Asian Games, Medal Awards by Country
[Asian Games] House, Car, Civil Servant… Medal Awards by Country
Singapore, 200 million won for gold medal... Indian medalists have civil service opportunities, and in Korea, gold medalists receive military service benefits...
The reward is approximately 1.2 million won.
The Hangzhou Asian Games, which closes on the 8th, has 45 participating countries, which is smaller than the Olympics with over 200 countries, but the number of participating athletes exceeds 12,000, which is more than the 11,000 participants in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
In some ways, the competition for medals is not much different from the Olympics.
In the Asian Games, athletes who win medals are given various benefits depending on the country.
On the 6th, news of Sri Lanka"s medal reward was delivered.
According to AFP on this day, Tarushi Karunarasna (Sri Lanka), who won the women"s 800m track and field event, received a reward of 10 million rupees (about 40 million won) from the Sri Lanka Cricket Association, not the Sri Lanka Athletics Federation.
In addition, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickramasingha personally called Karunarasna and congratulated her on winning the gold medal.
Regarding the fact that the cricket association, not the Athletics Federation, paid the reward, AFP explained that it was "the richest among Sri Lankan sporting organizations."
Sri Lanka won its fourth gold medal at the Asian Games since 2000, following two in Busan in 2002 and one in Incheon in 2014.
According to an AFP report, India will give $36,000 in prize money for the gold medal in this competition, or about 50 million won in Korean currency.
Additionally, Indian athletes who win medals at the Olympics or Asian Games can become public officials if they wish.
AFP reported, "Bineesh Phogat, who won the wrestling gold medal at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, became a railway official."
After winning the 2017 Asian Championships, men"s javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra joined the military and became a non-commissioned officer.
Chopra said, “My father is a farmer and my mother is a housewife, so I am happy that I can join the military and support my family.”
Singapore gives a reward of $146,000, or about 200 million won in Korean currency, to the player who wins the gold medal in the individual event.
Indonesia builds houses for Asian Games medalists in the country.
However, it is said that only houses will be built on land owned by the player or his team.
In the case of Kuwait, a Kuwaiti company decided to buy a car for the gold medalist of this competition, and Al Rashidi, a veteran shooter in his 60s who won a gold medal in shooting, received a Volvo vehicle.
As is well known, Korea provides military service benefits to athletes who win gold medals in the Asian Games.
The prize money of 1.2 million won was given to the individual gold medalist at the 2018 Jakarta Games.
The Korea Sports Council explained, “This competition will also be paid based on the Jakarta competition prize money, but there may be some adjustments depending on the total number of medals.”