China dominated the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, finishing with 169 gold medals and 341 medals in all. Hosts Japan were second and South Korea third, while India edged Uzbekistan for fourth place on silver medals.
China have finished on top of the medal table at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games with 169 gold medals, more than double the tally of any other team, according to the final standings on the Games’ official results service.
The Chinese team won 341 medals in total: 169 gold, 89 silver and 83 bronze.
The Top Five
- China — 169 gold, 89 silver, 83 bronze (341)
- Japan — 83 gold, 95 silver, 91 bronze (269)
- South Korea — 39 gold, 43 silver, 68 bronze (150)
- India — 21 gold, 27 silver, 37 bronze (85)
- Uzbekistan — 21 gold, 25 silver, 24 bronze (70)
Hosts Second
Japan, staging the Games in Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya, finished second with 83 golds and 269 medals. The hosts won more silver medals than any other team, with 95.
South Korea were third with 39 golds and 150 medals overall.
India Hold Off Uzbekistan
The closest contest in the upper part of the table was for fourth place. India and Uzbekistan both finished with 21 gold medals, and the tie was settled by silvers: India won 27 to Uzbekistan’s 25.
India finished with 85 medals in total.
China’s Women Lead the Way
The official breakdown shows how much of China’s total came from women’s events. Chinese women won 93 of the country’s gold medals, against 60 for the men, with a further 16 coming in mixed events.
For India, too, women won more golds than men: 11 to 7, with three in mixed events.
The Rest of the Top Ten
- Iran — 19 gold, 18 silver, 15 bronze (52)
- Thailand — 18 gold, 13 silver, 21 bronze (52)
- Kazakhstan — 12 gold, 24 silver, 48 bronze (84)
- Hong Kong, China — 11 gold, 19 silver, 24 bronze (54)
- Bahrain — 11 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze (22)
Kazakhstan’s position shows how the table is ordered. With 84 medals the country won more than every team outside the top four, but it ranks eighth because the table counts golds first.
How Widely the Medals Were Shared
In all, 40 teams won at least one medal. The official standings record 470 gold, 469 silver and 629 bronze medals, a total of 1,568.
Image: Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya (file photo). Photo by Waka777 via Wikimedia Commons, CC0.