Rank

Nation

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

China

16

27

Bahrain

15

Japan

10

20

Saudi Arabia

Uzbekistan

India

17

Kazakhstan

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

10

Thailand

11=

Hong Kong

11=

Tajikistan

Rank

Nation

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

13

Iran

14

Sri Lanka

15

Kuwait

16

Chinese Taipei

17

South Korea

18=

Lebanon

18=

Oman

18=

North Korea

Total

42

43

41

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Discus Thrower Vikas Gowda won India's first gold medal at the 20th Asian Athletics Championship when he hurdled the iron disk to 64.90m to beat Irani strongman Mohammed Samini at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex at Balewadi here on Thursday.

Pune: India clinched a gold medal in women's 4X400m relay in a sensational race to finish sixth overall as the curtains were drawn on the 20th Asian Athletics Championships with China confirming their supreme status in the continent, here on Sunday.

The home team came up with a rich haul of eight medals --one gold, three silver and four bronze -- on the fifth and final day to give the houseful Shiv Chhatrapati Stadium crowd a lot to cheer. India ended the Championships with two gold, six silver and nine bronze, a much improved performance than the last edition in 2011 in Kobe, Japan where they had finished seventh with one gold, three silver and eight bronze. Vikas Gowda had won India's other gold in men's discus throw on the second day on Thursday. Besides the gold from relay team comprising M R Poovamma, Tintu Luka, Anu Mariam Jose and Nirmala, India won a silver and a bronze in men's triple jump through Renjith Maheswary and Arpinder Singh. India also bagged a silver and bronze in women's 200m through Asha Roy and Dutee Chand respectively.