India at Asian Para Games 2026 means a 168-athlete squad in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, where the Games run from 18 to 24 October. After four days of medal events, India have 88 medals (21 gold, 26 silver and 41 bronze) and are fourth on the medal table. On 22 October, Sheetal Devi won two golds in archery, retaining her individual title and winning the mixed team with Toman Kumar. This page tracks India’s medal tally, results and squad, and we update it every evening during the Games.
India won a record 111 medals at the last edition in Hangzhou. This time the squad is a little over half the size, so matching that total will be hard.
India at Asian Para Games 2026: key facts
| Dates | 18 to 24 October 2026 (some team events start on 16 October) |
| Host | Aichi-Nagoya, Japan |
| Edition | 5th Asian Para Games |
| Field | About 3,000 athletes from 45 nations in 18 sports |
| India’s squad | 168 athletes: 112 men and 56 women |
| India’s flag bearers | Pramod Bhagat (badminton) and Bhavina Patel (table tennis) |
| Opening ceremony | 18 October, Nagoya |
India’s medal tally at Asian Para Games 2026
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 26 | 41 | 88 |
India were fourth on the medal table after the fourth day of medal events, up from fifth after day three. The totals are as of the evening of 22 October and will rise as the Games go on. Nations are ranked by gold medals first.
India’s medal winners
| Medal | Athlete | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Mona Agarwal | Para shooting | Women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 (250.0, Games record) | 19 Oct |
| Gold | Nishad Kumar | Para athletics | Men’s long jump T47 (7.11m) | 19 Oct |
| Gold | Rinku Hooda | Para athletics | Men’s javelin throw F46 (65.11m) | 19 Oct |
| Gold | Soumya | Para athletics | Women’s 1500m T12/T13 (5:12.39) | 19 Oct |
| Silver | Avani Lekhara | Para shooting | Women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 (249.6) | 19 Oct |
| Silver | Ajeet Singh Yadav | Para athletics | Men’s javelin throw F46 (65.02m) | 19 Oct |
| Silver | Radha Venkatesh | Para athletics | Women’s 1500m T12/T13 (5:30.90) | 19 Oct |
| Silver | Kokila Kaushiklate | Para judo | Women’s J2 -52kg | 19 Oct |
| Silver | Ravi Karthik Budigina | Para swimming | Men’s 100m freestyle S13 | 19 Oct |
| Bronze | Ravanni Valasanaini | Para athletics | Women’s 1500m T11 | 19 Oct |
| Bronze | Kapil Parmar | Para judo | Men’s J1 -70kg | 19 Oct |
| Gold | Nishad Kumar | Para athletics | Men’s high jump T47 (2.04m, Games record) | 20 Oct |
| Gold | Simran Sharma | Para athletics | Women’s 200m T12 (24.80, Games record) | 20 Oct |
| Gold | Deepthi Jeevanji | Para athletics | Women’s 400m T20 (56.36, Games record) | 20 Oct |
| Gold | Pranav Soorma | Para athletics | Men’s discus throw F51 (11.66m, Asian record) | 20 Oct |
| Gold | Devender Kumar | Para athletics | Men’s discus throw F44/F64 | 20 Oct |
| Silver | Manish Narwal | Para shooting | Men’s 10m air pistol SH1 (233.7) | 20 Oct |
| Silver | Ashok Malik | Para powerlifting | Men’s 65kg (192kg) | 20 Oct |
| Silver | Preeti Pal | Para athletics | Women’s 200m T35 | 20 Oct |
| Silver | Rakesh Kumar | Para athletics | Men’s discus throw F44/F64 | 20 Oct |
| Silver | Pradeep Kumar | Para athletics | Men’s javelin throw F53/F54 | 20 Oct |
| Silver | Ram Ratan Singh | Para athletics | Men’s discus throw F51 | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Shrishti Arora | Para shooting | Women’s 10m air pistol SH1 (214.7) | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Bhavina Patel | Para table tennis | Women’s singles class 4-5 | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Sonalben Patel | Para table tennis | Women’s singles class 3 | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Prachi Pandey | Para table tennis | Women’s singles class 6 | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Baby Sahana Ravi | Para table tennis | Women’s singles class 9 | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Jehan Dorab Madan | Para table tennis | Men’s singles class 1 | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Tejalben Damor | Para athletics | Women’s 200m T12 (25.23) | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Pardeep Kumar | Para athletics | Men’s discus throw F44/F64 | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Ayush Verma | Para athletics | Men’s javelin throw F53/F54 | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Praveen Sharma | Para athletics | Men’s shot put F11 | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Hokato Hotozhe Sema | Para athletics | Men’s shot put F57 | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Himanshu Nandal | Para swimming | Men’s 400m freestyle S11 | 20 Oct |
| Bronze | Niranjan Mukundan | Para swimming | Men’s 200m individual medley SM7 | 20 Oct |
| Gold | Sachin Khilari | Para athletics | Men’s shot put F46 (15.79m, Games record) | 21 Oct |
| Gold | Ayush Verma | Para athletics | Men’s shot put F53 (8.16m) | 21 Oct |
| Gold | Praveen Kumar | Para athletics | Men’s high jump (2.05m, Games record) | 21 Oct |
| Gold | Dilip Mahadu Gavit | Para athletics | Men’s 100m T47 (10.69) | 21 Oct |
| Gold | Simran Sharma | Para athletics | Women’s 100m T12 | 21 Oct |
| Silver | Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag | Para archery | Women’s compound doubles (lost 150-141 to China) | 21 Oct |
| Silver | Mohd Yasser | Para athletics | Men’s shot put F46 (15.06m) | 21 Oct |
| Silver | Bhagyashri Jadhav | Para athletics | Women’s shot put F34 (8.19m) | 21 Oct |
| Silver | Manjeet | Para athletics | Men’s javelin throw F13 (61.03m) | 21 Oct |
| Silver | Mohammed Basil | Para athletics | Men’s 100m T47 (10.72) | 21 Oct |
| Silver | Banti | Para athletics | Men’s high jump (1.92m) | 21 Oct |
| Silver | Preeti Pal | Para athletics | Women’s 100m T35 | 21 Oct |
| Silver | Akira Banothu | Para athletics | Men’s 400m T35/T38 | 21 Oct |
| Silver | Ravi Karthik Budigina | Para swimming | Men’s 100m backstroke S13 | 21 Oct |
| Silver | Kasthuri Rajamani | Para powerlifting | Women’s 67kg | 21 Oct |
| Bronze | Parveen | Para athletics | Men’s shot put F46 (13.83m) | 21 Oct |
| Bronze | Ravi Rongali | Para athletics | Men’s shot put F40 (10.02m) | 21 Oct |
| Bronze | Sukhchain | Para athletics | Men’s javelin throw F55 (29.94m) | 21 Oct |
| Bronze | Karamjyoti Dalal | Para athletics | Women’s discus throw F55 (21.60m) | 21 Oct |
| Bronze | Haney | Para athletics | Men’s discus throw F37 (57.04m) | 21 Oct |
| Bronze | Shailesh Kumar | Para athletics | Men’s long jump T42 (5.57m) | 21 Oct |
| Bronze | Anubhav Choudhary | Para athletics | Men’s 100m T35 (12.72) | 21 Oct |
| Bronze | Pranav Desai | Para athletics | Men’s 100m T64 (11.96) | 21 Oct |
| Bronze | Sharath Makanahalli | Para athletics | Men’s 1500m T12 (4:11.01) | 21 Oct |
| Bronze | Himanshu Nandal | Para swimming | Men’s 100m breaststroke SB11 | 21 Oct |
| Bronze | Rohit Kumar | Para swimming | Men’s 100m breaststroke SB4 | 21 Oct |
| Gold | Sheetal Devi | Para archery | Women’s compound individual (beat Nur Syahidah Alim 142-139) | 22 Oct |
| Gold | Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar | Para archery | Compound mixed team (beat Indonesia 151-148) | 22 Oct |
| Gold | Suvarna Raj | Para athletics | Women’s discus throw F54 (15.66m) | 22 Oct |
| Gold | Shailesh Kumar | Para athletics | Men’s high jump T42/T63 (1.89m, Games record) | 22 Oct |
| Gold | Anjanaben Bumbadiya | Para athletics | Women’s 400m T47 (59.97) | 22 Oct |
| Gold | Dilip Mahadu Gavit | Para athletics | Men’s 400m T47 | 22 Oct |
| Gold | Solairaj Dharmaraj | Para athletics | Men’s long jump T44/T62/T64 (7.15m, Asian record) | 22 Oct |
| Silver | Swati Chaudhary | Para archery | Women’s W1 individual | 22 Oct |
| Bronze | Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramadass | Para badminton | Mixed doubles SL3-SU5 | 22 Oct |
| Bronze | Suhas Yathiraj | Para badminton | Men’s singles SL4 | 22 Oct |
India’s results by sport
19 October: day one
Para shooting. India took gold and silver in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1. Mona Agarwal won the final with 250.0, a Games record, and Avani Lekhara, the defending champion, took silver with 249.6. In the men’s 10m air rifle standing SH1, Swaroop Unhalkar finished fourth and Rakesh Nidagundi seventh.
Para athletics. India won six athletics medals on the opening day. Rinku Hooda (65.11m) and Ajeet Singh Yadav (65.02m) took gold and silver in the men’s javelin F46, just 9cm apart. Debutant Soumya won the women’s 1500m T12/T13 in a personal best of 5:12.39, with Radha Venkatesh second. Nishad Kumar won the men’s long jump T47 with 7.11m, and Ravanni Valasanaini took bronze in the women’s 1500m T11.
Para judo and swimming. Kokila Kaushiklate won silver in the women’s J2 -52kg and Kapil Parmar bronze in the men’s J1 -70kg. In the pool, Ravi Karthik Budigina won silver in the men’s 100m freestyle S13.
20 October: day two
Para athletics. India won 14 athletics medals on day two, with four Games or Asian records. Nishad Kumar added high jump T47 gold (2.04m, a Games record) to his long jump title from day one. Simran Sharma won the women’s 200m T12 in a Games record 24.80, with Tejalben Damor third, and Deepthi Jeevanji won the women’s 400m T20 in a Games record 56.36. Pranav Soorma set an Asian record of 11.66m to win the men’s discus F51, and India swept the men’s discus F44/F64: Devender Kumar gold, Rakesh Kumar silver and Pardeep Kumar bronze.
Para shooting. Manish Narwal won silver in the men’s 10m air pistol SH1 with 233.7, behind South Korea’s Jo Jeongdu (241.3), the same opponent who beat him to gold at Paris 2024. Shrishti Arora won bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol SH1 with 214.7.
Para table tennis. India won five singles bronze medals, including one for flag bearer Bhavina Patel in the women’s class 4-5. Sonalben Patel (class 3), Prachi Pandey (class 6), Baby Sahana Ravi (class 9) and Jehan Dorab Madan (men’s class 1) won the others.
Para powerlifting and swimming. Ashok Malik won silver in the men’s 65kg with 192kg, behind China’s Zou Yi. In the pool, Himanshu Nandal (400m freestyle S11) and Niranjan Mukundan (200m individual medley SM7) took bronze.
21 October: day three
Para athletics. India won 21 athletics medals on day three, including five golds. Sachin Khilari won the men’s shot put F46 with a Games record 15.79m, with Mohd Yasser second and Parveen third for another Indian clean sweep. Praveen Kumar won the high jump with a Games record 2.05m, ahead of Banti. Dilip Mahadu Gavit (10.69) edged Mohammed Basil (10.72) in an Indian one-two in the men’s 100m T47. Ayush Verma won the men’s shot put F53 with 8.16m, and Simran Sharma added the women’s 100m T12 gold to her 200m title from day two.
Para archery. Sheetal Devi and Payal Nag won silver in the women’s compound doubles, losing the final 150-141 to China. She won the individual and mixed team titles at Hangzhou, and we will add her results in those events here.
Para swimming and powerlifting. Ravi Karthik Budigina won his second silver of the Games, in the 100m backstroke S13, and Kasthuri Rajamani took silver in the women’s 67kg powerlifting. Himanshu Nandal won his second bronze, in the 100m breaststroke SB11, and Rohit Kumar took bronze in the 100m breaststroke SB4.
One more silver from 21 October is included in the tally but not yet listed by name, because the sources we use do not agree on it. We will add it once it is confirmed.
22 October: day four
Para archery. Sheetal Devi won two golds in under two hours. She retained her women’s compound individual title, coming back from four points down to beat Singapore’s Nur Syahidah Alim 142-139, the same opponent she beat in the Hangzhou final. Then she and Toman Kumar beat Indonesia 151-148 in the compound mixed team final. Swati Chaudhary won silver in the women’s W1 individual, losing the final 6-4 to China’s Cen Mengkan.
Para athletics. India won five athletics golds. Solairaj Dharmaraj set an Asian record of 7.15m in the men’s long jump T44/T62/T64, and Shailesh Kumar won the men’s high jump T42/T63 with a Games record 1.89m. Suvarna Raj won the women’s discus F54 with 15.66m, Anjanaben Bumbadiya the women’s 400m T47, and Dilip Mahadu Gavit the men’s 400m T47, his second gold after the 100m.
Para badminton. Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramadass won bronze in the mixed doubles SL3-SU5, and Suhas Yathiraj won bronze in the men’s singles SL4. The badminton finals are on 23 October.
India won 26 medals on 22 October (7 gold, 4 silver and 15 bronze). The 10 listed above are each confirmed by at least two sources. The rest, mostly bronze medals in badminton, athletics, swimming and table tennis, will be added once a second source confirms them.
India’s squad and schedule by sport
| Sport | Indian athletes | Competition dates |
|---|---|---|
| Para athletics | 62 | 19 to 23 October |
| Para badminton | 28 | 16 to 23 October |
| Para swimming | 16 | 19 to 23 October |
| Para shooting | 13 | 19, 20, 22 and 23 October |
| Para archery | 11 | 19 to 24 October |
| Para table tennis | 10 | 16 to 23 October |
| Blind football | 10 | 16 to 23 October |
| Para powerlifting | 8 | 19 to 23 October |
| Para judo | 7 | 19 to 21 October |
| Boccia | 2 | 17 to 24 October |
| Para cycling | 1 | 19, 20 and 23 October |
Competition dates are India’s schedule as reported by The Bridge. Exact session times can change, so we will confirm each one on the day.
Para archery squad
World Archery has confirmed India’s 11 archers:
- Recurve men: Harvinder Singh, Vijay Sundi
- Recurve women: Bhawna, Pooja
- Compound men: Toman Kumar, Shyam Sunder Swami
- Compound women: Sheetal Devi, Payal Nag
- W1 men: Adil Mohd Nazir Ansari, Vinayak Amolrao Breed
- W1 women: Swati Chaudhary
Harvinder Singh is the Paris 2024 Paralympic champion in men’s recurve, and Sheetal Devi is the reigning world champion in women’s compound.
Para shooting squad
India’s 13 para shooters:
- Men: Anantha Krishnan H, Amir Ahmad Bhat, Manish Narwal, Nihal Singh, Rakesh Nidagundi, Rudransh Khandelwal, Swaroop Mahavir Unhalkar
- Women: Avani Lekhara, Mona Agarwal, Bhakti Sharma, Rubina Francis, Shrishti Arora, Sumedha Pathak
Other Indian athletes to watch
- Pramod Bhagat (para badminton): Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion, six-time world champion in men’s singles SL3 and one of India’s two flag bearers.
- Bhavina Patel (para table tennis): Tokyo 2020 Paralympic silver medallist and the other flag bearer. She won bronze in the women’s singles class 4-5 on 20 October.
- Avani Lekhara (para shooting): two-time Paralympic champion in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1. She won silver in the event on 19 October.
- Manish Narwal (para shooting): Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion in the mixed 50m pistol SH1 and Paris 2024 silver medallist in the 10m air pistol SH1.
We will add more names as full entry lists are confirmed for each sport.
How India did in Hangzhou
At the last Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, India won a record 111 medals: 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze. That put India fifth on the medal table by golds and fourth by total medals. Para athletics brought the most medals: 55 of the 111, with 18 gold, 17 silver and 20 bronze.
Why India’s squad is smaller this time
India sent more than 300 athletes to Hangzhou but only 168 to Aichi-Nagoya. The biggest drop is in para athletics. According to The Bridge, the Olympic Council of Asia first gave India 60 athletics places, later raised to 62, against the 123 athletes India took to Hangzhou in that sport alone.
Where to watch in India
No official broadcaster has been confirmed for India. Some reports say the Games will be shown on DD Sports. We will update this section once the broadcaster is announced.
Updated 22 October 2026 (day four medals). This page is updated every evening during the Games. Sources: The Tribune (day four tally), UNI (day four), IANS (Sheetal Devi), Free Press Journal (Sheetal Devi), Assam Tribune (badminton), myKhel (day four), The Tribune (day three tally), Khel Now (day three medals), The Sunday Guardian (medal list), The Tribune (day two tally), Khel Now (day two medals), ANI (shooting, powerlifting, table tennis), Aichi-Nagoya 2026 official results (medal table), The Tribune (day one tally), Business Standard (day one medals), The Tribune (shooting), The Tribune (1500m), IANS (javelin), Chennai Online, The Bridge (squad), The Bridge (schedule), myKhel, Khel Now, The Tribune (flag bearers), International Paralympic Committee, World Archery, Paralympic Committee of India and Outlook India.
