At Doha Asian Games, Indians won 53 medals to finish 8th. Indian athletes won 10 Gold, 17 Silver and 26 Bronze medals. Indians won maximum medals in Shooting and swept both events of Chess. Two gold medals each were won by Koneru Humpy in Chess and Leander Paes in Tennis. Paes and Bhupathi retained Men’s Doubles title.
Indian History at Every Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
Indian Medal Winners at Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2014
Indian Performance at Asian Games in Different Sports
Asian Games 2006 Statistics
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Nations: 45
Sports: 39 (Triathlon, Chess made debut)
Events: 424
Competitors: 9520
Winner: China
India: 8th
Indian Contingent: 387
Medals: 1393 medals (428 gold, 423 silver and 542 bronze)
Countries Winning Medals: 38
Archery
Indians won first Asian Games medal as 8-member squad won Men’s team bronze.
Athletics
31-member squad won 9 medals with one Gold in Women’s 4 × 400 m relay. Men’s squad won only one silver as Indians finished 8th with 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 4 Bronze.
Badminton
10-member Indian Squad participated.
Basketball
Indian Men’s team finished 17th losing both matches at Group A against Macau and Bahrain.
Beach Volleyball
4-member squad participated. Pradeep John – Mohan Poothathan won 2 and lost 2 to finish joint 9th while Jameeluddin Mohammed – Shashidhar Tilkam finished joint 13th winning 1 and losing 2.
Bowling
12-member squad participated.
Boxing
10-member Indian squad finished 10th with 2 Bronze medals.
Canoeing
6-member squad participated.
Chess
Introduced for the first time at Asian Games, Indians won 2 of the 3 events. 3 players participated from India.
Cue Sports
With a gold, a silver and two Bronze medals, 17-member Indian squad finished 5th.
Equestrian
4-member team returned with a Bronze in Team eventing.
Fencing
4-member team participated.
Hockey
Indian Men’s team did not win any medal for the first time, finishing 5th with 4 wins, a draw and a loss.
Indian Women’s team won Bronze medal with 4 wins and 3 losses.
Men’s Squad:
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Bharat Chettri, Dilip Tirkey, Harpal Singh, V. R. Raghunath, V. S. Vinaya, Arjun Halappa, Adrian D’Souza, Gurbaj Singh, Ignace Tirkey, Ajmer Singh, Rajpal Singh, Tushar Khandekar, Shivendra Singh, Tejbir Singh, Hari Prasad, Adam Sinclair
Men’s Results
In Pool B, Indians finished third winning 2 out of 4. In Classification, Indian Men finished 5th.
Results at Pool
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def Bangladesh 6-0
Lost to China 2-3
Def Oman 9-0
drew South Korea 1-1
Results at Classification
def Chinese Taipei 12-1
def Malaysia 4-0
Indian Women Squad
Dipika Murthy, Suman Bala, Rajwinder Kaur, Asunta Lakra, Binita Xess, Surinder Kaur, Mamta Kharab, Marita Tirkey, Joydeep Kaur, Ritu Rani, Jasjeet Kaur Handa, Jyoti Sunita Kullu, Pushpa Pradhan, Saba Anjum Karim, Binita Toppo, Subhadra Pradhan
Results
At Group, they lost three and won 3 to finish 4th. In Bronze medal match they defeated South Korea
Def Chinese Taipei 7-0
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Lost to China 1-3
Def Malaysia 4-2
def Hong Kong 7-0
Lost to Japan 0-2
Def South Korea 2-3
Bronze Medal: Def South Korea 1-0
Football
Indians finished 14th with 1 win, 1 loss and a draw.
Golf
7-member Indian squad won Silver in Men’s team.
Gymnastics
6-member team participated.
Handball
Indian Men won 1 and lost 4 to finish 12th. Indian Women lost 4 to finish 8th.
Judo
6-member team participated.
Kabaddi
Men’s Team won Gold medal.
Squad
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Navneet Gautam, Vikash Kumar, Suresh Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Manpreet Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Sukhvir Singh, Naveen Kumar, Gaurav Shetty, Pankaj Shirsat, Rajeev Kumar Singh
Indians won all 4 matches scoring 153 points, conceding 83 points and having points difference of +70.
- Def Bangladesh 40-21
Def Pakistan 31-20
Def Iran 38-17
Def Japan 44-25
Gold medal match: def Pakistan 35-23
Rowing
12-member Indians squad won 2 silver and a Bronze to finish 5th.
Sailing
9-member Indian squad won a Silver and a Bronze medal.
Sepak takraw
24-member squad represented India.
Shooting
33-member squad of Indians won 3 Gold medals, 5 Silver and 6 Bronze to finish 4th.
Squash
3-members squad of Indians won a Bronze in Men’s Singles.
Swimming
5-member squad participated.
Table Tennis
10-member squad participated.
Taekwondo
6-member squad participated.
Tennis
10-member squad of Indians topped with 2 Gold and 2 Silver medals.
Triathlon
2-member team participated.
Volleyball
Indian Men’s team finished 9th with 3 wins and a loss.
Wrestling
18-member squad won 1 Silver and 5 Bronze medals to finish 7th.
Wushu
7-member squad won first medal at Asian Games. M. Bimoljit Singh in Men’s sanda 60 Kg won Bronze medal.
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