The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the XVIII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). It was held at Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia between 18 August – 2 September 2018, with 465 events in 40 sports and disciplines featured in the Games. This resulted in 465 medal sets being distributed.
Two bronze medals were awarded in some sports: all events in badminton (7), boxing (10), bridge (6), fencing (12), judo (15), jujitsu (8), kabaddi (2), karate (12), kurash (7), sambo (4), sepak takraw (6), soft tennis (5), squash (4), table tennis (5), taekwondo (14), tennis (5) and wrestling (18), most events in pencak silat (10) and some events in wushu (6). Furthermore, there was a third-place tie in athletics men's high jump event, giving a total of 157 additional bronze medals.
As a result, a total of 1,552 medals comprising 465 gold medals, 465 silver medals, and 622 bronze medals were awarded to athletes.
Medal table
NOCs without medal
Changes in medal standings
Key Disqualified athlete(s)
Ruling dateSport/EventAthlete (NOC)GoldSilverBronzeTotal 3 September 2018 WrestlingWomen's freestyle 62 kg Pürevdorjiin Orkhon (MGL) –1 –1 Aisuluu Tynybekova (KGZ) +1 –1 0 Risako Kawai (JPN) +1 –1 0 Nguyễn Thị Mỹ Hạnh (VIE) +1 +1 11 March 2019KurashWomen's 78 kg Kumush Yuldashova (UZB) –1 –1 19 July 2019 AthleticsWomen's 400 metres hurdles Kemi Adekoya (BRN) –1 –1 Quách Thị Lan (VIE) +1 –1 0 Aminat Yusuf Jamal (BRN) +1 –1 0 Anu Raghavan (IND) +1 +1 AthleticsMixed 4 × 400 metres relay Bahrain (BRN)Ali KhamisKemi AdekoyaSalwa Eid NaserAbbas Abubakar Abbas –1 –1 India (IND)Muhammed AnasM. R. PoovammaHima DasArokia Rajiv +1 –1 0 Kazakhstan (KAZ)Svetlana GolendovaDmitriy KoblovElina MikhinaMikhail Litvin +1 –1 0 China (CHN)Cheng ChongYang LeiHuang GuifenWu Yuang +1 +1
+List of official changes by country Gold Silver Bronze Net Change +1 −1 +1 +1 +1 −1 +1 +1 0 0 +1 +1 +1 −1 0 0 0 +1 −1 0 0 +1 −1 0 −1 0 0 −1 −1 0 0 −1 −2 +1 −1 −2
On 3 September 2018, it was announced that Pürevdorjiin Orkhon of team Mongolia had tested positive for stanozolol in a urine test conducted on 20 August 2018. Violating the anti-doping rules, Orkhon was stripped of her gold medal.
Due to the positive result of the test for stanozolol, the Athletics Integrity Unit declared to strip from Bahraini athlete Kemi Adekoya all results achieved after 24 August 2018, including her two gold medals in the 400 hurdles and the 4x400 mixed relay at the Asian Games. The medals were re-awarded to athletes of Vietnam and India, respectively.
Kumush Yuldashova of Uzbekistan originally won the gold medal in the 78 kg Kurash, but she was disqualified after testing positive for stanozolol.
References
External links Official medal table