A run of podium finishes on Saturday lifted India to fourth place in the 2026 Asian Games standings. Five golds gathered across wrestling, golf, hockey, cricket, and archery lifted the overall haul to 85 medals, distributed as 21 gold, 27 silver, and 37 bronze.
Beating Malaysia 5-1 in the final fixture of the day's schedule, India's men's hockey team claimed back-to-back Asian Games gold and, with it, secured a place at the 2028 Olympic Games. Four gold medals found their way into the collection through different disciplines — Aman Sehrawat's victory on the wrestling mat, Pranavi Urs's performance on the golf course, the men's cricket team's triumph, and Kumkum Mohod's recurve archery title in the individual women's event.
Five gold medals collected by India on Saturday pushed the country up the overall standings. Three additional gold medals lifted India's tally to 21 by the close of Saturday's competition, nudging the nation up one spot in the standings to fourth place overall. Each of the five gold medals came from a different sport, pointing to how broadly India's podium finishes were distributed throughout the Games.
Sitting on 85 medals overall, India hold a one-medal advantage over Kazakhstan's tally of 84, yet it is the gap in gold medals that places India above Kazakhstan on the table.
At the Asian Games, China's position atop the medal standings remains unchallenged, with a gap between them and the rest of the field that other nations have yet to close. A combined haul of 341 medals — broken down into 169 gold, 89 silver, and 83 bronze — stands as their accumulated total.
In the overall standings, Japan occupies the second position, having accumulated a total of 269 medals. A medal haul of 83 golds, 95 silvers, and 91 bronzes stands to their collective credit. While Japan holds more silver and bronze medals overall, its total gold count falls well short of China's, which is why China occupies the higher position on the standings table.
A tally of 150 medals places South Korea at the third position on the standings. Broken down by colour, the medal count stands at 39 gold, 43 silver, and 68 bronze.
A combined haul of 85 medals — broken down as 21 gold, 27 silver, and 37 bronze — stands on the board for India. Gold medals were distributed across five disciplines — wrestling, golf, cricket, archery, and men's hockey. A 5-1 victory over Malaysia secured the men's hockey title for India, extending their hold on the gold medal in that event. Prior to that result, India's women's hockey side had already claimed the top spot on the podium, leaving the country holding gold medals in both the men's and women's competitions at those Asian Games.
With both nations having collected 21 gold medals apiece, the tie between India and Uzbekistan was broken by India's superior silver-medal count, lifting them above their rivals in the standings. Ranked fifth on the overall table, Uzbekistan have accumulated a total of 70 medals. A medal haul of 21 golds, 25 silvers, and 24 bronzes stands to their collective credit.
A 52-medal haul places Iran at sixth on the overall standings. A breakdown of the medal count puts the figure at 19 gold, 18 silver, and 15 bronze. A matching 52-medal haul places Thailand level in the overall standings. A medal haul of 52 in total breaks down across 18 gold, 13 silver, and 21 bronze. Matching Iran's overall medal count, Thailand nonetheless occupies seventh place in the standings owing to a lower tally of gold medals.
At 84 medals — broken down as 12 gold, 24 silver, and 48 bronze — Kazakhstan's tally sits just one short of the 85 that India has accumulated across the same competition. That eighth-place standing for Kazakhstan reflects how the Asian Games medal table operates — gold totals take precedence in the rankings, with silver and bronze counts applied only as tiebreakers beneath them.
Ranked ninth on the overall table, the Hong Kong, China delegation has accumulated a total of 54 medals. Broken down by colour, the medal count stands at 11 gold, 19 silver, and 24 bronze. Rounding out the top ten on the medal table, Bahrain finished with a total of 22 medals to their name. A medal haul of 11 gold, five silver, and six bronze has been accumulated across their efforts.
