Indonesia beat its national medal tally for the Asian Games which had been set in 1951 in New Delhi. At the end of the 18th Asian Games held in Jakarta and Palembang, the Indonesian squad had won 98 medals, consisting of 31 gold medals, 24 silver medals, and 43 bronze medals. The martial art of pencak silat accounted for nearly half of the total gold medals won by Indonesian athletes, namely 14 gold medals and one bronze medal from the sixteen po