India at the 2026 Asian Games: Medals, Athletes and Key Results So Far

Games held in Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya, Japan

The 2026 Asian Games are being held in Japan's Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya from 19 September to 4 October 2026, according to Wikipedia's page on India's participation at the Games.

India's delegation and leadership

Wikipedia's page on India at the Games lists 495 Indian athletes competing across 36 sports. A live tracker from ESPN, updated on 1 October (Day 12 of the Games), instead describes a "501-member Indian contingent," a figure that may include team officials rather than athletes alone. The team's Chef de Mission is Sahdev Yadav, with former table tennis player Sharath Kamal serving as his deputy, Wikipedia's India page says.

Sports shooter Manu Bhaker and kabaddi player Pawan Sehrawat carried the Indian flag at the opening ceremony. Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor had originally been named alongside Bhaker but withdrew after his kit arrived late, according to the same source.

How many medals has India won? It depends on the tracker

Because the Games were still underway on 1 October, with three more days of competition before the closing ceremony on 4 October, trackers checked that day gave different totals for India. Wikipedia's medal table, last edited at 14:52 UTC on 1 October, credited India with 66 medals — 10 gold, 23 silver and 33 bronze — placing the country 8th overall. The Indian current-affairs portal Vajiram & Ravi put the figure slightly lower, at 62 medals (10 gold, 22 silver, 30 bronze), updated the same day, also ranking India 8th. ESPN's live tracker, also checked on 1 October, recorded India's results event by event but did not publish a single cumulative medal total or an overall rank.

The gap between the two counts most likely reflects how recently each tracker had been refreshed rather than any dispute over results — medal events were being decided throughout the day, and compilers update their totals at different times.

Where India's medals are coming from

According to Wikipedia's India page, athletics was the country's most productive discipline with 24 medals, ahead of shooting with 15 and archery with 4.

• Women's cricket team — gold, after beating Sri Lanka by 148 runs in the final (ESPN).
• Men's and women's kabaddi teams — gold in both events (ESPN).
• Compound archery — gold in the men's, women's and mixed team events (ESPN).
• Women's 4x400m relay (athletics) — gold (ESPN).
• Shooting — gold for Neeru Dhanda in women's trap; Dhanda with Kynan Chenai in mixed trap; and Suruchi with Kamaljeet in mixed 10m air pistol (ESPN).

Individual medal highlights

• Shooter Neeru Dhanda won three medals in total, including two golds, per Wikipedia's India page.
• Archers Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav each won two gold medals, the same source states.
• Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal, according to ESPN's tracker.
• Squash player Anahat Singh took silver in the women's singles event, ESPN reported.
• Wrestler Sunil Kumar won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, per ESPN.