India finishes fourth at Asian Games with 85 medals
India finished fourth at the Asian Games 2026 in Japan with a total of 85 medals. The tally includes 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze medals.
It was a historic campaign for India. The men’s and women’s cricket teams both defended their gold medals, and the men’s and women’s hockey teams both won gold in the same edition for the first time.
Boxers Lovlina Borgohain, Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal won gold for India. Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu finally won her Asian Games medal, a silver in the women’s 49kg category.
Wrestler Aman Sehrawat won gold in the men’s 57kg freestyle event. Deepak Punia and Sunil Kumar took bronze in wrestling, while Parul Chaudhary, Vithya Ramraj and Rohit Yadav won bronze in athletics.
China finished on top of the medals table with 341 medals, including 161 gold. Japan was second with 269 medals, and South Korea third with 150.
The campaign is India’s best-ever performance at the Asian Games and sets the stage for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
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