At Guangzhou, Asian Games, Indians won 65 medals to finish 6th. Indian athletes won 14 Gold, 17 Silver and 34 Bronze medals. Pankaj Advani retained his title. Indians retained Tennis Men’s Doubles title. Archer’s won their first medal. Check participation and results of Indian Contingent at 2010 Asian Games.
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
Asian Games 2010 Statistics
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Nations: 45
Sports: 42 (Cricket, Dancesport, Dragon boat, Roller sports made debut)
Events: 476
Competitors: 9704
Winner: China
India: 6th
Indian Contingent: 387
Medals: 1577 medals (477 gold, 479 silver and 621 bronze)
Countries Winning Medals: 36
Archery
8-member squad won one silver and two Bronze medals to finish third.
Athletics
65-member squad won 12 medals with 5 Gold, 2 Silver and 5 Bronze to finish second behind hosts, China.
Badminton
17-member Indian Squad participated.
Basketball
Indian Men’s team finished 11th winning one losing 5 matches. Indian Women’s team lost all three matches.
Beach Volleyball
4-member squad participated. Teams of Jameeluddin Mohammed – Ravinder Reddy Sara and Kasi Viswanatha Raju – Kiran Kumar Reddy won 1 match and lost two matches.
Bowling
10-member squad participated.
Boxing
13-member Indian squad won 9 medals that included 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze medals to finish 2nd.
Canoeing
12-member squad participated.
Chess
10-member squad won 2 Bronze medals
Cue Sports
With a gold, a silver and two Bronze medals, 17-member Indian squad finished 4th.
Cycling
14-member squad participated.
Equestrian
1-member participated.
Fencing
19-member team participated.
Hockey
Indian Men’s team won Bronze while Women’s team finished 4th.
Men’s Squad
Bharat Chettri, Bharat Chikara, Danish Mujtaba, Sandeep Singh, Arjun Halappa, Prabodh Tirkey, Dhananjay Mahadik, Sardara Singh, Dharamvir Singh, Ravi Pal, Sarvanjit Singh, Shivendra Singh, Gurbaj Singh, Tushar Khandker, Rajpal Singh, Vikram Pillay
Men’s Squad:
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
Results
At Group Stage, Indians won all including the match against Pakistan but lost to Malaysia in extra time of semifinals.
Def Hong Kong 7-0
Def Bangladesh 9-0
Def Pakistan 3-2
Def Japan 2-3
SF: Lost to Malaysia 3-4
Bronze: Def South Korea 1-0
Women’s Squad
Dipika Murthy, Binita Toppo, Thokchom Chanchan Devi, Surinder Kaur, Poonam Rani, Yogita Bali, Ritu Rani, Deepika Thakur, Jasjeet Kaur Handa, Mukta Prava Barla, Rosalind Ralte, Saba Anjum Karim, Joydeep Kaur, Kirandeep Kaur, Rani Rampal, Subhadra Pradhan
Results
At Group, Indians lost 3 and won 3 and in Bronze medal match lost to Japan.
Def Malaysia 4-0
Lost to Japan 0-3
Lost to South Korea 0-1
Def Thailand 10-0
Def Kazakhstan 6-0
Lost to China 0-2
Bronze Medal: Lost to Japan 1-0
Football
Indians finished 14th with 1 win and 3 losses.
Golf
7-member Indian squad won Silver in Men’s team.
Gymnastics
9-member team won first Asian Games medal as Ashish created Indian history.
Handball
Indian Men won 2 and lost 4 to finish 9th. Indian Women lost all 4 to finish 8th.
Judo
8-member team participated.
Kabaddi
Men’s Team won 6th consecutive Gold medal while Women also joined with a Gold medal as Women’s event was introduced for the first time at Asian Games.
Men’s Squad: Jasmer Singh, Samarjeet, Anup Kumar, Jeeva Kumar, Manjit Chillar, Sonu Narwal, Rakesh Kumar, Jasmer, Navneet Gautam, Kaptan Singh, Nitin Ghule, Jagdeep Singh
Indians won all 4 matches
- Def Iran 40-24
Def South Korea 37-19
Semifinals: Def Japan 52-17
Gold medal match: def Iran 37-20
Women’s Squad
Snehal Sampat Salunkhe, Kavita Devi, V. Tejeswini Bai, Sanahanbi Devi, Pooja Sharma, Kavitha Selvaraj, Manisha, Deepika Henry Joseph, Shermi Ulahannan, Mamatha Poojary, Kalyani Marella, Smita Kumari
Results
Def Bangladesh 34-20
Def Nepal through Walkover
Def South Korea 47-21
Semifinals: Def Iran 23-22
Final: Def Thailand 28-14
Karate
8-member squad participated.
Roller sports
12-member squad won two Bronze medals in the game that made debut in 2010 Asian Games.
Rowing
24-member Indians squad won 1 Gold, 3 silver and a Bronze to finish third.
Sailing
8-member Indian squad won a Silver medal.
Sepak takraw
24-member squad represented India.
Shooting
40-member squad won 1 Gold medal, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze to finish 5th.
Soft Tennis
8-member squad particiapted.
Squash
8-members squad won 3 Bronze medals.
Swimming
9-member squad won a Bronze.
Table Tennis
10-member squad participated.
Taekwondo
10-member squad participated.
Tennis
9-member squad won 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.
Triathlon
2-member team participated.
Volleyball
Indian Men’s team finished 6th with 5 wins and 3 losses.
Indian Women’s team finished 9th with 2 wins and 4 losses.
Water polo
Indian Women lost all three matches.
Weightlifting
12-member team participated.
Wrestling
17-member squad won 3 Bronze medals to finish 11th.
Wushu
10-member squad won a Silver and a Bronze at Asian Games.
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