 7: Bronze – Vishnu Saravanan
Men’s Windsurfer RS – X: Bronze – Eabad Ali
Sepaktakraw
Women’s Regu: Bronze
Shooting
10m Air Pistol Team Men: Gold
10m Air Rifle Team Men: Gold
50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Men: Gold
Trap Team Men: Gold
10m Air Pistol Women: Gold – Palak
25m Pistol Team Women: Gold
50m Rifle 3 Positions Women: Gold – Sift Kaur Samra
50m Rifle 3 Positions Men: Silver – Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar
Skeet Men: Silver – Anant Jeet Singh
10m Air Pistol Team Women: Silver
10m Air Pistol Women: Silver – Esha Singh
10m Air Rifle Team Women: Silver
25m Pistol Women: Silver – Esha Singh
50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Women: Silver
Trap Team Women: Silver
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team: Silver
10m Air Rifle Men: Bronze – Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Team Men: Bronze
Skeet Men’s Team: Bronze
Trap Men: Bronze – Chenai KD
10m Air Rifle Women: Bronze – Ramita
50m Rifle 3 Positions: Bronze – Ashi Chouskey
Squash
Men’s Team: Gold
Mixed Doubles: Gold
Men’s Singles: Silver – Saurav Ghosal
Women’s Team: Bronze
Mixed Doubles: Bronze
Table Tennis
Women’s Doubles: Bronze
Tennis
Mixed Doubles: Gold
Men’s Doubles: Silver
Wrestling
Men’s Freestyle 86kg: Silver – Deepak Punia
Men’s Freestyle 57kg: Bronze – Aman
Men’s Greco-Roman 87kg: Bronze – Sunil Kumar
Women’s Freestyle 53kg: Bronze – Antim Panghal
Women’s Freestyle 62kg: Bronze – Sonam
Women’s Freestyle 76kg: Bronze – Kiran
Wushu
Women’s 60kg: Silver – Roshibina Devi
Asian Games Closing Ceremony 2023 Highlights
The 19th Asian Games 2023 ended on Sunday, October 8th, with a grand closing ceremony at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in China. The ceremony was a celebration of the best of Asian sport and culture, and it is sure to be a memorable event.
The closing ceremony lasted a couple of hours. It featured various performances, including traditional Chinese dance, music, and acrobatics. Hockey keeper PR Sreejesh was India’s flagbearer at the parade of athletes.
One of the ceremony’s highlights was the handover of the Asian Games flag to the next host city. The 20th Asian Games will be held in Japan in 2027.
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