At Thailand Asian games in 1970, Indian tally reached 25 medals winning first medal in Yachting and Kamaljeet Sandhu winning Gold in Women’s 400m. Hawa Singh in boxing, Praveen Kumar and Joginder Singh in Field events of Athletics defended their title of previous Asian Games.
Indian History at Every Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970
Indian Medal Winners at Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 2014
Indian Performance at Asian Games in Different Sports
Asian Games 2018: Indian Contingent and Schedule
| Name | Sports | Event | Medal |
| Mohinder Singh Gill | Athletics | Men’s Triple jump | Gold |
| Joginder Singh | Athletics | Shot Put (Men) | Gold |
| Praveen Kumar | Athletics | Discus throw (Men) | Gold |
| Kamaljeet Sandhu | Athletics | 400m (Women) | Gold |
| Hawa Singh | Boxing | Heavyweight (81 KG+) | Gold |
| Chandgi Ram | Wrestling | Men’s 100 Kg | Gold |
| Sriram Singh | Athletics | 800m | Silver |
| Bhogeswar Baruah, P. C. Punappa, Sucha Singh, Ajmer Singh | Athletics | Men’s 4 × 400 m relay | Silver |
| Edward Sequeira | Athletics | 5000m | Silver |
| Labh Singh | Athletics | Triple jump | Silver |
| M. G. Shetty | Athletics | Decathlon | Silver |
| Muniswamy Venu | Boxing | Featherweight (57 kg) | Silver |
| Team | Hockey | Men’s Team | Silver |
| Team | Water polo | Men’s Team | Silver |
| Jit Singh | Wrestling | Men’s 90 Kg | Silver |
| Labh Singh | Athletics | Men’s Long jump | Bronze |
| Bhim Singh | Athletics | Men’s High jump | Bronze |
| Sucha Singh | Athletics | Men’s 400 m | Bronze |
| Gurmej Singh | Athletics | Men’s 3000 m steeplechase | Bronze |
| O. L. Thomas, Kenneth Powell, A. P. Ramaswamy, Ramesh Tawde | Athletics | Men’s 4 × 100 m relay | Bronze |
| Team | Football | Men’s Team | Bronze |
| Soli Contractor and Afsar Hussain | Sailing | Enterprise | Bronze |
| Om Prakash | Wrestling | Men’s 68 kg | Bronze |
| Mukhtiar Singh | Wrestling | Men’s 74 Kg | Bronze |
| Netra Pal Singh | Wrestling | Men’s 82 Kg | Bronze |
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