The Asian Games is part of the holy trinity of multi-sport events for India, along with the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games.
The Asiad is a quadrennial event and the 18th edition was held in 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia.
A total of 37 countries participated in the 2018 Asian Games. China, Japan, and South Korea were the top three countries in terms of medals won, while India finished eighth.
TSN looks back to India's performance at the previous Asian Games.
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How many medals did India win at Asian Games 2018?
India sent a contingent of 570 athletes across 36 sports disciplines.
The contingent finished eighth at the event. India's total tally of 70 medals was their best ever medal haul at the continental mega-event.
| India | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Medals Won | 16 | 23 | 31 |
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All the Indian medalists at 2018 Asian Games
| Athlete | Sport | Discipline | Medal |
| Bajrang Punia | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 65 Kg | Gold |
| Vinesh Phogat | Wrestling | Women's Freestyle 50 Kg | Gold |
| Saurabh Chaudhary | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air pistol | Gold |
| Rahi Sarnobat | Shooting | Women's 25 metre pistol | Gold |
| Sawarn Singh, Om Prakash, Dattu Bhokanal, Sukhmeet Singh | Rowing | Men's Quadruple Sculls | Gold |
| Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan | Tennis | Men's Doubles | Gold |
| Tajinderpal Singh Toor | Athletics | Men's Shot Put | Gold |
| Neeraj Chopra | Athletics | Men's Javelin Throw | Gold |
| Manjit Singh | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | Gold |
| Rajiv Arokia, Hima Das, Muhammed Anas, M. R. Poovamma | Athletics | Mixed 4 X 400 metres relay | Gold |
| Arpinder Singh | Athletics | Men's Triple Jump | Gold |
| Swapna Barman | Athletics | Women's Heptathlon | Gold |
| Jinson Johnson | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres | Gold |
| Hima Das, M. R. Poovamma, Saritaben Gaikwad, V. K. Vismaya | Athletics | Women's 4 X 400 metres relay | Gold |
| Amit Panghal | Boxing | Men's 49 Kg | Gold |
| Pranab Bardhan, Shibhnath Sarkar | Bridge | Men's Pair | Gold |
| Deepak Kumar | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air rifle | Silver |
| Lakshay Sheoran | Shooting | Men's trap | Silver |
| Sanjeev Rajput | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions | Silver |
| Shardul Vihan | Shooting | Men's double trap | Silver |
| India Women's National Kabaddi Team | Kabaddi | Women's Tournament | Silver |
| Fouaad Mirza | Equestrian | Equestrian Individual Eventing | Silver |
| Fouaad Mirza, Ashish Malik, Rakesh Kumar, Jitender Singh | Equestrian | Equestrian Team Eventing | Silver |
| Hima Das | Athletics | Women's 400 metres | Silver |
| Muhammed Anas | Athletics | Men's 400 metres | Silver |
| Dutee Chand | Athletics | Women's 100 metres | Silver |
| Dharun Ayyasamy | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles | Silver |
| Sudha Singh | Athletics | Women's 3000 metres steeplechase | Silver |
| Neena Varakil | Athletics | Women's Long Jump | Silver |
| Muskan Kirar, Jyothi Surekha, Madhumita Kumari, Vennam | Archery | Women's Team Compound | Silver |
| Abhishek Verma, Aman Saini, Rajat Chauhan | Archery | Men's Team Compound | Silver |
| PV Sindhu | Badminton | Women's Singles | Silver |
| Jinson Johnson | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | Silver |
| Pincky Balhara | Kurash | Women's 52 Kg | Silver |
| Dutee Chand | Athletics | Women's 200 metres | Silver |
| Dharun Ayyasamy, Kunhu Mohammed, Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed Anas | Athletics | Men's 4 X 400 metres relay | Silver |
| Shweta Shervegar, Varsha Gautham | Sailing | Women's 49er FX | Silver |
| India Women's National Field Hockey Team | Hockey | Field Hockey Women's Tournament | Silver |
| Dipika Pallikal, Tanvi Khanna, Joshna Chinappa, Sunayna Kuruvilla | Squash | Women's Team | Silver |
| Ravi Kumar, Apurvi Chandela | Shooting | 10 metre air rifle mixed team | Bronze |
| Abhishek Verma | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air pistol | Bronze |
| India men's national sepak takraw team | Sepak Takraw | Men's Team Regu | Bronze |
| Divya Kakran | Wrestling | Women's Freestyle 68 Kg | Bronze |
| Roshibina Naorem | Wushu | Women's Sanda 60 Kg | Bronze |
| Santhosh Kumar | Wushu | Men's Sanda 56 Kg | Bronze |
| Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh | Wushu | Men's Sanda 60 Kg | Bronze |
| Narender Grewal | Wushu | Men's Sanda 65 Kg | Bronze |
| Ankita Raina | Tennis | Women's Singles | Bronze |
| India men's national Kabaddi team | Kabaddi | Men's Tournament | Bronze |
| Dushyant Chauhan | Rowing | Men's Lightweight Single Sculls | Bronze |
| Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh | Rowing | Men's Lightweight Double Sculls | Bronze |
| Heena Sidhu | Shooting | Women's 10 metre air pistol | Bronze |
| Prajnesh Gunneswaran | Tennis | Men's Singles | Bronze |
| Dipika Pallikal | Squash | Women's Singles | Bronze |
| Joshna Chinappa | Squash | Women's Singles | Bronze |
Saurav Ghosal | Squash | Men's Singles | Bronze |
| Sumit Mukherjee, Rajeshwar Tewari, Debabrata Majumder, Ajay Khare, Jaggy Shivdasani, Raju Tolani | Bridge | Men's Team | Bronze |
| Bachiraju, Himani Khandelwal, Satyanarayana, Hema Deora, Rajeev Khandelwal, Kiran Nadar, Gopinath Manna | Bridge | Mixed Team | Bronze |
| Saina Nehwal | Badminton | Women's Singles | Bronze |
| Sathiyan, Anthony Amalraj, Gnanasekaran, Harmeet Desai, Sharath Kamal, Manav Thakkar | Table Tennis | Men's Team | Bronze |
| Malaprabha Jadhav | Kurash | Women's 52 Kg | Bronze |
| Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra | Table Tennis | Mixed Doubles | Bronze |
| P. U. Chitra | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | Bronze |
| Seema Punia | Athletics | Women's Discus Throw | Bronze |
| Harshita Tomar | Sailing | Laser 4.7 | Bronze |
| Anu Raghavan | Athletics | Women's 400 metres hurdles | Bronze |
| Varun Thakkar, Ganapathy Chengappa | Sailing | Men's 49er | Bronze |
| Saurav Ghosal, Ramit Tandon, Harinder Pal Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar | Squash | Men's Team | Bronze |
| Vikas Krishan Yadav | Boxing | Men's 75 Kg | Bronze |
| India men's national Field Hockey team | Hockey | Men's Tournament | Bronze |
When will the next Asian Games be held?
The next edition of the Asian Games will be held in 2023. The event was postponed from its usual cycle (2022) due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The 19th edition of the Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou, China, from 23rd September to 8th October 2023. A total of 40 sports will be played at the 2023 Asian Games.
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