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List of Indian field hockey captains in Olympic Games 1928-2022

List of Indian field hockey captains in Olympic Games (1928-2022)

Here is a list of all Indian men's hockey team captains who represented the Indian men's hockey team at the Olympic Games. There are a total of 21 players who have led the Indian team in the Olympics since 1928. This is a list of all the field hockey players who have captained the Indian men's hockey team at the Olympics.

List of Indian Men's Hockey Team Captains in Olympics

Captain Name Olympics Rank in Olympic

1.Jaipal Singh Munda

Amsterdam Olympics 1928

Gold medal

2. Lal Shah Bokhari

Los Angeles Olympics 1932

Gold medal

3. Dhyan Chand

Berlin Olympics 1936

Gold medal

4. Kishan Lal

London Olympics 1948

Gold medal

5.K. D. Singh

Helsinki Olympics 1952

Gold medal

6. Balbir Singh Senior

Melbourne Olympics 1956

Gold medal

7.Leslie Claudius

Rome Olympics 1960

Silver medal

8. Charanjit Singh

Tokyo Olympics 1964

Gold medal

9.Gurbux Singh and

10.Prithipal Singh

Mexico City Olympics 1968

Bronze medal

11.Harmik Singh

Munich Olympics 1972

Bronze medal

12. Ajit Pal Singh

Montreal Olympics 1976

7th Position

13.Vasudevan Baskaran

Moscow Olympics 1980

Gold medal

14.Zafar Iqbal

Los Angeles Olympics 1984

5th Position

15.Sommayya Maneypande

Seoul Olympics 1988

6th Position

16. Pargat Singh

Barcelona Olympics 1992

7th Position

16.Pargat Singh

Atlanta Olympics 1996

8th Position

17.Ramandeep Singh

Sydney Olympics 2000

7th Position

18.Dilip Tirkey

Athens Olympics 2004

7th Position

19.Bharat Chetri

London Olympics 2012

12th Position

20.P. R. Sreejesh

Rio Olympics 2016

8th position

21.Manpreet Singh

Tokyo Olympics 2020

Bronze medal

List of Indian Women's Hockey Team Captains in Olympics

Captain Name Olympics Rank in Olympic

1.Rupa Kumari Saini

Moscow Olympics 1980

4th position

2. Sushila Chanu

Rio Olympics 2016

12th position

3. Rani Rampal

Tokyo Olympics 2020

4th position

The period from Amsterdam Olympics 1928 to Melbourne Olympics 1956 was a very proud time for the Indian hockey team. During this, the Indian team won 6 consecutive gold medals. Jaipal Singh Munda was the first captain of the Indian hockey team in an Olympic event.

  • Major Dhyan Chand represented the Indian men's hockey team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Won gold medal in Olympics.
  • Indian men's hockey team in Rio Olympics 2016 was captained by P.R. Sreejesh did it. Took 8th place in this Olympics.
  • Till now Indian Hockey team has won 8 Gold, 1 Silver and 3 Bronze medals in Olympic events.
  • Indian Hockey Team Medals in Olympics
    • Gold in Amsterdam in 1928
    • Gold in los angeles in 1932
    • Gold in Berlin in 1936
    • Gold in London in 1948
    • Gold in 1952 in Helsinki
    • Gold in 1956 Melbourne
    • Australia silver in Rome in 1960
    • Gold in Tokyo in 1964
    • Bronze in Mexico City in 1968
    • Bronze in Munich in 1972
    • Gold in Moscow in 1980
    • Bronze in Tokyo Olympics 2020
  • India won the gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The team was then led by Vasudevan Bhaskaran. Since then the Indian team could not even finish fourth in the Olympic event.
  • Expectations were high at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, however, as the Indian men's hockey team lost 2-5 to Belgium in the men's hockey semi-finals and won the bronze medal.
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