Asian Games 2026: Medal standings after Day 4 (September 23)
On September 23, Day 4 of the 2026 Asian Games in Japan, Mirabai Chanu won silver in the women’s 49kg weightlifting and the overall medal ledger saw China extend its advantage across multiple sports.
Mirabai’s silver completed her set of major multi-sport titles across the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games and marked India’s first Asian Games weightlifting medal since Bangkok 1998; her result provided a rare bright spot on a day described as disappointing for India, marked by several setbacks.
India added four more medals on September 23, with Mirabai contributing a maiden Asian Games medal to her collection. The report notes India’s tally on Day 4 included 1 silver and 4 bronze medals. After September 23 India’s overall haul stood at 12 medals, with just a solitary gold, leaving the country in 13th place in the standings.
Indian competitors produced mixed results across other events: Manu Bhaker was the only Indian to reach the women’s 10m air pistol final, finishing fifth with 181.1 points; the men’s badminton team lost 1-3 to China in the semi-final; shooting yielded two additional bronzes via the skeet team events; Jay Meena secured a soft tennis bronze by reaching the semi-finals; and the women’s kabaddi team beat Iran 37-23 to remain unbeaten.
In individual Indian performances, Roshibina Devi advanced to her wushu event final and will contest for gold, while weightlifter Gyaneshwari Yadav placed eighth in the women’s 53kg category with a total lift of 195kg.
Japan enjoyed success in the pool at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre as Shoon Mitsunaga won the men’s 100m butterfly, with China’s Xu Fang taking silver and Japan’s Katsuhiro Matsumoto claiming bronze. Thailand produced one of the day’s notable outcomes by winning the equestrian team eventing gold after being third overnight, and China’s Hua Tian retained his individual equestrian title from the previous edition.
Shooting continued to influence the medal picture: China recorded wins in shooting and swimming that bolstered its position, South Korea took gold in the women’s 10m air pistol, and Choo Ga-eun set a new Asian record in that final with a score of 246.3 while China’s Shen Yiyao and Jiang Ranxin earned silver and bronze. Kazakhstan and Thailand remained inside the top-five on the table.
By the close of Day 4 China led the standings with 48 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronze medals (78 in total), Japan sat second with 15 gold, 25 silver and 27 bronze (67 total) and South Korea were third with 8 gold, 8 silver and 25 bronze (41 total); China’s accumulated 78 medals after September 23 were noted as edging the nation closer to the 100-medal mark.
