Who is the Asian Games prize king? Singapore's track and field athletes won 1 gold and 1 silver with 1.59 million, and Zhang Yufei won 6 gold medals with only 900,000
On October 7, Beijing time, the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games is coming to an end, and the Chinese team is currently at the top of the table with 187 gold (the medal table data in this article is as of 9:31 am on October 7) and is hitting the 200 gold mark. The rewards for the Asian Games are also varied from all over Asia, with the Chinese team starting at 30,000 gold medals, and local rewards. The highest prize is Singapore, where a gold medal can reach up to 1.06 million RMB. Although Zhang Yufei is the six gold kings of this Asian Games, the total bonus of the six gold medals in hand is only 900,000 yuan. Singaporean track and field sprinter Pereira won 1.59 million yuan with the gold medal in the women's 200m and silver medal in the 100m. Of course, there are not a few people who send cars and houses, and there are also those who send the capital's hukou to the establishment of civil servants, and the invisible value is immeasurable.
1. The Chinese team currently has 187 gold, 104 silver, 63 bronze
Some media have revealed that the official policy of the SAMR is a gold medal award of 30,000 yuan, and there will be rewards for individual units and localities. 30,000 doesn't seem like much, and a 6 gold king like Zhang Yufei has to call 180,000 to her account first. According to reports, the local reward policy of Jiangsu Province is 120,000 gold medals, Zhang Yufei's specific bonus is how much you can calculate. However, in total, it is only 900,000 yuan.
To win glory for the country and hometown, various provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions will more or less express that Sichuan Province's incentive policy, the Asian Games gold medal award is about 80,000-100,000. Han Xu, Li Meng, Wang Siyu, and Gao Song, the four women's basketball girls, each received a house reward, but it is not known what the market price of each apartment is. When the Asian Cup was won in July this year, the four girls received a local reward of 500,000 yuan each.
2. Japan currently 47 gold, 57 silver, 65 bronze
Japan does not have a unified national award standard, which also shows that Japan's Asian Games team is completely different from the national system. The Asian Games awards for Japanese athletes are awarded according to each event, with some associations awarding 500,000 yen (about 24,500 yuan) and some awarding 600,000 yen (about 29,000 yuan).
3. South Korea currently 36 gold, 49 silver, 84 bronze
The biggest battle of the South Korean team is that the Asian Games champion can be exempted from military service for two years. The Asian Games Go men's team champions Shin Mincheng, Shin Zhenzhen and others no longer have to serve in the military. At the last Asian Games in Jakarta, the gold medalist of the Korean team was rewarded with 1.2 million won (about 6,500 yuan), and this year it is roughly 6,000 yuan for a gold medal according to the exchange rate. According to the National Sports Promotion Organization's "Competitive Power Upward Research Annuity" point system, a gold medal point in the Asian Games is 10 points, and when the points reach 20 points, you can receive a monthly pension of 300,000 won (about 1614.6 yuan), providing a good life guarantee for athletes after retirement.
4. India currently 22 gold, 34 silver, 39 bronze
India's Asian Games incentive policy, a gold medal award is about 240,000 yuan. And if you wish, you can also obtain a civil service. Bineshpogat, who won a gold medal in wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, became a railway civil servant. India's men's javelin thrower Chopra, who won gold in Jakarta last time, defended his title in Hangzhou this time. After Chopra won gold in Jakarta last time, he returned to China and chose to enlist as a non-commissioned officer, and it is said that Chopra can support his family stably with his high military salary. It is not easy to support a family in India, which is generally a large family with a large population.
5. Chinese Taipei currently 17 gold, 16 silver and 25 bronze
The team's Asian Games incentive policy: NT$3 million (about 680,000 RMB) for gold medal, NT$1.5 million (about NT$340,000) for silver medal, NT$900,000 (about NT$200,000) for bronze medal. Go men's individual gold medalist Xu Haowei earned a total of NT$8.5 million last year, and with the Asian Games gold medal this year, the annual income is expected to hit the NT$10 million mark.
6. North Korea currently has 11 gold, 18 silver and 10 bronze
The Hangzhou Asian Games is the first time that the North Korean team has returned to the international arena after many years since the epidemic. North Korea's Asian Games champion will be granted a Pyongyang hukou, allocated a large house, and enjoy better education and medical resources in the capital. Men are exempt from military service and receive an annuity of about 5,700 yuan per year from the state.
7. Vietnam 3 gold, 4 silver and 17 bronze
The Vietnam Athletic Federation awards 600 million VND for the team gold medal (100 million for each of the 4 athletes and VND 200 million for the coach), and the athlete who wins the individual gold medal will receive VND 300 million. The Vietnam Gymnastics Federation awarded VND 100 million for the gold medal, VND 50 million for the silver medal and VND 20 million for the bronze medal. At the Hangzhou Asian Games, Vietnamese athletes failed to stand on the podium in athletics. Gymnastics Nguyen Van Khanh Phuan won the silver medal in the men's ring, receiving 50 million VND (about 15,000 yuan).
8. Singapore 3 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze
The Asian Games awards in Singapore are S$200,000 (1.06 million yuan) for gold medals, S$100,000 (530,000 yuan) for silver medals, S$50,000 (260,000 yuan) for bronze medals, S$320,000 (1.71 million yuan) for team medals, and S$400,000 (about 2.14 million yuan) for team sports such as basketball, softball, and football.
Singapore's three golds are Athletics Women's 200m Pereira, Sailing Men's Kite Board Merclian, and Sailing Men's Single Canoe - Elka 7's Lu Junhan. These three gold medals are worth a lot, and Pereira can get a prize of more than 1 million yuan with one gold medal. Moreover, Pereira also won the silver medal in the women's 100 meters, Pereira's gold and silver, and the pure prize was 1.59 million yuan.
9. Hong Kong, China 8 gold, 16 silver, 29 bronze
The gold medal award is 1 million Hong Kong dollars (about 930,000 yuan) for individual events, 2 million Hong Kong dollars (about 1.86 million yuan) for team events, 500,000 Hong Kong dollars (about 460,000 yuan) for silver medals, and 250,000 Hong Kong dollars (about 230,000 yuan) for bronze medals.
He Shibei won two gold medals in the women's 100-meter freestyle and 200-meter freestyle this time, with a prize of more than 1.86 million yuan. In addition, the Hong Kong team of China also won the gold medal in rugby sevens this time, and yesterday the Hong Kong team of China also won the gold medal of the bridge men's team, and the bonus of 2 million Hong Kong dollars has been given away.
10. Sri Lanka 1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze
At the Hangzhou Asian Games, Tarush Karunarasna, who won the gold medal in the women's 800m in athletics, received 10 million rupees (about 870,000 yuan) from the local cricket association. Sri Lanka is an island nation in the Indian Ocean with a per capita GDP of US$4,013 (about 29,000 yuan) as of 2021. This means that she receives a bounty of at least seven times the average national income. Sri Lanka's cricket association is the richest of the country's sports associations. The payment of her reward for this purpose is also made through the Cricket Association.
In addition, Karunalasna was honored to hear a direct message from Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, congratulating her on winning the Asian Games gold. It was Sri Lanka's fourth gold medal at the Asian Games since 2000. The first three gold medals were two at the 2002 Busan Asian Games and one at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.
Kuwait's Asian Games champion was sponsored by a company to provide cars, and the winner of the shooting competition was said to have been awarded the famous Swedish car Volvo. Kuwait has won two gold medals so far, the men's 110m hurdles by Jacob Juha and the individual gold medal in the men's skeet in Abdullah Rashidi. The market price of a Volvo is about 400,000-500,000 yuan. In Indonesia, the government builds houses directly for Asian Games medalists. However, it is known that houses can only be built on land owned by athletes and their families.