India at the Olympics
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| 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 • 2012 | ||||||||||||
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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 National Olympic Committee for India is the Indian Olympic Association, and was created in 1927.
India is the country in the world with the lowest number of total Olympic medals per capita.
However 2008 Beijing has been the best ever Olympics for India with India winning three Olympic medals in three different sports and also winning First individual gold medal won by Abhinav Bindra.
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[edit] Medalists
Silver
Gold
Bronze- IOC regards these medals as credited to India; however, International committees credit these medals to Great Britain.
[edit] Medal tables
[edit] Medals by Summer Games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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| 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 Seoul | 0 | 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 |
| Total | 9 | 4 | 7 | 20 | |
[edit] Medals by summer sport
Leading in that sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Field hockey | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Athletics | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
[edit] India's medal performance at the Olympics
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[edit] See also
- Category:Olympic competitors for India
- India at the Paralympics
- India at the Asian Games
- India at the Commonwealth Games
- Olympic Gold Quest
[edit] References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- "Indian Olympic Association". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=IND. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- India's Olympic History
- Indian Olympic
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