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
Aquatics – Swimming	10	0	10
Aquatics – Diving	2	0	2
Archery	8	8	16
Athletics	22	28	50
Badminton	10	10	20
Basketball	0	12	12
Boxing	7	3	10
Bowling	6	0	6
Bridge	15	9	24
Canoeing – Slalom	0	2	2
Canoeing – Sprint	8	7	15
Canoeing – Traditional boat race	16	15	31
Cycling	8	7	15
Equestrian	7	0	7
Fencing	0	4	4
Golf	4	3	7
Gymnastics – Artistic	5	5	10
Handball	16	14	30
Field hockey	18	18	36
Judo	3	3	6
Kabaddi	12	12	24
Karate	2	0	2
Martial arts – Kurash	8	6	14
Martial arts – Pencak silat	1	2	3
Martial arts – Wushu	10	3	13
Roller sports – Roller skating	2	2	4
Rowing	27	7	34
Sailing	4	5	9
Sepak takraw	12	12	24
Shooting	16	12	28
Sport climbing	2	1	3
Squash	4	4	8
Table tennis	5	5	10
Taekwondo	2	6	8
Tennis – Lawn tennis	6	6	12
Tennis – Soft tennis	5	5	10
Volleyball	14	14	28
Weightlifting	3	1	4
Wrestling	12	6	18
Total	312	258	570

Medalists

Notable events

India secured a bronze medal in the men's team regu event in sepak takraw which was the country's first medal since the debut of the sport in the 1990 Asian Games.
India secured its first ever medal in table tennis in the Asian Games in the men's team event
Rahi Sarnobat became the first Indian woman to clinch the gold medal in a shooting event of Asian Games when she won the Women's 25m pistol event.
Vinesh Phogat won gold in the women's freestyle 50 kg category and became the first Indian woman wrestler to win a gold medal at the Asian Games.
India won its first individual medals in the women's singles event in badminton with P. V. Sindhu claiming silver and Saina Nehwal claiming bronze.
Neeraj Chopra won the country's first javelin gold medal, setting a new national record in the process.
Indian pair of Pranab Bardhan and Shibnath Sarkar won the gold medal in the inaugural edition of Contract bridge at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's pair in the Asian Games
Vikas Krishan Yadav became the first Indian boxer to clinch a medal in three successive Asian games when he won bronze in the men's 75kg category
Swapna Barman won gold medal in women's Heptathlon which is India's first ever medal in Heptathlon in the Asian Games.

Aquatics – Diving

;Men
The Swimming Federation of India announced the Diving team for the Games as follows:

Aquatics – Swimming

;Men
The 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 & road events
;Field events
;Women
;Track & road events
;Field 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.
;Singles
;Doubles
;Team

Basketball

;Summary
;5x5 basketball
India women's team drawn in group X at the Games.
;Women's tournament
;Roster
The following is the India roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
;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.

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
;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

;Slalom
;Sprint
;Traditional boat race

Cycling

;Track
;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Keirin
;Omnium

Equestrian

;Men
;Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage	Cross-country	Jumping	Total	Rank
Ashish Malik	Ch Frimuer Du Record	[Equestrian at the 2018 Asian Games – Equestrian at the 2018 Asian Games – Individual eventing\|Individual eventing\|Individual]	35.10	20.00	0.00	55.10	16
Rakesh Kumar	Veni Vedi Vici	Individual	35.40	0.40	4.00	39.80	10
Jitender Singh	Dalakhani Du Routy	Individual	28.80	55.20	8.00	92.00	20
Fouaad Mirza	Seigneur Medicott	Individual	22.40	0.00	4.00	26.40
Ashish Malik Rakesh Kumar Jitender Singh Fouaad Mirza	As above	Team	86.30	27.00	8.00	121.30

;Show jumping
; Reserve horse:
Tethys De Beauval

Fencing

;Women

Field 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.

;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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;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

;Group A
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;Ninth place game

Kabaddi

India put up a 24-member squad for Kabaddi.
;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster

Monu Goyat
Rahul Chaudhari
Mohit Chillar
Ajay Thakur
Girish Maruti Ernak
Pardeep Narwal
Sandeep Narwal
Raju Lal Choudhary
Rishank Devadiga
Rohit Kumar
Deepak Niwas Hooda
Gangadhari Mallesh

;Group A
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;Semifinal

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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;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

;Sanda
;Taolu

Roller sports – Speed skating

Athlete	Event	Timing	Rank
Amitesh Mishra	Men's 20,000 m	34:00.957	8
Harshveer Sekhon	Men's 20,000 m		–
Aarathy Kasturi Raj	Women's 20,000 m	44:52.341	7
Varsha Puranik	Women's 20,000 m	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

Sepak takraw

;Men
;Women

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

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

Tennis – Lawn tennis

The All India Tennis Federation announced a 12-member team as follows:
;Singles
; Doubles

Tennis – Soft tennis

;Singles
;Team

Volleyball

Indoor volleyball

Men's competition

;Roster
The following is the India roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2019 Asian Games.
Head coach: Bir Yadav

Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
Ammal Akhin	24 3 1991
Amit Balwan Singh	25 4 1998
Prabakaran Pattani	5 7 1995
Ranjit Singh	19 7 1993
Pankaj Sharma	8 5 1993
Vinit Kumar	25 2 1991
Ajithlal Chandran	14 2 1996
Kamlesh Khatik	31 3 1997
Rohit Kumar	5 1 1999
Jerome Charles	26 6 1992
Prabagaran	3 11 1988
Karthik Ashok	24 1 1995
Mohan Ukkrapandian	15 5 1986
Gurinder Singh	5 6 1989

;Pool F
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;Playoff
;7th–12th quarterfinal
;11th place game

Women's competition

;Roster
The following is the India roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
Head coach: G.E. Sridharan

Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
Priyanka Khedkar	1 11 1994
Aswathi Raveendran	25 6 1997
Rekha Sreesailam	4 10 1992
Anju Balakrishnan	10 5 1995
Soorya	16 12 1998
Jini Kovat Shaji	10 9 1996
Ruksana Khatun	10 3 1994
Nirmal Tanwar	29 9 1996
Sruthi Murali	7 11 1994
Aswani Kandoth	17 6 1996
Anusri Ghosh	9 10 1994
Anjali Babu	8 5 1997
Minimol Abraham	27 3 1988
Anusree Kambrath Poyilil	8 10 1997

;Pool B
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;11th place game
;9th place game

Wrestling

Wrestling Federation of India announced the list of the following wrestlers for the Jakarta Games:
;Men
;Freestyle
;Greco-Roman
;Women
;Freestyle