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| India at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games | |
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| IOC code | IND |
| NOC | Indian Olympic Association |
| in Macau | |
| Medals Ranked 6th |
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| Asian Indoor Games appearances | |
India participated in the 2007 Asian Indoor Games held in Macau, China from October 26 to November 3. India finished at 6th place with 9 Gold, 9 Silver and 10 Bronze medals taking Total medals telly to 28.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Krishnan Sasikiran | Chess | Men's individual - Rapid | October 27 |
| Gold | Dronavalli Harika | Chess | Women's individual - Rapid | October 27 |
| Gold | India Krishnan Sasikiran Surya Shekhar Ganguly Chakkravarthy Deepan Koneru Humpy Dronavalli Harika Tania Sachdev | Chess | Mixed team - Rapid | October 26–27 |
| Gold | Sinimol Paulose | Indoor athletics | Women - 1500 m | October 31 |
| Gold | Chatholi Hamza | Indoor athletics | Men - 1500 m | October 31 |
| Gold | P. J. Vinod | Indoor athletics | Men - Heptathlon | November 1 |
| Gold | Krishnan Sasikiran | Chess | Men's individual - Blitz | November 2 |
| Gold | Koneru Humpy | Chess | Women's individual - Blitz | November 2 |
| Gold |  India | Kabaddi | Men | November 3 |
 Silver | India Krishnan Sasikiran Surya Shekhar Ganguly Arun Prasad Subramanian Koneru Humpy Dronavalli Harika Tania Sachdev | Chess | Mixed team - Blitz | November 3 |
| Silver | India Krishnan Sasikiran Surya Shekhar Ganguly Chakkravarthy Deepan Koneru Humpy Dronavalli Harika Meenakshi Subbaraman | Chess | Mixed team - Classic | October 28–30 |
| Silver | Geet Sethi | Cue Sports | English billiards - Singles | November 2 |
| Silver | Surendra Singh | Indoor athletics | Men - 3000 m | October 31 |
| Silver | Sinimol Paulose | Indoor athletics | Women - 800 m | November 1 |
| Silver | Preeja Sreedharan | Indoor athletics | Women - 3000 m | October 31 |
| Silver | Sandeep Shukla | Muay | Middleweight 71–75 kg) | November 3 |
| Silver | Sandeep Sejwal | swimming | 50 m breaststroke | October 31 |
| Silver | Sandeep Sejwal | swimming | 100 m breaststroke | October 30 |
 Bronze | Dronavalli Harika | Chess | Women's individual - Classic | October 31 |
| Bronze | Yasin Merchant Alok Kumar Manan Chandra | Cue Sports | Snooker - Team | October 31 |
| Bronze | Rajeev Ramesan | Indoor athletics | Men - 800 m | November 1 |
| Bronze | Sunil Kumar | Indoor athletics | Men - 3000 m | October 31 |
| Bronze | Antony Vijila | Indoor athletics | Women - 800 m | November 1 |
| Bronze | Anu Maria Jose Antony Vijila Sini Jose Sini Jose | Indoor athletics | Women - 4 × 400 m relay | November 1 |
| Bronze | India | Indoor hockey | Men | November 3 |
| Bronze | Albert Kujur | Muay | Flyweight (48–51 kg) | November 1 |
| Bronze | Mohammed Imaduddin Naveed | Muay | Lightweight (57–60 kg) | October 31 |
| Bronze | Balakrishna Shekhar Shetty | Muay | Light middleweight (67–71 kg) | November 1 |
India won 5 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in Chess, making it as most productive sport in 2007 Asian Indoor Games for India.
India won 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in Cue sports. Geet Sethi won silver in English billiards - Singles and Indian Team won Bronze in Snooker team event with Yasin Merchant, Alok Kumar and Manan Chandra as team members.
India won 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze medals in Indoor athletics.
India won bronze medal in Indoor hockey. Indian Team defeated Malaysia 
by 7–4 to win bronze medal.
India won gold medal in Kabaddi. In group stages India remains undefeated and faced Pakistan in Finals. In Final, India defeated Pakistan by 35–17.
India won 1 silver and 3 bronze medals. Sandeep Shukla won silver medal in Middleweight category. Albert Kujur in Flyweight, Mohammed Imaduddin Naveed in Lightweight and Balakrishna Shekhar Shetty in Light middleweight won bronze medals.
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