The national team of Uzbekistan has concluded its participation in the XX Asian Summer Games, held in Nagoya city and Aichi prefecture, Japan. Athletes from Uzbekistan won 21 gold, 25 silver, and 24 bronze medals, totaling 70 awards. Thanks to this, Uzbekistan secured fifth place in the overall medal standings, maintaining the same position as in the previous Games in Hangzhou.
In the race for gold medals, Uzbekistan tied with India, as both countries won 21 titles. However, India ranked fourth due to a higher number of silver medals—27 compared to Uzbekistan's 25. China led the overall standings with 169 gold medals and 341 medals in total. It was followed by the host country Japan with 83 gold and 269 medals, and the Republic of Korea with 39 gold and 150 medals.
Uzbek athletes won medals in 19 sports, winning gold in 13 of them. Quresh once again became the main source of gold medals, bringing four victories and two bronze awards, matching the results from Hangzhou. In athletics, three gold medals and one bronze were obtained.
Boxers and judokas individually won two gold medals each. The Uzbek boxing team received seven medals: two gold, one silver, and four bronze. Judokas also won seven medals, including two gold, two silver, and three bronze.
The two rowing disciplines—canoe and kayak rowing—brought the highest total number of medals, collecting nine medals (two gold, six silver, and one bronze), as did rowing, which also brought nine medals (one gold, six silver, and two bronze).
In wrestling, taekwondo, karate, artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, shooting, and weightlifting, each discipline secured one gold medal. Wrestlers also won three silver and one bronze medal. The taekwondo team added two silver and one bronze.
In sports where no gold medals were won but other prizes were awarded, Uzbekistan participated in fencing, winning one silver and two bronze medals; in mixed martial arts—two silver and one bronze; and in Wushu—one silver and two bronze. Track cycling, tennis, and esports brought one bronze medal each.
At the 2022 Asian Games, which were postponed due to the pandemic and held in Hangzhou in autumn 2023, Uzbekistan won 22 gold, 18 silver, and 31 bronze medals, totaling 71 medals. At that time, the team also finished fifth. Thus, the overall medal tally decreased by one medal, and the number of gold medals decreased by one. The medal structure changed: there were seven more silver medals and seven fewer bronze medals.
In several disciplines, Uzbekistan reached the podium for the first time at these Games. Gold medals were won in artistic gymnastics, where Uzbekistan had not won any medals in Hangzhou previously, as well as in shooting and weightlifting, where Uzbek athletes had only won silver and bronze two years ago. Mixed martial arts and esports also appeared in Uzbekistan's medal count for the first time.
The total number of medals increased in rowing and canoe and kayak rowing. However, rowing brought fewer gold medals—one compared to two in Hangzhou. Boxers won more medals than in the previous Games—seven compared to five, but their number of victories decreased from three to two. Judo and rhythmic gymnastics each brought one less gold medal. Uzbekistan did not win gold in fencing or track cycling this time, after receiving one title in each sport in Hangzhou. Furthermore, there were no medals in chess and football, although they together brought five medals in the previous Games.
Uzbekistan once again became the best country in Central Asia in the overall medal count. It secured 21 out of 36 gold medals won by countries in the region and 70 out of 186 medals in total. Kazakhstan ranked eighth with 12 gold, 24 silver, and 48 bronze medals. In terms of total medals, Kazakhstan again surpassed Uzbekistan, scoring 84, although more than half of its medals were bronze. Compared to Hangzhou, Kazakhstan moved up from 11th to 8th place and added two gold medals.
Tajikistan finished in 22nd place with two gold, five silver, and nine bronze medals. Its total medal tally more than doubled, increasing from seven to sixteen. Kyrgyzstan ranked 26th with one gold, three silver, and 10 bronze medals, totaling 14. At the Hangzhou Games, the Kyrgyz team won four gold medals and placed 18th. Turkmenistan finished 31st with two silver medals. Two years ago, the Turkmen team won seven medals.
