India at the Asian Games
Template:Infobox Asian Games India India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has participated in the Asian Games since their inception in 1951. The Indian Olympic Association, established in 1927, and recognised in the same year by the International Olympic Committee, is the National Olympic Committee for India.[1]
India was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games Federation on 13 February 1949, in New Delhi; the organisation was disbanded on 26 November 1981 and replaced by the Olympic Council of Asia.[2][3]
Membership of Olympic Council of Asia
India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, the governing body of all the sports in Asia, recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the continental association of Asia.[4][5][a] Being a member of South Asian Zone, India also participates in the South Asian Games, sub-regional Games for South Asia.[6]
The OCA organises five major continental-level multi-sport events: the Asian Summer Games (which are commonly known as the Asian Games), Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games, and Asian Youth Games. Before 2009, Indoor and Martial Arts were two separate events for indoor and martial arts sports respectively. However, the OCA has since amalgamated them into a single event, the Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, which will be debuted in 2013 in Incheon, South Korea.[7] As a member of OCA, India is privileged to participate in all these multi-sport events.
Hosted Games
New Delhi, the national capital of India, has hosted the Asian Games on two occasions: the inaugural 1951 Asian Games and the 1982 Asian Games.[8]
Summer Games results
India is one of the only seven countries that have competed in all the editions of the Asian Games. The other six are Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand. India has won at least one gold medal at every Asian Games, and always ranked within the top 10 nations of the medal table except in the 1990 Asian Games.
| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 Asian Games[9] (host) | 2 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 51 |
| 1954 Asian Games[9] | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 1958 Asian Games[9] | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 1962 Asian Games[9] | 3 | 12 | 13 | 27 | 52 |
| 1966 Asian Games[9] | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 1970 Asian Games[9] | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 |
| 1974 Asian Games[9] | 7 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 28 |
| 1978 Asian Games[9] | 6 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 28 |
| 1982 Asian Games[9] (host) | 5 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 57 |
| 1986 Asian Games[9] | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 37 |
| 1990 Asian Games[9] | 12 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 |
| 1994 Asian Games[9] | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 22 |
| 1998 Asian Games[9] | 9 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 35 |
| 2002 Asian Games[9] | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 35 |
| 2006 Asian Games[9] | 8 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 53 |
| 2010 Asian Games[10] | 6 | 14 | 17 | 33 | 64 |
| Total | 5 | 128 | 173 | 261 | 562 |
Winter Games results
India has sent athletes to every celebration of the Asian Winter Games. Through the last revision of the Games in Astana and Almaty in 2011, India has never won a medal in the Winter Games.[11]
Indoor Games results
| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Asian Indoor Games[12] | 5 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 2007 Asian Indoor Games[12] | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| 2009 Asian Indoor Games[13] | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 40 |
| Total | 8 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 86 |
Beach Games results
India has participated in both the editions of the Asian Beach Game. In the 2008 Games, India won a total of five medals, including three gold, and ranked seventh in the final medal table.[14] Three gold medals were won by India in the 2010 Asian Beach Games in Muscat, Oman, earning the country sixth place in the medal table.[15]
| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Asian Beach Games | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2010 Asian Beach Games | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 Asian Beach Games | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
Martial Arts Games results
India sent a delegation in the inaugural Asian Martial Arts Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from 1 to 9 August 2009. Indian contingents won a total of 33 medals, including three gold and seven silver, leading to the country finishing 10th in the final medal table standings.[16]
| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games | 10 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 33 |
Youth Games results
Indian athletes competed in the inaugural Asian Youth Games in Singapore. Indian competitors earned medals in only two sports— athletics and swimming. Four of the five gold medals came from athletics and one came from the swimming competition. Aaron Agnel Dsouza was the only multiple medal winner. Dsouze won a gold in the 200 m freestyle and a bronze in the 100 m freestyle.[17]
| Games | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Asian Youth Games | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
See also
Notes and references
- Notes
- a The National Olympic Committees are all members of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), which is also split among five continental associations: Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, Pan American Sports Organization, Olympic Council of Asia, European Olympic Committees, and Oceania National Olympic Committees.
- References
- ^ "Countries – India". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "The First Asian Games Championships will be held in March 1951 at New Delhi" (PDF). la84foundation.org. LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ "Council – OCA History". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ "NOCs". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ "National Olympic Committees". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ^ "Games – South Asian Games". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ "Games". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ "Games – Asian Games – Past and future Asian Games". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Medal Winners – Asian Games" (PDF). olympic.ind.in. Indian Olympic Association. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ^ "Asian Games – Guangzhou 2010". ocasia.org Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Asian Winter Games Medal Count". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Medal Winners – Asian Indoor Games" (PDF). olympic.ind.in. Indian Olympic Association. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "Vietnam 2009 – Overall medal standings". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "Medal Winners – Asian Beach Games" (PDF). olympic.ind.in. Indian Olympic Association. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "2nd Asian Beach Games – Medal Tally of 2nd Asian Beach Games". sports.gov.pk. Pakistan Sport Board. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "1st Asian Martial Arts Games – Medal Tally of 1st Asian Martial Arts Games". sports.gov.pk. Pakistan Sports Board. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Medal Winners – 1st Asian Youth Games" (PDF). olympic.ind.in. Indian Olympic Association. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
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