Archive · 4 Oct 2026
India’s Asian Games Medal Haul Falls from 107 to 85
India won 85 medals at the 2026 Asian Games.
That was 22 fewer than the 107 medals it won at the 2022 Games.
Athletics and shooting were the biggest reasons for the lower total.
India won fewer medals in both sports, especially gold medals in athletics.
But some sports improved: boxers won three gold medals, and wrestlers won two.
India also earned nine medals in archery, the same total as in 2022.
Cricket and kabaddi again brought India two gold medals each, and hockey won two golds.
India also reached the podium for the first time in mixed martial arts and kurash.
Some medals were unavailable to defend because certain events were not included in 2026.
India won 85 medals at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, down from 107 at the 2022 Hangzhou Games.
Athletics fell from 29 medals to 24, while its gold-medal count dropped from six to one.
Shooting declined from 22 medals, including seven golds, to 15 medals, including three golds.
Boxing and wrestling won three and two gold medals respectively after winning none in 2022; archery again earned nine medals.
India repeated gold-medal sweeps in cricket and kabaddi, won two hockey golds, and recorded first podium finishes in mixed martial arts and kurash.
- Who
- India’s athletes and teams.
- What
- India’s overall Asian Games medal haul fell from 107 in 2022 to 85 in 2026, with gains in some sports and declines or no medals in others.
- When
- The 2026 Asian Games; the comparison is with the 2022 Games.
- Where
- The 2026 Games were held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan; the 2022 Games were held in Hangzhou, China.
- Why
- The article identifies declines in athletics and shooting as primary drivers, alongside changes in which events were included.
Medal declines
Improvements and context
Overall performance
Medal declines
India’s total fell by 22 medals, from 107 in 2022 to 85 in 2026.
Improvements and context
The article describes 2026 as India’s second-most successful Asian Games outing.
Sport-by-sport results
Medal declines
Athletics and shooting lost medals, and India failed to reach the podium in tennis, chess and equestrian.
Improvements and context
Boxing and wrestling won golds, archery maintained its medal total, and India recorded maiden podium finishes in mixed martial arts and kurash.
Effect of event changes
Medal declines
India missed medals in new events including padel, teqball and surfing.
Improvements and context
Some 2022 medals could not be repeated because events were absent in 2026, including chess, bridge and roller skating.
- India’s 2026 total
- 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver, 37 bronze.
- India’s 2022 total
- 107 medals: 28 gold, 38 silver, 41 bronze.
- Athletics
- Medals fell from 29 to 24; golds fell from six to one.
- Shooting
- Medals fell from 22, including seven golds, to 15, including three golds.
- Boxing and wrestling
- Boxing won three golds and wrestling won two, after neither sport won gold in 2022.
- Archery
- India won nine medals, including five golds, matching its 2022 medal total.
- Events not held in 2026
- India had won two silver medals in chess and one in bridge in 2022; the article also says roller skating’s omission meant two bronze medals were lost.
- New events
- India won no medals in the newly added events listed: padel, teqball and surfing.