India at the 1986 Asian Games

India participated in the 1986 Asian Games held in Seoul, South Korea from September 20 to October 5, 1985. Ranked 5th with 5 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 23 bronze medals with a total of 37 over-all medals. 4 of the 5 gold medals were won by P.T.Usha. Khajan Singh won a silver medal in men's 200m butterfly swimming, which was the only swimming medal for India at the Asian Games between 1951 and 2010.

India at the 1986 Asian Games
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
in Seoul
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 5 Silver 9 Bronze 23 Total 37
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	4	2	3	9
Badminton	0	0	1	1
Boxing	0	4	5	9
Equestrian	0	0	2	2
Hockey	0	0	2	2
Judo	0	0	4	4
Sailing	0	1	0	1
Wrestling	1	0	2	3
Shooting	0	1	2	3
Swimming	0	1	0	1
Volleyball	0	0	1	1
Weightlifting	0	0	1	1
Total	5	9	23	37

Football

Coach: P. K. Banerjee

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Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	5
2	China	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	4
3	Bahrain	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	3
4	India	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: RSSSF

20 September

South Korea	3–0	India
Noh Soo-jin  10' Choi Soon-ho  36' Park Chang-sun  84' (pen.)

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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22 September

China	2–1	India
Ma Lin  22', 25'		Mishra  37'

Gudeok Stadium, Busan

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26 September

Bahrain	3–0	India
Hisham  3', 45' Hassan  23'

Gudeok Stadium, Busan