Athletes from 39 nations won at least one medal, and athletes from 27 of these nations secured at least one gold. Eight NOCs—Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, India, Singapore, Vietnam, Qatar, Philippines and Kyrgyzstan—improved their position in the general medal table compared to the 1998 Asian Games.[5] China topped the medal table for the sixth consecutive time in the Asian Games, with 150 gold medals.[6] Athletes from China won the most silver medals (84) and the most medals overall (308).