Men's hockey team secures gold in final match, capping a late surge in the medal tally
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The 2026 Asian Games were held in Aichi-Nagoya. India previously won 106 medals at the 2022 Hangzhou Games.
Gulveer Singh (left), Neeru Dhanda looks at her gold medal (c), and Harmanpreet Singh celebrates after scoring a goal during the men's final hockey
India's Asian Games 2026 campaign ended on a winning note as the Harmanpreet Singh-led men's hockey team thrashed Malaysia 5-1 in the final on Saturday. The gold was India's 21st at the Asiad and took their overall medal tally to 85, helping them secure another top-five finish at the quadrennial event. India finished with 21 gold medals, 27 silvers and 37 bronze medals. India's overall medal tally was 21 fewer than at the previous edition, while the gold-medal count was down by seven from the 2022 Hangzhou Games. India had won 106 medals in Hangzhou, crossing the 100-medal mark for the first time.
The Aichi-Nagoya campaign produced a mix of expected results and disappointments before India's strong finish changed the picture. As recently as Thursday, India were outside the top 10 in the medal table with only 10 gold medals. The final two days, however, brought a major turnaround. The hockey and cricket teams added gold medals, while India also produced strong results in archery, boxing and wrestling. The late surge brought 11 more gold medals and pushed India into the top five, giving the campaign a stronger finish before the Games came to a close. Here's the full list of Indian medal winners at Asian Games:
Gold medalists for India at 2026 Asian Games
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 medalists for India at 2026 Asian Games
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 medalists for India at 2026 Asian Games
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
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