Top Questions from 17th Asian Games

Dear patrons, The 17

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edition of Asian Games concluded on 4 October 2014. We are giving the top questions from
these games through which you would be able to understand important features of these games in very easy manner.
Just go through each question one-by-one and we are sure you would have better understanding of these games.
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1) 17
th
Asian Games (XVII Asiad 2014) was hosted at which city of South Korea? Incheon (Incheon is the third largest city of
South Korea after Seoul and Busan. It neighbours capital Seoul)

2) 17
th
Asian Games at Incheon were officially held between which dates? 19 September to 4 October 2014 (However, some
events like football started from 14 September itself)

3) With the conclusion of these games, South Korea has now hosted the Asian Games for how many times? Three
times (Seoul (1986), Busan (2002) and now Incheon (2014))

4) How many countries took part in 17
th
Asian Games? 45

5) How many sporting events were held at 17
th
Asian Games? 36 (439 different events in 36 sports were held in these games)

6) Approximately how many athletes took part in 17
th
Asian Games? 9,500

7) The sporting events of 17
th
Asian Games were held in how many venues? 49 (This included venues in host city Incheon and
some neighbouring cities like Seoul and Chungju)

8) What was the motto of 17
th
Asian Games? Diversity Shines Here

9) What were the names of the three official mascots of 17
th
Asian Games? Chumuro, Vichuon and Barame

10) Chumuro, Vichuon and Barame, the three mascots of 17
th
Asian Games represented which animal? The spotted seal

11) Which country would host the 18
th
Asian Games of 2018? Indonesia(These games would be hosted in three cities of the
country capital Jakarta, Bandung and Palembang

12) Which country was to host the 18
th
Asian Games originally? Vietnam(Originally Vietnamese capital Hanoi was to host
these games but it withdrew due to financial constraints. Then the hosting was transferred to Indonesia)

13) Which country topped the medals tally at 17
th
Asian Games? China

14) The top 5 countries (in medals tally) at 17
th
Asian Games are China, South Korea, Japan, Kazakhstan and Iran )

15) How many overall medals were won by China in these games? 342 (This included 151 gold medals, 108 silver medals and
83 bronze)

16) By topping in these games, China has now topped the Asian Games medals tally consecutively for how many times? Nine

17) How was named as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of 17
th
Asian Games? Kosuke Hagino, the swimmer from Japan (He
won medals in all the seven events he took part and thus won 4 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals)

18) How many cases of doping were reported from 17
th
Asian Games? Six(These four cases involved Tajikistan footballer
Khurshed Beknazarov, Cambodian soft tennis player Yi Sophany, the Malaysian Wushu gold medallist Tai Cheau Xuen, Iraqi
weightlifter Mohammed al Aifuri, Syrian karate fighter Nour-Aldin al-Kurdi and Chinese athlete Zhang Wenxiu. Tai Cheau and
Zhang Wenxiu were stripped of their gold medals while ban were imposed on other players)

19) Who was the chef de mission (Head) of the Indian contingent at 17
th
Asian Games? Adille Sumariwalla

20) Who held the Indian tricolour in the opening ceremony of 17
th
Asian Games? Sardar Singh (Captain of India Hockey team)

21) What was Indias position in 17
th
Asian Games? 8
th
(India finished with 57 medals overall, including 11 gold medal, 10 silver
and 36 bronze medals)

22) Which country won the first medal at 17
th
Asian Games? China (It won games first gold medal through 4 women shooters
in womens 10m Air Pistol team event on 20 September 2014)

23) Who won the first medal for India at 17
th
Asian Games? Shooter Shweta Chaudhary (She won the bronze medal in the
womens 10m air pistol on 20 September 2014. This was Indias first medal in these games)

24) Who won the first gold medal for India at 17
th
Asian Games? Jitu Rai(Shooter Jitu Rai won the gold medal in the mens
50m Pistol event held on 20 September 2014. This was Indias first gold medal in these games)

25) Who won the first silver medal for India at the 17
th
Asian Games? Saurav Ghosal (in mens squash singles)

26) What was the important feature of Indias gold medal wins in these games? No single sports dominated this time (India
won gold medals in Athletics, Kabaddi, shooting, squash, archery, wrestling, tennis, boxing and hockey. Thus 11 gold medals
were derived from as many as 9 sports)

27) Indian contingent won the largest number of 2 gold medals in which two sports? Kabaddi and Athletics (2 gold medals
respectively in mens and womens category in Kabaddi and one gold in womens discus throw and womens 4X400m relay)

28) What is the name of the Indian boxer who came to limelight due to the controversy of not accepting her medal after
controversial decision in her bout? Laishram Sarita Devi (This boxer from Manipur lost a highly controversial 60 kg semi-final
bout against eventual silver medalist South Korean boxer Park Jina. She later refused to accept her bronze medal in the medal
ceremony. But she later accepted the medal after pressure from the AIBA and an apparent displeasure of Indian authorities)

Complete Medals Tally of 17th Asian Games
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 151 108 83 342
2 Korea 79 71 84 234
3 Japan 47 76 77 200
4 Kazakhstan 28 23 33 84
5 Iran 21 18 18 57
6 Thailand 12 7 28 47
7 DPR Korea 11 11 14 36
8 India 11 9 37 57
9 Chinese Taipei 10 18 23 51
10 Qatar 10 0 4 14
11 Uzbekistan 9 14 21 44
12 Bahrain 9 6 4 19
13 Hong Kong 6 12 24 42
14 Malaysia 5 14 14 33
15 Singapore 5 6 13 24
16 Mongolia 5 4 12 21
17 Indonesia 4 5 11 20
18 Kuwait 3 5 4 12
19 Saudi Arabia 3 3 1 7
20 Myanmar 2 1 1 4
21 Vietnam 1 10 25 36
22 Philippines 1 3 11 15
23 Pakistan 1 1 3 5
23 Tajikistan 1 1 3 5
25 Iraq 1 0 3 4
25 United Arab Emirates 1 0 3 4
27 Sri Lanka 1 0 1 2
28 Cambodia 1 0 0 1
29 Macau 0 3 4 7
30 Kyrgyzstan 0 2 4 6
31 Jordan 0 2 2 4
32 Turkmenistan 0 1 5 6
33 Bangladesh 0 1 2 3
33 Laos 0 1 2 3
35 Afghanistan 0 1 1 2
35 Lebanon 0 1 1 2
37 Nepal 0 0 1 1