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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

2010 Asian Games,Guangzhou, Guangdong, China - Nov 12 to 27,2010


2010 Asian Games(also known as the XVI Asiad) a Multi-Sport Event  Held in Guangzhou,China from Nov 12-27,2010 and was the 2nd Chinese City to Host the Asian Games after Beijing in 1990.

A total of 9,704 athletes from 45 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 476 events from 42 Sports and Disciplines(28 Olympic Sports and 14 Non-Olympic Sports) making it the largest event in the History of the Asian Games.

                                                        Mascot of 2010 Asian Games - Le Yangyang


The Games were Co-Hosted by - Dongguan,Foshan and Shanwei, the 3 neighbouring Cities. A total of 53 Venues were used to host the events including 11 constructed for use at the Games.

The Opening and Closing Ceremonies were held along the Pearl River in Haixinsha Island and was the first time in history that the opening ceremony for a major sports event was not held inside a stadium.

 2010 Asian Games Opening Ceremony - Nov 12,2010 @ 20.00


 


2010 Asian Games Medal Table

Rank
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
China
199
119
98
416
2
South Korea
  76
  65
91
232
3
Japan
  48
  78
94
216
4
Iran
  20
  15
24
   59
5
Kazakhstan
  18
  23
38
   79
6
India
  14
  17
34
   65
7
Chinese Taipei
  13
  16
38
   67
8
Uzbekistan
  11
  22
23
   56
9
Thailand
  11
    9
32
   52
10
Malaysia
    9
  18
14
   41

China led the medal table for the eighth consecutive time with a new record for the most number of gold medals (at 199 gold medals) won in a single Games. This bettered their previous record of 183 gold medals won by China at Beijing in 1990.

2010 Asian Games - Indian Gold Medal Winners

S No
Name
Event
1asiad01
Pankaj Advani
Billiards Singles
2asiad02
Bajrang Lal Takhar
Rowing Men’s Single Sculls
3asiad03
Ronjan Sodhi
Shooting Men’s Double Trap
4asiad04
Sudha Singh
Women’s 3000m Steeplechase
5asiad05
Preeja Sreedharan
Women’s 10,000m
6asiad06
Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh
Tennis Men’s Doubles
7asiad07
Somdev Devvarman
Tennis Men’s Singles
8asiad08
Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji
Women’s 400m Hurdles
9asiad09
Joseph Abraham
Men’s 400m Hurdles
10asiad10
Vikas Krishnan
Boxing Men’s 60kg
11asiad11
Indian Women Team
Kabaddi
12asiad12
Indian Men Team
Kabaddi
13asiad13
Manjeet Kaur, Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji, Sini Jose, Mandeep Kaur
Women’s 4 x 400m Relay
14asiad14
Vijender Singh
Boxing Men’s 75 kg

 



45 Participating NOC's and the No. of Competitors per Delegation

S No
Country
No. of Competitors
1
Afganistan
66
2
Bahrain
82
3
Bangladesh
150
4
Bhutan
11
5
Brunei
9
6
Cambodia
22
7
China
960
8
North Korea
188
9
Hong Kong
401
10
India
626
11
Indonesia
216
12
Iran
362
13
Iraq
42
14
Japan
726
15
Jordan
86
16
Kazakhstan
365
17
South Korea
788
18
Kuwait
184
19
Kyrgyzstan
135
20
Laos
53
21
Lebanon
49
22
Macau
168
23
Malaysis
325
24
Maldives
82
25
Mongolia
219
26
Myanmar
69
27
Nepal
140
28
Oman
52
29
Pakistan
169
30
Palestine
41
31
Philippines
188
32
Qatar
250
33
Saudi Arabia
164
34
Singapore
240
35
Sri Lanka
104
36
Syria
44
37
Chinese Taipei
399
38
Tajikistan
67
39
Thailand
593
40
Timor-Leste
23
41
Turkmenistan
111
42
UAE
84
43
Uzbekistan
220
44
Vietnam
260
45
Yemen
32






2010 Asian Games Closing Ceremony - Nov 27,2010 @ 20.06
 Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah(Kuwait) President of the Olympic Council of Asia

 









 


2014 Asian Games

2014 Asian Games(also known as the XVII Asiad)is scheduled to take place in Incheon,South Korea from Sep 19 - Oct 4,2014 with 437 events in 36 sports and disciplines



2010 Asian Games - Men's Hockey(10 Teams Participated)

The Final Three Teams - Pakistan;Malaysia and India

Semifinal
Gold medal game








November 23

  Korea  1 (3)

  Pakistan (pen.)  1 (4)



November 25

  Pakistan  2

  Malaysia  0






Bronze medal game

November 23
November 25

  India  3
  Korea  0

  Malaysia (a.e.t.)  4
  India  1

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