India at the Asian Games

India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, and has participated in the Asian Games ever since their inception in 1951. The Indian Olympic Association was established in 1927 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee in the same year.^[1] It is the country's National Olympic Committee.^[2]

India at the Asian Games
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 183 Silver 238 Bronze 357 Total 778
Summer appearances
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Winter appearances
1986 1990 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2017

India was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games Federation on 13 February 1949, in New Delhi. It disbanded on 26 November 1981 and was replaced by the Olympic Council of Asia.^[3][4]

Background

India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, the governing body of all the sports in Asia, recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the continental association of Asia.^[5][6][a] Being a member of South Asian Zone, India also participates in the South Asian Games, sub-regional Games for South Asia.^[7]

The Olympic Council of Asia organises five major continental-level multi-sport events: the Asian Summer Games (which are commonly known as the Asian Games), Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games, and Asian Youth Games. Before 2009, Indoor and Martial Arts were two separate events for indoor and martial arts sports respectively. However, the OCA has since amalgamated them into a single event, the Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, which was debuted in 2013 in Incheon, South Korea.^[8] As a member of OCA, India is privileged to participate in all these multi-sport events.

Hosting history

New Delhi, the national capital of India, has hosted the Asian Games on two occasions: the inaugural 1951 Asian Games and the 1982 Asian Games.^[9]

Medal table

See also: Asian Games and All-time Asian Games medal table

India is one of the only seven countries that have competed in all the editions of the Asian Games.^[10] The other six are Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand.^[11] India has won at least one gold medal at every Asian Games, and always ranked within the top 10 nations of the medal table except in the 1990 Asian Games.^[12] After the 2022 Asian Games, India's medal count is as follows:

* Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Games	Host	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951 New Delhi	India	2	15	16	20	51
1954 Manila	Philippines	5	5	4	8	17
1958 Tokyo	Japan	7	5	4	4	13
1962 Jakarta	Indonesia	3	10	13	10	33
1966 Bangkok	Thailand	5	7	3	11	21
1970 Bangkok	Thailand	5	6	9	10	25
1974 Tehran	Iran	7	4	12	12	28
1978 Bangkok	Thailand	6	11	11	6	28
1982 New Delhi	India	5	13	19	25	57
1986 Seoul	South Korea	5	5	9	23	37
1990 Beijing	China	11	1	8	14	23
1994 Hiroshima	Japan	8	4	3	16	23
1998 Bangkok	Thailand	9	7	11	17	35
2002 Busan	South Korea	7	11	12	13	36
2006 Doha	Qatar	8	10	17	26	53
2010 Guangzhou	China	6	14	17	34	65
2014 Incheon	South Korea	8	11	9	37	57
2018 Jakarta & Palembang	Indonesia	8	16	23	31	70
2022 Hangzhou	China	4	28	38	40	106
2026 Aichi–Nagoya	Japan	Future event
2030 Doha	Qatar	Future event
2034 Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	Future event
Total		5	183	238	357	778

Source: ^[13]

Medals by sport

• Board games consist of bridge, chess, go, and xiangqi.

Sport	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	3	85	102	96	283
Shooting	6	16	30	34	80
Wrestling	7	11	15	39	65
Kabaddi	1	11	1	1	13
Lawn tennis	5	10	7	17	34
Boxing	8	9	17	35	61
Archery	3	6	6	7	19
Field hockey	3	5	11	7	23
Cue sports	3	5	4	6	15
Equestrian	3	4	3	7	14
Squash	3	3	4	11	18
Golf	5	3	4	0	7
Board games	3	3	3	4	10
Rowing	6	2	7	19	28
Diving	3	2	1	2	5
Football	6	2	0	1	3
Cricket	2	2	0	0	2
Sailing	10	1	8	14	23
Badminton	7	1	2	10	13
Swimming	14	1	2	6	9
Water polo	5	1	1	1	3
Weightlifting	19	0	5	9	14
Wushu	14	0	2	8	10
Cycling	17	0	1	2	3
Volleyball	5	0	1	2	3
Kurash	8	0	1	1	2
Judo	17	0	0	5	5
Roller sports	7	0	0	4	4
Table tennis	11	0	0	3	3
Sepaktakraw	11	0	0	2	2
Canoeing	11	0	0	2	2
Gymnastics	13	0	0	1	1
Taekwondo	24	0	0	1	1
Total	5	183	238	357	778

Archery

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2006 Doha	5	0	0	1	1
2010 Guangzhou	3	0	1	2	3
2014 Incheon	3	1	1	2	4
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	5	0	2	0	2
2022 Hangzhou	1	5	2	2	9
Total	3	6	6	7	19

Athletics

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951 New Delhi	2	10	12	12	34
1954 Manila	2	5	3	6	14
1958 Tokyo	3	5	2	2	9
1962 Jakarta	2	5	5	4	14
1966 Bangkok	3	5	1	5	11
1970 Bangkok	2	4	5	5	14
1974 Tehran	3	4	7	4	15
1978 Bangkok	3	8	7	3	18
1982 New Delhi	3	4	9	8	21
1986 Seoul	4	4	2	3	9
1990 Beijing	8	0	4	2	6
1994 Hiroshima	10	0	1	2	3
1998 Bangkok	6	2	6	7	15
2002 Busan	2	7	6	4	17
2006 Doha	8	1	4	4	9
2010 Guangzhou	2	5	2	5	12
2014 Incheon	6	2	3	8	13
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	3	8	9	3	20
2022 Hangzhou	3	6	14	9	29
Total	3	85	102	96	283

Badminton

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1974 Tehran	4	0	0	1	1
1982 New Delhi	5	0	0	5	5
1986 Seoul	5	0	0	1	1
2014 Incheon	7	0	0	1	1
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	5	0	1	1	2
2022 Hangzhou	3	1	1	1	3
Total	7	1	2	10	13

Board games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2006 Doha - Chess	1	2	0	0	2
2010 Guangzhou - Chess	6	0	0	2	2
2018 Jakarta-Palembang - Bridge	3	1	0	2	3
2022 Hangzhou - Bridge, Chess	7	0	3	0	3
Total	2	3	3	4	10

Boxing

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1958 Tokyo	8	0	1	1	2
1962 Jakarta	6	1	0	2	3
1966 Bangkok	3	1	1	0	2
1970 Bangkok	4	1	1	0	2
1974 Tehran	5	0	3	2	5
1978 Bangkok	7	0	1	2	3
1982 New Delhi	3	1	2	3	6
1986 Seoul	2	0	4	5	9
1990 Beijing	11	0	0	1	1
1994 Hiroshima	11	0	0	4	4
1998 Bangkok	4	1	0	1	2
2006 Doha	10	0	0	2	2
2010 Guangzhou	2	2	3	4	9
2014 Incheon	4	1	0	4	5
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	4	1	0	1	2
2022 Hangzhou	10	0	1	3	4
Total	8	9	17	35	61

Canoeing

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1994 Hiroshima	6	0	0	1	1
2022 Hangzhou	10	0	0	1	1
Total	11	0	0	2	2

Cricket

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2022 Hangzhou	1	2	0	0	2
Total	2	2	0	0	2

Cue sports

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1998 Bangkok	2	2	1	1	4
2002 Busan	4	1	1	1	3
2006 Doha	5	1	1	2	4
2010 Guangzhou	4	1	1	2	4
Total	3	5	4	6	15

Cycling

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951 New Delhi	2	0	1	2	3
Total	17	0	1	2	3

Diving

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951 New Delhi	1	2	1	1	4
1954 Manila	3	0	0	1	1
Total	3	2	1	2	5

Equestrian

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1982 New Delhi	1	3	1	1	5
1986 Seoul	4	0	0	2	2
1998 Bangkok	5	0	0	1	1
2002 Busan	5	0	0	1	1
2006 Doha	9	0	0	1	1
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	5	0	2	0	2
2022 Hangzhou	3	1	0	1	2
Total	3	4	3	7	14

Field hockey

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1958 Tokyo	2	0	1	0	1
1962 Jakarta	2	0	1	0	1
1966 Bangkok	1	1	0	0	1
1970 Bangkok	2	0	1	0	1
1974 Tehran	2	0	1	0	1
1978 Bangkok	2	0	1	0	1
1982 New Delhi	1	1	1	0	2
1986 Seoul	4	0	0	2	2
1990 Beijing	3	0	1	0	1
1994 Hiroshima	2	0	1	0	1
1998 Bangkok	1	1	1	0	2
2002 Busan	3	0	1	0	1
2006 Doha	4	0	0	1	1
2010 Guangzhou	5	0	0	1	1
2014 Incheon	1	1	0	1	2
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	2	0	1	1	2
2022 Hangzhou	1	1	0	1	2
Total	3	5	11	7	23

Football

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951 New Delhi	1	1	0	0	1
1962 Jakarta	1	1	0	0	1
1970 Bangkok	3	0	0	1	1
Total	6	2	0	1	3

Golf

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1982 New Delhi	1	2	1	0	3
2002 Busan	3	1	0	0	1
2006 Doha	4	0	1	0	1
2010 Guangzhou	3	0	1	0	1
2022 Hangzhou	4	0	1	0	1
Total	5	3	4	0	7

Gymnastics

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2010 Guangzhou	7	0	0	1	1
Total	13	0	0	1	1

Judo

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1986 Seoul	4	0	0	4	4
1994 Hiroshima	9	0	0	1	1
Total	17	0	0	5	5

Kabaddi

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1990 Beijing	1	1	0	0	1
1994 Hiroshima	1	1	0	0	1
1998 Bangkok	1	1	0	0	1
2002 Busan	1	1	0	0	1
2006 Doha	1	1	0	0	1
2010 Guangzhou	1	2	0	0	2
2014 Incheon	1	2	0	0	2
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	2	0	1	1	2
2022 Hangzhou	1	2	0	0	2
Total	1	11	1	1	13

Kurash

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	4	0	1	1	2
Total	8	0	1	1	2

Lawn tennis

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1966 Bangkok	8	0	0	1	1
1978 Bangkok	7	0	0	1	1
1982 New Delhi	5	0	1	0	1
1990 Beijing	5	0	0	1	1
1994 Hiroshima	3	2	0	1	3
1998 Bangkok	7	0	0	4	4
2002 Busan	3	1	1	2	4
2006 Doha	1	2	2	0	4
2010 Guangzhou	2	2	1	2	5
2014 Incheon	3	1	1	3	5
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	2	1	0	2	3
2022 Hangzhou	3	1	1	0	2
Total	5	10	7	17	34

Roller sports

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2010 Guangzhou	5	0	0	2	2
2022 Hangzhou	7	0	0	2	2
Total	7	0	0	4	4

Rowing

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1982 New Delhi	5	0	0	1	1
1990 Beijing	5	0	0	4	4
1994 Hiroshima	6	0	0	1	1
1998 Bangkok	7	0	0	2	2
2002 Busan	9	0	0	1	1
2006 Doha	5	0	2	1	3
2010 Guangzhou	3	1	3	1	5
2014 Incheon	9	0	0	3	3
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	6	1	0	2	3
2022 Hangzhou	5	0	2	3	5
Total	6	2	7	19	28

Sailing

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1970 Bangkok	6	0	0	1	1
1978 Bangkok	4	0	1	0	1
1982 New Delhi	3	1	1	1	3
1986 Seoul	6	0	1	0	1
1990 Beijing	7	0	0	2	2
1994 Hiroshima	8	0	0	2	2
2002 Busan	7	0	1	2	3
2006 Doha	8	0	1	1	2
2010 Guangzhou	8	0	1	0	1
2014 Incheon	8	0	0	1	1
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	7	0	1	2	3
2022 Hangzhou	8	0	1	2	3
Total	10	1	8	14	23

Sepak takraw

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	9	0	0	1	1
2022 Hangzhou	9	0	0	1	1
Total	11	0	0	2	2

Shooting

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1962 Jakarta	7	0	0	1	1
1974 Tehran	6	0	1	1	2
1978 Bangkok	5	1	0	0	1
1982 New Delhi	6	0	2	1	3
1986 Seoul	5	0	1	2	3
1990 Beijing	6	0	0	1	1
1994 Hiroshima	7	1	0	1	2
1998 Bangkok	9	0	2	1	3
2002 Busan	10	0	2	0	2
2006 Doha	4	3	5	6	14
2010 Guangzhou	5	1	3	4	8
2014 Incheon	8	1	1	7	9
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	3	2	4	3	9
2022 Hangzhou	2	7	9	6	22
Total	6	16	30	34	80

Squash

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2006 Doha	3	0	0	1	1
2010 Guangzhou	4	0	0	3	3
2014 Incheon	2	1	2	1	4
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	3	0	1	4	5
2022 Hangzhou	2	2	1	2	5
Total	3	3	4	11	18

Swimming

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951 New Delhi	3	1	1	4	6
1986 Seoul	5	0	1	0	1
2010 Guangzhou	7	0	0	1	1
2014 Incheon	8	0	0	1	1
Total	14	1	2	6	9

Table tennis

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	4	0	0	2	2
2022 Hangzhou	7	0	0	1	1
Total	11	0	0	3	3

Taekwondo

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2002 Busan	13	0	0	1	1
Total	24	0	0	1	1

Volleyball

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1958 Tokyo	4	0	0	1	1
1962 Jakarta	3	0	1	0	1
1986 Seoul	4	0	0	1	1
Total	5	0	1	2	3

Water polo

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951 New Delhi	1	1	0	0	1
1970 Bangkok	2	0	1	0	1
1982 New Delhi	3	0	0	1	1
Total	5	1	1	1	3

Weightlifting

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951 New Delhi	3	0	1	1	2
1982 New Delhi	8	0	0	2	2
1986 Seoul	7	0	0	1	1
1990 Beijing	5	0	2	2	4
1994 Hiroshima	8	0	1	3	4
1998 Bangkok	9	0	1	0	1
Total	19	0	5	9	14

Wrestling

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1954 Manila	5	0	1	1	2
1962 Jakarta	3	3	6	3	12
1966 Bangkok	4	0	1	5	6
1970 Bangkok	3	1	1	3	5
1974 Tehran	5	0	0	4	4
1978 Bangkok	2	2	1	0	3
1982 New Delhi	4	1	1	2	4
1986 Seoul	5	1	0	2	3
1990 Beijing	7	0	1	1	2
2002 Busan	11	0	0	1	1
2006 Doha	7	0	1	5	6
2010 Guangzhou	11	0	0	3	3
2014 Incheon	7	1	1	3	5
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	6	2	0	1	3
2022 Hangzhou	10	0	1	5	6
Total	7	11	15	39	65

Wushu

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2006 Doha	12	0	0	1	1
2010 Guangzhou	9	0	1	1	2
2014 Incheon	11	0	0	2	2
2018 Jakarta-Palembang	10	0	0	4	4
2022 Hangzhou	9	0	1	0	1
Total	14	0	2	8	10

Notable performers

The most successful athletes for India at the Asian Games.^[14]

Athlete	Sport	Years	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Leander Paes	Lawn tennis	1990–2006	M	5	0	3	8
P. T. Usha	Athletics	1982–1994	F	4	7	0	11
Jaspal Rana	Shooting	1994–2006	M	4	2	2	8
Milkha Singh	Athletics	1958–1962	M	4	0	0	4
Parduman Singh Brar	Athletics	1954–1962	M	3	1	1	5
Jyothi Surekha Vennam	Archery	2014–2022	F	3	1	1	5
Manjeet Kaur	Athletics	2002–2010	F	3	1	0	4
Harinder Pal Sandhu	Squash	2010–2022	M	3	0	2	5
M. R. Poovamma	Athletics	2014–2018	F	3	0	1	4
Navneet Gautam	Kabaddi	2006–2014	M	3	0	0	3
Rakesh Kumar	Kabaddi	2006–2014	M	3	0	0	3
Ojas Pravin Deotale	Archery	2022	M	3	0	0	3

Other editions

Asian Winter Games

See also: Asian Winter Games and All-time Asian Winter Games medal table

India has sent athletes to every celebration of the Asian Winter Games. Through the last revision of the Games in Sapporo and Obihiro in 2017, India has never won a medal in the Winter Games.^[15]

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

See also: Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and Asian Indoor Games

Games	Host Nation	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Asian Indoor Games
2005 Bangkok[16]	Thailand	5	7	3	8	18
2007 Macau	China	6	9	9	10	28
2009 Hanoi[17]	Vietnam	7	6	9	25	40
Asian Martial Arts Games
2009 Bangkok	Thailand	10	3	7	23	33
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2013 Incheon	South Korea	12	2	3	5	10
2017 Ashgabat	Turkmenistan	11	9	12	19	40
2021 Bangkok–Chonburi	Thailand	Future event
2025 Riyadh	Saudi Arabia
Total		9	36	43	90	169

Asian Beach Games

See also: Asian Beach Games

India has participated in both the editions of the Asian Beach Games. In the 2008 Games, India won a total of five medals, including three gold, and ranked seventh in the final medal table.^[18] Three gold medals were won by India in the 2010 Asian Beach Games in Muscat, Oman, earning the country sixth place in the medal table.^[19]

Games	Host Nations	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2008 Bali	Indonesia	7	3	0	2	5
2010 Muscat	Oman	6	3	0	1	4
2012 Haiyang	China	6	2	0	1	3
2014 Phuket	Philippines	20	2	1	7	10
2016 Da Nang	Vietnam	16	2	4	18	24
2023 Sanya	China	Future event
Total		11	12	5	29	46

See also

• Asia portal
• Sports portal

• India at the Olympics
• India at the Youth Olympics
• India at the Paralympics
• India at the World Games
• India at the Commonwealth Games
• India at the Asian Para Games
• India at the Asian Youth Games
• India at the Lusofonia Games
• India at the South Asian Games

Notes

• ^a The National Olympic Committees are all members of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), which is also split among five continental associations: Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, Pan American Sports Organization, Olympic Council of Asia, European Olympic Committees, and Oceania National Olympic Committees.

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