How Many Gold Medals Did India Win at the Asian Games 2026?

India won 21 gold medals at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. Check India’s final gold, silver and bronze medal tally.

India won 21 gold medals at the Asian Games 2026, held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. According to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), India finished the Games with 85 medals in total. These included 21 gold, 27 silver, and 37 bronze medals. India finished 4th overall in the medal table.

The 2026 Asian Games were held from 19 September to 4 October 2026. India sent a strong team to compete in different sports.

India’s Asian Games 2026 Medal Tally

Medal	Number
🥇 Gold	21
🥈 Silver	27
🥉 Bronze	37
Total	85
Overall Rank	4th

India’s 21 Gold Medals at Asian Games 2026

India won gold medals in 9 sports at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026.

No.	Sport	Gold Medal Event	Indian Gold Medal Winner(s)
01.	Cricket	Women’s T20	Indian Women’s Team
02.	Cricket	Men’s T20	Indian Men’s Team
03.	Kabaddi	Women’s Team	Indian Women’s Team
04.	Kabaddi	Men’s Team	Indian Men’s Team
05.	Hockey	Women’s Team	Indian Women’s Team
06.	Hockey	Men’s Team	Indian Men’s Team
07.	Shooting	10m Air Pistol Mixed Team	Kamaljeet & Suruchi Singh
08.	Shooting	Women’s Trap	Neeru Dhanda
09.	Shooting	Mixed Trap Team	Kynan Chenai & Neeru Dhanda
10.	Archery	Women’s Compound Team	Chikitha Taniparthi, Prithika Pradeep & Jyothi Surekha Vennam
11.	Archery	Mixed Compound Team	Sahil Jadhav & Chikitha Taniparthi
12.	Archery	Men’s Compound Team	Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru & Kushal Dalal
13.	Archery	Women’s Recurve Team	Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Mohod & Kirti Sharma
14.	Archery	Women’s Recurve Individual	Kumkum Mohod
15.	Athletics	Women’s 4×400m Relay	Kiran Pahal, Poovamma MR, Prachi Choudhary & Vithya Ramraj
16.	Boxing	Women’s 75kg	Lovlina Borgohain
17.	Boxing	Women’s 65kg	Parveen Hooda
18.	Boxing	Men’s 80kg	Ankush
19.	Wrestling	Men’s Freestyle 65kg	Sujeet
20.	Wrestling	Men’s Freestyle 57kg	Aman Sehrawat
21.	Golf	Women’s Individual	Pranavi Urs

Sport-wise Gold Medal Breakdown

Sport	Gold Medals
Archery	5
Shooting	3
Boxing	3
Cricket	2
Kabaddi	2
Hockey	2
Wrestling	2
Athletics	1
Golf	1
Total	21

Important Highlights of India’s 21 Gold Medals

1. Archery – 5 Gold Medals

Archery was the most successful sport for India in terms of gold medals.

India won five gold medals:

• Women’s Compound Team
• Mixed Compound Team
• Men’s Compound Team
• Women’s Recurve Team
• Women’s Recurve Individual

Kumkum Mohod created a special record by becoming the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve gold medal at the Asian Games.

2. Shooting – 3 Gold Medals

India won three shooting gold medals:

• 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team – Kamaljeet and Suruchi Singh
• Women’s Trap – Neeru Dhanda
• Mixed Trap Team – Kynan Chenai and Neeru Dhanda

Neeru Dhanda’s women’s trap gold was particularly important because it ended India’s long wait for an Asian Games individual trap gold.

3. Boxing – 3 Gold Medals

Indian boxers won three gold medals:

• Lovlina Borgohain – Women’s 75kg
• Parveen Hooda – Women’s 65kg
• Ankush – Men’s 80kg

Lovlina’s victory was notable because she became only the second Indian woman to win an Asian Games boxing gold, after Mary Kom.

4. Cricket – 2 Gold Medals

India won gold in both cricket events:

• Women’s T20
• Men’s T20

The women’s team defeated Sri Lanka in the final and won by 147 runs. India made 216/3 before restricting Sri Lanka to 69.

The men’s team defeated Pakistan by 19 runs in the final to retain its Asian Games title.

5. Hockey – 2 Gold Medals

India won gold in both men’s and women’s hockey.

The Indian women’s hockey team defeated China 1-0 to win gold. It was India’s first Asian Games women’s hockey gold in 44 years.

The Indian men’s hockey team defeated Malaysia 5-1 in the final. This was India’s fifth men’s hockey gold at the Asian Games and also secured direct qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

6. Kabaddi – 2 Gold Medals

India won gold in both:

• Men’s Kabaddi
• Women’s Kabaddi

Both Indian teams successfully defended their Asian Games titles.

7. Wrestling – 2 Gold Medals

India won two wrestling gold medals:

• Sujeet – Men’s Freestyle 65kg
• Aman Sehrawat – Men’s Freestyle 57kg

Aman Sehrawat’s gold came on the final day of India’s individual events and helped India move closer to the top four in the medal table.

8. Athletics – 1 Gold Medal

India’s only athletics gold came in the women’s 4×400m relay.

The gold-medal team was:

Kiran Pahal, Poovamma MR, Prachi Choudhary and Vithya Ramraj.

The team won in 3:29.69, ahead of Bahrain and China.

9. Golf – 1 Gold Medal

Pranavi Urs won the women’s individual golf gold medal.

This was a historic achievement because it gave India its first-ever Asian Games gold medal in women’s individual golf.