India first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, with a lone athlete (Norman Pritchard) winning two medals 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 also competed at several Winter Olympic Games since 1964. 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. The 2008 Summer Olympics has been the best ever Olympics for India with India winning three Olympic medals in three different sports and also winning first individual Olympic gold medal won by Abhinav Bindra.
India have competed at 22 Summer Olympic Games to date winning a total of 20 medals, they have also competed at 8 Winter Olympics without yet winning a medal.
The 22 medalists have been:
- Norman
Pritchard - silver - men's 200m - 1900 Paris
- Norman
Pritchard - silver - men's 200m hurdles - 1900 Paris
- Indian
National Team - gold - mens field hockey - 1928 Amsterdam
- Indian
National Team - gold - mens field hockey - 1932 Los Angeles
- Indian
National Team - gold - mens field hockey - 1936 Berlin
- Indian
National Team - gold - mens field hockey - 1948 London
- Indian
National Team - gold - mens field hockey - 1952 Helsinki
- Khashaba
Dadasaheb Jadhav - bronze - wrestling - 1952 Helsinki
- Indian
National Team - gold - mens field hockey - 1956 Melbourne
- Indian
National Team - silver- mens field hockey - 1960 Rome
- Indian
National Team - gold- mens field hockey - 1964 Tokyo
- Indian
National Team - bronze - mens field hockey - 1968 Mexico
- Indian
National Team - bronze - mens field hockey - 1972 Munich
- Indian
National Team - gold - mens field hockey - 1980 Moscow
- Leander
Paes - bronze - Mens singles tennis - 1996 Atlanta
- Karnam
Malleswari - bronze - womens weightlifting - 2000 Sydney
- Rajyavardhan
Singh Rathore - silver - mens shooting - 2004 Athens
- Abhinav
Bindra - gold - mean air rifle shooting - 2008 Beijing
- Sushil
Kumar - bronze - wrestling - 2008 Beijing
- Vijender
Kumar - bronze Mens boxing - 2008 Beijing
Medals by Summer Games
Games
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Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Total
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0
|
2
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0
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2
|
||
did not
participate
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did not
participate
|
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did not
participate
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0
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0
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0
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0
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||
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
||
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
||
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
||
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
||
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
||
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
||
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
||
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
||
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
||
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
||
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
||
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
||
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
||
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
||
0
|
1
|
0
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1
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||
1
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0
|
2
|
3
|
||
9
|
4
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7
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20
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