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| NOC | Indian Olympic Association |
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India first participated at theOlympic Games in 1900, becoming the first Asian nation to do so.Norman Pritchard represented the country and won two medals, both silver, inathletics. The nation first sent a team to theSummer Olympic Games in1920 and has participated in every Summer Games since then. India has competed at severalWinter Olympic Games after its debut in1964.
Indian athletes have won 41 medals, all at the Summer Games. At a period of time during the 1900s, theIndian 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 the2020 Games, with seven medals including a gold and two silver.
India made itsfirst appearance at the1900 Summer Olympics as part ofBritish India (1858–1947), becoming the first Asian nation to participate in the Olympic Games.[1] A lone athleteNorman Pritchard represented the country and won two silver medals inathletics.[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 thenGovernor of BombayGeorge Lloyd, Indian businessmanDorabji Tata secured representation for British India at theInternational Olympic Committee, enabling it to independently participate in the1920 Summer Olympics. India sent a contingent of six competitors including four athletes and twowrestlers 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 (laterNational Games of India) were held to select a team for the1924 Summer Olympics atParis. TheIndian delegation at the Paris Olympics consisted of 14 competitors including eight in athletics and four intennis, led by team managerHarry Buck.[9][10]
In 1927, the provisional Indian Olympic Committee was recognized by theInternational Olympic Committee and formally became theIndian 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 the1928 Summer Olympics inAmsterdam, it selectedeight competitors, which included seven in athletics and oneswimmer.[13] TheIndian Hockey Federation, which had been established earlier in 1925, sent themen'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 the1932 Games, theIndian contingent consisted of the field hockey team and five athletes.[17] For the subsequent1936 Games, India sent acontingent 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 defeatedUnited States 24–1 in 1932 and the largest margin of victory in an Olympic final during the 8–1 defeat ofGermany in the final in 1936.[20][21]
India gained itsindependence in 1947, it sent itsfirst contingent as an independent country for the1948 Summer Olympics held atLondon. The Indian contingent consisted of 79 athletes, who competed across ten sports and included country's first participation inarts,boxing,cycling,football, andwater 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] The1952 Summer Olympics marked the first time India sent women competitors to the Games.[24] TheIndian contingent consisted of 64 competitors including four women with first time participants ingymnastics andshooting events.[25] WrestlerK. D. Jadhav won a bronze medal, the first individual medal for independent India.[26] India sent acontingent of 59 competitors for the1956 Games atMelbourne 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] TheIndian contingent consisted of 45 competitors for thenext Summer Olympics atRome.[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 the1928.[29]
India made itsWinter Olympics debut at the1964 Winter Olympics inInnsbruck withJeremy Bujakowski competing in themen's downhill event inalpine skiing.[a][37][38][39] In the subsequentSummer Olympics held inTokyo in the same year, India sent acontingent of 53 competitors including two participants for thediving 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]
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In the1968 Winter Olympics held inGrenoble, Bujakowski was again theonly participant representing India.[42] India sent itssmallest delegation since independence, consisting of 25 athletes to the1968 Summer Olympics atMexico City.[43] India did not participate in the four subsequent Winter Olympic Games from1972 to1984.[42] In the1972 Summer Olympics atMunich, 41Indian athletes competed across seven sports including two competitors in thebadminton 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] In1976 Summer Olympics atMontreal, India entered26 athletes, but failed to win a medal for the first time since 1924.[47][48]
TheIndian delegation for the1980 Summer Olympics atMoscow consisted of 76 competitors, the second largest since independence with first time participants in theequestrian 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 sent48,46 and52 athletes to the subsequent three Summer Olympics in1984,1988, and1992 respectively, but failed to win a single medal across the three Olympic Games.[52][53][54] In between, India returned to compete in the1988 Winter Olympics after a gap of nearly 20 years. The Indian contingent consisted of three athletes including the first women participantShailaja Kumar.[42] The country enteredtwo athletes to the1992 Winter Olympics before missing the subsequent1994 Winter Olympics.[42] India entered49 competitors across 13 events at the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta.[55] Tennis playerLeander Paes won a bronze medal in themen's singles event, 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 subsequent1998 Winter Olympics wasShiva Keshavan, who would become the Indian with most appearances in the Olympic Games after his sixth appearance in2018.[42][57]
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TheIndian contingent for the2000 Sydney Olympics consisted of 65 athletes with athletes competing in therowing event for the first time.[58][59] The country's only medal was a bronze won byKarnam Malleswari in thewomen's 69 kgweightlifting event. It was thefirst Olympic medal won by an Indian woman.[60] Keshavan was again theonly competitor for India at the2002 Winter Olympics.[42] TheIndian contingent for the2004 Athens Olympics consisted of 73 athletes and the only medal came from shooterRajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who won the silver medal inmen's double trap event.[61][62][63] TheIndian delegation for the2006 Winter Olympics consisted of four athletes, two in alpine skiing, one in cross-country skiing, and one in luge.[64] At the2008 Beijing Olympics, theIndian 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 themen's air rifle event.[67]Vijender Singh andSushil Kumar got the country's first Olympic medal in boxing and second medal in wrestling respectively.[66]Three Indian athletes represented the country in the2010 Winter Olympics atVancouver.[68]
TheIndian contingent for the2012 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] ShooterVijay Kumar won the other silver medal inshooting.[73] Amongst the bronze medalists,Saina Nehwal won India's first medal inbadminton and boxerMary Kom became the first Indian woman to win a medal in boxing.[74][75] Other bronze medalists included shooterGagan Narang and wrestlerYogeshwar 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'sNational Olympic Committee (NOC). Due to the suspension,three Indian athletes entered the2014 Winter Olympics asIndependent Olympic Participants.[77] The suspension was revoked when the games were underway and two competitors resumed the competition under the Indian flag.[78]
For the2016 Summer Olympics, India sent more than 100 athletes for the first time with117 competitors.[79][80] India won two medals including a silver and a bronze.[81][82] ShuttlerP. 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 inbadminton.[82][83]Sakshi Malik became the first Indian female wrestler to win an Olympic medal with her bronze medal in thewomen's freestyle 58 kg category.[82][84]Two Indian athletes represented the country in the2018 Winter Olympics atPyeongChang.[85]
India sent its largestdelegation consisting of 119 athletes to the2020 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 themen's javelin throw event.[92][93][94] In thewomen's 49 kg event,Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won India's first silver medal inweight 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 inwomen'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 inmen's freestyle wrestling.[101] Other bronze medalists includedLovlina Borgohain inwomen's boxing andBajrang Punia in men's freestyle wrestling.[102][103][104][105] India enteredone male alpine skier,Arif Khan for the2022 Winter Olympics.[106][107]
TheIndian contingent for the2024 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 theshooting events.[110] Chopra won the only silver medal for India in themen'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 theair pistol event and another along withSarabjot Singh in themixed 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 inshooting.[112] Themen's field hockey team won the bronze medal for the second consecutive Olympics.[113]Aman Sehrawat won a bronze medal for India in themen's freestyle 57kgwrestling event to become the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal.[114][115]
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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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 (26/30) | 1,370 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 41 | 58 |
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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| 1924–1960[a] | Did not participate | |||||
 1964 Innsbruck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1968 Grenoble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1972–1984 | Did not participate | |||||
| 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 (11/24) | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Sport | Rank |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total | ||
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| Men | Women | Overall | |||||
 Athletics | 59th | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
 Badminton | 9th | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
 Boxing | 68th | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
 Field hockey[a] | 1st | N/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 | ||
| Athlete | Sport | Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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 |
| Athlete | Sport | Games |  Gold |  Silver |  Bronze | Total |
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| 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 |
| Milestone | Medalist | Games | Sport | Medals | Ref(s) |
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| First medalist First individual multi-medalist | Norman Pritchard | 1900 Paris | Athletics | Silver Silver | [120] [121] |
| First gold medalists | Men's field hockey team | 1928 Amsterdam | Field hockey | Gold | [122] |
| First gold medalists after independence | Men's field hockey team | 1948 London | Field hockey | Gold | [123] |
| First individual medalist after independence | K. D. Jadhav | 1952 Helsinki | Wrestling | Bronze | [124] |
| First woman medalist | Karnam Malleswari | 2000 Sydney | Weightlifting | Bronze | [125] |
| First individual gold medalist | Abhinav Bindra | 2008 Beijing | Shooting | Gold | [126] |
| First individual multi-medalist after independence | Sushil Kumar | 2008 Beijing2012 London | Wrestling | Bronze Silver | [127] |
| First woman multi-medalist | P. V. Sindhu | 2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo | Badminton | Silver Bronze | [128] |
| First multi-medalist in single Olympics after independence | Manu Bhaker | 2024 Paris | Shooting | Bronze Bronze | [129] |
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.[130][131]
The men's hockey team holds multiple Olympic records in the sport:[132][19][133]
India 24–1 United States (1932 Los Angeles) India 8–1 Germany (1936 Berlin) United States (1932 Los Angeles) Netherlands (1952 Helsinki)| Games | Ranking |
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| 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 |
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