| Sport climbing at the 2018 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Jakabaring Sport City |
| Dates | 23–27 August 2018 |
| Competitors | 121 from 16 nations |
Sport climbing at the 2018 Asian Games was held at the JSC Sport Climbing Arena, Palembang, Indonesia, from 23 to 27 August 2018. [1]
| Q | Qualification | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | 23rd Thu | 24th Fri | 25th Sat | 26th Sun | 27th Mon | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's speed | Q | F | |||||
| Men's speed relay | Q | F | |||||
| Men's combined | Q | Q | Q | F | |||
| Women's speed | Q | F | |||||
| Women's speed relay | Q | F | |||||
| Women's combined | Q | Q | Q | F | |||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | Reza Alipour  Iran | Zhong Qixin  China | Aspar Jaelolo  Indonesia |
| Speed relay |  Indonesia Muhammad Hinayah Veddriq Leonardo Rindi Sufriyanto Abudzar Yulianto | Indonesia Muhammad Fajri Alfian Aspar Jaelolo Sabri Septo Wibowo Siburian |  China Li Jinxin Liang Rongqi Ou Zhiyong |
| Combined | Chon Jong-won  South Korea | Kokoro Fujii  Japan | Tomoa Narasaki Japan |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | Aries Susanti Rahayu Indonesia | Puji Lestari Indonesia | He Cuilian China |
| Speed relay | Indonesia Fitriyani Puji Lestari Aries Susanti Rahayu Rajiah Sallsabillah | China Deng Lijuan Niu Di Pan Xuhua | China He Cuilian Ni Mingwei Qiu Haimei Song Yiling |
| Combined | Akiyo Noguchi Japan | Sa Sol South Korea | Kim Ja-in South Korea |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia (INA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
A total of 121 athletes from 16 nations competed in sport climbing at the 2018 Asian Games:
China (18)
Chinese Taipei (1)
Hong Kong (4)
India (3) Indonesia (20) Iran (8) Japan (4)
Kazakhstan (13)
Malaysia (7)
Mongolia (3)
Nepal (2)
Pakistan (2)
Philippines (1)
Singapore (7) South Korea (14)
Thailand (14)
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