India’s best performance has come up in Men’s Shot put where they have won 19 medals that includes 9 Gold medals. Starting from 1951 Asian Games with a Gold till the Gold of 2018 Asian Games, Indians have two athletes winning two Gold medals and also 3 medals each. In Hammer throw, athletes are yet to win a Gold for India. Women’s had to face tough challenge as in Hammer throw and Shot put they have won just a medal each. Check complete list of Indian medal winners in Shot put and Hammer throw 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
Men’s Hammer Throw: 2 Silver, 2 Bronze
- 1951 Silver Somnath Chopra
1951 BRONZE Kishen Singh
1966 BRONZE Praveen Kumar
1974 Silver Nirmal Singh
Women’s Hammer Throw
2014 Silver Manju Bala
Men’s Shot put: 9 Gold, 3 Silver, 7 Bronze
- 1951 Gold Madan Lal
1954 Gold Parduman Singh Brar
1954 BRONZE Ishar Singh
1958 Gold Parduman Singh Brar
1962 Silver Dinshaw Irani
1962 BRONZE Joginder Singh
1966 Gold Joginder Singh
1970 Gold Joginder Singh
1974 Silver Bahadur Singh Chouhan
1974 BRONZE Jagraj Singh Mann
1978 Gold Bahadur Singh Chouhan
1982 Gold Bahadur Singh Chouhan
1982 BRONZE Balwinder Singh
1990 BRONZE S. D. Eashan
1998 Gold Bahadur Singh Sagoo
1998 Silver Shakti Singh
2002 BRONZE Shakti Singh
2014 Bronze Inderjeet Singh
2018 Gold Tajinderpal Singh Toor
Women’s Shot put
1951 BRONZE Barbara Webster
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