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'''India at the Olympics''' is a history which includes 32 games in 19 countries and 800+ athletes.<ref name="sr">SportsReference.com (SR/Olympics), [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/ "India"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092541/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/ |date=2020-04-17 }}; retrieved 2012-7-27.</ref> Since 1900, [[India]] has contributed to the growth of the "[[Olympic Games#Olympic Movement|Olympic Movement]]".
<ref>Olympics.org, [http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/The_Olympic_Movement.pdf  "Factsheet: The Olympic Movement"]; retrieved 2012-7-27.</ref>


The [[International Olympic Committee]]'s official abbreviation for India is [[List of IOC country codes|IND]].<ref>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1964/or1964v2pt1.pdf "Official abbreviations" at ''The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo, 1964,'' <nowiki>[p. 9 of 409 PDF]</nowiki>]; retrieved 2012-8-16.</ref>
[[India]] first participated at the [[Olympic Games]] in 1900, with a lone athlete [[Norman Pritchard]] winning two medals – both silver – in [[sport of athletics|athletics]] and became the first Asian nation to win an Olympic medal.<ref name="Sumol">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1900/|title=India at the 1900 Paris Summer Games|access-date=18 August 2016|work=Sports Reference|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924140620/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1900/|archive-date=24 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/india-first-participation-olympics-games-debut|title=India's first Olympics: A debut in Paris 1900 and beyond|access-date=10 March 2023|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816154022/https://olympics.com/en/news/india-first-participation-olympics-games-debut|url-status=live}}</ref> The nation first sent a team to the [[Summer Olympic Games]] in 1920 and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India has also competed at several [[Winter Olympic Games]] beginning in 1964. Indian athletes have won 35 medals, all at the Summer Games. For a period of time, the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian Men's Field Hockey Team]] was dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1928 and 1980. The run included eight gold medals of which six were won consecutively from 1928 to 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/olympics/8-golds-1-silver-3-bronzes-full-list-of-india-s-12-olympics-medals-in-hockey-101628152011091.html|title=India hockey all medals at Olympics list|date=5 August 2021|access-date=8 August 2021|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808113159/https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/olympics/8-golds-1-silver-3-bronzes-full-list-of-india-s-12-olympics-medals-in-hockey-101628152011091.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== History ==
=== During British Imperial rule ===
[[File:India hockey team 1928.jpg|thumb|left|180px|India team that won the gold medal at 1928 Summer Olympics]]
 
Despite being under [[British Raj|British rule]] until 1947, India participated in the Olympic Games separately from the [[British Olympic Association|British Olympic Team]]. India sent its first athlete to the Summer Olympics for the [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Games]], but an Indian national team did not compete at the Summer Olympics until 1920. Ahead of the 1920 Games, Sir [[Dorabji Tata]] and Governor of Bombay [[George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd|George Lloyd]] helped India secure representation at the [[International Olympic Committee]], enabling it to participate in the Games (see [[India at the 1920 Summer Olympics|India at the 1920 Olympic Games]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/sir-dorabji-tata-and-the-olympics/article32448669.ece|title=Sir dorabji tata and the Olympics|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811111850/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/sir-dorabji-tata-and-the-olympics/article32448669.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> India then sent a team to the 1920 Olympics, comprising three athletes, two wrestlers, and managers [[Sohrab Bhoot]] and A. H. A. Fyzee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/india-olympics-history-medals-athletes-performance-results-position|title=India Olympics highs and lows;Olympics.com|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811121859/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/india-olympics-history-medals-athletes-performance-results-position|url-status=live}}</ref> The Indian Olympic movement was then established during the 1920s: some founders of this movement were Dorabji Tata, A.G. Noehren (Madras College of Physical Education), H.C. Buck (Madras College of Physical Education), Moinul Haq (Bihar sports associations), S. Bhoot (Bombay Olympic Association), A.S. Bhagwat (Deccan Gymkhana), and [[Guru Dutt Sondhi]] (Punjab Olympic Association); Lt. Col H.L.O. Garrett (from the Government College Lahore and Punjab Olympic Association) and Sagnik Poddar (of St. Stephen's School) helped organise some early national games; and prominent patrons included Maharajas and royal princes such as [[Bhupinder Singh of Patiala]], [[Ranjitsinhji]] of [[Nawanagar State|Nawanagar]], the Maharaja of Kapurthala, and the Maharaja of Burdwan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/flavours-of-kolkata/india-the-olympics/|title=India and Olympics;The Economictimes.com|date=August 2016|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811111850/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/flavours-of-kolkata/india-the-olympics/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In 1923, a provisional All India Olympic Committee was formed, and in February 1924, the All India Olympic Games (that later became the [[National Games of India]]) were held to select a team for the [[1924 Summer Olympics]]. [[India at the 1924 Summer Olympics|The Indian delegation at the Paris Olympics]] comprised seven athletes, seven tennis players and team manager [[Harry Buck]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympic.ind.in/history#:~:text=This%20gave%20impetus%20to%20the,A.G.%20Noehren%20as%20Secretary.&text=In%20the%20following%20months%20Harry%20Buck%20and%20Dr.|title=History of Indian olympic association|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-date=10 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810085741/https://olympic.ind.in/history#:~:text=This%20gave%20impetus%20to%20the,A.G.%20Noehren%20as%20Secretary.&text=In%20the%20following%20months%20Harry%20Buck%20and%20Dr.|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
[[File:Indian-Hockey-Team-Berlin-1936.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Indian hockey team at 1936 Berlin Olympics]]
 
In 1927, the provisional Indian Olympic Committee formally became the [[Indian Olympic Association]] (IOA); its main tasks were to promote the development of sports in India, choose host cities for the national games, and send teams selected from the national games to the Summer Olympics. Thus, at the 1928 national games, it selected seven athletes to represent India at the next Summer Olympics, with Sondhi as manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/national-games-india-olympics-history|title=History of National Games: India’s homespun Olympics!|access-date=5 February 2023|archive-date=29 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029071508/https://olympics.com/en/news/national-games-india-olympics-history|url-status=live}}</ref> By this time, the [[Indian Hockey Federation]] (IHF) had also been established and it sent a hockey team to the Summer Olympics. The national hockey team was similarly sent to the [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Games]] along with four athletes and one swimmer and [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Games]] with four athletes, three wrestlers, one weight-lifter, along with three officials headed by team manager Sondhi. The [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian field hockey team]] dominated the Olympics from 1928 to 1936 winning an unprecedented three consecutive titles. In the [[1928 Summer Olympics]] final India defeated [[Netherlands men's national field hockey team|Netherlands]] 3–0. It was the first gold medal won by any nation from [[Asia]] at the modern Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/india-hockey-team-won-first-olympic-games-gold-medal-1928-amsterdam|title=Indian hockey won the first Olympic gold medal at hockey in 1928 Amsterdam|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-date=23 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023153422/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/india-hockey-team-won-first-olympic-games-gold-medal-1928-amsterdam|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="thehin1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1928-olympics-indias-first-step-towards-ascending-hockey-throne/article3613550.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=19 August 2016|title=1928 Olympics: India's first step towards ascending hockey throne|date=7 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127162022/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1928-olympics-indias-first-step-towards-ascending-hockey-throne/article3613550.ece|archive-date=27 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[1932 Summer Olympics]] India defeated [[United States men's national field hockey team|United States]] 24–1, the largest margin of victory in Olympics history.<ref name="thehin2">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1932-olympics-games-indias-dominance-continues/article3613551.ece|title=1932 Olympics games: India's dominance continues|work=The Hindu|access-date=19 August 2016|date=7 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205130612/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1932-olympics-games-indias-dominance-continues/article3613551.ece|archive-date=5 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[1936 Summer Olympics]] final they defeated [[Germany men's national field hockey team|Germany]] 8–1, the largest margin of victory ever in an Olympic final.<ref name="thehin3">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1936-olympics-hattrick-for-india-under-dhyan-chand/article3616183.ece|work=The Hindu|title=1936 Olympics: Hat-trick for India under Dhyan Chand|access-date=19 August 2016|date=8 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831083613/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1936-olympics-hattrick-for-india-under-dhyan-chand/article3616183.ece|archive-date=31 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
=== Post-independence ===
[[File:Hockey Final—India v. Great Britain at the Empire Stadium, Wembley, Thursday, August 12th. India scoring her third goal.png|180px|thumb|left|India scoring their third goal against Britain in the final at the 1948 Olympics]]
 
From [[India at the 1948 Summer Olympics|1948]] onwards, because of the [[Indian Olympic Association|IOA's wider outreach]], India began sending delegations of over 50 athletes in several sports, each selected by its sports federation, to the Summer Olympics. The delegation was headed by a [[Head of mission|chef-de-mission]]. The Indian field hockey team won a gold medal at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] by defeating [[Great Britain men's national field hockey team|Great Britain]] in the final. It was the first gold medal for India as an independent nation.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofindia.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/news/miscellaneous/Olympics-Down-the-memory-lane-1940-1956/articleshow/53395749.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Olympics: Down the memory lane 1940–1956|access-date=19 August 2016|author=Rohan Puri|date=26 July 2016|archive-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325073136/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/news/miscellaneous/Olympics-Down-the-memory-lane-1940-1956/articleshow/53395749.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:1952- Helsinki Olympic Gold Medal winning team with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.TIF|thumb|right|180px|1952 Helsinki Gold Medal winning team with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru]]
At the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] wrestler [[K. D. Jadhav]] won the first individual medal for independent India.<ref name="rediff.com">Shariff, Faisal.[http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/sep/13jhadha.htm "Khashba Jhadhav, the hero we owe an apology to ...,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211355/http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/sep/13jhadha.htm |date=2016-03-03 }} Rediff.com; retrieved 2012-7-20.</ref> The Indian field hockey team continued their dominance by winning a sixth straight title by defeating [[Pakistan national field hockey team|Pakistan]] in the final of [[Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Summer Olympics]]. The six straight title wins by the Indian team was an Olympic record at that time in a team event. This record has since been surpassed only by the United States [[United States men's national basketball team|men's]] and [[United States women's national basketball team|women's]] basketball teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usab.com/teams/5x5-mens-olympics|title=USA Men's National Teams|access-date=5 February 2023|archive-date=12 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212141301/https://www.usab.com/mens/national-team.aspx#:~:text=Olympic%20History,overall%20record%20of%20143%2D6.|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/usa-basketball-olympic-records|title=USA Basketball Olympic Record|access-date=5 February 2023|archive-date=5 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305143722/https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/usa-basketball-olympic-records|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
At the [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome Olympics]] the hockey team lost the final and had to settle for a silver medal.<ref name="thehin4">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1960-olympics-pakistan-ends-indias-dominance/article3631570.ece|work=The Hindu|date=12 July 2012|access-date=19 August 2016|title=1960 Olympics: Pakistan ends India's dominance|archive-date=11 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211225307/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1960-olympics-pakistan-ends-indias-dominance/article3631570.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> The team bounced back by winning gold at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="TOI1">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofindia.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/Gold-winning-hockey-team-of-1964-Tokyo-Olympics-felicitated/articleshow/45287699.cms|date=26 November 2014|access-date=9 August 2016|work=The Times of India|title=Gold winning hockey team of 1964 Tokyo Olympics felicitated|archive-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325073138/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/Gold-winning-hockey-team-of-1964-Tokyo-Olympics-felicitated/articleshow/45287699.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> But went on to win only bronze medals in the next two Olympics.<ref name="thehin6">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1972-olympics-indias-golden-glory-fades/article3646216.ece|work=The Hindu|date=16 July 2012|access-date=19 August 2016|title=1972 Olympics: India's golden glory fades|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622152055/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1972-olympics-indias-golden-glory-fades/article3646216.ece|archive-date=22 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="thehin5">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/09/16/stories/0716075r.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161225230407/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/09/16/stories/0716075r.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 December 2016|access-date=19 August 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=When Indian hockey first went 'bronze'|date =16 September 2000}}</ref> India sent a delegation to compete at the [[1964 Winter Olympics]] in [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]]. This was India's debut at the [[Winter Olympic Games]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/skiing/alone-with-the-skis-the-tale-of-jerry-bujakowski-and-the-winter-olympics|title=Alone with the skis – The tale of Jerry Bujakowski and the Winter Olympics|last=Thambehalli|first=Rajan|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221184953/http://www.sportskeeda.com/skiing/alone-with-the-skis-the-tale-of-jerry-bujakowski-and-the-winter-olympics|archive-date=21 December 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/01/28/indian-olympic-skiers-finally-get-new-skis/|title=Indian Olympic Skiers Finally Get New Skis – India Real Time|publisher=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117042310/http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/01/28/indian-olympic-skiers-finally-get-new-skis/|archive-date=17 January 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/127370/jerry-bujakowski-first-indian-winter-olympics/|title=The Forgotten Story of The First Indian at The Winter Olympics|last=Pal|first=Sanchari|date=10 January 2018|publisher=Better India|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614052410/https://www.thebetterindia.com/127370/jerry-bujakowski-first-indian-winter-olympics/|archive-date=14 June 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The sole athlete representing India was [[Jeremy Bujakowski]], who competed in the [[Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill|men's downhill]] event in [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|alpine skiing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/winter/1964/|title=India at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923051054/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/winter/1964/|archive-date=23 September 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Jeremy">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/jeremy-bujakowski-1.html|title=Jeremy Bujakowski Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=30 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812173719/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/jeremy-bujakowski-1.html|archive-date=12 August 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In [[1976 Summer Olympics]] India went home empty handed, the first time since 1924.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/19760815-montreal-olympics-indian-contingent-returns-empty-handed-819262-2015-04-13|title=Montreal Olympics: Indian contingent returns empty-handed|access-date=5 February 2023|archive-date=2023-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305143224/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/sport/story/19760815-montreal-olympics-indian-contingent-returns-empty-handed-819262-2015-04-13|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Indian hockey team won their record eighth Olympic gold at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="thehin7">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1980-olympics-india-sinks-spain-for-gold/article3649630.ece|work=The Hindu|access-date=19 August 2016|date=17 July 2012|title=1980 Olympics: India sinks Spain for gold|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205130303/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/1980-olympics-india-sinks-spain-for-gold/article3649630.ece|archive-date=5 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/last-olympic-gold-medal-won-indian-hockey-team-moscow-1980-soviet-union|title=Last time India field hockey team won gold at Olympics in Moscow|access-date=14 August 2021|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814152702/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/last-olympic-gold-medal-won-indian-hockey-team-moscow-1980-soviet-union|url-status=live}}</ref> India had to return empty handed in the next three Summer Olympics. At the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] held in [[Atlanta]], tennis player [[Leander Paes]] won a bronze medal at the [[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Men's Singles|men's singles event]] ending a barren run of 16 years without a medal at the Olympics and also became the first individual medalist since 1952.<ref name="IT">{{cite web|url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/olympics-1996-how-leander-paes-won-indias-first-individual-olympic-medal-in-44-years/1/282276.html|work=[[India Today]]|date=31 August 1996|access-date=19 August 2016|title=Olympics 1996: How Leander Paes won India's first individual Olympic medal in 44 years|author=Rohit Brijnath|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919191957/http://m.indiatoday.in/story/olympics-1996-how-leander-paes-won-indias-first-individual-olympic-medal-in-44-years/1/282276.html|archive-date=19 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
=== Recent history ===
[[File:Olympic Freestyle Wrestling (66 kg - Medalists).jpg|thumb|180px|Sushil Kumar (left) became the first Indian athlete to win multiple individual Olympic medals since independence]]
 
At the [[2000 Sydney Olympics]], [[Karnam Malleswari]] won a bronze medal in the [[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg|Women's 69 kg]] weightlifting category. It was the first-ever Olympic medal won by an Indian woman.<ref name="IT1">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/olympics2016/story/karnam-malleswari-sakshi-malik-india-rio-olympics-2016/1/743479.html|work=India Today|date=18 August 2016|access-date=19 August 2016|title=Sydney Olympics hero Karnam Malleswari lauds Sakshi Malik, urges her to start preparing for Tokyo Games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819042025/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/olympics2016/story/karnam-malleswari-sakshi-malik-india-rio-olympics-2016/1/743479.html|archive-date=19 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
At the [[2004 Athens Olympics]], star shooter [[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]] won the silver medal in [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's double trap|Men's double trap]] shooting.<ref name="TOI2">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofindia.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/news/miscellaneous/Olympics-Down-the-memory-lane-2004-2012/articleshow/53463101.cms|work=The Times of India|access-date=19 August 2016|date=30 July 2016|title=Olympics: Down the memory lane 2004–2012|author=Rohan Puri|archive-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325073137/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/news/miscellaneous/Olympics-Down-the-memory-lane-2004-2012/articleshow/53463101.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
At the [[2008 Beijing Olympics]], [[Abhinav Bindra]] came on top in the [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|Men's 10 metre air rifle]] event and became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/who-abhinav-bindra-indian-shooter-gold-medal-beijing-2008-olympics|title=Abhinav Bindra gold medal at Beijing|access-date=14 August 2021|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814085837/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/who-abhinav-bindra-indian-shooter-gold-medal-beijing-2008-olympics|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Vijender Singh]] got the country's first medal in boxing with his bronze medal in [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Middleweight|Middleweight]] category. The 3 medal haul for India was the best till that year. Subsequently, the record was bettered to make it the third best performance in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/medals-won-india-olympics-2008-beijing-table-gold-bronze|title=India at the Beijing 2008 Olympics|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811112640/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/medals-won-india-olympics-2008-beijing-table-gold-bronze|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
The [[2012 Summer Olympics]] saw a record 83-member Indian contingent participating in the games and setting a new best for the country with a total of six medals.<ref name="TOI2"/> Wrestler [[Sushil Kumar (wrestler)|Sushil Kumar]] became the first Indian with multiple individual Olympic medals (bronze at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] and silver at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]) since independence. [[Saina Nehwal]] won a bronze medal in badminton in [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]], winning the country's first Olympic medal in badminton. Pugilist [[Mary Kom]] became the first Indian woman to win a medal in boxing with her bronze medal in [[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight|Women's flyweight division]]. Star shooter [[Gagan Narang]] won the bronze in men's 10 m air rifle shooting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDM0605198301|title=Gagan Narang Stats;ISSF.com|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811111139/https://www.issf-sports.org/athletes/athlete.ashx?personissfid=SHINDM0605198301|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)|Vijay Kumar]] added another medal by winning a silver in men's 25 m rapid fire pistol competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thebridge.in/featured/vijay-kumar-olympic-medallist-india-forgotten/|title=The Olympic medalist India forgot|date=30 January 2021|access-date=11 August 2021|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811111141/https://thebridge.in/featured/vijay-kumar-olympic-medallist-india-forgotten/|url-status=live}}</ref> This was India's best performance till it was overtaken in 2020.
 
[[File:Mary Kom with young sportsperson.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Olympics bronze medalist Mary Kom with young sportsperson]]
 
At the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], a record number of 118 athletes competed. [[Sakshi Malik]] became the first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal with her bronze medal in the [[Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 58 kg|Women's freestyle 58 kg]] category.<ref name="IE1">{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/rohtak-zen-in-rio-zone-sakshi-malik-brings-wrestling-bronze-2984077/|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=19 August 2016|date=19 August 2016|title=Rohtak Zen in Rio zone, Sakshi Malik brings wrestling bronze from Olympics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819000824/http://indianexpress.com/sports/rio-2016-olympics/rohtak-zen-in-rio-zone-sakshi-malik-brings-wrestling-bronze-2984077/|archive-date=19 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Shuttler [[P. V. Sindhu]] won a silver medal in [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles badminton]], becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal and also the youngest Indian Olympic medalist.<ref name="ht1">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/olympics/rio-2016-live-pv-sindhu-takes-on-spain-s-carolina-marin-for-gold-medal/story-H6pS3IsaqKEbs5bCnprXGN.html|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=19 August 2016|access-date=19 August 2016|title=Rio 2016 Live: Silver for India's golden girl, Sindhu puts up tough fight|author=Manoj Bhagavatula|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819163650/http://www.hindustantimes.com/olympics/rio-2016-live-pv-sindhu-takes-on-spain-s-carolina-marin-for-gold-medal/story-H6pS3IsaqKEbs5bCnprXGN.html|archive-date=19 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
At the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] (held in 2021), India was represented by a new record number of 124 athletes. [[Saikhom Mirabai Chanu]] secured a silver in the weightlifting women's category of 49&nbsp;kg on the opening day, the first time India won a medal on the opening day of any Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/chanu-saikhom-mirabai|title=Saikom Mirabai Chanu;Olympics.com|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=9 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809151940/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/chanu-saikhom-mirabai|url-status=live}}</ref> A few days later, [[P. V. Sindhu]] defeated China's [[He Bingjiao]] in the [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles badminton]] bronze-medal match in straight games, thus becoming the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/tokyo-2020-olympics-badminton-india-pv-sindhu-vs-he-bing-jao-bronze-medal-match|title=PV sindhu becomes two time Olympic medalist: Olympics.com|access-date=8 August 2021|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808115723/https://olympics.com/en/news/tokyo-2020-olympics-badminton-india-pv-sindhu-vs-he-bing-jao-bronze-medal-match|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/pv-sindhu-joins-select-group-of-repeat-medalists-with-tokyo-2020-bronze|title=PV sindhu wins bronze at Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics: Olympics.com|access-date=8 August 2021|archive-date=1 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801170847/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/pv-sindhu-joins-select-group-of-repeat-medalists-with-tokyo-2020-bronze|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Neeraj Chopra]] won the gold in Javelin Throw, becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in track and field and the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold.<ref name="ET1">{{Cite web|title=Tokyo Olympics 2020: Neeraj Chopra wins historic Gold in javelin throw, India's first athletics medal in 100 yrs|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/tokyo-olympics-2020-neeraj-chopra-wins-historic-gold-in-javelin-throw-indias-first-athletics-medal-in-100-yrs/videoshow/85128656.cms|date=7 August 2021|access-date=8 August 2021|website=EconomicTimes|language=en|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808021203/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/tokyo-olympics-2020-neeraj-chopra-wins-historic-gold-in-javelin-throw-indias-first-athletics-medal-in-100-yrs/videoshow/85128656.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> In Men's Field Hockey, India won a bronze medal. This medal came after a gap of 41 years, having last won a gold medal in [[1980 Summer Olympics|Moscow 1980]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/tokyo-olympics-2020-india-beat-germany-5-4-in-mens-hockey-win-historic-bronze-medal-after-41-yrs/videoshow/85059021.cms?from=mdr|title=India beat Germany 5-4 in mens hockey win historic bronze medal|access-date=9 August 2021|archive-date=9 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809132507/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/tokyo-olympics-2020-india-beat-germany-5-4-in-mens-hockey-win-historic-bronze-medal-after-41-yrs/videoshow/85059021.cms?from=mdr|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/india-men-hockey-team-vs-germany-bronze-medal-match-tokyo-2020-olympics-result|title=India vs Germany Bronze medal match;Olympics.com|access-date=9 August 2021|archive-date=9 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809132507/https://olympics.com/en/news/india-men-hockey-team-vs-germany-bronze-medal-match-tokyo-2020-olympics-result|url-status=live}}</ref> In the wrestling competitions, [[Ravi Kumar Dahiya]] won a silver medal and [[Bajrang Punia]] won a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/tokyo-2020-olympics-wrestling-men-india-ravi-kumar-dahiya-57kg-day-1-result|title=Ravi Kumar Dahiya takes silver;Olympics.com|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=4 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804033803/https://olympics.com/en/news/tokyo-2020-olympics-wrestling-men-india-ravi-kumar-dahiya-57kg-day-1-result|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/tokyo-2020-olympics-wrestling-men-india-bajrang-punia-65kg-bronze-medal-result|title=Bajrang Punia wins bronze in 65 kg ;Olympics.com|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=10 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810145512/https://olympics.com/en/news/tokyo-2020-olympics-wrestling-men-india-bajrang-punia-65kg-bronze-medal-result|url-status=live}}</ref> Olympic debutant [[Lovlina Borgohain]] took bronze in women's boxing. She became only the second woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/olympics/tokyo-2020-lovlina-borgohain-puts-baromukhia-on-india-olympics-map-7429651/|title=lovlina borgohain puts boromukhia on olympic map|date=31 July 2021|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=10 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810151547/https://indianexpress.com/article/olympics/tokyo-2020-lovlina-borgohain-puts-baromukhia-on-india-olympics-map-7429651/|url-status=live}}</ref> The haul of 7 medals is the best performance for India in the Olympics history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/the-super-seven-who-made-tokyo-2020-india-s-best-olympics-campaign|title=India at the 2020 Summer Olympics;Olympics.com|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808075834/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/the-super-seven-who-made-tokyo-2020-india-s-best-olympics-campaign|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/olympics/tokyo-2020-india-medal-winners-neeraj-mirabai-ravi-sindhu-bajrang-lovlina-men-hockey-7443696/|title=Indian medal winners;indianexpress.com|date=10 August 2021|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813003919/https://indianexpress.com/article/olympics/tokyo-2020-india-medal-winners-neeraj-mirabai-ravi-sindhu-bajrang-lovlina-men-hockey-7443696/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/india-in-tokyo/tokyo-olympics-2020-india-finishes-48th-best-in-four-decades-33rd-in-terms-of-overall-medals-won/articleshow/85168821.cms|title=India in tokyo olympics;Olympics.com|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=10 August 2021|archive-date=10 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810000303/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/tokyo-olympics/india-in-tokyo/tokyo-olympics-2020-india-finishes-48th-best-in-four-decades-33rd-in-terms-of-overall-medals-won/articleshow/85168821.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
== Olympic Milestones ==
[[File:The first winner of an individual Gold Medal for India at the Beijing Olympic Games and International Shooting Ace, Shri Abhinav Bindra meeting with the Speaker, Lok Sabha, Shri Somnath Chatterjee, in New Delhi.jpg|thumb|200px|2008 Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra with then [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]], [[Somnath Chatterjee]].]]
{| class="wikitable" font-size:100%;"
|-
!style="width:14em;"| Milestone
!style="width:12em;"| Athlete/Team
!style="width:12em"| Game(s)
!style="width:8em"| Sport
!style="width:6em"| Medal(s)
|-
| First medalist, <br /> First individual medalist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/the-curious-case-of-norman-pritchard-101635669260084.html|title=The curious case of Norman Pritchard|access-date=16 August 2022|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816145053/https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/the-curious-case-of-norman-pritchard-101635669260084.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|| [[Norman Pritchard]]|| {{GamesName|SOG|1900}} || {{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}} || {{OG2}} Silver
|-
| First Individual medalist after independence<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/wrestling-first-indian-win-olympic-medal-1952-kd-jadhav|title=KD Jadhav: The scrawny lad who stood tall in the sport of giants|access-date=16 August 2022|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816145053/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/wrestling-first-indian-win-olympic-medal-1952-kd-jadhav|url-status=live}}</ref>|| [[K. D. Jadhav]] || {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || {{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}} || {{OG3}} Bronze
|-
| First gold medalist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/magazine/1928-olympics-amsterdam-indian-hockey-dhyan-chand-indian-olympic-history/article34997923.ece|title=1928 Amsterdam Olympics: The hockey champions of the world|access-date=16 August 2022|archive-date=23 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923190240/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/magazine/1928-olympics-amsterdam-indian-hockey-dhyan-chand-indian-olympic-history/article34997923.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]  ||{{GamesName|SOG|1928}} ||{{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}} || {{OG1}} Gold
|-
| First gold medalist after independence<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/indian-hockey-team-1948-olympics-london-won-gold-medal-independent|title=For independent India, how hockey made a new beginning at 1948 London Olympics|access-date=16 August 2022|archive-date=28 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928180623/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/indian-hockey-team-1948-olympics-london-won-gold-medal-independent|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]] || {{GamesName|SOG|1948}}  ||{{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}} ||{{OG1}} Gold
|-
| First individual gold medalist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/on-this-day-in-2008-abhinav-bindra-became-first-indian-to-win-individual-olympic-gold/articleshow/85231188.cms|title=On this day Abhinav bindra became first Indian to win individual Olympic gold|website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=14 August 2021|archive-date=13 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813221552/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/shooting/on-this-day-in-2008-abhinav-bindra-became-first-indian-to-win-individual-olympic-gold/articleshow/85231188.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[Abhinav Bindra]] || {{GamesName|SOG|2008}}|| {{GamesSport|Shooting|Format=d}} || {{OG1}} Gold
|-
| First individual Multi-medalist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/india-first-participation-olympics-games-debut|title=India's first Olympics: A debut in Paris 1900 and beyond|access-date=16 August 2022|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816154020/https://olympics.com/en/news/india-first-participation-olympics-games-debut|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/norman-pritchard|title=Norman Pritchard Biography, Olympic Records and Age|access-date=16 August 2022|archive-date=7 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707003545/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/norman-pritchard|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[Norman Pritchard]] || {{GamesName|SOG|1900}}|| {{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}} || {{OG2}} Silver <br /> {{OG2}} Silver
|-
|First Individual multi-medalist after independence<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/sushil-kumar|title=Sushil Kumar Biography, Olympic Records and Age|access-date=16 August 2022|archive-date=13 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113181637/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/sushil-kumar|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[Sushil Kumar]] || {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} <br /> {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || {{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}} ||{{OG3}} Bronze <br /> {{OG2}} Silver
|-
| First female medalist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/karnam-malleswari-india-weightlifting|title=Karnam Malleswari’s bronze at Sydney 2000 lifts Indian women up|access-date=16 August 2022|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816153153/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/karnam-malleswari-india-weightlifting|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[Karnam Malleswari]] || {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} ||{{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Format=d}} ||{{OG3}} Bronze
|-
|First female multi-medalist<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/olympics/pv-sindhu-becomes-first-indian-woman-to-win-two-olympic-medals-full-list-of-major-honours-101627719827375.html|title=PV Sindhu becomes first Indian woman to win two Olympic medals - Full list of major honours|access-date=16 August 2022|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816153154/https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/olympics/pv-sindhu-becomes-first-indian-woman-to-win-two-olympic-medals-full-list-of-major-honours-101627719827375.html|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[P. V. Sindhu]] ||  {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} <br /> {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} || {{GamesSport|Badminton|Format=d}} ||{{OG2}} Silver <br /> {{OG3}} Bronze
|}
 
== Indian contingent at Olympics ==
Following lists provide a comparative compendium of the number of participants from India in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
 
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
 
=== Participation in Summer Games===
 
{|class="wikitable"
!Games
!Sports
!Men
!Women
!Total
!Change
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1900}}
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| {{NA}}
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1904}} || colspan=5; rowspan=3| ''did not participate''
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1908}}
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1912}}
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1920}}
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 5
| +5
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1924}}
| 2
| 12
| 2
| 14
| +9
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1928}}
| 2
| 22
| 0
| 22
| +8
|-
|  {{GamesName|SOG|1932}}
| 3
| 20
| 0
| 20
| −2
|-
|  {{GamesName|SOG|1936}}
| 4
| 27
| 0
| 27
| +7
|-
|  {{GamesName|SOG|1948}}
| 10
| 79
| 0
| 79
| +52
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1952}}
| 11
| 60
| 4
| 64
| −15
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1956}}
| 8
| 58
| 1
| 59
| −5
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1960}}
| 6
| 45
| 0
| 45
| −14
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1964}}
| 8
| 52
| 1
| 53
| +8
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1968}}
| 5
| 25
| 0
| 25
| −28
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1972}}
| 7
| 40
| 1
| 41
| +16
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1976}}
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 20
| −21
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1980}}
| 4
| 58
| 18
| 76
| +56
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1984}}
| 5
| 38
| 10
| 48
| −28
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1988}}
| 10
| 39
| 7
| 46
| −2
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1992}}
| 12
| 44
| 9
| 53
| +7
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}}
| 13
| 45
| 4
| 49
| −4
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}}
| 13
| 46
| 19
| 65
| +16
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}}
| 14
| 48
| 25
| 73
| +8
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|2008}}
| 12
| 31
| 25
| 56
| −17
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|2012}}
| 13
| 60
| 23
| 83
| +27
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|2016}}
| 15
| 63
| 54
| 117
| +34
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|2020}}
| 18
| 70
| 54
| 124
| +7
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} || colspan=5; rowspan=3| ''future event''
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2028}}
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2032}}
|}
{{col-2}}
 
===Participation in Winter Games===
 
{| class="wikitable"
!Games
!Sports
!Men
!Women
!Total
!Change
|-
| {{GamesName|WOG|1964}}
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| {{NA}}
|-
| {{GamesName|WOG|1968}}
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1972}} || colspan=5; rowspan=4| ''did not participate''
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1976}}
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1980}}
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1984}}
|-
| {{GamesName|WOG|1988}}
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 3
| +3
|-
| {{GamesName|WOG|1992}}
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| −1
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1994}} || colspan=5; rowspan=1| ''did not participate''
|-
| {{GamesName|WOG|1998}}
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| +1
|-
| {{GamesName|WOG|2002}}
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|-
| {{GamesName|WOG|2006}}
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 4
| +3
|-
| {{GamesName|WOG|2010}}
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 3
| −1
|-
| {{GamesName|WOG|2014}}
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2{{ref label|a|a}}
| −1
|-
| {{GamesName|WOG|2018}}
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
|-
| {{GamesName|WOG|2022}}
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| −1
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2026}} || colspan=5; rowspan=1| ''future event''
|}
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== Medal tables ==
{{See also|All-time Olympic Games medal table}}
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=== Medals by Summer Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
|-
!Games
!Athletes
|style="background:gold; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold
|style="background:silver; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver
|style="background:#cc9966; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze
!style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Total
!style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Rank
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1900}} || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2 || [[1900 Summer Olympics medal table|17]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1904}} || colspan=6; rowspan=3| ''did not participate''
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1908}}
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1912}}
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1920 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1924}} || 14 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1924 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} || 21 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || [[1928 Summer Olympics medal table|23]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1932}} || 20 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || |[[1932 Summer Olympics medal table|19]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1936}} || 27 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || |[[1936 Summer Olympics medal table|20]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} || 79 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || [[1948 Summer Olympics medal table|22]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || 64 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || [[1952 Summer Olympics medal table|26]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1956}} || 59 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || [[1956 Summer Olympics medal table|24]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} || 45 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || [[1960 Summer Olympics medal table|32]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1964}} || 53 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || [[1964 Summer Olympics medal table|24]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1968}} || 25 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || [[1968 Summer Olympics medal table|42]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1972}} || 41 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || [[1972 Summer Olympics medal table|43]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1976}} || 20 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1976 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1980}} || 76 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || [[1980 Summer Olympics medal table|23]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1984}} || 48 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1984 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1988}} || 46 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1988 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} || 53 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1992 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} || 49 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || [[1996 Summer Olympics medal table|71]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} || 65 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || [[2000 Summer Olympics medal table|71]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} || 73 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || [[2004 Summer Olympics medal table|65]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} || 56 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3 || [[2008 Summer Olympics medal table|50]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || 83 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 6 || [[2012 Summer Olympics medal table|55]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || 117 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || [[2016 Summer Olympics medal table|67]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} || 124 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 7 || [[2020 Summer Olympics medal table|48]]
|-#
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} || colspan=6; rowspan=3| ''future event''
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2028}}
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2032}}
|-
! colspan=2| Total !! 10 !! 9 !! 16 !! 35 !! [[All-time Olympic Games medal table|56]]
|}
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==History==
=== Medals by Winter Games ===
The Indian [[National Olympic Committee]] was formed in 1927.  It was [[wikt:recognized|recognized]] by the [[International Olympic Committee]] in 1927.<ref>Olympic.org, [http://www.olympic.org/india India]; retrieved 2012-7-27.</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
|-
!Games
!Athletes
|style="background:gold; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold
|style="background:silver; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver
|style="background:#cc9966; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze
!style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Total
!style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Rank
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1964}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1964 Winter Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1968}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1968 Winter Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1972}} || colspan=6; rowspan=4| ''did not participate''
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1976}}
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1980}}
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1984}}
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1988}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1988 Winter Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1992}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1992 Winter Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1994}} || colspan=6| ''did not participate''
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|1998}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1998 Winter Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2002}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2002 Winter Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2006}} || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2006 Winter Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2010}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2010 Winter Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2014}} || 2{{ref label|a|a}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2014 Winter Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2018}} || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2018 Winter Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2022}} || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2022 Winter Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|WOG|2026}} || colspan=6| ''future event''
|-
! colspan=2| Total !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! [[All-time Olympic Games medal table|-]]
|}


India's team first competed at the [[1900 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]].<ref name="sr"/>
<span style="font-size:95%">{{note label|a|a}} A total of 3 athletes qualified from India but [[Shiva Keshavan]] had to participate as an [[Independent Olympic Participants at the 2014 Winter Olympics|Independent Olympic Participant]] due to an ongoing suspension of [[Indian Olympic Association]] which was reinstated during the course of 2014 Games.</span>
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[[Image:Indian-Hockey-Team-Berlin-1936.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Indian Hockey team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics]]
=== Medals by Sports ===
For a period of time, India's men's [[field hockey]] team was strong in Olympic competition.  The team won eleven medals in twelve Olympiads between 1928 and 1980.
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In the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] at [[London]], India won two [[silver medal]]s and four [[bronze medal]]s.<ref>BleacherReport.com, [http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1272327-olympic-medal-count-2012-updated-tracker-standings-and-list-of-winners/page/2  "Olympic Medal Count 2012: Updated Tracker, Standings and List of Winners"]; retireved 2012-8-16.</ref>
==== Summer ====
{{legend|#E9D66B|Leading in that Sport}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="width:8em"| Sport
<!--!style="width:1em"| Gold
!style="width:1em"| Silver
!style="width:1em"| Bronze-->
! [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|16px]] Gold
! [[File:Silver medal olympic.svg|16px]] Silver
! [[File:Bronze medal olympic.svg|16px]]  Bronze
!style="width:1em"| Total
|- style="background:#E9D66B"
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}} ||align=center| 8 ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 3 ||align=center| [[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics#Medal table|12]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Shooting|Format=d}} ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 2 ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| [[Shooting at the Summer Olympics#Medal table|4]]  
|-
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}} ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 2 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics#Medal table|3]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}}||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 2 ||align=center| 5 ||align=center| [[Wrestling at the Summer Olympics#All-time medal table – 1896–2016|7]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Badminton|Format=d}} ||align=center| 0 ||align=center|1||align=center| 2 ||align=center|[[Badminton at the Summer Olympics#Medal table|3]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Format=d}} ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 1||align=center| 1 ||align=center| [[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics#Medal table|2]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Boxing|Format=d}} ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 3 ||align=center| [[Boxing at the Summer Olympics#Medal table|3]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Tennis|Format=d}} ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| [[Tennis at the Summer Olympics#Medal tables|1]]
|-
! Total !!10!!9!!16!!35
|}
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==Medalists==
== List of medalists ==
===Summer games===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
!style="width:6em"| Medal
!style="width:6em"| Medal
!style="width:12em"| Name
!style="width:12em"| Name/Team
!style="width:10em"| Games
!style="width:10em"| Games
!style="width:10em"| Sport
!style="width:10em"| Sport
!style="width:10em"| Event
!style="width:12em"| Event
!style="width:10em"| Date
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|[[File:Silver medal.svg|16px]] Silver|| {{sortname|Norman|Pritchard}}||{{GamesName|SOG|1900}} || [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|Men's 200 metres]]
|22 July 1900
|-
|[[File:Silver medal.svg|16px]] Silver|| {{sortname|Norman|Pritchard}}||{{GamesName|SOG|1900}}|| [[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || [[Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres hurdles|Men's 200 metre hurdles]]
|16 July 1900
|-
|[[File:Gold medal.svg|16px]] Gold||
{{Collapsible list
|title=[[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]
|<hr>[[Richard Allen (field hockey)|Richard Allen]]<br> [[Dhyan Chand]]<br> [[Michael Gateley]]<br> [[William Goodsir-Cullen]]<br> [[Leslie Hammond]]<br> [[Feroze Khan (field hockey)|Feroze Khan]]<br> [[George Marthins]]<br> [[Rex Norris (field hockey)|Rex Norris]]<br> [[Broome Pinniger]]<br> [[Michael Rocque (hockey)|Michael Rocque]]<br> [[Frederic Seaman (field hockey)|Frederic Seaman]]<br> [[Ali Shaukat]]<br> [[Jaipal Singh]]<br> [[Sayed Yusuf]]<br> [[Kher Singh Gill]]
}}
|| {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} || [[File:Hockey pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 1928 Summer Olympics|Men's competition]]
|26 May 1928
|-
|[[File:Gold medal.svg|16px]] Gold||
{{Collapsible list
|title=[[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]
|<hr> [[Richard Allen (field hockey player)|Richard Allen]]<br>[[Muhammad Aslam (field hockey)|Muhammad Aslam]]<br>[[Lal Bokhari]] <br>[[Frank Brewin]]<br>[[Richard Carr (field hockey player)|Richard Carr]]<br>[[Dhyan Chand]] <br>[[Leslie Hammond]]<br>[[Arthur Charles Hind|Arthur Hind]]<br />[[Sayed Jaffar (field hockey)|Sayed Jaffar]]<br>[[Masud Minhas]]<br>[[Broome Pinniger]]<br>[[Gurmit Singh Kullar]]<br>[[Roop Singh]]<br>[[William Sullivan (field hockey player)|William Sullivan]]<br>[[Carlyle Tapsell]]
}}
|| {{GamesName|SOG|1932}} || [[File:Hockey pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 1932 Summer Olympics|Men's competition]]
|11 August 1932
|-
|[[File:Gold medal.svg|16px]] Gold|| 
{{Collapsible list
|title=[[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]
|<hr>  [[Richard Allen (field hockey player)|Richard Allen]]<br> [[Dhyan Chand]]<br> [[Ali Dara]]<br> [[Lionel Emmett]]<br> [[Peter Fernandes]]<br> [[Joseph Galibardy]]<br> [[Earnest Goodsir-Cullen]]<br> [[Mohammed Hussain]]<br> [[Sayed Jaffar (field hockey)|Sayed Jaffar]]<br> [[Ahmed Khan (field hockey)|Ahmed Khan]]<br> [[Ahsan Mohomed Khan]]<br> [[Mirza Masood]]<br> [[Cyril Michie]]<br> [[Baboo Nimal]]<br> [[Joseph Phillips (field hockey)|Joseph Phillips]]<br> [[Shabban Shahab-ud-Din]]<br> [[Gurcharan Singh Grewal]]<br> [[Roop Singh]]<br> [[Carlyle Tapsell]]
}}
|| {{GamesName|SOG|1936}} || [[File:Hockey pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Men's competition]]
|15 August 1936
|-
|[[File:Gold medal.svg|16px]] Gold||
{{Collapsible list
|title=[[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]
|<hr>  [[Leslie Claudius]]<br />[[Keshav Dutt]]<br />[[Walter de Sousa]]<br />[[Lawrie Fernandes]]<br />[[Ranganathan Francis]]<br />[[Gerry Glackan]]<br />[[Akhtar Hussain (field hockey)|Akhtar Hussain]]<br />[[Patrick Jansen]]<br />[[Amir Kumar]]<br />[[Kishan Lal]]<br />[[Leo Pinto]]<br />[[Jaswant Singh Rajput]]<br />[[Latif-ur Rehman]]<br />[[Reginald Rodrigues]]<br />[[Balbir Singh Sr.]]<br />[[Randhir Singh Gentle]]<br />[[Grahanandan Singh]]<br />[[K. D. Singh]]<br />[[Trilochan Singh]]<br />[[Maxie Vaz]]
}}
|| {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} || [[File:Hockey pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics|Men's competition]]
|12 August 1948
|-
|[[File:Gold medal.svg|16px]] Gold||
{{Collapsible list
|title=[[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]
|<hr> [[K. D. Singh]]<br>[[Leslie Claudius]]<br>[[Meldric Daluz]]<br />[[Keshav Dutt]]<br>[[Chinadorai Deshmutu]]<br>[[Ranganathan Francis]]<br>[[Raghbir Lal]]<br>[[Govind Perumal]]<br>[[Muniswamy Rajgopal]]<br />[[Balbir Singh Sr.]]<br>[[Randhir Singh Gentle]]<br>[[C. S. Dubey (field hockey)|C. S. Dubey]]<br>[[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh]]<br>[[Dharam Singh (field hockey)|Dharam Singh]]<br>[[Grahanandan Singh]]<br>[[Chaman Singh Gurung]]
}}
|| {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[File:Hockey pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Men's competition]]
|24 July 1952
|-
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| {{sortname|K. D. |Jadhav}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || [[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg|16px|Wrestling]][[Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || [[Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Men's freestyle bantamweight|Men's freestyle Bantamweight]]
|23 July 1952
|-
|[[File:Gold medal.svg|16px]] Gold||
{{Collapsible list
|title=[[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]
|<hr>[[Leslie Claudius]]<br />[[Ranganathan Francis]]<br />[[Haripal Kaushik]]<br />[[Amir Kumar]]<br />[[Raghbir Lal]]<br />[[Shankar Lakshman]]<br />[[O. P. Malhotra]]<br />[[Govind Perumal]]<br />[[Amit Singh Bakshi]]<br />[[Raghbir Singh Bhola]]<br />[[Balbir Singh Sr.]]<br />[[Hardyal Singh]]<br />[[Randhir Singh Gentle]]<br />[[Balkrishan Singh]]<br />[[Gurdev Singh (field hockey)|Gurdev Singh]]<br />[[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh]]<br />[[Bakshish Singh]]<br />[[Charles Stephen]]
}}
|| {{GamesName|SOG|1956}} || [[File:Hockey pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 1956 Summer Olympics|Men's competition]]
|6 December 1956
|-
|[[File:Silver medal.svg|16px]] Silver||
{{Collapsible list
|title=[[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]
|<hr>[[Joseph Antic]]<br>[[Leslie Claudius]]<br>[[Jaman Lal Sharma]]<br>[[Mohinder Lal]]<br>[[Shankar Lakshman]]<br>[[John Peter (field hockey)|John Peter]]<br>[[Govind Sawant]]<br>[[Raghbir Singh Bhola]]<br>[[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh]]<br>[[Charanjit Singh (hockey player)|Charanjit Singh]]<br>[[Jaswant Singh (field hockey)|Jaswant Singh]]<br>[[Joginder Singh (field hockey)|Joginder Singh]]<br>[[Prithipal Singh]]
}}
||{{GamesName|SOG|1960}} || [[File:Hockey pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Men's competition]]
|9 September 1960
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Norman|Pritchard}}* || [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1900/ "India at the 1900 Paris Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924140620/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1900/ |date=2016-09-24 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] || Men's 200 metres
|[[File:Gold medal.svg|16px]] Gold||  
{{Collapsible list
|title=[[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]
|<hr>[[Haripal Kaushik]]<br />[[Mohinder Lal]]<br />[[Shankar Lakshman]]<br />[[Bandu Patil]]<br />[[John Peter (field hockey)|John Peter]]<br />[[Syed Ali (field hockey, born 1942)|Syed Ali]]<br />[[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh]]<br />[[Charanjit Singh (hockey player)|Charanjit Singh]]<br />[[Darshan Singh (field hockey)|Darshan Singh]]<br />[[Dharam Singh (field hockey, born 1937)|Dharam Singh]]<br />[[Gurbux Singh]]<br />[[Harbinder Singh]]<br />[[Jagjit Singh (field hockey)|Jagjit Singh]]<br />[[Joginder Singh (field hockey)|Joginder Singh]]<br />[[Prithipal Singh]]<br />[[Balbir Singh Kullar]]<br />[[Rajendran Christie]]
}}
|| {{GamesName|SOG|1964}} || [[File:Hockey pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 1964 Summer Olympics|Men's competition]]
|23 October 1964
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Norman|Pritchard}}* || [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]] || [[Track and field athletics|Athletics]] || Men's 200 metre hurdles
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| {{Collapsible list
|title=[[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]
|<hr> [[Rajendran Christie]]<br />[[Krishnamurty Perumal]]<br />[[John Peter (field hockey)|John Peter]]<br />[[Inam-ur Rahman]]<br />[[Munir Sait]]<br />[[Ajitpal Singh]]<br />[[Balbir Singh Kullar]]<br />[[Balbir Singh Kular]]<br />[[Balbir Singh (field hockey, born 1945)|Balbir Singh]]<br />[[Gurbux Singh]]<br />[[Harbinder Singh]]<br />[[Harmik Singh]]<br />[[Inder Singh (field hockey)|Inder Singh]]<br />[[Prithipal Singh]]<br />[[Tarsem Singh (field hockey)|Tarsem Singh]]<br /> [[Jagjit Singh (field hockey)|Jagjit Singh]]
}}
|| {{GamesName|SOG|1968}} || [[File:Hockey pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Men's competition]]
|26 October 1968
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[India national field hockey team|National team]] || [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1928/ "India at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309084718/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1928/ |date=2009-03-09 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Field hockey]] || Men's competition
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| {{Collapsible list
|title=[[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]
|<hr> [[B. P. Govinda]]<br />[[Charles Cornelius]]<br />[[Manuel Frederick]]<br />[[Michael Kindo]]<br />[[V. J. Philips]]<br />[[Ashok Kumar (field hockey)|Ashok Kumar]]<br />[[M. P. Ganesh]]<br />[[Krishnamurty Perumal]]<br />[[Ajitpal Singh]]<br />[[Harbinder Singh]]<br />[[Harcharan Singh (field hockey)|Harcharan Singh]]<br />[[Harmik Singh]]<br />[[Kulwant Singh (hockey player)|Kulwant Singh]]<br />[[Mukhbain Singh]]<br />[[Virinder Singh]]<br />[[Vece Paes]]
}}
|| {{GamesName|SOG|1972}} || [[File:Hockey pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Men's competition]]
|10 September 1972
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[India national field hockey team|National team]] || [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1932/ "India at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604183116/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1932/ |date=2009-06-04 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Field hockey]] || Men's competition
|[[File:Gold medal.svg|16px]] Gold|| 
{{Collapsible list
|title=[[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]  
|<hr> [[Vasudevan Baskaran]]<br />[[Bir Bahadur Chettri]]<br />[[Sylvanus Dung Dung]]<br />[[Mervyn Fernandis]]<br />[[Zafar Iqbal (field hockey)|Zafar Iqbal]]<br />[[Maharaj Krishan Kaushik]]<br />[[Charanjit Kumar]]<br />[[M. M. Somaya]]<br />[[Allan Schofield]]<br />[[Mohammed Shahid]]<br />[[Davinder Singh (field hockey)|Davinder Singh]]<br />[[Gurmail Singh (field hockey, born 1959)|Gurmail Singh]]<br />[[Amarjit Singh Rana]]<br />[[Rajinder Singh Jr.]]<br />[[Ravinder Pal Singh]]<br />[[Surinder Singh Sodhi (Field Hockey)|Surinder Singh Sodhi]]
}}
|| {{GamesName|SOG|1980}} || [[File:Hockey pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament|Men's competition]]
|29 July 1980
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[India national field hockey team|National team]] || [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1936/ "India at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206145652/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1936/ |date=2008-12-06 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Field hockey]] || Men's competition
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| {{sortname|Leander|Paes}} || {{GamesName|SOG|1996}}|| [[File:Tennis pictogram.svg|16px|Tennis]][[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Tennis]] || [[Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|3 August 1996
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[India national field hockey team|National team]] || [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1948/ "India at the 1948 London Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714115148/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1948/ |date=2014-07-14 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Field hockey]] || Men's competition
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| {{sortname|Karnam|Malleswari}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} || [[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|16px|Weightlifting]][[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 69 kg|Women's 69 kg]]
|19 September 2000
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[India national field hockey team|National team]] || [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1952/ "India at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090239/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1952/ |date=2020-04-17 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Field hockey]] || Men's competition
|[[File:Silver medal.svg|16px]] Silver|| {{sortname|Rajyavardhan Singh|Rathore}}|| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} || [[File:Shooting pictogram.svg|16px|Shooting]][[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Shooting]] || [[Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's double trap|Men's double trap]]
|17 August 2004
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Khashaba Dadasaheb|Jadhav}} || [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]] || [[Wrestling]] || Men's freestyle bantamweight
|[[File:Gold medal.svg|16px]] Gold|| {{sortname|Abhinav|Bindra}} || rowspan="3" |{{GamesName|SOG|2008}} || [[File:Shooting pictogram.svg|16px|Shooting]][[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Shooting]] || [[Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|Men's 10 m air rifle]]
|11 August 2008
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[India national field hockey team|National team]] || [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1956/ "India at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922040854/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1956/ |date=2015-09-22 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Field hockey]] || Men's competition
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| {{sortname|Vijender|Singh}} || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|16px|Boxing]][[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || [[Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Middleweight|Middleweight]]
|20 August 2008
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[India national field hockey team|National team]] || [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1960/ "India at the 1960 Roma Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620160841/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1960/ |date=2015-06-20 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Field hockey]] || Men's competition
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| {{sortname|Sushil|Kumar|Sushil Kumar (wrestler)}} || [[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg|16px|Wrestling]][[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || [[Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg|Men's freestyle 66 kg]]
|21 August 2008
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[India national field hockey team|National team]] || [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1964/ "India at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213171100/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1964/ |date=2013-12-13 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Field hockey]] || Men's competition
|[[File:Silver medal.svg|16px]] Silver|| [[Vijay Kumar (sport shooter)|Vijay Kumar]] || rowspan="6" |{{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || [[File:Shooting pictogram.svg|16px|Shooting]][[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Shooting]] || [[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol|Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol]]
|3 August 2012
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[India national field hockey team|National team]] || [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1968/ "India at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305121305/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1968/ |date=2016-03-05 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Field hockey]] || Men's competition
|[[File:Silver medal.svg|16px]] Silver|| {{sortname|Sushil|Kumar|Sushil Kumar (wrestler)}} || [[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg|16px|Wrestling]][[Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || [[Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 66 kg|Men's freestyle 66 kg]]
|12 August 2012
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || [[India national field hockey team|National team]] || [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1972/ "India at the 1972 München Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305212437/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1972/ |date=2016-03-05 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Field hockey]] || Men's competition
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| [[Saina Nehwal]] || [[File:Badminton pictogram.svg|16px|Badminton]][[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Badminton]] || [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|4 August 2012
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || [[India national field hockey team|National team]]<ref name="timmons">Timmons, Heather. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/sports/olympics/12indiagold.html?ref=olympics  " With India’s First Gold, Suddenly a Billion People Notice the Olympics,"] ''New York Times,'' August 11, 2008; excerpt, "[[Abhinav Bindra]], 25, became the first Indian [[Sportsperson|athlete]] to win an individual Olympic gold medal "; retrieved 2012-7-13.</ref> || [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1980/ "India at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201211220/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1980/ |date=2009-02-01 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Field hockey]] || Men's competition
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| [[Mary Kom]] || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|16px|Boxing]] [[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || [[Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight|Women's flyweight]]
|8 August 2012
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Leander|Paes}} || [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1996/ "India at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323034847/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/1996/ |date=2011-03-23 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Tennis]] || Men's singles
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| {{sortname|Gagan|Narang|Gagan Narang}} || [[File:Shooting pictogram.svg|16px|Shooting]][[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Shooting]] || [[Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre air rifle|Men's 10m air rifle]]
|30 July 2012
|-
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| [[Yogeshwar Dutt]] || [[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg|16px|Wrestling]][[Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || [[Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 60 kg|Men's freestyle 60 kg]]
|11 August 2012
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Karnam|Malleswari}} || [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/2000/ "India at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204051951/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/2000/ |date=2008-12-04 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Weightlifting]] || Women's 69&nbsp;kg
|[[File:Silver medal.svg|16px]] Silver
|[[P. V. Sindhu]]
|rowspan="2" |{{GamesName|SOG|2016}}
|[[File:Badminton pictogram.svg|16px|Badminton]][[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Badminton]]
|[[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|19 August 2016
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Rajyavardhan Singh|Rathore}} || [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/2004/ "India at the 2004 Athina Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202142532/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/2004/ |date=2008-12-02 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Shooting]] || Men's double trap
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| [[Sakshi Malik]] || [[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg|16px|Wrestling]][[Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || [[Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 58 kg|Women's freestyle 58 kg]]
|17 August 2016
|-
|-
| {{gold medal}} || {{sortname|Abhinav|Bindra}}<ref name="timmons"/> || [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/2008/ "India at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129034008/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/2008/ |date=2010-01-29 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Shooting]] || Men's 10m Air Rifle
|[[File:Gold medal.svg|16px]] Gold||[[Neeraj Chopra]]|| rowspan="7" |{{GamesName|SOG|2020}} ||[[File:Athletics pictogram.svg|16px|Athletics]][[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Athletics]] ||[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw|Men's javelin throw]] || 7 August 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/neeraj-chopra-tokyo-olympics-gold-medal-india-javelin-thrower|title=Tokyo 2020: Neeraj Chopra adds a golden chapter to Indian sports history|access-date=4 October 2022|archive-date=4 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004055818/https://olympics.com/en/news/neeraj-chopra-tokyo-olympics-gold-medal-india-javelin-thrower|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Sushil|Kumar|}} || [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] || [[Wrestling]] || Men's 66&nbsp;kg Freestyle
|[[File:Silver medal.svg|16px]] Silver|| [[Saikhom Mirabai Chanu]] || [[File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|16px|Weightlifting]][[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]] || [[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 49 kg|Women's 49 kg]]
|24 July 2021
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Vijender|Kumar}} || [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] || [[Boxing]] || Men's 75&nbsp;kg
|[[File:Silver medal.svg|16px]] Silver|| [[Ravi Kumar Dahiya]] || [[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg|16px|Wrestling]][[Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || [[Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 57 kg|Men's freestyle 57 kg]]
|5 August 2021
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Sushil|Kumar}}<ref name="sr2012">SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/2012/  "India at the 2012 London Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207055700/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/2012/ |date=2012-12-07 }}; retrieved 2012-8-16.</ref> || [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]<ref>SR/Olympics, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/2012/ "India at the 2012 London Summer Games"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207055700/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IND/summer/2012/ |date=2012-12-07 }}; retrieved 2012-8-20.</ref> || [[Wrestling]] ||
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| [[P. V. Sindhu]] || [[File:Badminton pictogram.svg|16px|Badminton]][[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Badminton]] || [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|1 August 2021
|-
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Vijay|Kumar}}<ref name="sr2012"/> || [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] || [[Shooting]] || 20m Rapid Fire Pistol Singles
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| [[Lovlina Borgohain]] || [[File:Boxing pictogram.svg|16px|Boxing]][[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || [[Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's welterweight|Women's welterweight]]
|4 August 2021
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Yogeshwar|Dutt}}<ref name="sr2012"/> || [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] || [[Wrestling]] ||
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze||  
{{Collapsible list
|title=[[India men's national field hockey team|Men's Field Hockey Team]]
|<hr>  [[Dilpreet Singh]]<br>[[Rupinder Pal Singh]]<br>[[Surender Kumar]]<br>[[Manpreet Singh (field hockey)|Manpreet Singh]]<br>[[Hardik Singh]]<br>[[Gurjant Singh]]<br>[[Simranjeet Singh]]<br>[[Mandeep Singh (field hockey)|Mandeep Singh]]<br>[[Harmanpreet Singh]]<br>[[Lalit Upadhyay]]<br>[[P. R. Sreejesh]]<br>[[Sumit (field hockey)|Sumit]]<br>[[Nilakanta Sharma]]<br>[[Shamsher Singh (field hockey)|Shamsher Singh]]<br>[[Varun Kumar (field hockey)|Varun Kumar]]<br>[[Birendra Lakra]]<br>[[Amit Rohidas]]<br>[[Vivek Prasad]]
}}
|| [[File:Hockey pictogram.svg|16px|Field Hockey]][[Field hockey at the Summer Olympics|Field hockey]] || [[Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Men's tournament]]
|5 August 2021
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Chungneijang Mery Kom|Hmangte}}<ref name="sr2012"/> || [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] || [[Boxing]] || Women 51&nbsp;kg Flyweight
|[[File:Bronze medal.svg|16px]] Bronze|| [[Bajrang Punia]] || [[File:Wrestling pictogram.svg|16px|Wrestling]][[Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || [[Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 65 kg|Men's freestyle 65 kg]]
|7 August 2021
|}
 
== Multiple medalists ==
 
=== Team sports ===
{| class="wikitable"
! width=150 | Athlete
! width=150 | Sport
! width=100 | Games
! [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|16px]] Gold
! [[File:Silver medal olympic.svg|16px]] Silver
! [[File:Bronze medal olympic.svg|16px]] Bronze
! width=50 | Total
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Leslie Claudius]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1948–1960
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 3
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''4'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Udham Singh (field hockey)|Udham Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1952–1964
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 3
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''4'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Richard Allen (field hockey)|Richard James Allen]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1928–1936
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 3
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''3'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Dhyan Chand]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1928–1936
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 3
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''3'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Ranganathan Francis]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1948–1956
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 3
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''3'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Randhir Singh Gentle]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1948–1956
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 3
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''3'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Balbir Singh Sr.]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1948–1956
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 3
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''3'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Shankar Lakshman]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1956–1964
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''3'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Haripal Kaushik]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1956–1964
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''3'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[John Peter (field hockey)|John Peter]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1960–1968
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1
|  '''3'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Prithipal Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1960–1968
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1
|  '''3'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Harbinder Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1964–1972
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 2
|  '''3'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Carlyle Tapsell]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1932–1936
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Roop Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1932–1936
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Jaswant Rai]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1948–1952
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Govind Perumal]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1952–1956
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Amir Kumar]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1948–1956
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Jaswant Singh Rajput]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1948–1952
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Leslie Hammond]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1928–1932
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Broome Pinniger]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1928–1932
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Sayed Jaffar (field hockey)|Sayed Jaffar]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1932–1936
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Keshav Dutt]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1948–1952
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Grahanandan Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1948–1952
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[K. D. Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1948–1952
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Raghbir Lal]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1952–1956
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 2
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Joginder Singh (field hockey)|Joginder Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1960–1964
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Charanjit Singh (hockey player)|Charanjit Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1960–1964
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Raghbir Singh Bhola]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1956–1960
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Mohinder Lal]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1960–1964
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Balkrishan Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1956–1960
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Rajendran Christie]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1964–1968
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Balbir Singh Kullar]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1964–1968
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Jagjit Singh (field hockey)|Jagjit Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1964–1968
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Gurbux Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1964–1968
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 1
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Krishnamurthy Perumal]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1968–1972
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 2
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Ajitpal Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1968–1972
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 2
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Harmik Singh]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Field hockey|Format=d}}
|1968–1972
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 0
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 2
|  '''2'''
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Gagan|Narang}}<ref name="sr2012"/> || [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] || [[Shooting]] || 10m Air Rifle
|}
 
=== Individual Sports ===
{| class="wikitable"
! width=150 | Athlete
! width=150 | Sport
! width=100 | Games
! [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|16px]] Gold
! [[File:Silver medal olympic.svg|16px]] Silver
! [[File:Bronze medal olympic.svg|16px]] Bronze
! width=50 | Total
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Norman Pritchard]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Athletics|Format=d}}
|1900
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 2
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 0
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[Sushil Kumar]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}}
|2008–2012
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1
|  '''2'''
|- align="center" valign="middle" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|align=left| [[P. V. Sindhu]]
|align=left| {{GamesSport|Badminton|Format=d}}
|2016–2020
| style="background:#F7F6A8;" | 0
| style="background:#DCE5E5;" | 1
| style="background:#FFDAB9;" | 1
| '''2'''
|-
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Saina|Nehwal}}<ref name="sr2012"/> || [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] || [[Badminton]] || Women Singles
|}
|}


*
== Indian men's field hockey team at the Summer Olympics ==
[[File:Hockey Nederland India. Elftal India, Bestanddeelnr 902-9315.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Indian field hockey team at the 1948 London Olympics]]
 
===Olympic records ===
 
*Most matches played : 134
*Most wins : 83
*Most goals scored : 458
*Least goals conceded in a single tournament:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://khelnow.com/olympic-sports/top-five-records-of-indian-mens-hockey-team|title=Indian field hockey records|access-date=14 August 2021|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814144944/https://khelnow.com/olympic-sports/top-five-records-of-indian-mens-hockey-team|url-status=live}}</ref> 0, {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} & {{GamesName|SOG|1956}}, Men's tournament
*Biggest margin of victory  : {{fh|USA}} 1–24 {{fh|IND|British}}, {{GamesName|SOG|1932}}, Men's tournament
*Biggest margin of victory at an Olympic final : {{fh|GER|Nazi}} 1–8 {{fh|IND|British}}, {{GamesName|SOG|1936}}, Men's tournament
*Biggest winning streak : 30–0, {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} – {{GamesName|SOG|1960}}, Men's tournament
*Most goals scored in a single tournament : 43, {{GamesName|SOG|1980}}, Men's tournament
*Most back-to-back titles : 6 {{OG1}} Gold medals, {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} – {{GamesName|SOG|1956}}, Men's tournament
*Most goals scored by a single player in a match : 10 goals by [[Roop Singh]] v/s {{fh|USA}}, {{GamesName|SOG|1932}}, Men's tournament
*Most goals scored by a single player in an Olympic final : 5 goals by [[Balbir Singh Sr.]] vs {{fh|NED}}, {{GamesName|SOG|1952}}, Men's tournament
*Most consecutive medals won : 10 medals, (7 {{OG1}} Gold, 1 {{OG2}} Silver, 2 {{OG3}} Bronze), {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} – {{GamesName|SOG|1972}}, Men's tournament
*Most appearances in total : 21
*Most consecutive appearances : 18, {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} – {{GamesName|SOG|2004}}, Men's tournament
*Most titles won : 8 {{OG1}} Gold medals
*Most medals won : 12 (8 {{OG1}} Gold, 1 {{OG2}} Silver, 3 {{OG3}} Bronze), Men's tournament


==Related pages==
=== Medal table ===
* [[List of IOC country codes]]
[[File:Stamp of India - 1972 - Colnect 372277 - Hockey player - olympics rings.jpeg|right|thumb|180px|Indian postal stamp, 1972]]
* [[Arjuna Award]]
[[File:Stamp of India - 1992 - Colnect 164317 - Men s Hockey.jpeg|right|thumb|150px|Indian postal stamp, 1992]]
[[File:Stamp of India - 2004 - Colnect 158521 - 28th Olympics.jpeg|right|thumb|180px|Indian postal stamp, 2004]]


==References==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{{reflist}}
|-
! Games || Ranking
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1908}} || Did not enter
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1920}} || Did not enter
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{GamesName|SOG|1928}} || {{OG1}} Gold
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{GamesName|SOG|1932}} || {{OG1}} Gold
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{GamesName|SOG|1936}} || {{OG1}} Gold
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} || {{OG1}} Gold
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} || {{OG1}} Gold
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{GamesName|SOG|1956}} || {{OG1}} Gold
|- bgcolor=silver
| {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} || {{OG2}} Silver
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{GamesName|SOG|1964}} || {{OG1}} Gold
|- bgcolor="#c96"
| {{GamesName|SOG|1968}} || {{OG3}} Bronze
|- bgcolor="#c96"
| {{GamesName|SOG|1972}} || {{OG3}} Bronze
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1976}} || 7th<ref>{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/how-indian-hockey-team-olympic-games-gold-medals|title=Indian hockey men at the Olympics: A gold-laden history|access-date=15 September 2022|archive-date=15 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915151135/https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/how-indian-hockey-team-olympic-games-gold-medals|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{GamesName|SOG|1980}} || {{OG1}} Gold
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1984}} || 5th
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1988}} || 6th
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} || 7th
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} || 8th
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} || 7th
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} || 7th
|- bgcolor=pink
| {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} || Did not qualify
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || 12th
|-
| {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || 8th
|- bgcolor="#c96"
| {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} || {{OG3}} Bronze
|}


== External links ==
== See also ==


* [http://www.olympic.ind.in Indian Olympic Association]
* [[Sport in India]]
* [http://www.london2012.com/country/india/profile/index.html India profile at London2012.com]
*[[List of flag bearers for India at the Olympics]]
*[[India at the Paralympics]]
*[[India at the World Games]]
*[[India at the Asian Games]]
*[[India at the Commonwealth Games]]
*[[India at the Lusofonia Games]]
*[[India at the South Asian Games]]
*[[Olympic Gold Quest]]
*


{{Nations at Olympics}}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}


[[Category:Sport in India]]
== External links ==
[[Category:Nations at the Olympics]]
* {{cite web |title=India |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=https://www.olympic.org/india }}
* {{cite web |title=India |publisher=Olympedia.com |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/IND }}
* {{cite web |title=Olympic Analytics/IND |publisher=olympanalyt.com |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByGames&param_country=IND }}


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India at the
Olympics
Flag of India.svg
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
Medals
Ranked 58th
Gold
10
Silver
9
Bronze
16
Total
35
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Independent Olympic Participants

India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete Norman Pritchard winning two medals – both silver – in athletics and became the first Asian nation to win an Olympic medal.[1][2] The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920 and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India has also competed at several Winter Olympic Games beginning in 1964. Indian athletes have won 35 medals, all at the Summer Games. For a period of time, the Indian Men's Field Hockey Team was dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1928 and 1980. The run included eight gold medals of which six were won consecutively from 1928 to 1956.[3]

History

During British Imperial rule

India team that won the gold medal at 1928 Summer Olympics

Despite being under British rule until 1947, India participated in the Olympic Games separately from the British Olympic Team. India sent its first athlete to the Summer Olympics for the 1900 Games, but an Indian national team did not compete at the Summer Olympics until 1920. Ahead of the 1920 Games, Sir Dorabji Tata and Governor of Bombay George Lloyd helped India secure representation at the International Olympic Committee, enabling it to participate in the Games (see India at the 1920 Olympic Games).[4] India then sent a team to the 1920 Olympics, comprising three athletes, two wrestlers, and managers Sohrab Bhoot and A. H. A. Fyzee.[5] The Indian Olympic movement was then established during the 1920s: some founders of this movement were Dorabji Tata, A.G. Noehren (Madras College of Physical Education), H.C. Buck (Madras College of Physical Education), Moinul Haq (Bihar sports associations), S. Bhoot (Bombay Olympic Association), A.S. Bhagwat (Deccan Gymkhana), and Guru Dutt Sondhi (Punjab Olympic Association); Lt. Col H.L.O. Garrett (from the Government College Lahore and Punjab Olympic Association) and Sagnik Poddar (of St. Stephen's School) helped organise some early national games; and prominent patrons included Maharajas and royal princes such as Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Ranjitsinhji of Nawanagar, the Maharaja of Kapurthala, and the Maharaja of Burdwan.[6]

In 1923, a provisional All India Olympic Committee was formed, and in February 1924, the All India Olympic Games (that later became the National Games of India) were held to select a team for the 1924 Summer Olympics. The Indian delegation at the Paris Olympics comprised seven athletes, seven tennis players and team manager Harry Buck.[7]

Indian hockey team at 1936 Berlin Olympics

In 1927, the provisional Indian Olympic Committee formally became the Indian Olympic Association (IOA); its main tasks were to promote the development of sports in India, choose host cities for the national games, and send teams selected from the national games to the Summer Olympics. Thus, at the 1928 national games, it selected seven athletes to represent India at the next Summer Olympics, with Sondhi as manager.[8] By this time, the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) had also been established and it sent a hockey team to the Summer Olympics. The national hockey team was similarly sent to the 1932 Games along with four athletes and one swimmer and 1936 Games with four athletes, three wrestlers, one weight-lifter, along with three officials headed by team manager Sondhi. The Indian field hockey team dominated the Olympics from 1928 to 1936 winning an unprecedented three consecutive titles. In the 1928 Summer Olympics final India defeated Netherlands 3–0. It was the first gold medal won by any nation from Asia at the modern Olympic Games.[9][10] In 1932 Summer Olympics India defeated United States 24–1, the largest margin of victory in Olympics history.[11] In 1936 Summer Olympics final they defeated Germany 8–1, the largest margin of victory ever in an Olympic final.[12]

Post-independence

India scoring their third goal against Britain in the final at the 1948 Olympics

From 1948 onwards, because of the IOA's wider outreach, India began sending delegations of over 50 athletes in several sports, each selected by its sports federation, to the Summer Olympics. The delegation was headed by a chef-de-mission. The Indian field hockey team won a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics by defeating Great Britain in the final. It was the first gold medal for India as an independent nation.[13]

1952 Helsinki Gold Medal winning team with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

At the 1952 Summer Olympics wrestler K. D. Jadhav won the first individual medal for independent India.[14] The Indian field hockey team continued their dominance by winning a sixth straight title by defeating Pakistan in the final of 1956 Summer Olympics. The six straight title wins by the Indian team was an Olympic record at that time in a team event. This record has since been surpassed only by the United States men's and women's basketball teams.[15][16]

At the 1960 Rome Olympics the hockey team lost the final and had to settle for a silver medal.[17] The team bounced back by winning gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[18] But went on to win only bronze medals in the next two Olympics.[19][20] India sent a delegation to compete at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. This was India's debut at the Winter Olympic Games.[21][22][23] The sole athlete representing India was Jeremy Bujakowski, who competed in the men's downhill event in alpine skiing.[24][25] In 1976 Summer Olympics India went home empty handed, the first time since 1924.[26]

Indian hockey team won their record eighth Olympic gold at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[27][28] India had to return empty handed in the next three Summer Olympics. At the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, tennis player Leander Paes won a bronze medal at the men's singles event ending a barren run of 16 years without a medal at the Olympics and also became the first individual medalist since 1952.[29]

Recent history

Sushil Kumar (left) became the first Indian athlete to win multiple individual Olympic medals since independence

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the Women's 69 kg weightlifting category. It was the first-ever Olympic medal won by an Indian woman.[30]

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, star shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the silver medal in Men's double trap shooting.[31]

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra came on top in the Men's 10 metre air rifle event and became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal.[32] Vijender Singh got the country's first medal in boxing with his bronze medal in Middleweight category. The 3 medal haul for India was the best till that year. Subsequently, the record was bettered to make it the third best performance in history.[33]

The 2012 Summer Olympics saw a record 83-member Indian contingent participating in the games and setting a new best for the country with a total of six medals.[31] Wrestler Sushil Kumar became the first Indian with multiple individual Olympic medals (bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics) since independence. Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal in badminton in Women's singles, winning the country's first Olympic medal in badminton. Pugilist Mary Kom became the first Indian woman to win a medal in boxing with her bronze medal in Women's flyweight division. Star shooter Gagan Narang won the bronze in men's 10 m air rifle shooting.[34] Vijay Kumar added another medal by winning a silver in men's 25 m rapid fire pistol competition.[35] This was India's best performance till it was overtaken in 2020.

Olympics bronze medalist Mary Kom with young sportsperson

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, a record number of 118 athletes competed. Sakshi Malik became the first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal with her bronze medal in the Women's freestyle 58 kg category.[36] Shuttler P. V. Sindhu won a silver medal in Women's singles badminton, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal and also the youngest Indian Olympic medalist.[37]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021), India was represented by a new record number of 124 athletes. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu secured a silver in the weightlifting women's category of 49 kg on the opening day, the first time India won a medal on the opening day of any Olympics.[38] A few days later, P. V. Sindhu defeated China's He Bingjiao in the Women's singles badminton bronze-medal match in straight games, thus becoming the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals.[39][40] Neeraj Chopra won the gold in Javelin Throw, becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in track and field and the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold.[41] In Men's Field Hockey, India won a bronze medal. This medal came after a gap of 41 years, having last won a gold medal in Moscow 1980.[42][43] In the wrestling competitions, Ravi Kumar Dahiya won a silver medal and Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal.[44][45] Olympic debutant Lovlina Borgohain took bronze in women's boxing. She became only the second woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing.[46] The haul of 7 medals is the best performance for India in the Olympics history.[47][48][49]

Olympic Milestones

2008 Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra with then Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Somnath Chatterjee.
Milestone Athlete/Team Game(s) Sport Medal(s)
First medalist,
First individual medalist[50]
Norman Pritchard Template:GamesName [[Athletics Template:Str mid/core|Athletics]] Silver Silver
First Individual medalist after independence[51] K. D. Jadhav Template:GamesName [[Wrestling Template:Str mid/core|Wrestling]] Bronze Bronze
First gold medalist[52] Men's Field Hockey Team Template:GamesName [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] Gold Gold
First gold medalist after independence[53] Men's Field Hockey Team Template:GamesName [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] Gold Gold
First individual gold medalist[54] Abhinav Bindra Template:GamesName [[Shooting Template:Str mid/core|Shooting]] Gold Gold
First individual Multi-medalist[55][56] Norman Pritchard Template:GamesName [[Athletics Template:Str mid/core|Athletics]] Silver Silver
Silver Silver
First Individual multi-medalist after independence[57] Sushil Kumar Template:GamesName
Template:GamesName
[[Wrestling Template:Str mid/core|Wrestling]] Bronze Bronze
Silver Silver
First female medalist[58] Karnam Malleswari Template:GamesName [[Weightlifting Template:Str mid/core|Weightlifting]] Bronze Bronze
First female multi-medalist[59] P. V. Sindhu Template:GamesName
Template:GamesName
[[Badminton Template:Str mid/core|Badminton]] Silver Silver
Bronze Bronze

Indian contingent at Olympics

Following lists provide a comparative compendium of the number of participants from India in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

Medal tables

Medals by Sports

List of medalists

Medal Name/Team Games Sport Event Date
Silver medal.svg Silver Norman Pritchard Template:GamesName AthleticsAthletics Men's 200 metres 22 July 1900
Silver medal.svg Silver Norman Pritchard Template:GamesName AthleticsAthletics Men's 200 metre hurdles 16 July 1900
Gold medal.svg Gold Template:GamesName Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 26 May 1928
Gold medal.svg Gold Template:GamesName Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 11 August 1932
Gold medal.svg Gold Template:GamesName Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 15 August 1936
Gold medal.svg Gold Template:GamesName Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 12 August 1948
Gold medal.svg Gold Template:GamesName Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 24 July 1952
Bronze medal.svg Bronze K. D. Jadhav Template:GamesName WrestlingWrestling Men's freestyle Bantamweight 23 July 1952
Gold medal.svg Gold Template:GamesName Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 6 December 1956
Silver medal.svg Silver Template:GamesName Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 9 September 1960
Gold medal.svg Gold Template:GamesName Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 23 October 1964
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Template:GamesName Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 26 October 1968
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Template:GamesName Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 10 September 1972
Gold medal.svg Gold Template:GamesName Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 29 July 1980
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Leander Paes Template:GamesName TennisTennis Men's singles 3 August 1996
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Karnam Malleswari Template:GamesName WeightliftingWeightlifting Women's 69 kg 19 September 2000
Silver medal.svg Silver Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Template:GamesName ShootingShooting Men's double trap 17 August 2004
Gold medal.svg Gold Abhinav Bindra Template:GamesName ShootingShooting Men's 10 m air rifle 11 August 2008
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Vijender Singh BoxingBoxing Middleweight 20 August 2008
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Sushil Kumar WrestlingWrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg 21 August 2008
Silver medal.svg Silver Vijay Kumar Template:GamesName ShootingShooting Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 3 August 2012
Silver medal.svg Silver Sushil Kumar WrestlingWrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg 12 August 2012
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Saina Nehwal BadmintonBadminton Women's singles 4 August 2012
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Mary Kom Boxing Boxing Women's flyweight 8 August 2012
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Gagan Narang ShootingShooting Men's 10m air rifle 30 July 2012
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Yogeshwar Dutt WrestlingWrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg 11 August 2012
Silver medal.svg Silver P. V. Sindhu Template:GamesName BadmintonBadminton Women's singles 19 August 2016
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Sakshi Malik WrestlingWrestling Women's freestyle 58 kg 17 August 2016
Gold medal.svg Gold Neeraj Chopra Template:GamesName AthleticsAthletics Men's javelin throw 7 August 2021[60]
Silver medal.svg Silver Saikhom Mirabai Chanu WeightliftingWeightlifting Women's 49 kg 24 July 2021
Silver medal.svg Silver Ravi Kumar Dahiya WrestlingWrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 5 August 2021
Bronze medal.svg Bronze P. V. Sindhu BadmintonBadminton Women's singles 1 August 2021
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Lovlina Borgohain BoxingBoxing Women's welterweight 4 August 2021
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Field HockeyField hockey Men's tournament 5 August 2021
Bronze medal.svg Bronze Bajrang Punia WrestlingWrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg 7 August 2021

Multiple medalists

Team sports

Athlete Sport Games Gold medal olympic.svg Gold Silver medal olympic.svg Silver Bronze medal olympic.svg Bronze Total
Leslie Claudius [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1948–1960 3 1 0 4
Udham Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1952–1964 3 1 0 4
Richard James Allen [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1928–1936 3 0 0 3
Dhyan Chand [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1928–1936 3 0 0 3
Ranganathan Francis [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1948–1956 3 0 0 3
Randhir Singh Gentle [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1948–1956 3 0 0 3
Balbir Singh Sr. [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1948–1956 3 0 0 3
Shankar Lakshman [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1956–1964 2 1 0 3
Haripal Kaushik [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1956–1964 2 1 0 3
John Peter [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1960–1968 1 1 1 3
Prithipal Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1960–1968 1 1 1 3
Harbinder Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1964–1972 1 0 2 3
Carlyle Tapsell [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1932–1936 2 0 0 2
Roop Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1932–1936 2 0 0 2
Jaswant Rai [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1948–1952 2 0 0 2
Govind Perumal [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1952–1956 2 0 0 2
Amir Kumar [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1948–1956 2 0 0 2
Jaswant Singh Rajput [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1948–1952 2 0 0 2
Leslie Hammond [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1928–1932 2 0 0 2
Broome Pinniger [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1928–1932 2 0 0 2
Sayed Jaffar [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1932–1936 2 0 0 2
Keshav Dutt [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1948–1952 2 0 0 2
Grahanandan Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1948–1952 2 0 0 2
K. D. Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1948–1952 2 0 0 2
Raghbir Lal [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1952–1956 2 0 0 2
Joginder Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1960–1964 1 1 0 2
Charanjit Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1960–1964 1 1 0 2
Raghbir Singh Bhola [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1956–1960 1 1 0 2
Mohinder Lal [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1960–1964 1 1 0 2
Balkrishan Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1956–1960 1 1 0 2
Rajendran Christie [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1964–1968 1 0 1 2
Balbir Singh Kullar [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1964–1968 1 0 1 2
Jagjit Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1964–1968 1 0 1 2
Gurbux Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1964–1968 1 0 1 2
Krishnamurthy Perumal [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1968–1972 0 0 2 2
Ajitpal Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1968–1972 0 0 2 2
Harmik Singh [[Field hockey Template:Str mid/core|Field hockey]] 1968–1972 0 0 2 2

Individual Sports

Athlete Sport Games Gold medal olympic.svg Gold Silver medal olympic.svg Silver Bronze medal olympic.svg Bronze Total
Norman Pritchard [[Athletics Template:Str mid/core|Athletics]] 1900 0 2 0 2
Sushil Kumar [[Wrestling Template:Str mid/core|Wrestling]] 2008–2012 0 1 1 2
P. V. Sindhu [[Badminton Template:Str mid/core|Badminton]] 2016–2020 0 1 1 2

Indian men's field hockey team at the Summer Olympics

Indian field hockey team at the 1948 London Olympics

Olympic records

Medal table

Indian postal stamp, 1972
Indian postal stamp, 1992
Indian postal stamp, 2004
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See also

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