India created history at the Asian Athletics Championships 2017 by scooping up the most number of gold medals and deservedly, topping the 45 country-list.
Call it getting lucky thanks to the likes of powerhouses Japan, Qatar and China fielding their 'B team' for the four-day athletics meet in Bhubaneswar, fact remains that the strong 95-member Indian contingent gave their best performance ever in the event's history.
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The tally of 29 medals -- 12 golds, five silvers and 12 bronzes -- has broken every other previous record India held.
India's previous best was 22 overall medals (10 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze), bagged at the 1985 Jakarta edition.
Let us now look at the list of winners
GOLD
Athlete | Discipline |
Mohammad Anas | Men's 400m race |
Ajay Kumar Saroj | Men's 1500m race |
G Lakshmanan | Men's 5000m race |
G Lakshmanan | Men's 10000m race |
Kunju Muhammed, Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv, Mohammad Anas, Mohan Kumar, Sachin Roby | Men's 4x400m relay |
Nirmala Sheoran | Women's 400m race |
PU Chitra | Women's 1500m race |
Sudha Singh | Women's 3000m steeplechase |
Debashree Mazumdar, M. R. Poovamma, Jisna Mathew, Nirmala Sheoran | Women's 4x400m relay |
Neeraj Chopra | Men's Javelin Throw |
Manpreet Kaur | Women's Shot Put |
Swapna Burman | Women's Heptathlon |
SILVER
Athlete | Discipline |
Arokia Rajiv | Men's 400m race |
Gopi Thonakal | Men's 10000m race |
Anu Raghavan | Women's 400m hurdles |
Tejinder Pal Singh | Men's shot put |
Nellickal V Neena | Women's long jumo |
BRONZE
Athlete | Discipline |
Jinson Johnson | Men's 800m race |
Jabir MP | Men's 400m hurdles |
Dutee Chand | Women's 100m race |
Jisna Mathew | Women's 400m race |
Sanjivani Jadhav | Women's 5000m race |
Merlin Joseph, Himashree Roy, Srabani Nanda, Dutee Chand | Women's 4x100m relay |
Vikas Gowda | Men's Discus Throw |
Davinder Singh Kang | Men's Javelin Throw |
Nayana James | Women's Long Jump |
NV Sheena | Women's Triple Jump |
Annu Rani | Women's Javelin Throw |
Purnima Hembram | Women's Heptathlon |