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 InternationalOlympic Committee as the continental association of Asia. Being a member of South Asian Zone, India also participates in the South Asian Games, sub-regional Games for South Asia. The OCA organises five major continental-level multi-sport events: the Asian Summer 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. As a member of OCA, India is privileged to participate in all these multi-sport events.
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 2018 Asian Games, India's medal count is as follows: A tabular form of the details of the medals won by India is as follows:
Medals by sport
Note: Board Games included Chess, Go, Bridge and Xiangqi.
Sport
Rank
Total
Athletics
3
79
88
87
254
Wrestling
7
11
14
34
59
Shooting
8
9
21
28
58
Boxing
8
9
16
32
57
Tennis
5
9
6
17
32
Kabaddi
1
9
1
1
11
Cue Sports
3
5
4
6
15
Field hockey
3
4
11
6
21
Equestrian
4
3
3
6
12
Golf
5
3
3
0
6
Board games
2
3
0
4
7
Rowing
5
2
5
16
23
Diving
3
2
1
2
5
Football
5
2
0
1
3
Sailing
10
1
7
12
20
Archery
5
1
4
5
10
Squash
4
1
3
9
13
Swimming
13
1
2
6
9
Water polo
5
1
1
1
3
Weightlifting
17
0
5
9
14
Badminton
9
0
1
9
10
Wushu
16
0
1
8
9
Cycling
16
0
1
2
3
Volleyball
5
0
1
2
3
Kurash
4
0
1
1
2
Judo
13
0
0
5
5
Roller sports
7
0
0
2
2
Table tennis
10
0
0
2
2
Canoeing
9
0
0
1
1
Gymnastics
12
0
0
1
1
Taekwondo
24
0
0
1
1
Sepaktakraw
11
0
0
1
1
Total
5
155
201
316
672
Asian Winter Games
Medals by Games
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.
Asian Para Games
Medals by Games
India's count is as follows: A tabular form of the details of the medals won by India is as follows:
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. 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.
Games
Rank
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
11
12
5
29
46
Asian Youth Games
Medals by Games
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. India's membership in IOC was suspended when the 2013 games took place so Indian athletes competed in the event as independent athletes.
