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395,983 medals, every one searchable. Filter by nation, championship, event and year, count a country’s haul edition by edition, or set two championships side by side.

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China PR ’s medals at every Asian Games

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Turkey · Balkan Athletics Championships

Cuba · Pan American Games

Kenya · Olympic Games

Jamaica · World Championships

All-time haul

540 medals

216 gold 193 silver 131 bronze

1 medal withdrawn for doping is not counted. Relays count once.

On the podium

14 of 20 editions since 1951 · every one since 1974

First medal

1974 Tehran ↗ · Sun Meihua (1955), 1500m gold

First gold

1974 Tehran ↗ · Sun Meihua (1955), 1500m

Best edition

Beijing 1990 61 medals, 29 of them gold

All-time table

1st of 33 nations, ranked by golds

Every edition, 1951–2026

Bars grow with the medals won · empty column = no medal · click a year

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1978
1982
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Edition by edition

Year	Edition	Medals	G	S	B	Total
2026	Aichi-Nagoya 20th edition		17	14	8	39
2023	Hangzhou 19th edition		19	11	9	39
2018	Jakarta 18th edition		12	13	9	34
2014	Incheon 17th edition		15	14	11	40
2010	Guangzhou 16th edition		13	15	8	36
2006	Doha 15th edition		14	9	8	31
2002	Busan 14th edition		14	14	13	41
1998	Bangkok 13th edition		15	17	7	39
1994	Hiroshima 12th edition		22	17	8	47
1990	Beijing 11th edition		29	21	11	61
1986	Seoul 10th edition		17	18	8	43
1982	New Delhi 9th edition		12	11	12	35
1978	Bangkok 8th edition		12	9	13	34
1974	Tehran ↗ 7th edition		5	10	6	21
1970	Bangkok 6th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1966	Bangkok 5th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1962	Jakarta 4th edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1958	Tokyo 3rd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1954	Manila 2nd edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
1951	New Delhi 1st edition	No medal	–	–	–	–
Total	14 of 20 editions on the podium		216	193	131	540