Bhutan at the 2018 Asian Games

Bhutan participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Bhutan first competed at the Asian Games in 1986 Seoul.^[1] At the last edition of 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, a total of 16 Bhutanese athletes took part in seven different sports.^[2] This time, 24 Bhutanese athletes will compete in four different sports including archery, boxing, taekwondo and golf.^[3]

Bhutan at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	BHU
NOC	Bhutan Olympic Committee
Website	www.bhutanolympiccommittee.org
in Jakarta and Palembang August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors	24 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Karma
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026

Archer Karma was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.^[4]

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Bhutan that participated at the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	6	2	8
Boxing	6	1	7
Golf	1	0	1
Taekwondo	5	3	8
Total	18	6	24

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Asian Games

Recurve

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kinley Tshering	Men's individual	615	38	Edwar (INA) L 2–6	did not advance
Lam Dorji		602	69	did not advance
Nima Wangdi		609	41	Magar (NEP) L 0–6	did not advance
Kinley Tshering Lam Dorji Nima Wangdi	Men's team	1826	18	—	North Korea L 0–6	did not advance
Karma	Women's individual	587	35	Zubaydova (TJK) L 3–7	did not advance
Sonam Dema		560	39	Phutdee (THA) W 6–4	Choirunisa (INA) L 4–6	did not advance
Kinley Tshering Karma	Mixed team	1202	19	—	Myanmar L 1–5	did not advance

Compound

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Phuntsho Wangdi Tandin Dorji Tansi Peljor	Men's team	2028	13	—	Iran L 217–231	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tashi Wangdi	–49 kg	T Tsuboi (JPN) L 0–5	did not advance
Tenzin Drugyel	–52 kg	Bye	O T-b (PRK) L 0–5	did not advance
Nima Dorji	–56 kg	Bye	Naqeebullah (PAK) L 2–3	did not advance
Tshering Samdrup	–60 kg	MK Nooristani (AFG) WO	AK Uulu (KGZ) L RSC	did not advance
Dorji Wangdi	–64 kg	L Gha (INA) L 0–5	did not advance
Sangay Wangdi	–69 kg	M Kumar (IND) L 0–5	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tandin Lhamo	–51 kg	Bye	Chang Y (CHN) L RSC	did not advance

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Ugen Dorji	Individual	76	82	84	79	321	+33	68

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games

Bhutan entered eight taekwondo practioniers (five men and three women). All competed in the kyorugi events.

Kyorugi

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Tenzin Dorji	Men's −58 kg	Sagar Guvaju (NEP) L 40–54	did not advance
Yeshi Dorji	Men's −63 kg	Molomyn Tümenbayar (MGL) L 2–23	did not advance
Jigme Wangchuk	Men's −68 kg	Gyanendra Hamal (NEP)	did not advance
Sonam Wangchuk	Men's −80 kg	Lee Hwa-jun (KOR) L 2–36	did not advance
Tenzin Lhendup	Men's +80 kg	—	Nattapat Tantramart (THA) L 1–12	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Kinzang Choden	Women's −57 kg	Bye	Gyani Chunara (NEP) L 6–28	did not advance
Sonam Yangtsho	Women's −67 kg	—	Sonesavanh Sirimanotham (LAO) W 23–11	Zhang Mengyu (CHN) L 0–35	did not advance
Lham Tshering	Women's +67 kg	—	Mokhru Khalimova (TJK) W DQ	Lee Da-bin (KOR) L 0–24	did not advance

See also

• Bhutan at the 2018 Asian Para Games