The 2014 Asian Games, a multi-sport event celebrated in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 – October 4, 2014, with 439 events in 36 sports and disciplines featured in the Games . China dominated the continental sporting extravaganza winning 342 medals including 151 golds, 108 silver and 83 bronze. India finished eighth in the medal standings with 57 medals including 11 gold, 10 silver and 36 bronze. The 2018 Asian Games will be the 18th staging of the regional, multi-sport event to be hosted by Indonesia, with the capital city of Jakarta will be the main host. Medal table Rank Nation 1 China 2 South Korea 3 Japan 4 Kazakhstan 5 Iran 6 Thailand 7 North Korea 8 India (IND) 9 Chinese Taipei 10 Qatar (QAT) The following are the Indian medalists at the end of the 17th Asian Game Gold Medal Winners Jitu Rai: Mens 50 metre pistol shooting Sandeep Kumar, Rajat Chauhan, Abhishek Verma: Mens compound team archery Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar, Kumar Kush: Mens team squash Yogeshwar Dutt: Mens freestyle 65 kg wrestling Seema Punia: Womens discus throw athletics Sania Mirza, Saketh Myneni: Mixed doubles tennis M.C. Mary Kom: Womens 48-51 kg boxing Indian team: Mens hockey Priyanka Panwar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur, M. Poovamma: Womens 4X400m relay athletics Indian team: Womens kabaddi Indian team: Mens kabaddi
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:55:12 +0000