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== List of medalists ==
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Revision as of 05:41, 25 July 2021

India at the
Olympics
IOC codeIND
NOCIndian Olympic Association
Websiteolympic.ind.in
Medals
Ranked 53rd
Gold
9
Silver
8
Bronze
12
Total
29
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Other related appearances
 Independent Olympic Participants (2014)

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]

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 28 medals, all at the Summer Games. For a period of time, India national field hockey team was dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1920 and 1980. The run included 8 gold medals total and six successive gold medals from 1928–1956.

History

Pre-independence

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 Council, enabling it to participate in the Games (see India at the 1920 Olympic Games).[2] India then sent a team to the 1920 Olympics, comprising four athletes, two wrestlers, and managers Sohrab Bhoot and A. H. A. Fyzee. 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 Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Ranjitsinhji of Nawanagar, the Maharaja of Kapurthala, and the Maharaja of Burdwan.

India team that won the gold medal at 1928 Summer Olympics

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 Paris Summer Olympics. The Indian delegation at the Paris Olympics comprised seven athletes, seven tennis players and team manager Harry Buck.

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. 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 and additional sportspersons were similarly sent to the 1932 Games (four athletes and one swimmer) and 1936 (four athletes, three wrestlers, one Burmese 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 titles. In the 1928 Summer Olympics final India defeated Netherlands 3 - 0 .[3] In 1932 Summer Olympics India defeated USA 24 - 1, the largest margin of victory in Olympic history.[4] In 1936 Summer Olympics final they defeated Germany 8 - 1 , the largest margin of victory ever in an Olympic final.[5]

Post-independence

From 1948 onward, because of the IOA's wider outreach, India began sending delegations of over 50 sportspersons representing several sport, 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 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.[6].

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

In the 1952 Summer Olympics wrestler K.D. Jadhav won the first individual medal for independent India. The Indian field hockey team continued their dominance by winning the sixth straight title by defeating Pakistan in the final in 1956 Summer Olympics.

In the 1960 Summer Olympics the field hockey team lost the final and had to settle for silver medal. [7] Though the team bounced back by winning gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[8] But went on to win only bronze medals in the next two Olympics.[9][10] In 1976 Summer Olympics India went home empty handed, the first time since 1924.

Indian hockey team won their Olympic record 8th and last title till date at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[11] Though 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 in Tennis ending a barren run of 16 years without a medal at the Olympics and also the first individual medal since 1952.[12]

Recent history

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

In the 2000 Sydney Olympics two-time World Championship gold medalist Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal at the Women's 69 kg weightlifting category. It was the first ever Olympic medal won by an Indian woman.[13]

At the 2004 Athens Olympics star shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won silver medal in Men's double trap shooting.[14]

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra won gold in the Men's 10 metre air rifle event becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games. Vijender Singh got the country's first medal in boxing with his bronze medal in Middleweight category.

The 2012 Summer Olympics saw an 83-member Indian contingent participating in the games and setting a new best for the country with a total of six medals.[14] Wrestler Sushil Kumar became the first Indian with multiple individual Olympic medals (bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics) since Norman Pritchard in 1900.

Saina Nehwal won bronze medal in badminton in Women's singles getting 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 finish in Women's flyweight.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, a record number of 118 athletes competed. Sakshi Malik became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal with her bronze medal finish in Women's freestyle 58 kg category.[15] Shuttler P. V. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in Olympics and also the youngest Indian Olympic medalist.[16]

List of competitors

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

List of medalists

Medal Name/Team Games Sport Event Date
 Silver Norman Pritchard 1900 Paris AthleticsAthletics Men's 200 metres 22 July 1900
 Silver Norman Pritchard 1900 Paris AthleticsAthletics Men's 200 metre hurdles 16 July 1900
 Gold National team
Richard Allen
Dhyan Chand
Michael Gateley
William Goodsir-Cullen
Leslie Hammond
Feroze Khan
George Marthins
Rex Norris
Broome Pinniger
Michael Rocque
Frederic Seaman
Ali Shaukat
Jaipal Singh
Sayed Yusuf
Kher Singh Gill		 1928 Amsterdam Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 26 May 1928
 Gold National team

Richard Allen
Muhammad Aslam
Lal Bokhari
Frank Brewin
Richard Carr
Dhyan Chand
Leslie Hammond
Arthur Hind
Sayed Jaffar
Masud Minhas
Broome Pinniger
Gurmit Singh Kullar
Roop Singh
William Sullivan
Carlyle Tapsell		 1932 Los Angeles Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 11 August 1932
 Gold National team
Richard Allen
Dhyan Chand
Ali Dara
Lionel Emmett
Peter Fernandes
Joseph Galibardy
Earnest Goodsir-Cullen
Mohammed Hussain
Sayed Jaffar
Ahmed Khan
Ahsan Khan
Mirza Masood
Cyril Michie
Baboo Nimal
Joseph Phillips
Shabban Shahab-ud-Din
G.S. Garewal
Roop Singh
Carlyle Tapsell		 1936 Berlin Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 15 August 1936
 Gold National team
Leslie Claudius
Keshav Dutt
Walter D'Souza
Lawrie Fernandes
Ranganathan Francis
Gerry Glackan
Akhtar Hussain
Patrick Jansen
Amir Kumar
Kishan Lal
Leo Pinto
Jaswant Singh Rajput
Latif-ur-Rehman
Reginald Rodrigues
Balbir Singh Sr.
Randhir Singh Gentle
Grahanandan Singh
K. D. Singh
Trilochan Singh
Maxie Vaz
Jaswant Rai		 1948 London Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 12 August 1948
 Gold National team

K. D. Singh
Leslie Claudius
Meldric Daluz
Keshav Dutt
Chinadorai Deshmutu
Ranganathan Francis
Raghbir Lal
Govind Perumal
Muniswamy Rajgopal
Balbir Singh Sr.
Randhir Singh Gentle
C. S. Dubey
Udham Singh
Dharam Singh
Grahanandan Singh
Chaman Singh Gurung		 1952 Helsinki Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 24 July 1952
 Bronze Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav 1952 Helsinki WrestlingWrestling Men's freestyle Bantamweight 23 July 1952
 Gold National team

Leslie Claudius
Ranganathan Francis
Haripal Kaushik
Amir Kumar
Raghbir Lal
Shankar Lakshman
O. P. Malhotra
Govind Perumal
Amit Singh Bakshi
Raghbir Singh Bhola
Balbir Singh Dosanjh
Hardyal Singh Garchey
Randhir Singh Gentle
Balkishan Singh Grewal
Gurdev Singh Kullar
Udham Singh Kullar
Bakshish Singh
Charles Stephen		 1956 Melbourne Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 6 December 1956
 Silver National team

Joseph Antic
Leslie Claudius
Jaman Lal Sharma
Mohinder Lal
Shankar Lakshman
John Peter
Govind Sawant
Raghbir Singh Bhola
Udham Singh Kullar
Charanjit Singh
Jaswant Singh
Joginder Singh
Prithipal Singh 		1960 Rome Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 9 September 1960
 Gold National team

Haripal Kaushik
Mohinder Lal
Shankar Lakshman
Bandu Patil
John Peter
Ali Sayed
Udham Singh Kullar
Charanjit Singh
Darshan Singh
Dharam Singh
Gurbux Singh
Harbinder Singh
Jagjit Singh
Joginder Singh
Prithipal Singh
Balbir Singh Kullar
Rajendran Christie		 1964 Tokyo Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 23 October 1964
 Bronze National team
Rajendra Christy
Krishnamurty Perumal
John "V.J." Peter
Inam-ur Rahman
Munir Sait
Ajitpal Singh
Balbir Singh Kullar
Balbir Singh Kular
Balbir Singh
Gurbux Singh
Harbinder Singh
Harmik Singh
Inder "Gogi" Singh
Prithipal Singh
Tarsem Singh
Jagjit Singh 		1968 Mexico City Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 26 October 1968
 Bronze National team

B. P. Govinda
Charles Cornelius
Manuel Frederick
Michael Kindo
V.J. Philips
Ashok Kumar
M. P. Ganesh
Krishnamurty Perumal
Ajitpal Singh
Harbinder Singh
Harcharan Singh
Harmik Singh
Kulwant Singh
Mukhbain Singh
Virinder Singh		 1972 Munich Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 10 September 1972
 Gold National team

Vasudevan Baskaran
Bir Bhadur Chettri
Sylvanus Dung Dung
Merwyn Fernandes
Zafar Iqbal
Maharaj Krishan Kaushik
Charanjit Kumar
Sommayya Maneypande
Allan Schofield
Mohamed Shahid
Davinder Singh
Gurmail Singh
Amarjit Singh Rana
Rajinder Singh
Ravinder Pal Singh
Surinder Singh Sodhi 		1980 Moscow Field HockeyField hockey Men's competition 29 July 1980
 Bronze Leander Paes 1996 Atlanta TennisTennis Men's singles 3 August 1996
 Bronze Karnam Malleswari 2000 Sydney WeightliftingWeightlifting Women's 69 kg 19 September 2000
 Silver Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 2004 Athens ShootingShooting Men's double trap 17 August 2004
 Gold Abhinav Bindra 2008 Beijing ShootingShooting Men's 10 m Air Rifle 11 August 2008
 Bronze Vijender Singh 2008 Beijing BoxingBoxing Men's Middleweight 20 August 2008
 Bronze Sushil Kumar 2008 Beijing WrestlingWrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg 21 August 2008
 Silver Vijay Kumar 2012 London ShootingShooting Men's 25 Rapid Fire Pistol 3 August 2012
 Silver Sushil Kumar 2012 London WrestlingWrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg 12 August 2012
 Bronze Saina Nehwal 2012 London BadmintonBadminton Women's singles 4 August 2012
 Bronze Mary Kom 2012 London Boxing Boxing Women's flyweight 8 August 2012
 Bronze Gagan Narang 2012 London ShootingShooting Men's 10m Air Rifle 30 July 2012
 Bronze Yogeshwar Dutt 2012 London WrestlingWrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg 11 August 2012
 Silver P. V. Sindhu 2016 Rio de Janeiro BadmintonBadminton Women's singles 19 August 2016
 Bronze Sakshi Malik 2016 Rio de Janeiro WrestlingWrestling Women's freestyle 58 kg 17 August 2016
 Silver Saikhom Mirabai Chanu 2020 Tokyo WeightliftingWeightlifting Women's 49 kg 24 July 2021

Multiple Medalists

Team Sports

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

Individual Sports

Athlete Sport Games  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total
Norman Pritchard  Athletics 1900 0 2 0 2
Sushil Kumar  Wrestling 2004–2012 0 1 1 2

See also

References

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