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19th Asian Games 2022

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19th Asian Games (of 2022, held in 2023)

The 19th Asian Games (of 2022, held in 2023) were held in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to October 08, 2023.

Earlier, the Games were scheduled to be held from September 10 to 25, 2022, but were postponed due to the rising COVID-19 pandemic cases in China.

  • The Hangzhou Asian Games marks the third time that China has hosted the Asiad, following Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010.
  • The opening and closing ceremony were held at Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium in Hangzhou, China.
  • More than 12,000 athletes from 45 countries and regions competed in 40 sports, 61 disciplines, and 481 events, the 19th Asian Games were the largest in history.

Theme of the 19th Asian Games:

Motto:

» “Heart to Heart, @Future” is the slogan for the Games.

    • The unique nature of this slogan is in keeping with Hangzhou’s status as a city of Internet. The official motto of the Asian Games 2022, “Heart to Heart, @Future” was announced on 15 December 2019.
Emblem:

» “Tides Surging” is the official name of the Emblem. It represents the Qiantang River in Hangzhou, one of the three largest river tidal bores in the world.

Mascot:

» The three mascots of Asian Games 2022 are Congcong, Chenchen, and Lianlian.

    • They represent the three World Heritage Sites that are located in Hangzhou – the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City, the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the West Lake, respectively.
    • The three mascots of the Games are collectively known as “Memories of Jiangnan”.
Music

» The games’ official theme song, “With You and Me”, was released on April 27, 2023.

Torch relay:

» The final torch design of the 2022 Asian Games called the “Eternal Flame” was unveiled on 10 September 2021.

Medals:

» The medal design of the 19th Asian Games, “Shan Shui”, was released on 15 June 2023.

    • Its design was inspired by Jade Cong in the Liangzhu Culture. The obverse featured the Games edition logo, misty hills, the city, a rippling lake and undulating mountains, while the reverse featured the Asian Games Sun Emblem and the name of the event in Chinese and English.
    • Medal winners were also presented bouquets named “Fruits of Triumph”. It consisted of five flowers – rice ears, lotus seedpods, moth orchids (Phalaenopsis), Longjing tea branches and sweet osmanthus branches, arranged in a vase inspired by a huagu.
Medal of 19th Asian Games
Image Source: 19th Asian Games

19th Asian Games: Introduction of New Sports

  • Two medal sports ‘e-Sports’ and ‘Breakdancing’ were introduced in the Asian Games 2022.
  • Cricket, and board games – Go, Xiangqi, and Chess returned at the 19th Asian Games after not being included in the 2018 Asian Games.

19th Asian Games: Medal Table- Top Four

    • China dominated the medal tally with 383 medals (201 gold, silver 111 and bronze 71), ahead of Japan (188 medals, 52 gold, silver 67 and bronze 69) and the Republic of Korea (190 medals, 42 gold, silver 59 and bronze 89).
    • India finished fourth in the medal table with 107 medals.

19th Asian Games: Performance of India

Indian contingent:

» India sent 655 athletes to compete in 41 disciplines at the Asian Games 2023.

Indian flag bearer:
  • Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain and men’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh were the Indian flag bearers during the opening ceremony of the Asian Games 2023.
  • Men’s hockey team goalkeeper PR Sreejesh was the Indian flag bearer during the closing ceremony.
Indian Medal Winners:

» India won a total of 107 medals (28 gold, 38 silver, and 41 bronze) in the Asian Games 2022. This is India’s best performance in the Asian Games in terms of total number of medals won.

    • India won its first Asian Games badminton gold medal courtesy the men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy.
    • Women’s T-20 cricket and Men’s team also won gold medals in cricket events.
    • Hockey men’s team and hockey women’s team won gold and bronze medals respectively.
19th Asian Games: World record set by Indians
    • Sift Kaur Samra set a world record in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions final (469.6 points).
    • Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Divyansh Singh set a world record in the men’s 10m air rifle team (1893.7 points).
    • Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Swapnil Kusale and Akhil Sheoran set a world record in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team (1769 points).

19th Asian Games: Complete list of Indian Medal winners

S. No.AthletesSportsEventMedal
1Team IndiaShootingMen's 10m air rifle teamGold
2Team IndiaShootingWomen's 25m pistol teamGold
3Team IndiaShootingMen's 10m air pistol teamGold
4Team IndiaShootingMen's 50m rifle 3 positions teamGold
5Sift Kaur SamraShootingWomen's 50m rifle 3 positionsGold
6Palak GuliaShootingWomen's 10m air pistolGold
7Team IndiaShootingMen's trap teamGold
8Team IndiaShootingWomen's 50m rifle 3 positions teamSilver
9Esha SinghShootingWomen's 25m pistolSilver
10Anantjeet Singh NarukaShootingMen's skeetSilver
11Team IndiaShootingWomen's 10m air pistol teamSilver
12Esha SinghShootingWomen's 10m air pistolSilver
13Aishwary Pratap Singh TomarShootingMen's 50m rifle 3 positionsSilver
14Team IndiaShootingMixed team 10m air pistolSilver
15Team IndiaShootingWomen's trap teamSilver
16Team IndiaShootingWomen's 10m air rifle teamSilver
17Ramita JindalShootingWomen's 10m air rifleBronze
18Aishwary Pratap Singh TomarShootingMen's 10m air rifleBronze
19Team IndiaShootingMen's 25m rapid file pistol teamBronze
20Ashi ChoukseyShootingWomen's 50m rifle 3 positionsBronze
21Team IndiaShootingMen's skeet teamBronze
22Kynan ChenaiShootingMen's trapBronze
23Avinash SableAthleticsMen's 3000m steeplechaseGold
24Tajinderpal Singh ToorAthleticsMen's shot putGold
25Parul ChaudharyAthleticsWomen's 5000mGold
26Annu RaniAthleticsWomen's javelin throwGold
27Neeraj ChopraAthleticsMen's javelin throwGold
28Team IndiaAthleticsMen's 4x400m relayGold
29Karthik KumarAthleticsMen's 10,000mSilver
30Harmilan BainsAthleticsWomen's 1500mSilver
31Ajay Kumar SarojAthleticsMen's 1500mSilver
32Murali SreeshankarAthleticsMen's long jumpSilver
33Jyothi YarrajiAthleticsWomen's 100m hurdlesSilver
34Parul ChaudharyAthleticsWomen's 3000m steeplechaseSilver
35Ancy SojanAthleticsWomen's long jumpSilver
36Team IndiaAthleticsMixed 4x400m relaySilver
37Mohammed AfsalAthleticsMen's 800mSilver
38Tejaswin ShankarAthleticsMen's decathlonSilver
39Harmilan BainsAthleticsWomen's 800mSilver
40Avinash SableAthleticsMen's 5000mSilver
41Team IndiaAthleticsWomen's 4x400m relaySilver
42Kishore JenaAthleticsMen's javelin throwSilver
43Kiran BaliyanAthleticsWomen's shot putBronze
44Gulveer SinghAthleticsMen's 10,000mBronze
45Jinson JohnsonAthleticsMen's 1500mBronze
46Nandini AgasaraAthleticsWomen's heptathlonBronze
47Seema PuniaAthleticsWomen's discus throwBronze
48Priti LambaAthleticsWomen's 3000m steeplechaseBronze
49Vithya RamrajAthleticsWomen's 400m hurdlesBronze
50Praveen ChithravelAthleticsMen's triple jumpBronze
51Team IndiaAthleticsMixed team race walkBronze
52Team IndiaArcheryMixed team compoundGold
53Team IndiaArcheryWomen's compound teamGold
54Team IndiaArcheryMen's compound teamGold
55Jyothi Surekha VennamArcheryWomen's compound individualGold
56Ojas Pravin DeotaleArcheryMen's compound individualGold
57Team IndiaArcheryMen's recurve teamSilver
58Abhishek VermaArcheryMen's compound individualSilver
59Team IndiaArcheryWomen's recurve teamBronze
60Aditi SwamiArcheryWomen's compound individualBronze
61Team IndiaSquashMen's teamGold
62Team IndiaSquashMixed doublesGold
63Saurav GhosalSquashMen's singlesSilver
64Team IndiaSquashWomen's teamBronze
65Team IndiaSquashMixed teamBronze
66Team IndiaCricketWomen's T20 cricketGold
67Team IndiaCricketMen's teamGold
68Team IndiaKabaddiWomen's kabaddiGold
69Team IndiaKabaddiMen's kabaddiGold
70Team IndiaBadmintonMen's doublesGold
71Team IndiaBadmintonMen's teamSilver
72HS PrannoyBadmintonMen's singlesBronze
73Team IndiaTennisMixed doublesGold
74Team IndiaTennisMen's doublesSilver
75Team IndiaEquestrianTeam dressageGold
76Anush AgarwallaEquestrianIndividual dressageBronze
77Team IndiaHockeyMen's teamGold
78Team IndiaHockeyWomen's teamBronze
79Team IndiaRowingMen's lightweight double scullsSilver
80Team IndiaRowingMen's eightSilver
81Team IndiaRowingMen's pairBronze
82Team IndiaRowingMen's fourBronze
83Team IndiaRowingMen's quadrupleBronze
84Team IndiaChessMen's teamSilver
85Team IndiaChessWomen's teamSilver
86Deepak PuniaWrestlingMen's freestyle 86kgSilver
87Sunil KumarWrestlingGreco-Roman 87kgBronze
88Antim PanghalWrestlingWomen's 53kgBronze
89Sonam MalikWrestlingWomen's 62kgBronze
90Kiran BishnoiWrestlingWomen's 76kgBronze
91Aman SehrawatWrestlingMen's freestyle 57kgBronze
92Lovlina BorgohainBoxingWomen's 75kgSilver
93Nikhat ZareenBoxingWomen's 50kgBronze
94Preeti PawarBoxingWomen's 54kgBronze
95Narender BerwalBoxingMen's +92kgBronze
96Parveen HoodaBoxingWomen's 57kgBronze
97Neha ThakurSailingGirl's Dinghy - ILCA4Silver
98Eabad AliSailingMen's Windsurfer - RS:XBronze
99Vishnu SaravananSailingMen's dinghy ICLA7Bronze
100Naorem Roshibina DeviWushuWomen's 60kg sandaSilver
101Aditi AshokGolfWomen's golfSilver
102Team IndiaBridgeMen's teamSilver
103Team IndiaRoller skatingWomen's speed skating 3000m relayBronze
104Team IndiaRoller skatingMen's speed skating 3000m relayBronze
105Team IndiaTable tennisWomen's doublesBronze
106Team IndiaCanoe SprintMen's canoe double 1000mBronze
107Team IndiaSepaktakrawWomen's reguBronze

19th Asian Games: Team India members who won medals in various sports

SportsEventTeam Members
ShootingMen's 10m air rifle teamRudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Divyansh Singh Panwar
ShootingWomen's 25m pistol teamManu Bhaker, Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh
ShootingMen's 10m air pistol teamArjun Cheema, Sarabjot Singh, Shiva Narwal
ShootingMen's 50m rifle 3 positions teamSwapnil Kushale, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Akhil Sheoran
ShootingMen's trap teamKynan Chenai, Zoravar Singh Sandhu, Prithviraj Tondaiman
ShootingWomen's 50m rifle 3 positions teamAshi Chouksey, Manini Kaushik, Sift Kaur Samra
ShootingWomen's 10m air pistol teamEsha Singh, Divya TS, Palak Gulia
ShootingMixed team 10m air pistolSarabjot Singh, Divya TS
ShootingWomen's trap teamManisha Keer, Preeti Rajak, Rajeshwari Kumari
ShootingWomen's 10m air rifle teamAshi Chouksey, Mehuli Ghosh, Ramita Jindal
ShootingMen's 25m rapid file pistol teamVijayveer Sidhu, Adarsh Singh, Anish Bhanwala
ShootingMen's skeet teamAnantjeet Singh Naruka, Gurjoat Singh Khangura, Angad Vir Singh Bajwa
AthleticsMen's 4x400m relayMuhammed Anas Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi, Rajesh Ramesh
AthleticsMixed 4x400m relayMuhammad Ajmal, Vithya Ramraj, Rajesh Ramesh, Subha Venkatesan
AthleticsWomen's 4x400m relayVithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Prachi, Subha Venkatesan
AthleticsMixed team race walkManju Rani, Ram Baboo
ArcheryMixed team compoundJyothi Surekha Vennam, Ojas Pravin Deotale
ArcheryWomen's compound teamJyothi Surekha Vennam, Aditi Swami, Parneet Kaur
ArcheryMen's compound teamAbhishek Verma, Ojas Pravin Deotale, Prathamesh Jawkar
ArcheryMen's recurve teamAtanu Das, Tushar Shelke, Dhiraj Bommadevara
ArcheryWomen's recurve teamAnkita Bhakat, Bhajan Kaur, Simranjeet Kaur
SquashMen's teamSaurav Ghosal, Abhay Singh, Harinder Pal Singh, Mahesh Mangaonkar
SquashMixed doublesDipika Pallikal, Harinder Pal Sandhu
SquashWomen's teamJoshna Chinappa, Anahat Singh, Tanvi Khanna, Dipika Pallikal
SquashMixed teamAnahat Singh, Abhay Singh
CricketWomen's T20 cricketHarmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh, Amanjot Kaur, Devika Vaidya, Pooja Vastrakar, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Minnu Mani, Kanika Ahuja, Uma Chetry, Anusha Bareddy
CricketMen's teamRuturaj Gaikwad, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rahul Tripathi, Tilak Varma, Rinku Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Ravi Bishnoi, Avesh Khan, Arshdeep Singh, Mukesh Kumar, Shivam Dube, Prabhsimran Singh, Akash Deep
KabaddiWomen's kabaddiAkshima, Jyoti, Pooja, Pooja, Priyanka, Pushpa, Sakshi Kumari, Ritu Negi, Nidhi Sharma, Sushma Sharma, Snehal Pradeep Shinde, Sonali Vishnu Shingat
KabaddiMen's kabaddiNitesh Kumar, Parvesh Bhainswal, Sachin, Surjeet Singh, Vishal Bhardwaj, Arjun Deshwal, Aslam Inamdar, Naveen Kumar, Pawan Sehrawat, Sunil Kumar, Nitin Rawal, Akash Shinde
BadmintonMen's doublesChirag Shetty, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
BadmintonMen's teamKidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, Chirag Shetty, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, MR Arjun, Dhruva Kapila, HS Prannoy, Mithun Manjunath, Sai Pratheek, Rohan Kapoor
TennisMixed doublesRohan Bopanna, Rutuja Bhosale
TennisMen's doublesSaketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan
EquestrianTeam dressageHriday Chheda, Anush Agarwalla, Divyakriti Singh, Sudipti Hajela
HockeyMen's teamPR Sreejesh, Krishan Pathak, Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Jarmanpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Sanjay, Sumit, Nilakanta Sharma, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Shamsher Singh, Abhishek, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay
HockeyWomen's teamSavita Punia, Bichu Devi Kharibam, Deepika, Lalremsiami, Monika, Navneet Kaur, Neha, Nisha, Sonika, Udita, Ishika Chaudhary, Deep Grace Ekka, Vandana Katariya, Sangita Kumari, Vaishnavi Vittal Phalke, Nikki Pradhan, Sushila Chanu, Salima Tete
RowingMen's lightweight double scullsArjun Lal Jat, Arvind Singh
RowingMen's eightNeeraj, Naresh Kalwaniya, Neetesh Kumar, Charanjeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, Ashish, DU Pande
RowingMen's pairBabu Lal Yadav, Lekh Ram
RowingMen's fourJaswinder Singh, Bheem Singh, Punit Kumar, Ashish
RowingMen's quadrupleParminder Singh, Satnam Singh, Jakar Khan, Sukhmeet Singh
ChessMen's teamGukesh D, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, Pentala Harikrishna, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
ChessWomen's teamKoneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli, Vaishali Rameshbabu, Vantika Agrawal, Savitha Shri B
BridgeMen's teamRaju Tolani, Ajay Prabhakar Khare, Rajeshwar Tewari, Sumit Mukherjee, Jaggy Shivdasani, Sandeep Thakral
Roller skatingWomen's speed skating 3000m relayKarthika Jagadeeswaran, Heeral Sadhu, Aarathy Kasturi Raj, Sanjana Bathula
Roller skatingMen's speed skating 3000m relayVikram Rajendra Ingale, Siddhant Rahul Kamble, Anandkumar Velkumar, Aryanpal Singh Ghuman
Table tennisWomen's doublesAyhika Mukherjee, Sutirtha Mukherjee
Canoe SprintMen's canoe double 1000mArjun Singh, Sunil Singh Salam
SepaktakrawWomen's reguKhushbu, Maipak Devi Ayekam, Leirentonbi Devi Elangbam, Priya Devi Elangbam, Chaoba Devi Oinam
History of India’s participation in the Asian Games:
  • In the year 1949, the Asian Games Federation was inaugurated in New Delhi where the first Asian Games were held in 1951.
  • In 1981, the Asian Games Federation was renamed as the Olympic Council of Asia to strengthen its association with the International Olympic Committee, relocating its base from India to Kuwait where it currently resides.
  • The ninth edition of the Asian Games was held again in New Delhi in November and December 1982.
  • India has won 779 medals at the Asian Games since the inaugural edition in 1951.
  • India achieved its highest medal count at the Asian Games in 2023, held in China.
  • The previous record was achieved by India in the last edition in Jakarta 2018, where the 570-strong Indian team had won 70 medals – 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze.
Next Asian Games:
  • The next and 20th Games in 2026 will be held in Japan in Aichi-Nagoya (19 September – 4 October) followed by a Middle Eastern swing through Doha in 2030 and Riyadh in 2034.
Source: Asian Games & News Reports

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