The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 – October 4, 2014, with 439 events in 36 sports and disciplines featured in the Games. Incheon was awarded the right on April 17, 2007, defeating Delhi, India to host the Games.Incheon was the third city in South Korea after Seoul (1986) and Busan (2002) to host the Asian Games. The final medal tally was led by China, followed by South Korea and Japan. 14 World and 27 Asian records were broken during the Games. Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino was announced as the most valuable player (MVP) of the Games. Though there were several controversies, the Games were deemed generally successful with its low price tag and with the rising standard of competition amongst the Asian nations.
| Host city | Incheon, South Korea |
|---|---|
| Motto | Diversity Shines Here (Korean: 평화의 숨결, 아시아의 미래) |
| Nations participating | 45 |
| Athletes participating | 9,501 (5,823 men, 3,678 women) |
| Events | 439 in 36 sports |
| Opening ceremony | September 19 |
| Closing ceremony | October 4 |
| Officially opened by | President Park Geun-hye |
| Athlete's Oath | Oh Jin-hyek Nam Hyun-hee |
| Torch Lighter | Lee Young-ae |
| Main venue | Incheon Asiad Main Stadium |
| Website | Official website |
The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) |
151 | 108 | 83 | 342 |
| 2 |  South Korea (KOR) |
79 | 71 | 84 | 234 |
| 3 |  Japan (JPN) |
47 | 76 | 77 | 200 |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
28 | 23 | 33 | 84 |
| 5 |  Iran (IRI) |
21 | 18 | 18 | 57 |
| 6 |  Thailand (THA) |
12 | 7 | 28 | 47 |
| 7 |  North Korea (PRK) |
11 | 11 | 14 | 36 |
| 8 |  India (IND) |
11 | 10 | 36 | 57 |
| 9 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
10 | 18 | 23 | 51 |
| 10 |  Qatar (QAT) |
10 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| Total | 436 | 436 | 575 | 1447 | |
- Gold (11 Medals in Total)
- Jitu Rai: Men's 50 metre pistol shooting
- Sandeep Kumar, Rajat Chauhan, Abhishek Verma: Men's compound team archery
- Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Mahesh Mangaonkar, Kumar Kush: Men's team squash
- Yogeshwar Dutt: Men's freestyle 65 kg wrestling
- Seema Punia: Women's discus throw athletics
- Sania Mirza, Saketh Myneni: Mixed doubles tennis
- M.C. Mary Kom: Women's 48-51 kg boxing
- Indian team: Men's hockey
- Priyanka Panwar, Tintu Luka, Mandeep Kaur, M. Poovamma: Women's 4X400m relay athletics
- Indian team: Women's kabaddi
- Indian team: Men's kabaddi
- Silver (10 Medals in Total)
- Saurav Ghosal: Men's singles squash
- Pemba Tamang, Gurpreet Singh, Vijay Kumar: Men's 25m centre fire pistol team shooting
- Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa, Anaka Alankamony: Women's team squash
- Abhishek Verma: Men's individual compound archery
- Khushbir Kaur: Women's 20 km race walk athletics
- Saketh Myneni, Sanam Singh: Men's doubles tennis
- Bajrang Kumar: Men's freestyle 61 kg wrestling
- Vikas Gowda: Men's discus throw athletics
- Tintu Luka: Women's 800m athletics
- Manju Bala: Women's hammer throw athletics
- Bronze (36 Medals in Total)
- Shweta Chaudhary: Women's 10 metre pistol shooting
- Jitu Rai, Samaresh Jung, Prakash Nanjappa: Men's 10 metre air pistol team shooting
- Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, P.C. Thulasi, Pradnya Gadre, N. Siki Reddy, Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanvi Lad: Women's team badminton
- Rahi Sarnobat, Anisa Sayyed, Heena Sidhu: Women's 25 metre pistol team shooting
- Dipika Pallikal: Women's singles squash
- Abhinav Bindra, Ravi Kumar, Sanjeev Rajput: Men's 10 metre air rifle team shooting
- Abhinav Bindra: Men's 10 metre air rifle shooting
- Yumnam Sanathoi Devi: Women's sanda -52 kg wushu
- Narendra Grewal: Men's sanda -60 kg wushu
- Dushyant Chauhan: Men's lightweight single sculls rowing
- Sawarn Singh: Men's single sculls rowing
- Kapil Sharma, Ranjit Singh, Bajrang Lal Thakhar, Robin Ulahannan, Sawan Kumar Kalkal, Mohammad Azad, Maninder Singh, Davinder Singh, Mohammed Ahmed: men's eight rowing
- Shagun Chowdhary, Shreyasi Singh, Varsha Varman: Women's double trap team shooting
- Sandeep Sejwal: Men's 50m breaststroke swimming
- Purvasha Sudhir, Surekha Vennam, Trisha Deb: Women's compound team archery
- Chain Singh: Men's 50m rifle 3 positions shooting
- Trisha Deb: Women's individual compound archery
- Vinesh Phogat: Women's freestyle 48 kg wrestling
- Geetika Jakhar: Women's freestyle 63 kg wrestling
- Lalita Babar: Women's 3,000m steeplechase athletics
- Yuki Bhambri: Men's singles tennis
- Yuki Bhambri, Divij Sharan: Men's doubles tennis
- Sania Mirza, Prarthana Thombare: Women's double tennis
- M. Poovamma: Women's 400m athletics
- Arokia Rajiv: Men's 400m athletics
- O.P. Jaisha: Women's 1,500m athletics
- Narsingh Pancham Yadav: Men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling
- Naveen Kumar: Men's 3,000m steeplechase athletics
- L. Sarita Devi: Women's 57-60 kg boxing
- Pooja Rani: 75 kg boxing
- Varsha Gautam, Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan: Women's 29er two person dinghy sailing
- Indian Women's hockey Team
- Annu Rani: Women's javelin throw athletics
- Satish Kumar: Men's +91 kg boxing
- Vikas Krishan: Men's 75 kg boxing
- Inderjeet Singh: Men's shot put athletics