Medals won by India in Asian Games 2010

In 16th Asiad Games 2010 at Guangzhou , India earned 14 Gold medals , 17 Silver medals and 33 Bronze medals. India was in the Sixth place in the Asian games.
India lost many medals which they could have grabbed like in Tripple jump , Racing and Relay.
India’s performance in the Preliminary football matches in Asian Games were very disappointing. But , they managed to win a Bronze medal in the end in Football.

Medals won by India in Asian Games 2010

Gold Medals

1. Billiard Sports ADVANI Pankaj Men’s English Billiards Singles Gold medal
2. Rowing TAKHAR Bajrang Lal Men’s Single Sculls Gold medal
3. Athletics SINGH Sudha Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Gold medal
4. Athletics SREEDHARAN Preeja Women’s 10,000m Gold medal
5. Tennis Somdev Devvarman / SINGH Men’s Doubles Gold Medal
6. Shooting SODHI Ronjan Men’s Double Trap Gold medal
7. Somdev Devvarman won Gold medal in Tennis Men’s Singles for India
8. Ashwini Chidananda won Gold medal in women’s 400m hurdles event
9. Joseph Abraham won Gold medal in men’s 400m hurdles event
10. Krishan Vikas won Gold medal in Men’s 60kg Boxing
11. India Kabaddi India won the Men’s Gold medal
12. India Kabaddi India won the Women’s Gold medal
13. India Athletics India won the Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Gold medal
14. Vijender Singh Men’s 75kg Boxing Gold medal

Silver Medals

1. Billiard Sports India Men’s Snooker Team Silver medal
2. Shooting Shooting Gagan Narang Silver medal
3. Shooting Women’s 10m Air Pistol Team Silver medal
4. Shooting Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team Silver medal
5. India achieved Silver medal in the Rowing Men’s Four
6. India achieved Silver medal in the Rowing Lightweight Men’s Four
7. India Sandhyarani Wangkhem achieved Silver medal in the Wushu Women’s Sanshou 60kg
8. Golf – Men’s Team – Silver Medal
9. Indian Team won Silver medal in Rowing Men’s Eight
10. Sailing – Open Match Racing – Silver Medal
11. Kavita Raut – Athletics Women’s 10,000m – Silver Medal
12. Tennis Sania Mirza / VARDHAN Mixed Doubles Silver Medal
13. Tarundeep Rai won Silver medal in Archery Men’s Individual
14. Dinesh Kumar won Silver medal in Men’s 81kg Boxing
15. India Boxing VIROTHU Santhosh Kumar won the Men’s 64kg Silver medal
16. India Athletics SREEDHARAN Preeja won the Women’s 5000m Silver medal
17. India Boxing SINGH Manpreet won the Men’s 91kg Silver medal

Bronze Medals

1. Shooting KUMAR Vijay Men’s 10m Air Pistol Bronze medal
2. Billiard Sports KUMAR Alok Men’s 8-Ball Pool Singles Bronze medal
3. Artistic Gymnastics Ashish Kumar Men’s Floor event Bronze medal
4. Chess Dronavalli Harika Women’s Individual Bronze medal
5. Swimming Virdhawal Vikram Men’s 50m Butterfly event Bronze medal
6. Wushu Men’s Sanshou 60kg event Bimoljit Singh Mayanglambam Bronze medal
7. India KUMAR Vijay achieved Bronze medal in the Shooting Men’s 25m Center Fire Pistol
8. India KHADE Virdhawal Vk achieved Bronze medal in the Swimming Men’s 50m Butterfly
9. India Bimoljit Singh Mayanglambam achieved Bronze medal in the Wushu Men’s Sanshou 60kg
10. Billiard Sports – Aditya Snehal Mehta – Men’s Snooker Singles – Bronze Medal
11. Rowing Women’s Pair - Pratima Puhana , Pramila Prava Minz won Bronze medal
12. Shooting Men’s Trap Team – Bronze medal
13. Shooting Men’s Double Trap Team – Bronze medal
14. Squash Saurav Ghosal – Men’s Individual
15. Sania Mirza won Bronze Medal in Tennis Women’s Singles
16. Ravinder Singh won Bronze Medal in Wrestling Men’s Greco-Roman 60 kg
17. Sunilkumar Rana won Bronze Medal in Wrestling Men’s Greco-Roman 66 kg
18. Krishna Poonia won Bronze in Athletics Women’s Discus Throw
19. Pramila Ganapathy Gudandda won Bronze in Athletics Women’s Heptathlon
20. In Boxing Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte Women’s 48-51kg won the Bronze medal
21. In Boxing Suranjoy Singh Mayengbam Men’s 52kg Bronze medal
22. In Boxing Kavita Goyat Women’s 69-75kg Bronze medal
23. In Boxing Paramjeet Samota Men’s +91kg Bronze medal
24. In Squash Men’s Team won Bronze medal
25. In Squash Women’s Team won Bronze medal
26. In Women’s 800m event of Track and Field Tintu Luka won Bronze medal
27. Mausam Khatri won Bronze medal in Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 96 kg
28. India won Bronze medal in Men’s Hockey match
29. India Roller Sports PANCHAL Avani Bhar.. won the Pairs Skating Bronze medal
30. India Athletics RAUT Kavita won the Women’s 5000m Bronze medal
31. India Boxing GOYAT Kavita won the Women’s 69-75kg Bronze medal
32. India Chess India won the Men’s Team Bronze medal
33. India Roller Sports YAMA Anup Kumar won the Men’s Single Free Skating Bronze medal

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16th Asian Games- 2010

The 2010 Asian Games held at Guangzhou, China, has come to an end, after 16 days of fierce competition. Medals were up for grabs across 42 different disciplines, and 45 Asian nations sent in their best athletes to try and win as many medals as possible. 

China once again showed why they are the powerhouse of sports, not only in Asia but at the Olympics too, with a sweep of medals over most of the disciplines at the games. They ended up winning nearly half the gold medals on offer, showcasing their overall strength as a sporty nation. South Korea finished a credible second, ahead of Japan, who once used to give China a tough fight for the top spot. A point to note is that out of all the medals China won, almost half were gold. This proves that when they competed, it was for the top spot only. Another noteworthy mention is Iran. They have come from no where and taken the 4th spot on the medal tally. And it is only a matter of time before they move up in the Asian Games ahead. China, Korea and Japan, all will now try to shift focus on the London Olympics in 2012, and will want to win a lot of medals there, competing with the best from all over the world. For now, let us have a look at the final Asian Games 2010 medal tally.

RANK	COUNTRY	G	S	B	T
1	China	199	119	98	416
2	South Korea	76	65	91	232
3	Japan	48	74	94	216
4	Iran	20	14	25	59
5	Kazakhstan	18	23	38	79
6	India	14	17	33	64
7	Chinese Taipei	13	16	38	67
8	Uzbekistan	11	22	23	56
9	Thailand	11	9	32	52
10	Malaysia	9	18	13	40
11	Hong Kong	8	15	17	40
12	North Korea	6	10	20	36
13	Saudi Arabia	5	3	5	13
14	Bahrain	5	0	4	9
15	Indonesia	4	9	13	26
16	Singapore	4	7	6	17
17	Kuwait	4	6	1	11
18	Qatar	4	5	7	16
19	Philippines	3	4	9	16
20	Pakistan	3	2	3	8
21	Mongolia	2	5	9	16
22	Myanmar	2	5	3	10
23	Jordan	2	2	2	6
24	Vietnam	1	17	15	33
25	Kyrgyzstan	1	2	2	5
26	Macau	1	1	5	7
27	Bangladesh	1	1	1	3
28	Tajikistan	1	0	3	4
29	Syria	1	0	1	2
30	United Arab Emirates	0	4	1	5
31	Afghanistan	0	2	1	3
32	Iraq	0	1	2	3
33	Lebanon	0	1	2	3
34	Laos	0	0	2	2
35	Nepal	0	0	1	1
36	Oman	0	0	1	1
37	Bhutan	0	0	0	0
38	Brunei	0	0	0	0
39	Cambodia	0	0	0	0
40	Maldives	0	0	0	0
41	Palestine	0	0	0	0
42	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0
43	Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0
44	Turmenistan	0	0	0	0
45	Yemen	0	0	0	0
	TOTAL	477	479	621	1577

With the successful hosting of the Asian Games 2010, China now hands over the responsibility to the Koreans. The next edition of the Asian Games will be held in 2014, in Incheon, South Korea. 

The 16th edition of the Asian Games, scheduled to take place in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010 .The games co-hosted by three neighboring cities Dongguan, Foshan and Shanwei, will see thousands of athletes and spectators descend on the city.

A total of 476 events in 42 sports contested by athletes, will make this the largest event in history of the Asian Games. With a total investment of over 15 billion, the Games will showcase 53 competition venues and 17 training venues in Guangzhou, such as Asian Games Town which consists of the Athletes’ Village, Technical Officials’ Village, Media Village, Main Media Center and International Broadcast Center. Out of the total venues, nine venues are newly constructed while eleven venues are renovated for the Games

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WORLD CUP FOOTBALL AT A GLANCE

The World Cup football tournament is organised by the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) once in four years since 1930. It was on July 18, 1930 that the first-ever World Cup match was played between Uruguay and Chile, at the newly built Centenary Stadium in Montevideo (Uruguay). The World Cup now officially designated as Jules-Rimet Cup, named after the French lawyer who was the President of FIFA from 1921 to 1953, is 12 inch high and made of solid gold.

WORLD CUP FOOTBALL AT A GLANCE Year Venue Winner Runner Others awards related to this event 2006 Germany Italy France Adidas Golden Ball: Zinedine ZIDANE (FRA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Miroslav KLOSE (GER) Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Gianluigi BUFFON (ITA) Best Young Player Award: Lukas PODOLSKI (GER) FIFA Fair Play award: Spain, Brazil FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team:Portugal 2002 Korea/Japan Brazil Germany Adidas Golden Ball: Oliver KAHN (GER) Adidas Golden Shoe: RONALDO (BRA) Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Oliver KAHN (GER) FIFA Fair Play award: Belgium FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team:Korea Republic 1998 France France Brazil Adidas Golden Ball: RONALDO (BRA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Davor SUKER (CRO) Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Fabien BARTHEZ (FRA) FIFA Fair Play award: England, France FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team:France 1994 USA Brazil Italy Adidas Golden Ball: ROMARIO (BRA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Oleg SALENKO (RUS), Hristo STOICHKOV (BUL) Yashin Award for the Best Goalkeeper: Michel PREUDHOMME (BEL) FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil FIFA Award for the Most Entertaining Team:Brazil 1990 Italy Germany FR Argentina Adidas Golden Ball: Salvatore SCHILLACI (ITA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Salvatore SCHILLACI (ITA) FIFA Fair Play award: England 1986 Mexico Argentina Germany FR Adidas Golden Ball: Diego MARADONA (ARG) Adidas Golden Shoe: Gary LINEKER (ENG) FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil 1982 Spain Italy Germany FR Adidas Golden Ball: Paolo ROSSI (ITA) Adidas Golden Shoe: Paolo ROSSI (ITA) FIFA Fair Play award: Brazil 1978 Argentina Argentina Netherlands Golden Shoe: Mario KEMPES (ARG) FIFA Fair Play award: Argentina 1974 Germany Germany FR Netherlands Golden Shoe: Grzegorz LATO (POL) 1970 Mexico Brazil Italy Golden Shoe: Gerd MUELLER (GER) 1966 England England Germany FR Golden Shoe: EUSEBIO (POR) 1962 Chile Brazil Czechoslovakia Golden Shoe: Florian ALBERT (HUN), Valentin IVANOV (URS), Drazen JERKOVIC (YUG), Leonel SANCHEZ (CHI), VAVA (BRA), GARRINCHA (BRA) 1958 Sweden Brazil Sweden Golden Shoe: Just FONTAINE (FRA) 1954 Switzerland Germany FR Hungary Golden Shoe: Sandor KOCSIS (HUN) 1950 Brazil Uruguay Brazil Golden Shoe: ADEMIR (BRA) 1938 France Italy Hungary Golden Shoe: LEONIDAS (BRA) 1934 Italy Italy Czechoslovakia Golden Shoe: Oldrich NEJEDLY (TCH) 1930 Uruguay Uruguay Argentina Golden Shoe: Guillermo STABILE (ARG)

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