Final medal standings from the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China from 23 September to 8 October
More than 12,000 athletes from all 45 members of the Olympic Council of Asia competed in the 19th Asian Games, which took place in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China from 23 September to 8 October.
A total of 481 events were contested, with competitions in nine sports - archery, artistic swimming, boxing, breaking, hockey, modern pentathlon, sailing, tennis and water polo - will serving as Olympic qualifiers, with Paris 2024 quotas on the line.
Find out the final medal standings from the 15-day event. Please note medal standings are as officially published by Games organisers as of the end of the Games on 8 October and do not reflect subsequent changes.
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Here are the medal winners from Singapore, as well as the overall medal table for the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. Team Singapore:
- Gold medals (3) - Athletics: Shanti Pereira (women's 200m). Sailing: Maximilian Maeder (men's Formula Kite), Ryan Lo (men's ILCA7).
- Silver medals (6) - Athletics: Shanti Pereira (women's 100m). Canoe (Sprint): Stephenie Chen (women's kayak single 500m) Sailing: Isaac Goh (boys' ILCA4), Justin Liu/Denise Lim (mixed Nacra 17). Swimming: Teong Tzen Wei (men's 50m fly). Wushu: Jowen Lim (men's daoshu and gunshu all-round).
- Bronze medals (7) - Bridge: Women's team, mixed team. Sailing: Keira Carlyle (girls' ILCA4), Cecilia Low/Kimberly Lim (women's 49erFX), Victoria Chan (women's ILCA6). Wushu: Kimberly Ong (wushu). Xiangqi: Ngo Lan Huong (women's individual).
Asian Games 2023 Medal Tally: Ranking by country
The 19th Asian Games is scheduled to be held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
The Asian Games officially get underway with the opening ceremony on September 23. However, cricket, football, volleyball and beach volleyball will start from September 19.
Hangzhou will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games, after Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010. A total of 56 venues will be used in and around Hangzhou with 481 gold medals on offer.
Live streaming: Where to watch Hangzhou curtain raiser
The Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony on Saturday will officially kick off the 19th edition of the continental multisport event in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.
The Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, also known as the Big Lotus, will host the Asian Games opening ceremony. The state-of-the-art venue, primarily built as a football stadium in 2018, has a capacity of up to 80,000 spectators. The Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony will start at 5:30 PM in India and will be live streamed. The opening ceremony at the Asian Games 2023 will pay an ode to China’s rich heritage while celebrating the country’s modern outlook with elements of artificial intelligence and eco-friendly technology.
Asian Games 2023 will be the first continental meet featuring a digital torch-lighting ceremony, wherein millions of torch-bearers will transform the digital flames into a digital human figure on the Qiantang River. With 3D animation and augmented reality, electronic smokeless fireworks will also be on show at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to attend the 19th Asian Games opening ceremony. Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Hong Kong China’s leader John Lee Ka-chiu and the Republic of Korea’s Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and many other eminent foreign dignitaries will also be in attendance.
Asian Games 2023 Opening Ceremony: Date, time, venue, live streaming details — All you need to know
The Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium will serve as the host of the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony. This stadium can accommodate around 80,000 people
Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony will take place on 23 September at Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium. AP
The 19th edition of the Asian Games starts today, 23 September. This spectacular event, which boasts 40 diverse sports and a formidable assembly of both seasoned and up-and-coming athletes hailing from 45 nations, will be a grand celebration of sporting excellence like no other. There are several sporting events that have already started and now, the grand opening ceremony on 23 September will officially herald the commencement of this prestigious tournament.
One of the primary aims of this ceremony is to vividly showcase the cultural and historical tapestry of China. The eagerly anticipated Asian Games 2023, originally scheduled for 2022 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, stands as one of the pinnacle sporting events of the year.
Asian Games 2023 Opening Ceremony: Check date, time, venue, live streaming details and all you need to know
The ceremony's objective is to represent the rich culture and heritage of the host nation and showcase the spirit of sports among the participating countries
The 19th edition of the Asian Games will kickstart with an extravagant opening ceremony on September 23. Sports enthusiasts worldwide can witness the glory of Asia's biggest sporting event, featuring 40 different sports and a large pool of talented and amateur athletes from 45 countries across Asia and the Middle East. It will celebrate the legacy of the Asiad. The ceremony's objective is to represent the rich culture and heritage of the host nation and showcase the spirit of sports among participating countries.
Asian Games 2023, scheduled for 2022 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is one of the most awaited sporting events of the year. Asian Games only happen once every four years. New Delhi hosted the first version of the Asian Games in 1951. The 18th Asian Games were held in Indonesia in 2018. The Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium will host the ground-rocking Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony. Completed in 2018, the stadium can accommodate around 80,000 people. Besides the prestigious opening ceremony, the stadium will host upcoming soccer matches.
Executive Producer of the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony told CCTV+, "The ceremony will portray the Ancient and Modern Hangzhou and the bond between the participating nations. It is a brilliant artwork of Chinese artists. Our task is polishing ideas and presenting the thoughts through graphical motion." He also called the upcoming opening ceremony a "visual feast using brilliant electronic fireworks." It will be the first digital ignition ceremony in Asian Games' history. Chinese President Xi Jinping will also attend the Asian Games 2023 opening ceremony.
Asian Games 2014
‘Dream of 4.5 billion people’ and ‘Asia is one’ was the vibrant theme when the 17th Asian Games were declared open in a multi-coloured blaze of fireworks at the Incheon Main Stadium here on Friday evening. South Korean President Park Geun-hye declared the festival to be opened at a glittering, South Korean modernisation, culture and pop inspired ceremony as North Korean athletes received an unexpectedly warm welcome. Spectators exploded into an uproar as the North Korean athletes entered the stage. Though the athletes from the communist nation remained stiff, in contrast to the heated atmosphere, they managed to wear a shy smile on their faces as they paraded around the stadium.
"I declare the opening of the 17th Asian Games," Park said simply, after athletes from 45 countries dressed in colourful national garb, sharp suits and comfortable tracksuits had filed into purpose-built main stadium. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, the President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), told the athletes: "We are delighted to welcome you and are looking forward to seeing you compete and perform based on fair play and respect. You are the heart and soul of the Games." Gangnam Style performer Psy and pianist Lang Lang were among those to regale the jam-packed audience of 62,000. The ceremony took spectators through snapshots of Asian history, its rich culture, traditions and development.
Earlier, the show started with schoolchildren from South Korea holding rings started first act of the evening, followed by a visual narrative on the creation of the universe. A ship sailed through the stadium telling the story of how the continent of Asia was created, then separated with a well choreographed routine performed by a dance troupe. In continuation, how the sea connected the continent with the rest of the world was depicted. South Korean culture, known as the ‘Korean Wave’ or Hallyu, has swept through Asia in recent years generating billions of dollars in revenue from drama and pop music and yesterday’s ceremony drew heavily on its influence. Korean sporting heroes also had their place in the spotlight, with golf major winners Pak Se-Ri and Park In-bee appearing with Olympic weightlifting champion Jang Mi-ran and speed skater Lee Kyou-Hyuk. A total of 13,000 athletes will take part in 439 events.
