21 golds in stunning late rush: India finish Asian Games with 85 medals in Japan

India’s Asian Games campaign ended on a golden note as the men’s hockey team beat Malaysia 5-1 in the final on Saturday, October 3. It was India’s 21st gold medal and 85th overall, securing another top-five finish at the quadrennial multi-sport event.

India’s overall medal tally fell by 21 from the previous edition, while the gold-medal count was down by seven compared to the 2022 Hangzhou Games. India had won 106 medals in Hangzhou, crossing the 100-medal mark for the first time. The Aichi-Nagoya campaign was a mixed bag, with some expected results giving way to disappointments before a strong finish changed the complexion of the campaign.

There was, however, plenty of credit in India’s late medal rush. As recently as Thursday, India were outside the top 10 in the medal table with just 10 gold medals. But over the final two days, the hockey and cricket teams delivered gold, while India also enjoyed spectacular results in archery, boxing and wrestling. The late surge brought 11 more gold medals and propelled India into the top five, giving the campaign a much-needed lift before the Games drew to a close.

FULL LIST OF INDIAN MEDAL WINNERS AT ASIAN GAMES

GOLD

• Team India — Cricket, women’s event
• Kamaljeet, Suruchi Singh — Shooting, mixed team 10m air pistol
• Team India — Kabaddi, women’s event
• Team India — Kabaddi, men’s event
• Neeru Dhanda — Shooting, women’s trap
• Kiran Pahal, Poovamma MR, Prachi Choudhary, Vithya Ramraj — Athletics, women’s 4x400m relay
• Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, Chikitha Taniparthi — Archery, women’s compound team
• Chikitha Taniparthi, Sahil Jadhav — Archery, mixed compound team
• Kynan Chenai, Neeru Dhanda — Shooting, mixed trap
• Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, Kushal Dalal — Archery, men’s compound team
• Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Mohod, Kirti Sharma — Archery, women’s team recurve
• Lovlina Borgohain — Boxing, women’s 75kg
• Parveen Hooda — Boxing, women’s 65kg
• Ankush Panghal — Boxing, men’s 80kg
• Sujeet Kalkal — Wrestling, men’s 65kg
• Team India — Hockey, women’s event
• Kumkum Mohod — Archery, women’s individual recurve
• Pranavi Urs — Golf, women’s individual
• Team India — Cricket, men’s event
• Aman Sehrawat — Wrestling, men’s 57kg
• Team India — Hockey, men’s event

SILVER

Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsa Vinod — Shooting, women’s 10m air rifle team
Elavenil Valarivan — Shooting, women’s 10m air rifle
Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon — Shooting, men’s 10m air rifle team
Himanshu Dhillon — Shooting, men’s 10m air rifle
Mirabai Chanu — Weightlifting, women’s 49kg
Roshibina Devi — Wushu, women’s 60kg sanda
Team India — Athletics, mixed 4x400m relay
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudranksh Patil, Niraj Kumar — Shooting, men’s 50m rifle 3P team
Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men’s 10,000m
Sawan Berwal — Athletics, men’s marathon
Vidarsa Vinod, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen — Shooting, women’s 50m rifle 3P team
Tajinderpal Singh Toor — Athletics, shot put
Abhay Singh — Squash, men’s singles
Anahat Singh — Squash, women’s singles
Ancy Sojan — Athletics, women’s long jump
Sarvesh Kushare — Athletics, men’s high jump
Esha Singh — Shooting, women’s 25m pistol
Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men’s 1500m
Murali Sreeshankar — Athletics, men’s long jump
Yash Vir Singh — Athletics, men’s javelin throw
Neeru Dhanda, Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat — Shooting, women’s trap team
Prince Kurisinkal Noble, Manu Francis — Sailing, men’s skiff
Nitesh Kumar — Wrestling, Greco-Roman 97kg
Kumkum Mohod, Dhiraj Bommadevara — Archery, mixed team recurve
Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge — Archery, men’s team
Pranavi Urs, Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar — Golf, women’s team
Antim Panghal — Wrestling, women’s 53kg

BRONZE

• Rudrankksh Patil — Shooting, men’s 10m air rifle
• Suchika Tariyal — Mixed martial arts, women’s traditional -60kg
• Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan — Shooting, women’s skeet team
• Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan — Shooting, men’s skeet team
• Jay Meena — Soft tennis, men’s singles
• Team India — Badminton, men’s team
• Satnam Singh, Salman Khan — Rowing, men’s double sculls
• Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal — Shooting, mixed skeet team
• Seema Kumari — Athletics, women’s 10,000m
• Diya Chitale, Manush Shah — Table tennis, mixed doubles
• Manpreet Kaur — Athletics, shot put
• Baranica Elangovan — Athletics, women’s pole vault
• Joshna Chinappa, Velavan Senthilkumar — Squash, mixed doubles
• Prachi Choudhary — Athletics, women’s 400m
• Haritha Bhadra — Athletics, women’s 200m
• Tejaswin Shankar — Athletics, decathlon
• Parul Chaudhary — Athletics, women’s 3000m steeplechase
• Pincky Balhara — Kurash, women’s -78kg
• Vithya Ramraj — Athletics, women’s 400m hurdles
• Parul Chaudhary — Athletics, women’s 5000m
• Rohit Yadav — Athletics, men’s javelin throw
• Narender Berwal — Boxing, men’s +90kg
• Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men’s 5000m
• Gurindervir Singh, Sneha SS, Animesh Kujur, Harita Bhadra — Athletics, mixed 4x100m relay
• Pooja Singh — Athletics, women’s high jump
• Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu TS, Jay Kumar, Vishal TK — Athletics, men’s 4x400m relay
• Priya Ghanghas — Boxing, women’s 60kg
• Kapil Pokhariya — Boxing, men’s 90kg
• Sunil Kumar — Wrestling, Greco-Roman 87kg
• Anahat Singh, Joshana Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna, Shameena Riaz — Squash, women’s team
• Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma — Sailing, women’s skiff
• Nethra Kumanan — Sailing, women’s dinghy
• Team India — Sepaktakraw, men’s quadrant
• Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru — Archery, men’s compound individual
• Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Velavan Senthilkumar, Suraj Kumar Chand — Squash, men’s team
• Neeraj Chauhan — Archery, men’s individual recurve
• Deepak Punia — Wrestling, men’s 97kg

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