New Delhi :India excelled at the 2023 Asian Games, winning a total of 107 medals. At the same time, Pakistan could win only three medals in the competition. In 1958, India won only 13 medals while Pakistan bagged 26. Since then, India’s performance has steadily improved while Pakistan’s has deteriorated.
The 2023 Asian Games have been finished. The Indian athletes have returned to their country where they were warmly welcomed by their countrymen.
Pakistan has won a total of three medals at the 2023 Asian Games. These include one silver and two bronze medals. Pakistan had last won gold in this competition in 2014. At the same time, India won 28 gold medals that year. Currently, Pakistan’s performance may be very poor compared to India, but there was a time when Pakistan won twice as many medals as India.
The Asian Games were held for the first time in 1951. India had won 51 medals in the competition held in New Delhi. Pakistan did not participate in this competition. Thereafter, India’s performance declined in 1954 and India received only 17 medals. At the same time, Pakistan participated in the Asian Games for the first time and won 13 medals. In 1958, India had its worst performance in the Asian Games and could win only 13 medals. This time Pakistan won 26 medals, exactly twice as many as India. After that, in 1962, Pakistan won 28 medals and India 33 medals. Pakistan’s performance started to decline in 1970, and India’s performance continued to improve.
Until 2002, Pakistan always won about 10 medals, but this number never exceeded 17. At the same time, India continued to improve its performance during this period. India, which usually wins 20 to 30 medals, won 57 medals in 1982. This was the country’s best performance at that time. From 1998 onwards, India’s medal consistency improved and the number of medals was above 30 from then on. At the 2006 Asian Games, India won 53 medals.
At the same time, Pakistan received only four medals. Since then, India has won more than 50 medals every time. In 2018, India once again showed its best performance and won 70 medals. At the same time, Pakistan’s performance continued to decline. Even in 2018, Pakistan won only four medals. In 2023, the story changed completely. India scored a century of medals for the first time and won 107 medals. At the same time, Pakistan managed to win only three medals. In 2002, Pakistan had still won 13 medals.
Since then, the country has failed to score in double digits in the Asian Games. So far, Pakistan has won only 44 gold medals in the competition, while India itself managed to win 28 gold medals in 2023. In the 2006 Asian Games, India won 53 medals. At the same time, Pakistan won only four medals. Since then, India has won more than 50 medals every time. In 2018, India once again performed at its best, winning 70 medals.
At the same time, Pakistan has won a total of 44 gold, 64 silver and 99 bronze medals in the Asian Games. In total, Pakistan has won 207 medals and the country is ranked 18th on average in the Asian Games. At the same time, India has won 183 gold, 239 silver and 357 bronze medals in the Asian Games so far. In total, India has won 779 medals, and the average rank of India in this competition is five.
