It’s a piece of bronze which burns as bright as gold. Anju Bobby George’s bronze medal-winning leap at the Paris World Championships was clearly the best-ever achievement by an Indian athlete. The following is a list of gold medals won by Indians at the Asian level.

ASIAN GAMES

l 1951, New Delhi — MEN: 100m: Lavy Pinto; 200m: Lavy Pinto; 800m: Ranjit Singh; 1500m: Nikka Singh; Marathon: Chotta Singh; 4x400m relay: Govind Singh, S. Bakshi, Balwant Singh, Karam Singh; Discus: Makhan Singh; shot put: Madan Lal; 10km walk: Mahabir Prasad; 50km walk: Bakhtawar Singh.

l 1954, Manila — MEN: 110m hurdles: Sarwan Singh; high jump: Ajit Singh; shot put: Parduman Singh. WOMEN: 4x100m relay: C. Brown, Stephie D’Souza, Violet Peters, Mary D’Souza.

l 1958, Tokyo — MEN: 200m: Milkha Singh; 400m: Milkha Singh; triple jump: Mahender Singh; shot put: Parduman Singh; discus: Balkar Singh.

l 1962, Jakarta — MEN: 400m: Milkha Singh; 1500m: Mohinder Singh; 10,000m: Tarlok Singh; 4x400m relay: DaljitSingh, Jagdish, Makhan Singh, Milkha Singh; decathlon: Gurbachan Singh.

l 1966, Bangkok — MEN: 400m: Ajmer Singh; 800m: B.S. Barua; high jump: Bhim Singh; shot put: Joginder Singh; discus: Praveen Kumar.

l 1970, Bangkok — MEN: triple jump: Mohinder Singh Gill; shot put: Joginder Singh; discus: Praveen Kumar. WOMEN: 400m: Kamaljit Sandhu.

l 1974, Teheran — MEN: 800m: Sriram Singh; 5000m: Shivnath Singh; long jump: T.C. Yohanan; decathlon: V.S. Chauhan.

l 1978, Bangkok — MEN: 200m: R. Gnanasekharan; 800m: Sriram Singh; 5000m: Hari Chand; 10,000m: Hari Chand; 20km walk: Hakam Singh; long jump: Suresh Babu; shot put: Bahadur Singh. WOMEN: 800m: Geeta Zutshi.

l 1982, New Delhi — MEN: 800m: Charles Borromeo; 20km walk: Chand Ram; WOMEN: 100m hurdles: M.D. Valsamma.

l 1986, Seoul — WOMEN: 200m: P.T. Usha; 400m: P.T. Usha; 400m hurdles: P.T. Usha; 4x400m relay: P.T. Usha, Vandana Rao, Shiny Abrham, M.D. Valsamma.

l 1998, Bangkok — WOMEN: 800m: Jyotirmoyee Sikdar; 1500m: Jyotirmoyee Sikdar.

l 2002, Busan — MEN: shot put: Bahadur Singh. WOMEN: 200m: Saraswati Saha; 800m: K.M. Beenamol; 1500m: Sunita Rani; long jump: Anju Bobby George; discus: Neelam J. Singh; 4x400m relay: Jincy Phillips, Manjeet Singh, Soma Biswas, K.M. Beenamol.

ASIAN TRACK AND FIELD MEET

l 1973, Marikina — MEN: triple jump: Mohinder Singh Gill; shot put: Jagraj Singh; hammer throw: Ajmer Singh; decathlon: V.S. Chauhan.

l 1975, Seoul — MEN: 400m: Sriam Singh; 800m: Sriram Singh; 10,000m: Harichand; 3000m steeple chase: Harbeil Singh; 4x400m relay: Sriram Singh, Sucha Singh, Uday Prabhu, Ranjit Singh; long jump: T.C. Yohanan; shot put: Bahadur Singh; discus: Praveen Kumar; decathlon: Suresh Babu.

l 1979, Tokyo — MEN: 1500m: Ratan Singh; 20km walk: Hakam Singh.

l 1981, Tokyo — MEN: 800m: A. Rajan; 5000m: Gopal Saini; 20km walk: Chand Ram; decathlon: Sabir Ali. WOMEN: 800m: Geeta Zutshi.

l 1983, Kuwait — MEN: 1500m: Suresh Yadav; 20km walk: Chand Ram. WOMEN: 400m: P.T. Usha.

l 1985, Jakarta — MEN: 1500m: Bagicha Singh; shot put: Balwiinder Singh; hammer throw: Raghubir Singh Bal. WOMEN: 100m: P.T. Usha; 200m: P.T. Usha; 400m: P.T. Usha: 800m: Shiny Abraham; marathon: Asha Agarwal; 400m hurdles: P.T. Usha; 4x400m relay: Vandana Rao, A. Nachappa, Shiny Abraham, P.T. Usha.

l 1987, Singapore — WOMEN: 400m: P.T. Usha; 400m hurdles: P.T. Usha; 4x400m relay: Vandana Rao, A. Nachappa, Shiny Abraham, P.T. Usha.

l 1989, New Delhi — MEN: 1500m: Bahadur Prasad; 3000m steeple chase: Deena Ram; shot put: Balwinder Singh. WOMEN: 200m: P.T. Usha; 400m: P.T. Usha; 400m hurdles: P.T. Usha; K. Saramma, Mercy Kuttan, Shiny Wilson, P.T. Usha.

l 1991, Kuala Lumpur — WOMEN: 400m: Shiny Wilson; 4x400m relay: A. Nachappa, Dhanalakshmi, K. Saramma, Shiny Wilson.

l 1993, Manila — MEN: 5000m: Bahadur Prasad; discus: Ajit Bhaduria.

l 1995, Jakarta — WOMEN: 800m: Jyotirmoyee Sikdar.

l 1998, Fukuoka — WOMEN: 4x100m relay: Saraswati Dey, Rachita Mistry, E.B. Shyla, P.T. Usha.

l 2000, Jakarta — MEN: shot put: Shakti Singh; discus: Anil Kumar; javelin: Jagdish Bishnoi. WOMEN: 4x400m relay: Indian team. high jump: Bobby Aloysius; discus: Neelam J. Singh.

l 2002, Colombo — WOMEN: 4x400m relay: Sagardeep Kaur, Soma Biswas, Sunita Dahiya, J.J. Shobha.

Compiled by Ravi Kant Srivastava