Archive · 6 Oct 2026
India Finishes Fourth With 85 Medals at Asian Games
India won 85 medals at the 2026 Asian Games and finished fourth.
The medals included 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze.
China finished first, followed by Japan and South Korea.
India won more medals in athletics than in any other sport.
Shooting and archery also brought India many medals.
Kumkum Mohod won three medals in archery, and Neeru Dhanda won two golds and a silver in shooting.
Pranavi Urs became the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games individual golf gold.
Indian teams also won gold in hockey, kabaddi and cricket.
The total was lower than India’s 106 medals at the 2023 Games, but India won medals across 20 sports.
India placed fourth with 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze.
China topped the standings with 169 gold medals and 341 medals overall; Japan and South Korea finished second and third.
Athletics led India’s medal count with 24, followed by shooting with 15 and archery with nine.
India won gold in hockey, kabaddi and cricket; both hockey teams earned direct qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The campaign spanned 20 sports and included milestones such as Kumkum Mohod’s three archery medals and Pranavi Urs’s golf gold.
- Who
- Indian athletes and teams.
- What
- India finished fourth with 85 medals, including 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze.
- When
- At the 2026 Asian Games.
- Where
- Aichi-Nagoya.
- Why
- The articles report India’s results and milestones across 20 sports; they do not give a specific reason for the final ranking.
Performance strengths
Limits and comparisons
Overall medal performance
Performance strengths
India won 85 medals across 20 sports and finished fourth, with several firsts and notable performances.
Limits and comparisons
India’s total was below its 106 medals at Hangzhou in 2023 and did not match that campaign’s record haul.
Final ranking
Performance strengths
India finished fourth and was placed above Uzbekistan despite having the same number of gold medals, because India won more silver medals.
Limits and comparisons
China, Japan and South Korea finished ahead of India in the standings.
- India's final position
- Fourth
- India's medal total
- 85: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze
- Top-ranked country
- China, with 169 gold medals and 341 medals overall
- India's most successful sport by medal count
- Athletics, with 24 medals
- Other leading sports
- Shooting: 15 medals; archery: nine medals
- Sports in which India won gold
- Hockey, kabaddi and cricket, among others
- Hockey qualification
- Both Indian hockey teams qualified directly for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics
- Comparison with 2023
- India won 106 medals at Hangzhou in 2023
