India End Asian Games Campaign with 85 Medals, 21 Golds After Late Surge

India brought its Asian Games campaign to a memorable close on Saturday, October 3, as the men’s hockey team defeated Malaysia 5-1 in the final to clinch the country’s 21st gold medal.

The victory took India’s overall medal tally to 85 and secured another top-five finish at the quadrennial multi-sport event. India’s haul in Aichi-Nagoya was lower than its record-breaking performance in Hangzhou three years ago. The country won 106 medals in 2022, including 28 golds, becoming the first Indian contingent to cross the 100-medal mark at the Asian Games.

The campaign in Japan had its share of highs and disappointments, but India produced a remarkable turnaround in the closing stages. As late as Thursday, the contingent had managed only 10 gold medals and was outside the top 10 in the overall medal standings.

The final two days sparked a stunning medal rush. India struck gold in hockey and cricket, while athletes in archery, boxing and wrestling also delivered crucial victories. The late surge brought 11 additional gold medals, taking India’s tally to 21 and lifting the country back into the top five.

The dramatic finish gave India’s campaign fresh momentum and ensured the contingent ended the Games on a strong and memorable note.

FULL LIST OF INDIAN MEDAL WINNERS AT ASIAN GAMES
GOLD

Team India — Cricket, women’s event
Kamaljeet, Suruchi Singh — Shooting, mixed team 10m air pistol
Team India — Kabaddi, women’s event
Team India — Kabaddi, men’s event
Neeru Dhanda — Shooting, women’s trap
Kiran Pahal, Poovamma MR, Prachi Choudhary, Vithya Ramraj — Athletics, women’s 4x400m relay
Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, Chikitha Taniparthi — Archery, women’s compound team
Chikitha Taniparthi, Sahil Jadhav — Archery, mixed compound team
Kynan Chenai, Neeru Dhanda — Shooting, mixed trap
Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, Kushal Dalal — Archery, men’s compound team
Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Mohod, Kirti Sharma — Archery, women’s team recurve
Lovlina Borgohain — Boxing, women’s 75kg
Parveen Hooda — Boxing, women’s 65kg
Ankush Panghal — Boxing, men’s 80kg
Sujeet Kalkal — Wrestling, men’s 65kg
Team India — Hockey, women’s event
Kumkum Mohod — Archery, women’s individual recurve
Pranavi Urs — Golf, women’s individual
Team India — Cricket, men’s event
Aman Sehrawat — Wrestling, men’s 57kg
Team India — Hockey, men’s event

SILVER

Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsa Vinod — Shooting, women’s 10m air rifle team
Elavenil Valarivan — Shooting, women’s 10m air rifle
Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon — Shooting, men’s 10m air rifle team
Himanshu Dhillon — Shooting, men’s 10m air rifle
Mirabai Chanu — Weightlifting, women’s 49kg
Roshibina Devi — Wushu, women’s 60kg sanda
Team India — Athletics, mixed 4x400m relay
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudranksh Patil, Niraj Kumar — Shooting, men’s 50m rifle 3P team
Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men’s 10,000m
Sawan Berwal — Athletics, men’s marathon
Vidarsa Vinod, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen — Shooting, women’s 50m rifle 3P team
Tajinderpal Singh Toor — Athletics, shot put
Abhay Singh — Squash, men’s singles
Anahat Singh — Squash, women’s singles
Ancy Sojan — Athletics, women’s long jump
Sarvesh Kushare — Athletics, men’s high jump
Esha Singh — Shooting, women’s 25m pistol
Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men’s 1500m
Murali Sreeshankar — Athletics, men’s long jump
Yash Vir Singh — Athletics, men’s javelin throw
Neeru Dhanda, Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat — Shooting, women’s trap team
Prince Kurisinkal Noble, Manu Francis — Sailing, men’s skiff
Nitesh Kumar — Wrestling, Greco-Roman 97kg
Kumkum Mohod, Dhiraj Bommadevara — Archery, mixed team recurve
Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge — Archery, men’s team
Pranavi Urs, Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar — Golf, women’s team
Antim Panghal — Wrestling, women’s 53kg

BRONZE

Rudrankksh Patil — Shooting, men’s 10m air rifle
Suchika Tariyal — Mixed martial arts, women’s traditional -60kg
Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan — Shooting, women’s skeet team
Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan — Shooting, men’s skeet team
Jay Meena — Soft tennis, men’s singles
Team India — Badminton, men’s team
Satnam Singh, Salman Khan — Rowing, men’s double sculls
Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal — Shooting, mixed skeet team
Seema Kumari — Athletics, women’s 10,000m
Diya Chitale, Manush Shah — Table tennis, mixed doubles
Manpreet Kaur — Athletics, shot put
Baranica Elangovan — Athletics, women’s pole vault
Joshna Chinappa, Velavan Senthilkumar — Squash, mixed doubles
Prachi Choudhary — Athletics, women’s 400m
Haritha Bhadra — Athletics, women’s 200m
Tejaswin Shankar — Athletics, decathlon
Parul Chaudhary — Athletics, women’s 3000m steeplechase
Pincky Balhara — Kurash, women’s -78kg
Vithya Ramraj — Athletics, women’s 400m hurdles
Parul Chaudhary — Athletics, women’s 5000m
Rohit Yadav — Athletics, men’s javelin throw
Narender Berwal — Boxing, men’s +90kg
Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men’s 5000m
Gurindervir Singh, Sneha SS, Animesh Kujur, Harita Bhadra — Athletics, mixed 4x100m relay
Pooja Singh — Athletics, women’s high jump
Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu TS, Jay Kumar, Vishal TK — Athletics, men’s 4x400m relay
Priya Ghanghas — Boxing, women’s 60kg
Kapil Pokhariya — Boxing, men’s 90kg
Sunil Kumar — Wrestling, Greco-Roman 87kg
Anahat Singh, Joshana Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna, Shameena Riaz — Squash, women’s team
Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma — Sailing, women’s skiff
Nethra Kumanan — Sailing, women’s dinghy
Team India — Sepaktakraw, men’s quadrant
Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru — Archery, men’s compound individual
Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Velavan Senthilkumar, Suraj Kumar Chand — Squash, men’s team
Neeraj Chauhan — Archery, men’s individual recurve
Deepak Punia — Wrestling, men’s 97kg