Asian Games 2026 Close: India Fourth With 85 Medals as Historic Firsts Set Up the Road to LA 2028

The 20th Asian Games closed at the Paloma Mizuho Athletic Stadium, Nagoya, on 4 October 2026, when Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) President Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani declared the Games over and the OCA flag and torch passed to Qatar for Doha 2030. India finished fourth with 85 medals — 21 gold, 27 silver, 37 bronze — level with Uzbekistan on golds but placed ahead on silvers. The haul missed the 100-medal target and fell short of the record set at Hangzhou, even as a late surge produced several historic firsts on the road to the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.