1982 Asian Games medal table

A multipurpose sports arena located in Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium as it appeared in July 2010, was the main venue for the 1982 Asiad.

The 1982 Asian Games (also known as the IX Asiad)[a] was a multi-sport event held in Delhi, India, from 12 November to 4 December 1982. A total of 3,411 athletes from 33 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in these games, competing in 147 events in 21 sports and 22 disciplines. The number of participating countries was the greatest in Asian Games history. Sport events of handball, equestrian, rowing and golf were included for the first time; while fencing and bowling were excluded.[1] This medal table ranks the participating NOCs by the number of gold medals won by their athletes.[2][3]

Athletes from 23 participating NOCs won at least one medal; athletes from 16 of these NOCs secured at least one gold.[4] Athletes from China won 61 gold medals, the most of any nation at these Asiad, and led the gold-medal count for the first time in their Asiad history. Japan had won the greatest number of medals in previous editions of the Games.[5] China first competed at the Asian Games in 1974, in Tehran, where it finished third.[6][7] Athletes from both China and Japan won the most total medals with 153. China has secured the top medal spot in every Asiad since 1982.[8][9] South Korea finished third in total medals. North Korea finished fifth in total medals, and fourth in the gold-medal count. Host nation India finished the games with 57 medals overall (13 gold, 19 silver and 25 bronze, its best performance since 1951), in fifth spot in terms of total gold medals.[10][11]

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