India's total medal tally have increase on final day at the Para Asian Games 2023 with the nation's medal haul reaching 111 medals. With a total of 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze medals in the bag, India have moved to the fifth place on the Asian Para Games 2023 medal tally.  China have occupied the top spot in this medal table with a total of 521 medals, including 214 gold, 167 silver and 140 bronze. Iran, Japan and the Republic of Korea follow China and complete the top four. After some incredible actions and breathtaking performances displayed at the recently finished Asian Games 2023 at Hangzhou, it is time for the Asian Para Games 2023. The Asian Para Games, also known as Para Asiad, is a multi-sport event regulated by the Asian Paralympic Committee that's held every four years after every Asian Games for athletes with physical disabilities. The 4th Asian Para Games is being hosted by the same city that hosted the Asian Games 2023, Hangzhou between October 22 and 28. The opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Para Games took place on Sunday, October 22, 2023, at the Hangzhou Sports Park Stadium in Hangzhou, China.  Asian Para Games 2023 Officially Opens in Hangzhou With Grand Opening Ceremony.

The Asian Para Games are to feature 566 gold medal events in 22 sports (in 24 disciplines) which were split into many events, including Para Taekwondo, Para Canoe and Go which were included for the first time in the games' programme. Absent from the previous edition, Blind Football and Rowing which were not featured at the 2018 edition will return. The organizing committee chose to drop the bowling events held at the 3 previous editions due a lack of possible venues. In this edition, 438 of 566 events held during the 2020 Summer Paralympics program were also scheduled to be held.

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 214 167 140 521
2 Islamic Republic of Iran 44 46 41 131
3 Japan 42 49 59 150
4 Republic of Korea 30 33 40 103
5 India 29 31 51 111
6 Indonesia 29 30 36 95
7 Thailand 27 26 55 108
8 Uzbekistan 25 24 30 79
9 Philippines 10 4 5 19
10 Hong Kong, China 8 15 24 47

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43 National Paralympic Committees who are members of the Asian Paralympic Committee were expected to compete. North Korea withdrew from the games after the Asian Paralympic Committee refused to allow it to use their national symbols in compliance with sanctions by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

In the 2018 edition in Jakarta, China led the medal tally for the third consecutive time. North Korea and South Korea marched under the Korean Unification Flag at the opening ceremony and for the first time competed as a unified team in some events. In addition, Philippines and Kuwait won their first ever Asian Para Games gold medals, while Laos and East Timor won their first ever Asian Para Games medals including their first gold medals. There were 16 world, 63 Asian and 246 Asian Para Games records broken during the 2018 Asian Para Games.

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