title: Bhutan at the 2018 Asian Games
text: # 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. At the last edition of 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, a total of 16 Bhutanese athletes took part in seven different sports. This time, 24 Bhutanese athletes will compete in four different sports including archery, boxing, taekwondo and golf.
  
  Archer Karma was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  
  ## 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
  
  ### Recurve
  
  | Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Lam Dorji | Men's individual | 602 | 69 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Nima Wangdi | Men's individual | 609 | 41 | Magar (NEP) L 0–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Kinley Tshering Lam Dorji Nima Wangdi | Men's team | 1826 | 18 | — | North Korea L 0–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Karma | Women's individual | 587 | 35 | Zubaydova (TJK) L 3–7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Sonam Dema | Women's individual | 560 | 39 | Phutdee (THA) W 6–4 | Choirunisa (INA) L 4–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Kinley Tshering Karma | Mixed team | 1202 | 19 | — | Myanmar L 1–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Compound
  
  | Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Boxing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Tashi Wangdi | –49 kg | T Tsuboi (JPN) L 0–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Tenzin Drugyel | –52 kg | Bye | O T-b (PRK) L 0–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Nima Dorji | –56 kg | Bye | Naqeebullah (PAK) L 2–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Tshering Samdrup | –60 kg | MK Nooristani (AFG) WO | AK Uulu (KGZ) L RSC | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Dorji Wangdi | –64 kg | L Gha (INA) L 0–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Sangay Wangdi | –69 kg | M Kumar (IND) L 0–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Tandin Lhamo | –51 kg | Bye | Chang Y (CHN) L RSC | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Golf
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Par | Rank |
  | Ugen Dorji | Individual | 76 | 82 | 84 | 79 | 321 | +33 | 68 |
  
  ## Taekwondo
  
  Bhutan entered eight taekwondo practioniers (five men and three women). All competed in the kyorugi events.
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Yeshi Dorji | Men's −63 kg | Molomyn Tümenbayar (MGL) L 2–23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Jigme Wangchuk | Men's −68 kg | Gyanendra Hamal (NEP) | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Sonam Wangchuk | Men's −80 kg | Lee Hwa-jun (KOR) L 2–36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Tenzin Lhendup | Men's +80 kg | — | Nattapat Tantramart (THA) L 1–12 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Sonam Yangtsho | Women's −67 kg | — | Sonesavanh Sirimanotham (LAO) W 23–11 | Zhang Mengyu (CHN) L 0–35 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Lham Tshering | Women's +67 kg | — | Mokhru Khalimova (TJK) W DQ | Lee Da-bin (KOR) L 0–24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  