| India at the 1982 Asian Games | |
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| IOC code | IND |
| NOC | Indian Olympic Association |
| in New Delhi | |
| Medals Ranked 5th |
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| Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
India was the host nation for the 1982 Asian Games held at Delhi, India from 19 November to 4 December 1982. Ranked 5th with 13 gold medals, 19 silver medals and 25 bronze medals with a total of 57 over-all medals. [1] [2] [3]
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| Badminton | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Boxing | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Equestrian | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Hockey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Golf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Rowing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sailing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Shooting | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Water Polo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 13 | 19 | 25 | 57 |
Head coach: 
P. K. Banerjee
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Bhaskar Ganguly | East Bengal | ||||
| GK | Brahmanand Sankhwalkar | 6 March 1954 (aged 28) | Salgaocar | |||
| DF | Compton Dutta | Bengal | ||||
| DF | Monoranjan Bhattacharya | East Bengal | ||||
| DF | Sudip Chatterjee | 5 February 1959 (aged 23) | Mohun Bagan | |||
| DF | Aloke Mukherjee | 1 May 1960 (aged 22) | East Bengal | |||
| DF | Gurcharan Singh Parmar | Punjab | ||||
| DF | Aslam Khan | Karnataka | ||||
| MF | Prasun Banerjee | 6 April 1955 (aged 27) | Bengal | |||
| MF | Prasanta Banerjee | 12 February 1958 (aged 24) | Bengal | |||
| MF | Mohammad Farid | Bengal | ||||
| MF | Parminder Singh | 5 May 1957 (aged 25) | Punjab | |||
| MF | Harjinder Singh | JCT Mills | ||||
| FW | Bidesh Bose | 15 November 1953 (aged 29) | Bengal | |||
| FW | Shabbir Ali | 26 January 1956 (aged 26) | Bengal | |||
| FW | Biswajit Bhattacharya | Bengal | ||||
| FW | Kartick Seth | East Bengal | ||||
| FW | C. B. Thapa | Services |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
 China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
 Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
 Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
| India | 2–0 | Bangladesh |
|---|---|---|
Prasun Banerjee  1', 90+5' [4] |
| India | 1–0 | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|
| Kartick Sett 68' [4] |
| India | 2–2 | China |
|---|---|---|
| Shabbir Ali 53' [4] Kartick Seth 60' [4] | Shen Xiangfu 25' Zuo Shusheng 82' |
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