With five gold, one silver and three bronze medals on the final day of the 2017 Asian Athletics Championship, India finished on top of the medals tally, comfortably surpassing China and Kazakhstan.
China and Kazakhstan took the second and third spots respectively in the medal tally.
India showed its best performance ever in the Asian Athletics Championships, clinching a total of 29 medals, including 12 golds.
Here is the complete list of the winners for India:
Gold Medal Winners
| Winner | Event |
| G Lakshmanan | Men’s 5000m Run |
| G Lakshmanan | Men’s 10000m Run |
| Muhammed Anas Y | Men’s 400m Run |
| Ajay Kumar Saroj | Men’s 1500m Run |
| Kunju Muhammed/ Amoj Jacob/ Muhammed Anas Y/ Arokia Rajiv | Men’s 4x400m Relay |
| Nirmla | Women’s 400m Run |
| Chitra P U | Women’s 1500m Run |
| Swapna Barman | Women’s Heptathlon |
| Sudha Singh | Women’s 3000m Steeplechase |
| Manpreet Kaur | Women’s Shot Put |
| Debashree Mazumdar/ MR Poovamma/ Jisna Matthew/ Nirmla | Women’s 4x400m Relay |
Silver Medal Winners
| Winner | Event |
| Tajinder Pal Singh Toor | Men’s Shot Put |
| Arokia Rajiv | Men’s 400m Run |
| Gopi Thonakal | Men’s 10000m Run |
| Neena V | Women’s Long Jump |
| Anu R | Women’s 400m Hurdles |
Bronze Medal Winners
| Winner | Event |
| Jabir MP | Men’s 400m Hurdles |
| Jinson Johnson | Men’s 800m Run |
| Vikas Gowda | Men’s Discus Throw |
| Davinder Singh Kang | Men’s Javelin Throw |
| Dutee Chand | Women’s 100m Run |
| Jisna Mathew | Women’s 400m Run |
| Sanjivani Jadhav | Women’s 5000m Run |
| Nayana James | Women’s Long Jump |
| Sheena NV | Women’s Triple Jump |
| Annu Rani | Women’s Javelin Throw |
| Purnima Hembram | Women’s Heptathlon |
| Merlin K Joseph/ Himashree Roy/ Srabani Nanda/ Dutee Chand | Women’s 4x100m Relay |
About 2017 Asian Athletics Championships
• The 2017 Asian Athletics Championships was the 22nd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships.
• It was held from 6 to 9 July 2017 at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
• Olly, the Olive Ridley sea turtle, an endangered species that travels to Odisha's Rushikulya and Gahirmatha beaches for its nesting, was the mascot for the championship.
• Bhubaneswar was the third Indian city to host the Asian Championships. Delhi in 1989 was the first city and Pune in the year 2013 was the second Indian city to hold the event.
• Around 800 athletes from 45 countries attended the event.
• The Championships were originally scheduled to be held at Ranchi, Jharkhand. However, after Ranchi's inability to host this event, Bhubaneswar was selected as the venue for this event.
• The previous edition of the championship was held in Wuhan, China from 3–7 June 2015.
• The Asian Athletics Championships are organized by Asian Athletics Association every two years.
• The winners of the Championships get a direct berth for the 2017 World Championships in London to be held in August 2017.
• At the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships held in Wuhan, India was at the third place in the medal tally with a total of 13 medals.
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