India_at_the_2018_Asian_Games

India at the 2018 Asian Games

India at the 2018 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation


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.

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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:

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Medalists

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Medalists

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Notable events

Aquatics – Diving

Men

The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) announced the Diving team for the Games as follows:[6]

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Aquatics – Swimming

Men

The Swimming Federation of India (SFI) selected a 10-member swimming squad as follows for the Asian Games:[7]

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Archery

Recurve[8][note 1]
Individual
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Team Event
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Compound[10][note 2]
Ranking Round
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Elimination Round
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Athletics

Men
Track & road events
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Field events
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Women
Track & road events
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Field events
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Combined events – Heptathlon
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Mixed
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Badminton

The Badminton Association of India (BAI) announced a 20-member squad for the Asian Games.[11][12]

Singles
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Doubles
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Team
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Basketball

Summary
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5x5 basketball

India women's team drawn in group X at the Games.[13]

Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the India roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[14]

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Group X
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Source: OCA
17 August
16:00
India  6179  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 12–19, 21–22, 15–20
Pts: Jeena 15
Rebs: Anjana 10
Asts: Anjana 10
Pts: Yagodkina 21
Rebs: Kondrakova 11
Asts: Yagodkina, Kolesnikova 6
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Cui Zhexiong (CHN), Jun Horiuchi (JPN)

19 August
10:00
Chinese Taipei  8461  India
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 15–11, 31–17, 20–16
Pts: Peng S.C. 14
Rebs: Huang L.C. 6
Asts: Lin Y.T. 7
Pts: Jeena 13
Rebs: Limaye 7
Asts: Limaye 6
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Mohammad Doust (IRI), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Anan Daraghma (PLE)

20 August
10:00
Korea  10454  India
Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 27–10, 25–17, 30–15
Pts: Kang L.S. 17
Rebs: Park J.H. 7
Asts: Jang M.G. 8
Pts: Kumari 14
Rebs: Jeena 10
Asts: Jeena 6
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Hadi Salem (IRI), Jun Horiuchi (JPN), Watcharin Padungratchadakit (THA)

23 August
18:30
India  6669  Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 15–14, 21–21, 16–17
Pts: Nixon 18
Rebs: Jeena 17
Asts: Limaye 8
Pts: Christaline 21
Rebs: Gabriel 12
Asts: Tjundawan 6
Gelora Bung Karno Basketball Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Watcharin Padungratchadakit (THA), Jun Horiuchi (JPN), Cui Zhexiong (CHN)

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.

Indian boxer Amit Panghal defeated reigning Olympic champion & World Championship silver medalist Hasanboy Dusmatov to clinch the gold medal in Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's 49 kg

Boxer Vikas Krishnan become the first Indian boxer to win medals in three successive editions of the Boxing at the Asian Games

[15][16]

Men
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Women
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Bowling

Men
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Bridge

The Bridge Federation of India picked a 24-member squad along with six reserves for the Asian Games.[17]

Pairs
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Team
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Canoeing

Slalom
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Sprint
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Traditional boat race
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Cycling

Track
Sprint
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Pursuit
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Keirin
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Omnium
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Equestrian

Men
Eventing
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Show jumping
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Reserve horse:
Tethys De Beauval

Fencing

Women
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Field hockey

India put up a men's and a women's team of a total of 32 athletes (16 men and 16 women).

Summary
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Men's tournament

Squad

The following is the India roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[18]

Head coach: India Harendra Singh

Pool A
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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts
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Semifinal
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Bronze medal game
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Women's tournament

Squad

The following is the India roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[19]

Head coach: Netherlands Sjoerd Marijne

Pool B
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Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[20]
(H) Hosts
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Semifinal
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Gold medal game
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Golf

The Indian Golf Union announced a team of seven members for the Jakarta Games.[21][22]

Men
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Women
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Gymnastics

Artistic

[23]

Men
Team Qualification & All-around Finals[note 3]
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Women
Team Qualification & All-around Finals[note 3]
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Team & Individual Finals
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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.[24]

Summary

Key:

  • ET – After extra time
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
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Men's tournament
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
Group D
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Source: AHF
13 August
11:00
India  28–38  Chinese Taipei POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Hare. Singh 8 (13–19) Chiu Y.F. 8
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15 August
20:00
India  25–32  Bahrain POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA)
Ahlawat 6 (11–18) Habib 6
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17 August
18:00
India  29–40  Iraq POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Wahibi, Al-Shahi (OMA)
Ahlawat 8 (13–18) Adil 9
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Classification round – Group III
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Source: AHF
20 August
11:00
India  45–19  Malaysia POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Li, Ke (CHN)
D. Singh 13 (25–8) Abdul Karim, Jamaluddin 4
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24 August
11:00
Pakistan  27–28  India POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Li, Ke (CHN)
M. Hussain 7 (12–14) D'Cunha 9
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26 August
11:00
India  31–35  Chinese Taipei POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
D. Singh 10 (12–15) Chiu Y.F. 11
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29 August
14:00
India  37–23  Indonesia POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Suqufi, Al-Saqer (KSA)
D. Singh 11 (16–13) Tolang 9
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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
Group A
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Source: AHF
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (2). Head-to-head goal difference: CHN +2, PRK +1, KAZ −3.
14 August
11:00
India  19–36  Kazakhstan POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Lee, Koo (KOR)
Rimpi 8 (13–19) Abilda 8
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16 August
16:00
India  18–45  South Korea POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ)
Ritu 6 (9–20) Yu S.J. 12
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19 August
16:00
India  21–36  China POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA)
Kaur 10 (9–19) Zhang H.X. 7
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21 August
14:00
North Korea  49–19  India POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
Choe P.I. 11 (23–10) Sushma, Kaur, Rimpi 4
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Ninth place game
25 August
14:00
India  54–19  Malaysia POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Ota, Shimajiri (JPN)
D. Thakur, Gupta, Devi 8 (19–5) Yusop 7
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Judo

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Kabaddi

India put up a 24-member squad (12 men +12 women) for Kabaddi.

Summary
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Men's tournament

Roster
Group A
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Source: OCA
19 August
14:00
Bangladesh  21–50  India Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(12–20)

19 August
19:00
India  44–28  Sri Lanka Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(27–13)

20 August
16:00
India  23–24  South Korea Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(11–14)

21 August
17:00
India  49–30  Thailand Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(21–12)
Semifinal
23 August
18:00
Iran  27–18  India Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(9–9)

Women's tournament

Roster
  • Sakshi Kumari
  • Kavita Thakur
  • Shalini Pathak
  • Randeep Kaur Khehra
  • Payel Chowdhury
  • Sonali Vishnu Shingate
  • Priyanka Negi
  • Ritu Negi
  • Sayali Sanjay Keripale
  • Usha Rani Narasimhaiah
  • Manpreet Kaur
  • Madhu Malviya
Group A
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Source: OCA
19 August
9:00
India  43–12  Japan Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(19–8)

20 August
10:40
India  33–23  Thailand Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(12–10)

21 August
9:00
India  38–12  Sri Lanka Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(23–4)

21 August
12:20
India  54–22  Indonesia Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(28–10)
Semifinal
23 August
15:00
India  27–14  Chinese Taipei Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(11–8)
Final
24 August
15:00
India  24–27  Iran Garuda Theatre, Jakarta
(13–11)

Karate

The Indian Karate team for the Asian Games 2018 is as follows:[25]

Men
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Martial arts – Kurash

Men
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Women
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Martial arts – Pencak silat

Men
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Women
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Martial arts – Wushu

Sanda
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Taolu
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Roller sports – Speed skating

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Rowing

The Rowing Federation of India named the squad for the Asian Games to be held in August–September as follows:[26]

Men
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Women
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Sailing

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Sepak takraw

Men
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Women
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Shooting

The Indian squad for the Asian Games announced by the National Rifle Association of India is as follows:[27][28]

Men
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Women
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Mixed
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Sport climbing

Speed
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Combined
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Squash

The Squash Racquet Federation of India announced a team of the following 8 members for the games:[29]

Men
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Team
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Table tennis

The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) announced the list of the following players for the Asian Games to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia:[30]

Singles & Mixed Doubles
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Team
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Taekwondo

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Tennis – Lawn tennis

The All India Tennis Federation announced a 12-member team as follows:[31]

Singles
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Doubles
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Tennis – Soft tennis

Singles
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Team
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Volleyball

Indoor volleyball

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Men's competition

Roster

The following is the India roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2019 Asian Games.[32]

Head coach: Bir Yadav

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Pool F
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Source: OCA
20 August 2018 (2018-08-20)
16:30 UTC+7
India  3–0  Hong Kong Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Hsu Keng-hao (TPE), Indra Muflih (INA)
(27–25, 25–22, 25–19)
Report

22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)
19:00 UTC+7
India  0–3  Qatar Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 300
Referees: Wang Jun (CHN), Komsun Gettaworn (THA)
(15–25, 20–25, 20–25)
Report

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25)
10:00 UTC+7
Maldives  03  India Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Referees: Nurbek Kalykov (KGZ), Komsun Gettaworn (THA)
(12–25, 21–25, 17–25)
Report
Playoff
26 August 2018 (2018-08-26)
12:30 UTC+7
Japan  3–1  India GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 2,550
Referees: Agung Purwantoro (INA), Cedric Chung Sze-lai (HKG)
(25–23, 25–22, 23–25, 25–20)
Report
7th–12th quarterfinal
28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)
12:40 UTC+7
India  1–3  Pakistan GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 1,400
Referees: Masato Ono (JPN), Aidos Akhmetov (KAZ)
(25–21, 21–25, 21–25, 23–25)
Report
11th place game
30 August 2018 (2018-08-30)
12:30 UTC+7
Myanmar  3–2  India Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 500
Referees: Thalgasdhuwage Chandrapala Hewa (SRI), Dozhan Ulkanov (KAZ)
(25–21, 18–25, 27–25, 15–25, 15–13)
Report

Women's competition

Roster

The following is the India roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[33]

Head coach: G.E. Sridharan

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Pool B
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Source: OCA
19 August 2018 (2018-08-19)
16:30 UTC+7
South Korea  3–0  India Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 150
Referees: Komsun Gettaworn, Meylani Mamangkey
(25–17, 25–11, 25–13)
Report

21 August 2018 (2018-08-21)
10:00 UTC+7
India  0–3  Vietnam GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 800
Referees: Joseph Gerard, Phyo Thu Aung
(18–25, 22–25, 13–25)
Report

23 August 2018 (2018-08-23)
10:00 UTC+7
Kazakhstan  3–0  India GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 300
Referees: Leung Yin-yan, Agung Purwantoro
(25–8, 25–19, 25–23)
Report

25 August 2018 (2018-08-25)
19:00 UTC+7
India  2–3  Chinese Taipei Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 500
Referees: Nominzul Kyu, Jocelyn del Rosario
(25–23, 21–25, 25–18, 18–25, 13–15)
Report

27 August 2018 (2018-08-27)
12:30 UTC+7
China  3–0  India GBK Tennis Indoor, Jakarta
Attendance: 700
Referees: Meylani Mamangkey, Ubaid Ullah Shah
(25–18, 25–19, 25–9)
Report
11th place game
29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)
16:30 UTC+7
Hong Kong  0–3  India Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 350
Referees: Ahmed Nasheed, Meylani Mamangkey
(18–25, 16–25, 13–25)
Report
9th place game
31 August 2018 (2018-08-31)
09:00 UTC+7
Chinese Taipei  3–0  India Bulungan Sport Hall, Jakarta
Attendance: 300
Referees: Wang Jun, Jocelyn del Rosario
(25–21, 25–16, 25–15)
Report

Weightlifting

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Wrestling

Wrestling Federation of India announced the list of the following wrestlers for the Jakarta Games:[34][35][36]

Key:

  • VT – Victory by Fall.
  • PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 10 points.
  • SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 10 points.
  • VB – Victory by Injury
  • VC – Victory due to 3 cautions
Men
Freestyle
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Greco-Roman
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Women
Freestyle
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See also

Notes

  1. Only a maximum of 2 athletes from each NOC can enter the Individual Elimination Round.[9]
  2. There was no individual event for the Compound event, the ranking round was only used for deciding the competitors for the team events. The top 3 male and female athletes in the ranking round competed for the men and women team elimination event. The top male and female athlete competed in the mixed event.[9]
  3. Only the top three performers in each event accounted for the total score for that particular event.

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