India’s 2026 Asian Games medal tally: 85 medals and fourth place as its campaign ends

India ended its 2026 Asian Games campaign with 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze. That put India fourth in the Aichi-Nagoya standings on Saturday, October 3, the same position it held at the previous Games. The medal count was 22 below India’s record haul of 107 at Hangzhou.

There is one timing distinction for readers checking the finishing position: India had completed its medal-winning campaign, but the Asian Games were scheduled to close on Sunday, October 4. Fourth was India’s position when its campaign ended; results still to come for other countries could affect the final overall order.

How India’s tally compares with Hangzhou

At the previous edition, known as Hangzhou 2022 but held in 2023, India won 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze medals. Its 107-medal total was the country’s best at an Asian Games. Aichi-Nagoya brought seven fewer golds, 11 fewer silvers and four fewer bronzes. India’s standing at the end of its own campaign nevertheless matched its fourth-place finish at Hangzhou.

The comparison is sharper when gold medals are considered separately. Countries are ordered in the medal standings by golds first, then silvers and bronzes. India’s late gold-medal wins lifted it to fourth despite an overall total well below its Hangzhou record. Uzbekistan was close behind, so India’s position could not be treated as an irrevocable final ranking before the remaining events concluded.

The results behind the late climb

India’s last gold came from the men’s hockey team, which beat Malaysia 5-1 in Saturday’s final to retain its title. The women’s hockey team also won gold, giving India both hockey titles at the same edition. Those two medals formed part of a strong finish after the contingent’s slower start.

Cricket supplied another pair of golds. The men’s team defeated Pakistan by 19 runs in its T20 final on October 3, while the women’s team had already won its event. India also took both kabaddi titles. Together, hockey, cricket and kabaddi accounted for six of the 21 gold medals.

Archery was India’s largest source of golds, contributing five. They included the women’s recurve team title and an individual recurve victory for Kumkum Mohod, alongside three compound events. Boxing added three golds, shooting three and wrestling two. India also won gold in the women’s 4×400-metre athletics relay and women’s individual golf.

The wider medal picture helps explain why a fourth-place standing did not mean India had repeated its Hangzhou performance. Athletics produced 24 medals at Aichi-Nagoya, but only one was gold; at Hangzhou, athletics had delivered 29 medals, including six golds. Shooting brought 15 medals in 2026, including three golds, compared with 22 medals and seven golds at the previous Games. The late wins improved India’s position in the table, while the smaller returns across those events kept its final medal count below the previous campaign.