q The 2018 Asian Games officially known as the 18th Asian Games and also
known as Jakarta-Palembang 2018.
qFor the first time, the Asian Games are being co-hosted in two cities; the
Indonesian capital of Jakarta (which is hosting the Games for the first time
since 1962), and Palembang, the capital of the South Sumatra province.
qThe opening and closing ceremonies of the Games was being held at Gelora
Bung Karno Main Stadium in Jakarta.
qThe games was officially opened by the President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo
q For the first time, eSports and canoe polo was contested as demonstration
sports.
q eSports is expected to be a medal event at the 2022 Asian Games
q Hanoi, Vietnam was originally selected to host the games. They withdraw
citing economic recession.
q Asian Games 2014 was held in Incheon, South Korea
q Asian Games 2022 will be held in Hangzhou, China
Official songs
On 13 July 2018, the Indonesian Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC) released
an official music album of the 2018 Asian Games titled Asian Games 2018: Energy of Asia.
The album consists of 13 songs involves several cross-genre musical artists.
The torch relay began at the Major Dhyan Chand National
Stadium in New Delhi, host of the 1st Asian Games, on 15 July 2018.
On 18 July 2018, a ceremony took place in Brahma field by the 9th
century Hindu temple of Prambanan near Yogyakarta, where the torch's
flame from India were fused together with an Indonesian natural eternal
flame taken from Mrapen, Central Java.
The relay travelled through 54 cities in 18 provinces in Indonesia, including
host cities. The relay covered a total distance of 18,000 kilometres
(11,000 mi).
The relay finished on 17 August, the 73rd anniversary of the Proclamation of
Indonesian Independence in the National Monument, Jakarta before being
carried into the opening ceremony at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium the next
day.
The organizers of the 2018 Asian Games have produced three unique mascots,
who represent the Indonesian heritage. The mascots also represent the
different Indonesian region.
Mascots :
1) Bhin-Bhin
The first mascot of the 2018 Asian
Games is a Bird-of-Paradise.
The bird is usually found in the Eastern
regions of Indonesia and is thus
adorned with an Asmat Motif.
The Bird Bhin-Bhin is from the Papuan
region and symbolizes strategy and
tactics.
2) Atung
The Bawean Deer, as the name
suggests, is from the Bawean region
of Indonesia.
Atung wears a batik parang sarong
from Central Indonesian Region,
which symbolizes speed and a 'never
give up' spirit.
3) KaKa
The third and final mascot of the 2018 Asian
Games is the Javan Rhinoceros, Kaka.
Originally named Ika, the rhinoceros wears a
flower motif from Palembang's Songket Scraf.
The Javan Rhinoceros is an endangered
species, and the organizers are hoping for
spreading the message through the mascot.
His hometown is Ujung Kulon and he
represents power.
• Nations participated : 45
• Athletes participating : 11,720
• Events : 462 in 40 sports
• Torch lighter : Susi Susanti (Lucia Francisca
Susy Susanti is a retired Indonesian
badminton player)
1) Pencak Silat - Pencak-silat is an Indonesian form of martial arts.
2) Jujutsu - Not to be confused with Judo, Jujutsu is a Japanese form of martial
arts which will feature as a medal discipline in Jakarta and Palembang. It relies
heavily on tactics and strategy.
3) Sambo - Also known as Samozashchita Bez Oruzhiya (or self-defence), this is
yet another form of martial arts that found it’s origin in Russia
4) Paragliding 9) Kurash
5) Rock Climbing 10) Basketball (3×3)
6) Rollersports
7) Jet skiing
8) Contract Bridge
Neeraj Chopra was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony
Competitors : 572 in 36 sports
Flag bearer - Closing: Rani Rampal
India Ranked 8Th in Medal Tally
Gold – 15
Silver – 24
Bronze - 30
Total - 69
Bajrang Punia
Won – Wrestling
( Men's freestyle 65 kg )
Born – Jhajjar, Haryana
Vinesh Phogat
Won : Women's
Freestyle 50 kg
Born : Bhiwani, Haryana
Became the first Indian woman
wrestler to win a gold medal at
the Games.
Saurabh Chaudhary
Won : Men's 10 metre air pistol
Born : Kalina village , Meerut , Uttar
Pradesh
India’s youngest ever (16 years) Asian
Games gold medal winner
Rahi Sarnobat
Won : Women’s 25m Air Pistol
State : Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Rahi Sarnobat became the first
Indian woman shooter to win gold
at the Asian Game
Sawarn Singh, Dattu Bhokanal, Om Prakash and
Sukhmeet Singh
Won : Rowing :
Men's quadruple
sculls
Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan
Won : Lawn Tennis : Men's
doubles
Rohan Bopanna : Bengaluru
Divij Sharan: New Delhi
Tajinderpal Singh Toor
Won: Men's shot put
Born: Khosa Pando village in Moga
district, Punjab.
He threw the iron ball to 20.75m to win
the gold and set a national record as
well. He bettered the six-year-old record
of 20.69m in the name of Om Prakash
Karhana
Toor's effort was also an Asian Games
record
Neeraj Chopra
Won: Men's javelin throw
Born : Panipat,Haryana
Chopra's gold is India's only second
medal in javelin throw in Asian Games
history after Gurtej Singh won a bronze
in 1982 in New Delhi.
Arpinder Singh
Won: Athletics : Men's triple jump
Born : Amritsar, Punjab
Arpinder Singh clinched India's first
men's triple jump gold in 48 years with
a jump of 16.77m in the Asian Game
Manjit Singh
Won : Men's 800 metres
Born : Haryana
India’s last gold in men’s 800m
was won by Charles Borromeo in
1982 Asian Games
Swapna Barman
Won : Women's heptathlon
Born : Jalpaiguri, West Bengal
She has six toes in both her feet
Swapna's triumph in the women's
heptathlon is the first-ever gold for India in
the event at the Asiad. Swapna posted a
score of 6026 points
Jinson Johnson
Won : Men's 1500 metres
Born : Kozhikode, Kerala
Johnson earlier won a silver in
the 800m event.
Hima Das, MR Poovamma, Saritaben Gayakwad and VK Vismaya
Won : Women’s
4×400 relay
Amit Panghal
Won : Boxing : Light flyweight (49 kg)
Born : Mayna village of Rohtak
district, Haryana
Amit Panghal defeated 2016 Olympic
champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of
Uzbekistan
Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar
Won : Bridge : Men's pair
The sport of bridge has been
introduced for the first time in
the Asian Games.
Deepak Kumar
Won : Shooting : Men's 10
metre air rifle
Born : Delhi
Lakshay Sheoran
Won : Shooting : Men's trap event
Born : Jind, Haryana
Sanjeev Rajput
Won : Shooting : Men's 50 metre
rifle three positions
State : Haryana
Shardul Vihan
State : Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
He won the silver medal at the 2018
Asian Games in Men’s Double Trap
(shooting) just at the age of 15.
India women's national kabaddi team
Won : Kabaddi Women's kabaddi
Iran won the gold.
Fouaad Mirza
Won : Equestrian Individual eventing
State : Bangalore, Karnataka
Fouaad Mirza gives India individual equestrian
silver in Asiad after 36 years
The last individual medal in eventing came in 1982
when Raghubir Singh finished on the podium in the
Indian capital
Fouaad Mirza, Rakesh Kumar, Ashish Malik, Jitender Singh
Won : Equestrian Team eventing
Hima Das
Won : Athletics : Women's 400
metres
Born : Dhing, Nagaon, Assam,
Muhammed Anas
Won : Athletics : Men's
400 metres
Born : Nilamel, Kerala
Hassan Abdalelah of Qatar,
who won the gold medal.
Dutee Chand
Won : Athletics Women's 100 metres
Women's 200 metres
Born : Jajpur, Odisha
Dharun Ayyasamy
Won : Men's 400 metres hurdles
Born : Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu
It is India’s first medal in the event
since Joseph Abraham won a gold in
2010.
Sudha Singh
Won : Athletics : Women's 3000
metres steeplechase
Born : Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh
The 32-year-old Sudha won a gold
medal when women’s 3000m
steeplechase was introduced in the
Asian Games in 2010.
Neena Varakil
Won : Athletics : Women's long
jump
Born : Meppayur, Calicut
Muskan Kirar, Madhumita Kumari, Jyothi Surekha
Vennam
Won : Archery : Women's team
compound
Abhishek Verma,Rajat Chauhan, Aman Saini
Won : Archery:
Men's team
compound
P V Sindhu
Won : Badminton : Women's singles
State : Hyderabad, Telangana
PV Sindhu created history by becoming the
first Indian shuttler to reach the women’s
singles final at the Asian Games
Pincky Balhara
Won : Kurash : Women's 52 kg
Kurash, a sport being played for
the first time in Asian Games
She lost to Uzbekistan's Gulnor
Sulaymanova
Rajiv Arokia,Muhammed Anas, Hima Das, M. R.
Poovamma
Won : Athletics : Mixed 4 x 400
metres relay
This was the first time ever that
the Mixed Relay 4X400 m event
was being contested at the Asian
Games.
Dharun Ayyasamy, Kunhu Mohammed, Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed Anas
Won : Athletics : Men's
4 x 400 m relay
Sweta Shervegar and Varsha Gautham
Won : Sailing -
49er FX women
India women's national field hockey
team
Won : Field Hockey : Women's
tournament
With the silver medal, India
women’s hockey team’s wait for a
gold medal at Asian Games
continues with the last top prize
coming in 1982 in New Delhi
Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa,Tanvi Khanna, Sunayna Kuruvilla
Won : Squash
Women's team
Player Sports
Ravi Kumar 10 metre air rifle mixed
Shooting
Apurvi Chandela team
Abhishek Verma Shooting Men's 10 metre air pistol
Divya Kakran Wrestling Women's freestyle 68 kg
Roshibina Naorem Wushu Women's sanda 60 kg
Wushu Men's sanda 56 kg
Santhosh Kumar
Surya Bhanu Pratap Wushu Men's sanda 60 kg
Singh
Narender Grewal Wushu Men's sanda 65 kg
India men's national sepak takraw team
Won : Sepak takraw : Men's team regu
India secured a bronze medal in the men's
team regu event which since the debut of the
sport in the was the country's first medal
in sepak takraw 1990 Asian Games
Sepak takraw is a volleyball-style sport in
which players use their feet, head, knees and
chest to hit the ball across the net. They are
not allowed to use their hands
Ankita Raina
Won : Lawn tennis : Women's singles
State : Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Raina became India’s second women’s
singles medallist at the Games after
Sania Mirza, who had won a silver in
Doha (2006) and Guangzhou (2010).
Players Sports
India men's national
Kabaddi Men's kabaddi
kabaddi team
Men's lightweight
Rohit Kumar Rowing
double sculls
Bhagwan Singh
Women's 10 metre air
Shooting
Heena Sidhu pistol
Athletics
Seema Punia Women's discus throw
Harshita Tomar Sailing Open Laser 4.7
Athletics Women's 1500 metres
PU Chitra
Varun Thakkar
Sailing 49er men
Ganapathy Chengappa
Dushyant Chauhan
Won : Rowing :Men's lightweight single
sculls
State : Haryana
Dushyant Chauhan won India its first
medal in rowing at the ongoing 18th
Asian Games
Malaprabha Jadhav
Another medal from Kurash!
Malaprabha Jadhav brings the
second medal in Kurash by winning
a BRONZE medal in the women’s
Kurash 52 kg event.
State : Karnataka
Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika Batra
Achanta Sharath Kamal and Manika
Batra continued their splendid form in
2018 by becoming the first Indian pair
in history to medal in the table tennis
mixed doubles event at the Asian
Games in Jakarta
Saina Nehwal
State: Hisar, Haryana
This is the first time that an Indian
woman shuttler has claimed a singles
medal at the Asian Games and it was
also the first singles medals in
badminton after the 1982 Asiad
when Syed Modi won the bronze.
Players Sports
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Achanta Sharath Kamal
Anthony Amalraj
Harmeet Desai Table tennis Men's team
Manav Thakkar
Saurav Ghosal
Harinder Pal Sandhu
Squash Men's team
Ramit Tandon
Mahesh Mangaonkar
Vikas Krishan Yadav Boxing Middleweight (75 kg)
India men's national field
Field hockey Men's tournament
hockey team
Dipika Pallikal Squash Women's singles
Joshna Chinappa Squash Women's singles
Saurav Ghosal Men's singles
Squash
q The 18th Asian Games come to a close , with India achieving its best ever tally
of 69 medals and equaling its best gold medal haul of 15 after 67 years. Last
time India won 15 Gold Medals in first Asian Games in 1951.
q India with total of 69 medals went beyond their previous best medal tally of
65, achieved in Guangzhou at 2010 Games.
q In Asian Games 2014 : India won 11 Gold medals
qNew Delhi, the national capital of India, has hosted the Asian Games on two
occasions: the inaugural 1951 Asian Games and the 1982 Asian Games
q12-year-old Indonesian athlete becomes youngest Asian Games
medal winner
qIndonesia’s Bunga Nyimas Cinta became the youngest athlete to
win a medal at the Asian Games.
qThe 12-year old secured the bronze medal in women’s
skateboarding competition.
