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4th Asian Para Games 2022

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4th Asian Para Games (of 2022, held in 2023)

The 4th Asian Para Games (of 2022, held in 2023) were held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China from 22 to 28 October 2023. The Asian Para Games is a multi-sport event held for Asian athletes with disabilities.

Earlier, the Games were scheduled to be held from October 9 to 15, 2022, but were postponed due to the rising COVID-19 pandemic cases in China.

  • The Hangzhou Asian Para Games marks the second time that China has hosted the Para Asiad, following Guangzhou in 2010.
  • 3,021 athletes from 44 countries participated in the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games. During the nine days of competition, 566 events were held at the Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium in Hangzhou.
Next Asian Para games:

» The next Asian Para games are scheduled to be held in Nagoya, Japan, between October 14 and October 22, 2026.

Theme of the 4th Asian Para Games:
Motto:

» “Hearts meet, Dreams shine” was the slogan for the Games.

The official motto of the Asian Para Games 2022, “Hearts meet, Dreams shine” was announced on 2 March 2020. It symbolises connectivity between the countries of Asia.

Emblem:

» “Ever Forward” is the official name of the Emblem.

It features a wheelchair athlete striving forward on a running track with 10 semi-arc lines and resembling surging Qiantang River tides. It reflects “the sublime heroism of the para-athletes in persevering and challenging themselves”.

Mascot:

» The Games’ mascot, “Fei Fei”, unveiled online on April 16, 2020, draws inspiration from the divine bird in Liangzhu culture.

It symbolizes local legends of happiness. “Fei,” her first “fly,” represents the flight of a bird, signifying a spirit of tolerance, respect, and friendship in society. The second “fly” signifies the determination of disabled athletes who are pursuing their dreams.

Medals:

» The medal design of the 4th Asian Para Games, “Osmanthus Grace”, was released on 14 July 2023.

    • Its name was derived from a Tang lyric poem composed by the poet-governor of Hangzhou a thousand years ago, one line of which goes, “Around mountain temples, I search for osmanthus blooms falling from the moon”.
    • The medal design was a combination of two different Jades: round green Bi and yellow square Cong in the Liangzhu culture, respectively associated with heaven and earth.
    • The obverse featured the Games edition logo encircled by Sweet Osmanthus flowers – city flower of Hangzhou, while the reverse featured the Asian Paralympic Council Emblem surrounded by braille letters and the name of the event in Chinese and English.
4th Asian Para Games 2022 Medals
Image Source: 4th Asian Para Games
4th Asian Para Games: Introduction of New Sports
  • Para Taekwondo, Para Canoe and Go were included for the first time in the Asian Para Games 2022.
  • Blind Football and Rowing returned at the 2022 Asian Para Games after not being included in the 2018 Asian Para Games.
  • There were also two non-Paralympic sports on the program: lawn bowls and mind sports (chess and go).
4th Asian Para Games: Medal Table – Top Five
  • China dominated the medal tally with 521 medals (214 gold, 167 silver and 140 bronze).
  • Iran (131 medals, 44 gold, 46 silver and 41 bronze) finished second, followed by Japan (150 medals, 42 gold, 49 silver and 59 bronze) and Republic of Korea (103 medals, 30 gold, 33 silver and 40 bronze).
  • India finished fifth in the Asian Para Games 2023 with 111 medals comprising 29 gold, 31 silver, and 51 bronze.
4th Asian Para Games: Performance of India
Indian contingent:

» India sent 303 athletes to compete in 17 sporting disciplines at the Asian Para Games 2023. The athletes’ list comprised 191 Male and 112 Female athletes.

Indian flag bearer:
  • Para Shuttler Parul Parmar was the India’s flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Asian Para Games 2023.
  • Para-club Thrower Amit Saroha also joined Parul Parmar as co-flagbearer during the opening ceremony.
Indian Medal Winners:

» India won a total of 111 medals (29 gold, 31 silver, and 51 bronze) in the Asian Para Games 2022.

  • Out of the 111 medals, female athletes have contributed 40 medals, i.e. 36% of the medal tally.
  • This is India’s best performance in the Asian Para Games in terms of total number of medals won.
4th Asian Para Games: World record set by Indians

» Besides the medals, Indian para-athletes also broke three world records in Hangzhou.

  • Two of these came in javelin throw disciplines in athletics. Gurjar Sundar Singh set a new world mark in the men’s javelin throw-F46 discipline with a gold medal-winning 68.60m effort while Sumit Antil set a new world record in the men’s javelin throw-F64 with a 73.29m attempt.
  • The men’s compound team accounted for the third-world record with a score of 158.

4th Asian Para Games: Complete list of Indian Medal winners

S. No. AthletesSportsEventMedal
1Ankur DhamaAthleticsMen's 5000m-T11Gold
2Nishad KumarAthleticsMen's High Jump-T47Gold
3Shailesh KumarAthleticsMen's High Jump-T63Gold
4Pranav SoormaAthleticsMen's Club Throw-F51Gold
5Praveen KumarAthleticsMen's High Jump-T64Gold
6Neeraj YadavAthleticsMen's Discus Throw-F54/55/56Gold
7Deepthi JeevanjiAthleticsWomen's 400m-T20Gold
8SumitAthleticsMen's Javelin Throw Throw-F64Gold
9HaneyAthleticsMen's Javelin Throw Throw-F37/38Gold
10Sundar Singh GurjarAthleticsMen's Javelin Throw Throw-F46Gold
11Ankur DhakaAthleticsMen's 1500m-T11Gold
12Rakshitha RajuAthleticsWomen's 1500m-T11Gold
13Nimisha SureshAthleticsWomen's Long Jump-T47Gold
14Sachin Sarjerao KhilariAthleticsMen's Shot Put-F46Gold
15Raman SharmaAthleticsMen's 1500m-T38Gold
16Solairaj DharmarajAthleticsMen's Long Jump-T64Gold
17Neeraj YadavAthleticsMen's Javelin Throw Throw-F55Gold
18Dilip Mahadu GavitAthleticsMen's 400m-T47Gold
19Ram PalAthleticsMen's High Jump-T47Silver
20Mariyappan ThangaveluAthleticsMen's High Jump-T63Silver
21DharambirAthleticsMen's Club Throw-F51Silver
22SimranAthleticsWomen's 100m-T12Silver
23Ajay KumarAthleticsMen's 400m-T64Silver
24Yogesh KathuniyaAthleticsMen's Discus Throw-F54/55/56Silver
25Ravi RongaliAthleticsMen's Shot Put-F40Silver
26PramodAthleticsMen's 1500m-T46Silver
27PoojaAthleticsWomen's Discus Throw-F54/55Silver
28Soman RanaAthleticsMen's Shot Put-F57Silver
29RinkuAthleticsMen's Javelin Throw Throw-F46Silver
30Lalitha KillakaAthleticsWomen's 1500m-T11Silver
31Sharath MakanahalliAthleticsMen's 1500m-T13Silver
32Bhagyashri Jadhav MadhavraoAthleticsWomen's Shot Put-F34Silver
33Monu GhangasAthleticsMen's Discus Throw-F11Silver
34SimranAthleticsWomen's 200m-T12Silver
35Pradeep KumarAthleticsMen's Javelin Throw-F54Silver
36Monu GhangasAthleticsMen's Shot Put-F11Bronze
37Amit KumarAthleticsMen's Club Throw-F51Bronze
38Unni RenuAthleticsMen's High Jump-T64Bronze
39Ekta BhyanAthleticsWomen's Club Throw-F32/51Bronze
40MuthurajaAthleticsMen's Discus Throw-F54/55/56Bronze
41Rakesh BhairaAthleticsMen's 1500m-T46Bronze
42Pushpendra SinghAthleticsMen's Javelin Throw Throw-F64Bronze
43Narayan ThakurAthleticsMen's 200m-T35Bronze
44Shreyansh TrivediAthleticsMen's 200m-T37Bronze
45Hokato Sema HotozheAthleticsMen's Shot Put-F57Bronze
46Ajeet SinghAthleticsMen's Javelin Throw Throw-F46Bronze
47Balwant Singh RawatAthleticsMen's 1500m-T13Bronze
48Narayan ThakurAthleticsMen's 100m-T35Bronze
49Rohit KumarAthleticsMen's Shot Put-F46Bronze
50Shreyansh TrivediAthleticsMen's 100m-T37Bronze
51ManuAthleticsMen's Shot Put-F37Bronze
52LaxitAthleticsMen's Javelin Throw-F54Bronze
53LakshmiAthleticsWomen's Discus Throw-F37/38Bronze
54Tek ChandAthleticsMen's Javelin Throw Throw-F55Bronze
55PoojaAthleticsWomen's 1500m-T20Bronze
56Avani LekharaShootingWomen's 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1Gold
57Sidhartha BabuShootingR6 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1Gold
58Rudransh KhandelwalShootingMixed 50m Pistol SH1Silver
59Rudransh KhandelwalShootingMen's 10m Air Pistol SH1Silver
60Manish NarwalShootingMen's 10m Air Pistol SH1Bronze
61Rubina FrancisShootingWomen's 10m Air Pistol SH1Bronze
62Prachi YadavCanoeWomen's KL2Gold
63Prachi YadavCanoeWomen's VL2Silver
64Manish KauravCanoeMen's KL3Bronze
65Gajendra SinghCanoeMen's VL2Bronze
66Satish Inani DarpanChessMen's Individual Rapid VI-B1Gold
67Satish Inani Darpan/ Kumar Pradhan Soundarya/ Ashwinbhai Kanchanbhai MakwanaChessMen's Team Rapid VI-B1Gold
68Kumar Pradhan SoundaryaChessMen's Individual Rapid VI-B1Silver
69Himanshi Bhaveshkumar RathiChessWomen's Individual Standard VI-B1Bronze
70Ashwinbhai Kanchanbhai MakwanaChessMen's Individual Rapid VI-B1Bronze
71Kishan GangolliChessMen's Individual Rapid VI-B2/B3Bronze
72Aryan Joshi/Somendra/Kishan GangolliChessMen's Team Rapid VI-B2/B3Bronze
73Vruthi Saganlal Jain/ Himanshi Bhaveshkumar Rathi/ Sanskruti Vikas MoreChessWomen's Team Rapid VI-B1Bronze
74Kapil ParmarJudoMen -60kg J1Silver
75KokilaJudoWomen -48kg J2Bronze
76Anita/Konganapalle NarayanaRowingPR3 Mixed Double Sculls - PR3 Mix2xSilver
77ArunaTaekwondoWomen's K44 -47kgBronze
78Zainab KhatoonPowerliftingWomen's -61kgSilver
79Kumari RajPowerliftingWomen's -61kgBronze
80AshokPowerliftingMen's -65kgBronze
81Sheetal Devi / Rakesh KumarArcheryMixed Team Compound - OpenGold
82Sheetal DeviArcheryWomen's Individual Compound - OpenGold
83Team India (Sheetal Devi/ Sarita Devi)ArcheryWomen's Doubles Compound - OpenSilver
84Team India (Rakesh Kumar/ Suraj Singh)ArcheryMen's Doubles Compound - OpenSilver
85Rakesh KumarArcheryMen's Individual Compound - OpenSilver
86Team India (Harvinder Singh/ Sahil)ArcheryMen's Doubles Recurve - OpenBronze
87Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari / Naveen DalalArcheryMen’s Doubles – W1 OpenBronze
88Pramod BhagatBadmintonMen's Singles SL3Gold
89Yathiraj Suhas LalinakereBadmintonMen's Singles SL4Gold
90Nitesh Kumar/TarunBadmintonMen's Doubles SL3-SL4Gold
91Thulasimathi MurugesanBadmintonWomen's Singles SU5Gold
92Nitesh KumarBadmintonMen's Singles SL3Silver
93Krishna NagarBadmintonMen's Singles SH6Silver
94Chirag Baretha/Raj KumarBadmintonMen's Doubles SU5Silver
95Thulasimathi Murugesan/Manasi JoshiBadmintonWomen's Doubles SL3-SU5Silver
96Pramod Bhagat / Manisha RamadassBadmintonMixed Doubles SL3-SU5Bronze
97Manasi JoshiBadmintonWomen's Singles SL3Bronze
98Sivarajan Solaimalai / Nithya Sre Sumathy SivanBadmintonMixed Doubles SH6Bronze
99Nitesh Kumar / Thulasimathi MurugesanBadmintonMixed Doubles SL3-SU5Bronze
100Mandeep KaurBadmintonWomen's Singles SL3Bronze
101Vaishnavi PuneyaniBadmintonWomen's Singles SL4Bronze
102Manisha RamadassBadmintonWomen's Singles SU5Bronze
103Nithya Sre Sumathy SivanBadmintonWomen's Singles SH6Bronze
104Pramod Bhagat / Sukant Indukant KadamBadmintonMen's Doubles SL3-SL4Bronze
105Sukant Indukant KadamBadmintonMen's Singles SL4Bronze
106Krishna Nagar / Sivarajan SolaimalaiBadmintonMen's Doubles SH6Bronze
107Mandeep Kaur / Manisha RamadassBadmintonWomen's Doubles SL3-SU5Bronze
108Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan / Rachana Shaileshkumar PatelBadmintonWomen's Doubles SH6Bronze
109Suyash Narayan JadhavSwimmingMen's 50m Butterfly-S7Bronze
110Bhavina PatelTable TennisWomen's Singles - Class 4Bronze
111Sandeep DangiTable TennisMen's Singles - Class 1Bronze
Medals by sport for India:
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics18172055
Badminton441321
Archery2327
Shooting2226
Chess2158
Paracanoe1124
Powerlifting0123
Judo0112
Rowing0101
Table tennis0022
Swimming0011
Taekwondo0011
Total293151111
India's performance in previous editions of Asian Para Games:
YearCityPositionMedals
2010Guangzhou, China15th14
2014Jakarta, Indonesia15th33
2018Incheon, South Korea9th72
History of Asian Para Games:
  • Before the inception of the Asian Para Games, there was the FESPIC Games, which included athletes from the Asia Pacific region. The FESPIC Games debuted in 1975 in Oita, Japan, with the participation of 18 nations. Over the years, eight more editions of the FESPIC Games were held until 2006.
  • The Asian Para Games superseded the FESPIC Games, leading to the dissolution of the FESPIC Federation, which governed these games. It merged with the Asian Paralympic Council, which was subsequently renamed the Asian Paralympic Committee. This significant transition occurred following the final edition of the FESPIC Games held in November 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  • The inaugural Asian Para Games occurred in 2010 in Guangzhou, China, marking the first multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities in the Asian region.
Source: Asian Para Games, PIB & News Reports
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