India at the Asian Games

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.

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]

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

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 completing the 2022 Asian Games, India's medal count is as follows:

A tabular form of the details of the medals won by India is as follows:

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

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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	36	62
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	2	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	358	779

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

India has sent athletes to every celebration of the Asian Winter Games. Through the last revision of the Games in Astana and Almaty in 2011, India has never won a medal in the Winter Games.^[15]

Games	Host Nations	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2010 Guangzhou	China	15	1	4	9	14
2014 Incheon	South Korea	15	3	14	16	33
2018 Jakarta	Indonesia	9	15	24	33	72
2022 Hangzhou	China	5	29	31	51	111
Total		8	48	73	109	230

source:^[16]

India has participated in both the editions of the Asian Beach Game. In the 2008 Games, India won a total of five medals, including three gold, and ranked seventh in the final medal table.^[19] 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.^[20]

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

Indian athletes competed in the inaugural Asian Youth Games in Singapore. Indian competitors earned medals in only two sports— athletics and swimming. Four of the five gold medals came from athletics and one came from the swimming competition. Aaron Agnel Dsouza was the only multiple medal winner. Dsouza won a gold in the 200 m freestyle and a bronze in the 100 m freestyle.^[21] India's membership in IOC was suspended when the 2013 games took place so Indian athletes competed in the event as independent athletes.

Games	Host nation	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2009 Singapore	Singapore	7	5	3	3	11
2013 Nanjing	China	10	3	4	7	14
2021 Shantou	China	Cancelled
Total		6	8	7	10	25

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