India finishes Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya with five final-day golds, rises to fourth
India finished the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on October 3 by winning five gold medals on the final day, raising its overall total to 85 and claiming fourth place in the final standings.
The late surge was led by victories in men’s hockey and men’s cricket, plus individual golds in archery, golf and wrestling. The men’s hockey team beat Malaysia 5-1 to secure back-to-back Asian Games hockey titles for the first time and, along with the women’s team, clinched qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics. India’s men’s cricket side defeated Pakistan by 19 runs; Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma both recorded fifties while Hasan Nawaz’s 96 for Pakistan proved insufficient.
Archery produced a standout performance as 17-year-old Kumkum Mohod won the women’s individual recurve final, defeating South Korea’s Oh Yejin in a shoot-off and securing a quota for Los Angeles 2028. Neeraj Chauhan took bronze in the men’s recurve after beating teammate Dhiraj Bommadevara in the bronze-medal match.
In golf, Pranavi Sharath Urs became the first individual Indian to win Asian Games gold in the women’s individual stroke play and later combined with Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar to claim the team silver. Wrestling contributed a gold and a silver on Saturday as Aman Sehrawat rallied to defeat North Korea’s Chong Song Han for gold while Antim Panghal won silver.
Across other disciplines, Japan won men’s water polo 24-7 over Kazakhstan with China taking bronze, and the host nation secured the women’s softball title with a 7-0 victory over China; Chinese Taipei finished third. In breaking, China’s Royal (Guo Pu) won the B-Girls title and Japan’s Shigekix (Nakarai Shigeyuki) topped the B-Boys event.
Rhythmic gymnastics saw China claim the group all-around ahead of Japan and Kazakhstan, while Uzbekistan’s Takhmina Ikromova won the individual all-around with China’s Wang Qi and Wang Zilu taking silver and bronze. In judo, Japan beat Kazakhstan 4-0 to win the mixed team final. Padel titles went to Japan’s Saki Tsukamoto and Kae Tokumoto in the women’s pairs (6-3, 6-4) and Qatar’s Mashari Naif and Rashed Naif in the men’s event.
Tennis golds included Coleman Wong (Hong Kong, China) in men’s singles over China’s Wu Yibing, Chinese Taipei’s Hsieh Su-wei and Liang En-shuo in women’s doubles, and Japan’s Ena Shibahara with Jay Friend in mixed doubles. Sport climbing winners included Japan’s Neo Suzuki (men’s lead) and South Korea’s Seo Chaehyun (women’s lead). Jiu-jitsu golds went to Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah Tariq Nada (men’s 85kg) and Thailand’s Orapa Senatham (women’s 63kg). Iran won men’s volleyball and multiple wrestling titles on the final day.
China led the final medal table with 341 medals (169 gold, 89 silver and 83 bronze). India finished fourth with 85 medals — 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze — edging Uzbekistan, which also reached 21 golds, on silver count (27 vs 25). Iran and Thailand occupied sixth and seventh with 51 and 52 medals respectively; Kazakhstan finished eighth, Bahrain retained tenth with 22 medals, and Malaysia slipped to 11th with 32.
India won nine medals on October 3 — five golds, two silvers and two bronzes — concluding the Aichi-Nagoya Games on October 3 with 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze and securing Olympic qualification for both the men’s and women’s hockey teams for Los Angeles 2028.
