2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games#Medal table

The Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were held at the Ashgabat Olympic Complex, which is a unique facility which has no parallel in the Central Asian region. The Complex boasts of over 30 structures, which also includes 15 competition venues, an Athletes' Village and a Paralympic Rehabilitation Medical Center. The construction was launched by the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow.{{cite web |url=http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=2270 |title=Ускоряя темпы развития спорта высших достижений |date=14 September 2012 |access-date=8 July 2013 |archive-date=16 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016151759/http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=2270 |url-status=dead }} On November 5, 2010, the Turkmen President took part in the official stone laying ceremony for the Olympic Village. Investment in the first phase amounted to nearly $2 billion.{{cite web |url=http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=2263 |title=Президент Гурбангулы Бердымухамедов совершил рабочую поездку по Ашхабаду |date=13 September 2012}} The second phase of construction cost $3 billion.{{cite web |url=http://www.turkmenistan.ru/ru/articles/37806.html |title=Президент Туркмении ознакомился с новыми проектами застройки Ашхабада |date=14 September 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=1502 |title=Презентация строительства второй очереди Олимпийского городка |date=26 May 2012 |access-date=8 July 2013 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193606/http://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/?id=1502 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://regnum.ru/news/1535411.html |title=В Ашхабаде прошла презентация строительства второй очереди Олимпийского городка |date=27 May 2012}} The total cost of the Olympic Village was $5 billion and the construction was carried by Turkish construction company Polimeks.

For the convenience of athletes and spectators, the Olympic village have all the necessary infrastructure including social, cultural and shopping centers, hotels, restaurants, cafes, shops, consumer services and car park. The campus are laid with new pedestrian crossings and a monorail.

Several national higher educational institutions are located right next to the Olympic village. The Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management, the Institute of Culture, the State Border Service Academy of Turkmenistan, and the National Institute of Sports and Tourism all have their campuses nearby. These universities will use the brand-new sports facilities built for the Games in the future.

The Senior Asian Weightlifting Championship, the WAKO Asian Kickboxing Championships, and the Central Asian Short Course Swimming Championships took place concurrently as part of the Inspiring Ashgabat Test Event Series.{{cite news|title=Test events|url=http://www.ashgabat2017.com/test_events#|access-date=8 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412230808/http://www.ashgabat2017.com/test_events|archive-date=12 April 2017|url-status=dead}}

;Weightlifting

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The Senior Asian Weightlifting Championships competition began 23 April and ended on 29 April at the Weightlifting Arena. Athletes competed for 144 medals which were awarded for snatch, clean & jerk and total in each bodyweight category. Asia has a strong pedigree in weightlifting with 31 of the 45 medals at the Rio 2016 Olympics being awarded to Asian countries.

;Kickboxing

The Martial Arts Arena hosted the Asian Kickboxing Championships between 26–30 April with athletes from up to 20 countries competing over the course of five days. The competition included 27 categories for men and 10 for women which were featured in the Ring and 28 categories for men and 16 for women on the Tatami. The event saw up to 354 medals awarded.

;Short course swimming

In addition to these international competitions the Aquatics Federation of Turkmenistan have organised the first ever Central Asian Short Course Swimming Tournament which consisted of an invitational short course (25) competition in the new Indoor Aquatics Centre. Athletes from neighbouring countries Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Iran and Afghanistan will be competed across a number of individual and relay events on 26–27 April 2017.

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The opening ceremony of the games took place on Sunday, 17 September 2017 at the newly built Olympic Stadium in Ashgabat.

The closing ceremony of the games took place on 27 September at the Olympic Stadium. There were live performances from international singers such Russian Nyusha, Lebanese Elissa, English John Newman and many other local musical performers.{{Cite web |url=http://ashgabat2017.com/news/2017-09-27T2202-Ashgabat-2017-Closing-Ceremony-a-dazzling-finale- |title=Ashgabat 2017 Closing Ceremony a dazzling finale |access-date=2017-10-01 |archive-date=2018-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516044257/http://ashgabat2017.com/news/2017-09-27T2202-Ashgabat-2017-Closing-Ceremony-a-dazzling-finale- |url-status=dead }}

All 45 member countries of the Olympic Council of Asia were invited to compete at these Games. For the first time in the Asian Games are attended by 17 Oceania National Olympic Committees.{{cite web |url=http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/_eng/?id=4252 |title=Memorandum on the participation of Oceania in the V Asian Games signed |date=28 November 2014 |access-date=1 December 2014 |archive-date=6 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206170325/http://turkmenistan.gov.tm/_eng/?id=4252 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1049047/turkmenistan-president-claims-ashgabat-2017-will-open-new-page-in-history-of-world-sport |title=Turkmenistan President claims Ashgabat 2017 will open "new page in history" of world sport |date=8 April 2017}} Oceania countries will be under full participation, so they will be eligible for medals.

A total of 21 sports are represented for the Indoor and Martial Arts Games: four Olympic sports (3-on-3 basketball, track cycling, weightlifting and olympic wrestling), seven Olympic sports held events only in non-Olympic formats (athletics, equestrian, football, swimming, taekwondo and tennis) and eleven non-Olympic disciplines and sports (bowling, chess, cue sports, dancesport, ju-jitsu, kickboxing, kurash, muaythai, sambo, belt wrestling and traditional wrestling)

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sports discipline.

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• Belt wrestling
• {{GamesSport|Alysh|Events=24}}
• {{GamesSport|Belt wrestling|Events=28}}
• {{GamesSport|Kazakh kuresi|Events=3}}
• {{GamesSport|Pahlavani wrestling|Events=3}}
• {{GamesSport|Bowling|Events=6}}
• {{GamesSport|Chess|Events=10}}
• {{GamesSport|Cue sports|Events=13}}
• {{GamesSport|Dancesport|Events=11}}
• {{GamesSport|Equestrian|Events=3}}
• {{GamesSport|Futsal|Events=2}}
• {{GamesSport|Indoor athletics|Events=25}}
• {{GamesSport|Ju-jitsu|Events=25}}
• {{GamesSport|Kickboxing|Events=15}}
• {{GamesSport|Kurash|Events=15}}
• {{GamesSport|Muaythai|Events=14}}
• {{GamesSport|Sambo|Events=23}}
• {{GamesSport|Short course swimming|Events=30}}
• {{GamesSport|Taekwondo|Events=18}}
• {{GamesSport|Tennis|Events=5}}
• {{GamesSport|Track cycling|Events=9}}
• {{GamesSport|Turkmen goresh|Events=26}}
• {{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Events=16}}
• {{GamesSport|Wrestling|Events=22}}

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;Demonstration sports

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In the following calendar for the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held, which numeric representing the number of finals that were contested on that day. On the left the calendar lists each sport with events held during the Games, and at the right how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader.

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| gold_TKM = 74 | silver_TKM = 67 | bronze_TKM = 85 | host_TKM = yes

| gold_CHN = 42 | silver_CHN = 32 | bronze_CHN = 23

| gold_IRI = 36 | silver_IRI = 23 | bronze_IRI = 59

| gold_KAZ = 28 | silver_KAZ = 28 | bronze_KAZ = 40

| gold_UZB = 24 | silver_UZB = 33 | bronze_UZB = 74

| gold_THA = 21 | silver_THA = 20 | bronze_THA = 29

| gold_KOR = 15 | silver_KOR = 11 | bronze_KOR = 15

| gold_VIE = 13 | silver_VIE = 8 | bronze_VIE = 19

| gold_KGZ = 12 | silver_KGZ = 20 | bronze_KGZ = 37

| gold_HKG = 10 | silver_HKG = 11 | bronze_HKG = 14

| gold_IND = 9 | silver_IND = 12 | bronze_IND = 19

| gold_TPE = 9 | silver_TPE = 7 | bronze_TPE = 12

| gold_MGL = 5 | silver_MGL = 10 | bronze_MGL = 15

| gold_UAE = 5 | silver_UAE = 4 | bronze_UAE = 8

| gold_QAT = 4 | silver_QAT = 4 | bronze_QAT = 3

| gold_IRQ = 4 | silver_IRQ = 3 | bronze_IRQ = 6

| gold_TJK = 3 | silver_TJK = 14 | bronze_TJK = 34

| gold_KSA = 3 | silver_KSA = 5 | bronze_KSA = 2

| gold_PHI = 2 | silver_PHI = 14 | bronze_PHI = 14

| gold_JPN = 2 | silver_JPN = 5 | bronze_JPN = 10

| gold_INA = 2 | silver_INA = 4 | bronze_INA = 14

| gold_PAK = 2 | silver_PAK = 3 | bronze_PAK = 16

| gold_BRN = 2 | silver_BRN = 0 | bronze_BRN = 0

| gold_JOR = 1 | silver_JOR = 2 | bronze_JOR = 14

| gold_SRI = 1 | silver_SRI = 2 | bronze_SRI = 1

| gold_AFG = 1 | silver_AFG = 1 | bronze_AFG = 10

| gold_FIJ = 1 | silver_FIJ = 1 | bronze_FIJ = 0

| gold_SYR = 1 | silver_SYR = 0 | bronze_SYR = 5

| gold_MAS = 0 | silver_MAS = 1 | bronze_MAS = 0

| gold_MHL = 0 | silver_MHL = 1 | bronze_MHL = 0

| gold_LBN = 0 | silver_LBN = 0 | bronze_LBN = 4

| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 2

| gold_IOA = 0 | silver_IOA = 0 | bronze_IOA = 1

| gold_MAC = 0 | silver_MAC = 0 | bronze_MAC = 1

| gold_SAM = 0 | silver_SAM = 0 | bronze_SAM = 1

| gold_SGP = 0 | silver_SGP = 0 | bronze_SGP = 1

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What follows is a list of all the athletes that have tested positive for a banned substance during the Games. Any medals listed were revoked.

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Brand look and all design related works of the Games were made by Belli Creative Studio.{{Cite web|url=https://belli.studio/work/ashgabat-2017|title=«Ashgabat 2017» brand look|website=belli.studio|access-date=2019-08-22|archive-date=2019-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822065057/https://belli.studio/work/ashgabat-2017|url-status=dead}}

The emblem of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games is the image of Akhal-teke, the national horse of Turkmenistan which is renowned for

its speed, endurance and intelligence that represents Health. Surrounding the horse were the green Moon that represents Inspiration and the sun, the symbol of the Olympic Council of Asia, which represents friendship.

The 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Mascot is a Central Asian Shepherd Dog named Wepaly – meaning loyal friend in Turkmen. Locally known as Alabai, the Central Asian Shepherd Dog is renowned as a courageous animal in Turkmenistan for many centuries has helped Turkmen shepherds to safeguard flocks of cattle in heavy conditions in the sandy desert. Wepaly wears traditional ceremonial dress and a white telpek fur hat while waving the State Flag of Turkmenistan and the symbol of the Olympic Council of Asia.{{cite web|url=http://ashgabat2017.com/mascot|title=Mascot}}{{cite web|url=http://2017aimag.hkolympic.org/en/about-the-games/|title=About the games|agency=Hong Kong Delegation}} The mascot was unveiled 200 days before the games and was originally coloured green, but Turkmenistan's president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow ordered a last minute makeover possibly due to poor public reception.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1047585/ashgabat-2017-unveil-mascot-with-200-days-to-go|title=Ashgabat 2017 unveil mascot with 200 days to go|agency=Inside the Games|date=1 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-39407737|title=Turkmen Asian Games mascot gets makeover|agency=BBC|date=27 March 2017}}

The medals of the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games were revealed on February 16, 2017 and were designed by Singaporean company Eng Leong Medallic Industries. The medals shaped like eight pointed Oguz Khan Stars, the national emblem of the host nation and featured elements like olive branches and the five traditional carpet motifs on its obverse and the games' emblem on its reverse. The olive branches symbolising peace, the country's neutrality status and its commitment to peaceful development of international relations, while the five traditional carpet motifs represent the provinces of the country and the traditionally warm Turkmen hospitality. A total of 2,000 medals were produced for the Games, weighing 721 kilograms all-together.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1047072/ashgabat-2017-unveils-medal-design-for-asian-indoor-and-martial-arts-games|title=Ashgabat 2017 unveils medal design for Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games|agency=Inside the Games|date=16 February 2017|author=Max Winters}}

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