“Asian Games 2022 Starts with Preliminary Matches in the Chinese City of Hangzhou”

The 19th edition of Asian Games 2022 will commence from 23 September 2023 to 8 October 2023,in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. The Asian games earlier alsoknown as Asiad. It is coninental multi sport held every fourth year. First Asian Game was held in New Delhi in 1951. The Asian Games 2022 will be officially inaugurated during the opening ceremony on 23 September 2023. However, sports like cricket, football, volleyball, beach volleyball , Rowing, Table Tennis and sailing will kick off from September 19. India has performed exceedingly well in last edition held at Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia. India was ranked eighth with 70 medals to include 16 Gold, 23 Silver and 31 Bronze. This was India’s highest Gold medal tally at the Games. China had secured first position with a tally of 132 gold,92 Silver and 65 bronze. Japan was at second spot with total of 205 medal.

This edition of the Asian Games will witness a robust Indian contingent comprising 655 members, participating in an impressive 41 out of 61 sports. 481 Gold medals are stake and all Asian nation will try to get maximum out of this.

SportDatesEventsIndian Athletes Competing
ArcheryOctober 1-71016
Artistic GymnasticsSeptember 24-2914NA
Artistic SwimmingOctober 6-82NA
AthleticsSeptember 29 – October 54868
BadmintonSeptember 28 – October 7719
Basketball (5×5)September 26 – October 6212 (1 team)
Basketball (3×3)September 25 – October 128 (2 teams)
BaseballSeptember 26 – October 71NA
BoxingSeptember 24 – October 51313
BreakingOctober 6-72NA
Beach VolleyballSeptember 19-282NA
BridgeSeptember 27 – October 6318
CricketSeptember 19 – October 7230 (2 teams)
ChessSeptember 24 – October 7410
Canoe SlalomOctober 5-744
Canoe SprintSeptember 30 – October 31213
Cycling BMX RacingOctober 12NA
Cycling MTBSeptember 252NA
Cycling RoadOctober 3-54NA
Cycling TrackSeptember 26-291214
DivingSeptember 30 – October 4102
Dragon BoatOctober 4-66NA
EquestrianSeptember 26 – October 6610
EsportsSeptember 24 – October 2715
FootballSeptember 19-27244 (2 teams)
FencingSeptember 24-29129
GolfSeptember 28 to October 147
HockeySeptember 24 to October 7236 (2 teams)
HandballSeptember 24 – October 5216 (1 team)
JudoSeptember 24-27154
Ju-JitsuOctober 5-7811
KabaddiOctober 2-7224 (2 teams)
KarateOctober 5-814NA
KurashSeptember 30 – October 276
Marathon SwimmingOctober 6-72NA
Modern PentathlonSeptember 20-2421
Rhythmic GymnasticsOctober 6-72NA
Rugby SevensSeptember 24-26212 (1 team)
RowingSeptember 20-251433
Roller skatingSeptember 30 – October 71014
SailingSeptember 21-271416
SepaktakrawSeptember 24 – October 7616
ShootingSeptember 24 – October 13333
SkateboardingSeptember 24-274NA
SquashSeptember 26 – October 558
Soft tennisOctober 3-7510
SoftballSeptember 26 – October 21NA
SwimmingSeptember 24-294121
Sport ClimbingOctober 3-767
TaekwondoSeptember 24-2813NA
TennisSeptember 24-3059
Table TennisSeptember 22 – October 2710
Trampoline GymnasticsOctober 2-32NA
TriathlonSeptember 29 – October 23NA
VolleyballSeptember 19 – October 7224 (2 teams)
Water PoloSeptember 25 – October 72NA
WeightliftingSeptember 30 – October 7142
WrestlingOctober 4 – 71818
Weiqi (Go)September 24 – October 33NA
Asian Games 2022

(Note: “NA” denotes information that is not available or applicable in the provided data.)