Sailing At Asian Games

Sailing was first included at the VI Asian Games in 1970 at Bangkok, Thailand. It was not included in the VII Asian Games in 1974. It has been held at every edition thereafter.

We have collated the details of each edition of the Asian Games to include the Best Nation, Events competed at each edition and overall Medal table. To know more about Medal Winners of each edition, please follow the links provided in the drop down Menu above.

Editions

Games Year Host city Host Nation Best Nation
VI 1970 Bangkok  Thailand  Japan
VIII 1978 Bangkok  Thailand  Japan
IX 1982 New Delhi  India  Pakistan
X 1986 Seoul  South Korea  South Korea
XI 1990 Beijing  China  Japan
XII 1994 Hiroshima  Japan  China
XIII 1998 Bangkok  Thailand  South Korea
XIV 2002 Busan  South Korea  China
XV 2006 Doha  Qatar  Singapore
XVI 2010 Guangzhou  China  China
XVII 2014 Incheon  South Korea  South Korea
XVIII 2018 Jakarta Indonesia  Japan
   

Events

Legend – M — Men O — Open W — Women
Event 70 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 Years
Sailboard
Division II O X 1
Lechner A-390 M X 1
W X 1
Mistral M X X X 3
W X X X X X 5
Mistral Light M X X X 3
Mistral Heavy M X X X 3
Raceboard Light M X X 2
Raceboard Heavy M X X 2
RS:One W X 1
RS: One Mixed Team X 1
RS:X M X X X 3
W X X X 3
Windglider O X 1
Dinghy
Optimist M X X X X X 5
W X X X X X 5
O X X X 3
Laser 4.7 O X X 2
Europe W X X 2
Laser M X X X X X X 6
O X X X 3
Laser Radial W X X 2
O X X X 3
OK Dinghy O X X X X X 5
Super Moth O X X X 3
29er W X 1
49er M X 1
49erFX W X 1
420 M X X X X X 5
W X X X X X 5
470 M X X X X X X X X 8
W X X X X X X 6
O X 1
Enterprise O X X X X X X X X 8
Fireball O X X X 3
Flying Dutchman O X 1
Multihull
Hobie 16 O X X X 3
Keelboat
Beneteau 7.5 O X 1
J/80 O X X 2
Total 5 4 4 5 7 7 16 15 14 14 14 10

Medal Table

 
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China (CHN) 30 19 12 61
2  South Korea (KOR) 22 11 16 49
3  Japan (JPN) 20 22 12 54
4  Singapore (SGP) 14 11 18 43
5  Thailand (THA) 10 14 25 49
6  Hong Kong (HKG) 6 13 5 24
7  Pakistan (PAK) 5 3 2 10
8  Malaysia (MAS) 4 9 5 18
9  Indonesia (INA) 2 1 3 6
10  India (IND) 1 7 12 20
11  Myanmar (MYA) 1 1 4 6
12  Sri Lanka (SRI) 0 1 1 2
13  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 0 1 0 1
 Philippines (PHI) 0 1 0 1
 Qatar (QAT) 0 1 0 1
Total 115 115 115 345