India competed at the
2018 Asian Games
The 2018 Asian Games ( id, Pesta Olahraga Asia 2018 or ''Asian Games 2018''), officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018 or Indonesia 2018, was a Asia, continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 A ...
in
Jakarta
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and
Palembang
Palembang () is the capital city of the Indonesian province of South Sumatra. The city proper covers on both banks of the Musi River on the eastern lowland of southern Sumatra. It had a population of 1,668,848 at the 2020 Census. Palembang ...
,
Indonesia
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, from 18 August to 2 September.
Neeraj Chopra
Neeraj Chopra (born 24 December 1997) is a track and field athlete from India. He is the reigning Olympic champion, silver medalist in the World Championship, and the Diamond League champion in Javelin throw. He is the first Asian athlete to win ...
was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while
Rani Rampal
Rani Rampal (born 4 December 1994, born in Haryana) is an Indian field hockey player. At the age of 15, she was the youngest player in the national team which participated in the 2010 World Cup. She has completed her schooling but was not able ...
was named as the flag bearer for the closing ceremony.
India bettered its previous best medal haul achieved 8 years earlier at the
2010 Asian Games
The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...
in Guangzhou, China.
Competitors
The following is a list of the number of competitors representing India in each sport at the Games:
Medalists
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Firsts
*India secured a bronze medal in the men's team regu event which was the country's first medal in
sepak takraw
Sepak takraw, or Sepaktakraw, also called kick volleyball, is a team sport played with a ball made of rattan or synthetic plastic between two teams of two to four players on a court resembling a badminton court. It is similar to volleyball and ...
since the debut of the sport in the
1990 Asian Games
The 1990 Asian Games also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games ( zh, c=第十一届亚洲运动会, p=Dì shíyī jiè yàzhōu yùndònghuì), were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China. This was the first Asian Ga ...
.
* India secured its first ever medal in
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
in the
Asian Games
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...
as the men's team won a bronze medal by defeating Japan in the quarterfinal of the
Table tennis at the 2018 Asian Games
Table tennis at the 2018 Asian Games was held in Jakarta International Expo Hall B, Jakarta, Indonesia, from 26 August to 1 September 2018.
China dominated the competition winning all possible gold and silver medals.
Schedule
Medalists
Me ...
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*In the
25 meter rapid fire pistol event,
Rahi Sarnobat
Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat (Marathi: राही सरनोबत) is a female athlete from India who competes in the 25 metre pistol shooting event. She won her first gold medal at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India. She is the fi ...
became the first Indian woman to clinch the gold medal in a shooting event of Asian Games.
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Vinesh Phogat
Vinesh Phogat (born 25 August 1994) is an Indian wrestler. She became the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both Commonwealth and Asian Games. She is the only Indian woman wrestler to win multiple medals at the World Wrestling Champi ...
, who won gold in the women's freestyle 50 kg category, became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Games.
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Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal (; born 17 March 1990) is an Indian professional badminton player. A former world no. 1, she has won 24 international titles, which includes ten Superseries titles. Although she reached the world's 2nd in 2009, it was only in 2015 ...
won India's first ever medal in the women's singles event in badminton at the Asian Games when she won the bronze medal after losing the semi final.
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P. V. Sindhu
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian badminton player. Considered one of India's most successful sportspersons, Sindhu has won medals at various tournaments such as the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, including a gold at th ...
became the first Indian shuttler to reach the final of a singles badminton event at the Games and eventually won a silver.
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Neeraj Chopra
Neeraj Chopra (born 24 December 1997) is a track and field athlete from India. He is the reigning Olympic champion, silver medalist in the World Championship, and the Diamond League champion in Javelin throw. He is the first Asian athlete to win ...
won the country's first javelin gold medal, setting a new national record.
* Indian pair of
Pranab Bardhan
Pranab Bardhan (born 11 September 1939 in Calcutta) is an Indian economist who has taught and worked in the United States since 1979. He is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Biography
Bardhan received ...
&
Shibnath Sarkar won the gold medal in the inaugural edition of
Contract bridge at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's pair
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Vikas Krishan Yadav
Vikas Krishan Yadav (born 10 February 1992) is an Indian boxer from Bhiwani district in Haryana, the hub of some of India's best boxers. He won a gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games in the Lightweight category and a gold medal in 75 kg we ...
sets the record to become the first Indian boxer to clinch a medal in three successive Asian games.
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Swapna Barman
Swapna Barman (born 29 October 1996) is an Indian heptathlete. She won the gold medal at 2018 Asian Games and placed first in the Heptathlon at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships. In August 2019, she was honoured with the Arjuna Award. In 20 ...
won gold medal in women's Heptathlon which is India's first ever medal in this kind.
Aquatics – Diving
;Men
The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) announced the Diving team for the Games as follows:
Aquatics – Swimming
;Men
The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) selected a 10-member swimming squad as follows for the Asian Games:
Archery
;Recurve
;Individual
;Team Event
;Compound
;Ranking Round
;Elimination Round
Athletics
;Men
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field events
;Combined events –
Heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...
;Mixed
Badminton
The Badminton Association of India (BAI) announced a 20-member squad for the Asian Games.
;Singles
;Doubles
;Team
Basketball
;Summary
;5x5 basketball
India women's team drawn in group X at the Games.
;Women's tournament
;Roster
The following is the India roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
;Group X
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Boxing
* India's boxing campaign was pretty disappointing, as they failed to win a single medal in Women's boxing for the first time.
*But in men's category they bettered the previous game's tally.
Indian boxer
Amit Panghal
Subedar Amit Panghal Vishisht Seva Medal (born 16 October 1995) is an Indian Army Junior commissioned officer, Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and an amateur boxer. He won silver medal at the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships in the Flyweig ...
defeated reigning Olympic champion & World Championship silver medalist
Hasanboy Dusmatov
Hasanboy Marfjon Ugli Dusmatov (born 24 June 1993) is an Uzbekistani professional boxer. As an amateur, Dusmatov won a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2013 Summer Universiade as a light flyweight. He also three-time Asian Amateur Boxi ...
to clinch the gold medal in
Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 49 kg
Boxer
Vikas Krishnan become the first Indian boxer to win medals in three successive editions of the
Boxing at the Asian Games
Boxing has been contested at every Asian Games since its introduction to the program at the 1954 Asian Games.
Editions
Medal table
List of medalists
References Sports123
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;Men
;Women
Bowling
;Men
Bridge
The Bridge Federation of India picked a 24-member squad along with six reserves for the Asian Games.
;Pairs
;Team
Canoeing
;Slalom
;Sprint
;Traditional boat race
Cycling
;Track
;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Keirin
;Omnium
Equestrian
;Men
;Eventing
;Show jumping
; Reserve horse:
Tethys De Beauval
Fencing
;Women
Field hockey
India put up a men's and a women's team of a total of 32 athletes (16 men and 16 women).
;Summary
Men's tournament
;Squad
;Pool A
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;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game
Women's tournament
;Squad
;Pool B
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;Semifinal
;Gold medal game
Golf
The Indian Golf Union announced a team of seven members for the Jakarta Games.
;Men
;Women
Gymnastics
;Artistic
;Men
;Team Qualification & All-around Finals
;Women
;Team Qualification & All-around Finals
;Team & Individual Finals
Handball
India men's and women's team participate at the Games. The men's team entered in group D, and the women's team joined in group A.
;Summary
Key:
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ET – After extra time
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P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
;Men's tournament
;Roster
*Atul Kumar
*Deepak Ahlawat
*Adithya Nagaraj
*Harjinder Singh
*Naveen Punia
*Greenidge Dcunha
*Navdeep
*Karamjeet Singh
*Avin Khatkar
*Ramesh Chand
*Sachin Kumar Bhardwaj
*Kamaljeet Singh
*Rahul Dubey
*Harender Singh
*Davinder Singh
*Bajrang Thakur
;Group D
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;Classification round – Group III
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;Women's tournament
;Roster
*Nina Shil
*Nidhi Sharma
*Maninder Kaur
*Sanjeeta
*Jyoti Shukla
*Banita Sharma
*Deepa
*Ritu
*Indu Gupta
*Rimpi
*Khila Devi
*Diksha Kumari
*Priyanka Thakur
*KM Manjula Pathak
;Group A
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;Ninth place game
Judo
Kabaddi
India put up a 24-member squad (12 men +12 women) for Kabaddi.
;Summary
Men's tournament
;Roster
*
Monu Goyat
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Rahul Chaudhari
Rahul Chaudhari is an Indian international Kabaddi player, who has played as a defender and later became a magnificent raider. He was the first player ever to score 500, 700 and 800 raid points in Pro Kabaddi League. He was a member of the I ...
*
Mohit Chillar
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Ajay Thakur
Ajay Thakur (born 1 May 1987) is an Indian professional Kabaddi player and the former captain of the Indian National Kabaddi Team. He was part of the national teams which won 2016 Kabaddi World Cup and gold medal at 2014 Asian Games. He was ...
(captain)
*Girish Maruti Ernak
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Pardeep Narwal
Pardeep Narwal (born 16 February 1897) is an Indian kabaddi player who currently plays for the UP Yoddha in VIVO Pro Kabaddi League and the Indian National Kabaddi team. He led the Patna Pirates
Patna Pirates (PTP) is a kabaddi team base ...
*Sandeep Narwal
*Raju Lal Choudhary
*Rishank Devadiga
*Rohit Kumar
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Deepak Niwas Hooda
Deepak Ram Niwas Hooda (born 10 June 1994) is an Indian professional Kabaddi player and the captain of India national kabaddi team.He was part of the Indian team which won gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games. He has also featured in all t ...
*Gangadhari Mallesh
;Group A
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;Semifinal
Women's tournament
;Roster
*Sakshi Kumari
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Kavita Thakur
Kavita Thakur born 10 january 1993 is representative for India in the sport of Kabaddi from Jagatsukh, Manali, Himachal Pradesh. She was a member of the team that won a gold medal in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon
Incheon (; ; or ...
*Shalini Pathak
*Randeep Kaur Khehra
*Payel Chowdhury
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Sonali Vishnu Shingate
Sonali Vishnu Shingate (born 27 May 1995) is an Indian professional women's Kabaddi player and the current part of India national kabaddi team. She was part of the national teams which won the gold medal at the South Asian Games 2019 and the ...
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Priyanka Negi
*Ritu Negi
*Sayali Sanjay Keripale
*Usha Rani Narasimhaiah
*Manpreet Kaur
*Madhu Malviya
;Group A
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;Semifinal
;Final
Karate
The Indian Karate team for the Asian Games 2018 is as follows:
;Men
Martial arts – Kurash
;Men
;Women
Martial arts – Pencak silat
;Men
;Women
Martial arts – Wushu
;Sanda
;Taolu
Roller sports – Speed skating
Rowing
The Rowing Federation of India named the squad for the Asian Games to be held in August–September as follows:
;Men
;Women
Sailing
Sepak takraw
;Men
;Women
Shooting
The Indian squad for the Asian Games announced by the National Rifle Association of India is as follows:
;Men
;Women
;Mixed
Sport climbing
;Speed
;Combined
Squash
The Squash Racquet Federation of India announced a team of the following 8 members for the games:
;Men
;Team
Table tennis
The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) announced the list of the following players for the Asian Games to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia:
;Singles & Mixed Doubles
;Team
Taekwondo
Tennis – Lawn tennis
The All India Tennis Federation announced a 12-member team as follows:
;Singles
;Women
Tennis – Soft tennis
;Singles
;Team
Volleyball
Indoor volleyball
Men's competition
;Roster
The following is the India roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2019 Asian Games.
Head coach: Bir Yadav
;Pool F
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;Playoff
;7th–12th quarterfinal
;11th place game
Women's competition
;Roster
The following is the India roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
Head coach:
G.E. Sridharan
;Pool B
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;11th place game
;9th place game
Weightlifting
;Men
Wrestling
Wrestling Federation of India announced the list of the following wrestlers for the Jakarta Games:
;Men
;Freestyle
;Greco-Roman
;Women
;Freestyle
See also
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India at the 2018 Asian Para Games
Notes
References
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