India at the 2018 Asian Games
India competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September. Neeraj Chopra was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while Rani Rampal was named as the flag bearer for the closing ceremony.
India bettered its previous best medal haul achieved 8 years earlier at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
Competitors
The following is a list of the number of competitors representing India in each sport at the Games:| Sport | Men | Women | Total | Gold | Silver | Bronze | vs 2014 |
| Aquatics – Swimming | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↓ |
| Aquatics – Diving | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Archery | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ↓ |
| Athletics | 22 | 28 | 50 | 8 | 9 | 3 | ↑ |
| Badminton | 10 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ↑ |
| Basketball | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Boxing | 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ↓ |
| Bowling | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Bridge | 15 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ♦ |
| Canoeing – Slalom | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Canoeing – Sprint | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Canoeing – Traditional boat race | 16 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Cycling | 8 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Equestrian | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ↑ |
| Fencing | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ♦ |
| Golf | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Gymnastics – Artistic | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Handball | 16 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Field hockey | 18 | 18 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ↓ |
| Judo | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Kabaddi | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ↓ |
| Karate | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Martial arts – Kurash | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ♦ |
| Martial arts – Pencak silat | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ♦ |
| Martial arts – Wushu | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ↑ |
| Roller sports – Roller skating | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ♦ |
| Rowing | 27 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ↑ |
| Sailing | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ↑ |
| Sepak takraw | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ↑ |
| Shooting | 16 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ↑ |
| Sport climbing | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ♦ |
| Squash | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ↓ |
| Table tennis | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ↑ |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Tennis – Lawn tennis | 6 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ↓ |
| Tennis – Soft tennis | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ♦ |
| Volleyball | 14 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ↔ |
| Wrestling | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ↑ |
| Total | 312 | 258 | 570 | 16 | 23 | 31 | ↑ |
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bajrang Punia | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 65 kg | 19 August | |
| Vinesh Phogat | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 50 kg | 20 August | |
| Saurabh Chaudhary | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air pistol | 21 August | |
| Rahi Sarnobat | Shooting | Women's 25 metre pistol | 22 August | |
| Sawarn Singh Dattu Baban Bhokanal Om Prakash Sukhmeet Singh | Rowing | Men's quadruple sculls | 24 August | |
| Rohan Bopanna Divij Sharan | Lawn tennis | Men's doubles | 24 August | |
| Tajinderpal Singh Toor | Athletics | Men's shot put | 25 August | |
| Neeraj Chopra | Athletics | Men's javelin throw | 27 August | |
| Manjit Singh | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | 28 August | |
| Rajiv Arokia Muhammed Anas Hima Das M. R. Poovamma | Athletics | Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay | 28 August | |
| Arpinder Singh | Athletics | Men's triple jump | 29 August | |
| Swapna Barman | Athletics | Women's heptathlon | 29 August | |
| Jinson Johnson | Athletics | Men's 1500 metres | 30 August | |
| M. R. Poovamma Saritaben Gaikwad Hima Das Vismaya | Athletics | Women's 4 × 400 m relay | 30 August | |
| Amit Panghal | Boxing | Light flyweight | 1 September | |
| Pranab Bardhan Shibhnath Sarkar | Bridge | Men's pair | 1 September | |
| Deepak Kumar | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air rifle | 20 August | |
| Lakshay Sheoran | Shooting | Men's trap | 20 August | |
| Sanjeev Rajput | Shooting | Men's 50 metre rifle three positions | 21 August | |
| Shardul Vihan | Shooting | Men's double trap | 23 August | |
| India women's national kabaddi team | Kabaddi | Women's kabaddi | 24 August | |
| Fouaad Mirza | Equestrian | Individual eventing | 26 August | |
| Fouaad Mirza Rakesh Kumar Ashish Malik Jitender Singh | Equestrian | Team eventing | 26 August | |
| Hima Das | Athletics | Women's 400 metres | 26 August | |
| Muhammed Anas | Athletics | Men's 400 metres | 26 August | |
| Dutee Chand | Athletics | Women's 100 metres | 26 August | |
| Dharun Ayyasamy | Athletics | Men's 400 metres hurdles | 27 August | |
| Sudha Singh | Athletics | Women's 3000 metres steeplechase | 27 August | |
| Neena Varakil | Athletics | Women's long jump | 27 August | |
| Muskan Kirar Madhumita Kumari Jyothi Surekha Vennam | Archery | Women's team compound | 28 August | |
| Abhishek Verma Rajat Chauhan Aman Saini | Archery | Men's team compound | 28 August | |
| P. V. Sindhu | Badminton | Women's singles | 28 August | |
| Jinson Johnson | Athletics | Men's 800 metres | 28 August | |
| Pincky Balhara | Kurash | Women's 52 kg | 28 August | |
| Dutee Chand | Athletics | Women's 200 metres | 29 August | |
| Dharun Ayyasamy Kunhu Mohammed Rajiv Arokia Muhammed Anas | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m relay | 30 August | |
| Shweta Shervegar Varsha Gautham | Sailing | Women's 49er FX | 31 August | |
| India women's national field hockey team | Field hockey | Women's tournament | 31 August | |
| Dipika Pallikal Joshna Chinappa Tanvi Khanna Sunayna Kuruvilla | Squash | Women's team | 1 September | |
| Ravi Kumar Apurvi Chandela | Shooting | 10 metre air rifle mixed team | 19 August | |
| Abhishek Verma | Shooting | Men's 10 metre air pistol | 21 August | |
| India men's national sepak takraw team | Sepak takraw | Men's team regu | 21 August | |
| Divya Kakran | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 68 kg | 21 August | |
| Roshibina Naorem | Wushu | Women's sanda 60 kg | 22 August | |
| Santhosh Kumar | Wushu | Men's sanda 56 kg | 22 August | |
| Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh | Wushu | Men's sanda 60 kg | 22 August | |
| Narender Grewal | Wushu | Men's sanda 65 kg | 22 August | |
| Ankita Raina | Lawn tennis | Women's singles | 23 August | |
| India men's national kabaddi team | Kabaddi | Men's kabaddi | 23 August | |
| Dushyant Chauhan | Rowing | Men's lightweight single sculls | 24 August | |
| Rohit Kumar Bhagwan Singh | Rowing | Men's lightweight double sculls | 24 August | |
| Heena Sidhu | Shooting | Women's 10 metre air pistol | 24 August | |
| Prajnesh Gunneswaran | Lawn tennis | Men's singles | 24 August | |
| Dipika Pallikal | Squash | Women's singles | 25 August | |
| Joshna Chinappa | Squash | Women's singles | 25 August | |
| Saurav Ghosal | Squash | Men's singles | 25 August | |
| Sumit Mukherjee Debabrata Majumder Jaggy Shivdasani Rajeshwar Tewari Ajay Khare Raju Tolani | Bridge | Men's team | 26 August | |
| Bachiraju Satyanarayana Rajeev Khandelwal Gopinath Manna Himani Khandelwal Hema Deora Kiran Nadar | Bridge | Mixed team | 26 August | |
| Saina Nehwal | Badminton | Women's singles | 27 August | |
| Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Achanta Sharath Kamal Anthony Amalraj Harmeet Desai Manav Thakkar | Table tennis | Men's team | 28 August | |
| Malaprabha Jadhav | Kurash | Women's 52 kg | 28 August | |
| Achanta Sharath Kamal Manika Batra | Table tennis | Mixed doubles | 29 August | |
| P. U. Chitra | Athletics | Women's 1500 metres | 30 August | |
| Seema Punia | Athletics | Women's discus throw | 30 August | |
| Harshita Tomar | Sailing | Laser 4.7 | 31 August | |
| Anu Raghavan | Athletics | Women's 400 metres hurdles | 27 August | |
| Varun Thakkar Ganapathy Chengappa | Sailing | Men's 49er | 31 August | |
| Saurav Ghosal Harinder Pal Sandhu Ramit Tandon Mahesh Mangaonkar | Squash | Men's team | 31 August | |
| Vikas Krishan Yadav | Boxing | Middleweight | 31 August | |
| India men's national field hockey team | Field hockey | Men's tournament | 1 September |
Firsts
- India secured a bronze medal in the men's team regu event which was the country's first medal in sepak takraw since the debut of the sport in the 1990 Asian Games.
- India secured its first ever medal in table tennis in the Asian Games as the men's team won a Bronze medal by defeating Japan in the quarterfinal of the Table tennis at the 2018 Asian Games.
- In the 25 meter rapid fire pistol event, Rahi Sarnobat became the first Indian woman to clinch the gold medal in a shooting event of Asian Games.
- Vinesh Phogat, who won gold in the women's freestyle 50 kg category, became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Games.
- Saina Nehwal won India's first ever medal in the women's singles event in badminton at the Asian Games when she won the bronze medal after losing the semi final.
- P. V. Sindhu became the first Indian shuttler to reach the final of a singles badminton event at the Games and eventually won a silver.
- Neeraj Chopra won the country's first javelin gold medal, setting a new national record.
- Indian pair of Pranab Bardhan & Shibnath Sarkar won the gold medal in the inaugural edition of Contract bridge at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's pair
- Vikas Krishan Yadav sets the record to become the first Indian boxer to clinch a medal in three successive Asian games.
- Swapna Barman won gold medal in women's Heptathlon which is India's first ever medal in this kind.
Aquatics – Diving
The Swimming Federation of India announced the Diving team for the Games as follows:
Aquatics – Swimming
;MenThe Swimming Federation of India selected a 10-member swimming squad as follows for the Asian Games:
Archery
;Recurve;Individual
;Team Event
;Compound
;Ranking Round
;Elimination Round
Athletics
;Men;Track events
;Field events
;Road events
;Women
;Track events
;Field events
;Road events
;Combined events – Heptathlon
| Athlete | Event | 200 m | 800 m | Total | Rank | |||||
| Purnima Hembram | Result | 13.85 | 1.73 | 12.24 | 25.34 | 5.85 | 45.48 | 2:19.09 | 5837 | 4 |
| Purnima Hembram | Points | 1000 | 891 | 677 | 856 | 804 | 773 | 836 | 5837 | 4 |
| Swapna Barman | Result | 13.98 | 1.82 | 12.69 | 26.08 | 6.05 | 50.63 | 2:21.13 | 6026 | |
| Swapna Barman | Points | 981 | 1003 | 707 | 790 | 865 | 872 | 808 | 6026 |
;Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Rajiv Arokia Muhammed Anas Hima Das M. R. Poovamma | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:15.71 |
Badminton
The Badminton Association of India announced a 20-member squad for the Asian Games.;Men
;Women
;Mixed
Basketball
;Summary;5x5 basketball
India women's team drawn in group X at the Games.
;Women's tournament
;Roster
;Group X
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Boxing
- India's boxing campaign was pretty disappointing, as they failed to win a single medal in Women's boxing for the first time.
- But in men's category they bettered the previous game's tally.
Boxer Vikas Krishnan become the first Indian boxer to win medals in three successive editions of the Boxing at the Asian Games
;Men
;Women
Bowling
;Men| Athlete | Event | Block 1 Score | Block 2 Score | Total | Rank |
| Dhruv Sarda Shabbir Dhankot Akaash Ashok Kumar | Trios | 1887 | 1833 | 3720 | 27 |
| Parvez Ahmed Saud Ramachandraiah Kishan Shoumick Datta | Trios | 2015 | 1882 | 3897 | 21 |
| Dhruv Sarda Shabbir Dhankot Aakaash Ashok Kumar Parvez Ahmed Saud Kishan Ramachandriah Shoumick Datta | Team of 6 | 3876 | 3782 | 7658 | 13 |
Bridge
The Bridge Federation of India picked a 24-member squad along with six reserves for the Asian Games.;Pairs
;Team
Canoeing
;Men;Sprint
;Traditional boat race
;Women
;Slalom
;Sprint
;Traditional boat race
Cycling
;Track cycling;Men
;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Keirin
;Omnium
;Women
;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Keirin
;Omnium
Equestrian
;Men;Eventing
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | Rank |
| Ashish Malik | Ch Frimuer Du Record | Individual eventing | 35.10 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 55.10 | 16 |
| Rakesh Kumar | Veni Vedi Vici | Individual eventing | 35.40 | 0.40 | 4.00 | 39.80 | 10 |
| Jitender Singh | Dalakhani Du Routy | Individual eventing | 28.80 | 55.20 | 8.00 | 92.00 | 20 |
| Fouaad Mirza | Seigneur Medicott | Individual eventing | 22.40 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 26.40 | |
| Ashish Malik Rakesh Kumar Jitender Singh Fouaad Mirza | As above | Team eventing | 86.30 | 27.00 | 8.00 | 121.30 |
;Show jumping
; Reserve horse:
Tethys De Beauval
Fencing
;WomenField hockey
India put up a men's and a women's team of a total of 32 athletes.;Summary
Men's tournament
;Squad;Pool A
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;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game
Women's tournament
;Squad;Pool B
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;Semifinal
;Gold medal game
Golf
The Indian Golf Union announced a team of seven members for the Jakarta Games.;Men
;Women
Gymnastics
;Artistic;Men
;Team Qualification & All-around Finals
;Women
;Team Qualification & All-around Finals
;Team & Individual Finals
Handball
India men's and women's team participate at the Games. The men's team entered in group D, and the women's team joined in group A.;Summary
Key:
- ET – After extra time
- P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
;Roster
- Atul Kumar
- Deepak Ahlawat
- Adithya Nagaraj
- Harjinder Singh
- Naveen Punia
- Greenidge Dcunha
- Navdeep
- Karamjeet Singh
- Avin Khatkar
- Ramesh Chand
- Sachin Kumar Bhardwaj
- Kamaljeet Singh
- Rahul Dubey
- Harender Singh
- Davinder Singh
- Bajrang Thakur
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;Classification round – Group III
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;Women's tournament
;Roster
- Nina Shil
- Nidhi Sharma
- Maninder Kaur
- Sanjeeta
- Jyoti Shukla
- Banita Sharma
- Deepa
- Ritu
- Indu Gupta
- Rimpi
- Khila Devi
- Diksha Kumari
- Priyanka Thakur
- KM Manjula Pathak
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;Ninth place game
Judo
;Men;Women
;Mixed
Kabaddi
India put up a 24-member squad for Kabaddi.;Summary
Men's tournament
;Roster- Monu Goyat
- Rahul Chaudhari
- Mohit Chhillar
- Ajay Thakur
- Girish Maruti Ernak
- Pardeep Narwal
- Sandeep Narwal
- Raju Lal Choudhary
- Rishank Devadiga
- Rohit Kumar
- Deepak Niwas Hooda
- Gangadhari Mallesh
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;Semifinal
Women's tournament
;Roster- Sakshi Kumari
- Kavita
- Shalini Pathak
- Randeep Kaur Khehra
- Payel Chowdhury
- Sonali Vishnu Shingate
- Priyanka Negi
- Ritu Negi
- Sayali Sanjay Keripale
- Usha Rani Narasimhaiah
- Manpreet Kaur
- Madhu
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;Semifinal
;Final
Karate
The Indian Karate team for the Asian Games 2018 is as follows:;Men
Martial arts – Kurash
;Men;Women
Martial arts – Pencak silat
;Men;Women
Martial arts – Wushu
;Men;Sanda
;Taolu
;Women
;Sanda
;Taolu
Roller sports – Roller skating
;Men| Athlete | Event | Timing | Rank |
| Amitesh Mishra | 20000m road race | 34:00.957 | 8 |
| Harshveer Singh Shekon | 20000m road race | – |
;Women
| Athlete | Event | Timing | Rank |
| Aarathy Kasturi Raj | 20000m road race | 44:52.341 | 7 |
| Varsha Sriramakrishna Puranik | 20000m road race | 44:53.340 | 8 |
Rowing
The Rowing Federation of India named the squad for the Asian Games to be held in August–September as follows:;Men
;Women
Sailing
;Men;Women
;Mixed
Sepak takraw
Men
Regu
;Squad: Niken Khangembam, Sandeep Kumar, Henary Wahengbam, Akash Yumnam, Harish Kumar;Preliminary round
;Group B
Team regu
;Squad: Niken Khangembam, Sandeep Kumar, Malemnganba Sorokhaibam, Seitaram Thokchom, Henary Wahengbam, Sanjeck Waikhom, Akash Yumnam, Harish Kumar, Lalit Kumar, Ngathem Jotin Singh, Dheeraj, Gurumayum Jiteshor Sharma;Preliminary round
;Group B
;Semifinals
Women
Quadrant
;Squad: Dolly Srivastava, Maipak Devi Ayekpam, Khushbu, Aruna Devi Mutum, Chaoba Devi Oinam, Rashmi;Preliminary round
;Group B
Team regu
;Squad: Tharangini Annam, Dolly Srivastava, Maipak Devi Ayekpam, Khushbu, Manisha Kumari, Nganthoi Chanu Yanglem, Aruna Devi Mutum, Chaoba Devi Oinam, Linthoingambi Chanu Pangambam, Rashmi, Ronita Devi Elangbam, Jwensinle Kesen.;Preliminary round
;Group A
Shooting
The Indian squad for the Asian Games announced by the National Rifle Association of India is as follows:;Men
;Women
;Mixed
Sport climbing
;Speed;Combined
Squash
The Squash Racquet Federation of India announced a team of the following 8 members for the games:;Men
;Team
;Pool B
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;Semifinal
;Women
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Joshna Chinappa | Singles | W 3–0 | W 3–1 | L 1–3 | Did not Advance | ||
| Dipika Pallikal | Singles | W 3–0 | W 3–0 | L 0–3 | Did not Advance |
;Team
;Pool B
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;Semifinal
;Final
Table tennis
The Table Tennis Federation of India announced the list of the following players for the Asian Games to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia:;Singles & Mixed Doubles
;Team
Taekwondo
;Men;Women
Tennis – Lawn tennis
The All India Tennis Federation announced a 12-member team as follows:;Men
;Women
;Mixed
Tennis – Soft tennis
;Men;Women
;Mixed
Volleyball
Indoor volleyball
Men's competition
;Roster;Pool F
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;Playoff
;7th–12th quarterfinal
;11th place game
Women's competition
;Roster;Pool B
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;11th place game
;9th place game
Weightlifting
;Men;Women
Wrestling
Wrestling Federation of India announced the list of the following wrestlers for the Jakarta Games:;Men
;Freestyle
;Greco-Roman
;Women
;Freestyle