The Indian Open U23 athletics 2026 results are now complete. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has published the full result book of the 6th Indian Open U23 Athletics Competition, held at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur from 16 to 18 October.
Forty finals were decided over three days, and new meet records were set in 11 events. This page therefore lists the gold, silver and bronze medallists in every final, the new meet records, the combined events and a medal count by team. Every result below comes from the official AFI finals result sheet.
Indian Open U23 Athletics Competition 2026 at a glance
- Meet: 6th Indian Open U23 Athletics Competition 2026
- Dates: 16 to 18 October 2026
- Venue: Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, Rajasthan
- Age group: Under 23, men and women
- Finals: 40 (20 for men, 20 for women)
- Meet records: 11 events (six for men, five for women)
- Most golds: Madhya Pradesh and IOCL, four each
- Most medals: Haryana, 13
- Distance doubles: Gaurav Bhaskar Bhosale (5000m and 10,000m) and Prachi Devkar (1500m and 3000m steeplechase)
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Indian Open U23 athletics 2026: the highlights
Records fell on the track, in the throws, in the pole vault and in the heptathlon. In three events, the top two or three all finished inside the old meet record.
Three men inside the 10,000m record
The men’s 10,000m was the race of the meet. Gaurav Bhaskar Bhosale of Maharashtra won in 29:34.52, while Satyam of Uttar Pradesh (29:36.45) and Mohit Choudhary of ONGC (29:37.19) followed him home. All three broke the meet record of 29:44.64, which Puneet Yadav of Haryana set in Bilaspur in 2022.
Bhosale had already won the 5000m on Day 2 in 14:07.77. That was just 1.67 seconds outside Shadab Pathan’s meet record of 14:06.10 from 2023. Satyam took silver in both races.
Nirbhay Choudhary breaks the hammer record twice
Nirbhay Choudhary of Delhi broke the men’s hammer record in qualifying on Day 1 with 65.43m. In the final on Day 3, he improved it to 66.32m. Mohammad Shahban of Uttar Pradesh also threw beyond the old record of 64.75m, set by Nitesh Poonia in 2022, with 65.27m for silver.
One hundredth decides the 400m hurdles
Karna Bag of West Bengal won the men’s 400m hurdles in 50.27, just ahead of Aryan Prajwal Kashyapa of JSW in 50.28. Both men broke the meet record of 50.29, which Arjun Pradeep of Kerala set in Hanumakonda in 2025. Vignesh B of Navy took bronze in 51.33.
Desai and Bollanda set sprint records
Rushiprasad Desai of Maharashtra ran 10.29 in the 100m semi-final on Day 1, breaking Animesh Kujur’s meet record of 10.38. He then won the final in 10.35, into a headwind of 0.8 m/s. Likewise, Unnathi Bollanda of Reliance broke the women’s 100m record with 11.55 in her semi-final, and then won the final in 11.62. Our Day 1 report has the full story of both races.
The 200m titles went elsewhere. Yuvaraj E of Tamil Nadu, sixth in the 100m, won the men’s 200m in 21.01. In the women’s race, Sonika of Haryana beat Samriti Jamwal of Himachal Pradesh by one hundredth, 23.97 to 23.98.
New records in the throws and the pole vault
Five more meet records fell in the field:
- Women’s pole vault: Nitika Anup Akare of Madhya Pradesh cleared 4.15m, beating Pavithra’s 4.00m from 2022. She took silver at the 2024 edition with 3.50m.
- Women’s hammer: Haqikat Grewal of Punjab threw 55.46m, beyond Tanya Chaudhary’s 54.42m from 2024.
- Men’s discus: Bharatpreet Singh of Navy threw 54.70m, beating Abhimanyu’s 53.66m from 2024.
- Women’s discus: Priya of Haryana won with 53.07m on her last throw, on Day 1.
- Men’s pole vault: Dev Meena of Madhya Pradesh cleared 5.30m, and won on countback from his teammate Kuldeep Kumar.
IOCL wins four women’s titles
IOCL’s middle- and long-distance runners won four golds. Prachi Devkar won both the 1500m (4:25.87) and the 3000m steeplechase (10:26.21). In addition, Prateeksha Yadav took the 800m in 2:06.92, and Sonam Parmar won the 5000m on Day 1.
Tamil Nadu sweeps the men’s long jump
Tamil Nadu took all three medals in the men’s long jump. C Tharun Vikash won with 7.70m, ahead of R Chitaranjan (7.64m) and Sharon Jestus J (7.55m). Yuvaraj K then added the triple jump title with 15.64m.
Close calls and countbacks
- Women’s 100m hurdles: Sabita Toppo of Odisha won in 13.66, one hundredth outside Moumita Mondal’s meet record of 13.65 from 2021.
- Men’s high jump: three athletes cleared 2.10m. Aaditya Raghuvanshi of Madhya Pradesh won on countback, ahead of Jomon Joy of Kerala and Shyam Sunder of Air Force.
- Men’s javelin: Shashank Patil of Karnataka won with 76.16m. However, Yashvir Singh’s meet record of 78.12m from 2023 survived.
- Women’s javelin: Deepika of JSW won with 51.43m, while Jyoti of Haryana, the 2024 champion and record holder, took bronze with 49.50m.
Men’s 1500m result withheld
The official sheet marks the men’s 1500m final as “withheld”, and it gives no reason. Rahul Sarnaliya of Uttarakhand crossed the line first in 3:50.29. We have left this event out of the medal count below until AFI confirms the result.
Meet records at the Indian Open U23 athletics 2026
New meet records were set in 11 events. Two of them, the men’s and women’s 100m, came in the semi-finals, while the men’s hammer record fell first in qualifying.
On a phone, swipe the table sideways to see the old records.
| Event | Athlete | Team | New record | Old record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s 100m | Rushiprasad Desai | Maharashtra | 10.29 (semi-final) | 10.38, Animesh Kujur (Odisha), Patna 2024 |
| Men’s 10,000m | Gaurav Bhaskar Bhosale | Maharashtra | 29:34.52 | 29:44.64, Puneet Yadav (Haryana), Bilaspur 2022 |
| Men’s 400m hurdles | Karna Bag | West Bengal | 50.27 | 50.29, Arjun Pradeep (Kerala), Hanumakonda 2025 |
| Men’s pole vault | Dev Meena | Madhya Pradesh | 5.30m | 5.20m, Dev Meena (Madhya Pradesh), Patna 2024 |
| Men’s discus throw | Bharatpreet Singh | Navy | 54.70m | 53.66m, Abhimanyu (Haryana), Patna 2024 |
| Men’s hammer throw | Nirbhay Choudhary | Delhi | 66.32m | 64.75m, Nitesh Poonia (Rajasthan), Bilaspur 2022 |
| Women’s 100m | Unnathi Bollanda | Reliance | 11.55 (semi-final) | 11.62, Sakshi Champala (Reliance), Hanumakonda 2025 |
| Women’s pole vault | Nitika Anup Akare | Madhya Pradesh | 4.15m | 4.00m, Pavithra (Tamil Nadu), Bilaspur 2022 |
| Women’s discus throw | Priya | Haryana | 53.07m | 50.73m, Nikita Kumari (NCOE Patiala), Hanumakonda 2025 |
| Women’s hammer throw | Haqikat Grewal | Punjab | 55.46m | 54.42m, Tanya Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh), Patna 2024 |
| Women’s heptathlon | Bidisha Kundu | West Bengal | 5,260 pts | 5,208 pts, BSF athlete, Hanumakonda 2025 |
Also inside the old marks: Satyam (29:36.45) and Mohit Choudhary (29:37.19) in the 10,000m, Aryan Prajwal Kashyapa (50.28) in the 400m hurdles, Mohammad Shahban (65.27m) in the hammer, and Nikita Kumari (51.92m) and Anisha (51.11m) in the women’s discus. Kuldeep Kumar also cleared the same 5.30m as Meena, and Desai’s 10.35 in the 100m final was faster than the old record too.
A note on the heptathlon: the AFI sheet does not mark Bidisha Kundu’s score as a record. However, her 5,260 points beat the 5,208 printed beside the event as the meet record. The sheet lists that record’s holder only by an initial and team.
Men’s results: Indian Open U23 athletics 2026
Here are the medallists in the 19 men’s individual finals; the decathlon is in the combined events section below. Times are in seconds or minutes, while field marks are in metres. MR marks a new meet record.
On a phone, swipe the table sideways to see silver and bronze.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m wind −0.8 |
Rushiprasad Desai Maharashtra · 10.35 |
Savin Thingalaya Reliance · 10.46 |
Dondapati Mrutyam Jayaram Odisha · 10.46 |
| 200m wind +0.9 |
Yuvaraj E Tamil Nadu · 21.01 |
Dondapati Mrutyam Jayaram Odisha · 21.04 |
Nayan Shah Maharashtra · 21.11 |
| 400m | Sahil Malik NCOE Trivandrum · 46.27 |
Ankul Rajasthan · 46.32 |
Astik Pradhan Odisha · 46.52 |
| 800m | Akashdeep Singh Punjab · 1:50.10 |
Shyam Milan Bind Uttar Pradesh · 1:50.62 |
Naresh Gurjar Air Force · 1:51.10 |
| 1500m result withheld |
Rahul Sarnaliya Uttarakhand · 3:50.29 |
Lavkush Rana Uttar Pradesh · 3:51.43 |
Ritesh Ohre Madhya Pradesh · 3:51.78 |
| 5000m | Gaurav Bhaskar Bhosale Maharashtra · 14:07.77 |
Satyam Uttar Pradesh · 14:08.41 |
Ramikesh Haryana · 14:11.08 |
| 10,000m | Gaurav Bhaskar Bhosale Maharashtra · 29:34.52 MR |
Satyam Uttar Pradesh · 29:36.45 |
Mohit Choudhary ONGC · 29:37.19 |
| 110m hurdles wind +1.8 |
Shaik Roshan Andhra Pradesh · 14.14 |
Sandeep Vinodkumar Reliance · 14.18 |
Rithik Rahul M Tamil Nadu · 14.27 |
| 400m hurdles | Karna Bag West Bengal · 50.27 MR |
Aryan Prajwal Kashyapa JSW · 50.28 |
Vignesh B Navy · 51.33 |
| 3000m steeplechase | Ranvir Kumar Singh Gujarat · 8:59.46 |
Ritesh Kumar Haryana · 9:00.34 |
Md Noorudding Delhi · 9:00.42 |
| High jump | Aaditya Raghuvanshi Madhya Pradesh · 2.10m |
Jomon Joy Kerala · 2.10m |
Shyam Sunder Air Force · 2.10m |
| Pole vault | Dev Meena Madhya Pradesh · 5.30m MR |
Kuldeep Kumar Madhya Pradesh · 5.30m |
Ramratan Rajasthan · 5.00m |
| Long jump | C Tharun Vikash Tamil Nadu · 7.70m (−0.2) |
R Chitaranjan Tamil Nadu · 7.64m (−0.9) |
Sharon Jestus J Tamil Nadu · 7.55m (−0.6) |
| Triple jump | Yuvaraj K Tamil Nadu · 15.64m (−0.6) |
Pradeep Kumar NCOE Bangalore · 15.51m (−1.1) |
Dablu Roy BSF · 15.49m (−0.7) |
| Shot put | Anurag Singh Kaler Railway Sports · 18.33m |
Atul Reliance · 17.34m |
Vishwa A CISF · 17.20m |
| Discus throw | Bharatpreet Singh Navy · 54.70m MR |
Vaibhav Himachal Pradesh · 53.65m |
Ravi Rajasthan · 51.26m |
| Hammer throw | Nirbhay Choudhary Delhi · 66.32m MR |
Mohammad Shahban Uttar Pradesh · 65.27m |
Prateek Haryana · 59.20m |
| Javelin throw | Shashank Patil Karnataka · 76.16m |
Aditya Haryana · 75.48m |
Manish Haryana · 74.50m |
| Half marathon race walk | Nitin Gupta Uttar Pradesh · 1:29:51 |
Sachin Garhwal Rajasthan · 1:30:04 |
Tushar Panwar Uttarakhand · 1:30:19 |
Notes: the men’s 1500m result is marked “withheld” on the official sheet, so these places are provisional. The high jump and pole vault places were decided on countback. Desai’s meet record of 10.29 came in the 100m semi-final.
Women’s results: Indian Open U23 athletics 2026
Here are the medallists in the 19 women’s individual finals; the heptathlon is in the combined events section below. IOCL won four of these titles, and Odisha won three.
On a phone, swipe the table sideways to see silver and bronze.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m wind −0.6 |
Unnathi Bollanda Reliance · 11.62 |
Kiruthika Tamil Nadu · 11.74 |
V Sudheeksha Karnataka · 11.82 |
| 200m wind +0.8 |
Sonika Haryana · 23.97 |
Samriti Jamwal Himachal Pradesh · 23.98 |
Sakshi Champalal Chavan Gujarat · 24.11 |
| 400m | Ayesha Khanam Rajasthan · 54.27 |
Pravalika Narimalla Telangana · 54.46 |
Anchal Rani Haryana · 54.81 |
| 800m | Prateeksha Yadav IOCL · 2:06.92 |
Laxmipriya Kisan Odisha · 2:08.34 |
Harshika Delhi · 2:08.59 |
| 1500m | Prachi Devkar IOCL · 4:25.87 |
Rashi Himachal Pradesh · 4:26.15 |
Laxita Vinod Sandilea IOCL · 4:27.20 |
| 5000m | Sonam Parmar IOCL · 17:03.41 |
Sunita Devi IOCL · 17:03.43 |
Vartika Patel Uttar Pradesh · 17:06.78 |
| 10,000m | Lajo Saroj Madhya Pradesh · 36:26.07 |
Aarti Rajasthan · 36:27.54 |
Latika Talwar Rajasthan · 36:27.91 |
| 100m hurdles wind +0.4 |
Sabita Toppo Odisha · 13.66 |
Shiny Gladssia Tamil Nadu · 13.89 |
Namayi Ruchitha Telangana · 14.19 |
| 400m hurdles | Priyanka Madivalappa Olekar Karnataka · 1:00.25 |
Aswini R Tamil Nadu · 1:00.59 |
Apurva Anand Naik Karnataka · 1:00.92 |
| 3000m steeplechase | Prachi Devkar IOCL · 10:26.21 |
Susmita Tigga Odisha · 10:36.08 |
Nikita IOCL · 10:45.10 |
| High jump | Mahek Nasrin Dayan Khan Odisha · 1.69m |
Arpita Sarkar West Bengal · 1.69m |
Anchal Sharma Punjab · 1.60m |
| Pole vault | Nitika Anup Akare Madhya Pradesh · 4.15m MR |
Vanshika Ghanghas Madhya Pradesh · 3.80m |
Bhavya Jain NCOE Bangalore · 3.70m |
| Long jump | Sheeba D Kerala · 6.29m (−0.8) |
Munmun Chetia Assam · 6.13m (−0.8) |
Prathiksha Yamuna A Tamil Nadu · 6.08m (−0.9) |
| Triple jump | Marymukta Soreng Odisha · 12.57m (−1.4) |
Varshitha C Karnataka · 12.50m (−0.3) |
Monika Haryana · 12.36m (−0.3) |
| Shot put | Munesh BSF · 14.27m |
Jhalak Chahal Uttar Pradesh · 14.14m |
Khusboo Haryana · 13.97m |
| Discus throw | Priya Haryana · 53.07m MR |
Nikita Kumari Rajasthan · 51.92m |
Anisha Delhi · 51.11m |
| Hammer throw | Haqikat Grewal Punjab · 55.46m MR |
Soniya Rajasthan · 52.16m |
Shiwani Sharma Haryana · 49.68m |
| Javelin throw | Deepika JSW · 51.43m |
Poonam JSW · 50.45m |
Jyoti Haryana · 49.50m |
| Half marathon race walk | Aarti Haryana · 1:49:52 |
Raksha Prajapat Rajasthan · 1:51:55 |
Tanya Delhi · 1:56:00 |
Notes: Bollanda’s meet record of 11.55 came in the 100m semi-final; her 11.62 in the final equalled the old mark. The high jump gold was decided on countback.
Combined events: decathlon and heptathlon
Abhijit Bhosale of Air Force came from behind to win the decathlon, while Bidisha Kundu of West Bengal led the heptathlon from Day 2 and set a new meet record.
On a phone, swipe the table sideways to see silver and bronze.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s decathlon | Abhijit Bhosale Air Force · 6,897 pts |
Jayesh Rathva Gujarat · 6,613 pts |
Bharath Raj B Kerala · 6,577 pts |
| Women’s heptathlon | Bidisha Kundu West Bengal · 5,260 pts MR |
Tanishka Sharma Delhi · 4,800 pts |
Magudeeshwari Sivak Tamil Nadu · 4,720 pts |
Bharath Raj B led the decathlon after Day 1 with 3,773 points, ahead of Bhosale on 3,589. However, Bhosale scored more over the second day’s five events and won by 284 points. His total was 168 points short of the meet record of 7,065, set in 2024.
In the heptathlon, Kundu led with 3,226 points after four events and finished 460 points clear of Tanishka Sharma. The full scores for every event are in the decathlon and heptathlon result sheets.
Medal count by team at the Indian Open U23 athletics 2026
AFI does not publish a team table with the results. So we counted the medals in 39 finals, leaving out the withheld men’s 1500m. Madhya Pradesh and IOCL won the most golds, four each, while Haryana won the most medals, 13. In all, 22 teams won at least one gold and 29 won a medal.
| Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madhya Pradesh | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| IOCL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Tamil Nadu | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Odisha | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Haryana | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| Maharashtra | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Punjab | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rajasthan | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Reliance | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| JSW | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Delhi | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Air Force | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| BSF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Navy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NCOE Trivandrum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Railway Sports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| NCOE Bangalore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Telangana | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Assam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CISF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| ONGC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Uttarakhand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
However, this is our count and not an official standing. Since the meet is open, the table mixes states with institutional teams such as IOCL, Reliance and the services. We will add the men’s 1500m medals once AFI confirms that result.
After the Indian Open U23 athletics 2026: what comes next
The junior season now moves to the National Junior Athletics Championships 2026 in Chennai from 23 to 27 October. Results from every other meet this season are also on the Indian athletics results page.
The complete result book, with heats, semi-finals and every place in each final, is on the AFI competition page. You can also download each day separately: Day 1 (PDF), Day 2 (PDF) and Day 3 (PDF).