Asian Games 2026 Indian Medalists & Cash Prize: Full List of 85 Winners

India’s Asian Games 2026 campaign in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan (19 September – 4 October 2026) is complete. India won 85 medals — 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze — and finished 4th on the medal table, behind China, Japan and South Korea, and level with Uzbekistan on 21 golds but ahead on silver. It is India’s second-best Asian Games haul, after the record 107 at Hangzhou 2023.

This page is the final record of every Indian medallist, the cash prize each is entitled to under the Central Government scheme, the state rewards announced so far, and a checked record of Asian Games 2023 for comparison.

Prize money in India is rarely one round figure. A medallist can be rewarded by the Central Government, their State Government, a sports federation, an employer such as the Railways or the Army, and sometimes a sponsor. Each has its own rules, so two athletes with the same medal can end up with very different totals. Where a reward has only been announced and not paid, we say so.

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Asian Games 2026 Indian Medalists — Full List

🥇 Gold (21)

🥈 Silver (27)

🥉 Bronze (37)

India’s Asian Games 2026 Medal Tally

For the full country-by-country table, see the Asian Games 2026 Medal Tally.

Medals by sport

A Closer Look at India’s 2026 Medallists

Archery’s golden fortnight. Archery won five golds, the most of any Indian sport. The compound archers swept all three team titles on 30 September, with the mixed team securing an LA 2028 quota. On 2 October the women’s recurve team beat South Korea 5-3 for India’s first gold in the event, and on 3 October Kumkum Mohod became the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve gold.

Double golds in three team sports. India retained both cricket titles — the women beat Sri Lanka on 22 September with Smriti Mandhana scoring 79 and Deepti Sharma taking three wickets, and the men beat Pakistan by 19 runs on 3 October. Both kabaddi teams beat Iran in their finals on 26 September, the men winning 40-34. In hockey, the women beat China 1-0 on 2 October for their first gold since 1982, and the men beat Malaysia on 3 October to defend a title for the first time. Both hockey teams secured LA 2028 places.

Boxing’s best-ever gold haul. Lovlina Borgohain, Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal won three boxing golds — the first time India have done that at a single Asian Games. Lovlina became only the second Indian woman after Mary Kom to win Asian Games boxing gold.

Neeru Dhanda’s double. The trap shooter won India’s first individual trap gold since 1978, added the mixed trap gold with Kynan Chenai in an Asian record, and took a team silver. She carried India’s flag at the Closing Ceremony.

The 10m air rifle sweep. India’s first five shooting medals all came in the 10m air rifle. Elavenil Valarivan led her individual final for 21 of 24 shots before Japan’s Hinata Taichi edged ahead with an Asian Games record 253.0, leaving Elavenil on 252.4. In the men’s final, Himanshu Dhillon and Rudrankksh Patil finished 0.1 apart for silver and bronze. Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet then won the 10m air pistol mixed team gold on 25 September with 484.6, an Asian record, 6.6 ahead of South Korea.

Athletics: 24 medals, India’s biggest haul from any sport. Gulveer Singh won three medals (two silver, one bronze). Vithya Ramraj won one of each colour, including a 400m hurdles bronze that broke PT Usha’s 1984 national record. Sawan Barwal’s marathon silver ended a 44-year wait, and with Neeraj Chopra out injured, his replacement Yashvir Singh took javelin silver and Rohit Yadav bronze.

Firsts and long waits ended. Pranavi Urs won India’s first Asian Games golf gold. Mirabai Chanu’s silver was India’s first weightlifting medal since 1998. Suchika Tariyal won India’s first MMA medal, Baranica Elangovan the first in women’s pole vault, and Satnam Singh and Salman Khan the first in men’s double sculls.

Asian Games 2026 Cash Prize for Indian Medalists

The Central Government reward comes under a scheme run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS), the “Scheme of Cash Incentive to Medal Winners in International Sports Events and their Coaches.” The version updated on 1 February 2025 applies to these Games.

For the Asian Games, the amounts for individual events are:

That headline table is where most confusion starts, so here is what really decides the amount:

• Team events pay less per person. Each member of a medal-winning team gets 75% of the individual figure. So an Asian Games team gold is ₹22.5 lakh a head, a team silver ₹15 lakh, and a team bronze ₹7.5 lakh. This is why each member of India’s silver-winning shooting teams gets ₹15 lakh, not ₹20 lakh, and why any report that multiplies the full individual amount across a whole team is usually wrong.
• Multiple medals count at the Asian Games. If a player wins more than one medal, they can claim for each one. (At most other events only the best medal counts.) That is why the gold medal cash prize, the silver medal cash prize and the bronze medal cash prize can stack for the same athlete here.
• It is not automatic. The athlete applies through the government’s online portal within six months, and the money is paid after checks. Coaches also get a share, half of the athlete’s amount. So the figures below are what the rules say each player should get, not money already in their account.

The figures below are what the rules say each athlete should get, not money already paid. A news report in August 2026 said the Central scheme had been revised upwards; we could not find an official order to confirm it, so this page uses the confirmed figures and will change them if an official update appears.

Top Central Government entitlements

What each medallist is set to get

This table lists athletes, not medals. The 21 gold medals were won by 8 individual champions and 21 team members listed separately below (plus the cricket, hockey and kabaddi squads), because every member of a winning team receives the medal and the prize. Athletes who won more than one medal appear once, with their medals combined.

Relay members who ran only in the heats receive a medal and are treated as team members for the award.

State government rewards announced

States are where the biggest top-ups come from, but only some states pay, and the amounts vary widely. We list a 2026 state reward only once it has been officially announced for a named winner.

Some states set their rules before the Games. Kerala announced ₹50 lakh for gold, ₹30 lakh for silver and ₹20 lakh for bronze, with a ₹1 lakh advance to every Kerala athlete and separate coach rewards. West Bengal’s policy lists ₹5 crore, ₹4 crore and ₹2 crore, and Delhi’s lists ₹3 crore, ₹2 crore and ₹1 crore. For medals won after 27 September, and for winners from states such as Haryana, Maharashtra, Manipur, Punjab and Gujarat, no specific Asian Games 2026 state reward had been confirmed at the time of this update. We will add each one once it is officially announced.

Asian Games 2023: India’s Record Haul

Hangzhou 2023 (held from 23 September to 8 October 2023) was India’s finest Asian Games. It was the first time the country crossed 100 medals, joining China, Japan and South Korea as the only nations to do so, and India finished 4th overall.

There is a small difference in the reported total worth knowing. The Government of India counted 107 medals: 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze. Some international tables, including the OCA-based tally, list 106 (with 40 bronze). The gap is a single bronze, so we show both figures rather than pick one.

The medals came from across the board. Athletics led with 29, shooting was close behind with 22 (including a best-ever 7 golds), and India’s compound archers swept all five golds in their category. Neeraj Chopra defended his javelin title, Sift Kaur Samra won the 50m rifle three-positions gold with a world record, and the cricket, kabaddi and men’s hockey teams all topped the podium.

All 28 of India’s Asian Games 2023 gold medals

India’s 2023 medals, sport by sport

This table adds up to 106, the international figure. The Government of India counted one extra bronze for a total of 107.

2023 cash rewards

Medal winners at Hangzhou were rewarded under the MYAS scheme running at the time, with the Asian Games figures at the same headline levels used now (₹30 lakh gold, ₹20 lakh silver, ₹10 lakh bronze), plus the team and multiple-medal rules. Several states rewarded their own athletes on top, with Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Punjab among those running their own schemes, and employers, federations and sponsors adding more. Because each state amount was announced separately, the 2023 state figures should be checked against each state’s own announcement rather than assumed. We do not apply the 2026 numbers backwards to 2023.

Asian Games 2023 vs 2026

India won 22 fewer medals than at Hangzhou but held on to fourth place. The gold count fell most sharply in shooting (7 to 3) and athletics (6 to 1), while boxing (0 to 3 golds), wrestling (0 to 2) and hockey (1 to 2) improved, and archery matched its five golds.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many medals did India win at Asian Games 2026? 85 — 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze — finishing 4th on the medal table.

Who won India’s first medal at Asian Games 2026? The women’s 10m air rifle team of Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa K. Vinod, silver on 20 September. Elavenil added the individual silver later that day.

Who won India’s first gold? The women’s cricket team, who beat Sri Lanka in the T20 final on 22 September.

How much is the cash prize for an Asian Games gold medal in India? ₹30 lakh from the Central Government for an individual gold, or ₹22.5 lakh per person for a team gold, with state top-ups on top where offered.

How much for a silver and a bronze? An individual silver is ₹20 lakh and an individual bronze ₹10 lakh from the Central Government. Team members get 75% of those figures, so ₹15 lakh and ₹7.5 lakh each.

Which Indian athlete is set to receive the most Central prize money? Neeru Dhanda and Kumkum Mohod, with ₹67.5 lakh each for two golds and a silver, followed by Gulveer Singh (₹50 lakh for three individual medals).

Do team-event medalists and coaches get prize money? Yes. Team members are paid at the team rate (75% of the individual amount each), and the coach of a medal winner receives half of the athlete’s amount.

How many medals did India win at Asian Games 2023? 107 by the Government of India’s count (28 gold, 38 silver, 41 bronze); some international tables list 106. Either way it was India’s best-ever Games.

This page is now the final record of India’s Asian Games 2026 medallists and the rewards announced for them. We will keep adding state and employer rewards as they are officially announced. We do not add in amounts that have only been talked about but not officially announced.

Last updated: 5 October 2026 — final, after the Closing Ceremony on 4 October.

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