With 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 5 Bronze medals Indians are placed 5th at Archery Medal tally of Asian Games. Starting from 1978, most of the editions have seen dominance of South Korea, to whom Indians lost two finals in 2018 Asian Games. After winning first medal in 2006 Asian Games, Indians have been on the medal tally in every edition winning Gold in team event of 2014 Asian Games. While Team event has provided most of the medals, three medals were won in Individual event. Surprisingly, India’s previous World No. 1 Deepika Kumari does not feature as medal winner of Asian Games even in Team events. Check the list of medal winners from India in Archery at Asian Games.
Indian History at Every Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
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
Indian Medals in Athletics:
- Field: Discus Throw, Javelin Throw
Track: 800m, 1500m
Combined Events Winners: Pentahlon, Heptathlon, Decathlon
Medal Winners by Edition
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2006 Bronze Men’s Team recurve (Mangal Singh Champia, Tarundeep Rai, Jayanta Talukdar, Vishwas)
2010 Silver Tarundeep Rai Men’s Individual recurve
2010 Bronze Men’s Team recurve (Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia, Jayanta Talukdar)
2010 Bronze Women’s Team recurve (Dola Banerjee, Rimil Buriuly, Deepika Kumari)
2014 Silver Abhishek Verma Men’s Individual compound
2014 Bronze Trisha Deb Women’s Individual compound
2014 Gold Men’s Team Compound (Rajat Chauhan, Sandeep Kumar, Abhishek Verma)
2014 Bronze Women’s Team Compound (Trisha Deb, Purvasha Shende, Jyothi Surekha Vennam)
2018 Silver Men’s Team Compound (Abhishek Verma, Aman Saini, Rajat Chauhan)
2018 Silver Women’s Team Compound (Madhumita Kumari, Muskan Kirar, Jyothi Surekha Vennam)
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