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Asian Games 2026 Concludes
What’s the News?
- The 20th Asian Games, held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, concludes on 04th October 2026.
- India has completed its campaign with 85 medals — 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze — finishing fourth in the medal standings.
- India and Uzbekistan both won 21 gold medals; India ranked higher because it won more silver medals — 27 compared with Uzbekistan’s 25.
- The 85-medal haul is India’s second-highest medal total in Asian Games history, after the record 107 medals won at Hangzhou.
- Archery produced India’s highest number of gold medals at Aichi-Nagoya, while athletics contributed the largest number of medals overall.
India’s Performance
| Medal | India |
|---|---|
| Gold | 21 |
| Silver | 27 |
| Bronze | 37 |
| Total | 85 |
| Rank | 4th |
Major Sports
- Athletics: 24 medals — 1 gold, 9 silver and 14 bronze.
- Shooting: 15 medals.
- Archery: 9 medals, including 5 gold.
- Boxing: 6 medals, including 3 gold.
- Wrestling: 6 medals.
- India also won gold medals in major team sports including cricket, kabaddi and hockey.
Historic First Golds for India
Several Indian victories created first-ever Asian Games gold-medal records in their respective events:
- Women’s Individual Trap Shooting — Neeru Dhanda
- Became the first Indian woman to win Asian Games gold in the individual trap event.
- She scored 28 hits and set a new Asian record.
- 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team — Kamaljeet and Suruchi Singh
- Won India’s first Asian Games gold in the 10m air pistol mixed-team event.
- The pair recorded 484.6 points.
- Trap Mixed Team — Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai
- Secured India’s first-ever Asian Games gold in the trap mixed-team event.
- They also created an Asian record in the final.
- Women’s Recurve Team Archery — Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Kumkum Mohod
- Won India’s first Asian Games gold in the women’s recurve team event.
- India defeated South Korea 5-3, ending South Korea’s run of seven consecutive titles in the event.
- Women’s Individual Recurve Archery — Kumkum Mohod
- Became the first Indian recurve archer to win an individual Asian Games title.
- The 17-year-old defeated South Korea’s Oh Yejin 6-5 in a shoot-off.
- It was also the first Asian Games individual recurve medal won by an Indian woman.
- Women’s Individual Golf — Pranavi Sharath Urs
- Became the first Indian woman to win an individual golf gold at the Asian Games.
- She finished at 15-under 265.
- It was India’s first individual Asian Games golf gold since Shiv Kapur in 2002.
- Women’s 75 kg Boxing — Lovlina Borgohain
- Won India’s first Asian Games gold in the women’s 75 kg category.
- She defeated China’s Bao Ziyi 5-0 in the final.
- Lovlina also became only the second Indian woman boxer after Mary Kom to win an Asian Games gold.
Other Historic Firsts
India also secured several first-ever Asian Games medals in particular sports or events:
- Mixed Martial Arts: Suchika Tariyal won bronze in women’s traditional -60 kg — India’s first Asian Games medal in MMA.
- Soft Tennis: Jay Meena won men’s singles bronze — India’s first Asian Games medal in soft tennis.
- Women’s Pole Vault: Baranica Elangovan won bronze — India’s first Asian Games medal in women’s pole vault.
- Men’s Double Sculls Rowing: Satnam Singh and Salman Khan won bronze — India’s first Asian Games medal in the event.
- India also registered first-time podium finishes in the women’s skeet team, mixed skeet team, women’s dinghy sailing and men’s quadrant sepaktakraw events.
Other Major Achievements
- Women’s Hockey: India won gold after a 44-year wait, defeating China in the final. India’s previous women’s hockey Asian Games gold came in 1982.
- Men’s Hockey: India defeated Malaysia 5-1 to win its fifth Asian Games title and secure qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
- Cricket: Both the men’s and women’s teams won gold.
- Kabaddi: India secured gold in both the men’s and women’s competitions.
- Archery: India won five gold medals, making it the country’s most successful sport by gold-medal count at these Games.
Aichi-Nagoya 2026
- Edition: 20th Asian Games
- Host: Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan
- Governing body: Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)
- The Asian Games are generally held once every four years.
- The first Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1951.
- India has hosted the Asian Games twice:
- 1951 — New Delhi
- 1982 — New Delhi
- Future hosts:
- 2030 — Doha, Qatar
- 2034 — Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
India: 2026 vs Previous Asian Games
| Edition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hangzhou | 28 | 38 | 41 | 107 | 4th |
| Aichi-Nagoya 2026 | 21 | 27 | 37 | 85 | 4th |
- Hangzhou remains India’s best-ever Asian Games performance.
- Aichi-Nagoya represents India’s second-highest overall medal haul.