The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held once every four years, bringing together athletes from across Asia to compete in various sports disciplines. It is considered as the biggest sports competition in Asia and the second-largest multi-sport event globally.
Established in 1951, the Games aim to promote unity, friendship, and sportsmanship among Asian nations was initially regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from 1951 to 1978.
After the dissolution of the AGF, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) organized the event starting from 1982 onwards.
The Asian Games is recognized by the International Olympic Committee and its emblem depicts the rising sun encompassed by interlocking rings.
The event was scheduled to be held in September 2022 but faced a postponement due to the escalating COVID-19 cases in China. Consequently, the event was rescheduled and is set to take place in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, spanning from September to October 2023.
A significant milestone was achieved in the history of the Asian Games as India, for the first time, surpassed a three-figure mark in its medals tally.
India's exceptional performance resulted in its best-ever medal count, surpassing the previous record of 70 medals achieved during the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games. This feat marked a historic moment as India crossed the 100-medal mark, becoming the fourth nation after China, Japan, and South Korea to accomplish this milestone.
The 20th Asian Games will be held in the city of Nagoya, Japan in 2026.
Let's take a quick look through the 19th Asian Games 2022 Winners list for the candidates who are preparing for Kerala PSC Exams.
Highlights of Asian Games 2022
- Edition – 19th.
- Venue – Hangzhou, China.
- Organized by – Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).
- The host of the first Asian Games – India (New Delhi, 1951).
- Opened by – Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
- Duration – September 23 to October 8, 2023.
- Motto of Asian Games 2022 – ‘Heart to heart, @ Future.’
- Motto of Asian Games – 'Ever Onward' (by Jawaharlal Nehru).
- Mascot of Asian Games 2022 – Congcong, Lianlian & Chenchen (collectively known as the "Memories of Jiangnan"; Trio of Robots).
- Yellow robot, Congcong – Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City.
- Green robot, Lianlian – the West Lake, a World Heritage site.
- Blue robot, Chenchen – a dug canal that connects Beijing. and the city of Hangzhou.
- Emblem of 2022 Asian Games – Surging Tides.
- Torch of 19th Asian Games – Eternal Flame.
- Medal Design of 2022 Asian Games – Shan Shui (Lake & Mountain).
- The no. of participated Nations – 45.
- First place in Medal Table – China.
- Second place – Japan.
- 3rd – Republic of Korea.
- India finished its campaign by securing fourth place
- Total no. of Medals = 107 (Gold: 28; Silver: 38; Bronze: 41).
- Official Sponsor of Team India in Asian Games 2022 – Amul.
- No. of Indian athletes participated in the Asian Games 2022 – 655.
- India’s flag bearers at 19th Asian Games – Harmanpreet Singh & Lovlina Borgohain.
- Indian flag-bearer in the closing ceremony – P. R. Sreejesh.
- Total no. of events in Asian Games 2022 – 481 in 40 sports (61 disciplines).
- Name the two new sports/games inducted in the Asian Games 2022 – e-Sports & Breakdancing.
- Name the sports/games that were included in the Asian Games 2022 but were absent from the 2018 Asiad – Cricket, Go, Xiangqi & Chess.
- The first gold medals at the Asian Games were all won by – China (Rowing, Shooting & Wushu).
- The Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the Hangzhou Asian Games – Zhang Yufei and Qin Haiyang (Swimmers, China)
- The Sports in which India won gold medals in 2023 Asian Games – Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Cricket, Equestrian, Kabaddi, Hockey, Squash, Tennis & Shooting.
- The first Indian woman golfer to win a medal in the Asian Games – Aditi Ashok (Silver).
- The first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the javelin throw – Annu Rani.
- The first Indian to win a gold medal in the 3000-m steeplechase – Avinash Sable.
- The first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the 5000-m race – Parul Chaudhary.
- India’s first Asian Games doubles gold in badminton was won by – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty.
- The Oldest Indian athlete to clinch a medal at the 2022 Asian Games – Jaggy Shivdasani (65-year-old, Silver, Bridge).
- The Youngest Indian Woman Athlete to win a medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games – Sanjana Bathula (15 years, three months and 11 days old, Bronze, women's 3000m relay Skating).
- The sports category that brought India its 100th medal in n the 2023 Asian Games – Kabaddi (Women's).
List of Asian Games 2022 Medal Winners
1. Shooting
- Total No. of Medals – 22.
- No. of Gold Medals – 7.
- No. of Silver Medals – 9.
- No. of Bronze Medals – 6.
- India has won the most gold in Shooting (7) at the 2022 Asian Games.
- India's first gold medal at Asian Games 2022 was won by – Divyansh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil & Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (10m Air Rifle Team).
- Name the Indian woman athlete who won the gold at the Asian Games 2022 with a world record score of 469.6 points in the 50m rifle three positions event – Sift Kaur Samra.
- Name the 18-year-old Indian athlete who won the gold medal at the Asian Games 2022 with the Asian Games record score of 242.1 points in the 10m Air Pistol event – Palak Gulia.
| Medal | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 10m Air pistol (Men's) | Sarabjot Singh |
| Shiva Narwal | ||
| Arjun Singh Cheema | ||
| Gold | 10m Air Rifle (Men's) | Divyansh Panwar |
| Rudrankksh Patil | ||
| Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | ||
| Gold | 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team (Men's) | Swapnil Kusal |
| Akhil Sheoran | ||
| Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | ||
| Gold | Trap Team (Men's) | Kynan Chenai |
| Prithviraj Tondaiman | ||
| Zoravar Singh Sandhu | ||
| Gold | 10m Air Pistol (Women’s) | Palak Gulia |
| Gold | 25m Pistol Team (Women's) | Manu Bhaker |
| Esha Singh | ||
| Rhythm Sangwan | ||
| Gold | 50m Rifle 3 Positions (Women's) | Sift Kaur Samra |
| Silver | Men's skeet | Anantjeet Singh Naruka |
| Silver | 25m sports pistol (Women's) | Esha Singh |
| Silver | 50m rifle 3 positions (Men's) | Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar |
| Silver | 10m Air Pistol (Women’s Team) | Mehuli Ghosh |
| Ramita Jindal | ||
| Ashi Chouksey | ||
| Silver | 50m Rifle 3 positions (Women’s Team) | Manini Kaushik |
| Sift Kaur Samra | ||
| Ashi Chouksey | ||
| Silver | Trap Team (Women's) | Preeti Rajak |
| Manisha Keer | ||
| Rajeshwari Kumari | ||
| Silver | 10m Air pistol (Mixed) | Sarabjot Singh |
| Divya TS | ||
| Silver | 10m Air pistol (Women's Team) | Divya TS |
| Palak Gulia | ||
| Esha Singh | ||
| Bronze | 10m Air pistol (Men's) | Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar |
| Bronze | 10m Air pistol (Women's) | Ramita Jindal |
| Bronze | 25m Rapid fire pistol (Men's Team) | Adarsh Singh |
| Anish Bhanwala | ||
| Vijayveer Sidhu | ||
| Bronze | 50m Rifle 3 positions (Women's) | Ashi Chouksey |
| Bronze | Men's Trap | Kynan Chenai |
| Bronze | Skeet team (Men's) | Anantjeet Singh Naruka |
| Gurjoat Singh Khangura | ||
| Angad Vir Singh Bajwa |
2. Athletics
- India won the most medals in the 2022 Asian Games from Athletics.
- Total No. of Medals – 29.
- No. of Gold Medals – 6.
- No. of Silver Medals – 14.
- No. of Bronze Medals – 9.
- The sprinter who equaled the legendary PT Usha's national record in the women's 400m hurdles after almost four decades in the Asian Games – Vithya Ramraj.
| Medal | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 3000m Steeplechase (Men's) | Avinash Sable |
| Gold | 5000 m (Women’s) | Parul Chaudhary |
| Gold | 4 x 400m Relay (Men's) | Muhammed Anas Yahiya |
| Amoj Jacob | ||
| Rajesh Ramesh | ||
| Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi | ||
| Gold | Shot Put (Men’s) | Tajinderpal Singh Toor |
| Gold | Javelin throw (Men’s) | Neeraj Chopra |
| Gold | Javelin throw (Women’s) | Annu Rani |
| Silver | 800m (Men’s) | Mohammed Afsal |
| Silver | 800m (Women’s) | Harmilan Bains |
| Silver | 1500m (Men’s) | Ajay Kumar Saroj |
| Silver | 1500m (Women’s) | Harmilan Bains |
| Silver | 10,000m (Men’s) | Karthik Kumar |
| Silver | Long Jump (Men's) | Murali Sreeshankar |
| Silver | Long Jump (Women's) | Ancy Sojan |
| Silver | 100m hurdles (Women’s) | Jyothi Yarraji |
| Silver | 3000m steeplechase (Women’s) | Parul Chaudhary |
| Silver | Decathlon | Tejaswin Shankar |
| Silver | Javelin throw (Men’s) | Kishore Jena |
| Silver | 4x400m relay (Women’s) | Prachi |
| Vithya Ramraj | ||
| Subha Venkatesan | ||
| Aishwarya Kailash Mishra | ||
| Silver | Mixed 4x400m relay | Muhammad Ajmal |
| Vithya Ramraj | ||
| Rajesh Ramesh | ||
| Subha Venkatesan |
3. Archery
- Total No. of Medals – 9.
- No. of Gold Medals – 5.
- No. of Silver Medals – 2.
- No. of Bronze Medals – 2.
| Medal | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Compound Archery (Men's) | Ojas Pravin Deotale |
| Gold | Compound Archery (Women's) | Jyothi Surekha Vennam |
| Gold | Compound Archery (Men's) | Abhishek Verma |
| Ojas Pravin Deotale | ||
| Prathamesh Samadhan Jawkar | ||
| Gold | Compound Archery (Women's) | Parneet Kaur |
| Jyothi Surekha Vennam | ||
| Aditi Gopichand Swami | ||
| Gold | Compound Archery (Mixed) | Ojas Pravin Deotale |
| Jyothi Surekha Vennam | ||
| Silver | Compound Archery (Men's) | Abhishek Verma |
| Silver | Recurve team (Men's) | Atanu Das |
| Tushar Shelke | ||
| Dhiraj Bommadevara | ||
| Bronze | Recurve team (Women's) | Ankita Bhakat |
| Bhajan Kaur | ||
| Simranjeet Kaur | ||
| Bronze | Compound Archery (Women's) | Aditi Swami |
4. Squash
- Total No. of Medals – 5.
- No. of Gold Medals – 2.
- No. of Silver Medals – 1.
- No. of Bronze Medals – 2.
Medal Event Gold Men's Team
Saurav Ghosal Abhay Singh Mahesh Mangaonkar Harinder Pal Sandhu Gold Mixed doubles
Dipika Pallikal Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu Silver Men's singles Saurav Ghosal Bronze Women's Team Anahat Singh Tanvi Khanna Dipika Pallikal Joshna Chinappa Bronze Mixed Team Abhay Singh Anahat Singh
- Total No. of Medals – 5.
- No. of Gold Medals – 2.
- No. of Silver Medals – 1.
- No. of Bronze Medals – 2.
| Medal | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Men's Team | Saurav Ghosal |
| Abhay Singh | ||
| Mahesh Mangaonkar | ||
| Harinder Pal Sandhu | ||
| Gold | Mixed doubles | Dipika Pallikal |
| Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu | ||
| Silver | Men's singles | Saurav Ghosal |
| Bronze | Women's Team | Anahat Singh |
| Tanvi Khanna | ||
| Dipika Pallikal | ||
| Joshna Chinappa | ||
| Bronze | Mixed Team | Abhay Singh |
| Anahat Singh |
5. Wrestling
- Total No. of Medals – 6.
- No. of Silver Medals – 1.
- No. of Bronze Medals – 5.
| Medal | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| Silver | Men's freestyle 86kg | Deepak Punia |
| Bronze | Women's 53kg | Antim Panghal |
| Bronze | Women's 62kg | Sonam Malik |
| Bronze | Women's 76kg | Kiran Bishnoi |
| Bronze | Men's freestyle 57kg | Aman Sehrawat |
| Bronze | Greco-Roman 87kg | Sunil Kumar |
6. Boxing
- Total No. of Medals – 5.
- No. of Silver Medals – 1.
- No. of Bronze Medals – 4.
| Medal | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| Silver | Women's 75kg | Lovlina Borgohain |
| Bronze | Women's 50kg | Nikhat Zareen |
| Bronze | Women's 54kg | Preeti Pawar |
| Bronze | Women's 57kg | Parveen Hooda |
| Bronze | Men's +92kg | Narender Berwal |
Rest of the List of the Medal Winners in Asian Games 2022
- Which cricket team made history by becoming the first to score over 300 runs in a T20I match? Nepal.
- 314 against Mongolia.
- Name the Cricketer who broke Yuvraj Singh’s record for the fastest 50 – Dipendra Singh (eight sixes in 10 balls; Nepal)
- Significance of Indian men’s cricket team at the 2023 Asian Games – Their debut and their inaugural gold medal win.
- The Captain of the Indian Cricket Team (Men's) at Asian Games 2022 – Ruturaj Gaikwad.
- The Captain of the Indian Cricket Team (Women's) at Asian Games 2022 – Harmanpreet Kaur.
- The Captain of the Indian Hockey Team (Men's) at Asian Games 2022 – Harmanpreet Singh.
- The Captain of the Indian Hockey Team (Women's) at Asian Games 2022 – Savita Punia.
- No. of times India won gold in Men's Hockey in Asian games – 4 times (1966, 1998, 2014 & 2022).
- The First Indian equestrian to win an individual medal in dressage – Anush Agarwalla (Bronze, 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games).
- The first-ever Indian medal in the men's dinghy ILCA-7 event at the Games was won by – Vishnu Saravanan (Bronze).
| Medal | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Tennis (Mixed Doubles) | Rohan Bopanna |
| Rutuja Bhosale | ||
| Gold | Badminton (Men's Doubles) | Chirag Shetty |
| Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | ||
| Gold | Equestrian Dressage Team (after 41 years) | Hriday Chheda |
| Anush Agarwalla | ||
| Divyakriti Singh | ||
| Sudipti Hajela | ||
| Gold | Hockey (Men's) | |
| Gold | Kabaddi (Men's) | |
| Gold | Kabaddi (Women's) | |
| Gold | Cricket (Men's) | |
| Silver | Wushu (Women's 60kg sanda) | Naorem Roshibina Dev |
| Silver | Chess (Men's team) | Gukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa |
| Silver | Chess (Women's team) | Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B |
| Silver | Bridge (Men's team) | Raju Tolani, Ajay Prabhakar Khare, Rajeshwar Tewari, Sumit Mukherjee, Jaggy Shivdasani, Sandeep Thakral |
| Silver | Golf (Women's) | Aditi Ashok |
| Silver | Badminton (Men's) | Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, Chirag Shetty, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, MR Arjun, Dhruva Kapila, HS Prannoy, Mithun Manjunath, Sai Pratheek, Rohan Kapoor |
| Silver | Tennis (Men's doubles) | Saketh Myneni |
| Ramkumar Ramanathan | ||
| Silver | Sailing (Girl's Dinghy - ILCA4) | Neha Thakur |
| Silver | Rowing (lightweight double sculls) (Men's) | Arjun Lal Jat |
| Arvind Singh | ||
| Silver | Rowing (Men's eight) | Neeraj, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetesh Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, Ashish, DU Pande |
| Bronze | Badminton (Men's singles) | HS Prannoy |
| Bronze | Table tennis (Women's doubles) | Ayhika Mukherjee |
| Sutirtha Mukherjee | ||
| Bronze | Sepaktakraw (Women's regu) | Khushbu, Maipak Devi Ayekam, Leirentonbi Devi Elangbam, Priya Devi Elangbam, Chaoba Devi Oinam |
| Bronze | Rowing (Men's pair) | Lekh Ram |
| Babu Lal Yadav | ||
| Bronze | Rowing (Men's four) | Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, Ashish |
| Bronze | Rowing (Men's quadruple) | Parminder Singh, Satnam Singh, Jakar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh |
| Bronze | Sailing (Men's Windsurfer - RS:X) | Eabad Ali |
| Bronze | Sailing (Men's dinghy ICLA7) | Vishnu Saravanan |
| Bronze | Canoe Sprint (Men's canoe double 1000m) | Arjun Singh, Sunil Singh Salam |
| Bronze | Equestrian (Individual dressage) | Anush Agarwalla |
| Bronze | Roller skating (Women's speed skating 3000m relay) | |
| Bronze | Roller skating (Men's speed skating 3000m relay) | |
| Bronze | Hockey (Women's) | |
This section is a must-study topic for the upcoming Kerala PSC exams, try to study it try to study it without getting confused by the name of the athletes and the event/sports in which they participated in, etc.
📝SideNotes:
- Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports – Anurag Thakur.
- Headquarters of Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) – Kuwait.
- The 18th edition of the Asian Games was held in – Jakarta & Palembang, Indonesia (2018).
- Father of Asian Games in India – Guru Dutt Sondhi.
- The first gold medallist at the Asian Games – Sachin Nag (100m freestyle, 1951).
- The first Indian woman to win an Asian Games medal – Roshan Mistry (Silver, 100m sprint, 1951).
- The first Indian to win a gold medal in the javelin throw – Neeraj Chopra (2018).
- The Mascot of the 18th Asian Games – Bhin Bhin, Atung & Kaka.
- No. of times Asian Games was hosted in India – Twice.
- India hosted the Asian Games (9th edition of Asian Games) for the second time in – 1982 (New Delhi).
- The youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the Asian Games – Saurabh Chaudhary (Men’s 10m air pistol, 2018 Jakarta Asian Games).
- The host of the 2022 Asian Games, China denied entry to 3 Indian athletes namely Nyeman Wangsu, Onilu Tega, and Mepung Lamgu from Arunachal Pradesh. What sport do they compete in? Wushu.
- Because China doesn't believe Arunachal Pradesh exists, they claim it is part of their territory known as 'Zangnam.'
- Name the Asian country which has hosted the Asian Games the most times – Thailand (4 times).
- The Asian Games in which 'cricket' made its debut as a medal sport – 2010 Guangzhou.
- Cricket made its way to the Asian Games twice: in 2010 & 2014 before returning in 2022.
- The sportsperson who was recently honoured with Karnataka’s second highest civilian award, the Rajyotsava Award – Aditi Ashok.
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