India has achieved its best-ever medal tally in the 2023 Asian Games, surpassing the previous record of 70 medals set during the 2018 edition in Jakarta. The country is now closing in on its ambitious goal of securing 100 medals at the Hangzhou edition of the games. Let's take a closer look at India's performance across various editions of the Asian Games.
|
Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
Position |
|
1951 |
15 |
16 |
20 |
51 |
2nd |
|
1954 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
17 |
5th |
|
1958 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
13 |
7th |
|
1962 |
10 |
13 |
10 |
33 |
3rd |
|
1966 |
7 |
3 |
11 |
21 |
5th |
|
1970 |
6 |
9 |
10 |
25 |
5th |
|
1974 |
4 |
12 |
12 |
28 |
7th |
|
1978 |
11 |
11 |
6 |
28 |
6th |
|
1982 |
13 |
19 |
25 |
57 |
5th |
|
1986 |
5 |
9 |
23 |
37 |
5th |
|
1990 |
1 |
8 |
14 |
23 |
11th |
|
1994 |
4 |
3 |
16 |
23 |
8th |
|
1998 |
7 |
11 |
17 |
35 |
9th |
|
2002 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
36 |
7th |
|
2006 |
10 |
17 |
26 |
53 |
8th |
|
2010 |
14 |
17 |
34 |
65 |
6th |
|
2014 |
11 |
10 |
36 |
57 |
8th |
|
2018 |
21 |
23 |
31 |
70 |
8th |
|
2023 |
23 |
32 |
33 |
86 |
4th |
The Asian Games hold a special place in India's sporting history, with the inaugural edition taking place in the Indian capital city of Delhi in 1951. India also had the privilege of hosting the multi-sport event once more in 1982, showcasing a grand spectacle of sportsmanship.
India's growth in the sporting arena has been remarkable, evident in the increasing medal count in recent editions of the Asian Games. The Hangzhou edition marks the third occasion where India has surpassed the 60-medal mark, following Guangzhou in 2010 and Jakarta in 2018.
To put this progress into perspective, India won 51 medals in the first-ever Asian Games in 1951. However, in the subsequent seven editions, the country failed to cross the 20-medal threshold. It was only in the 1982 edition, coinciding with the games' return to India, that India achieved a commendable tally of 57 medals. The 2006 edition in Doha marked another milestone, as it was the first time India secured over 50 medals in an edition hosted outside of India.
India has won 753 medals in total during the course of the Asian Games, including 173 Gold medals, 238 Silver medals, and 348 Bronze medals.
With a total of 254 medals won in the Asian Games, including 79 gold medals, athletics has been India's most successful sport. In the history of the Asian Games, no other sport has produced more than 100 medals for India. With 59 and 58 medals, respectively, wrestling is not far behind shooting. India has already won more than 30 medals in the athletics category in the 2023 edition.