India at the Olympics

India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, becoming the first Asian nation to do so. Norman Pritchard represented the country and won two medals, both silver, in athletics. The nation first sent a team to the Summer Olympic Games in 1920 and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India has competed at several Winter Olympic Games after its debut in 1964.

India at the Olympics
Flag of India
IOC code	IND
NOC	Indian Olympic Association
Website	olympic.ind.in
Medals Ranked 60th	Gold 10 Silver 10 Bronze 21 Total 41
Summer appearances
1900 1904–1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1964 1968 1972–1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030
Other related appearances
Independent Olympic Participants (2014)

Indian athletes have won 41 medals, all at the Summer Games. At a period of time during the 1900s, the Indian men's field hockey team was dominant in the Olympic Games, winning eleven medals in twelve Olympics between 1928 and 1980 including eight gold medals of which six were won consecutively from 1928 to 1956. India's best performance happened at the 2020 Games, with seven medals including a gold and two silver.

History

Before independence

Indian field hockey team that won the gold medal at 1928 Olympics

India made its first appearance at the 1900 Summer Olympics as part of British India (1858-1947), becoming the first Asian nation to participate in the Olympic Games.^[1] A lone athlete Norman Pritchard represented the country and won two silver medals in athletics.^[2] India was classified 19th in the overall medal table, which represents its best placement till date.^[3] India did not compete in the next three Summer Olympic Games.^[4] At the behest of then Governor of Bombay George Lloyd, Indian businessman Dorabji Tata secured representation for British India at the International Olympic Committee, enabling it to independently participate in the 1920 Summer Olympics. India sent a contingent of six competitors including four athletes and two wrestlers with two support staff.^[5][6][7] The Indian Olympic movement was then established during the 1920s.^[8] In 1923, a provisional All India Olympic Committee was formed, and in February 1924, the All India Olympic Games (later National Games of India) were held to select a team for the 1924 Summer Olympics at Paris. The Indian delegation at the Paris Olympics consisted of 14 competitors including eight in athletics and four in tennis, led by team manager Harry Buck.^[9][10]

Indian hockey team at 1936 Berlin Olympics

In 1927, the provisional Indian Olympic Committee was recognized by the International Olympic Committee and formally became the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).^[11] The organization was formed to promote the development of sports in India, host the national games, and select teams for the Olympics.^[12] For the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, it selected eight competitors, which included seven in athletics and one swimmer.^[13] The Indian Hockey Federation, which had been established earlier in 1925, sent the men's team to the 1928 Games. The hockey team won India's first gold medal in the Olympics at Amsterdam.^[14] This was the first gold medal won by any nation from Asia at the modern Olympic Games.^[15][16] For the 1932 Games, the Indian contingent consisted of the field hockey team and five athletes.^[17] For the subsequent 1936 Games, India sent a contingent consisting of the field hockey team and eight athletes, who competed in four sports.^[18] The only medals in the last two Games came from the Indian field hockey team, which won three consecutive gold medals from 1928 to 1936.^[19] The victory run included the largest victory margin in Olympics history after India defeated United States 24–1 in 1932 and the largest margin of victory in an Olympic final during the 8–1 defeat of Germany in the final in 1936.^[20][21]

After independence

Indian field hockey team that won the first gold medal after independence at the 1948 London Olympics

India gained its independence in 1947, it sent its first contingent as an independent country for the 1948 Summer Olympics held at London. The Indian contingent consisted of 79 athletes, who competed across ten sports and included country's first participation in arts, boxing, cycling, football, and water polo events.^[22] The Indian field hockey team won the lone medal, a gold, which was the first medal for India as an independent nation.^[23] The 1952 Summer Olympics marked the first time India sent women competitors to the Games.^[24] The Indian contingent consisted of 64 competitors including four women with first time participants in gymnastics and shooting events.^[25] Wrestler K. D. Jadhav won a bronze medal, the first individual medal for independent India.^[26] India sent a contingent of 59 competitors for the 1956 Games at Melbourne and the only medal came from the Indian field hockey team, which won a then record sixth straight gold medal in a single event at the Games.^[19][27] The Indian contingent consisted of 45 competitors for the next Summer Olympics at Rome.^[28] The country won a single silver medal from field hockey after the team lost in the final, which was its first loss in the Olympic Games since the 1928.^[29]

India made its Winter Olympics debut at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck with Jeremy Bujakowski competing in the men's downhill event in alpine skiing.^{[a][37][38][39]} In the subsequent Summer Olympics held in Tokyo in the same year, India sent a contingent of 53 competitors including two participants for the diving event for the first time.^[40] The men's field hockey team won the gold medal, for the country's only medal at the Games.^[41]

Leander Paes won a bronze medal in 1996 for India's first Olympic medal in nearly 16 years.

In the 1968 Winter Olympics held in Grenoble, Bujakowski was again the only participant representing India.^[42] India sent its smallest delegation since independence, consisting of 25 athletes to the 1968 Summer Olympics at Mexico City.^[43] India did not participate in the four subsequent Winter Olympic Games from 1972 to 1984.^[42] In the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, 41 Indian athletes competed across seven sports including two competitors in the badminton for the first time.^[44] The only medals in the previous two Summer Olympics were the bronze medals won by the men's field hockey team.^[45][46] In 1976 Summer Olympics at Montreal, India entered 26 athletes, but failed to win a medal for the first time since 1924.^[47][48]

The Indian delegation for the 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow consisted of 76 competitors, the second largest since independence with first time participants in the equestrian event.^[49] The only medal again came from the men's hockey team which won their record extending eighth Olympic gold in a single event.^[50] This was also the last time the Indian field hockey team won the gold medal at the Olympics.^[51] India sent 48, 46 and 52 athletes to the subsequent three Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, and 1992 respectively, but failed to win a single medal across the three Olympic Games.^[52][53][54] In between, India returned to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics after a gap of nearly 20 years. The Indian contingent consisted of three athletes including the first women participant Shailaja Kumar.^[42] The country entered two athletes to the 1992 Winter Olympics before missing the subsequent 1994 Winter Olympics.^[42] India entered 49 competitors across 13 events at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.^[55] Tennis player Leander Paes won a bronze medal in the men's singles event for the country's first Olympic medal in nearly 16 years and became the first Indian individual medalist since 1952.^[56] India's lone participant in the subsequent 1998 Winter Olympics was Shiva Keshavan, who would become the Indian with most appearances in the Olympic Games after his sixth appearance in 2018.^[42][57]

21st century

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

The Indian contingent for the 2000 Sydney Olympics consisted of 65 athletes with athletes competing in the rowing event for the first time.^[58][59] The country's only medal was a bronze won by Karnam Malleswari in the women's 69 kg weightlifting event. It was the first Olympic medal won by an Indian woman.^[60] Keshavan was again the only competitor for India at the 2002 Winter Olympics.^[42] The Indian contingent for the 2004 Athens Olympics consisted of 73 athletes and the only medal came from shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who won the silver medal in men's double trap event.^[61][62][63] The Indian delegation for the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of four athletes, two in alpine skiing, one in cross-country skiing, and one in luge.^[64] At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Indian contingent of 57 athletes competed in 12 sports.^[65] India registered its best performance at the time, winning three medals in the event including a gold and two bronze medals.^[66] Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian individual gold medalist after his victory in the men's air rifle event.^[67] Vijender Singh and Sushil Kumar got the country's first Olympic medal in boxing and second medal in wrestling respectively.^[66] Three Indian athletes represented the country in the 2010 Winter Olympics at Vancouver.^[68]

The Indian contingent for the 2012 Summer Olympics consisted of 83 members, the highest till then.^[69][70] The country won six medals including two silver and four bronze, the highest count of medals as of then.^[71] Sushil Kumar won a silver medal to become the first Indian since independence with multiple individual Olympic medals.^[72] Shooter Vijay Kumar won the other silver medal in shooting.^[73] Amongst the bronze medalists, Saina Nehwal won India's first medal in badminton and boxer Mary Kom became the first Indian woman to win a medal in boxing.^[74][75] Other bronze medalists included shooter Gagan Narang and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt.^[71][76] In December 2022, the Indian Olympic Association was suspended by the International Olympic Committee due to government interference in the autonomy of the country's National Olympic Committee (NOC). Due to the suspension, three Indian athletes entered the 2014 Winter Olympics as Independent Olympic Participants.^[77] The suspension was revoked when the games were underway and two competitors resumed the competition under the Indian flag.^[78]

Mary Kom won the first medal for India in the women's boxing event at the 2012 Games.

For the 2016 Summer Olympics, India sent more than 100 athletes for the first time with 117 competitors.^[79][80] India won two medals including a silver and a bronze.^[81][82] Shuttler P. V. Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal and the youngest Indian woman medalist after she won a silver medal in badminton.^[82][83] 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.^[82][84] Two Indian athletes represented the country in the 2018 Winter Olympics at PyeongChang.^[85]

Neeraj Chopra won India's first athletic gold medal in 2020 and followed up with a silver in 2024.

India sent its largest delegation consisting of 119 athletes to the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[86][87][88] India registered its most successful performance in a single Games with seven medals including one gold, two silver and four bronze.^[89][90][91] Neeraj Chopra won India's first gold medal in athletics after his victory in the men's javelin throw event.^[92][93][94] In the women's 49 kg event, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won India's first silver medal in weight lifting.^[95][96] Sindhu became the first Indian female athlete and the second Indian to win medals in consecutive Summer Games in individual events after she won a bronze in women's badminton.^[97][98][99] The men's field hockey team won a bronze medal to record their first Olympic medal since 1980.^[100]Ravi Kumar Dahiya won a silver medal in men's freestyle wrestling.^[101] Other bronze medalists included Lovlina Borgohain in women's boxing and Bajrang Punia in men's freestyle wrestling.^{[102][103][104][105]} India entered one male alpine skier, Arif Khan for the 2022 Winter Olympics.^[106][107]

The Indian contingent for the 2024 Summer Olympics consisted of 110 competitors across 16 sports.^[108][109] India won six medals in total including one silver and five bronze, three of which came from the shooting events.^[110] Chopra won the only silver medal for India in the men's javelin throw event and became the first Indian individual medalist to have won a gold and silver at the Olympics.^[111] Manu Bhaker won two bronze medals including the first Indian medal at the Games in the air pistol event and another along with Sarabjot Singh in the mixed pistol team event. She became the first Indian since independence to win two medals in a single Olympics. Swapnil Kusale then won another bronze medal in shooting.^[112] The men's field hockey team won the bronze medal for the second consecutive Olympics.^[113] Aman Sehrawat won a bronze medal for India in the men's freestyle 57kg wrestling event to become the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal.^[114][115]

Medal table

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Participation as  British India 1896 Athens Did not participate 1900 Paris 1 0 2 0 2 19 1904 St. Louis Did not participate 1908 London 1912 Stockholm 1920 Antwerp 6 0 0 0 0 - 1924 Paris 14 0 0 0 0 - 1928 Amsterdam 21 1 0 0 1 23 1932 Los Angeles 20 1 0 0 1 19 1936 Berlin 27 1 0 0 1 20 Participation as  India 1948 London 79 1 0 0 1 22 1952 Helsinki 64 1 0 1 2 26 1956 Melbourne 59 1 0 0 1 24 1960 Rome 45 0 1 0 1 32 1964 Tokyo 53 1 0 0 1 24 1968 Mexico City 25 0 0 1 1 42 1972 Munich 41 0 0 1 1 43 1976 Montreal 20 0 0 0 0 - 1980 Moscow 76 1 0 0 1 23 1984 Los Angeles 48 0 0 0 0 - 1988 Seoul 46 0 0 0 0 - 1992 Barcelona 53 0 0 0 0 - 1996 Atlanta 49 0 0 1 1 71 2000 Sydney 65 0 0 1 1 71 2004 Athens 73 0 1 0 1 65 2008 Beijing 56 1 0 2 3 50 2012 London 83 0 2 4 6 55 2016 Rio de Janeiro 117 0 1 1 2 67 2020 Tokyo 119 1 2 4 7 48 2024 Paris 110 0 1 5 6 71 2028 Los Angeles Future event 2032 Brisbane Total 1,370 10 10 21 41 60

Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix[a] Did not participate 1928 St. Moritz 1932 Lake Placid 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1948 St. Moritz 1952 Oslo 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1960 Squaw Valley 1964 Innsbruck 1 0 0 0 0 - 1968 Grenoble 1 0 0 0 0 - 1972 Sapporo Did not participate 1976 Innsbruck 1980 Lake Placid 1984 Sarajevo 1988 Calgary 3 0 0 0 0 - 1992 Albertville 2 0 0 0 0 - 1994 Lillehammer Did not participate 1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0 - 2002 Salt Lake City 1 0 0 0 0 - 2006 Turin 4 0 0 0 0 - 2010 Vancouver 3 0 0 0 0 - 2014 Sochi 2[b] 0 0 0 0 - 2018 Pyeongchang 2 0 0 0 0 - 2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0 - 2026 Milano Cortina Future event 2030 French Alps 2034 Salt Lake City Total 21 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by sport

Sport	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	59th	1	3	0	4
Badminton	9th	0	1	2	3
Boxing	68th	0	0	3	3
Field hockey [a]	2nd	8	1	4	13
Shooting	33rd	1	2	4	7
Tennis	33rd	0	0	1	1
Weightlifting	53rd	0	1	1	2
Wrestling	48th	0	2	6	8
Total	60th	10	10	21	41

^{^} Leading in the men's event at the Olympics with all 13 medals coming from the same. Combining men's and women's events, both India and the Netherlands have won eight gold medals each.

Best results in non-medaling sports

Sport	Result	Athlete/Team	Event	Games
Football	4th	India national football team	Men's Tournament	Melbourne 1956
Artistic gymnastics	4th	Dipa Karmakar	Women's vault	Rio 2016
Fencing	R32	Bhavani Devi	Women's sabre	Tokyo 2020
Golf	4th	Aditi Ashok	Women's individual
Archery	4th	Dhiraj Bommadevara Ankita Bhakat	Mixed team	Paris 2024
Table tennis	R16	Manika Batra Sreeja Akula	Women's singles

Medalists

Here is the complete list of Indian medalists at the Olympics over the years.^[120]

Medal	Medalist	Games	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Norman Pritchard	1900 Paris	Athletics	Men's 200m	22 July 1900
Silver				Men's 200m hurdles	16 July 1900
Gold	Men's field hockey 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 hockey	Men's tournament	26 May 1928
Gold	Men's field hockey 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 hockey	Men's tournament	11 August 1932
Gold	Men's field hockey team Richard Allen Dhyan Chand Ali Dara Lionel Emmett Peter Fernandes Joseph Galibardy Earnest Goodsir-Cullen Mohammed Hussain Sayed Jaffar Ahmed Khan Ahsan Mohomed Khan Mirza Masood Cyril Michie Baboo Nimal Joseph Phillips Shabban Shahab-ud-Din Gurcharan Singh Grewal Roop Singh Carlyle Tapsell	1936 Berlin	Field hockey	Men's tournament	15 August 1936
Gold	Men's field hockey team Leslie Claudius Keshav Dutt Walter de Sousa 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	1948 London	Field hockey	Men's tournament	12 August 1948
Gold	Men's field hockey 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 hockey	Men's tournament	24 July 1952
Bronze	K. D. Jadhav		Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	23 July 1952
Gold	Men's field hockey 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 Sr. Hardyal Singh Randhir Singh Gentle Balkrishan Singh Gurdev Singh Udham Singh Bakshish Singh Charles Stephen	1956 Melbourne	Field hockey	Men's tournament	6 December 1956
Silver	Men's field hockey team Joseph Antic Leslie Claudius Jaman Lal Sharma Mohinder Lal Shankar Lakshman John Peter Govind Sawant Raghbir Singh Bhola Udham Singh Charanjit Singh Jaswant Singh Joginder Singh Prithipal Singh	1960 Rome	Field hockey	Men's tournament	9 September 1960
Gold	Men's field hockey team Haripal Kaushik Mohinder Lal Shankar Lakshman Bandu Patil John Peter Syed Ali Udham Singh Charanjit Singh Darshan Singh Dharam Singh Gurbux Singh Harbinder Singh Jagjit Singh Joginder Singh Prithipal Singh Balbir Singh Kullar Rajendran Christie	1964 Tokyo	Field hockey	Men's tournament	23 October 1964
Bronze	Men's field hockey team Rajendran Christie Krishnamurty Perumal John Peter Inam-ur Rahman Munir Sait Ajitpal Singh Balbir Singh Kullar Balbir Singh Kular Balbir Singh Gurbux Singh Harbinder Singh Harmik Singh Inder Singh Prithipal Singh Tarsem Singh Jagjit Singh	1968 Mexico City	Field hockey	Men's tournament	26 October 1968
Bronze	Men's field hockey 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 Vece Paes	1972 Munich	Field hockey	Men's tournament	10 September 1972
Gold	Men's field hockey team Vasudevan Baskaran Bir Bahadur Chettri Sylvanus Dung Dung Mervyn Fernandis Zafar Iqbal Maharaj Krishan Kaushik Charanjit Kumar M. M. Somaya Allan Schofield Mohammed Shahid Davinder Singh Gurmail Singh Amarjit Singh Rana Rajinder Singh Jr. Ravinder Pal Singh Surinder Singh Sodhi	1980 Moscow	Field hockey	Men's tournament	29 July 1980
Bronze	Leander Paes	1996 Atlanta	Tennis	Men's singles	3 August 1996
Bronze	Karnam Malleswari	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Women's 69 kg	19 September 2000
Silver	Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	2004 Athens	Shooting	Men's double trap	17 August 2004
Gold	Abhinav Bindra	2008 Beijing	Shooting	Men's 10m air rifle	11 August 2008
Bronze	Vijender Singh		Boxing	Middleweight	20 August 2008
Bronze	Sushil Kumar		Wrestling	Men's freestyle 66 kg	21 August 2008
Silver	Vijay Kumar	2012 London	Shooting	Men's 25m rapid fire pistol	3 August 2012
Silver	Sushil Kumar		Wrestling	Men's freestyle 66 kg	12 August 2012
Bronze	Saina Nehwal		Badminton	Women's singles	4 August 2012
Bronze	Mary Kom		Boxing	Women's flyweight	8 August 2012
Bronze	Gagan Narang		Shooting	Men's 10m air rifle	30 July 2012
Bronze	Yogeshwar Dutt		Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	11 August 2012
Silver	P. V. Sindhu	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Badminton	Women's singles	19 August 2016
Bronze	Sakshi Malik		Wrestling	Women's freestyle 58 kg	17 August 2016
Gold	Neeraj Chopra	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	7 August 2021
Silver	Saikhom Mirabai Chanu		Weightlifting	Women's 49 kg	24 July 2021
Silver	Ravi Kumar Dahiya		Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	5 August 2021
Bronze	P. V. Sindhu		Badminton	Women's singles	1 August 2021
Bronze	Lovlina Borgohain		Boxing	Women's welterweight	4 August 2021
Bronze	Men's field hockey team Dilpreet Singh Rupinder Pal Singh Surender Kumar Manpreet Singh Hardik Singh Gurjant Singh Simranjeet Singh Mandeep Singh Harmanpreet Singh Lalit Upadhyay P. R. Sreejesh Sumit Nilakanta Sharma Shamsher Singh Varun Kumar Birendra Lakra Amit Rohidas Vivek Prasad		Field hockey	Men's tournament	5 August 2021
Bronze	Bajrang Punia		Wrestling	Men's freestyle 65 kg	7 August 2021
Silver	Neeraj Chopra	2024 Paris	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	8 August 2024
Bronze	Manu Bhaker		Shooting	Women's 10m air pistol	28 July 2024
Bronze	Manu Bhaker Sarabjot Singh			Mixed 10m air pistol team	30 July 2024
Bronze	Swapnil Kusale			Men's 50m rifle 3 positions	1 August 2024
Bronze	Men's field hockey team Harmanpreet Singh Jarmanpreet Singh Abhishek Nain Manpreet Singh Hardik Singh Gurjant Singh Sanjay Rana Mandeep Singh Lalit Upadhyay P. R. Sreejesh Sumit Walmiki Shamsher Singh Raj Kumar Pal Amit Rohidas Vivek Prasad Sukhjeet Singh		Field hockey	Men's tournament	8 August 2024
Bronze	Aman Sehrawat		Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	9 August 2024

Multiple medalists

Individual

Athlete	Sport	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Neeraj Chopra	Athletics	Tokyo 2020 Paris 2024	1	1	0	2
Norman Pritchard	Athletics	Paris 1900	0	2	0	2
Sushil Kumar	Wrestling	Beijing 2008 London 2012	0	1	1	2
P. V. Sindhu	Badminton	Rio 2016 Tokyo 2020	0	1	1	2
Manu Bhaker	Shooting	Paris 2024	0	0	2	2

Team

Athlete	Sport	Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Leslie Claudius	Field hockey	1948, 1952, 1956, 1960	3	1	0	4
Udham Singh		1952, 1956, 1960, 1964	3	1	0	4
Richard Allen		1928, 1932, 1936	3	0	0	3
Dhyan Chand		1928, 1932, 1936	3	0	0	3
Ranganathan Francis		1948, 1952, 1956	3	0	0	3
Randhir Singh Gentle		1948, 1952, 1956	3	0	0	3
Balbir Singh Sr.		1948, 1952, 1956	3	0	0	3
Shankar Lakshman		1956, 1960, 1964	2	1	0	3
Haripal Kaushik		1956, 1960, 1964	2	1	0	3
Carlyle Tapsell		1932, 1936	2	0	0	2
Roop Singh		1932, 1936	2	0	0	2
Jaswant Rai		1948, 1952	2	0	0	2
Govind Perumal		1952, 1956	2	0	0	2
Amir Kumar		1948, 1956	2	0	0	2
Jaswant Singh Rajput		1948, 1952	2	0	0	2
Leslie Hammond		1928, 1932	2	0	0	2
Broome Pinniger		1928, 1932	2	0	0	2
Sayed Jaffar		1932, 1936	2	0	0	2
Keshav Dutt		1948, 1952	2	0	0	2
Grahanandan Singh		1948, 1952	2	0	0	2
K. D. Singh		1948, 1952	2	0	0	2
Raghbir Lal		1952, 1956	2	0	0	2
John Peter		1960, 1964, 1968	1	1	1	3
Prithipal Singh		1960, 1964, 1968	1	1	1	3
Joginder Singh		1960, 1964	1	1	0	2
Charanjit Singh		1960, 1964	1	1	0	2
Raghbir Singh Bhola		1956, 1960	1	1	0	2
Mohinder Lal		1960, 1964	1	1	0	2
Balkrishan Singh		1956, 1960	1	1	0	2
Harbinder Singh		1964, 1968, 1972	1	0	2	3
Rajendran Christie		1964, 1968	1	0	1	2
Balbir Singh Kullar		1964, 1968	1	0	1	2
Jagjit Singh		1964, 1968	1	0	1	2
Gurbux Singh		1964, 1968	1	0	1	2
Krishnamurthy Perumal		1968, 1972	0	0	2	2
Ajitpal Singh		1968, 1972	0	0	2	2
Harmik Singh		1968, 1972	0	0	2	2
Harmanpreet Singh		2020, 2024	0	0	2	2
Manpreet Singh		2020, 2024	0	0	2	2
Hardik Singh		2020, 2024	0	0	2	2
Gurjant Singh		2020, 2024	0	0	2	2
Mandeep Singh		2020, 2024	0	0	2	2
Lalit Upadhyay		2020, 2024	0	0	2	2
P. R. Sreejesh		2020, 2024	0	0	2	2
Sumit Walmiki		2020, 2024	0	0	2	2
Shamsher Singh		2020, 2024	0	0	2	2
Amit Rohidas		2020, 2024	0	0	2	2
Vivek Prasad		2020, 2024	0	0	2	2

Milestones

Milestone	Medalist	Games	Sport	Medals	Ref(s)
First medalist First individual multi-medalist	Norman Pritchard	1900 Paris	Athletics	Silver Silver	[121] [122]
First gold medalists	Men's field hockey team	1928 Amsterdam	Field hockey	Gold	[123]
First gold medalists after independence	Men's field hockey team	1948 London	Field hockey	Gold	[124]
First individual medalist after independence	K. D. Jadhav	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Bronze	[125]
First woman medalist	Karnam Malleswari	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Bronze	[126]
First individual gold medalist	Abhinav Bindra	2008 Beijing	Shooting	Gold	[127]
First individual multi-medalist after independence	Sushil Kumar	2008 Beijing 2012 London	Wrestling	Bronze Silver	[128]
First woman multi-medalist	P. V. Sindhu	2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo	Badminton	Silver Bronze	[129]
First multi-medalist in single Olympics after independence	Manu Bhaker	2024 Paris	Shooting	Bronze Bronze	[130]

Dominance of men's field hockey team

Main article: Field hockey at the Summer Olympics

The Indian Men's Field Hockey Team has won the most medals in the sport in the Olympic competition. The team has won 13 medals including eight gold medals of which six were won consecutively from 1928 to 1956.^[131][132]

Olympic records

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

Gold Medal-winning team from 1952 Helsinki with then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

The men's hockey team holds multiple Olympic records in the sport:^[133][19]

• Most appearances : 22
• Most consecutive appearances : 18 (1928 Amsterdam – 2004 Athens)
• Most matches played : 142
• Most wins : 87
• Most medals : 13 (8 Gold, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze)
• Most titles : 8 Gold medals
• Most consecutive medals won : 10 medals, (7 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze), 1928 Amsterdam – 1972 Munich
• Most consecutive titles : 6 Gold medals (1928 Amsterdam – 1956 Melbourne)
• Most goals scored : 473
• Most goals scored in a single tournament : 43 (1980 Moscow)
• Fewest goals conceded in a single tournament: nil (1928 Amsterdam, 1956 Melbourne)
• Biggest margin of victory :  India 24–1  United States (1932 Los Angeles)
• Biggest margin of victory at an Olympic final :  India 8–1  Germany (1936 Berlin)
• Longest winning streak : 30 matches (1928 Amsterdam – 1960 Rome)
• Most goals scored by a player in a match : 10 goals by Roop Singh vs  United States (1932 Los Angeles)
• Most goals scored by a player in an Olympic final : 5 goals by Balbir Singh Sr. vs  Netherlands (1952 Helsinki)

Results

Stamps released by India Post commemorating Olympic victories

Olympic Performance^[19]

Games	Ranking
1908 London	Did not enter
1920 Antwerp
1928 Amsterdam	Gold
1932 Los Angeles
1936 Berlin
1948 London
1952 Helsinki
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome	Silver
1964 Tokyo	Gold
1968 Mexico City	Bronze
1972 Munich
1976 Montreal	7th
1980 Moscow	Gold
1984 Los Angeles	5th
1988 Seoul	6th
1992 Barcelona	7th
1996 Atlanta	8th
2000 Sydney	7th
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing	Did not qualify
2012 London	12th
2016 Rio de Janeiro	8th
2020 Tokyo	Bronze
2024 Paris

See also

• Sport in India
• List of flag bearers for India at the Olympics
• India at the Paralympics
• India at the Youth Olympics
• India at the World Games
• India at the Asian Games
• India at the Asian Para Games
• India at the Asian Youth Games
• India at the Commonwealth Games
• India at the South Asian Games
• India at the Lusofonia Games
• Indian sports at the Olympics
• Olympic Gold Quest

Notes

1. The first medals for alpinism were awarded at closing ceremony of the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, to the members of the unsuccessful 1922 British Mount Everest expedition led by Charles Granville Bruce.^[30][31] The medals were awarded to 21 people: the thirteen British expedition members, seven Indian Sherpas who died during the ascent and one Nepalese soldier.^{[32][33][34][35]} As the medal was awarded to a team of people from various nationalities, the International Olympic Committee recognizes it as a medal awarded to the mixed team rather than any individual nation.^[36]
2. Three India athletes qualified for the 2014 Winter Olympics but Shiva Keshavan participated as an Independent Olympic Participant due to the ongoing suspension of Indian Olympic Association at the time.^[116][117] The suspension was revoked during the course of Games, which enabled the other two athletes to compete under the Indian flag.^[118][119]