Indian Olympic Association has announced participation of Indian athletes in 28 Sports at the Incheon Asian Games 2014. A contingent of 679 members have been announced. The Indian group includes 516 athletes and 163 coaches. It is much less than the 933 contingent of 609 athletes plus 324 officials sent for the 2010 Asian Games. Indian athletes will not participate in 8 Sports, hence missing the chance for 50 Medal events out of 439 Medal events. The Incheon Asian Games feature all the 28 Sports events that are part of 2016 Olympics.
Overall Schedule
Indian History at Every Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006
Indian Medal Winners at Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
Indian Performance at Asian Games in Different Sports
Participating in 28 Sports out of 36 Sports
India is not participating in the following Sports events:
Baseball (2 Gold), Bowling (12 Gold), Cricket (2 Gold), Fencing (12 Gold), Karate (13 Gold), Modern Pentathlon (4 Gold), Rugby sevens, Triathlon (3 Gold).
India is Participating in the Following events:
- 1. Aquatics (Swimming) – 53 Medal Events
2. Archery – 8 Medal Events
3. Athletics – 47 Medal Events
4. Badminton – 7 Medal Events
5. Basketball – 2 Medal Events
6. Boxing – 13 Medal Events
7. Canoeing and Kayaking – 16 Medal Events
8. Cycling – 18 Medal Events
9. Equestrian – 6 Medal Events
10. Football – 2 Medal Events
11. Golf – 4 Medal Events
12. Gymnastics – 18 Medal Events
13. Handball – 2 Medal Events
14. Hockey – 2 Medal Events
15. Judo – 16 Medal Events
16. Kabaddi – 2 Medal Events
17. Rowing – 14 Medal Events
18. Sailing (Yachting) – 14 Medal Events
19. Sepaktakraw – 6 Medal Events
20. Shooting – 44 Medal Events
21. Squash – 4 Medal Events
22. Taekwondo – 16 Medal Events
23. Table Tennis – 7 Medal Events
24. Tennis – 7 Medal Events
25. Volleyball – 2 Medal Events
26. Weightlifting – 15 Medal Events
27. Wrestling – 20 Medal Events
28. Wushu – 15 Medal Events
In 5 of these 28 Sports events India has not yet won medals at the Asian Games: Basketball, Cycling, Equestrian, Handball, Sepak takraw, Table Tennis.
Sepak takraw was a demonstration game in the 1982 Delhi Asian games, but has not gained much popularity yet. This is the first time that India is sending its team for the events of Sepak takraw.
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