Asian Games 2023: Overall medals tally October 4 - India 4th with 81 medals, 18 gold; Neeraj, men’s 4x400m relay win gold; Harmilan Bains, Sable, Jena and Women’s 4x400m relay win silver

Asian Games 2023, October 4: Ojas-Jyothi’s gold was India’s 71st medal at the 2023 Hangzhou Games, which helped India surpass its 2018 Asian Games medal haul.

FILE PHOTO: India’s Neeraj Chopra will be in action today. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Neeraj Chopra, in the men’s javelin and the men’s quartet in the 4x400m relay team, won gold at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou on Wednesday.

The medal rush continued in athletics as Harmilan Bains in women’s 800m, Avinash Sable in men’s 5000m and Kishore Kumar Jena in the men’s javelin secured silver medals as India finished with 81 medals at the end of the day’s play.

Bains secured a second-place finish In the women’s 800m with a time of 2:03.75, while Sable added to his 3000m steeplechase gold by securing a silver medal in the 5000m.

The Women’s 4x400m relay team finished behind Bahrain with 3:27.85. Bahrain broke India’s Games Record to secure gold.

AS IT HAPPENED | ASIAN-GAMES-2023 OCTOBER 4 HIGHLIGHTS

Earlier in the day, the duo of Ojas Pravin Deotale and Jyothi Surekha Vennam beat South Korea in the archery mixed team compound to secure a first-place finish and give India its 16th gold medal at the Hangzhou Games.

Ojas-Jyothi’s gold was India’s 71st medal at the 2023 Hangzhou Games, which helped India surpass its 2018 Asian Games medal haul.

India’s Jyothi Surekha Vennam. | Photo Credit: PTI

Wrestler Sunil Kumar secured a bronze in the 87kg Greco-Roman event after beating Kyrgyzstan’s Atabek Azesbekov 2-1 in the Bronze Medal match.

India has also equalled its tally of most gold medals at a single edition of the Asian Games.

Earlier in the day, Ram Baboo and Manju Rani pair won bronze in the 35km mixed race walking event.

Here are the medal standings:

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	People's Republic of China	171	94	51	316
2	Japan	37	51	59	147
3	Republic of Korea	33	45	70	148
4	India	18	31	32	81
5	Uzbekistan	16	16	22	54
6	Chinese Taipei	12	14	20	46
7	Thailand	10	12	24	46
8	DPR Korea	9	11	8	28
9	Bahrain	9	1	5	15
10	Hong Kong (China)	7	15	28	50

Table last updated on October 4 at 2150 IST.