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Indian Medal Winners in Olympic Games

Indian Medal Winners in Olympic Games

Indian medal winners in Olympic Games...

Indian athletes have won 28 medals in all the Summer Games. India participated in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1900, with a lone athlete (Norman Pritchard) winning two medals—both silver—in athletics and India became the first Asian nation to win an Olympic medal.
The India national field hockey team was dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1920 and 1980. Won a total of 8 gold medals in this race, including six consecutive gold medals from 1928–1956.
Medal for india in olympic games
PersonMedalSportEventYearVenue
Norman PitchardSilverAthletics200 m dash22 July 1900Paris
Norman PitchardSilverAthletics200 m hurdles22 July 1900Paris
Khashaba Dadasaheb JadhavBronzeWrestlingMen's freestyle Bantamweight23 July 1952Helsinki
Leander PaesBronzeTennisMen's singles3 August 1996Atlanta
Karnam MalleswariBronzeWeightliftingWomen's 69 kg19 September 2000Sydney
Rajyavardhan Singh RathoreSilverShootingMen's double trap17 August 2004Athens
Abhinav BindraGoldShooting Men's 10 m Air Rifle11 August 2008Beijing
Sushil KumarBronzeWrestlingMen's freestyle 66 kg21 August 2008Beijing
Vijender KumarBronzeBoxingMen's Middleweight20 August 2008Beijing
Vijay KumarSilverShootingMen's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol3 August 2012London
Sushil KumarSilverWrestlingMen's freestyle 66 kg12 August 2012London
Yogeshwar DuttBronzeWrestlingMen's freestyle 60 kg11 August 2012London
Mary KomBronzeBoxingWomen's flyweight8 August 2012London
Saina NehwalBronzeBadmintonWomen's singles4 August 2012London
Gagan NarangBronzeShootingMen's 10m Air Rifle30 July 2012London
P.V. SindhuSilverBadmintonWomen's singles19 August 2016Rio de Janeiro
Sakshi MalikBronzeWrestlingWomen's freestyle 58 kg17 August 2016Rio de Janeiro
Neeraj ChopraGoldAthleticsMen's javelin throw7 August 20212020 Tokyo
Saikhom Mirabai ChanuSilverWeightliftingWomen's 49 kg24 July 20212020 Tokyo
Ravi Kumar DahiyaSilverWrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg5 August 20212020 Tokyo
P. V. SindhuBronzeBadmintonWomen's singles1 August 20212020 Tokyo
Lovlina BorgohainBronzeBoxingWomen's welterweight4 August 20212020 Tokyo
Men's Field Hockey Team
Dilpreet Singh
Rupinder Pal Singh
Surender Kumar
Manpreet Singh
Hardik Singh
Gurjant Singh
Simranjeet Singh
Mandeep Singh
Harmanpreet Singh
Lalit Upadhyay
P. R. Sreejesh
Sumit
Nilakanta Sharma
Shamsher Singh
Varun Kumar
Birendra Lakra
Amit Rohidas
Vivek Prasad		BronzeField hockeyMen's tournament5 August 20212020 Tokyo
Bajrang PuniaBronzeWrestlingMen's freestyle 65 kg7 August 20212020 Tokyo
Indian Hockey Medals at the Olympic Games
YearVenueMedalCaptainRemarks
26 May 1928AmsterdamGoldJaipal SinghNetherlands - Silver
11 August 1932Los AngelesGoldLal BokhariUnited States - Silver
15 August 1936BerlinGoldDhyanchandGermany - Silver
12 August 1948LondonGoldKishan LalGreat Britain - Silver
24 July 1952HelsinkiGoldK.D. SinghNetherlands - Silver
6 December 1956MelbourneGoldBalbir Singh SrPakistan - Silver
9 September 1960RomeSilverLeslie ClaudiusPakistan - Gold
23 October 1964TokyoGoldCharanjit SinghPakistan - Silver
26 October 1968Mexico CityBronzeGurbux SinghPakistan - Gold
10 September 1972MunichBronzeHarmeek SinghWest Germany - Gold
29 July 1980MoscowGoldVasudevan BhaskaranSpain - Silver

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  • Sushil Kumar (left) became the first Indian athlete since independence to win multiple individual Olympic medals
  • At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, two-time World Championships gold medalist Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the women's 69 kg weightlifting category, the first Olympic medal won by an Indian woman.
  • Star shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won a silver medal in men's double trap shooting at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
  • At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra won a gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle event and became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at an Olympic Games.
  • At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Vijender Singh won the country's first medal in boxing with his bronze medal in the middleweight category.
  • At the 2012 Summer Olympics, an 83-member Indian contingent competed in the Games and set a new best for the country with a total of six medals.
  • Wrestler Sushil Kumar became the first Indian since Norman Pritchard in 1900 with multiple individual Olympic medals (bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics).
  • In the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal in badminton in women's singles and received the country's first Olympic medal in badminton.
  • At the 2012 Summer Olympics, boxer Mary Kom became the first Indian woman to win a medal in boxing with a bronze medal in the women's flyweight.
  • In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Sakshi Malik became the first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal with a bronze medal in the women's freestyle 58 kg category.
  • In the 2016 Summer Olympics, shuttler P.V. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics and the youngest Indian Olympic medalist.
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