Afghanistan at the 2018 Asian Games

Afghanistan competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.

Afghanistan first participated at the Asian Games when the first Games were in Delhi in 1951. The country had won five silver and 6 bronze medals until the last event at Incheon in 2014.

Medalists
The following Afghanistan competitors won medals at the Games.


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Competitors
The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Afghanistan that participated at the Games: Athlete who also competed in kurash.

Athletics

 * Key


 * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
 * Q = Qualified for the next round
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
 * NR = National record
 * GR = Games record
 * PB = Personal best
 * SB = Season best
 * DNF = Did not finish
 * DNS = Did not start
 * NM = No mark
 * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
 * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round


 * Track & road events

Badminton

 * Singles

Basketball

 * Summary

3x3 basketball
Afghanistan national 3x3 team participated in the Games, the men's team placed in the pool D based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.

Men's tournament
The following is the Afghanistan roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Roster
 * Mir Abdul Wahab Mirzad
 * Sayed Amin Sadat
 * Jahan Zeeb Khairi


 * Pool D

Boxing

 * Men

Ju-jitsu
Afghanistan entered the ju-jitsu competition with 7 athletes (5 men's and 2 women's).

Key:
 * ADV – Won by advantages.
 * RDC – Won by referee decision.
 * SUB – Won by submission.
 * Men


 * Women

Judo
Afghanistan put up 4 men's judokas at the Games.

Key:
 * 1st number — Ippon
 * 2nd number — Waza-ari
 * s — Shido
 * Men

Karate
Afghanistan entered the karate competition with 6 athletes (4 men's and 2 women's).

Kurash

 * Men


 * Women

Paragliding

 * Men


 * Women

Rugby sevens
Afghanistan rugby sevens men's team drawn in the group C at the Games.

Men's tournament
The following is the Afghanistan squad in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Squad

Head coach: Haris Rahamni


 * Mohammad Asghar Azizi
 * Abdul Bari Gazang
 * Mohammad Moosa Hashimi
 * Javed Rahmani
 * Mustafa Sayed
 * Naib Shah Shirzad
 * Sayear Slaimankhel
 * Zakir Slaimankhel
 * Omar Slaimankhel
 * Sabir Slaimankhel
 * Zahidullah Slaimankhel
 * M Mussa Wardak


 * Group C


 * Classification round (9–12)

Sambo
Key:
 * SU – Won by submission.

Swimming
Afghanistan National Swimming Federation entered one swimmer to compete at the Games.


 * Men

Taekwondo

 * Kyorugi

Weightlifting

 * Men

Wrestling
Key:
 * F – Victory by fall.
 * PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
 * PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
 * ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.


 * Men's freestyle

Wushu

 * Taolu

Key: * TV – Technical victory.
 * Sanda