Seven days, 41 medal events and 24 Indian medals. The Asian Games 2026 athletics schedule ran from 23 to 29 September at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, and India came away with one gold, nine silver, fourteen bronze and four national records.
India’s campaign across the Asian Games 2026 athletics schedule was a study in contrasts. The team filled the podium more often than most had expected, but reached the top of it only once. On the closing evening, with the stadium emptying, the women’s 4x400m quartet finally delivered the gold that seven days of near-misses had been building towards.
This page carries the full Asian Games 2026 schedule time table for athletics with Indian Standard Time listings, the day-by-day breakdown, and every Indian medallist from Nagoya. It is the same information as our downloadable timetable, updated as each result was confirmed from the stadium.
Asian Games 2026 Athletics Schedule at a Glance
| Competition dates | 23 – 29 September 2026 |
| Venue | Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, Aichi, Japan |
| Medal events | 41, across track, field, road and combined events |
| India’s squad | 75 athletes |
| India’s medals | 1 gold · 9 silver · 14 bronze — 24 in total |
| Position in athletics table | 6th |
| National records set | 4 |
India’s Medal Winners in the Asian Games 2026 Athletics Results
India’s Asian Games 2026 athletics results produced 24 podium finishes. Distance running carried the team — Gulveer Singh alone took three medals across the 1500m, 5000m and 10,000m — while the throws and jumps delivered the silvers that had been expected of them.
Gold
| Athlete | Event | Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Kiran Pahal, M. R. Poovamma, Prachi Choudhary, Vithya Ramraj | Women’s 4x400m relay | 3:29.69 |
Silver
| Athlete | Event | Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Gulveer Singh | Men’s 10,000m | 28:29.38 |
| Gulveer Singh | Men’s 1500m | 3:36.72 (personal best) |
| Sawan Barwal | Men’s marathon | 2:11:37 — national record |
| Tajinderpal Singh Toor | Men’s shot put | 20.64m |
| Sarvesh Kushare | Men’s high jump | 2.25m |
| Murali Sreeshankar | Men’s long jump | 8.07m |
| Yashvir Singh | Men’s javelin throw | 85.72m (personal best) |
| Ancy Sojan | Women’s long jump | 6.53m |
| India | Mixed 4x400m relay | 3:14.46 |
Bronze
| Athlete | Event | Performance |
|---|---|---|
| Gulveer Singh | Men’s 5000m | 13:32.75 |
| Rohit Yadav | Men’s javelin throw | 84.35m |
| Tejaswin Shankar | Men’s decathlon | 7,934 points |
| Seema Kumari | Women’s 10,000m | 32:50.05 |
| Baranica Elangovan | Women’s pole vault | 4.15m |
| Manpreet Kaur | Women’s shot put | 17.17m |
| Prachi Choudhary | Women’s 400m | 53.21 |
| Harita Bhadra | Women’s 200m | 23.20 |
| Parul Chaudhary | Women’s 3000m steeplechase | 9:08.67 — national record |
| Parul Chaudhary | Women’s 5000m | 15:14.61 |
| Vithya Ramraj | Women’s 400m hurdles | 54.75 — national record |
| Pooja Singh | Women’s high jump | 1.84m |
| India | Men’s 4x400m relay | 3:01.61 |
| India | Mixed 4x100m relay | 41.06 — national record |
Two of the bronzes carried more weight than the colour suggests. Baranica Elangovan’s 4.15m in the pole vault was the first Asian Games medal India has won in the event. Pooja Singh’s 1.84m in the high jump ended a wait that had run since 2002.
Day-by-Day Asian Games 2026 Schedule Time Table
The Asian Games 2026 schedule time table below maps the seven days of competition against India’s medals. Japan runs 3 hours 30 minutes ahead of Indian Standard Time, so morning sessions in Nagoya fell in the early hours for viewers at home and the evening finals landed in the Indian afternoon.
| Date | Day | Session | India’s medals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September | Day 1 | Programme opens — heats and qualification | — |
| 24 September | Day 2 | Mixed 4x400m relay final | Silver |
| 25 September | Day 3 | Men’s 10,000m final | Silver, bronze |
| 26 September | Day 4 | Men’s marathon | Silver, bronze |
| 27 September | Day 5 | Women’s long jump final, 200m finals | Silver, bronze |
| 28 September | Day 6 | Track and field finals continue | Silver, bronze |
| 29 September | Day 7 | Closing session — relay finals, men’s 5000m | Gold, silver, bronze |
Download the full timetable (PDF)
Four National Records Fell in Nagoya
Four Indian records went during the Asian Games 2026 athletics programme, and three of them came in events where India has spent decades stuck behind a single name.
- Sawan Barwal, men’s marathon — 2:11:37. Barwal broke his own mark. He had already ended Shivnath Singh’s 48-year-old record earlier in 2026 with 2:11:58 in Rotterdam, then took another 21 seconds off it on the roads of Nagoya.
- Vithya Ramraj, women’s 400m hurdles — 54.75. At Hangzhou she had equalled P. T. Usha’s 1984 mark of 55.42 and had to share it. In Nagoya she went past it outright, and then anchored the relay that won India its only gold.
- Parul Chaudhary, women’s 3000m steeplechase — 9:08.67. Chaudhary was India’s busiest medallist of the week, adding a second bronze in the 5000m two days later.
- Mixed 4x100m relay — 41.06. A new national mark in an event India has only recently started taking seriously.
Nagoya 2026 Against Hangzhou 2022
Set against the last edition, the Asian Games 2026 athletics results make for an uncomfortable comparison. India reached the podium almost as often as it did four years ago, but the medals changed colour in the wrong direction.
| Hangzhou 2022 | Nagoya 2026 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 6 | 1 | −5 |
| Silver | 14 | 9 | −5 |
| Bronze | 9 | 14 | +5 |
| Total | 29 | 24 | −5 |
| Position | 3rd | 6th | −3 |
Five golds disappeared and the bronze count went up by the same number, which is the signature of a team that is still competitive but no longer winning the close ones. Three of the nine silvers came with personal or season bests — Gulveer Singh over 1500m, Yashvir Singh in the javelin and Murali Sreeshankar in the long jump. On that evidence the form was there. The opposition was simply better on the day.
The encouraging part sits further down the list. Baranica Elangovan in the pole vault and Pooja Singh in the high jump opened up events India had written off, and both are young enough to be back in 2030.
More Asian Games 2026 Coverage
Athletics India covered the Asian Games 2026 athletics schedule from Nagoya through all seven days. This page is updated as results are confirmed.
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- How the mixed 4x400m relay team edged Vietnam for silver
- Ancy Sojan’s long jump silver in Nagoya
- Tejaswin Shankar’s decathlon campaign, day by day
- Latest Indian athletics results and rankings
- Profiles of every Indian athlete we cover
Results verified against World Athletics and the Athletics Federation of India.