India finish 4th at Asian Games with 85 medals, second-best haul ever
21 golds in Aichi-Nagoya, led by archery, shooting and boxing, with team golds in cricket, hockey and kabaddi.
India wrapped up the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze. That placed the contingent fourth in the medal table and made it India's second-best Asian Games after 2022.
Archery was the standout discipline with five golds, including two for Kumkum Mohod. Neeru Dhanda made history in women's trap shooting, winning India's first trap gold in 48 years with an Asian record.
Boxers Lovlina Borgohain, Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal struck gold, as did wrestlers Aman Sehrawat and Sujeet Kalkal and golfer Pranavi Urs. The women's 4x400m relay team delivered India's only athletics gold.
In team sports, India won gold in men's and women's cricket, hockey and kabaddi, with the cricket and kabaddi teams successfully defending their titles.
