Rowing at the Asian Games
Rowing · Olympic Council of Asia, with the Asian Rowing Federation
2026LatestAichi–Nagoya 2026: 14 events; China won 9
Rowing joined the Asian Games at New Delhi 1982 with four men's events; women's events began at Seoul 1986 [from the rows]. Aichi–Nagoya 2026 held 14 events.
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- Most golds
- China, 112 of 143
- India
- 29 medals: 2 gold, 7 silver, 20 bronze
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- Every four years
India at the Asian Games
India has won rowing medals at 11 of the 12 Games, all but Seoul 1986. Its two golds:
| Games | Event | Crew |
|---|---|---|
| Guangzhou 2010 | Men's single sculls | Bajrang Lal Takhar |
| Jakarta–Palembang 2018 | Men's quadruple sculls | Sawarn Singh, Dattu Baban Bhokanal, Om Prakash, Sukhmeet Singh |
2026Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1
2022Gold: 0 · Silver: 2 · Bronze: 3
2018Gold: 1 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 2
2014Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 3
2010Gold: 1 · Silver: 3 · Bronze: 1
2006Gold: 0 · Silver: 2 · Bronze: 1
2002Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1
1998Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 2
1994Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1
1990Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 4
1982Gold: 0 · Silver: 0 · Bronze: 1
All of India's medals are in men's events except a women's coxless pair bronze in 2010.
More about this tournament
Aichi–Nagoya 2026 champions
| Event | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| Single sculls | Deng Zhiwei (China) | Zhang Xinyu (China) |
| Double sculls | Yi Xudi, Nie Yide (China) | Wang Sixuan, Shen Shuangmei (China) |
| Quadruple sculls | China | China |
| Coxless pair | Vladislav Yakovlev, Ivan Chernukhin (Kazakhstan) | Ren Wanning, Zhu Hongshan (China) |
| Coxless four | China | China |
| Lightweight single sculls | Chiu Hin Chun (Hong Kong) | Fatemeh Mojallal (Iran) |
| Lightweight double sculls | Shakhzod Nurmatov, Sobirjon Safaroliev (Uzbekistan) | Kimia Zareei, Zeinab Norouzi (Iran) |
Medal table (1982 to 2026, top 10)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 112 | 7 | 2 | 121 |
| 2 | Japan | 9 | 38 | 16 | 63 |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 15 | 10 | 31 |
| 4 | South Korea | 4 | 23 | 24 | 51 |
| 5 | Iran | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 3 | 14 | 9 | 26 |
| 7 | India | 2 | 7 | 20 | 29 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 9 | Vietnam | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |