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Edition 19th
Events 482
No. of Sports 40
4 India 28 38 41 107
5 Uzbekistan 22 18 31 71
18th Asian Games of 2018
Gold - 28
Medals Silver - 38
Bronze – 41
Bridge 0 1 0 1
Hockey 1 0 1 2
Kabaddi 2 0 0 2
Chess 0 2 0 2
Full list of India’s medals winners at the 19th Asian Games:
MEDAL
ATHLETES SPORT EVENT MEDAL
NUMBER
Men’s 3000m
44 Avinash Sable Athletics Gold
steeplechase
Women’s 3000m
58 Priti Lamba Athletics Bronze
steeplechase
Women’s compound
82 Team India Archery Gold
team
Women’s compound
96 Aditi Swami Archery Bronze
individual
Women’s compound
97 Jyothi Surekha Vennam Archery Gold
individual
Men’s compound
98 Ojas Pravin Deotale Archery Gold
individual
Men’s compound
99 Abhishek Verma Archery Silver
individual
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy,
101 Badminton Men’s Doubles Gold
Chirag Shetty
A) India
B) South Korea
C) Thailand
D) China
Ans. C
Thailand has hosted the Asian Games the most number of times
including in 1966, 1970, 1978 and 1998.
2. Who of the following is the first Indian woman to win a gold
medal at the Asian Games?
(A) PT Usha
(B) Karnam Malleshwari
(C) Kamaljit Sandhu
(D) Sania Mirza
Kamaljeet Sandhu is a former woman Indian athlete who won gold medal at
1970 Asian Games in 400 m race.
She was the first Indian woman to win gold medal at any Asian games.
3. What has been highest rank of India in the medals tally at
the Asian Games since their beginning in 1951?
(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third 2 ( Rank ) India 15 ( G ) 16 ( S ) 20 ( B ) 51
(D) Fourth
(B) Second
4. Which of the following country never hosted Asian Games?
(1) Iran
(2) North Korea
(3) Qatar
(4) Philippines
Answer: 2
Due to security reasons Asian Games have been held in the North Korea.
While rest of the countries given in the options have organised these games.
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