Asian Games 2026: India finish fourth with 85 medals after five final-day golds
India ended their Asian Games 2026 campaign in Aichi-Nagoya on October 3 by claiming five golds and nine medals on the last day of competition, taking their overall total to 85 and finishing fourth in the standings.
The late surge included victories from the men’s hockey and cricket teams alongside individual golds for Kumkum Mohod (women’s individual recurve), Pranavi Urs (women’s individual golf) and Aman Sehrawat (men’s 57kg wrestling). India left Nagoya with 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze medals, and 11 of the 21 golds were won in the final two days of the meet. The final positions remained subject to slight change because a couple of equestrian events were scheduled the following day with Uzbekistan still competing.
In men’s cricket, India defended their title with a 19-run victory over Pakistan after posting 211 for 6. Abhishek Sharma struck 61 off 28 balls with seven sixes and Tilak Varma finished unbeaten on 51 off 22; Pakistan were all out for 192, with Hasan Nawaz contributing 96 off 51. Jasprit Bumrah returned 0/33 while Washington Sundar finished with 2/29 as India retained the gold.
The men’s hockey side produced a 5-1 win over Malaysia in the final, with Harmanpreet Singh scoring twice (11th and 57th minutes) and Jugraj Singh, Hardik Singh and Shilanand Lakra also on the scoresheet; Malaysia’s Shello Silverius had pulled one back in the 14th minute. Harmanpreet finished the tournament as the top scorer with 12 goals. The women’s team had beaten China 1-0 the day before, and both the men’s and women’s golds secured Olympic qualification for the respective teams.
Pranavi Urs secured India’s first individual women’s golf gold, recovering from a triple bogey on the third hole to card an even-par 70 in the final round and finish at 15-under 265, one stroke clear of the field. Her play also helped the Indian women’s team to silver alongside Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar; India ended with a team total of 14-under 546 while China won the team gold at 22-under 538. After her victory Pranavi said: “I like being the first to do things. People will come along to do more but the first will always be the first.”
Seventeen-year-old Kumkum Mohod won the women’s individual recurve title, defeating South Korea’s Oh Yejin 6-5 in the final after beating Kang Chaeyoung in the quarters and Zhu Jingyi in the semi-finals, and earned an Olympic quota in the process. India’s archery contingent finished the tournament with nine medals, including five golds; in the men’s individual recurve Neeraj Chauhan defeated higher-rated compatriot Dhiraj Bommadevara to claim bronze after both had lost their semi-final matches.
Aman Sehrawat upgraded his previous Games performance by beating North Korea’s Chong Song Han 10-7 to win the men’s 57kg wrestling gold. Antim Panghal took silver after losing her final to Japan’s Moe Miyooka, and Deepak Punia won bronze in his category; Sagar Jaglan lost his bronze bout to Kazakhstan’s Nurkozha Kaipanov. India finished sixth in rugby sevens and in a volleyball classification match, and the taekwondo campaigns in the women’s 57kg and 67kg categories ended in the pre-quarterfinals.
India’s final medal tally stood at 85 medals — 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze — leaving them fourth on the table, with the possibility of minor changes depending on the outcome of the remaining equestrian competitions involving Uzbekistan the following day.
