Asian Games: A look back at India’s record medal tally in Hangzhou 2023

Neeraj Chopra (R) and Kishore Jena celebrated after completing an Indian one-two in the javelin throw at the Asian Games in Hangzhou. | Photo Credit: PTI

The 19th Asian Games, officially titled Hangzhou 2022 but held from September 23 to October 8, 2023, produced India’s most successful campaign in the competition’s history.

India finished with 107 medals: 28 gold, 38 silver and 41 bronze, bettering its previous record of 70 medals from the 2018 edition and finished fourth behind China, Japan and South Korea.

Athletics delivered the biggest haul

Track and field events contributed 29 medals, the highest for India in any sport: six gold, 14 silver and nine bronze.

Neeraj Chopra, Avinash Sable, Parul Chaudhary, Annu Rani and Tajinderpal Singh Toor were among the individual champions, while the men’s 4x400m relay team also struck gold.

Shooting gave the most gold medals

Indian shooters collected 22 medals, comprising seven gold, nine silver and six bronze.

Sift Kaur Samra’s world-record performance in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions was one of the campaign’s highlights.

Archery fetched nine medals, including five gold. Ojas Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam completed a clean sweep of the compound titles, winning three gold medals each.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty delivered India’s first Asian Games badminton gold. India also won both cricket and kabaddi titles, while the men’s hockey team secured gold and qualification for the Paris Olympics.

Medals won by India (sportwise)

Athletics 29; shooting 22; archery nine; wrestling six; boxing, rowing and squash five each; badminton and sailing three each; chess, cricket, equestrian, hockey, kabaddi, roller sports and tennis two each; bridge, canoeing, golf, sepak takraw, table tennis and wushu one each.