| Bridge at the 2022 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Hangzhou Chess Academy |
| Dates | 27 September – 6 October 2023 |
| Competitors | 171 from 12 nations |
Contract bridge at the 19th Asian Games was held at Hangzhou Chess Academy, also known as Hangzhou Qiyuan (Zhili) Chess Hall, Hangzhou, China between 27 September and 6 October 2023.
China finished first in the medal table by winning 3 medals.
| Q | Qualification | S | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 27th Wed | 28th Thu | 29th Fri | 30th Sat | 1st Sun | 2nd Mon | 3rd Tue | 4th Wed | 5th Thu | 6th Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | S | S | F | F |
| Women's team | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | S | S | F | F |
| Mixed team | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | S | S | F | F |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team |  Hong Kong Chiu Wai Lap Ho Hoi Tung Ho Wai Lam Lai Wai Kit Mak Kwok Fai Sze Shun Sum |  India Ajay Khare Sumit Mukherjee Jaggy Shivdasani Sandeep Thakral Rajeshwar Tiwari Raju Tolani |  Japan Kazuo Furuta Hiroaki Miura Masayuki Tanaka Hiroki Yokoi |
 China Hu Linlin Ju Chuancheng Liu Jing Liu Yinghao Zhuang Zejun | |||
| Women's team | China Huang Yan Liu Yan Ran Jingrong Yu Xiuting |  Chinese Taipei Chen Yin-shou Hsiao Kuan-chu Lin Yin-yu Liu Lin-chin Liu Pei-hua Yang Ming-ching |  Singapore Leong Jia Min Li Lan Lim Jing Xuan Low Siok Hui Jazlene Ong Selene Tan |
| Hong Kong Pearlie Chan Charmian Koo Tang Tsz In Joyce Tung Flora Wong Yeung Hoi Ning | |||
| Mixed team | Chinese Taipei Fan Kang-wei Liu Ming-chien Wu Tzu-lin Chen Kuan-hsuan So Ho-yee Tsai Po-ya | China Chen Yichao Dai Jianming Hu Junjie Fu Bo Wang Jian Zhang Yu |  Thailand Panjaroon Jariyanuntanaet Kirawat Limsinsopon Kridsadayut Plengsap Wanna Amornmeswarintara Kanokporn Janebunjong Pavinee Sitthicharoensawat |
| Singapore Loo Choon Chou Luo Cheng Gideon Tan Lam Ze Ying Seet Choon Cheng Tan Sock Ngin |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
A total of 171 athletes from 12 nations competed in bridge at the 2022 Asian Games: [1]
Bangladesh (5) China (15) Chinese Taipei (18) Hong Kong (18) India (18)
Indonesia (12) Japan (8)
Pakistan (11)
Philippines (12) Singapore (18)
South Korea (18) Thailand (18)
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