Asian Games 2023: From Neeraj Chopra to Tejaswin Shankar; India's 68-member Indian athletic schedule and squad

Reigning Olympic and world champion - Neeraj Chopra - will spearhead a 68-member Indian athletics contingent at the Asian Games 2023, which is scheduled to take place in Hangzhou, the People’s Republic of China, from September 23 to October 8.

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The athletics events are scheduled to start on September 29 and end on October 5 with the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium hosting the competitions. 

A total of 655 Indian athletes will be competing for medals across 39 different sports in Hangzhou of which 68 members - 35 men and 33 women - India’s largest contingent for any sport - will be part of the track and field event.

Asian Games 2023 athletics schedule and live start times for India (All in Indian Standard Time (IST))

September 29, Friday:

Priyanka Goswami - 5:30 AM-9:00 AM - Women 20km Race Walk Final

Sandeep Kumar, Akshdeep Singh - 5:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men 20km Race Walk Final

Tanya Chaudhary, Rachna Kumari - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women Hammer Throw Final

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 100m Round 1

Murali Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men Long Jump Qualifying A+B

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 100m Round 1

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 10,000m Final

Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 400m Round 1

Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Himanshi Malik - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 400m Round 1

Kiran Baliyan, Manpreet Kaur - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women Shot Put Final

September 30, Saturday:

Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Women 100m Hurdles Heptathlon

Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Ramraj - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Women 100m Hurdles Round 1

Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Women High Jump Heptathlon

Harmilan Bains, Deeksha - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Women 1500m Round 1

Ajay Kumar Saroj, Jinson Johnson - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men 1500m Round 1

Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal (if qualified) - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men 400m Semi-final

Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women Shot Put Heptathlon

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men Pole Vault Final

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men Hammer Throw Final

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 100m Semi-final

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 100m Semi-final

Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Himanshi Malik (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 400m Final

Muhammed Anas Yahiya, Muhammed Ajmal (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 400m Final

Karthik Kumar, Gulveer Singh - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 10,000m Final

Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 200m Heptathlon

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 100m Final

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 100m Final

October 1, Sunday:

Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Women Long Jump Heptathlon

Jyothi Yarraji - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Women 200m Round 1

Amlan Borgohain - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men 200m Round 1

NA - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men 110m Hurdles Round 1

Team India - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Mixed 4×400m Relay Round 1

Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Women Javelin Throw Heptathlon

Murali Sreeshankar, Jeswin Aldrin (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men Long Jump Final

Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Ramraj - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 100m Hurdles Final

Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Sahib Singh - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men Shot Put Final

Seema Punia - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women Discus Throw Final

Harmilan Bains, Deeksha (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 1500m Final

Ajay Kumar Saroj, Jinson Johnson (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 1500m Final

Swapna Barman, Nandini Agasara - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 800m Heptathlon

Avinash Sable - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 3000m SC Final

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 4×100m Relay Round 1

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 4×100m Relay Round 1

October 2, Monday:

6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men 100m Decathlon - Tejaswin Shankar

Krishan Kumar, Mohammed Afsal - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men 800m Round 1

Tejaswin Shankar - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men Long Jump Decathlon

Sarvesh Anil Kushare, Jesse Sandesh - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men High Jump Qualifying A+B

Jyothi Yarraji (if qualified) - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Women 200m Semi-final

Amlan Borgohain (if qualified) - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men 200m Semi-final

Vithya Ramraj, Sinchal Ravi - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Women 400m Hurdles Round 1

Tejaswin Shankar - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men Shot Put Decathlon

T Santhosh Kumar, Yashas Palaksha - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men 400m Hurdles Round 1

Krishan Kumar, Mohammed Afsal (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 800m Semi-final

Tejaswin Shankar - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men High Jump Decathlon

Pavithra Vengatesh - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women Pole Vault Final

Jyothi Yarraji (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 200m Final

Amlan Borgohain (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 200m Final

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men Discus Throw Final

Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women Long Jump Final

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 110m Hurdles Final

Parul Chaudhary, Preeti - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 3000m SC Final

Team India (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Mixed 4×400m Relay Final

Tejaswin Shankar - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 400m Decathlon

October 3, Tuesday:

Team India - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Women 4×400m Relay Round 1

Team India - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men 4×400m Relay Round 1 

Tejaswin Shankar - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men 110m Hurdles Decathlon

Tejaswin Shankar - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men Discus Throw Decathlon

Harmilan Bains, Chanda - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Women 800m Round 1

Tejaswin Shankar - 6:30 AM-9:00 AM - Men Pole Vault Decathlon

Tejaswin Shankar - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men Javelin Throw Decathlon

Vithya Ramraj, Sinchal Ravi (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 400m Hurdles Final

T Santhosh Kumar, Yashas Palaksha (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 400m Hurdles Final

Praveen Chithravel, Abdulla Aboobacker - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men Triple Jump Final

Krishan Kumar, Mohammed Afsal (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 800m Final

Rubina Yadav, Pooja - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women High Jump Final

Ankita, Parul Chaudhary - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 5000m Final

Annu Rani - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women Javelin Throw Final

Tejaswin Shankar - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 1500m Decathlon

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 4×100m Relay Final

NA - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 4×100m Relay Final

October 4, Wednesday:

Ram Baboo, Manju Rani - 5:30 AM-9:00 AM - Mixed 35km Race Walk Final

Sarvesh Anil Kushare, Jesse Sandesh (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men High Jump Final

Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men Javelin Throw Final

Harmilan Bains, Chanda (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 800m Final

Sheena Nellickal Varkey - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women Triple Jump Final

Gulveer Singh, Avinash Sable - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 5000m Final

Team India (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Women 4×400m Relay Final

Team India (if qualified) - 3:30 PM-7:00 PM - Men 4×400m Relay Final

October 5, Thursday:

Man Singh, Belliappa Appachangada Bopaiah - 4:30 AM-7:50 AM - Men Marathon Final

NA - 4:30 AM-7:50 AM - Women Marathon Final