India at Asian Games: For the first time in the 72-year history of the Asian Games, the Indian team has won more than 70 medals. India set this record of winning 70+ medals on the 11th day of the ongoing Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China. Earlier, India had won 70 medals in the Asian Games held in 2018. At present, this time the number of medals is sure to increase further because there are still 4 days left in the Asian Games.
Asian Games are being played regularly since 1951. For the first time they were organized in India only. In these Asian Games played 72 years ago, India had won 51 medals, which included 15 gold. However, after this, India could not touch the figure of 50 medals in the Asian Games for 31 years. When Delhi got the hosting rights of Asian Games 1982, India won 57 medals.
In the 72-year history of the Asian Games, it happened many times that India’s medal count was between 13 and 25. However, in the last four Asian Games, India has been consistently winning 50+ medals. In the last Asian Games (2018), India won 70 medals for the first time. However, this time India has gone ahead of its previous figures.
Even if seen from the gold medal point of view, this time’s Asian Games may prove to be the best for India. India has won 16 gold medals so far. India’s previous best was also 16 gold, which was achieved in the 2018 Asian Games. Read here, how many medals India has won since 1951 till now…
| Year | Gold | silver | bronze | total |
| 1951 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 51 |
| 1954 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 |
| 1958 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 1962 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 33 |
| 1966 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 1970 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 25 |
| 1974 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 28 |
| 1978 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 28 |
| 1982 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 57 |
| 1986 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 37 |
| 1990 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 23 |
| 1994 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 23 |
| nineteen ninety eight | 7 | 11 | 17 | 35 |
| 2002 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 2006 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 53 |
| 2010 | 14 | 17 | 34 | 65 |
| 2014 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 57 |
| 2018 | 16 | 23 | 31 | 70 |
| 2023 | 16 | 26 | 29 | 70+* |
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