India at the Asian Games
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Medals	Gold 139 Silver 178 Bronze 299 Total 616
Summer appearances
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Winter appearances
1986 1990 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2017

India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and has participated in the Asian Games since their inception in 1951. The Indian Olympic Association, established in 1927, and recognised in the same year by the International Olympic Committee, is the National Olympic Committee for India.^[1]

India was one of the first five founding members of the Asian Games Federation on 13 February 1949, in New Delhi; the organisation was disbanded on 26 November 1981 and replaced by the Olympic Council of Asia.^[2][3]

Membership of Olympic Council of Asia[edit]

India is a member of the South Asian Zone of the Olympic Council of Asia, the governing body of all the sports in Asia, recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the continental association of Asia.^[4][5][a] Being a member of South Asian Zone, India also participates in the South Asian Games, sub-regional Games for South Asia.^[6]

The OCA organises five major continental-level multi-sport events: the Asian Summer Games (which are commonly known as the Asian Games), Asian Winter Games, Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, Asian Beach Games, and Asian Youth Games. Before 2009, Indoor and Martial Arts were two separate events for indoor and martial arts sports respectively. However, the OCA has since amalgamated them into a single event, the Asian Indoor-Martial Arts Games, which was debuted in 2013 in Incheon, South Korea.^[7] As a member of OCA, India is privileged to participate in all these multi-sport events.

Hosted Games[edit]

New Delhi, the national capital of India, has hosted the Asian Games on two occasions: the inaugural 1951 Asian Games and the 1982 Asian Games.^[8]

Asian Games[edit]

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Games[edit]

India is one of the only seven countries that have competed in all the editions of the Asian Games. The other six are Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore and Thailand. India has won at least one gold medal at every Asian Games, and always ranked within the top 10 nations of the medal table except in the 1990 Asian Games. After completing the 2014 Asian Games, India's medal count is as follows:

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951 New Delhi[9]	2	15	16	20	51
1954 Manila[9]	5	4	4	5	13
1958 Tokyo[9]	7	5	4	5	14
1962 Jakarta[9]	3	12	13	27	52
1966 Bangkok[9]	5	7	3	11	21
1970 Bangkok[9]	5	6	9	10	25
1974 Tehran[9]	7	4	12	12	28
1978 Bangkok[9]	6	11	11	6	28
1982 New Delhi[9]	5	13	19	25	57
1986 Seoul[9]	5	5	9	23	37
1990 Beijing[9]	11	1	8	14	23
1994 Hiroshima[9]	8	4	3	15	22
1998 Bangkok[9]	9	7	11	17	35
2002 Busan[9]	8	10	12	13	35
2006 Doha[9]	8	10	17	26	53
2010 Guangzhou[10]	6	14	17	34	65
2014 Incheon[9]	8	11	10	36	57
2018 Jakarta & Palembang	Future event
2022 Hangzhou	Future event
2026 Nagoya	Future event
Total	-	139	178	299	616

Sport	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	3	72	77	84	233
Wrestling	7	9	14	33	56
Kabaddi	1	9	0	0	9
Boxing	8	8	16	31	55
Shooting	8	7	17	25	49
Tennis	6	6	5	13	24
Cue Sports	3	5	4	6	15
Field hockey	3	4	10	5	19
Golf	4	3	3	0	6
Equestrian	3	3	1	6	10
Diving	3	2	1	2	5
Board games	3	2	0	2	4
Football	5	2	0	1	3
Sailing	10	1	6	10	17
Rowing	7	1	5	14	20
Swimming	13	1	2	6	9
Squash	4	1	2	5	8
Archery	5	1	2	5	8
Badminton	8	0	0	8	8
Water polo	5	1	1	1	3
Weightlifting	17	0	5	9	14
Wushu	16	0	1	2	3
Cycling	16	0	1	2	3
Volleyball	5	0	1	2	3
Judo	13	0	0	5	5
Canoeing	9	0	0	1	1
Gymnastics	12	0	0	1	1
Taekwondo	24	0	0	1	1
Total	6	138	177	285	600

India has sent athletes to every celebration of the Asian Winter Games. Through the last revision of the Games in Astana and Almaty in 2011, India has never won a medal in the Winter Games.^[11]

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2010 Guangzhou	15	1	4	9	14
2014 Incheon	15	3	14	16	33
2018 Jakarta	Future event
Total	15	4	18	25	47

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Asian Indoor Games
2005 Bangkok[12]	5	7	3	8	18
2007 Macau	6	9	9	10	28
2009 Hanoi[13]	7	6	9	25	40
Asian Martial Arts Games
2009 Bangkok	10	3	7	23	33
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2013 Incheon	12	2	3	5	10
2017 Ashgabat	11	9	12	19	40
Total	8	27	31	71	129

India has participated in both the editions of the Asian Beach Game. In the 2008 Games, India won a total of five medals, including three gold, and ranked seventh in the final medal table.^[14] Three gold medals were won by India in the 2010 Asian Beach Games in Muscat, Oman, earning the country sixth place in the medal table.^[15]

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2008 Bali	7	3	0	2	5
2010 Muscat	6	3	0	1	4
2012 Haiyang	6	2	0	1	3
2014 Phuket	20	2	1	7	10
2016 Danang	16	2	4	18	24
Total	10	12	5	29	46

Indian athletes competed in the inaugural Asian Youth Games in Singapore. Indian competitors earned medals in only two sports— athletics and swimming. Four of the five gold medals came from athletics and one came from the swimming competition. Aaron Agnel Dsouza was the only multiple medal winner. Dsouze won a gold in the 200 m freestyle and a bronze in the 100 m freestyle.^[16] India's membership in IOC was suspended when the 2013 games took place so Indian athletes competed in the event as independent athletes.

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2009 Singapore	7	5	3	3	11
2013 Nanjing	10	3	4	7	14
2021 Surabaya	Future event
Total	6	8	7	10	25