India sent 495 athletes to Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, who competed in 36 sports at the 2026 Asian Games . The 20th edition of the multi-sport event began on September 19, and India won its first medal on the second day at the Games, with shooter Elavenil Valarivan clinching a double silver in 10m air rifle — individual and team.
Jay Meena then won India its first-ever medal in soft tennis. Suchika Tariyal assured India of its first medal on the opening day of the Games and clinched bronze in MMA, which made its Asiad debut in 2026, a day later.
India’s 53-medal haul at the Asian Games thus far has come from 14 sports, with athletics contributing more than a quarter (24) of the tally, while the golds have come in kabaddi, shooting and cricket.
- Elavenil Valarivan — Shooting, Women’s 10m air rifle — Silver 3. Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon — Shooting, Men’s 10m air rifle team — Silver 4. Himanshu Dhillon — Shooting, Men’s 10m air rifle — Silver 5. Rudrankksh Patil — Shooting, Men’s 10m air rifle — Bronze 6. Suchika Tariyal — Mixed martial arts, Women’s traditional -60kg — Bronze 7. Team India — Cricket, Women’s — Gold 8. Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan — Shooting, Women’s skeet team — Bronze 9. Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan — Shooting, Men’s skeet team — Bronze 10. Jay Meena — Soft tennis, Men’s singles — Bronze 11. Mirabai Chanu — Weightlifting, Women’s 49kg — Silver 12. Team India — Badminton, Men’s team — Bronze 13. Satnam Singh, Salman Khan — Rowing, Men’s double sculls — Bronze 14. Roshibina Devi — Wushu, Women’s 60kg sanda — Silver 15. Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal — Shooting, Mixed skeet team — Bronze 16. Seema Kumari — Athletics, Women’s 10000m — Bronze 17. Team India — Athletics, Mixed 4x400m relay — Silver 18. Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudranksh Patil, Niraj Kumar — Shooting, Men’s 50m rifle 3P team — Silver 19. Kamaljeet, Suruchi Singh — Shooting, Mixed team 10m air pistol — Gold 25. Vidarsa Vinod, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen — Shooting, Women’s 50m rifle 3P team — Silver 26. Joshna Chinappa, Velavan Senthilkumar — Squash, Mixed doubles — Bronze 27. Team India — Kabaddi, Women’s — Gold 28. Team India — Kabaddi, Men’s — Gold 29. Tajinderpal Singh Toor — Athletics, Shot put — Silver 30. Prachi Choudhary — Athletics, Women’s 400m — Bronze 31. Abhay Singh — Squash, Men’s singles — Silver 32. Anahat Singh — Squash, Women’s singles — Silver 33. Haritha Bhadra — Athletics, Women’s 200m — Bronze 34. Ancy Sojan — Athletics, Women’s long jump — Silver 35. Tejaswin Shankar — Athletics, Decathlon — Bronze 36. Parul Chaudhary — Athletics, Women’s 3000m steeplechase — Bronze 37. Sarvesh Kushare — Athletics, Men’s high jump — Silver 38. Pincky Balhara — Kurash, Women’s -78kg — Bronze 39. Esha Singh — Shooting, Women’s 25m pistol — Silver 40. Vithya Ramraj — Athletics, Women’s 400m hurdles — Bronze 41. Gulveer Singh — Athletics, Men’s 1500m — Silver 42. Parul Chaudhary — Athletics, Women’s 5000m — Bronze 43. Murali Sreeshankar — Athletics, Men’s long jump — Silver 44. Yash Vir Singh — Athletics, Men’s javelin throw — Silver 45. Rohit Yadav — Athletics, Men’s javelin throw — Bronze 46. Neeru Dhanda, Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat — Shooting, Women’s trap team — Silver 47. Neeru Dhanda — Shooting, Women’s trap — Gold 48. Narender Berwal — Boxing, Men’s +90kg — Bronze 49. Gulveer Singh — Athletics, Men’s 5000m — Bronze 50. Gurindervir Singh, Sneha SS, Animesh Kujur, Harita Bhadra — Athletics, Mixed 4×100 team relay — Bronze 51. Pooja Singh — Athletics, Women’s high jump — Bronze 52. Kiran Pahal, Poovamma MR, Prachi Choudhary, Vithya Ramraj — Athletics, Women’s 4x400m relay — Gold 53.
India has won six gold medals so far at the Games, with shooter Neeru Dhanda becoming the first Indian individual to finish on top of the podium after winning the women’s trap event. The gold-medal tally also includes the women’s cricket team, Kamaljeet and Suruchi Singh’s Asian-record-breaking performance in the mixed team 10m air pistol, a double sweep in kabaddi, and, on the penultimate day of athletics, the women’s 4x400m relay team of Kiran Pahal, Poovamma Machettira, Prachi Choudhary and Vithya Ramraj. Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu TS, Jay Kumar, Vishal TK — Athletics, Men’s 4x400m relay — Bronze
Asian Games 2026: India’s medal table by sport
Three years back, at the Hangzhou Games, India, which had sent a strong 650-member contingent to China, returned with their best-ever show at the Asiad, winning a record 106 medals — 28 gold, 38 silver and 40 bronze — to finish fourth on the overall standings. Athletics contributed to 29 of those medals, while shooting brought 22, with 13podium finishes across the two sports. At the Aichi-Nagoya Games, India has so far witnessed a few record medal hauls, some expected successes and a handful of historic firsts. Asian Games Day 12 LIVE Updates
- Diya Chitale, Manush Shah — Table tennis, Mixed doubles — Bronze
- Manpreet Kaur — Athletics, Shot put — Bronze
- Gulveer Singh — Athletics, Men’s 10000m — Silver
- Baranica Elangovan — Athletics, Women’s pole vault — Bronze
- Sawan Berwal — Athletics, Men’s marathon — Silver The Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, will end on October 4, 2026.
