China comes out on top in Asian Games with 151 gold medals

The Asian Games ended in Incheon, South Korea, yesterday with China just managing to pass 150 gold medals.

Hosts South Korea came second with 79 golds and Japan third with 47. Hong Kong wrapped up its campaign with 42 medals in all - six gold, 12 silver and 24 bronze.

While China remains Asia's sporting superpower, it has seen its dominance reduced. It won 199 gold medals at the last Games in Guangzhou and Incheon is its worst show since the Games were last in South Korea in 2002.

Despite sending a record 472 athletes to Incheon, Hong Kong returned home with fewer gold and silver medals compared with the 2010 Guangzhou Games, when it captured eight gold, 15 silver and 17 bronze medals.

Delegation head Karl Kwok Chi-leung, however, said he was satisfied, as Hong Kong came 13th out of the 37 states and territories that won medals.