Indian athletes won a total of 27 medals - six gold, 12 silver and nine bronze - at the Asian Athletics Championships 2023, which was held at the Suphachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, from July 12 to 16.
The performance saw India equal their best-ever showing at the Asian Athletics Championships in terms of medals count. Indian athletes won 27 medals, including nine golds, at Bhubaneswar 2017 as well.
The Asian Athletics Championships was held after a gap of four years after the 2021 edition in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China was cancelled due to COVID-19. The previous edition, Doha 2019, saw India finish with 16 medals - two gold, seven silver and seven bronze.
Men's shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, women's hurdler Jyothi Yarraji, triple jumper Abdulla Aboobacker, women's steeplechaser Parul Chaudhary, men's 1500m runner Ajay Kumar Saroj and the mixed 4x400m relay team of Rajesh Ramesh, Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Amoj Jacob and Subha Venkatesan accounted for India's six gold medals at the Asian Athletics Championships 2023 in Bangkok.
In the overall Asian Athletics Championships 2023 medals table, India finished third, behind Japan and China. Japan won in 37 medals, including 16 golds, while China bagged 22 medals, including eight golds.
Asian Athletics Championships 2023: India’s medal winners
Asian Athletics Championships 2023 medals tally
Asian Athletics Championships 2023: India results
Javelin throw results
Women
Annu Rani - fourth place, 59.10m
Men
DP Manu - second place, 81.01m
1500m results
Women
Lili Das - seventh place, 4:27.61
Men
Ajay Kumar Saroj - first place, 3:41.51
Jinson Johnson - 11th place, 3:46.91
Triple jump results
Men
Abdulla Aboobacker - first place, 16.92m
10,000m results
Men
Abhishek Pal - third place, 29:33.26
Gulveer Singh - fifth place, 29:53.69
Women
Sanjivani Jadhav - fourth place, 34:04.47
High jump results
Women
Pooja - seventh place, 1.75m
Rubina Yadav - seventh place, 1.75m
Men
Anil Sarvesh Kushare - second place, 2.26m
Tejaswin Shankar - seventh place, 2.10m
100m hurdles results
Women
Jyothi Yarraji - first place, 13.09
Nithya Ramraj - fourth place, 13.55
400m results
Men
Muhammed Ajmal - fourth place, 45.36
Rajesh Ramesh - sixth place, 45.67
Women
Aishwarya Mishra - third place, 53.07
Decathlon results
Men
Tejaswin Shankar - third place, 7,527 points
Heptathlon results
Women
Swapna Barman - second place, 5,840 points
Shot put results
Men
Tajinderpal Singh Toor - first place, 20.23m
Women
Abha Khatua - second place, 18.06m (NR)
Manpreet Kaur - third place, 17.00m
Pole vault results
Women
Baranica Elangovan - NM (no mark)
Long jump results
Men
Murali Sreeshankar - second place, 8.37m
Women
Shaili Singh - second place, 6.54m
Ancy Sojan - fourth place, 6.41m
3000m steeplechase results
Men
Bal Kishan - fourth place, 8:46.98
Mohammed Nurhasan - DNF (did not finish)
Women
Parul Chaudhary - first place, 9:38.76
Priti - fourth place, 9:48.50
400m hurdles results
Men
Yashas Palaksha - DNS in the final
T Santhosh Kumar - third place, 49.09s
20km race walk results
Men
Akshdeep Singh - Disqualified (DQ)
Vikash Singh - third place, 1:29:32
Women
Priyanka - second place, 1:34:24
Bhawna Jat - fifth place, 1:38:26
800m results
Men
Krishan Kumar - second place, 1:45.88
Mohammed Afsal - seventh place, 1:48.77
Women
Chanda - second place, 2:01.58
Lavika Sharma - DNF
5,000m results
Men
Gulveer Singh - third place, 13:48.33
Abhishek Pal - 14th place, 15:00.03
Women
Ankita - third place, 16:03.33
Parul Chaudhary - second place, 15:52.35
200m results
Women
Jyothi Yarraji - second place, 23.13
4x400m relay results
Men
Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal, Mijo Chacko Kurian, Rajesh Ramesh - second place, 3:01.80
Mixed
Rajesh Ramesh, Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Amoj Jacob and Subha Venkatesan - first place, 3:14.70 (NR)
Women
Rezoana Mallick Heena, Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Jyothika Sri Dandi, Subha Venkatesan - third place, 3:33.73