Indonesia places 15th overall in the Asian Games

Indonesia places 15th overall in the Asian Games in Guangzhou, bitterly, behind Malaysia but triumphantly ahead of Singapore, just.

Asiad, the Asian Games, was held from November 12th-27th in Guangzhou and nearby cities in China with 45 countries participating, 9,700 odd athletes, 42 sports and 476 individual events.
The host nation predictably dominated the medals tally, with 199 gold medals, over 100 golds clear of second placed Korea.
Plucky Indonesia came in at 15th place in the gold medal tally, with these wins:

• Badminton: Men's Doubles
• Dragon Boat: Men's 1000m Straight Race
• Dragon Boat: Men's 500m Straight Race
• Dragon Boat: Men's 250m Straight Race

And nine silver and thirteen bronze, for a total of 26, putting the country in 14th place in the overall medal count. See the full list of Indonesian medalists.


The full list of countries which the vagaries of world geography have thrown improbably together, and the results with gold medal tallies in brackets:

1. China (199)
2. Korea (76)
3. Japan (48)
4. Iran (20)
5. Kazakhstan (18)
6. India (14)
7. Chinese Taipei (13)
8. Uzbekistan (11)
9. Thailand (11)
10. Malaysia (9)
11. Hong Kong (8)
12. DPR Korea (6)
13. Saudi Arabia (5)
14. Bahrain (5)
15. Indonesia (4)
16. Singapore (4)
17. Athletes from Kuwait (4)
18. Qatar (4)
19. Philippines (3)
20. Pakistan (3)
21. Mongolia (2)
22. Burma (2)
23. Jordan (2)
24. VietNam (1)
25. Kyrgyzstan (1)
26. Macao (1)
27. Bangladesh (1)
28. Tajikistan (1)
29. Syria (1)
30. United Arab Emirates
31. Afghanistan
32. Iraq
33. Lebanon
34. Laos
35. Nepal
36. Oman