Asian Games
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), since 1982
2026LatestAichi and Nagoya 2026, 19 September to 4 October: 43 sports, 469 events, 46 nations; most golds, China
- Next
- Doha 2030, 4 to 19 November; then Riyadh 2034, 29 November to 14 December
- Most medals, all time
- China 1,843 gold (3,911 medals); Japan 1,167 gold; South Korea 826 gold
- India
- 863 medals: 204 gold, 265 silver, 394 bronze (5th all time); most at one Games, 106 at Hangzhou 2022 (28 gold); 21 gold at Aichi and Nagoya 2026; 307 of the medals in athletics
Editions
2034Host: Riyadh
- Dates
- 29 November to 14 December 2034
2030Host: Doha
- Dates
- 4 to 19 November 2030
2026Top nation: ChinaHost: Aichi and Nagoya · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 21, 27, 37 (4)
- Dates
- 19 September to 4 October 2026
- Nations
- 46
- Sports
- 43
- Events
- 469
2022Top nation: ChinaHost: Hangzhou · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 28, 38, 40 (4)
- Dates
- 23 September to 8 October 2023
- Nations
- 45
- Sports
- 40
- Events
- 481
2018Top nation: ChinaHost: Jakarta and Palembang · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 16, 23, 31 (8)
- Dates
- 18 August to 2 September 2018
- Nations
- 45
- Sports
- 46
- Events
- 465
2014Top nation: ChinaHost: Incheon · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 11, 9, 37 (8)
- Dates
- 19 September to 4 October 2014
- Nations
- 45
- Sports
- 37
- Events
- 439
2010Top nation: ChinaHost: Guangzhou · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 14, 17, 34 (6)
- Dates
- 12 to 27 November 2010
- Nations
- 45
- Sports
- 42
- Events
- 476
2006Top nation: ChinaHost: Doha · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 10, 17, 26 (8)
- Dates
- 1 to 15 December 2006
- Nations
- 45
- Sports
- 39
- Events
- 424
2002Top nation: ChinaHost: Busan · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 11, 12, 13 (7)
- Dates
- 29 September to 14 October 2002
- Nations
- 44
- Sports
- 38
- Events
- 419
1998Top nation: ChinaHost: Bangkok · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 7, 11, 17 (9)
- Dates
- 6 to 20 December 1998
- Nations
- 41
- Sports
- 36
- Events
- 377
1994Top nation: ChinaHost: Hiroshima · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 4, 3, 16 (8)
- Dates
- 2 to 16 October 1994
- Nations
- 42
- Sports
- 34
- Events
- 338
1990Top nation: ChinaHost: Beijing · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 1, 8, 14 (11)
- Dates
- 22 September to 7 October 1990
- Nations
- 31
- Sports
- 27
- Events
- 310
1986Top nation: ChinaHost: Seoul · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 5, 9, 23 (5)
- Dates
- 20 September to 2 October 1986
- Nations
- 22
- Sports
- 25
- Events
- 270
1982Top nation: ChinaHost: New Delhi · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 13, 19, 25 (5)
- Dates
- 19 November to 4 December 1982
- Nations
- 23
- Sports
- 21
- Events
- 147
1978Top nation: JapanHost: Bangkok · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 11, 11, 6 (6)
- Dates
- 9 to 20 December 1978
- Nations
- 19
- Sports
- 19
- Events
- 201
1974Top nation: JapanHost: Tehran · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 4, 12, 12 (7)
- Dates
- 1 to 16 September 1974
- Nations
- 19
- Sports
- 16
- Events
- 202
1970Top nation: JapanHost: Bangkok · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 6, 9, 10 (5)
- Dates
- 9 to 20 December 1970
- Nations
- 18
- Sports
- 13
- Events
- 135
1966Top nation: JapanHost: Bangkok · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 7, 3, 11 (5)
- Dates
- 9 to 20 December 1966
- Nations
- 16
- Sports
- 14
- Events
- 143
1962Top nation: JapanHost: Jakarta · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 10, 13, 10 (3)
- Dates
- 24 August to 4 September 1962
- Nations
- 12
- Sports
- 13
- Events
- 88
1958Top nation: JapanHost: Tokyo · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 5, 4, 4 (7)
- Dates
- 24 May to 1 June 1958
- Nations
- 16
- Sports
- 13
- Events
- 97
1954Top nation: JapanHost: Manila · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 5, 4, 8 (5)
- Dates
- 1 to 9 May 1954
- Nations
- 18
- Sports
- 8
- Events
- 76
1951Top nation: JapanHost: New Delhi · India: gold, silver, bronze (rank): 15, 16, 20 (2)
- Dates
- 4 to 11 March 1951
- Nations
- 11
- Sports
- 6
- Events
- 57
India at the Games
Medals by sport
The sports in which India has won the most medals, from "India at the Asian Games" (36 sports in all).
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 86 | 111 | 110 | 307 |
| Shooting | 19 | 38 | 38 | 95 |
| Wrestling | 13 | 17 | 41 | 71 |
| Boxing | 12 | 17 | 38 | 67 |
| Tennis | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| Rowing | 2 | 7 | 20 | 29 |
| Archery | 11 | 8 | 9 | 28 |
| Sailing | 1 | 9 | 16 | 26 |
| Field hockey | 7 | 11 | 7 | 25 |
| Squash | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| Kabaddi | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Cue sports | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Badminton | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 |
| Equestrian | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| All 36 sports | 204 | 265 | 394 | 863 |
More about this tournament
Sports on the programme
Aichi and Nagoya 2026, each with a sport-at-the-Games page here: the pages whose data files hold 2026 podiums, and cricket, football and hockey, whose pages give the 2026 results. The list counts 43 sports; our pages split some (swimming, diving, artistic swimming and water polo are one sport, aquatics, in the list).
| Sport | Page | In the rows |
|---|---|---|
| Archery | archery/asian-games-archery.md | 1978 to 2026 |
| Artistic swimming | artistic-swimming/asian-games-artistic-swimming.md | 1994 to 2026 |
| Athletics | athletics/asian-games-athletics.md | 1951 to 2026 |
| Badminton | badminton/asian-games-badminton.md | 1962 to 2026 |
| Baseball and softball | baseball-softball/asian-games-baseball-softball.md | 1990 to 2026 |
| Basketball | basketball/asian-games-basketball.md | 1951 to 2026 |
| Boxing | boxing/asian-games-boxing.md | 1954 to 2026 |
| Breaking | breaking/asian-games-breaking.md | 2022 to 2026 |
| Canoeing | canoe/asian-games-canoe.md | 1990 to 2026 |
| Cricket | cricket/asian-games-cricket.md | see the page |
| Cycling | cycling/asian-games-cycling.md | 1951 to 2026 |
| Diving | diving/asian-games-diving.md | 1951 to 2026 |
| Equestrian | equestrian/asian-games-equestrian.md | 1982 to 2026 |
| Esports | esports/asian-games-esports.md | 2022 to 2026 |
| Fencing | fencing/asian-games-fencing.md | 1974 to 2026 |
| Football | football/asian-games-football.md | see the page |
| Golf | golf/asian-games-golf.md | 1982 to 2026 |
| Gymnastics | gymnastics/asian-games-gymnastics.md | 1974 to 2026 |
| Handball | handball/asian-games-handball.md | 1982 to 2026 |
| Hockey | field-hockey/asian-games-hockey.md | see the page |
| Ju-jitsu | ju-jitsu/asian-games-ju-jitsu.md | 2018 to 2026 |
| Judo | judo/asian-games-judo.md | 1986 to 2026 |
| Kabaddi | kabaddi/asian-games-kabaddi.md | 1990 to 2026 |
| Karate | karate/asian-games-karate.md | 1994 to 2026 |
| Kurash | kurash/asian-games-kurash.md | 2018 to 2026 |
| MMA | mma/asian-games-mma.md | 2026 to 2026 |
| Modern pentathlon | modern-pentathlon/asian-games-modern-pentathlon.md | 1994 to 2026 |
| Rowing | rowing/asian-games-rowing.md | 1982 to 2026 |
| Rugby | rugby/asian-games-rugby-sevens.md | 1998 to 2026 |
| Sailing | sailing/asian-games-sailing.md | 1970 to 2026 |
| Sepak takraw | sepak-takraw/asian-games-sepak-takraw.md | 1990 to 2026 |
| Shooting | shooting/asian-games-shooting.md | 1954 to 2026 |
| Skateboarding | skateboarding/asian-games-skateboarding.md | 2018 to 2026 |
| Soft tennis | soft-tennis/asian-games-soft-tennis.md | 1994 to 2026 |
| Sport climbing | sport-climbing/asian-games-sport-climbing.md | 2018 to 2026 |
| Squash | squash/asian-games-squash.md | 1998 to 2026 |
| Surfing | surfing/asian-games-surfing.md | 2026 to 2026 |
| Swimming | swimming/asian-games-swimming.md | 1951 to 2026 |
| Table tennis | table-tennis/asian-games-table-tennis.md | 1958 to 2026 |
| Taekwondo | taekwondo/asian-games-taekwondo.md | 1986 to 2026 |
| Tennis | tennis/asian-games-tennis.md | 1958 to 2026 |
| Triathlon | triathlon/asian-games-triathlon.md | 2006 to 2026 |
| Volleyball | volleyball/asian-games-volleyball.md | 1958 to 2026 |
| Water polo | water-polo/asian-games-water-polo.md | 1951 to 2026 |
| Weightlifting | weightlifting/asian-games-weightlifting.md | 1951 to 2026 |
| Wrestling | wrestling/asian-games-wrestling.md | 1954 to 2026 |
| Wushu | wushu/asian-games-wushu.md | 1990 to 2026 |
Held before, with pages here:
| Sport | Page | In the rows |
|---|---|---|
| Bridge | contract-bridge/asian-games-bridge.md | 2018 to 2022 |
| Chess | chess/asian-games-chess.md | 2006 to 2022 |
| Cue sports | cue-sports/asian-games-cue-sports.md | 1998 to 2010 |
| Dragon boat | dragon-boat/asian-games-dragon-boat.md | 2010 to 2022 |
| Pencak silat | pencak-silat/asian-games-pencak-silat.md | 2018 |
| Roller sports | roller-sports/asian-games-roller-sports.md | 2010 to 2022 |
| Sambo | sambo/asian-games-sambo.md | 2018 |