Asian Games 2014: Athletics Schedule for Indians

India has won 70 Gold medals 73 silver medals and 76 Bronze medals in earlier Asian Games. In 2014, Indian athletes are participating in Road events, Track events, Field events and Heptathlon. For Men’s, 26 athletes are participating in 16 events. For Women’s 34 athletes are participating in 19 events. Indians won 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 8 Bronze in 2014 to take Athletics tally of Asian games to 72 Gold, 78 Silver and 84 Bronze medals.

Overall Schedule
Schedule of Indians for Other Sports in Asian Games: Archery, Boxing, Football, Golf, Handball, Hockey, Kabaddi, Rugby, Shooting, Tennis, Volleyball, Weightlifting, Wrestling
Indian Contingent

Mayookha Johny, M A Prajusha, O P Jaisha and Preeja Sreedharan participating in two individual events.

Indian Men’s Athlete: 26 athletes in 16 events
Track Events: 8 events and 14 athletes

400 m: Kunhu Mohammed and Arokia Rajiv
800 m Sajeesh Joseph
5000 m Kheta Ram and Suresh Kumar Patel
10000 m Rahul Kumar Pal
3000m Steeplechase: Naveen Kumar
110m Hurdle: Siddhanth Thingalaya
400m Hurdle: Jithin Paul and Joseph Abraham
4x400m Relay: Kunhu Muhammed, Arokia Rajiv, Jibin Sebastian, K J Arun, Jithu Baby, Sandeep

Field Events: 8 athletes in 6 events

High Jump: Nikhil Chittarasu
Triple Jump: Arpinder Singh and Renjith Maheswary
Shot Put: Inderjit Singh and Om Prakash Karhana
Discus Throw: Vikas Gowda
Hammer Throw: Chandrodaya Narayan Singh
Javelin Throw: Rajinder Singh

Road Events: 4 athletes in 2 events

20Km Walk: Irfan Kolothum Thodi and K Ganapathy
50Km Walk: Sandeep Kumar and Basant Bahadur Ran

Women Athletes: 34 athletes in 19 events
Track Events: 24 athletes in 11 events

100 m: Sharadha Narayanan
200 m: Asha Roy and Srabani Nanda
400 m: M. R. Poovamma
800 m: Tintu Luka and Sushma Devi
1500 m: O P Jaisha and Sini A Markose
5000 m: O P Jaisha and Preeja Sreedharan
10000 m: Preeja Sreedharan
3000m Steeplechase: Lalita Babbar and Sudha Singh
400m Hurdle: Ashwini Akkunji
4x100m Relay: Sarbani Nanda, Asha Roy, Merlin K Joseph, Sini S, Shantini V, H M Jyothi
4x400m Relay: M. R. Poovamma, Priyanka Panwar, Debashree Majumdar,
Mandeep Kaur, Ashwini Akkunji, Arya C

Field Events: 7 athletes in 6 events

High Jump: Sahana Kumari
Long Jump: M A Prajusha and Mayookha Johny
Triple Jump: M A Prajusha and Mayookha Johny
Discus Throw: Seema Punia and Krishna Poonia
Hammer Throw: Manju Bala
Javelin Throw: Annu Rani

Road Events

20Km Walk: Khushbir Kaur

Heptathlon: 2 athletes

Sushmita Singha Roy and Swapana Barman
Heptathlon includes the following events: 100 m hurdles, High jump, Shot put, 200 m, Long jump, Javelin throw, 800 m