BANGLADESH

Capital: Dhaka

NOC Recognition Year: 1980

Asian Games Debut: 1978

Bangladesh first participated at the Asian Games at Bangkok 1978 and were ever-present in the next 10 editions.

Their first Asian Games medal arrived at Seoul 1986 thanks to boxer Mosharraf Hossain’s light heavyweight bronze.

The nation’s best performance at an Asian Games arrived at Guangzhou 2010 where they collected one gold, one silver and a bronze medal to rank 27th out of the 45 participating countries.

The men’s cricket team made history that year when they secured Bangladesh’s first-ever gold medal with a five-wicket victory over Afghanistan in the T20 competition.

At Incheon 2014, Bangladesh claimed one silver medal and two bronzes to rank 32nd out of the 45 participating countries.

There was disappointment for Bangladesh at Jakarta-Palembang 2018 as they failed to pick up a single medal having sent 117 athletes.

At Hangzhou 2022, the country won two bronze medals, in the men's and women's cricket tournaments.