Indian Olympics winners: Since the 1900 edition of the Olympics, India has won 33 medals.
Here’s a brief summary of all of India’s Olympic medalists.
The following is a list of all the medals India has won at the Olympics:
Norman Pritchard – silver medal – men’s 200m and 200m hurdles, Paris 1900
At the 1900 Paris Olympics, India made their Olympic debut with Norman Pritchard.
The first Indian athlete to compete in the modern Summer Olympics competed in five men’s athletics events – the 60m, 100m, 200m, 110m, and 200m hurdles – and won silver medals in the 200m and 200m hurdles.
Pre-independence, Norman Pritchard earned India’s first individual medal.
Indian hockey men’s team, gold medal – Amsterdam 1928
The Indian hockey team won their first Olympic gold medal by scoring 29 goals without reply in five games.
Dhyan Chand, the Indian wizard, scored 14 goals, including a hat-trick in the final versus the Netherlands.
This was India’s first Olympic medal in hockey.
Indian hockey men’s team, gold medal – Los Angeles 1932
The Indian hockey team initially defeated Japan 11-1 on a smaller pitch. Roop Singh, Dhyan Chand’s younger brother, scored ten goals and the wizard scored eight to lead India to a huge 24-1 victory over the United States and a second consecutive Olympic gold medal.
Indian hockey men’s team, gold medal – Berlin 1936
The Indian hockey team won a hat-trick of Olympic gold in Berlin in 1936, led by Dhyan Chand.
This time, India scored 38 goals in five games and only conceded one in the final against Germany, which they won 8-1 thanks to Dhyan Chand’s second hat-trick in the Olympic finals.
Indian hockey men’s team, gold medal – London 1948
The Indian hockey team, predictably, won the first gold medal for India after independence, reclaiming the top spot on the Olympic podium in London in 1948. In the year, a new star emerged.
Indian hockey men’s team, gold medal – Helsinki 1952
The Indian hockey team triumphed through the midnight sun and bitter cold to win their fifth Olympic gold medal in a row.
Balbir Singh Sr scored nine goals in three games, including five in the Olympic men’s hockey final versus the Netherlands, setting a new record for the most goals scored by a single player in an Olympic men’s hockey final.
KD Jadhav, bronze medal – men’s bantamweight wrestling, Helsinki 1952
With his bronze medal in the men’s freestyle bantamweight division, wrestler Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav became India’s first individual Olympic medalist.
It was due reward for the industrious wrestler, who had to go from pillar to post to get finances for his Olympic journey and had to show himself on the largest stage of all.
Indian hockey men’s team, gold medal – Melbourne 1956
The Indian hockey team won six Olympic gold medals in a row in Melbourne in 1956. India did not surrender a single goal throughout the tournament, and skipper Balbir Singh Sr. played in the final despite a fracture in his right hand, as India defeated Pakistan 1-0.
Indian hockey men’s team, silver medal – Rome 1960
In Rome in 1960, India’s unbroken gold streak in hockey came to an end as the team fell 1-0 to Pakistan in the final and had to settle for a silver medal.
Indian hockey men’s team, gold medal – Tokyo 1964
The Indian hockey team quickly returned to the top of the Olympic podium, winning gold in Tokyo in 1964.
India won four games and drew two in the group rounds before defeating Australia in the semi-finals.
For the third time in a row, they met Pakistan in the final and won 1-0 thanks to a penalty stroke goal.
Indian hockey men’s team, bronze medal – Mexico City 1968
The Indian hockey team was gradually losing its foothold as hockey became more popular in Europe, and the bronze medal in Mexico in 1968 was the first indicator.
India defeated Mexico, Spain, and Japan in a walkover, but was defeated 2-1 by Australia in the semi-finals.
India won the bronze medal with a 2-1 victory over West Germany, finishing outside the top two for the first time at the Olympics.
Indian hockey men’s team, bronze medal – Munich 1972
The Indian hockey team won its second consecutive Olympic bronze medal in Munich in 1972.
Before facing Pakistan in the semi-finals, India won four matches and drew two.
After the attack on the Israeli squad, their semi-final was moved up two days, disrupting the team’s flow, and they lost 2-0 to Pakistan.
They rebounded, however, to defeat the Netherlands 2-1 and claim bronze.
Indian hockey men’s team, gold medal – Moscow 1980
After a poor seventh-place result in Montreal in 1976, the Indian hockey squad was re-energized for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
In the preliminary stages, India won three and drew two matches with a smaller field.
The Indian team won the gold medal in the final, defeating Spain 4-3.
It was India’s final Olympic gold medal in hockey.
Leander Paes, bronze medal – men’s singles tennis, Atlanta 1996
India had gone three editions without a medal before a youthful Leander Paes brought them back to winning ways in 1996 with a bronze.
After losing in the semi-finals to Andre Agassi, Paes won the bronze medal match against Fernando Meligani.
Karnam Malleswari, bronze medal – women’s 54kg weightlifting, Sydney 2000
Karnam Malleswari, a weightlifter, won bronze in the 54kg category, making her the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal.
She had lifted a total of 240kg, including 110kg in the snatch and 130kg in the clean and jerk.
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, silver medal – men’s double trap shooting, Athens 2004
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, an army officer, was the first Indian shooter to win an Olympic medal.
Shaikh Ahmed Almaktoum of the United Arab Emirates took an unassailable lead, and it was up to Rathore to shoot both his flying clay targets in the men’s double trap with his final effort.
Both were accurately downed by the army colonel, ensuring India’s first individual silver medal at the Games.
Abhinav Bindra, gold medal – men’s 10m air rifle shooting, Beijing 2008
When Abhinav Bindra won a historic gold medal in the men’s 10m air rifle event in Beijing 2008, it was India’s most ecstatic moment at the Olympics. With his final shot, the Indian shooter hit a near-perfect 10.8, securing India’s first individual Olympic gold medal.
Vijender Singh, bronze medal – men’s middleweight boxing, Beijing 2008
Vijender Singh became India’s first Olympic boxer to earn a medal.
The Haryana native overcame Ecuador’s southpaw Carlos Góngora 9–4 in the quarterfinals to secure a bronze medal, but he fell 5–8 to Cuba’s Emilio Correa in the semifinals.
Gagan Narang, bronze medal – men’s 10m air rifle shooting, London 2012
Gagan Narang won bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle at London 2012 after nearly missing out on the final round at the previous Olympics due to a countback.
Gagan Narang competed in a tough final with Wang Tao of China and Nicolo Campriani of Italy in front of a global audience before finishing third.
Sushil Kumar, silver medal – men’s 66kg wrestling, London 2012
Sushil Kumar, India’s flag-bearer for the opening ceremony, was the country’s biggest medal hope in 2012.
He battled through significant body aches to make it to the final before succumbing to tiredness.
Sushil Kumar finished second in the final after losing to Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu, making him India’s sole two-time Olympic medalist.
Vijay Kumar, silver medal – men’s 25m rapid pistol shooting, London 2012
Vijay Kumar, who was little known before the Games, won a silver medal in the 25m fast pistol and cemented his place in history. Vijay Kumar was tied with China’s Ding Feng going into the sixth round of the final, but he outshot Feng to advance to the final round. Vijay Kumar had to settle for silver after a step too far with Cuba’s Lauris Pupo.
Mary Kom, bronze medal – women’s flyweight boxing, London 2012
Mary Kom, a legend even before her first Olympics in London 2012, won bronze in the flyweight division to celebrate the first edition of women’s boxing at the Games.
The Manipur-born boxer was on a tear until she was stopped in the semi-finals by eventual champion Nicola Adams of Great Britain.
Yogeshwar Dutt, bronze medal – men’s 60kg wrestling, London 2012
Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, who had competed in three Olympics by London 2012, finally realized his childhood dream when he won bronze in the 60kg division.
In the final repechage round, he beat North Korean Ri Jong Myong in 1:02 minutes.
Saina Nehwal, bronze medal – women’s singles badminton, London 2012
When her opponent, China’s Wang Xin, was forced to withdraw hurt during the semi-final match, Saina Nehwal became the first Indian badminton player to earn an Olympic medal.
PV Sindhu, silver medal – women’s singles badminton, Rio 2016
Saina Nehwal’s achievement undoubtedly boosted India’s badminton tale, as PV Sindhu advanced to the 2016 Summer Olympics final before losing to Carolina Marin of Spain in a tense 83-minute match.
Sakshi Malik, bronze medal – women’s 58kg wrestling, Rio 2016
Sakshi Malik, a late addition to India’s Olympic team, became the first female Indian wrestler to win an Olympic medal. She earned the 58kg bronze medal by defeating Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova 8–5, ensuring India’s third successive Olympic wrestling medal.
Mirabai Chanu, silver medal – women’s 49kg weightlifting, Tokyo 2020
Mirabai Chanu, an ace weightlifter, put the disappointment of Rio 2016 behind her to win silver in the women’s 49kg division with a total lift of 202kg. It was her maiden Olympic medal, and she became the second Indian weightlifter to do so after Karnam Malleswari. It is India’s first Olympic medal in Tokyo.
PV Sindhu, bronze medal – women’s singles badminton, Tokyo 2020
PV Sindhu, the Indian badminton queen, became the first Indian woman and only the second Indian athlete to win two individual Olympic medals, following Sushil Kumar.
PV Sindhu won the bronze medal in the women’s singles after defeating China’s He Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15.
Indian hockey team, bronze medal – men’s hockey, Tokyo 2020
The Indian men’s hockey team has finally won an Olympic medal after a 41-year drought since winning gold in the 1980 Moscow Olympics.
After falling behind 3-1 at one point, India rallied to defeat Germany 5-4 to win the bronze medal.
It’s their third Olympic bronze medal, following victories in 1968 and 1972, and their 13th overall.
It was India’s fifth medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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