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At the 1952 Summer Olympics wrestler K. D. Jadhav won the first individual medal for independent India.[14] The Indian field hockey team continued their dominance by winning a sixth straight title by defeating Pakistan in the final of 1956 Summer Olympics. The six straight title wins by the Indian team was an Olympic record at that time in a team event. This record has since been surpassed only by the United States men's and women's basketball teams.[15][16]

At the 1960 Rome Olympics the hockey team lost the final and had to settle for a silver medal.[17] The team bounced back by winning gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[18] But went on to win only bronze medals in the next two Olympics.[19][20] India sent a delegation to compete at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. This was India's debut at the Winter Olympic Games.[21][22][23] The sole athlete representing India was Jeremy Bujakowski, who competed in the men's downhill event in alpine skiing.[24][25] In 1976 Summer Olympics India went home empty handed, the first time since 1924.[26]

Indian hockey team won their record eighth Olympic gold at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[27][28] 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 event ending a barren run of 16 years without a medal at the Olympics and also became the first individual medalist since 1952.[29]

Recent history

Sushil Kumar (left) became the first Indian athlete to win multiple individual Olympic medals since independence
At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the Women's 69 kg weightlifting category. It was the first-ever Olympic medal won by an Indian woman.[30]

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, star shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the silver medal in Men's double trap shooting.[31]

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra came on top in the Men's 10 metre air rifle event and became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal.[32] Vijender Singh got the country's first medal in boxing with his bronze medal in Middleweight category. The 3 medal haul for India was the best till that year. Subsequently, the record was bettered to make it the third best performance in history.[33]

The 2012 Summer Olympics saw a record 83-member Indian contingent participating in the games and setting a new best for the country with a total of six medals.[31] Wrestler Sushil Kumar became the first Indian with multiple individual Olympic medals (bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics) since independence. Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal in badminton in Women's singles, winning 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 in Women's flyweight division. Star shooter Gagan Narang won the bronze in men's 10 m air rifle shooting.[34] Vijay Kumar added another medal by winning a silver in men's 25 m rapid fire pistol competition.[35] This was India's best performance till it was overtaken in 2020.


Olympics bronze medalist Mary Kom with young sportsperson
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, a record number of 118 athletes competed. 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.[36] Shuttler P. V. Sindhu won a silver medal in Women's singles badminton, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal and also the youngest Indian Olympic medalist.[37]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics India was represented by a new record number of 124 athletes. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu secured a silver in the weightlifting women's category of 49 kg on the opening day, the first time India won a medal on the opening day of any Olympics.[38] A few days later, P. V. Sindhu defeated China's He Bingjiao in the Women's singles badminton bronze-medal match in straight games, thus becoming the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals.[39][40] Neeraj Chopra won the gold in Javelin Throw, becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in track and field and the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold.[41] In Men's Field Hockey, India won a bronze medal. This medal came after a gap of 41 years, having last won a gold medal in Moscow 1980.[42][43] In the wrestling competitions, Ravi Kumar Dahiya won a silver medal and Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal.[44][45] Olympic debutant Lovlina Borgohain took bronze in women's boxing. She became only the second woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing.[46] The haul of seven medals is the best performance by India at the Olympics so far.[47][48][49]

Olympic Milestones

2008 Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra with then Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Somnath Chatterjee.
Milestone Athlete/Team Game(s) Sport Medal(s)
First medalist,
First individual medalist[50] Norman Pritchard 1900 Paris Athletics Silver Silver
First Individual medalist after independence[51] K. D. Jadhav 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Bronze Bronze
First gold medalist[52] Men's Field Hockey Team 1928 Amsterdam Field hockey Gold Gold
First gold medalist after independence[53] Men's Field Hockey Team 1948 London Field hockey Gold Gold
First individual gold medalist[54] Abhinav Bindra 2008 Beijing Shooting Gold Gold
First individual Multi-medalist[55][56] Norman Pritchard 1900 Paris Athletics Silver Silver
Silver Silver
First Individual multi-medalist after independence[57] Sushil Kumar 2008 Beijing
2012 London Wrestling Bronze Bronze
Silver Silver
First female medalist[58] Karnam Malleswari 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Bronze Bronze
First female multi-medalist[59] P. V. Sindhu 2016 Rio de Janeiro
2020 Tokyo Badminton Silver Silver
Bronze Bronze
Medal tables
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table
Medals by Summer Games
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1900 Paris 1 0 2 0 2 17
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
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 124 1 2 4 7 48
2024 Paris Future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total 10 9 16 35 57
Medals by Winter Games
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
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[a] 0 0 0 0 -
2018 Pyeongchang 2 0 0 0 0 -
2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0 -
2026 Milan–Cortina Future event
Total 0 0 0 0 -
a A total of 3 athletes qualified from India but Shiva Keshavan had to participate as an Independent Olympic Participant due to an ongoing suspension of Indian Olympic Association which was reinstated during the course of 2014 Games.

At the 1952 Summer Olympics wrestler K. D. Jadhav won the first individual medal for independent India.[14] The Indian field hockey team continued their dominance by winning a sixth straight title by defeating Pakistan in the final of 1956 Summer Olympics. The six straight title wins by the Indian team was an Olympic record at that time in a team event. This record has since been surpassed only by the United States men's and women's basketball teams.[15][16]

At the 1960 Rome Olympics the hockey team lost the final and had to settle for a silver medal.[17] The team bounced back by winning gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[18] But went on to win only bronze medals in the next two Olympics.[19][20] India sent a delegation to compete at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. This was India's debut at the Winter Olympic Games.[21][22][23] The sole athlete representing India was Jeremy Bujakowski, who competed in the men's downhill event in alpine skiing.[24][25] In 1976 Summer Olympics India went home empty handed, the first time since 1924.[26]

Indian hockey team won their record eighth Olympic gold at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[27][28] 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 event ending a barren run of 16 years without a medal at the Olympics and also became the first individual medalist since 1952.[29]

Recent history

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

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Karnam Malleswari won a bronze medal in the Women's 69 kg weightlifting category. It was the first-ever Olympic medal won by an Indian woman.[30]

At the 2004 Athens Olympics, star shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won the silver medal in Men's double trap shooting.[31]

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Abhinav Bindra came on top in the Men's 10 metre air rifle event and became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal.[32] Vijender Singh got the country's first medal in boxing with his bronze medal in Middleweight category. The 3 medal haul for India was the best till that year. Subsequently, the record was bettered to make it the third best performance in history.[33]

The 2012 Summer Olympics saw a record 83-member Indian contingent participating in the games and setting a new best for the country with a total of six medals.[31] Wrestler Sushil Kumar became the first Indian with multiple individual Olympic medals (bronze at the 2008 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics) since independence. Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal in badminton in Women's singles, winning 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 in Women's flyweight division. Star shooter Gagan Narang won the bronze in men's 10 m air rifle shooting.[34] Vijay Kumar added another medal by winning a silver in men's 25 m rapid fire pistol competition.[35] This was India's best performance till it was overtaken in 2020.

Olympics bronze medalist Mary Kom with young sportsperson

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, a record number of 118 athletes competed. 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.[36] Shuttler P. V. Sindhu won a silver medal in Women's singles badminton, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal and also the youngest Indian Olympic medalist.[37]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics India was represented by a new record number of 124 athletes. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu secured a silver in the weightlifting women's category of 49 kg on the opening day, the first time India won a medal on the opening day of any Olympics.[38] A few days later, P. V. Sindhu defeated China's He Bingjiao in the Women's singles badminton bronze-medal match in straight games, thus becoming the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals.[39][40] Neeraj Chopra won the gold in Javelin Throw, becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal in track and field and the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold.[41] In Men's Field Hockey, India won a bronze medal. This medal came after a gap of 41 years, having last won a gold medal in Moscow 1980.[42][43] In the wrestling competitions, Ravi Kumar Dahiya won a silver medal and Bajrang Punia won a bronze medal.[44][45] Olympic debutant Lovlina Borgohain took bronze in women's boxing. She became only the second woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing.[46] The haul of seven medals is the best performance by India at the Olympics so far.[47][48][49]

Olympic Milestones

2008 Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra with then Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Somnath Chatterjee.

Milestone Athlete/Team Game(s) Sport Medal(s)

First medalist,

First individual medalist[50] Norman Pritchard 1900 Paris Athletics Silver Silver

First Individual medalist after independence[51] K. D. Jadhav 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Bronze Bronze

First gold medalist[52] Men's Field Hockey Team 1928 Amsterdam Field hockey Gold Gold

First gold medalist after independence[53] Men's Field Hockey Team 1948 London Field hockey Gold Gold

First individual gold medalist[54] Abhinav Bindra 2008 Beijing Shooting Gold Gold

First individual Multi-medalist[55][56] Norman Pritchard 1900 Paris Athletics Silver Silver

Silver Silver

First Individual multi-medalist after independence[57] Sushil Kumar 2008 Beijing

2012 London Wrestling Bronze Bronze

Silver Silver

First female medalist[58] Karnam Malleswari 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Bronze Bronze

First female multi-medalist[59] P. V. Sindhu 2016 Rio de Janeiro

2020 Tokyo Badminton Silver Silver

Bronze Bronze

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank

1900 Paris 1 0 2 0 2 17

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

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 124 1 2 4 7 48

2024 Paris Future event

2028 Los Angeles

2032 Brisbane

Total 10 9 16 35 57

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank

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[a] 0 0 0 0 -

2018 Pyeongchang 2 0 0 0 0 -

2022 Beijing 1 0 0 0 0 -

2026 Milan–Cortina Future event

Total 0 0 0 0 -

a A total of 3 athletes qualified from India but Shiva Keshavan had to participate as an Independent Olympic Participant due to an ongoing suspension of Indian Olympic Association which was reinstated during the course of 2014 Games.