India at the Olympic
1.Indian Olympic Association
was created in 1927.
2.Olympic history
India’s attendance in Olympic games
3.Summer Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932
• 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 •
1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
4.Winter Games
1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 •
1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010
5.The Indian Hockey team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, later
going on to defeat Germany 8-1 in the final
6.India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900,
with a lone athlete (Norman Pritchard) winning two medals in athletics.
7.The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games
in 1920, and has participated in every Summer Games since then.
8. India has also competed at several Winter Olympic Games
since 1964.
9.Indian athletes have won a total of 20 medals, mostly in
field hockey. For a period of time, India's men's field hockey team was
dominant in Olympic competition, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympiads
between 1928 and 1980, including
six successive gold medals from 1928–1956.
1928,1932,1936,1948,1952,1956
10.Indian hockey team won the last gold medal-1980
Sport
Gold Silver Bronze Total
Field hockey 8 1 2 11
Medalists
Medal Name Ga mes Sport Event
Silver Norman Pritchard* 1900 Paris Athletics
Men's 200 metres
Silver Norman
Pritchard* 1900 Paris A thleticsMen's 200
metre hurdles
Gold National
team 1928 Amsterdam Field
hockey Men's
competition
Gold National
team 1932 Los Angeles Field hockey Men's
competition
GoldN National team 1936 Berlin Field hockey
Men's competition
Gold National team 1948 London Field
hockey Men's competition
Gold National
team 1952 Helsinki Field
hockey Men's competition
Bronze Khashaba Jadhav 1952
Helsinki Wrestling Men'sbantamweight
Gold National team 1956 Melbourne Field hockey M en's competition
Silver National
team 1960 Rome Field hockey Men's competition
Gold National
team 1964 Tokyo Fieldhockey Men's competition
Bronze National
team 1968 Mexico Field hockey Men's competition
Bronze National
team 1972
muninch Field hockey Men's competition
Gold National team 1980
Moscow Field hockey Men's competition
Bronze Leander
Paes 1996 Atlanta TennisMen's singles
Bronze Karnam
Malleswari 2000Sydney Weightlifting Women's
69 kg
Silver RSingh
Rathore 2004
Athens Shooting Men's double trap
Gold Abhinav Bindra 2008 Beijing Shooting Men's 10m Air Rifle
Bronze Sushil
Kumar 2008 Beijing Wrestling Men's 66 kg Freestyle
Bronze Vijender
Kumar 2008 Beijing Boxing Men's 75 kg
Medals by Summer Games
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1900 Paris
0 2 0 2 17
1904 St. Louis
did not participate -
1908 London
did not participate -
1912 Stockholm
did not participate -
1920 Antwerp 0 0 0 0 -
1924 Paris
0 0 0 0 -
1928 Amsterdam 1 0 0 1 24
1932 Los Angeles
1 0 0 1 19
1936 Berlin
1 0 0 1 20
1948 London
1 0 0 1 22
1952 Helsinki
1 0 1 2 26
1956 Melbourne 1 0 0 1 24
1960 Rome
0 1 0 1 32
1964 Tokyo
1 0 0 1 24
1968 Mexico City 0 0 1 1 42
1972 Munich 0 0 1 1 43
1976 Montreal 0 0 0 0 -
1980 Moscow 1 0 0 1 23
1984 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 -
1988 Seoul0 0 0 0 -
1992 Barcelona 0 0 0 0 -
1996 Atlanta
0 0 1 1 71
2000 Sydney
0 0 1 1 71
2004 Athens
0 1 0 1 65
2008 Beijing
1 0 2 3 50
Total9 4 7 20
