India finished with 114 medals at the 2026 Asian Para Games in Aichi-Nagoya, winning 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze medals to record their best-ever performance at the continental event. The Indian contingent went past its previous best of 111 medals, achieved at the Hangzhou Games in 2022, with contributions from para-athletics, shooting, badminton, archery and other disciplines.
India were fourth in the medal standings at the time, although South Korea could still overtake them in the final rankings. The 30 gold medals also took India past their previous best of 29 gold, which they had won in Hangzhou. At the 2022 edition, India had collected 31 silver and 51 bronze medals to finish with 111 medals overall.
Para-athletics remained one of India’s biggest medal-winning sports in Nagoya, with Sandeep Kumar and Haney producing world-record performances on a memorable day for the Indian contingent.
Sandeep clocked 52.28 seconds to win the men’s 400m T64 final, setting a world record. Fellow Indian Ajay Kumar also made the podium, taking bronze in 53.61 seconds. His timing bettered the previous Games record, making it a strong showing for India in the event.
Haney added another gold medal in the men’s javelin throw F37/38 final. He produced a world-record effort of 60.49 metres and scored 1,116 Raza points to take the title. Iran’s Hormoz Seidikazpounji won silver with a throw of 50.68 metres, while China’s Yu Chengjie claimed bronze with an Asian-record effort of 53.66 metres.
India also secured silver medals through Nimisha Chakkungalparambil in the women’s long jump T47 and Parmod Bijarnia in the men’s 1500m T46. Nimisha recorded a best effort of 5.37 metres but had to settle for second place behind Sri Lanka’s Dhananjana Wickramasinghe, who won gold with a Games-record leap of 5.52 metres.
Bijarnia clocked 4:09.65 in the men’s 1500m T46 final to finish second. Sri Lanka’s Puwakpitikande P. Wahumpurage won the gold medal in a Games-record time of 4:03.25.
Shooting also produced one of India’s standout performances, with Mona Agarwal setting a world record to win her second gold medal of the Games. She scored 357.5 in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 event, finishing 3.8 points ahead of China’s Cuiping Zhang to take the title.
Para-badminton contributed several gold medals to India’s tally. Nitesh Kumar defeated compatriot Pramod Bhagat 21-18, 21-16 in the men’s singles SL3 final to claim gold after an all-Indian contest. Bhagat had to settle for silver.
Naveen Sivakumar won the men’s singles SL4 title, beating Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan 21-9, 21-17 in 36 minutes. India’s success in badminton continued in the women’s doubles SL3-SU5 event, where Thulasimathi Murugesan and Manasi Joshi clinched gold.
India also struck gold in para-archery, with Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi defeating China 5-1 in the men’s recurve team event. The victory added to India’s growing collection of gold medals and underlined the contingent’s performance across different sports.
The field events brought further success, with defending champion Sumit Antil leading an Indian podium sweep in the men’s javelin throw. Pranav Soorma won gold in the men’s club throw, giving India another title in para-athletics.
India’s medal count had crossed the 100-mark during the gold rush, with the performances of Mona Agarwal, Sandeep Kumar and Haney among the highlights. The badminton titles won by Nitesh Kumar and Naveen Sivakumar, along with the archery gold secured by Harvinder Singh and Vijay Sundi, added to the momentum.
– Ends
