Notes on the Asian Games of 2018

Here is the final medal tally:

http://www.espn.in/story/_/id/24397538/asian-games-2018-medals-tally?cid=ps_espn.in:google:sok_cpc:1524587422:59830056153:asian%20games%20medal%20tally:289374911490:c:e

The rankings are firstly by the number of gold medals, secondly by the number of silver medals and thirdly by the number of bronze medals. India finished 8th in the rankings.

Kazakhstan and Thailand are below India in the rankings but have a higher total number of medals.

This was India’s best performance at the Asian Games, as they equaled the previous record of 15 golds which was set back in 1951. And the total number of medals was a record 69, surpassing the previous record of 65 in 2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_at_the_Asian_Games

It is sometimes instructive to look at the bottom of the table. The countries which failed to win a single medal are: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Maldives, Oman, Palestine, Sri Lanka, East Timor and Yemen. If cricket was there 🙂 Bangladesh and Sri Lanka may have won something there.

Those who got only bronzes and nothing else are Pakistan (4), Afghanistan (2), Myanmar (2) and Yemen (1). Then there is Nepal with 1 silver and nothing else – like India in the 2004 Olympics.

And there were many Olympics where India had a gold in hockey and no other medal.