Asian Games 2026: Full athletics schedule — Indians in action, event dates and start times in IST

Tejaswin Shankar will compete in the men’s decathlon at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026. | Photo Credit: AP

The athletics events at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 will be held from September 23 to 29.

Despite Neeraj Chopra missing the Games through injury, India will aim to better its 29-medal tally from Hangzhou 2022, where it won six gold, 14 silver and nine bronze medals.

Here is the full schedule of events featuring Indian athletes. All timings are in IST.

September 23

4:00 a.m. onwards

Women’s Half Marathon Race Walk Final (Priyanka, Manju Rani)

September 24

6:30 a.m. onwards

Women’s Heptathlon 100m Hurdles (Pooja, Anamika Kozhinjaparambil Aneesh)

6:50 a.m. onwards

Mixed 4x400m Relay Heats (India)

7 a.m. onwards

Men’s Triple Jump Qualification (Praveen Chithravel, Karthik Unnikrishnan)

7:10 a.m. onwards

Women’s Heptathlon High Jump (Pooja, Anamika Kozhinjaparambil Aneesh)

3:35 p.m. onwards

Men’s High Jump Qualification (Aadarsh Ram Jothi Shankar, Sarvesh Kushare)

3:43 p.m. onwards

Women’s Heptathlon Shot Put (Pooja, Anamika Kozhinjaparambil Aneesh)

4:14 p.m. onwards

Women’s Triple Jump Final (Niharika Vashisht, Asha Ilango)

4:38 p.m. onwards

Men’s 100m Heats (Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur)

5:30 p.m. onwards

Women’s Heptathlon 200m (Pooja, Anamika Kozhinjaparambil Aneesh)

5:55 p.m. onwards

Women’s 10,000m Final (Seema)

6:45 p.m. onwards

Mixed 4x400m Relay Final (India, if qualified)

September 25

6:30 a.m. onwards

Women’s Heptathlon Long Jump (Pooja, Anamika Kozhinjaparambil Aneesh)

7 a.m. onwards

Men’s 400m Heats (Rajesh Ramesh, Vishal TK)

7:55 a.m. onwards

Women’s Heptathlon Javelin Throw (Pooja, Anamika Kozhinjaparambil Aneesh)

3:35 p.m. onwards

Women’s Shot Put Final (Manpreet Kaur, Krishna Jayasankar Menon)

4:03 p.m. onwards

Men’s 100m Semifinals (Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, if qualified)

4:33 p.m. onwards

Women’s Pole Vault Final (Baranica Elangovan, Sindhushree Ganesha)

4:41 p.m. onwards

Women’s Heptathlon 800m (Pooja, Anamika Kozhinjaparambil Aneesh)

5:02 p.m. onwards

Men’s 10,000m Final (Gulveer Singh)

5:10 p.m. onwards

Men’s Hammer Throw Final (Damneet Singh, Praveen Kumar)

5:45 p.m. onwards

Women’s 400m Heats (Prachi Choudhary, Kiran Pahal)

6:13 p.m. onwards

Men’s 400m Semifinals (Rajesh Ramesh, Vishal TK, if qualified)

6:45 p.m. onwards

Men’s 100m Final (if qualified)

September 26

4 a.m. onwards

Men’s Marathon Final (Sawan Barwal, Kartik Karkera)

5:35 a.m. onwards

Men’s Decathlon 100m (Tejaswin Shankar, Thowfeeq Noushad)

6:15 a.m. onwards

Men’s Decathlon Long Jump (Tejaswin Shankar, Thowfeeq Noushad)

7:30 a.m. onwards

Men’s Decathlon Shot Put (Tejaswin Shankar, Thowfeeq Noushad)

7:35 a.m. onwards

Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification, Group A (Rohit Yadav, Yash Vir Singh; group allocation to be confirmed)

8 a.m. onwards

Women’s 200m Heats (Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland, Harita Bhadra)

8:38 a.m. onwards

Men’s Javelin Throw Qualification, Group B (Rohit Yadav, Yash Vir Singh; group allocation to be confirmed)

8:45 a.m. onwards

Men’s 200m Heats (Animesh Kujur)

8:50 a.m. onwards

Women’s Long Jump Qualification (Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan)

2:35 p.m. onwards

Men’s Decathlon High Jump (Tejaswin Shankar, Thowfeeq Noushad)

4:04 p.m. onwards

Women’s 100m Hurdles Heats (Jyothi Yarraji, Nandhini Kongan)

4:25 p.m. onwards

Women’s 200m Semifinals (if qualified)

4:30 p.m. onwards

Men’s Shot Put Final (Karanveer Singh, Tajinderpal Singh Toor)

4:46 p.m. onwards

Men’s 200m Semifinals (Animesh Kujur, if qualified)

5:05 p.m. onwards

Men’s Triple Jump Final (Praveen Chithravel, Karthik Unnikrishnan, if qualified)

5:21 p.m. onwards

Men’s 1500m Heats (Yoonus Shah, Gulveer Singh)

5:50 p.m. onwards

Men’s Decathlon 400m (Tejaswin Shankar, Thowfeeq Noushad)

6:15 p.m. onwards

Women’s 400m Final (if qualified)

6:33 p.m. onwards

Men’s 400m Final (if qualified)

6:45 p.m. onwards

Women’s 1500m Final (Pooja, Parul Chaudhary)

September 27

4 a.m. onwards

Women’s Marathon Race Walk Final (Priyanka Goswami, Manju Rani)

7:30 a.m. onwards

Men’s Decathlon 110m Hurdles (Tejaswin Shankar, Thowfeeq Noushad)

8:10 a.m. onwards

Men’s Decathlon Discus Throw (Tejaswin Shankar, Thowfeeq Noushad)

8:20 a.m. onwards

Women’s High Jump Qualification (Pooja Singh, Supriya Sindigere Basavaraju)

8:35 a.m. onwards

Men’s 400m Hurdles Heats (Yashas Palaksha, Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan)

9:05 a.m. onwards

Women’s 400m Hurdles Heats (Anu Raghavan, Vithya Ramraj)

9:10 a.m. onwards

Men’s Long Jump Qualification (M. Sreeshankar)

9:50 a.m. onwards

Men’s Decathlon Pole Vault (Tejaswin Shankar, Thowfeeq Noushad)

3:35 p.m. onwards

Men’s Decathlon Javelin Throw (Tejaswin Shankar, Thowfeeq Noushad)

3:40 p.m. onwards

Women’s Long Jump Final (Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan, if qualified)

4:05 p.m. onwards

Women’s 200m Final (if qualified)

4:15 p.m. onwards

Men’s 200m Final (Animesh Kujur, if qualified)

4:45 p.m. onwards

Men’s High Jump Final (Aadarsh Ram Jothi Shankar, Sarvesh Kushare, if qualified)

4:53 p.m. onwards

Women’s 100m Hurdles Final (Jyothi Yarraji, Nandhini Kongan, if qualified)

5:06 p.m. onwards

Men’s 800m Heats (Krishan Kumar, Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath)

5:40 p.m. onwards

Men’s Decathlon 1500m (Tejaswin Shankar, Thowfeeq Noushad)

5:52 p.m. onwards

Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Final (Ankita, Parul Chaudhary)

6:15 p.m. onwards

Women’s 4x100m Relay Heats (India)

September 28

2:45 p.m. onwards

Women’s Discus Throw Final (Seema Kaliramna, Sanya Yadav)

3:20 p.m. onwards

Mixed 4x100m Relay Heats (India)

3:40 p.m. onwards

Women’s 400m Hurdles Final (Anu Raghavan, Vithya Ramraj, if qualified)

3:50 p.m. onwards

Men’s 400m Hurdles Final (Yashas Palaksha, Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan, if qualified)

4:12 p.m. onwards

Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final (Avinash Sable)

4:25 p.m. onwards

Men’s Long Jump Final (M. Sreeshankar, if qualified)

4:35 p.m. onwards

Men’s 1500m Final (Yoonus Shah, Gulveer Singh, if qualified)

4:50 p.m. onwards

Women’s 800m Heats (Pooja, Gowthami Jayaraman)

4:55 p.m. onwards

Men’s Javelin Throw Final (Rohit Yadav, Yash Vir Singh, if qualified)

5:13 p.m. onwards

Women’s 5000m Final (Seema, Parul Chaudhary)

5:50 p.m. onwards

Men’s 4x400m Relay Heats (India)

6:34 p.m. onwards

Women’s 4x100m Relay Final (India, if qualified)

September 29

2:45 p.m. onwards

Men’s Pole Vault Final (Kuldeep Kumar, Dev Meena)

3:48 p.m. onwards

Women’s High Jump Final (Pooja Singh, Supriya Sindigere Basavaraju, if qualified)

4:05 p.m. onwards

Women’s Hammer Throw Final (Tanya Chaudhary, Anushka Yadav)

4:20 p.m. onwards

Women’s 800m Final (if qualified)

4:35 p.m. onwards

Men’s 800m Final (if qualified)

4:45 p.m. onwards

Men’s 5000m Final (Gulveer Singh, Avinash Sable)

5:18 p.m. onwards

Mixed 4x100m Relay Final (India, if qualified)

5:35 p.m. onwards

Women’s 4x400m Relay Final (India)

5:47 p.m. onwards

Men’s 4x400m Relay Final (India, if qualified)

NOTE: Semifinal and final appearances in events with qualification rounds depend on Indian athletes progressing. Relay line-ups will be confirmed closer to the events.