The fourth edition of the Asian Para Games got underway on Sunday, 22 October with India among the nations competing in the event in in Hangzhou, China. On Saturday, India added 12 medals to their already record tally at the Asian Para Games to finish with 111 medals. India had already surpassed their previous best of 72 medals that the contingent had won in Jakarta five years back. India’s medal winners at 2023 Asian Para Games: 1 Ankur Dhama — Athletics (Men’s 5000m-T11) — Gold 2 Nishad Kumar — Athletics (Men’s High Jump-T47) — Gold 3 Ram Pal — Athletics (Men’s High Jump-T47) — Silver 4 Shailesh Kumar — Athletics (Men’s High Jump-T63) — Gold 5 Mariyappan Thangavelu — Athletics (Men’s High Jump-T63) — Silver 6 Monu Ghangas — Athletics (Men’s Shot Put-F11) — Bronze 7 Pranav Soorma — Athletics (Men’s Club Throw-F51) — Gold 8 Dharambir — Athletics (Men’s Club Throw-F51) — Silver 9 Amit Kumar — Athletics (Men’s Club Throw-F51) — Bronze 10 Prachi Yadav — Canoe (Women’s VL2) — Silver 11 Kapil Parmar — Judo (Men -60 kg J1) — Silver 12 Kokila — Judo (Women -48 kg J2) — Bronze 13 Avani Lekhara — Shooting R2 (Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1) — Gold 14 Rudransh Khandelwal — ShootingP4 (Mixed 50m Pistol SH1) — Silver 15 Aruna — (Taekwondo Women’s K44 -47KG) — Bronze 16 Praveen Kumar — Athletics (Men’s High Jump-T64) — Gold 17 Unni Renu — Athletics (Men’s High Jump-T64) — Bronze 18 Ekta Bhyan — Athletics (Women’s Club Throw-F32/51) — Bronze 19 Simran — Athletics (Women’s 100m-T12) — Silver 20 Deepthi Jeevanji — Athletics (Women’s 400m-T20) — Gold 21 Ajay Kumar — Athletics (Men’s 400m-T64) — Silver 22 Manish Kaurav — Canoe (Men’s KL3) — Bronze 23 Prachi Yadav — Canoe (Women’s KL2) — Gold 24 Gajendra Singh — Canoe (Men’s VL2) — Bronze 25 Neeraj Yadav — Athletics (Men’s Discus Throw-F54/55/56) — Gold 26 Yogesh Kathuniya — Athletics (Men’s Discus Throw-F54/55/56) — Silver 27 Muthuraja — Athletics (Men’s Discus Throw-F54/55/56) — Bronze 28 Ravi Rongali — Athletics (Men’s Shot Put-F40) — Silver 29 Pramod — Athletics (Men’s 1500m-T46) — Silver 30 Rakesh Bhaira — Athletics (Men’s 1500m-T46) — Bronze 31 Ashok — Powerlifting (Men’s -65kg) — Bronze 32 Rudransh Khandelwal Shooting (Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1) — Silver 33 Manish Narwal — Shooting (Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1) — Bronze 34 Rubina Francis — Shooting (Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1) — Bronze 35 Team India — Archery (Men’s Doubles Recurve-Open) — Bronze 36 Team India — Archery (Women’s Doubles Compound-Open) — Silver 37 Team India — Archery (Men’s Doubles Compound- Open) — Silver 38 Pooja — Athletics (Women’s Discus Throw- F54/55) —Silver 39 Sumit — Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw-F64)— Gold 40 Pushpendra Singh — Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw-F64) — Bronze 41 Haney — Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw-F37/38) — Gold 42 Narayan Thakur — Athletics (Men’s 200m-T35) — Bronze 43 Shreyansh Trivedi — Athletics (Men’s 200m-T37)— Bronze 44 Soman Rana — Athletics (Men’s Shot Put-F57) — Silver 45 Hokato Sema Hotozhe — Athletics (Men’s Shot Put-F57) — Bronze 46 Sundar Singh Gurjar — Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw-F46) — Gold 47 Rinku — Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw-F46) — Silver 48 Ajeet Singh — Athletics (Men’s Javelin Throw-F46) — Bronze 49 Ankur Dhaka — Athletics (Men’s 1500m-T11) — Gold 50 Rakshitha Raju — Athletics (Women’s 1500m-T11) — Gold 51 Lalitha Killaka — Athletics (Women’s 1500m-T11) — Silver 52 Sharath Makanahalli — Athletics (Men’s 1500m-T13) — Silver 53 Balwant Singh Rawat — Athletics (Men’s 1500m-T13) — Bronze 54 Nimisha Suresh — Athletics (Women’s Long Jump-T47) — Gold 55 Pramod Bhagat/Manisha Ramadass — Badminton (Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5) — Bronze 56 Manasi Joshi — Badminton (Women’s Singles SL3) — Bronze 57 Sivarajan Solaimalai / Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan — Badminton (Mixed Doubles SH6) — Bronze 58 Nitesh Kumar / Thulasimathi Murugesan — Badminton (Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5) — Bronze 59 Mandeep Kaur — Badminton (Women’s Singles-SL3) — Bronze 60 Vaishnavi Puneyani — Badminton (Women’s Singles-SL4) — Bronze 61 Zainab Khatoon — Powerlifting (Women’s 61kg) — Silver 62 Kumari Raj — Powerlifting (Women’s 61kg) — Bronze 63 Bhavina Patel — Table tennis (Women’s Singles-Class 4) — Bronze 64 Sandeep Dangi — Table tennis (Men’s Singles-Class 1)-Bronze 65 Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari / Naveen Dalal — Archery (Men’s Doubles-W1 Open) — Bronze 66 Sheetal Devi / Rakesh Kumar — Archery (Mixed team compound-Open) — Gold 67 Narayan Thakur — Athletics (Men’s 100m-T35) — Bronze 68 Sachin Sarjerao Khilari — Athletics (Men’s shot put-F46) — Gold 69 Rohit Kumar — Athletics (Men’s shot put-F46) — Bronze 70 Shreyansh Trivedi — Athletics (Men’s 100m-T27) — Bronze 71 Bhagyashri Jadhav Madhavrao — Athletics (Women’s shot put-F34) — Silver 72 Monu Ghangas — Athletics (Men’s discus throw-F11) — Silver 73 Simran — Athletics (Women’s 200m -T12) — Silver 74 Manisha Ramadass — Badminton (Women’s singles SU5) — Bronze 75 Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan — Badminton (Women’s singles SH6) — Bronze 76 Pramod Bhagat / Sukant Indukant Kadam — Badminton (Men’s doubles SL3-SL4) — Bronze 77 Sukant Idukant Kadam — Badminton (Men’s Singles SL4) — Bronze 78 Krishna Nagar / Sivarajan Solaimalai — Badminton (Men’s doubles SH6) — Bronze 79 Himanshi Bhaveshkumar Rathi — Chess (Women’s Individual Standard VI-B1) — Bronze 80 Mandeep Kaur / Manisha Ramadass — Badminton (Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5) — Bronze 81 Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan / Rachana Shaileshkumar Patel — Badminton (Women’s Doubles SH6) — Bronze 82 Sidhartha Babu — Shooting (R6 - Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1) — Gold 83 Sheetal Devi - Women’s individual compound archery - Gold 84 Rakesh Kumar - Men’s individual compound archery - Silver 85 Pradeep Kumar - Men’s javelin throw F54 - Silver 86 Laxit - Men’s javelin throw F54 - Bronze 87 Lakshmi - Women’s Discus Throw F37/38 - Bronze 88 Raman Sharma - Men’s 1500m T38 - Gold 89 Manu - Men’s Shot Put F37 - Bronze 90 Solairaj Dharmaraj - Men’s Long Jump T64 - Gold 91 Krishna Nagar - Badminton Men’s Singles SH6 - Silver 92 Yathiraj Lalinakere - Badminton Men’s Singles SL4 - Gold 93 Manasi Joshi and Thulasimathi Murugesan - Badminton Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 - Silver 94 Pramod Bhagat - Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 - Gold 95 Nitesh Kumar - Badminton Men’s Singles SL3 - Silver 96 Thulasimathi Murugesan - Women’s Singles SU5 - Gold 97 Nitesh Kumar and Tarun - Men’s Doubles SL3-SL4 - Gold 98 Chirag Baretha and Raj Kumar - Men’s Doubles SU5 - Silver 99 Suyash Jadhav - Men’s 50m Butterfly S7 - Bronze 100 Dilip Mahadu Gavit - Men’s 400m T47 - Gold 101 Neeraj Yadav - Men’s javelin throw F55 - Gold 102 Tek Chand - Men’s javelin throw F55 - Bronze 103 Pooja - Women’s 1500m T20 - Bronze 104 Men’s Team Para Chess Rapid V1-B1 - Gold 105 Women’s Team Para Chess Rapid V1-B1 - Bronze 106 Men’s Team Para Chess B2 - Bronze 107 Darpan Inani - Para Chess B1 - Gold 108 Soundarya Pradhan - Men’s Para Chess B1 - Silver 109 Ashwin Makwana - Men’s Para Chess B1 - Bronze 110 Kishan Gangoli - Men’s Para Chess B2 - Bronze 111 Anita and Narayana Konganapalle - PR3 Mixed Double Sculls - Silver Here’s a detailed look at the 2023 Asian Para-Games medal table:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 214 | 167 | 140 | 521 |
| 2 | Iran | 44 | 46 | 41 | 131 |
| 3 | Japan | 42 | 49 | 59 | 150 |
| 4 | South Korea | 30 | 33 | 40 | 103 |
| 5 | India | 29 | 31 | 51 | 111 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 29 | 30 | 36 | 95 |
| 7 | Thailand | 27 | 26 | 55 | 108 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 25 | 24 | 30 | 79 |
| 9 | Philippines | 10 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 8 | 15 | 24 | 47 |
India have sent a much larger contingent this time around — 303 compared to 190 in Jakarta — and have bettered their 2018 performance. The Para-athletes have emulated the success of the able-bodied athletes. They had won 107 medals during the Asian Games that took place between 23 September and 8 October, the first time they crossed the 100-medal mark. The first-ever Asian para-games took place in Guangzhou 2010 and has taken place after every Asian Games ever since. India had won 14 medals in the inaugural edition, including one gold, but would put up a improved performance in Incheon 2014, where they won 33 medals including three gold. After finishing 15th in the first two editions, India would break into the top-10 in Jakarta, finishing ninth with 72 medals.


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