para asian games 2023

• India finished the Para Asian Games 2023 in fifth place with a record of 111 medals.

• India won 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze medals at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.

• Seven medals came from chess, four from athletics and one from rowing.

• China tops the medal tally with 521 medals including 214 gold, 167 silver and 140 bronze.

• Iran and Japan won 131 medals and 150 medals respectively. Korea finished the tournament in fourth place with 103 medals.

• This year, India sent its largest contingent, consisting of 303 athletes (191 men and 112 women).

• India participated in 17 out of 22 events and competed for the first time in rowing, canoeing, lawn bowls, taekwondo and blind football.

• This is the highest number of medals won by India in any major multisport event. Para athletes surpass record of 107 medals won at Asian Games 2023.

• India won 14 medals in the 2010 edition, 33 in 2014 and 72 in 2018.