India tops medal tally with historic all-gold haul at International Chemistry Olympiad 2026

New Delhi (Raghwendra Pratap Singh) : India scripted history at the 58th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) 2026 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, with all four members of the national team winning gold medals, marking the country’s best-ever performance at the prestigious global competition.

The Olympiad, held from July 10 to 19, witnessed participation from 363 students representing 93 countries, making it the largest edition of the competition to date. India finished joint first in the country-wise medal tally alongside China, Vietnam and the Individual Participants Group B (Russia), achieving its first-ever clean sweep of gold medals at the event.

The four Indian students who secured gold medals are Debadatta Priyadarshi from Bhubaneswar, Odisha; Harshit Singla from Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab; Kabeer Chillar from Delhi; and Sandeep Kuchi from Hyderabad, Telangana.