Asian Games: A Fact File

The 2014 Asian Games were held in

Incheon, South Korea from September 19 October 4, 2014. China topped the medals table for the
ninth time followed by South Korea and Japan. China won 151 gold medals ahead of the 79 won by host
South Korea. Most Valuable Player award was won by Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino, who won
seven medals including four individual gold medals. India finished eighth with 11 gold, 10 silver and 36
bronze.

Some of the Highlights of Indian performances in Asian Games 2014:

India's performance in Incheon went slightly down from 14 gold medals to 11 compared to
Guangzhou 2010.

Four of the gold medals came in athletics (two) and kabaddi (two) while archery, boxing,
hockey, shooting, squash, tennis and wrestling accounted for the rest.

In shooting Jitu Rai won the first gold for India by beating the strong contenders like Wang
Zhiwei of China and reigning world champion Jongoh of South Korea to win the gold.

Yogeshwar Dutt ended India's 28-year-old gold medal drought in the wrestling to win the
men's freestyle 65kg gold.

In tennis Sania and Saketh Myneni won the a mixed doubles gold.

After 16 years India won the Gold medal in Asian Games men's hockey tournament, and
consequently earned a direct berth to the 2016 Summer Olympics hockey tournament.

India completed a twin gold on the kabaddi after the men and women team defeated Iran.

Indian men's squash team won a historic Asian Games gold medal beating Malaysia 2-0.

In the closing ceremony the OCA flag were handed over to the people's representatives of the
next Games in 2018 to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Spotted seal siblings Three Spotted Seal Siblings was the official mascot of the Games in
Songdo Island, Incheon. The three seals, known as "Barame ", "Chumuro" and "Vichuon ",
means wind, dance and light in Korean language, is in accordance with the theme of main
venue.

Top Ten Countries Medal Tally-Asian Games 2014

Rank

Country

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

China

151

108

83

342

Korea

79

71

84

234

Japan

47

76

77

200

Kazakhstan

28

23

33

84

Iran

21

18

18

57

Thailand

12

28

47

DPR Korea

11

11

14

36

India

11

10

36

57

Chinese Taipei

10

18

23

51

10

Qatar

10

14

17th ASIAN GAMES 2014

Duration: September 19, 2014 - October 4,

2014 (16 days)
Venues: In and around Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea
Participants: About 13,000 athletes and officials and about 7,000 media from the 45 OCA member
states
Host: The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)
Organizer: The 2014 Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (IAGOC)
No. of Sports: 36

ASIAN GAMES 2014 Sports:

Aquatics, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe and Kayak, Cycling, Equestrian,
Fencing, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Hockey, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Rowing, Rugby,
Sailing, Shooting, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Triathlon, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling,
Baseball, Bowling, Cricket, Kabaddi, Karate, Sepaktakraw, Squash, Wushu

ASIAN GAMES 2014: Indian Medal Winners

List of Gold Medalists for India: (11)

Jitu Rai: Men's 50 metre pistol shooting

Sandeep Kumar, Rajat Chauhan, Abhishek Verma: Men's compound team archery

Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar, Kumar Kush: Men's
team squash

Yogeshwar Dutt: Men's freestyle 65 kg wrestling

Seema Punia: Women's discuses throw athletics

Sania Mirza, Saketh Myneni: Mixed doubles tennis

M.C. Mary Kom: Women's 48-51 kg boxing

Indian team: Men's hockey

Priyanka Panwar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur, M. Poovamma: Women's 4X400m relay
athletics

Indian team: Women's kabaddi

Indian team: Men's kabaddi

List of Silver Medalists for India: (10)

Saurav Ghosal: Men's singles squash

Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh, Vijay Kumar: Men's 25m centre fire pistol team shooting

Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa, Anaka Alankamony: Women's team squash

Abhishek Verma: Men's individual compound archery

Khushbir Kaur: Women's 20 km race walk athletics

Saketh Myneni, Sanam Singh: Men's doubles tennis

Bajrang Kumar: Men's freestyle 61 kg wrestling

Vikas Gowda: Men's discus throws athletics

Tintu Luka: Women's 800m athletics

Manju Bala: Women's hammer throws athletics

List of Bronze Medalists for India: (36)

Shweta Chaudhary: Women's 10 metre pistol shooting

Jitu Rai, Samaresh Jung, Prakash Nanjappa: Men's 10 metre air pistol team shooting

Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, P.C. Thulasi, Pradnya Gadre, N. Siki Reddy, Ashwini
Ponnappa, Tanvi Lad: Women's team badminton

Rahi Sarnobat, Anisa Sayyed, Heena Sidhu: Women's 25 metre pistol team shooting

Dipika Pallikal: Women's singles squash

Abhinav Bindra, Ravi Kumar, Sanjeev Rajput: Men's 10 metre air rifle team shooting

Abhinav Bindra: Men's 10 metre air rifle shooting

Yumnam Sanathoi Devi: Women's sanda -52 kg wushu

Narendra Grewal: Men's sanda -60 kg wushu

Dushyant Chauhan: Men's lightweight single sculls rowing

Sawarn Singh: Men's single sculls rowing

Kapil Sharma, Ranjit Singh, Bajrang Lal Thakhar, Robin Ulahannan, Sawan Kumar
Kalkal, Mohammad Azad, Maninder Singh, Davinder Singh, Mohammed Ahmed: men's
eight rowing

Shagun Chowdhary, Shreyasi Singh, Varsha Varman: Women's double trap team shooting

Sandeep Sejwal: Men's 50m breaststroke swimming

Purvasha Sudhir, Surekha Vennam, Trisha Deb: Women's compound team archery

Chain Singh: Men's 50m rifle 3 positions shooting

Trisha Deb: Women's individual compound archery

Vinesh Phogat: Women's freestyle 48 kg wrestling

Geetika Jakhar: Women's freestyle 63 kg wrestling

Lalita Babar: Women's 3,000m steeplechase athletics

Yuki Bhambri: Men's singles tennis

Yuki Bhambri, Divij Sharan: Men's doubles tennis

Sania Mirza, Prarthana Thombare: Women's double tennis

M. Poovamma: Women's 400m athletics

Arokia Rajiv: Men's 400m athletics

O.P. Jaisha: Women's 1,500m athletics

Narsingh Pancham Yadav: Men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling

Naveen Kumar: Men's 3,000m steeplechase athletics

L. Sarita Devi: Women's 57-60 kg boxing

Pooja Rani: 75 kg boxing

Varsha Gautam, Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan: Women's 29er two person dinghy sailing

India: Women's hockey

Annu Rani: Women's javelin throw athletics

Satish Kumar: Men's +91 kg boxing

Vikas Krishan: Men's 75 kg boxing

Inderjeet Singh: Men's shot put athletics

First Asian Games:

The first Asian Games began on March 4, 1951 in New Delhi.

The Asian Games Association has choosen shining sun as its symbol.

The AGF (Asian Games Federation) adopted 'Ever Onward', given by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru,
as the motto of the Asian Games.

The emblem of Asian Games is a 'bright full rising sun' with interlocking rings.

The Maharaja of Patiala presented the Torch and the flag for the first Asian Games and since
then they have been carried from country to country.

History of Asian Games:

The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, described as the second largest multi-sport event after the
Olympic Games held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games have been
organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and are recognized by the International Olympic
Committee (IOC).

Asian Games Federation in 1949, succeeding the Far Eastern Championship Games held in Manila, the
Philippines, in 1913 and the West Asian Games held in New Delhi, India, in 1934.

The West Asian Games were held in New Delhi, India, in 1934, and were participated in by India,
Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Palestine. In 1948, when the 14th London Olympic Games were held, six

countries including Korea, the Philippines, Myanmar, India, Taiwan and Sri Lanka gathered and decided
to host a combined Asian games. This led to the establishment of the AGF (Asian Games Federation)
operated by National Olympic Committees in 1949.

Asian Games Host Cities:

Host
Country

No.

Host City

Year Held

16

China

Guangzhou

2010

15

Qatar

Doha

2006

14

Korea

Busan

2002

13

Thailand

Bangkok

1998

12

Japan

Hiroshima

1994

11

China

Beijing

1990

10

Korea

Seoul

1986

India

New Delhi

1982

Thailand

Bangkok

1978

Iran

Tehran

1974

Thailand

Bangkok

1970

Thailand

Bangkok

1966

Indonesia

Jakarta

1962

Japan

Tokyo

1958

Philippines

Manila

1954

India

New Delhi

1951