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Before the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China; the Indian contingent capped off their best performance at the continental showpiece in Jakarta and Palembang in 2018. India won a historic 70 medals across disciplines, which included 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze. This also happens to be the country’s highest gold-medal tally at the Games.
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The performance in 2018 was a massive betterment over the previous best medal tally achieved eight years earlier. Going back to the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Indians took home 65 medals including 14 gold, 17 silver and 34 bronze. Here is how India performed across sporting events and disciplines at the Asian Games 2018:
India's Medal Tally in Asian Games 2018
Indian medalists at the 2018 Asian Games (medal - athlete/team - event):
Bronze - India Men Hockey Men's
Silver - Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Tanvi Khanna - Squash Women's Team Squash
Gold - Pranab Bardhan and Shibnath Dey Sarkar - Bridge Men's Pair Bridge
Gold - Amit Panghal Boxing - Men's Light Fly (49kg)
Silver - India Women Hockey Women's
Bronze - Men's Team Squash Men's Team
Bronze - Varun Thakkar Ashok and Chengappa Ganapathy Kelapanda - Sailing 49er
Bronze - Harshita Tomar - Sailing Mixed Open Laser 4.7
Silver - Varsha Gautham and Sweta Shervegar - Sailing Women's 49er FX
Bronze - Vikas Krishan - Boxing Men's Middle (75kg)
Silver - Team India - Athletics Men's 4x400m Relay
Gold - Team India - Athletics Women's 4x400m Relay
Gold - Jinson Johnson - Athletics Men's 1500m
Bronze - Chitra PU - Athletics Women's 1500m
Bronze - Seema Punia - Athletics Women's Discus Throw
Gold - Swapna Burman - Athletics Women's Heptathlon
Gold - Arpinder Singh - Athletics Men's Triple Jump
Silver - Dutee Chand - Athletics Women's 200m
Bronze - Sharath Kamal/Manika Batra - Table Tennis Mixed doubles
Silver - Team India - Athletics Mixed 4x400m Relay
Silver - Pincky Balhara - Kurash Women's -52 kg
Silver - Jinson Johnson - Athletics Men's 800m
Gold - Manjit Singh - Athletics Men's 800m
Bronze - Malaprabha Yallappa Jadhav - Kurash Women's -52 kg
Bronze - India Men's Team Table Tennis Men's Team Event
Silver - P V Sindhu - Badminton Women's Singles
Silver - India Men's Team Archery Compound Men's Team
Silver - India Women's Team Archery Compound Women's Team
Gold - Neeraj Chopra - Athletics Men's Javelin Throw
Silver - Neena Varakil - Athletics Women's Long Jump
Silver - Sudha Singh - Athletics Women's 00m steeplechase
Silver - Dharun Ayyasamy - Athletics Men's 400m Hurdles
Bronze - Saina Nehwal - Badminton Women's Single
Silver - Dutee Chand - Athletics Women's 100m
Bronze - Team India Bridge Men's Team
Bronze - Team India Bridge Mixed Team
Silver - Muhammed Anas Yahiya - Athletics Men's 400m
Silver - Hima Das - Athletics Women's 400m
Silver - Fouaad Mirza - Equestrian Eventing
Silver - India Team Equestrian Team Eventing
Gold - Tejinderpal Singh Toor - Athletics Men's shotput
Bronze - Saurav Ghosal - Squash Men's Singles
Bronze - Joshna Chinappa - Squash Women's Singles
Bronze - Dipika Pallikal - Squash Women's Singles
Bronze - Prajnesh Gunneswaran - Tennis Men's Singles
Silver - India Women Kabaddi Women's
Bronze - Heena Sidhu - Shooting Women's 10m Air Pistol
Gold - Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan - Tennis Men's Doubles
Gold - India Rowing team Rowing Men's Quadruple Sculls
Bronze - Rohit Kumar and Bhagwan Singh - Rowing Men's Lightweight Double Sculls
Bronze - Dushyant - Rowing Men's Lightweight Sculls
Bronze - India Men Kabaddi Men's
Silver - Shardul Vihan - Shooting Men's Double Trap
Bronze - Ankita Raina - Tennis Women's Singles
Bronze - Narender Grewal Wushu Men's Sanda 65kg
Bronze Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh - Wushu Men's Sanda 60kg
Bronze - Roshibina Devi - Wushu Women's Sanda 60kg
Bronze - Santosh Kumar - Wushu - Men's Sanda 56kg
Gold - Rahi Jeevan Sarnobat - Shooting m Pistol Women
Bronze - Divya Kakran - Wrestling Women's Freestyle 68kg
Bronze - Men's Team Regu Sepaktakraw Team
Silver - Sanjeev Rajput - Shooting Men's 50m Rifle
Gold - Saurabh Chaudhary - Shooting 10m Air Pistol Men
Bronze - Abhishek Verma - Shooting 10m Air Pistol Men
Gold - Vinesh Phogat - Wrestling Women's Freestyle 50kg
Silver - Lakshay Sheoran - Shooting Men's Trap finals
Silver - Deepak Kumar - Shooting 10m Air Rifle Men
Gold - Bajrang Punia - Wrestling Men's Freestyle 65kg
Bronze - Ravi Kumar and Apurvi Chandela - Shooting 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team
