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Asian Games 2026 Medal Tally: Final Standings and India’s Medals

China won the 2026 Asian Games medal table with 169 golds and 341 medals in total. India finished fourth with 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze. The 20th Asian Games were held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from 19 September to 4 October 2026, with 469 medal events across 43 sports.

Final medal table: top 10

Nations are ranked by gold medals first, then silver, then bronze. That is why Kazakhstan finished eighth with 84 medals, behind nations that won fewer medals but more golds.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 169 89 83 341
2 Japan (host) 83 95 91 269
3 South Korea 39 43 68 150
4 India 21 27 37 85
5 Uzbekistan 21 25 24 70
6 Iran 19 18 15 52
7 Thailand 18 13 21 52
8 Kazakhstan 12 24 48 84
9 Hong Kong, China 11 19 24 54
10 Bahrain 11 5 6 22

Full results for every nation are on the official Aichi-Nagoya 2026 website.

India’s medal tally

India won 85 medals and finished fourth. India and Uzbekistan both won 21 golds, and India placed ahead on silver medals, 27 to 25.

It is India’s second-best Asian Games for both total medals and golds, behind only Hangzhou 2023, where India won 28 golds. The full 2023 breakdown is in our report on how many medals India won at the 2023 Asian Games.

India’s golds came from nine sports, led by archery with five. Boxing and shooting added three each, and India won both the men’s and women’s titles in cricket, hockey and kabaddi. Every Indian gold medallist, and India’s results sport by sport, are listed on our India at Asian Games 2026 page.

How the medal table is ranked

The Olympic Council of Asia orders nations by gold medals. Silver medals break ties, then bronze medals. Total medals do not decide the order.

Updated 7 October 2026 with final figures from Khel Now’s closing-day medal tally and The Week’s report on India’s finish.