TURKMENISTAN

Capital: Ashgabat

NOC Recognition Year: 1993

Asian Games Debut: 1994

Turkmenistan made their Asian Games debut in 1994 in Hiroshima where they won the first of their three gold medals.

Altymyrat Orazdurdyyew made history by becoming the first Turkmen to be an Asian Games champion when he won the 76-kilogram weightlifting competition.

There was also success in the following two Games with shooter Igor Pirekeyev winning the 50-metre rifle prone competition at Bangkok 1998 and then the 50m rifle three positions event at Busan 2002.

Since then, Turkmenistan have failed to add to their gold medal tally and did not get on the podium at Guangzhou 2010.

At Hangzhou 2022, Turkmenistan collected one silver and six bronze medals to rank 29th in the standings.