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
1	Pankaj Advani	Billiards Singles
2	Bajrang Lal Takhar	Rowing Men’s Single Sculls
3	Ronjan Sodhi	Shooting Men’s Double Trap
4	Sudha Singh	Women’s 3000m Steeplechase
5	Preeja Sreedharan	Women’s 10,000m
6	Somdev Devvarman and Sanam Singh	Tennis Men’s Doubles
7	Somdev Devvarman	Tennis Men’s Singles
8	Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji	Women’s 400m Hurdles
9	Joseph Abraham	Men’s 400m Hurdles
10	Vikas Krishnan	Boxing Men’s 60kg
11	Indian Women Team	Kabaddi
12	Indian Men Team	Kabaddi
13	Manjeet Kaur, Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji, Sini Jose, Mandeep Kaur	Women’s 4 x 400m Relay
14	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

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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